The Little I Knew Review: The Little I Knew by Chiara Valerio, translated by Ailsa Wood A meditation on small-town life, female relationships, and the secrets that pulse beneath seemingly placid surfaces. This novel unwinds with careful intensity, its narrative architecture mirroring the slow, sun-drenched rhythms of southern Italian coastal existence. By Eric Page • 2 min read
BREMF A Resplendent Celebration: Music Divine brings Gibbons to life in Brighton's BREMF There's something rather magical about experiencing four centuries of musical heritage vibrating through the bones of a lurking Brighton church, Gibbons 400 was a transcendent journey marking 400 years since Orlando Gibbons' death. By Eric Page • 2 min read
art The Coast is Queer: A Lighthouse for LGBTQ+ Literature Coast is Queer is what arts should look like when it's done with excellence, flair, and genuine commitment to artistic merit and democratic access.... something genuinely radical: where artistic rigor and radical inclusion aren't in tension but in harmony. By Eric Page • 5 min read
music review Queen of Hearts: The Gesualdo Six There's something profoundly queer about ancient devotional music – the ecstatic surrender, the passionate veneration, the blurring of earthly and divine love. The Gesualdo Six's concert understood this implicitly, delivering an evening of 16th-century polyphony both ancient and contemporary. By Eric Page • 3 min read
The Coast is Queer: Friday's tide brings in a bounty of brilliant queer voices Like a harbour at full tide, the Coast is Queer Festival's wealth of talent was a maritime procession of queer brilliance, each artist a different craft navigating the same glorious, tumultuous waters of LGBTQ+ experience. By Eric Page • 5 min read
Austentatious cast 2025 and show title Austentatious A Most Delightful Evening of Theatrical Impropriety Austentatious at Theatre Royal Brighton, - 21 September Wit, charm, and just a touch of the risqué, whether you are a devoted Austen enthusiast or newcomer to the world of drawing rooms and country estates, Austentatious are masters of daft comedy that shall linger long in memory. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Book review by Eric Page The Sexual Evolution: How 500 million years of sex, gender and mating shape modern relationships by Nathan H. Lents ★★★★★ This injects a timely splash of colour into a field increasingly given to dreary black-and-white thinking. Essential reading that proves Nature has always been the ultimate advocate for diversity, and has been having a perfectly marvellous time at it. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Book review by Eric Page Queer Georgians: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers and Homemakers By Dr Anthony Delaney ★★★★★ Queer Georgians is both deeply serious scholarship and a celebration of queer resilience. It takes the mythic sheen off our ancestors while making them infinitely more precious—as recognisably queer people who loved, struggled, thrived, and endured. unmistakably queer. By Eric Page • 3 min read
England A Descent into Desire: Hilda Hilst's "The Obscene Madame D" For queer readers seeking literature that honors complexity of desire and the courage to live authentically, it celebrates the transformative power of refusing to be contained by others' definitions of acceptable existence By Eric Page • 3 min read
Brighton Theatre Royal A Revolution of Hearts: Brighton Theatre Group's Magnificent Les Misérables ★★★★★ This is community theatre at its most vital and necessary—proving when hearts are this committed and talent runs this deep, magic happens. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Image Credit Heinrich Brinkmöller-Becker Culture Chaos, Curtains, and Cannibalism: Nature Theatre of Oklahoma's "No President" Tests Every Limit ★★★☆☆ "No President" explores competition, artistic identity, and the absurdities of show business, blending high art and low comedy with a political edge. It's work that refuses to be easily categorised or dismissed, even when it's driving you to distraction. By Eric Page • 4 min read
England Spine-Tingling Spectacle: 'Ghost Stories' haunts Brighton Theatre Royal ★★★★☆ The disturbed perspective of the sets, subtly shifting lighting and sounds scapes all conspire to tip the audience into a state of unease; glimpses of wide eyes focus, expectant, held breathes, titialted nerve jingling. By Eric Page • 2 min read