Arts The Three Degrees headline Maspalomas Winter Pride The second Winter Pride Maspalomas, organised by ProGay will take place from November 9-15. Following last year’s successful inaugural event, this years programme has been extended and will include new events including the Pride Walk, Garbo´s Dinner Show, Boat Excursions and the Schlager Fest. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts Essex Man’s Project Soaked Calendar 2016 launched Prostate Cancer UK’s Men United movement has revealed its new 2016 calendar showing 14 stunning models getting soaked in aid of the charity. Protographer, Mark Lister from Romford in Essex is hoping to raise £10,000 from the sale of the A3 Project Soaked calendar. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton and Hove reading festival celebrates ten years of shared reading City Reads Brighton and Hove, the longest running big read in the UK, has announced that its chosen book for 2015 is Matt Haig’s The Humans, an accessible, funny and inventive book that asks what it means to be human. The festival, now in its tenth year, culminates in events around Brighton and Hove By Paul Gustafson • 2 min read
Arts Celebrate! LGBT history project in Cumbria CELEBRATE is the first project to uncover and explore the living history of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) communities in Cumbria.The project was developed by OutREACH Cumbria and Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Trust and supported by Heritage Lottery Fund. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Edinburgh Fringe: ‘Welcome to the Cliterati’ Erotic performance poet, Jay Walker takes new show ‘Welcome to the Cliterati’, her first foray into the heady mix of poetry, sex and stand-up to the Edinburgh Festival later this month. Described as “the literary lovechild of Jeanette Winterson and Allen Ginsberg” spoken word artist Jay Walker has m By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Thank You For The Music’ comes to Eastbourne The world’s longest-running ABBA concert show Thank You For The Music, celebrates its 22nd anniversary when it visits Eastbourne on August 26. The production’s Lycra-tight harmonies and superb musicians have been delighting live music fans for longer than Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha and Frida did during t By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Club Abstract at the Towner Legendary club night returns to the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne, all themed with the dynamism of Abstraction. The night is inspired by the current exhibition of the radical abstract artist William Gear. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Joan Armatrading comes to Eastbourne The legendary blues singer and songwriter Joan Armatrading comes to Eastbourne’s Congress Theatre on Saturday, August 29 as part of a successful major solo tour and marks her first visit to the town. For two hours, Joan will trawl through her career’s songbook from the last four decades and perform By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Totnes Town Council to mark Pride week by raising rainbow flag In a gesture of support and solidarity for the local LGBT community, Totnes Town Council will raise the rainbow flag over Totnes Civic Hall during Totnes Pride week. The flag raising ceremony will take place on Monday, August 31 2015 at 6.30pm and everyone is invited to attend. By Paul Gustafson • 3 min read
Arts New lottery investment in WW1 centenary projects With one year to go to the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven urges local communities to apply for new Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) funding to explore the impact of the war. Following the success of its community grants programme First World War: By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts The ‘Gay’ Word! In Britain, 99% of lesbian, gay and bisexual young people hear the word ‘gay’ used negatively while at school. 84% feel distressed when they hear it used as a synonym for rubbish or uncool, yet almost half of all 18 to 29 year olds think the term is fine to use. Why are people so divided over the ‘g By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts London LGBTQI cross-arts festival announces 2015 dates Organisers of London’s Gaywise FESTival, also known as GFEST, have announced that this year’s event, entitled (Complacent Present) …Fragile Future? will run from November 9-20. GFEST is London’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) cross-arts annual event. By Paul Gustafson • 1 min read
