Arts PREVIEW: Fringe: Express Yourself: If You Leave Brighton Fringe Festival and particularly the collection of Warren venues continues its tradition of innovative forward thinking programming with 201 Dance Company’s ‘If You Leave’. Following a brief yet successful run in London and ahead of its Edinburgh stint this August ‘If You Leave’ is a must f By Contributor • 2 min read
Letters Thank you from THT Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), Brighton would like to say a big thank you to the 15 volunteers who came and helped them clean up the Dukes Mound/Bushes area on Saturday, April 25. By Contributor • 1 min read
Purna Sen: Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion Election Special Purna Sen: Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion Purna came to the UK from India in 1962, studied in state schools and taught in adult, community and further education. She has worked for NGOs on violence against women and human rights and with asylum seekers and refugees. She became single at the age of 40, with two teenage daughters. By Contributor • 3 min read
Chris Bowers: Liberal Democratic Candidate for Brighton Pavilion Election Special Chris Bowers: Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion Chris Bowers, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Brighton Pavilion is a writer and broadcaster, commentating on radio and TV for Eurosport, ESPN and internet media, and a member of the BBC 5 Live team at Wimbledon for 12 years from 1994-2007. Chris works in the environmental movement, has been a cou By Contributor • 3 min read
Election Special What has your Pavilion MP been doing for you for the last 5 years? Caroline Lucas was elected MP for Brighton Pavilion in May 2010. She looks back over the last five years at what she has been able to achieve for her LGBT residents. As the first Green MP to be elected to Parliament, I have actively campaigned for same sex marriage legislation tabling amendments whe By Contributor • 3 min read
Election Special Simon Kirby: Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Sussex born Simon, lives with his wife and his six children in East Brighton. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven at the last general election in May, 2010. Simon was first elected to represent the people of Kemptown in 1992, as a Councillor on East Sussex Coun By Contributor • 3 min read
Davy Jones: Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Election Special Davy Jones: Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Davy Jones is standing for the Green Party in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven and says it is important for him to stand up for what matters in the place where he and his two daughters grew up – a place whose radicalism has inspired his politics for decades. This is his first foray into actually bei By Contributor • 3 min read
Election Special Paul Chandler, Liberal Democrat Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Paul Chandler has lived in Kemptown for over ten years and, in that time, has been an active member of his community. He has helped shape the plans for the new hospital that Brighton so badly needs as a member of the local resident’s consultative committee. For the last three years Paul has given ti By Contributor • 2 min read
Nancy Platts: Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Election Special Nancy Platts: Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Nancy says she came to politics quite recently because: “my passion is making things happen”. She is not a career politician, has not worked for an MP, as a special advisor or a think tank, has not been part of the ‘Westminster bubble’ and she hopes this will be a refreshing change! Nancy didn’t go By Contributor • 3 min read
Election Special What has your Kemptown MP been doing for you during the last 5 years? Simon Kirby was elected as MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven in May 2010. He looks back over the last five years and what he has been able to achieve for local LGBT residents. “It is an honour to be the MP for this incredibly special place. I always do my best to stand up for our area and be a By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Mark Daniels, Acute Britishness Acute Britishness. It’s a serious syndrome. Lovely cute but worrisome gay boy Mark Daniels suffers from a syndrome known as Acute Britishness. His self-deprecating, sarcastic wit questions why Brits just won’t complain, even about the country’s biggest problems: school textbooks, STD clinics, Craig By Contributor • 2 min read
In The South OBITUARY: Brian Ralfe 1945 – 2015 I never imagined I would be sitting here writing about the life and death of my friend Brian Ralph a.k.a. ‘Vera’. It came as an awful shock receiving a phone call asking for the name of Brian’s next of kin. It was unreal. Vera was dead! It can’t be true that the outgoing, larger-than-life, sometimes By Contributor • 3 min read
