Marcus Wratten

Hello! My name is Marcus Wratten. I am a London-based freelance journalist with a particular interest in feature writing. I have bylines in Reach publications including MyLondon, The Mirror, SomersetLive and CornwallLive, as well as in Happiful Magazine, Attitude Magazine and The Indiependent. I was the Features Editor at the Kingston Courier in 2020, before becoming the Editor-in-Chief in 2021. 

Alongside my freelance work, I am currently studying an MA degree in journalism and NCTJ qualification, and collect/write case studies for a crisis charity.

If you would like to contact or commission me, please email marcuswratten95@gmail.com. You can also contact me on Twitter @MarcusWratten.

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Blue Jean director: 'Legacy of Section 28 is alive and well' in 2023

Georgia Oakley, the director behind the award-winning Section 28 film Blue Jean, has reflected on how the legacy of the legislation is “alive and well” in the UK. Blue Jean stars British actor Rosy McEwen as Jean, a Newcastle-based lesbian PE teacher in 1988, the year Margaret Thatcher’s reviled law came into effect. The legislation banned schools and local councils from the “promotion” of homosexuality, meaning teachers could not disclose their own sexuality or support LGBTQ+ students. Jean
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How Eileen's Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway brought queer thriller to life

Ottessa Moshfegh’s brilliantly twisted debut novel Eileen comes to life in a new film adaptation from Lady MacBeth director William Oldroyd, and starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway. It’s a snowy December day in 1960s New England when Eileen – which hit UK cinenas today (1 December) – begins. The titular character, played by Jojo Rabbit star Thomasin McKenzie, is taking pleasure watching a young couple make out in their car. She’s taking so much pleasure, in fact, that she has to open
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Girli on the 'gay heartbreak' and queer rebellion that inspired her second album

British pop star Girli talks misogyny, Tories, queer rebellion, along with her upcoming sophomore album Matriarchy and new single. “I’m an open book as a person. I’ll literally meet someone at the bus stop for five minutes and tell them my story,” the North London-born singer-songwriter tells PinkNews. The pansexual pop punk artist is talking about her second studio album, Matriarchy, which was announced earlier this week, alongside her new single “Nothing Hurts Like a Girl”. “It’s my life st
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor on how LGBTQ+ fans - and Alyssa Edwards - have shaped career

Sophie Ellis-Bextor speaks to PinkNews about her stint as a guest judge on Drag Race UK, why she’s grateful that drag has gone mainstream, and her Christmas collaboration with Save The Children. It’s early November, and despite growing pressure from TV adverts and shop windows, many of us are still refusing to admit that Christmas is just around the corner. Not Sophie Ellis-Bextor, though: the British dance-pop chart-topper, author and podcast host has had Christmas on the brain since August.
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Sasha Velour on her evolution since Drag Race and why anti-LGBTQ+ hate won’t win

“To say that drag is not dangerous is an understatement,” RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Sasha Velour says firmly. “I tried to say that drag is healing, drag saves lives, drag brings people together, raises money and redistributes resources for the most underprivileged in our community.” The 35-year-old, Brooklyn-based drag performer is talking about her new book The Big Reveal, a “manifesto” on the revolutionary history of drag as an art form. Through five years of research and three years of wri
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