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	In 2010 he was contracted by [[CHE]] to write the official history of the organisation.<ref>[http://c-h-e.org.uk/pressrel-chebook.shtml CHE Press Release: Writing and re-writing history]</ref> Volume One of ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' was published in February 2015.		In 2010 he was contracted by [[CHE]] to write the official history of the organisation.<ref>[http://c-h-e.org.uk/pressrel-chebook.shtml CHE Press Release: Writing and re-writing history]</ref> Volume One of ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' was published in February 2015.

			In 2021 [[Islington]] Pride created a plaque in Huntingdon Street, where Presland had lived, to honour his connection to the borough <ref> https://islingtonspride.com Peter has contributed an oral history to the Islington's Pride project, which is available to listen to at the Islington Local History Centre </ref>.

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Ross Burgess at 21:01, 5 August 2016

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	[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (born 1949) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]].		[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (born 1949) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of the [[Homo Promos]] theatre company.

	He attended [[Highgate School]] and studied English and Drama at [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>[http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker]</ref>		He attended [[Highgate School]] and studied English and Drama at [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>[http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker]</ref>

Ross Burgess at 21:00, 5 August 2016

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	Between 1987 and 2007 he helped run the [[Capital Quiz]].		Between 1987 and 2007 he helped run the [[Capital Quiz]].

	In 2010 he was contracted by [[CHE]] to write the official history of the organisation.<ref>[http://c-h-e.org.uk/pressrel-chebook.shtml]</ref> Volume One of ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' was published in February 2015.		In 2010 he was contracted by [[CHE]] to write the official history of the organisation.<ref>[http://c-h-e.org.uk/pressrel-chebook.shtml CHE Press Release: Writing and re-writing history]</ref> Volume One of ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' was published in February 2015.

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Ross Burgess at 20:59, 5 August 2016

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	[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (born 1949) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]].		[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (born 1949) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]].

	He attended [[Highgate School]] and studied English and Drama at [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker</ref>		He attended [[Highgate School]] and studied English and Drama at [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>[http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker]</ref>

	He had been running gay theatre companies since 1975; in 1987, when [[Gay Sweatshop]] was folding, he set up Homo Promos: the name was a reaction against [[Section 28]] which aimed to ban the "promotion of homosexuality".<ref name=wicker />		He had been running gay theatre companies since 1975; in 1987, when [[Gay Sweatshop]] was folding, he set up Homo Promos: the name was a reaction against [[Section 28]] which aimed to ban the "promotion of homosexuality".<ref name=wicker />
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	Between 1987 and 2007 he helped run the [[Capital Quiz]].		Between 1987 and 2007 he helped run the [[Capital Quiz]].

	In 2010 he was contracted by [[CHE]] to write the official history of the organisation.<ref>http://c-h-e.org.uk/pressrel-chebook.~~htm~~</ref> Volume One of ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' was published in February 2015.		In 2010 he was contracted by [[CHE]] to write the official history of the organisation.<ref>[http://c-h-e.org.uk/pressrel-chebook.shtml]</ref> Volume One of ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' was published in February 2015.

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Ross Burgess at 16:52, 8 May 2016

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	[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (born 1949~~; formerly Eric Presland~~) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]].		[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (born 1949) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]].

	He attended [[Highgate School]] and studied English and Drama at [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker</ref>		He attended [[Highgate School]] and studied English and Drama at [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker</ref>

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	[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (born 1949; formerly Eric Presland) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]].		[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (born 1949; formerly Eric Presland) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]].

	He attended [[Highgate School]] and studied English and Drama at St Edmund Hall, [[Oxford]] (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker</ref>		He attended [[Highgate School]] and studied English and Drama at [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker</ref>

	He had been running gay theatre companies since 1975; in 1987, when [[Gay Sweatshop]] was folding, he set up Homo Promos: the name was a reaction against [[Section 28]] which aimed to ban the "promotion of homosexuality".<ref name=wicker />		He had been running gay theatre companies since 1975; in 1987, when [[Gay Sweatshop]] was folding, he set up Homo Promos: the name was a reaction against [[Section 28]] which aimed to ban the "promotion of homosexuality".<ref name=wicker />

Ross Burgess at 05:20, 23 September 2015

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	[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (born 1949; formerly Eric Presland) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]].		[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (born 1949; formerly Eric Presland) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]].

	He studied English and Drama at St Edmund Hall, Oxford (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker</ref>		He attended [[Highgate School]] and studied English and Drama at St Edmund Hall, [[Oxford]] (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker</ref>

	He had been running gay theatre companies since 1975; in 1987, when [[Gay Sweatshop]] was folding, he set up Homo Promos: the name was a reaction against [[Section 28]] which aimed to ban the "promotion of homosexuality".<ref name=wicker />		He had been running gay theatre companies since 1975; in 1987, when [[Gay Sweatshop]] was folding, he set up Homo Promos: the name was a reaction against [[Section 28]] which aimed to ban the "promotion of homosexuality".<ref name=wicker />

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	[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (formerly Eric Presland) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]].		[[File:Peter scott-presland.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Scott-Presland, December 2010]]'''Peter Scott-Presland''' (born 1949; formerly Eric Presland) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]].

	He studied English and Drama at St Edmund Hall, Oxford (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker</ref>		He studied English and Drama at St Edmund Hall, Oxford (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker</ref>
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Ross Burgess at 19:47, 19 April 2015

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	Between 1987 and 2007 he helped run the [[Capital Quiz]].		Between 1987 and 2007 he helped run the [[Capital Quiz]].

	In 2010 he was contracted by [[CHE]] to write the official history of the organisation ~~(working title; ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'')~~.<ref>http://c-h-e.org.uk/pressrel-chebook.htm</ref>		In 2010 he was contracted by [[CHE]] to write the official history of the organisation.<ref>http://c-h-e.org.uk/pressrel-chebook.htm</ref> Volume One of ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' was published in February 2015.

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