Move to York & Misc
Move to York, March 2026
New Home, Old York
This past March I moved from Leeds to York. I had a removal van loaded and unloaded (well, I supervised. If even that). I unboxed and unbagged and pushed furniture about and put up wonky poles and voile curtains. And I congratulate myself that I did all this, and got thoroughly nested, in under 48 hours. Bed made, bookcases filled, glasses in the appropriate cupboards. Like Mary Poppins.
I powered myself with apple-mint tea and Radio 4 podcasts. I went for Kate Lister’s Betwixt the Sheets – the sex historian interviewing academics about sexy, shady characters and situations of yore+ and After Dark: Myths, Misdeed and the Paranormal++ . I can recommend both fulsomely if you too have a penchant for the bawdy and gothic side of history.
I’m glad to be home.
The last home I lived in was ‘nice in theory’. An apartment in an old Edwardian mini-manor, that looked pretty from a distance but was crumbling quietly and politely like a suburban marriage. Not to mention the ‘neighbourhood watch’ schtick, which is not my forte. Empathically. Nor would it be anyone’s who had a sex life that wasn’t still riffing on a ‘lie back and think of England’ ethos. Whores don’t belong in suburbia. Nor, probably do spinsters, circus performers or anarcho-syndicalists, but none of those are really my gig+++.
So, I found a sturdy conversion apartment with thick, solid walls and modern utilities, I haven’t seen the same person twice in the main corridor and people barely acknowledge me when I trot past. Bliss!++++
So, I can arrange to meet in York itself, either at my location or at one of York’s hotels (historic or modern – if its fairly central, I’m there). Also, if you’d like to meet for drinks/dinner dates I’ve put some recommendations on my website here.
I can also still visit other cities – Leeds, Manchester, London etc – either for outcalls or I can arrange a hotel for us to meet at if that’s better for you (check my details page). I’m less into specific tours these days; I have a few too many things that need doing in my base location at present to go away for 3-4 days at a time, sadly. Hopefully next year when I get some extra-curricular projects finished.
Tryst Blog Article on Moulin Rouge!, March, 2026
Moulin Rouge! 2001
I recently published another Whoreview article for Tryst on the classic courtesan musical Moulin Rouge! Snippet and link below.
“The film is winking at us; the opulence of “the Rouge” pitted against the decay of poverty-stricken Montmartre. The fantasy of its ideal “Freedom, Beauty, Truth, Love” existing in the energetic imaginations of the artists, dancers, singers, and lovers of the underworld. Christian’s impulsive romanticising is allowed to wash because the film presents his story as a fiction within a fiction. Being fools for love is the wheelhouse of those who see the leap of faith required for fast-moving love and ignore the crash to earth.”
It can be found at This Link.
Miscellaneous
Rocky Marciano - The Original Italian Stallion
+Non parlo Italiano bene! I’ve been trying to learn Italian recently, at that paragon of modern learning, Duolingo. For some reason, I appear to be adept at the ‘learning to read’ aspect, yet chronically useless at the ‘learning to speak’ aspect. My lethargic memory strikes again.
+What are the odds?: One of my slumming it hobbies (as some of my clients would no doubt attest) is my gruesome predilection for Heavyweight boxing. I’m not generally a gambler, but on sport I’ll have a flutter (of the meek and mild variety). I especially like to cast a bet on a fighter I like. Mind blowing! But, better yet, one who might win, but isn’t the favourite. Someone I want to get behind, but has potentially profitable, if not outlandish odds. I’m going for Chisora (the close favourite, meh), Dubois (the close non-favourite, good) Makhmudov (wild card! stupid!) and Usyk (very safe bet, probably won’t bother. Not point tinkering about on Paddy Power just to win 13p).
KISSES, CORA LEIGH
YORK INDEPENDENT ESCORT, DOMINATRIX & COMPANION
Notes
+Geishas, concubines, downlow lesbians and historical fuckboys. Henry 8th wives and Hitler’s lovers.
++Witch trials, gothic novelists, batshit superstitions and serial killers.
+++I’m soft-of-centre with subpar balance. I was going to write ‘zero’ balance but that would be ludicrous. I am able to stand up, and even walk a few paces. And anyway can whores also be categorised as spinsters or are we of a wholly different taxonomy? Discuss.
