Arts It’s Showtime! There is still time to design the cover for this year’s Brighton Fringe Family Guide. Brighton Fringe, the largest arts festival in England and one of the largest fringe festivals in the world, has extended the deadline on its competition for teenagers and kids to design the front cover of the Brigh By Paul Gustafson • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Cooking with the Bears Angelo Sindaco has given us this curious kitchen cookery book, full of tasty instructions fresh from the hot sweaty recipe books of some sexy semi-naked hairy men. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs A fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection, and courage. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts The Amazing Tale of Anna Himmel and the Gold Sovereign: Book Review This multi-layered novel will appeal to readers who enjoy fantasy fiction. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Oscar Wilde’s Last Chance: The Dreyfus Connection’ In ‘Oscar Wilde’s Last Chance: The Dreyfus Connection’, historian and biographer Mark Hichens sheds light on one of the most interesting public mysteries of all time. Oscar Wilde came out of prison a broken man. There seemed no hope of reviving his spirit, of finding the spark that would once again By Besi • 1 min read
Arts James Dawson to pen mental health guide for young people Today, the third Monday in January has been described as the most depressing day of the year, or ‘Blue Monday’. With young people’s mental health a greater issue than ever before, Hot Key Books have announced, on Blue Monday itself, that James Dawson will be releasing a book on mental health issues By Besi • 2 min read
Arts New guide to same-sex marriage in Scotland published A new guide to same-sex marriage and civil partnership in Scotland has been launched to highlight the start of Scotland’s equal marriage law. 10,000 copies of the guide have been published by the Equality Network, Scotland’s national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality By Besi • 4 min read
Books Winter edition of Pink Humanist now online. The magazine, published quarterly by the UK gay charity, the Pink Triangle Trust, also carries a particularly gruelling feature on AIDS. In “AIDS: then and now”, Barry Duke, editor of The Pink Humanist writes of how his life was torn apart by HIV in the 1980s, and young American Brandon Griewank rec By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: HIV-Positive? New Year, New You! Paul Thorn’s eagerly anticipated eBook called ‘HIV Happy’ presents a tried and tested methodology on how to improve your day to day life with the virus. It expands on many of the ideas that were presented in his award nominated GT magazine column called Recipes for Life. The column had been noticed By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Arts council funds new play by local author Brighton-based writer and performer Rose Collis has been awarded funding from Grants for the Arts, supported by the Arts Council England, to create a new stage play about 50s media stars Nancy Spain and Gilbert Harding. The Research & Development project will culminate in two ‘script-in-hand’ perfor By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Stonewall marks 25th anniversary with launch of older LGBT role models guide Stonewall marks its 25th anniversary with launch of older LGBT role models guide. Stonewall, the LGB equality charity today marks its 25th anniversary with the launch of a guide celebrating older lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) role models. LGBT Voices, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund By Besi • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: dr.a.g. bookthefilm edition dr.a.g. the world’s most glamorous coffee table book returns centre stage for an encore performance just in time for Christmas with twenty new faces and photographs included in this new bookthefilm edition. The preface to this magnificent ‘piece of art’ reminds us that in the early days of theatre, By Besi • 3 min read
