Bosie might have been Oscar's muse but clearly Dorian Gray is the Portrait of Oscar Wilde's own soul.

It maddens me too. His sexuality is more discussed than his genius work. I read something very true somewhere before that went something like: "If Wilde had destroyed half a dozen young women's lives by having affairs with them behind their husband's backs and left them pregnant with his illegitimate sons, he would have been left alone. It's just a shame he conducted his secret affairs with members of his own sex, which is why he was persecuted. The male is sacrosanct, but the woman seems fair game"... A VERY interesting point I thought. Still, to this very day, his sexuality remains the most discussed aspect of Wilde's life, which is a crying shame. I always encourage people to sideline it and concentrate on his works instead, but my advice, more often than not, falls upon deaf ears. The height of respect to you Duncan, at least there are some enlightened people among us. From David, a writer and musician from, like Oscar, Éire, the Emerald Isle...

Cello played by a novice or a cello played by a maestro? The difference is only the space between thunder breaking glass and a song bird melodiously prophesying the dawn.