Jonathan Blake was just 33 years old when he became one of the first people in the UK to be diagnosed with HIV. Little did he know that after receiving what was then considered to be a “death sentence”, he would still be living a happy and healthy life at 75. His experiences in the 1980s, along with the LGBTQ+ community which he was a part of, have since inspired both film and TV projects, including the 2014 film Pride. The film sees British actor Dominic West play Jonathan in a retelling of