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[[File:Peter Scott-Presland and Jim MacSweeney.jpg|thumb|Jim MacSweeney (right) with [[Peter Scott-Presland]] (author of the book Amiable Warriors) at the London launch of [[Amiable Warriors]] | [[File:Peter Scott-Presland and Jim MacSweeney.jpg|thumb|Jim MacSweeney (right) with [[Peter Scott-Presland]] (author of the book ''Amiable Warriors'') at the London launch of ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One]]'''Jim MacSweeney''' is the owner of [[Gay's the Word bookshop]]. | ||
He was listed number | He was listed number 72 in the ''Independent on Sunday'''s [[Pink List 2011]]. The Pink List said: | ||
:"Sadly, the only bookshop looted during this summer's riots, Gay's the Word quickly bounced back with the help of the local community. MacSweeney came from Cork in 1984 and set up the UK's only dedicated lesbian and gay store in Bloomsbury, central London."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2011-2374595.html</ref> | :"Sadly, the only bookshop looted during this summer's riots, Gay's the Word quickly bounced back with the help of the local community. MacSweeney came from Cork in 1984 and set up the UK's only dedicated lesbian and gay store in Bloomsbury, central London."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2011-2374595.html</ref> In fact the shop was set up by Ernest Hole and others before MacSweeney came from Ireland. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:07, 10 July 2026
Jim MacSweeney is the owner of Gay's the Word bookshop.
He was listed number 72 in the Independent on Sunday's Pink List 2011. The Pink List said:
- "Sadly, the only bookshop looted during this summer's riots, Gay's the Word quickly bounced back with the help of the local community. MacSweeney came from Cork in 1984 and set up the UK's only dedicated lesbian and gay store in Bloomsbury, central London."[1] In fact the shop was set up by Ernest Hole and others before MacSweeney came from Ireland.
External links
http://themagnificentsomething.com/tag/jim-macsweeney/
http://www.scoutlondon.com/2012/07/20/gays-the-word-2/
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