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Tipping the Velvet

Great LezBritain: Sarah Waters talks inspiration, adaptations at World Book Night
, Mar 28, 2011
Sarah and Lee catch up with the acclaimed author in Glasgow and talk about the new TV adaptation of The Night Watch and a possible new incarnation of Tipping The Velvet.
eurOut on AfterEllen.com: "Verbotene Liebe" has a new lesbian storyline, Ann Wauters and wife are pregnant
, Dec 10, 2010
Plus the Tipping the Velvet auction and Nadine Angerer's comments on being bisexual.
Great LezBritain: The Top 10 TV Moments That Built the British Lesbian
, Jan 18, 2010
From Bad Girls and Brookside to Sugar Rush and Skins, UK contributors Sarah and Lee review the television shows and characters that have mattered most to British lesbians.
Beyoncé is still not starring in "Tipping the Velvet," despite rumors
, Aug 13, 2009
Yet again, media outlets are stirring up murmurs about the star's filming of the Victorian lesbian love story remake.
Ask AfterEllen.com (Jan. 13, 2009)
, Jan 13, 2009
Answers to your questions about Clea DuVall, Missy Higgins, I Can't Think Straight on DVD, the sequel to Desert Hearts, the new Sarah Waters novel, and more.
Cinematic pairs: partners or lovers?
, Mar 19, 2008
Dawn Denbo and her lover Cindi have inspired a pondering of the connotations of the terms lover and partner.
Keeley Hawes: still delectable, but not bisexual
, Mar 3, 2008
Remember when Keeley Hawes (Tipping the Velvet) said she was bisexual? Yeah, not so much.
Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever. (November 17, 2006)
, Nov 17, 2006

Christina Cox fights evil, Spashley fights for the right to party, and more.

More Acceptance of Lesbian Content on British TV
, May 12, 2005

From The Rainbow to Brookside, Bad Girls to Fingersmith, British TV has come a long way in its portrayal of lesbians on TV.

Review of "Tipping the Velvet"
, Sep 27, 2004
The BBC miniseries adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel about lesbian love in Victorian-era England is both pleasing and problematic.