General News Soho go slow – council leader demands update on Aquarium Terraces Cllr Warren Morgan, Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council has today (October 24, 2017) written to the leaseholder of the Aquarium Terraces site, Richard Franklin of Brighton Seafront Regeneration (BSR) Ltd asking for an urgent update on the lengthy delay to works on site. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Gay Men’s Chorus raise over £1,000 for Rainbow Fund In recent years, during Brighton & Hove Pride, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus have supported the Rainbow Fund. This year was no exception! Their Showtime concert raised £1,025.85 for this vital not-for-profit grant giving organisation. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Brighton Fringe seeks budding artists! Brighton Fringe announces details of its 2018 Family Guide cover competition. Children from across Brighton and Hove are being invited to design the cover of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Family Guide. Children under 11 years of age are being challenged to create a piece of original cover art inspired by By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Blanche Street – where all the neighbours are a nightmare! Blanche Street: where all the neighbours are a nightmare is Gscene columnist, Glenn Stevens new collection of ten urban gothic tales, ranging from the macabre to the downright strange. This limited edition book (200) has an exhibition at Jubilee Library foyer until Sunday, October 29, 2017, to give By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: TWINKLE Little Star @Queens Hotel Jason Sutton aka the drag entertainer Miss Jason is to play the role of Harold Thropp in a new production of Philip Meeks’s TWINKLE Little Star. The play started life many years ago as an Edinburgh Fringe show and has been seen in a number of theatres since, being performed by a list of dame-playing By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Bobo Bear designs new BBW logo Organisers of Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) reveal the Italian artist and designer Bobo Bear will design their 2018 logo. Bobo Bear whose designs feature at bear events across the globe will design the new BBW logo for 2018. Bobo who attended last year’s event in Brighton, has a huge number of followe By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Isle of Wight Pride wins right to host UK Pride in 2018 Isle of Wight Pride beat off stiff competition at the UK Pride Organisers Network conference to win the right to host UK Pride in 2018. After a successful UK Pride Organisers Network conference held in Blackpool this weekend, the Isle of Wight was voted to be the host for UK Pride in 2018. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Rainbow Fund award record total in grants to local LGBT/HIV groups Grants totalling £110,688 awarded to local LGBT+ and HIV organisations at the annual Rainbow Fund Grant Awards Ceremony at the Brighton Metropole Hotel on Monday, October 16. Rainbow Fund Patron Zoe Lyons and entertainer Lola Lasagne proved a great double act hosting the ceremony and announcing the By Besi • 6 min read
Health New study indicates national PrEP programme would be cost effective The Lancet Infectious Diseases publish scholarly study into the HIV prevention treatment, PrEP titled, Cost-effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in men who have sex with men in the UK: a modelling study and health economic evaluation. By Besi • 3 min read
In The South Barnardo’s successful at Pink News Awards Barnardo’s has won an award for improving LGBT+ equality at the Pink News Awards in Westminster last night. The UK’s leading children’s charity received the Third Sector Equality Award at the ceremony which celebrates the contributions of politicians, businesses, campaigners and community groups to By Besi • 2 min read
Health Could you be a short term foster parent for a disabled child? Barnardo’s Brighton and Hove Link Plus provides high quality fostering and short breaks for disabled children and their families. They are desperately looking for more carers from all sectors of the community who can offer anything from occasional overnight stays through to full-time fostering for c By Besi • 1 min read
Arts George Michael to raise money for good causes at Hibernation Local artist Lez Ingham has been putting the final touches to her portrait of George Michael, the latest painting in her series of Icons. The painting of the pop superstar was commissioned to be auctioned at Hibernation, the community luncheon organised by Bear-Patrol at the Old Ship Hotel on Sunday By Besi • 1 min read
