Arts Pink Triangle Trust secretary acknowledged by Ugandan Humanists The Pink Humanist is an online magazine published by the UK LGBT charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT). It features topics of special interest to those who identify as atheists, freethinkers, humanists, secularists and sceptics in the LGTB communities and those who support them. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Siren reform with show at Marlborough Siren a New Wave band who toured their lesbian feminist shows and played as a band throughout the 1980’s has reformed. Previously members of Brighton bands Devils Dykes and Bright Girls, Jude Winter, Tash Fairbanks, Jane Boston and Deb Trethewey formed the radical lesbian feminist company, Siren. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Bristol Pride Festival on the move Bristol Pride moves to new city centre location for 2016 celebrations. After record numbers attending Pride in 2015, organisers have taken the decision to move the festival, which has taken place in Castle Park since 2010, to increase capacity for those attending. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Heather Small to headline Newcastle Pride Newcastle Pride, one of the largest free festivals of its kind in the country, returns with its longest ever programme of live entertainment for summer 2016. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Live online conversation for International Women’s Day A live online conservation for International Women’s Day with Fabrica, Brighton’s Centre for Contemporary Art, takes place on Tuesday, March 8 from 11am with a link to the Google Doc allowing you to follow the creative conservation as it unfolds shared on the day. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Sunday Social Club @ Patterns & The Dog Hauz Patterns and the Dog Hauz have revitalized this old venue and provided a new, clean fun and engaging place to relax with friend, enjoy an raucous evening out or just kick back, eat some hot dogs and enjoy the carefully crafted ambiance. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Paul Burston Arts PREVIEW: Polari Soho Special London’s award-winning LGBT literary salon goes back to its Soho roots with a special event during London Book & Screen Week on April 11. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: David Hoyle’s Seaside Getaway David Hoyle is one of the most accomplished performers who grace our stages and I would encourage, urge and embolden you to go see him next time he is in town. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Polari First Book Prize – call for submissions Submissions have opened for this year’s Polari First Book Prize with a deadline of May 1, 2016 for submission. The Polari First Book Prize celebrates the best debut book that explore the LGBT experience, whether through poetry, prose, fiction or non-fiction. Deadline for submissions is 1 May, 2016. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Women of Troy Ella Turk-Thompson suggests that Euripides would have been “baffled and probably horrified” by the way Women of Troy had been interpreted for a modern audience. I don’t agree. I think he’d have been proud. By Michael Hydes • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Sunday Social Club: Pattens This sunday sees the launch of the first free Sunday Social Club at new-kid-on-the-block bar/restaurant and club Patterns – (where Audio used to be). It’s a new series of fun events at Patterns. The first of which will be a hosted game of Musical Bingo from 6pm, where you get to throw away the numbe By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Collabro at Brighton Centre Collabro, the World’s number one musical theatre vocal group who performed to over 55,000 people on their sell out UK tour last year, start new tour for 2016 playing the Brighton Centre on Saturday. March 12! By Contributor • 3 min read