Arts BOOK REVIEW: Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache: Martin Aston Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache is a story for a wide audience, not just the LGBT community but a broad spectrum of music lovers who are fascinated by these characters, events, stories and songs By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts April Ashley to be honoured by University of Liverpool April Ashley, one of the first people in the world to undergo pioneering gender reassignment surgery, is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Liverpool this week. Born in Liverpool in 1935, April Ashley MBE is a former Vogue model, actress and restaurateur who became one of the most By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Murder at Lezzton Abbey Tickets are now on sale for the new show from the Lezzwood Players, The Lezzwardians – Murder at Lezzton Abbey – a sapphic slapstick sing-along send-up of Upstairs Downton Abbey. In the picturesque village of Lezzton-Under-Weald (twinned with Dul-las-Ditchwater), the strict social order of an Edward By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Fourth meeting of LGBTQ+ History Club The next LGBT History Club meeting will be on Sunday, December 11 at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. Guest speakers this month are John Walker and Alf Le Floric. John will be talking about how the deaf community in Brighton found its place within the wider LGBT community. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Qukulele Christmas Special Brighton’s favourite ukulele band rock up at the Latest Musicbar on Sunday, December 18 with a festive feast of mashups and mayhem. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Unusual 2017 calendar reveals six-month views of Brighton landmarks Local artist Nick Sayers publishes unusual 2017 wall calendar, featuring super-long-exposure images of iconic Brighton & Hove landmarks. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts UTUBE REVIEW: CINEBRA – A History of Horror If you missed Cinebra’s Halloween special at Charles Street or you enjoyed it so much that you want to relive it, then here is your chance! Filmed live on the night, Cinebra presents History of Horror – The Movie! If you don’t already know, Cinebra is a collaboration between Lydia L’Scabies and Roco By Morgan Fabulous • 1 min read
Arts World AIDS Day Choirs Concert on December 1 sold out There will be no tickets available on the door for this years World Aids Day Concert at St Mary’s Church, Kemptown which has now sold out. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Before The Dawn – The K Fellowship’ Kate Bush Before The Dawn – The K Fellowship finds Kate Bush still King of the music mountain. The release of any recorded material by Kate Bush has become such an event of mythical wonder that even when unnecessary re-workings of album tracks in the form of Directors Cut disappointed in 2011; fans and critic By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
Arts Lunch Positive to screen HIV documentary tonight as part of World Aids Day events Lunch Positive will host a community screening of the moving HIV documentary We were here, tonight, Wednesday, November 30. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Eyes Wide Open Cinema’ raise money for THT on World AIDS Day To commemorate World AIDS Day 2016 Eyes Open Cinema is hosting a screening of two films at Duke’s at Komedia. Proceeds from the screening will be donated to the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) a charity working to create a world where people with HIV live healthy lives free from prejudice and discrimin By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Madonna 66 In June 1983 a well-known New York casting director and producer, asked her photographer son Richard to drop everything and head over to Manhattan’s Lower East Side to take polaroids of a young and upcoming performer. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 3 min read
