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Feb 2021 – It’s a Sin: a nurse reflects on the Aids crisis of the 80s

If you’ve watched the poignant Channel 4 drama It’s a Sin, have a listen to this podcast. Anushka Asthana talks to Leigh Chislett, a nurse who worked at St Mary’s hospital in Paddington, London, on the HIV ward during the 1980s. He tells Anushka about living in London as a young gay man and the horrific impact Aids had on the gay community. But he says it also galvanised them to fight for greater rights.

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