It's A Sin provides human face of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s

Josh Leeson
Updated January 22 2021 - 10:16am, first published 10:15am
EMOTIONAL RIDE: Olly Alexander in It's A Sin, which follows a group of gay friends struggling with the AIDS epidemic in '80s London.
EMOTIONAL RIDE: Olly Alexander in It's A Sin, which follows a group of gay friends struggling with the AIDS epidemic in '80s London.

FOR many Australians their earliest memory of AIDS or HIV were those nightmarish late '80s commercials where the grim reaper knocked over men, women and children with bowling balls of death.

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Josh Leeson

Josh Leeson

Journalist

Josh Leeson is an entertainment and features journalist, specialising in music, at the Newcastle Herald. He first joined the masthead in 2008 after stints at the Namoi Valley Independent and Port Stephens Examiner and has previously covered sport including the Asian Cup, A-League, Surfest, cricket and rugby league.

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