Arts Sarah Winman and Beatrice Hitchman @ Coast is Queer Sarah Winman and Beatrice Hitchman create beloved characters that will stay with us for years to come. Join these wonderful writers as they discuss their latest books, ‘Still Life’ and ‘All of You Every Single One’. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts Neil Bartlett and Okechukwu Nzelu @ Coast is Queer Coast is Queer, Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ literary festival, presents an intriguing intergenerational conversation between two of the UK’s most exciting gay writers – Neil Bartlett and Okechukwu Nzelu – at Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts on Saturday, October 8 from 2pm. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts MICHAEL CASHMAN IN CONVERSATION @ Coast is Queer Michael Cashman – activist, politician, actor and biographer – talks about his lifelong campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights, taking tea with David Hockney, and sharing his life with Paul Cottingham for 31 years. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts UK Jewish Film Festival to return in November with LGBTQ+ strand LGBTQ+ cinema is well represented with three films from Israel that tackle a diversity of issues By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Over 300 portraits from Chris Jepson’s ‘The Identity Project’ now on show at Barbican Centre Over 300 portraits from The Identity Project now on show in London’s prestigious Barbican Centre By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Ambassador Theatre Group Productions present MOTHER GOOSE starring Ian McKellen, John Bishop and Mel Giedroyc at Theatre Royal Brighton Ambassador Theatre Group Productions has announced its UK and Ireland tour of the pantomime MOTHER GOOSE will open at Theatre Royal Brighton on Saturday, December 3 and tickets are on sale now. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Queer History Club Presents: A Brighton Dome Special Join Brighton Queer History Club in the Museum Lab in Brighton Museum & Art Gallery on Sunday, October 30 for a journey into the rich history of LGBTQ+ culture of Brighton Dome since it became a concert hall in 1867. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis by Grace Lavery Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis Grace Lavery Grace Lavery is in their own words ‘a reformed druggie, an unreformed omnisexual chaos Muppet, and 100 percent, all-natural, synthetic female hormone monster’. In this meta surreal book she solves her “penis problem,” begins receivin By Eric Page • 3 min read
The Big Drag Pageant 2022 at the Brighton Spiegeltent. Photo by Danny Fitzpatrick – DFphotography.co.uk Arts Brighton Fringe to make next year’s festival as affordable as possible for artists during the cost of living crisis Brighton Fringe is set to open its registration for the 2023 festival, which will take place Friday, May 5 – Sunday, June 4, with a focus on being as affordable as possible for artists during the cost of living crisis. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts DISRUPTING THE STATUS QUO : Coast is Queer panel event As part of the Coast is Queer festival, this exciting panel event looks at two new collections of life writing and short fiction salute the richness of queer life experience – This Arab is Queer celebrates the varied experiences of the queer diasporic community. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts New exhibition ‘Queering Photography II: Identity Displaced’ to be shown at the Ledward Centre from Saturday, October 8 Socially Engaged Art Salon has announced its new exhibition Queering Photography II: Identity Displaced will be shown at the Ledward Centre in Brighton from Saturday, October 8, 3-6pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Stories of Gender exhibition at Leeds City Museum on Saturday, October 8 and Sunday, October 9 Stories of Gender brings together personal narratives of people from West Yorkshire who have lived experiences of gender identity and insights they have to offer others. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
