Arts PREVIEW: The Bad Book Project with Jane Postlethwaite The Bad Book Project is a free monthly night in Brighton that involves really funny people reading from very bad books. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Traumfrau – ‘A Sapphic Affair’ Traumfrau presents A Sapphic Affair, a wild afterparty for the Lesbian Lives Conference with fierce feminist and inspiring DJs and performance artists at the North Laine Brewhouse in Brighton on Saturday, February 25 from 9.30pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Sister Act @ Brighton Centre Deloris Van Cartier (Alexandra Burke) sees her gangster boyfriend, the nightclub owner Curtis Jackson (Aaron Lee Lambert) shoot small time crook Ernie who he believes has squealed on him to the police. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON FESTIVAL: LGBT History Ball returns for LGBT History Month The LGBT History Ball returns during LGBT History Month as part of the B RIGHT ON Festival. It will be staged at the Phil Starr Pavilion in New Steine Gardens on Saturday, February 18 from 7pm. By Besi • 2 min read
“PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST (POOL WITH TWO FIGURES)” 1972 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 84 X 120″ © DAVID HOCKNEY PHOTO CREDIT: ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES/JENNI CARTER Arts PREVIEW: David Hockney Exhibition at Tate Britain Tate Britain presents the world’s most extensive retrospective of the work of David Hockney. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Upstream: Mary Oliver Upstream follows Oliver as she contemplates the pleasure of artistic labour, her boundless curiosity for the flora and fauna that surround her, and the responsibility she has inherited from the great thinkers and writers of the past, to live thoughtfully, intelligently, and to observe with passion. By Eric Page • 2 min read
SONY DSC Arts Free entry to Royal Pavilion this Sunday This Sunday, January 15, from 10am – 4.30pm entry to the Royal Pavilion is completely free of charge. To celebrate the purchase of the Royal Pavilion by the town of Brighton in 1850, admission charges are waived one day a year. Go along and meet George IV and members of his court, as RPM staff don R By Besi • 1 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON FESTIVAL: LGBT History Month: Divas Aneesa Chaudhry, Jennie Castell, Gabriella Parish and Hannah Brackenbury join forces to bring you an evening of jazz, show tunes, ballards and torch songs. By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts Do you want to stage an event during LGBT History Month in Brighton? The Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum have been busy over the Christmas Holiday assembling the B Right On Festival of events for LGBT History Month and would like you to get involved. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Peacock Poetry Prize returns for Brighton Festival 2017 Guest Director at This years Brighton Festival, Kate Tempest has chosen the theme of ‘everyday epic’ for this year’s Peacock Poetry Prize. The Festival is inviting aspiring young poets and wordsmiths to observe and reflect on the details and daily achievements of our lives and to celebrate and share By Paul Gustafson • 2 min read
Arts WORTHING LGBT HISTORY MONTH: The Trials of Colonel Barker In the Twenties, Colonel Sir Victor Barker DSO was a fine figure of a man. Dashing, handsome, with impeccable manners, he was a model gentleman and devoted father of a young son. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts ‘Rights of Passage’: A presentational talk by Clare Summerskill Renowned lesbian celebrity and playwright Clare Summerskill talks about her work with the play Rights of Passage. Rights of Passage is a play by Clare Summerskill, created from interviews with LGBT asylum seekers in the UK. This production toured to theatres nationally earlier this year over a six w By Besi • 2 min read
