Flying Weasels, winners of last Brighton Bear Weekenders Quiz Community News Big Bear Weekender Quiz tonight at Camelford Arms Brighton Bear Weekender (BBWE) gets into gear this evening with a warmup community event at the Camelford Arms, starting at 9pm. Quiz teams from across the community are invited to help raise money for the Rainbow Fund to distribute in their September grants round. At the last BBWE Quiz in March, th By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Aneesa Chaudhry brings Jazz to the Golden Handbag Awards Jazz chanteuse Aneesa Chaudhry will be opening this years Golden Handbag Show on Sunday, June 21 at the Brighton Metropole Hilton. Aneesa, who is musical director of the Brighton based Rainbow Chorus, has built up an international reputation as a jazz performer appearing at festival all over the wor By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Break the Chains’ European Tour comes to Brighton US-based internationally touring queer activist musicians, Evan Greer (Riot-Folk) and Taina Asili will be coming to Brighton with the Break the Chains European Tour on Sunday, June 21. Touring, queer, activist musicians Evan Greer (Boston) and Taina Asili (New York) are bringing their high-energy so By Besi • 3 min read
In The South Robert Addison – 20.6.1965 – 24.5.2015 Robert Addison aka Big Bob died suddenly on Sunday, May 24 in The Royal Sussex County Hospital after being admitted suffering from dehydration and a chest infection. Bob had lived in Brighton since he was a teenager and was popular on the commercial gay scene. In his early years he worked in the hot By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News The challenge of policing Brighton Pride in 2015 As Pride approaches James Ledward talks to Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp about the challenges, in the present economic climate of policing Brighton Pride and the Pride Village Party in 2015. Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp was appointed Divisional Commander for Brighton and Hove in 2013, seventeen yea By Besi • 6 min read
Community News Lunch Positive celebrates 6th birthday party Lunch Positive celebrated its 6th birthday and National Volunteering Week yesterday in Dorset Gardens Peace Park with a buffet picnic. The community celebration was attended by over 120 supporters of the charity, including lunch club members, friends and well-wishers, other HIV services, small chari By Besi • 3 min read
Food & Drink Lunch Positive ‘Community Big Lunch’ today Lunch Positive celebrates its sixth birthday on Saturday June 6 and invites everyone to a Big Lunch community celebration al fresco in Dorset Gardens Peace Park. Lunch Positive will be providing food at no charge, though donations are welcome, and people are also invited to bring along their own. By Besi • 1 min read
Henry Waddington Arts Top opera stars to raise money for Mencap Top singers in British Opera will be appearing at the Brighton Centre on December 19 to raise money for Brighton Mencap. The Brighton Centre will play host to this spectacular one-off evening celebrating the grand tradition of opera as a universal language with the power to make us laugh, cry and be By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Masquerade’ featuring Miss Jason A Pride performance from Actually Gay Men’s Chorus! The build up to Pride 2015 sees a welcome return and pairing, as cabaret star and current holder of Golden Handbag, Favourite Entertainer, Miss Jason joins forces once again with Actually Gay Men’s Chorus, in what is becoming a bit of a Pride tradi By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Samaritans volunteers in Brighton and Hove answered 61,796 calls for help last year Last year, 224 Samaritans volunteers from Brighton, Hove and District branch answered 61,796 calls for help, according to the latest figures released by the national suicide prevention charity. Overall, 21,007 volunteers responded to 5,331,295 calls for help in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The fi By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Film School to open outstanding new premises Brighton Film School has announced it will be opening a major new facility on, July 1 2015. The school hopes that its new building on London Road will further enhance its reputation as a world-class teaching institution for those wanting to enter the film industry. The school is already amongst the By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Out Of Office Hours at Queens Arms every Friday at 6pm Finished work for the weekend and fancy a catch up and laugh with friends and colleagues? The Queens Arms brings you even more cabaret every Friday with Out of office hours! from 6pm. Oooh it’s Friday will take place every Friday at 6pm, so, if it’s someone’s birthday or they are leaving for pasture By Besi • 1 min read
