Adopters and foster carers speak out in support of LGBT+ Fostering and Adoption Week Barnardo’s LGBT+ foster carers and adopters have joined the charity in urging people to welcome a child into their life during LGBT+ Fostering & Adoption Week, which runs from March 4–10 with the theme ‘7 Days to Love’. By Besi • 3 min read
Dogs Trust: SUP’PAW’TING Shoreham’s Dogs Local dog lovers may already be aware of the work of the dedicated team at Dogs Trust Shoreham, but did you know that rehoming a dog isn’t the only way to get involved with the charity in your local area? By Besi • 2 min read
Record crowds attend Pride Fort Lauderdale MORE than 120,000 visitors from the U.S. and beyond experienced the 42nd annual Pride Fort Lauderdale festival, which took place from Thursday, February 21 through Sunday, February 24 in Greater Fort Lauderdale. By Besi • 3 min read
Worthing Pride 2019 has lift off! Organisers of Worthing’s second Pride event unveil exciting line-up for 2019 event at a launch party hosted by main sponsors, The Cow and Oak Bar and Restaurant, Worthing. By Besi • 3 min read
Brighton Fringe unveil programme of events for 2019 festival Brian Butler previews the 2019 Brighton Fringe programme, which this year has the theme Dare to Discover. By Besi • 2 min read
NAT raise concerns about new PrEP places for gay men in London clinics being rationed NHS England announced today that whilst the PrEP Impact trial will double the number of places on the trial in clinics outside London, local authority commissioners in London are still considering what proportion of the proposed additional places they wish to accept. Fifty per cent of PrEP Impact Tr By Besi • 2 min read
Greens announce team of young candidates for local council elections Ahead of the Brighton & Hove City Council elections on May 2, Brighton & Hove Green Party have unveiled a team of five young people who are hoping to join the city council. By Besi • 3 min read
University of Brighton takes partnership approach to tackling loneliness Finding ways to tackle loneliness and the affordable housing crisis are two of seven new research projects being supported this year by the University of Brighton in partnership with community organisations. By Besi • 3 min read
Bristol Pride Festival is on the move Following last year’s record numbers attending Bristol Pride, organisers announce their expansion and development plans that will see the annual LGBT+ festival move to The Downs. By Besi • 4 min read
MUSICAL THEATRE REVIEW: FOLLIES @The National Theatre From the moment the ghostly floating winged images of the idealised long-gone Follies girls seem to glide across the vast Olivier stage, and the orchestra plays its opening wistful chords, you know you are in for one of the best Sondheim show nights of your life. By Besi • 2 min read
Jason Lee – King of the high C’s Jason Lee, the Brighton-based singer/entertainer, talks to Brian Butler about his musical family, Freddie Mercury and being Frankie Valli. Jason Lee was destined to be a singer and musician – it’s in his genes for sure. One of 4 sons of a highly talented musical family, he began life in the Cotswold By Besi • 4 min read
‘We’ll always have Paris’ says Roger Wheeler When Rick said this to Ilsa in Casablanca, no one realised that it would become one of the most famous lines of all time from a film. So 76 years after the movie, we still, occasionally, gaze at each other and quote ‘the’ line, these days expressed with humour rather than deep passion. By Besi • 4 min read
