The truth about Todd

2004: Seeing Coronation Street’s first gay storyline through modern eyes

Apr 03, 2024

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Coronation Street characters Todd and Karl in a scene together. Both are in the camera, Todd has his back to Karl, they are clearly having a deep serious conversation — “I think we’re supposed to take our trousers off first.” (ITV)

This week’s The truth about everything* is a FLASHBULB. According to the dictionary, a flashbulb memory is ‘an unusually vivid, richly detailed, and long-lasting memory for the circumstances surrounding a dramatic event’. Like a JFK/Princess Diana moment, I guess, but my Flashbulbs are pop cu…

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