This is a biography, but after reading it, I feel it is so much more. It not only covers the lives of Mike Parker and his partner Preds, but also the lives two older men who they were so similar that it was like seeing themselves forty years down the line. The older men, George and Reg, had lived through a period of time when homosexuality was still illegal, but then survived to see state recognition of same sex relationships in 2005. The new legislation allowed for Civil Partnerships that provided financial security for couples, (same sex marriage followed in 2014) and George and Reg were the some of the first in their area of Wales to have the ceremony after living together for almost sixty years. Between the two couples, the book covers the history of British attitudes towards homosexual men from the time of the second world war through to present day. Before the laws changed, men lived in constant fear of being 'found out' and imprisoned, and casual use of an endea...