“He would take one of the first-floor rooms, with a balcony looking out over the promenade and green of Southsea, its castle and cannons and strolling sailors. It had, like all of Stephen’s favoured hotels, a quiet hushed air of untrumpeted luxury. “The hotel was Southsea’s best, with its impressive marble pillared hall, and stained-glass domed ceiling. In his book Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant ,celebrated local author Professor Philip Hoare, described how Stephen was a much loved guest at the hotel.
He was well known for holding court in the lobby, cutting quite a dash with his stylish flair.
In the post war years, he was a regular guest at The Queens Hotel. He was a member of the so-called ‘ Bright Young Things.’ They dominated the headlines in the 1930s due to their extravagant behaviour and Stephen was a British socialite known for his eccentric lifestyle.
While some books remain firmly in his perceived wheelhouse, such as Cooper’s The Sluts and Jean Rhys’ Good Morning, Midnight others are a little more out of leftfield such as the biography of Cambodian tyrant Pol Pot. Waters’ often expressed his love for the subversive and his book choice is no different, he marks out Andy Milligan as a preferred filmmaker in the list, and also says James Purdy is great if “you’re having a sexual nervous breakdown”, while also declaring undying love for his idol and David Bowie inspiration, Jean Genet Having written several books alongside his screenplays for cult-classic titles such as Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Cry-Baby, and Hairspray, it’s fair to assume he has good taste.
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