PSG 1 - 1 Arsenal. AET. PSG won 4 3 on pens...

We gaygooners found a dozen different ways to get to Budapest. Arsenal themselves arrived by decorated jet, chasing a double but left with a lesson in football’s favourite hobby: cruelty. 

Havertz struck early, PSG monopolised the ball, Mosquera donated a penalty, and Gabriel’s spot kick achieved low Earth orbit at precisely the wrong moment. 

A champion’s effort, but not a champion’s ending. 

Next year, it’s ours for the taking. It is. 

Onwards and upwards, my friends.

@Arsenal ⚽️ @Regenersaurus 🦖 @gaygooners 🌈 #COYG 🔴⚪️ #PSGARS 🥅 #UCL #ChampionsLeague #UCLFinal #UEFAChampionsLeague #Arsenal #PSG

Arsenal Parade…

Red sky in the morning, skip the mourning.

It was a day after Arsenal suffered cruel defeat in the Champions League final, yet the streets of Highbury & Islington were wreathed in red pyro smoke, and no one was in the mood for anything other than rejoicing.

Darce and I had raced across the world overnight to get back from Budapest for the party. And what a party. Arsenal are English Premiership League Champions.

The side streets, pavements and balconies along the parade route were thronged with Arsenal fans desperate to catch a glimpse of their heroes and heroines.

Some were even standing on top of bus stops. We’d been waiting 22 years for this particular bus to arrive, and when four buses came at once carrying the Arsenal players swinging down the Holloway Road, past Greggs and the Victoria Tavern, no one was bemoaning the slow running of the service.

A truly joyous day.

@Arsenal @ArsenalWFC

#Arsenal #AFC #COYG #ArsenalParade #PremierLeagueChampions #NorthLondon #Champions #VictoriaConcordiaCrescit

Journey on UEFA Cup Final weekend…

Plane to Vienna 🛫

Train to Budapest 🚂

Walk to Fan Zone🚶🏽‍♂️

Walk to stadium🚶🏽‍♂️

Match 🏟️ 🏆

Walk to Fan Zone🚶🏽‍♂️

Bus to Vienna 🚌

Plane to Brussels 🛫

Plane to London 🛫

Train to parade 🚂🥳

#overlandandsea @arsenal 

PSG Beware!!…

Paris Saint-Germain, we’re coming for you! (Via Budapest)

@Arsenal ⚽️

@Regenersaurus 🦖 

#COYG 🔴⚪️

#ARSPSG 🥅

@gaygooners 🌈

High Society @ Barbican Theatre….

Last night Stuart and I went to see High Society at Barbican Theatre in London’s glitzy Barbican Centre.

Cole Porter’s fizz arrived slightly flat. Helen George @helenrgeorge and Julian Ovenden @julianovenden looked the part, but the whole thing felt oddly underpowered and about twenty minutes too long. Lovely enough sets though, and @barbicancentre still knows how to make a musical feel expensive. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️

#HighSociety #BarbicanTheatre 

The Miners Support The Lesbians and Gays.

This makes me ridiculously happy. Pride. Pure Pride. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@The_TUC 

A Midsummer Night's Dream @ Shakespeare’s Globe…

Yesterday Billy, Matt and I went to see The Globe’s riotously funny production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.  

Filled with music and laughter it was excellent from top to Bottom. Michael Grady-Hall and Adrian Richards steal the show with pure comic nonsense. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ to the whole cast and crew and especially director Emily Lim.

@kdmadrian 

@michaelgradyhall 

@the_globe

#AMidsummerNightsDream #ShakespearesGlobe  

Arsenal Parade…

Islington Council have offered staff £250 to become stewards on the Arsenal parade route. The only condition? Don’t be an Arsenal fan… because apparently someone has to actually do the job 😆😎

@Arsenal #Arsenal #AFC #ArsenalParade #Islington #NorthLondon #PremierLeague #COYG