Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Life and Treasures of Collector Charles Leslie: Kevin Clarke The Art of Looking The Life and Treasures of Collector Charles Leslie Kevin Clarke Have you heard of Charles Leslie? Thomas Mann pinched his butt. He has the biggest penis collection in the world. He is one of the fathers of modern New York’s SoHo neighborhood. And he is together with his partner Fr By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Local artist exhibits at Zona Rosa, Mexican restaurant in Kemptown Zona Rosa Restaurant in Kemptown are holding an exhibition of the work of John N Byrne starting tomorrow. February 3. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: LGBTQ+ History Club #5 and Exhibition Queer in Brighton returns with their next LGBTQ+History Club #5 on Sunday, February 26. The session will feature a presentation from Tom Sargeant from the Brighton Ourstory Project and will take place at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery from 3-5pm. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts LGBT HISTORY MONTH: New exhibition inspired by Joe Orton to open its doors A new exhibition inspired by the life and work of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton opens its doors at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in London on Sunday February 5. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts LGBT HISTORY MONTH: Cambridge Event: ‘Gay in the 80s’ looks back on a pivotal era in the LGBT movement’s history Ahead of LGBT History Month, Colin Clews sheds new light on the LGBT experience in the 1980s in his new book Gay in the 80s. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts LGBT HISTORY MONTH: Stuart Milk to launch ‘OUTing the Past’ at Manchester event International human rights activist and co-founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation, Stuart Milk kicks off OUTing the Past, a day of events celebrating LGBT+ activism at the People’s History Museum in Manchester, on February 26. By Alice Blezard • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Belinda Carlisle at Brighton Dome Belinda Carlisle will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of her hit record ‘Heaven is a Place on Earth’ by performing it in its entirety at the Brighton Dome on Monday, October 2 from 7pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Joe Orton’s plays retyped onto single sheet of paper to commemorate 50th anniversary of his death To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton, performance artist Tim Youd will retype his Collected Plays on a single sheet of paper starting January 20 and finishing, February 5, 2017. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Round the Horne: The 50th Anniversary Tour Celebrating the ground breaking radio comedy series of the 1960s, Apollo Theatre Company recreate the original recordings from the BBC’s Paris Studios to mark fifty years of enduring laughter. The production toured the country during 2015 and 2016 and is back now with brand new material for 2017, co By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts International Women’s Day events at Brighton Dome Brighton Dome mark International Women’s Day 2017 with a specially selected series of performances and events. These will include a talk on ecofeminism by Germaine Greer, stand-up comedian Bridget Christie’s take on Brexit, a live recording of The Guilty Feminist podcast, and a day-long marketplace By Besi • 3 min read
Arts LGBT HISTORY MONTH: Into the Outside@Jubilee Library 13-25 year olds in Brighton & Hove have been examining how issues faced today by young people identifying as LGBTQ+ compare with those faced by young LGBTQ+ people over the past 40 years in the city. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World How old is the oldest chat-up line between men? Who was the first ‘lesbian’? Were ancient Greek men who had sex together necessarily ‘gay’? And what did Shakespeare think about cross-dressing? A Little Gay History takes objects ranging from Ancient Egyptian papyri and the erotic scenes on the Roman By Eric Page • 2 min read
