AIDS, THE LOST VOICES
When London dentist Vikram Advani died of AIDS-related complications in 1993. Every major newspaper up and down the land seized the opportunity to vilify, stigmatise and besmirch his good name and reputation and memory of those closest to him. Will & Gloria also step back to 1987 and the reporting of the UKs first AIDS-related hospital ward, the Broderip Ward at London’s Middlesex Hospital.
EVERY STORY MATTERS
I respond to the Covid-19 inquiry by asking for people who lived through the pandemic to come forward with their stories. Understanding the inquiry had been set up to investigate the negative impact of the pandemic I thought I would share my story given the pandemic and lockdown had a positive impact on me and my HIV diagnosis.