Advent treat - George Loveland!

Smashing to have George here, telling me what he (and one of his characters) would like to get on 25th December.

George, what would you most like to find in your stocking?

Ricky Martin? Do you think he'd fit? If not, then I don't really know. I remember as a child being excited about Christmas because you would get things that you'd been hoping for. Now as an adult, I tend to get the things I want material wise. From memory though, my best stocking was one that was full of different sweets, little games and gadgets to play with and a book to read. A stocking full of those things would be good - but maybe a bit of fruit would be good, just to balance out the sweets.

What about Donna Tracy? What do you fancy, gal?

I'm an easy Queen to please, so just some make-up in there will be good. None of the cheap stuff though, no point skimping on make-up. You need quality for a Queen of my statue. I go through a lot of foundation, so some of that, and a good lippy too if you're feeling generous. Whilst you're at it, some treats for Buster, my Chihuahua. He's the cutest, although he seems to fancy another man at the moment and doesn't give me as much attention as he used to. You can read all about that in my little Christmas story, 'On the Third Kiss'. So the book, good foundation, some lippy and some treats for Buster. Next time I'm on stage, I'll sing a little song for you to say thank you.

On the Third Kiss

Sebastian Bennett is really looking forward to his Christmas holiday with boyfriend Elliot Bolton in the Gran Canarian sun. The only thing left is for him to sing one last song at the pub as his Drag Queen alter-ego, Donna Tracey. After the wig, make-up and dress come off, he rushes home to pack, only to find he and his chihuahua, Buster, have been deserted by Elliot, who’s taken someone else to Gran Canaria. Devastated, Sebastian turns to his friend and the pub’s manager, Javier Reyes-Martinez, who helps him pick up the pieces.

Javier seems determined to bring fun and laughter back into Sebastian’s life during this holiday season, and Sebastian is both grateful and enchanted. After a family Christmas and a word of advice from his great-uncle, Sebastian starts to look at Javier in a different light. Is Javier as fond of Sebastian as he appears, or is Sebastian being misled by his own need? If he’s reading the signs right—and if he’s ready to move on from his previous heartbreak—could he and Javier be much more than friends?

George was about eighteen when he told his friend that he was going to be a writer. It took him another eighteen years before he finally did anything about it and wrote his first short story. A typical Englishman, he drinks buckets of tea with milk—but no sugar, because he is sweet enough. His Nan told him so.

George lives just outside of London, but close enough to enjoy Soho and the West End, where you will find him in a bar with a pint, in a club dancing into the early hours of the morning, or enjoying a musical in the theater; but more than likely he will be in a coffee shop reading a book or writing a new story.