Talk:Brian Sewell

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[edit] Is Brian Sewell really gay?

According to the television review quoted (Alison Graham, 'How Gay Sex Changed the World', Radio Times), Brian Sewell is gay. In his Naked Pilgrim and Grand Tour programmes he has always portrayed himself as taking an interest in women. Is it possible that this revelation is a hoax, either by him or by the people responsible for the programme? Or has he been carefully disguising his homosexuality until recently?--Oxonian2006 15:01, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm watching a programme on gay sex right now where he's talking about being gay in the 70s. I think he's probably gay. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:13, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

He has recently confirmed that he is homosexual. However it was something of an open secret for some time, he has implied in the past that he was in love with a male art tutor in his youth, and some of the stuff he has written over the years seemed to indicate an attraction to men. However he certainly seems to have an interest in women also, he has described losing his virginity as a young man to a Parisian woman several decades his senior and has made clear over the years that he is attracted to women. Despite the fact that he has called himself gay recently, I suspect he is actually bisexual, though he may well be more attracted to men. MarkB79 00:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, he's gay, but is this in line with WP:BLP? --Counter-revolutionary (talk) 20:44, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

As he's taken part in BBC programmes discussing being gay, the information is verifiable and cannot be considered sensationalist. The sources quoted address the guidance of WP:BLP. Ashleyvh (talk) 09:19, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Year of birth

At the time of the making of The Naked Pilgrim Brian Sewell was 72. Presumably he was born around 1932.

This page - <blacklisted link removed> says he was born on St Swithin's Day (July 15), 1931. It also says he was born in Kensington (London), not Yorkshire. 143.252.80.110 15:42, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External links

I jave just made a clean sweep of all the external links. The find-an-article one no longer does anything but spew up pop-up ads. The "interview" comes off one of the satirical sites, and the satirical sites are.. well, just odd. They all link to each other and to a couple of other sites which are all owned by the same person. I don't think they add anything to the article. Telsa (talk) 17:35, 23 July 2006 (UTC)