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'Where There's a Will'... Do you have your affairs in order?

Tales of the Second City in issue 51 of Forever with Pride e-magazine.

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First hand from the second city @ talesofthesecondcity.com

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February 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM

Leigh Shepherd

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Bought these for a fancy dress party next week. They leave very little to the imagination 🫣

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January 13, 2026 at 10:59 PM

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Happy New Year from the Tales of the Second City.

Misadventures on Birmingham's gay scene @talesofthesecondcity.com

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December 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM

Tales of the Second City

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Merry Christmas from the Midlands.

Misadventures on Birmingham's gay scene @talesofthesecondcity.com

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December 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM

Tales of the Second City

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Horror awaits in the shadows... 'Short & Curlies: Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good'.

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Bustin’ Makes Me Feel Good

The space was deserted and desolate. I crossed the oddly raked floor, slanted like a room in a carnival fun house, and peered behind a partition of corrugated panels, only to be confronted by&#8230…

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December 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM

Tales of the Second City

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Something for the weekend in... 'Short & Curlies: Sweeney Prod'

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Sweeney Prod

You can cut the sexual tension with… well… a pair of barber’s scissors.

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December 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM

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2025 saw the launch of a series of mini-tales with... 'Short & Curlies: Ride Home'.

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Ride Home

The taxi pulled alongside and the driver called out of the window. I wasn’t in the market for a cab… just yet, but this guy was hot… and I thought I detected that glint in his eye.

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December 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM

Tales of the Second City

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An odd encounter at Queens Heath Pride in... 'Mental Elf Issues'.

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Mental Elf Issues

“I’m sorry,” announced Darren aghast, “but exactly what part of this conversation do you think is appropriate or complimentary?! You have randomly come up to us in the street to praise us for bein…

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December 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM

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There is a case to solve in... 'Ginger & Spice Investigate'.

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Ginger & Spice Investigate

Birmingham’s gay scene has its own amateur super-sleuths: Hurst Street’s answer to Hart to Hart; Scarecrow and Mrs King; Scooby and Shaggy; that episode of Murder She Wrote where Jessica Fletcher t…

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December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM

Tales of the Second City

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When your dog is a scene queen... 'Man's Best Friend'.

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Man’s Best Friend

I took the opportunity to text my partner, ‘I’m talking to a lovely Romanian. I don’t think he has worked out that he is a gay bar.’

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December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM

Tales of the Second City

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The grand opening in... 'It Takes a Village'.

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It Takes a Village

The venue smelled fresh… and looked stunning. A combination of old pub charm with state-of-the-art club and cabaret facilities. The greatest compliment I can give is that it felt vibrant and new, y…

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December 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM

Tales of the Second City

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The roles we play in... 'All The World's a Stage'.

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All the World’s a Stage

I got to play real-life Doctor and Nurses when I visited a beautiful friend at the surgery where he works. The moment he spotted me approaching the desk he came over and suggested we go to a consul…

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December 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM

Tales of the Second City

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There is no place like home in... 'Memory Lane'.

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Memory Lane

“Erm, Hello,” I started, awkwardly. “Sorry to disturb you, but I used to live here as a child. When we left, I took a souvenir from the front garden…”

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December 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM

Tales of the Second City

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JANUARY continued with a night to remember... as Boltz closed its doors.

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Boltz – The Final Fling

Personally, it was This Is Your Life. Everyone I knew or had known seemed to be in attendance. I half expected Eamonn Andrews to pop up with a big red book filled with incriminating photos and memo…

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December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM

Tales of the Second City

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2025 started with this brief eulogy for Boltz.

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Our Revels Now Are Ended

It was so much more than just that sex-bar in the shadows of Birmingham’s gay scene.

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December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM

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'Home Is Where The Heart Is' the 3rd in a trilogy of columns from Tales of the Second City, in the DECEMBER issue of Forever with Pride e-magazine www.foreverwithpride.com/e-magazine/

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December 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM

Tales of the Second City

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Discover over 130 queer tales from Birmingham's gay scene at talesofthesecondcity.com

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November 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM

Tales of the Second City

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'Hearts Broken' from Tales of the Second City, in the NOV issue of Forever with Pride e-magazine www.foreverwithpride.com/e-magazine/

Telling tales from the gayside of the UK's second city @ talesofthesecondcity.com

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November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM

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