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Dear All, Please find below and attached details of an event to promote a history writing competition. All welcome. Please arrive at the information desk in the main hall of the British Museum shortly before 11. Late-comers call Sara Wajid on 0780 304 7249. There's no obligation to attend both parts of the day or to enter the writing competition. Best wishes, Sara Write Queer London at The British Museum 11am - 3pm Wednesday 26th November 2009 11 - 12 Curator Richard Parkinson will talk about the problems of identifying gay desire in Ancient Egyptian history, with evidence ranging from the first recorded gay 'chat up line' on a papyrus to monuments in the Museum's collection. He will also discuss the international controversy over the 'first gay kiss' detected in a courtiers' tomb from 2500 BC and how such funerary monuments were integrated in Marguerite Yourcenar's queer modern classic 'Memoirs of Hadrian'." Sara Wajid Untold London Website Manager London Museums Hub West India Quay London. E14 4AL Tel: 020 7001 9861 Fax: 020 7600 1058 Email: [log in to unmask] www.museumindocklands.org.uk Before printing, please think about the environment