Finished reading the chapter “The Swish of the Curtain” from the Mark Lewisohn book “Tune In, The Beatles: All these Years Vol 1” today. The chapter details the early life and career of Brian Epstein. While Brian certainly had many triumphs in his short life, it is so sad to read about how tortured he felt about being gay and the shame that accompanied this. Even more sad to think of the innumerable others that must have felt the same throughout much of history. 📚 🎶