Arts REVIEW: Queer Life, Queer Love The prose is world class, the arguments a clarion call, although not all of them recent, they chime in our daily lives still. The authentic narrative of personal experience of transition lift this book into Gospel and the poetry shakes it all back down again with metaphorical and emotional lightning By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Pirate Mums by Jodie Lancet-Grant & Lydia Corry I love seeing us reflected in stories and with young people it’s really important that they can see themselves as key parts of fun, engaging and constructive narratives. The Pirate Mums is all of that, inclusive to the bone, celebratory of LGBTQ+ families and lives and very gently challenging of pre By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide If you like books about sinister powerful elitist organisations who use all sorts of nefarious tricks to keep their holds on power you’ll love this book, but look in the mirror as it’s not a conspiracy thriller but the fictionalised narrative of institutionalised racism and individual prejudice focu By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Guy UsinU – Oil & fetish The book is an evocative and crepuscular exploration not just of the people and places of Brighton but also the psycho-sexual geography of the artist themselves. Where they lay, pause, linger, what they see, feel and embrace, and what they leave in the echoes of desire, control and abandonment which By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye Keeping the emphasis on change, clearly detailing the harm caused by the current toxic situation but keeping the attention on hope, on what could and should be done by everyone interested in real equality to achieve it by working in solidarity. This is a book which offers us a way onward, to a bet By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain the narrative is suffused with joy, skipping around with an inventiveness that carries the plot along. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Brightonians by Darren Kay It’s a fun read, with a narrative momentum which whisks you along like the Volks railway, although unlike that ancient locomotive this book takes you somewhere interesting, a rather fabulous fantastical Brighton, not quite the same, but oddly familiar. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert At its heart it’s a love story, a passionate scream for intimacy in the face of barbaric hate and a rather thrilling romp thought the demimonde world of the Parisian underground Queer resistance . Fabulous escapism in more ways than one. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Split by Laura Kay The Split is a great book, really funny, with a huge focus on family and found family in particular, showing us how important our friendships are… By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Cripple by Nick Maynard It’s a story about hope and needs, about unexpressed queer desire and how a stranger can become a focus for a world out of reach. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Book REVIEW: Sexuality A Graphic guide Meg Barker & Jules Scheele Barker and Scheele combine their talents again to serve this entertaining book about sexuality which manages to tease gently along the balance between being erotic and historically informative. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Book REVIEW: Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden This perfectly poised story about cinema, flâneurs, and queer love takes us into the world of the ‘Maestro’ auteur and creative. By Eric Page • 2 min read
