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What an honour to be bringing selected panels from the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt to THE AGE OF CONSENT at Aviva Studios in Manchester this Sunday 17 May–in collaboration with the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Partnership, Positive East and The George House Trust.

Make sure to not miss out the display 💓
Tickets are flying 🎟️💨

Wakefield is set to be the first city to welcome the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt, outside of London.

In partnership with @aidsquiltuk WX will display the piece from Thursday 4 - Sunday 7 June with a special late night opening on Friday 5 June.

Special Late Night Opening
📆 Friday 5 June
🕛 10am - 10:30pm
📍 WX Wakefield

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt consists of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels, representing over 384 individuals affected by HIV and AIDS.

Find out more at https://wxwakefield.short.gy/Quilt

📸A M Hanson

This summer Wakefield is set to be the first city outside of London to welcome the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt.

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt consists of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels, representing over 384 individuals affected by HIV and AIDS.

In partnership with @aidsquiltuk the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt will go on display @WXWakefield, Wakefield city centre, from 4 to 7 June. All 42 quilts will be displayed at WX.

Over the same weekend selected individual panels will be displayed at venues in the city and further afield – including The Hepworth Wakefield, @theatreroyalwakefield, @thearthouseuk, @wakefieldmuseums's Pontefract Castle and @yspsculpture.

We are excited to be working with @wxwakefield and honoured to be playing a small part in bringing the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt – the world’s largest community art project – to Wakefield.

Find out more at:
wxwakefield.co.uk
idsquiltuk.org

Follow @wxwakefield for the latest news and updates about the display in Wakefield.

Image: UK AIDS Memorial Quilt, installation view at @tate Modern, June 2025. Photo: AM Hanson⁠

#Wakefield #WestYorkshire #UKAIDSMemorialQuilt #UKAIDSQuilt #AIDSAwareness #HIVAwareness #QuiltsofLove #Memorial #MyWakefield #ExperienceWakefield @mywakefield @experiencewakefield

Wakefield is set to be the first city to welcome the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt, outside of London.

In partnership with @aidsquiltuk, WX will display the piece from 4-7 June 2026.

Over the same dates, selected individual panels will be displayed at partner venues around the district, allowing a wider audience to uncover their rich history and significance.

In Wakefield City Centre, venues include @hepworthwakefield, @theatreroyalwakefield, @thearthouseuk, and @longboatwakefield's Kirkgate Station Community Gallery.

Further afield, visitors can explore the panels at @anglerspark, @wakefieldmuseums's Pontefract Castle, @yspsculpture, @queensmillcastleford and the Maurice Dobson Museum in Darfield, Barnsley.

Find out more at https://wxwakefield.short.gy/Quilt and https://www.aidsquiltuk.org/

📸A M Hanson

@tricia_7691 here is a photo of Steve’s panel in the display today ❤️

The Quilt is sparkling with life in the spring sunshine. See it today and tomorrow @landmarkartscentre. Reading of the names is at 12 today with @thecharlieporter reading from ‘Nova Scotia House’

The Quilt is sparkling with life in the spring sunshine. See it today and tomorrow @landmarkartscentre. Reading of the names is at 12 today with @thecharlieporter reading from ‘Nova Scotia House’

The Quilt is sparkling with life in the spring sunshine. See it today and tomorrow @landmarkartscentre. Reading of the names is at 12 today with @thecharlieporter reading from ‘Nova Scotia House’

The Quilt is sparkling with life in the spring sunshine. See it today and tomorrow @landmarkartscentre. Reading of the names is at 12 today with @thecharlieporter reading from ‘Nova Scotia House’

The Quilt is sparkling with life in the spring sunshine. See it today and tomorrow @landmarkartscentre. Reading of the names is at 12 today with @thecharlieporter reading from ‘Nova Scotia House’

The Quilt is sparkling with life in the spring sunshine. See it today and tomorrow @landmarkartscentre. Reading of the names is at 12 today with @thecharlieporter reading from ‘Nova Scotia House’

Join a night of poetry reading with@simonmadrell and @jblake2149 celebrate the launch of Simon’s book Lamping Wild Rabbits. Tickets in bio #gaypoets #hiv #poetry

London HIV Reading for Simon Maddrell’s debut poetry collection, lamping wild rabbits, from Out-Spoken Press - in support of @aidsquiltuk

“A fine, fierce collection” – Neil Bartlett

A polyvocal and multifaceted debut which is unafraid to confront the shame and stigma of HIV, while never allowing the poems to lose shape or pace, altering the lens to bring the reader’s attention to birdsong and the queer body in nature.
Maddrell has achieved a distinct and totally convincing sound through the literary geography of lamping wild rabbits, one that gives the impression it’s been everywhere and returned because it survived.

‘Refusing repression or denial, Simon Maddrell’s brilliant debut travels compellingly from the constrictions and wildnesses of a queer Manx boyhood, through the early death of a sibling, into enacting an unashamedly sensuous and politicised selfhood in the face of HIV. Generous, questing, irresistible, these miraculous poems root deep to grow towards the sun, transforming their underworlds of loss into an enduring radiance of life.’
– Alice Hiller

‘A queer odyssey, an exquisite and arresting chronicle of the journey from shame to belonging. The skin of these poems are stretched thin and beneath them we glimpse a crystalline world of courage wrought from fear. Bold, surreal, surprising and elegant; this is a breathtaking debut.’
– Joelle Taylor

Tickets at linkin.bio/simonmaddrell/ (Link in Bio)

Book purchase links also in Bio

#poetry #hiv #derekjarman #queer

#gaypoetry #gaypoet #hiv #hivawareness #londonpoet

Brighton HIV Reading in support of @aidsquiltuk for Simon Maddrell’s debut poetry collection, lamping wild rabbits, from Out-Spoken Press. 

