Features & Longread FOOD REVIEW: Jimmy’s World Kitchen Jimmy’s World Kitchen in Brighton Marina celebrated its official opening at the end of January with a VIP evening for local celebrities and footballers from the Brighton and Hove Albion football team. The 500-seater restaurant is the largest in Sussex and brings dining on an American scale into the By Besi • 3 min read
Features & Longread Sexological Bodywork DURING my 60 years on this earth I’ve enjoyed all manner of pleasures and experienced many naughty moments along the way. However, I was somewhat nervous when I went along for my first Sexology Bodywork session, especially as the person who would be giving me pleasure was someone I knew personally. By Besi • 4 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Fundraising mandolin concert in aid of the Martlets Hospice Brighton’s mandolin orchestra – The Fretful Federation – will be hosting a fundraising concert in aid of the Martlets Hospice at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday March 10, at St George’s Church, Kemptown. In addition to the award-winning orchestra, the concert will also feature guest flute soloist Kathy Rogers By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Celebrities go under the hammer for THT Ben Cohen, Tracey Emin and Grayson Perry go under the hammer at a major Terrence Higgins Trust fundraiser. A private screening of BAFTA-winning movie PRIDE hosted by the film’s writer Stephen Beresford, stunning artworks by Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry and Jake and Dinos Chapman, and dinner with rugby By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton Pride scoops Best Pride or Festival in Boyz Magazine Awards The list of accolades Brighton Pride has been acquiring grew last week when it scooped the coveted Best Pride or Festival Award at the Boyz Awards at the Two Brewers in London. Stephen Richards aka Lola Lasagne, host of the Legends Cabaret Tent at Brighton Pride, was on hand to collect the award on By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Thousands of runners celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Vitality Brighton Half Marathon Despite the threat of bad weather, the rain held off for today’s Vitality Brighton Half Marathon, bringing thousands of people onto the streets of the city to support the 15,000 runners and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 13.1 mile race, which is run around the city’s landmark sights. By Besi • 3 min read
General News Saltdean Lido £4.7 million funding confirmed The Saltdean Lido will receive £4.7 million in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help restore the Lido and the surrounding area to prosperity, whilst also restoring one of the UK’s most iconic Lidos. Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company will immediately receive £576,000 for development f By Besi • 1 min read
Cllr Warren Morgan: Leader of Labour and Cooperative, Brighotn and Hove City Council LGBTQ+ News Give local services a fighting chance: Labour issue budget challenge to other parties Labour fight to stop savage cuts to the Pride Parade, the Mayoralty and the Women’s Refuge. The Labour group on the city council are challenging the Greens and Tories to put aside party politics and unite around a budget that is best for Brighton and Hove at the annual Council meeting to set the bud By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Boys Of Bridgend StandUp To Homophobia Boys of Bridgend burst onto the scene in 2014 with their debut calendar raising funds for the Everyman Appeal to help fight the battle against testicular and prostate cancer. After selling in over 35 countries around the world, the boys are now back in the studio working on their brand new calendar By Besi • 3 min read
National Aids Trust Health New report finds HIV prevention is underfunded and deprioritised A report by the National AIDS Trust (NAT) has found that not enough money is being spent on HIV prevention to have any impact of the rate of new HIV infections. NAT estimates in 2014/15 that £15 million was spent nationally on HIV prevention compared with £55 million allocated in 2001/02. In this ti By Besi • 2 min read
Brighton Pride Parade Community News Brighton Pride publishes Interim Annual Review 2014 Brighton Pride is a Non for Profit Community Interest Company (CIC), who give profits generated by the annual Pride event and Village Street Party, to benefit the LGBTQI community in Brighton & Hove. Brighton Pride operates with transparency and openness at the heart of everything it does, giving re By Besi • 1 min read
News Labour launches biggest ever women’s campaign: Woman to Woman Harriet Harman MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Gloria De Piero MP, Shadow Minister for women and equalities and Lucy Powell MP, Vice Chair of the Election campaign have launched Labour’s biggest ever women’s campaign to reach out to women across the country ahead of May’s General Election. By Besi • 4 min read
