Talk:Brian Sewell

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)

text: 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)
replies: text: Yes, he's gay, but is this in line with WP:BLP? --Counter-revolutionary (talk) 20:44, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: He has had at least one woman in the past, but is now an out homosexual. F W Nietzsche (talk) 06:08, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

text: and Cecil Gould 81.147.149.174 (talk) 17:30, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Is Brian Sewell really gay?

message: 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)
replies: text: In which case he could not be Peter Warlock's son.  I am surprised that his claim to be the composers son is treated as fact, without further comment.  There seems to be no evidence to support the claim, and, given Sewell's general unreliability when it comes to his personal life, must be doubted.203.184.41.226 (talk) 06:30, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Why does the fact that he was born in London mean that he could not be Warlock's son?  It was his mother, not Warlock, who gave birth.  I believe the reference to him being born in Market Bosworth was wrong - see further discussion below.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:55, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Year of birth

message: "The illegitimate son of the composer Peter Warlock,"
As mentioned in another section, that is an interesting, but unsourced and unsubstantiated claim.
Similarly interesting is the absence of reference to his mother.  Presumably he had one.  Was she insignificant?  Embarrassing?  A sort of inverted reincarnation of the Blessed Virgin Mary?  Or is it that women are relatively unimportant in this article about an Important Man?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.148.210 (talk) 17:36, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Mother, Where Art Thou?

message: 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)
thread_title: External links

message: The amount of confusion here is astonishing. Exclusive attraction to men makes one 'homosexual'. Exclusive to women makes one 'heterosexual'. Attraction to both sexes makes one 'bisexual'.
If he's had vocal relationships and interests with women in the past (and not), but he has since a certain point had those with men as well- that makes him bisexual. The Squicks (talk) 07:32, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Original research. It would appear he was in the closet and then came out as gay. That's what his own sources say.~ZytheTalk to me! 14:40, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homosexual 

message: Took out bit about his love of Coronation street as feel it is very inaccurate, unless the article has been edited since that was added to wiki, it is not particularly gay friendly  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2011651/Coronation-Street-Wall-wall-gays-transsexuals-transvestites-lesbians.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.28.176.161 (talk) 14:05, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coronation Street 

message: "In April 2003, he was awarded the George Orwell Prize for his political/current affairs column in the Evening Standard."
I think that the article should give details on what Sewell did to win this prize.  I didn't realise that he gave any opinions on current affairs/politics beyond what relates to art galleries.  Epa101 (talk) 21:46, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like a mistake given the commendation on the Orwell Prize website. Philip Cross (talk) 22:14, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: This section of the website suggests that he won the journalism award in 2003.  This is to award specifically political writing, which is not what I associate Sewell with.  I've had a look in the Evening Standard's archives and it seems that he was more political around this period.  Once I've read more of these articles, I might edit the Wikipedia entry appropriately.  Epa101 (talk) 21:26, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orwell prize 

message: "In 2011 Sewell exposed the identity of his father ..." This is a fascinating passage in the article and there seems no good reason to doubt any of it. But isn't there a strict policy on not allowing the Daily Mail to be used as a source? I'm sure we wouldn't want to contravene any such policy in an article still linked from the main page. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:54, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Does it make a difference that it's from an article written by Sewell himself?  I don't think there's a blanket ban as such on using the Mail in circumstances like this - I think it's reasonable to assume that it's printing Sewell's own words in this case.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:31, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: That seems perfectly reasonable. But in the past I've seen some editors state, quite unequivocally, "never, ever use Daily mail as a source". If the Mail had an exclusive with Sewell here, as seems likely, we'd be hard pressed to find it anywhere else. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:37, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: We need to take context into account here, if it was authored by Sewell, then ok, fine. This one time. I'm delighted to see the page get attention, bty. Ceoil (talk) 09:05, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Identity of father 

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message: In 2019 his former home, Caley House in Leopold Road, Wimbledon, was acquired by "smart developer" West Eleven, which gained permission from Merton council to create nine luxurious homes on the site: . Martinevans123 (talk) 13:32, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
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message: Whoever added the tag "Not to be confused with Briana Sewell" is a genius. OhNoPeedyPeebles (talk) 12:21, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Briana Sewell