“A fine, fierce collection” – Neil Bartlett

A polyvocal and multifaceted debut which is unafraid to confront the shame and stigma of HIV, while never allowing the poems to lose shape or pace, altering the lens to bring the reader’s attention to birdsong and the queer body in nature.
Maddrell has achieved a distinct and totally convincing sound through the literary geography of lamping wild rabbits, one that gives the impression it’s been everywhere and returned because it survived.

‘Refusing repression or denial, Simon Maddrell’s brilliant debut travels compellingly from the constrictions and wildnesses of a queer Manx boyhood, through the early death of a sibling, into enacting an unashamedly sensuous and politicised selfhood in the face of HIV. Generous, questing, irresistible, these miraculous poems root deep to grow towards the sun, transforming their underworlds of loss into an enduring radiance of life.’
– Alice Hiller

‘A queer odyssey, an exquisite and arresting chronicle of the journey from shame to belonging. The skin of these poems are stretched thin and beneath them we glimpse a crystalline world of courage wrought from fear. Bold, surreal, surprising and elegant; this is a breathtaking debut.’ 
– Joelle Taylor

Tickets at linkin.bio/simonmaddrell/ (Link in Bio)

Book purchase links also in Bio

#poetry #hiv #derekjarman #queer
photo of Jonathan Blake @mareikeguensche

Brighton HIV Reading in support of @aidsquiltuk for Simon Maddrell’s debut poetry collection, lamping wild rabbits, from Out-Spoken Press. 

“A fine, fierce collection” – Neil Bartlett

A polyvocal and multifaceted debut which is unafraid to confront the shame and stigma of HIV, while never allowing the poems to lose shape or pace, altering the lens to bring the reader’s attention to birdsong and the queer body in nature.
Maddrell has achieved a distinct and totally convincing sound through the literary geography of lamping wild rabbits, one that gives the impression it’s been everywhere and returned because it survived.

‘Refusing repression or denial, Simon Maddrell’s brilliant debut travels compellingly from the constrictions and wildnesses of a queer Manx boyhood, through the early death of a sibling, into enacting an unashamedly sensuous and politicised selfhood in the face of HIV. Generous, questing, irresistible, these miraculous poems root deep to grow towards the sun, transforming their underworlds of loss into an enduring radiance of life.’
– Alice Hiller

‘A queer odyssey, an exquisite and arresting chronicle of the journey from shame to belonging. The skin of these poems are stretched thin and beneath them we glimpse a crystalline world of courage wrought from fear. Bold, surreal, surprising and elegant; this is a breathtaking debut.’ 
– Joelle Taylor

Tickets at linkin.bio/simonmaddrell/ (Link in Bio)

Book purchase links also in Bio

#poetry #hiv #derekjarman #queer
photo of Jonathan Blake @mareikeguensche

Brighton HIV Reading in support of @aidsquiltuk for Simon Maddrell’s debut poetry collection, lamping wild rabbits, from Out-Spoken Press. 

“A fine, fierce collection” – Neil Bartlett

A polyvocal and multifaceted debut which is unafraid to confront the shame and stigma of HIV, while never allowing the poems to lose shape or pace, altering the lens to bring the reader’s attention to birdsong and the queer body in nature.
Maddrell has achieved a distinct and totally convincing sound through the literary geography of lamping wild rabbits, one that gives the impression it’s been everywhere and returned because it survived.

‘Refusing repression or denial, Simon Maddrell’s brilliant debut travels compellingly from the constrictions and wildnesses of a queer Manx boyhood, through the early death of a sibling, into enacting an unashamedly sensuous and politicised selfhood in the face of HIV. Generous, questing, irresistible, these miraculous poems root deep to grow towards the sun, transforming their underworlds of loss into an enduring radiance of life.’
– Alice Hiller

‘A queer odyssey, an exquisite and arresting chronicle of the journey from shame to belonging. The skin of these poems are stretched thin and beneath them we glimpse a crystalline world of courage wrought from fear. Bold, surreal, surprising and elegant; this is a breathtaking debut.’ 
– Joelle Taylor

Tickets at linkin.bio/simonmaddrell/ (Link in Bio)

Book purchase links also in Bio

#poetry #hiv #derekjarman #queer
photo of Jonathan Blake @mareikeguensche

An exciting opportunity to play a lead role in conserving this precious community artwork and importantpiece of HIV history. Join us to ensure the UK AIDS Quilt remains a living memorial and challenges HIV stigma for generations to come. Follow the link in our bio for full details and an application pack. Closing date is March 23rd 2026.

We’re pleased to announce a fundraising event in collaboration with @simonmaddrell to celebrate the launch of his debut poetry collection ‘lamping with rabbits’. @jonathanblake4921 will host the evening. Ticket via eventbrite see link in bio. @lunchpositivefriends @hambergerrobert @attitudemag @qxmagazine @lostgaylondon @the_food_chain @positiveeast @positivelyuk @georgehousetrust @terrencehigginstrust @sahirhouse @waverleycare