Arts REVIEW: Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide If you like books about sinister powerful elitist organisations who use all sorts of nefarious tricks to keep their holds on power you’ll love this book, but look in the mirror as it’s not a conspiracy thriller but the fictionalised narrative of institutionalised racism and individual prejudice focu By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Guy UsinU – Oil & fetish The book is an evocative and crepuscular exploration not just of the people and places of Brighton but also the psycho-sexual geography of the artist themselves. Where they lay, pause, linger, what they see, feel and embrace, and what they leave in the echoes of desire, control and abandonment which By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: This much is true – Miriam Margolyes A natural raconteur the book is a superb read and may challenge as much as it will certainly delight. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Reluctant Gay Activist by Terry Sanderson Sanderson, one of our National Treasures has published this revised memoir, in which he looks again at his very long involvement with equality campaigning and particularly the struggle for gay rights, of which he formed a key role and how his life as a leading secularist guided him. I’ve got a lot By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye Keeping the emphasis on change, clearly detailing the harm caused by the current toxic situation but keeping the attention on hope, on what could and should be done by everyone interested in real equality to achieve it by working in solidarity. This is a book which offers us a way onward, to a bet By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune It’s about people finding ways to make the most of the time they have, and finding the power to enable themselves to change, and love being worth the risk of huge change. Throw in a ghost doggy, an impish spectral Grandad and a rather swish tearoom at the end of existence and this is an uplifting, By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Play that goes wrong @ Theatre Royal Building up into an entirely daft crescendo of madness the entire play, cast, set and night literally starts to fall apart. It’s done with such wit and well-rehearsed charm that it looks random and ad hoc a real testament to this tightly worked and skillfully directed groups of actors who all work v By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain the narrative is suffused with joy, skipping around with an inventiveness that carries the plot along. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Gangsta Granny Theatre Royal What’s not to like about a fun, silly, life affirming show like this with a strong moral message about appreciating our older relatives before they’re gone, sharing our wild and wonderful stories from life all mixed up with some hearty farts! By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: ‘In the Dream House’ by Carmen Maria Machado The book is astounding, but with its clarion call of authentic experience it shows us the author not only growing stronger in a world determined to undermine and destroy, but learning, navigating and finally breaking free to document, share and convince. Machado redefines what a memoir can be and gi By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Brightonians by Darren Kay It’s a fun read, with a narrative momentum which whisks you along like the Volks railway, although unlike that ancient locomotive this book takes you somewhere interesting, a rather fabulous fantastical Brighton, not quite the same, but oddly familiar. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW : Canzona @ BREMF This is an extra special group of talented experts who manage to move beyond their clearly apparent mastery of these instrutmens into that delightful zone of combining talent, intellect and passion to produce these warm and frothy pieces. By Eric Page • 3 min read
