Arts The old spells are the best A story of love in middle age told by two older Canadian lesbians comes to the Marlborough stage on the June 9. Book of Spells: A Love Story is a unique storytelling performance that explores what happens when two women cast caution to the wind and begin sharing a life together. Performed by Jan And By Kat Pope • 1 min read
News Brand new website for Council Brighton & Hove Council’s website is set to get a makeover in the next few months. A new format has been designed to make the site clearer and more concise, with visitors having to navigate fewer pages. There will also be access to more services online for residents. The current website has already By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Features & Longread Make like a Meerkat – An opinion piece by Kat Pope Councils throughout the land are reknowned for stating the obvious and this week they have surpass themselves, for this week is a special week. It’s – drum roll please – NATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK! Surely, SURELY, if you had any sort of inclination to walk your kids to school you’d already be doin By Kat Pope • 2 min read
News Could you give a child a foster home? Foster carers, gay or straight, are always desperately needed. It is estimated that a further 9,000 foster families are needed across the country in the next year alone, with a particular need for people to foster teenagers, sibling groups and disabled children. The charity commissioned a new survey By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Health Tranquility after cancer ‘What do fly fishing and breast cancer have in common?’ sounds like an odd riddle indeed, but the answer is the Casting for Recovery charity. This charity, now in its seventh year, offers women who have had breast cancer a chance to chill out in the countryside for a couple of days while learning ho By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Arts The Overcoat: Old Court House: Theatre Review Akaky Akakievitch is born, sees his mother die, and is welcomed into the Ministry all in the first 30 seconds of Le Mot Juste’s adaptation of Gogol’s influential short story. It’s as if we’re on fast forward to the only crucial aspect of his existence; that of being a government copiest in St Peters By Kat Pope • 3 min read
Community News Our love is the same love Couples! Do you fancy having your portrait taken in the comfort of your own home for free? If so, photography student Will Corder might be your man as he’s working on a community based photography project called ‘Same Love’ and needs same-sex couples in our area to be sitters. The project, initially By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Health Threefold increase in dengue fever cases Travellers are being warned to take extra care to arm themselves against mosquito bites when abroad, as the UK has seen a threefold increase in confirmed dengue fever cases in the first four months of the year. Most at risk of contracting the fever are people who have been to tropical and subtropica By Kat Pope • 1 min read
News Could you give a child a foster home? Foster carers, gay or straight, are always desperately needed. It is estimated that a further 9,000 foster families are needed across the country in the next year alone, with a particular need for people to foster teenagers, sibling groups and disabled children. The Fostering Network charity commiss By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Community News Proud2Be me project relaunched Twin brothers Matt and Jon Price have decided to relaunch their amazingly successful Proud2Be Project this week, two years after its inception. They’ve enlisted some famous friends too, including Stephen Fry, Peter Tatchell and Sir Ian McKellen. It was in 2011 that the twins sat down in front of the By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Arts Brunswick the Fair Two artists exhibiting at the third Brunswick Town Art Fair next month have used the architecture of the city as their inspiration. The Fair will be held amongst the Regency splendour of Brunswick Square Gardens, Hove, on Sunday June 30 and will include the work of over 60 artists. Spanish artist Al By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Community News Council’s trans mx mix Brighton & Hove Council, much to the chagrin of Daily Mail readers up and down the land, this week decided to add the option of ‘Mx’ to all their forms, as a new honorific title. It will be available as an alternative to the usual Mr, Mrs and Ms for anyone to use, but the […] By Kat Pope • 2 min read
