Derek Jarman gets a Blue Plaque

Yesterday, an anti-establishment film director known for the colour blue got his own Blue Plaque from the establishment.
Derek Jarman (he used his middle name) was one of the leading artists of the 1970s and 1980s, and a fervent campaigner for gay rights at a time when it was still seen as a bit of a “loony left” issue.
It’s to a degree how such controversial at the time issues are today not just mainstream but normalised that makes the awarding of a Blue Plaque to someone who