Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Enemy Within by Adam Macqueen The Enemy Within’ is a cracking read,a gripping thriller and complex real Queer love story, of men struggling to be honest and real enough to grab love when it’s there, an adventure racked with radical threat and emotional trauma, a tender self-realisation story as Alex matures and understands himse By Eric Page • 6 min read
Arts Juno Dawson among authors shortlisted for this year’s Books Are My Bag Readers’ Awards LGBTQ+ books shortlisted include: The Transgender Issue by LGBTQ+ rights commentator Shon Faye, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Stonewall role model Juno Dawson, poetry anthology 100 Queer Poems, edited by Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan, and Alice Oseman’s LGBTQ+ YA romance webcomic Heartstopper. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Pinocchio’s Trans Journey Cade and Macaskill are a unique performance partnership as Brian Butler discovered By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Arts LGBTQ+ poet Jasmine Gardosi announced as new Birmingham Poet Laureate LGBTQ+ poet Jasmine Gardosi was named as the new Birmingham Poet Laureate for 2022-24 – succeeding Casey Bailey – during a National Poetry Day celebration earlier this month, which also marked the start of this year’s Birmingham Literature Festival. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts The winners of Iris Prize 2022, the Oscars of the LGBTQ+ world, announced The winners of this year’s Iris Prize 2022, the Oscars of the LGBTQ+ world, were announced at a special awards ceremony on Saturday, October 15, marking the successful end to the festival’s return to being a fully face-to-face event. By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Chichester’s Winter Season Brian Butler finds stage delights, including the oldest profession and gunge gangsters By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts FIREBIRD filmmakers, Peeter Rebane and Tom Prior, launch campaign to publish memoirs of the real Sergey Fetisov The creative team behind FIREBIRD, 2022’s hit indie LGBTQ+ romance drama, announce Kickstarter campaign to release the never-before-seen English language translation of Firebird: The Story of Roman, the memoir by Sergey Fetisov that inspired the film. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Encounters Art Space announces new exhibition by Romany Mark Bruce Romany Mark Bruce is the designer and creator of the Brighton AIDS Memorial By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Book REVIEW: Beneath the Streets by Adam MacQueen MacQueen’s first novel gives us an alternative history based around corrupt 1970’s England and the dark London underbelly of sex for sale and political intrigue By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Cadbury recreates Black Peppa’s Drag Race UK headdress Following Black Peppa’s win, Cadbury put their Bournville chocolatiers to work as they re-created the iconic chocolate headdress, this time using real chocolate as their materials. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Brighton Early Music Festival Brian Butler lifts the lid on an early music treasure chest in Brighton By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Disco, Drag, Drama and Dinosaurs Brian Butler finds the Theatre Royal’s winter season has it all By Brian Butler • 3 min read
