News ‘Common Room’ garden space for London Road After a successful trial last year, an area just off London Road is to be set aside as an oasis of calm in the midst of a desert of despair. The little space outside St Bartholomew’s Church called Providence Place Gardens was given a fortnight’s makeover with picnic tables and seating being set up, By Kat Pope • 1 min read
News Paris no-go for Brighton City Airways Brighton City Airways, who fly out of Shoreham Airport, have had to suspend their recently launched Paris service due to French customs and immigration delays. They will be operating return flights up to the May 6 to get people back from their Bank Holiday breaks, but from May 7 all flights will be By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Books Brighton Transformed QueenSpark, the city’s publisher of local voices, is embarking on a new project to bring the lives and experiences of Brighton & Hove’s Trans community to a wider audience. Called ‘Brighton Transformed’, the project will document the life stories of local Trans people online, in book form, and also By Kat Pope • 1 min read
News The Overcoat: The Old Courtroom Le Mot Juste bring their reimagining of Gogol’s classic short story The Overcoat to The Old Courtroom, Brighton later this month. The Russian writer’s tale of one man’s struggle to overcome his own mediocrity is given shape by this most physical of theatre groups. Through stylish and stylised moveme By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Music Hop Farm is no more Sad news. This year’s Hop Farm festival has been cancelled due to poor sales and poor projected sales. Due to take place at the beginning of July with headliners My Bloody Valentine, The Horrors, Rodriguez and Jimmy Cliff, the festival had been an essential event for Kent music fans since 2008. Desp By Kat Pope • 1 min read
News Get fit at BLAGSS’ Big Gay Sports day Those Brighton lads and lasses from BLAGSS, determined to get us all fit and Adonis-like, are giving us a taster of all the sports on offer in the city, handily packaged in one Big Gay Sports Day next month. Taking place at the Stanley Deason Leisure Centre on June 19, almost all the sports […] By Kat Pope • 2 min read
News Dials tree saved from the chop A much loved local tree has been saved from the chainsaw, but with a slight compromise to national pavement guidelines following a campaign by local residents. Locals feared the tree, a large elm in the ward of the Leader of the Council, Jason Kitcat, at the corner of Vernon Terrace and the Seven Di By Kat Pope • 1 min read
