Health Sussex Beacon offers alcohol abuse support for people living with HIV The Sussex Beacon is offering a mindfulness-based group programme for people living with HIV who want to gain a greater understanding of their relationship with alcohol. The course, which starts on Thursday, January 29 at 7-9 p.m., will run for eight weeks and will take place at The Sussex Beacon ce By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBT Domestic Violence helpline faces closure Broken Rainbow, a lifeline for thousands of LGBT people experiencing domestic violence and abuse, comes to the end of its main funding stream in March and has had no clear confirmation from the Home Office whether funding will be extended for another year. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: ‘Right Here, Right Now’, Moroder/Minogue Right Here, Right Now: The Collaboration of a Career: Giorgio Moroder’s first album of original material for 30 years, featuring Kylie Minogue. …………YES HE of legendary 1970s true symphonic disco, composer and producer of the 12-minute dance-floor ode to the orgasm Love To Love You Baby, that launche By Besi • 2 min read
Kemp Town Carnival 2014 Community News No Carnival for Kemp Town in 2015 The directors of the Kemp Town Carnival Association have cancelled this years party, scheduled for June, and have announced they are going to have a “sabbatical” for a year to give them the opportunity to fully explore a more sustainable business model for the future. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Volunteers needed for new Hove community action team Residents in Goldsmid, Hove, have been invited to help develop a community action team for the area. Local ward councillor Ruth Buckley, along with local PCSOs and the deputy chair of the Goldsmid Action Team, are calling for local residents interested in community issues to help shape and run the g By Besi • 1 min read
Food & Drink PREVIEW: Fat Gay Vegan hosts LGBT social at VegfestUK Brighton! Ever wondered where all the other LGBT vegans are in this world? Join blogger and event planner Fat Gay Vegan at one of Europe’s biggest vegan festivals VegfestUK, at the nation’s gay and veggie capital Brighton, for a jumbo LGBT get-together featuring music, games and a chance to make a whole lot o By Besi • 2 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: T’Pau – ‘Nowhere’ To the uninitiated Carol Decker and T’Pau are remembered for a smattering of hits most notably China In Your Hand and Heart & Soul. The stylistic gulf between those two international smashes should be a reasonable indication of the versatility of a band who at the time were not always afforded the c By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Actually Gay Men’s Chorus open evening Is one of your New Years resolutions to start a new interest? Have you always fancied singing but never had the confidence? If so, go along to St Andrews Church, Waterloo Street, Hove on January 22 from 8pm, where The Actually Gay Men’s Chorus will be holding an open evening for you to check out if By Besi • 1 min read
General News Hundreds of local patients turned to A&E because they couldn’t see a GP An official NHS England survey has found that local hospitals are struggling under record pressure as thousands of patients in Brighton and Hove go to A&E after they failed to get an appointment with their family doctor the last time they tried. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Oscar Wilde’s Last Chance: The Dreyfus Connection’ In ‘Oscar Wilde’s Last Chance: The Dreyfus Connection’, historian and biographer Mark Hichens sheds light on one of the most interesting public mysteries of all time. Oscar Wilde came out of prison a broken man. There seemed no hope of reviving his spirit, of finding the spark that would once again By Besi • 1 min read
Arts James Dawson to pen mental health guide for young people Today, the third Monday in January has been described as the most depressing day of the year, or ‘Blue Monday’. With young people’s mental health a greater issue than ever before, Hot Key Books have announced, on Blue Monday itself, that James Dawson will be releasing a book on mental health issues By Besi • 2 min read
Arts G.L.A.M. Nights in Crouch End ArtHouse Crouch End present a monthly LGBT film event, G.L.A.M NIGHTS (Gays, Lesbians and Movies). On January 29, they will be screening the award winning romantic drama The Way He Looks. By Besi • 1 min read
