Alim Kheraj in his debut book, Queer London – and it’s this sense of indomitability runs throughout his publication. For as much as various forces have tried to stamp it out over the years, no matter what forms of power and oppression have been wielded against it, queer London keeps returning again and – in different guises, in different neighbourhoods, and with different priorities, but never entirely vanishing. Queer London, which is part guidebook and part history lesson, is clear-sighted and unsentimental about the challenges facing the city’s LGBTQ+ scene (not least, high rents...