Museum Bums explore the inspirations for John Addington Symonds

Mark Small and Jack Shoulder

Each year OutStories Bristol in collaboration with the University of Bristol Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition (IGRCT) present a lecture celebrating the life of John Addington Symonds (1840-1893), Bristol-based writer, art historian and pioneer of homosexual rights.

The 2023 lecture was given by Jack Shoulder and Mark Small, the duo behind the eponymous viral Twitter (‘X’) account @museumbums. Your can read a transcription of the lecture here.