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Balans Soho Society will host an exhibition of new work by the artist, Villain entitled Retrosexual from February 1, 2019. ‘Retrosexual’ addresses contemporary issues of racism, homophobia and body shaming while gleefully honouring a rapidly disappearing subculture.

BRIGHTON and Hove Stand Up to Racism will mark Holocaust Memorial Day with a public meeting at Friends Meeting House on January 30, 2019 from 7.15 – 9pm.

Red Herring Studios, Brighton & Hove’s long-established cooperative art studio, finds a new home in Portslade. The artist group was last in the news in 2017 when its previous site in School Road, Hove, was cleared for redevelopment.

Same Sky, the community arts charity behind Burning the Clocks, reveal £16,689.95 raised for the annual winter solstice parade.  Volunteer – led bucket collection on the night of Burning the Clocks raised £5,846.95 and the event’s crowdfunder exceeded its target and raised £5,055 from 57 individuals

Lee Henrique’s article on body image is certainly interesting (January 2019 Gscene).  Though I have to admit to being slightly puzzled over his reference to ‘overly glorified body types with six-packs and obnoxious muscles’.

A public meeting called to discuss moving the Pride Village Party to Madeira Drive collapsed into chaos last night after perceived homophobic opinions expressed by the chair. The meeting, advertised on a poster in St James Street, attracted around sixty people to St Mary’s Church Hall in Kemp Town a