Arts REVIEW: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Following the sudden departure of Rufus Hound’s last month from his role playing Freddy Benson the shows producers took the opportunity last week to introduce to the press his replacement, Alex Gaumond, fresh from playing bossy Miss Trunchbull in Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre along with Bonney La By Besi • 4 min read
Arts Stonewall marks 25th anniversary with launch of older LGBT role models guide Stonewall marks its 25th anniversary with launch of older LGBT role models guide. Stonewall, the LGB equality charity today marks its 25th anniversary with the launch of a guide celebrating older lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) role models. LGBT Voices, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Man raped on night out in Brighton Police are appealing for help to trace a man they need to speak to about a rape in Brighton in October. A 25-year-old man from London has told Sussex Police officers he was raped in a hotel by a man he met while on a night out in Brighton in the early hours of Saturday, October 18. By Besi • 1 min read
General News Council extends the PayByPhone parking service Brighton & Hove City Council has extended PayByPhone cashless parking to cover most of its on-street parking locations. Initially introduced along the seafront in 2013 for on-street parking bays and at 10 council owned car parks, PayByPhone’s popularity amongst tourists and local residents has seen By Besi • 2 min read
Cllr Ian Davey General News Parking zone extended from December An extension to parking Zone J, which covers the area around Preston Circus and London Road station in Brighton, is set to go live within the Lewes Road Triangle area of the city from Monday 1st December 2014. The new zone will operate seven days a week, from 9am to 8pm. By Besi • 1 min read
General News ‘Light up a Life’ with the Martlets this Christmas This Christmas, the Martlets Hospice are inviting residents across Brighton & Hove to join them at a series of events to remember their loved ones. ‘Light up a Life’ ceremonies are a wonderful way to celebrate the lives of those who are no longer with us. Christmas is often a difficult time for thos By Besi • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: dr.a.g. bookthefilm edition dr.a.g. the world’s most glamorous coffee table book returns centre stage for an encore performance just in time for Christmas with twenty new faces and photographs included in this new bookthefilm edition. The preface to this magnificent ‘piece of art’ reminds us that in the early days of theatre, By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Oska Bright Film Festival Oska Bright is an international festival of short films. All of the work featured in this Oska Bright Film Festival Tour event is made by learning disabled film-makers from Brighton & Hove. The event is for everyone interested in film and film-making and will open your eyes to a different way of loo By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Doctor Who star addresses London Gay Switchboard 40th birthday fundraiser Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi addresses his sex symbol status and ‘vulnerability’ at special audience by Mark Gatiss for the London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard’s 40th birthday. The new Doctor also told how his time in the tardis has been “extraordinary” but at times made him feel “vulnerable” during t By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Lunch Positive thank their M.A.C. volunteers M.A.C. Cosmetics have helped Lunch Positive, the HIV lunch club throughout the last year by providing a team of employees who volunteer at the Friday lunch club and help with fundraising. They attended their last session at Lunch Positive on Friday, October 31 where a celebration meal was prepared b By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Transgender victims remembered in Croydon On Saturday (November 22) a group of trans people and their allies met in Croydon Central Library to mark the deaths of each person who had been murdered in the previous year for being transgender. By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton marks Trans Day of Remembrance, today The Community Memorial Service to mark International Trans Day of Remembrance in Brighton, takes place on Sunday, November 23. The service will take place at the Dorset Gardens Methodist Church on Sunday, November 23 at 3pm. Please arrive at 2.45pm or a little earlier so that the proceedings can sta By Besi • 2 min read
