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Craig Hanlon-Smith

REVIEW: Three Degrees at Concorde2

REVIEW: Three Degrees at Concorde2

It’s barely ten minutes into their live set at Brighton’s Concorde2, when Helen Scott of the Three Degrees reminds a seemingly ecstatic crowd of their placing in The Guinness Book of Records as the longest running all female trio in music history.

MUSIC REVIEW: T’Pau live at Royal Vauxhall Tavern

MUSIC REVIEW: T’Pau live at Royal Vauxhall Tavern

T’Pau, fronted by the formidable Carol Decker are a band enjoying something of a renaissance since a successful 25th Anniversary Tour in 2013. Their return to the touring arena has not least of all revealed something of an LGBT following, cemented by this one-off acoustic show at The Royal Vauxhall

Putting the ‘T’ into comedy

Putting the ‘T’ into comedy

Claire Parker, is a stand up comedian, blogger, radio presenter, BBC writers consultant, project lead, oh and is a woman who also happens to be trans. She is also effortlessly calm and on her BBC writers room blog states: Why don’t we all put down our mud. Draw a line under it all and invite each ot

Dave Lynn – No doormat… life inside the Dragon’s Den

Dave Lynn – No doormat… life inside the Dragon’s Den

After 40 years in sequins and stilettos, Dave Lynn talks to Craig Hanlon-Smith about the life and loves of a legendary Drag Queen. November 2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the legendary Dave Lynn’s first venture into the world of drag.

Not such fragile dreams after all

Not such fragile dreams after all

T’Pau, fronted by the vivacious Carol Decker shot to fame in the late 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits, most notably Valentine, Heart & Soul, China In Your Hand and I Will Be With You.

MUSIC REVIEW: With a Rebel Yell

MUSIC REVIEW: With a Rebel Yell

WHATEVER the motivation behind releasing almost a third of an imminent album three months early, the official line being that it is to steal the thunder of those behind an alleged hacking, the music industry has changed beyond all recognition from when Madonna first began shifting vinyl by the hanga

Don’t Die of Heckling …and other sequins of wisdom

Don’t Die of Heckling …and other sequins of wisdom

After 25 years as Lola Lasagne, Stephen Richards talks to Craig Hanlon-Smith about his life as the Brighton Belle.

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