What Lies Beneath – for Marcin Zarowny. Marcin Zarowny and Karol Michalec were living a seemingly idyllic life together in the welcoming gay friendly haven of Brighton and Hove. Having escaped a lifetime of homophobia in their native Poland they had found not only love in one another, but the freedom here in the UK to live openly and free By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 4 min read
An Honest Tale of Modern Britain or – it’s not homophobic if you’re not a “fat poof” What does it take for a hate crime to be recorded as a homophobic incident, and for action to be taken? Craig Hanlon-Smith tells one man’s story. This is a true story. It is August 4, 2018 and Owen Syred attends the Brighton Pride parade with his friends and their children. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 5 min read
Fringe PREVIEW: Mind Your Rhymes by Spit the Ink Local writer and performer Aiden Bex makes his Brighton Fringe debut this bank holiday weekend as part of local initiative ‘The Write Release’ and performance company ‘Spit The Ink’. Following his own experiences living with depression, Aiden took to performing his own writing through spoken word an By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 1 min read
Award winning film comes to Brighton tonight for Charity Fundraiser Brighton is hosting a special charity fundraising screening of Yen Tan’s award winning film 1985 at The Sallis Benney Theatre on Friday April 12 at 7pm to raise funds for Martin Fisher Foundation. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
St James’ Street attacks on three gay men. In the early hours of Saturday morning March 23, a local man was brutally attacked on St James’ Street outside The Zone, one of the area’s most popular weekend cabaret haunts. As he left the bar at closing time around 1am his mobile phone was snatched from him and as he gave chase, he was set upon b By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
“Education not indoctrination”- removing the LGBT+ from Education Anti-LGBT+ sentiment would appear to be growing as a result of the Birmingham Primary Schools education row. What started with Parkfield Community School in Alum Rock Birmingham, has now spread to at least four schools across the city and politicians from across the party spectrum are voicing their By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 3 min read
PREVIEW: Boy Wonder – Still, A Marvellous Party! In 2017, to acknowledge and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality, Ignite Books published ‘A Marvellous Party’, a collection of heartfelt tributes to queer heroes and heroines, written by Ian Elmslie, the musical half of award-winning gay cabaret act, Katrina and T By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
OPINION: Craig’s Thoughts – Another Brick In The Wall Whatever position taken on the subject of Brexit, there is some agreement that on all sides of the discussion behaviours have led much to be desired. Neither lies nor fears projected during polarised arguments are attributes we should be aspiring to and yet we perhaps shouldn’t be surprised that the By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 5 min read
SPORT: Fitter Confident Me New Year’s resolutions are easy to make and easy to break. Fitter Confident You is a great way to start and to stay focused by Craig Hanlon-Smith. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
OPINION: Craig’s Thoughts – ‘Forgive, but never forget’ Forgive them father. They know not what they did. Nor did they care by Craig Hanlon-Smith @craigscontinuum By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 5 min read
Fitter confident me! Sporting myth has it that the game of Rugby was invented by someone picking up a football mid-game and running with it. For years I was convinced that guy was a disgruntled school-age homosexual, who one wet Wednesday afternoon thought “f*** this, I’m off” and just legged it the heck outta there. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
OPINION: Call Me By That Name ANOTHER season emerges and another reason to be offended. Radio stations proudly issue statements that having re-listened to the coercive and rape promoting Baby It’s Cold Outside the track is banned. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 3 min read
