Arts BOOK REVIEW: Purple Prose: Bisexuality in Britain: Kate Harrad This book is an important and relevant commentary on contemporary British Bisexual experience and a must read for Bi people and their allies from across the LGBTQ world. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Hide: Matthew Griffin I loved this book, it made me laugh and brought a tear to my eye and it’s rare a book does both, the narrative is huge and emotionally brutal, little details bringing the reality crashing in, but always human and real and the men’s relationship offered up with a tender honesty that reflects so many By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: Rehearsal for Murder@Theatre Royal I’m not going to spoil the ending for you, I’ll let the writer do that instead but it’s worth knowing it’s all a huge wet pail of red herrings with not a decent dénouement in sight. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The scientific secrets of Doctor Who This book made me laugh and think, and explains some difficult and abstract scientific ideas without insulting the intelligence of the LGBT Whoovian reader. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: All you need is Love Collins adapts her fun style which is a cross between Quentin Blake and Dr Seuss to the various ways that families interact and grow. Collins adds humour and some subtle insight and some knowing experience to this book to make it a pleasure to read for both younger readers and adults. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: SpaceCraft by John McCullough John McCullough’s first collection of poems, The Frost Fairs, won the Polari First Book Prize and captivated many readers immediately with his delicate, comprehensive and utterly deceptive and subtle use of words to capture the momentum of love in our lives. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: All Male HMS Pinafore@Theatre Royal For something so very gay it’s played utterly straight . It’s a parody of a parody of a parody, a Klien bottle of cleverness and shines with its love of the medium. It’s just the Queers who are getting the skewing this time round and that, my fellow benders, makes it all the more fun. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Speak my Language This is a vital, vibrant and utterly enjoyable book which should grace every Queers bookshelf or travelling bag. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Our Young Man This is a throbbing candid, piercingly erotic, breathtakingly intimate story which hides behind nothing but its own delusions. It’s mirrors and smoke again for White, a theme he loves, and the way intention, direction, desire and fate all combine to present the world to us, and this books is him at By Eric Page • 1 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: Why Drag? Hastings; one of the UK’s leading photographers from the last decade describes himself as ‘a celebrity photographer with a thing for drag queens’, but honey those words are far too small for the glory of this divinely captured book. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Community News Students remember the young victims of Orlando massacre Last night about 180 people attended a Vigil at the Old Steine, organised by the LGBT Q university societies from Sussex and Brighton Universities. Students from both universities, young people and allies held a moving vigil for the dead of Orlando massacre. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: THEATRE:Once Upon A Time On Something Street This is walk thought theatre with some audience participation, it’s aiming to be something gentler altogether, something real and relevant to the audience but enjoyable all the same. By Eric Page • 3 min read
