Arts Scottish charity gives voice to Commonwealth LGBT people during the Glasgow Games Next month Glasgow will host the twentieth edition of the Commonwealth Games. The Equality Network, the Scottish equality charity will be working with the Scottish Government and LGBT groups across the Commonwealth to highlight the challenges many LGBT people continue to face. LGBT people of the Com By Besi • 2 min read
Exhibitions When April met Winston New photograph to go on display in April Ashley exhibition in Liverpool. A new photograph showing April Ashley meeting Sir Winston Churchill has gone on display at the Museum of Liverpool. This rare press image has been included in the universally praised April Ashley: Portrait of a lady exhibition, By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Trans*formed exhibition trail The Brighton Trans*formed Exhibition trail tells the stories of 23 Brightonian trans, gender queer and intersex people through photography, audio and object installations. The multi-media, multi-venue trail, runs in the city from July 24 – August 4 and reflects the diversity of lives in our diverse By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Heather Peace brings a ‘Rainbow Crossing’ to Madeira Drive Actress, musician and local resident, Heather Peace unveils Europe’s first Rainbow Crossing on Madeira Drive in Brighton today. Created overnight by local artists, the rainbow stretches across the road at the artists’ quarter of Madeira Drive and is hoped to attract hundreds of people keen to see Eu By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Newcastle Pride takes the biscuit with pop-up art exhibition One of the North East’s biggest free events is taking the biscuit after adding a pop-up art exhibition to its extended three-day line-up. Newcastle Pride, which takes place from Friday July 18, has teamed up with the UK’s largest art, craft and design gallery, The Biscuit Factory, to bring a selecti By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Arundel Gallery Trail 2014. Arundel Gallery Trail is to take place from August 19 – 25. This year’s trail is being organised by local artists Mark and Rebecca Ford, who will be presenting a ww1 soldier sculpture surrounded by poppies made by Local School Children on the Causeway roundabout at the annual event. Other work to be By Mitchell Orriss • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Luke Frost debuts ‘Chroma Volts’ art exhibit at Zimmer Stewart Minimalist artist luke Frost will debut his first exhibition for the Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Chroma Volts from May 30 to June 21. His paintings explore the relationship of colours in precise compositions containing areas of layered colour interrupted by stripes of contrasting, resonating and oscilla By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Jubilee Library to host city’s first glass exhibition Everyday Matters, an exhibition by Lumini Glass Group, will be held at the Jubilee Library in Brighton between Monday, June 2 and Saturday, June 7. This will be the first ever glass exhibition to be held at the library and will show works by seven members of the glass group: Emma Rawson, Sophie Shee By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Bletchley Park presents Andrew Hodges Alan Turing’s biographer Andrew Hodges, is to speak at Bletchley Park on Sunday, August 17. Andrew will talk about his biography of Alan Turing; the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life of a man now widely recognised as the founder of computer science. A gripping story of mathematics By Besi • 1 min read
Arts The Warren: Pop up Venue: Review The Warren: Main House: Russell Place, East Brighton, BN1 2RG Pop up Venue & Bar One of Brighton’s most anticipated Pop-up venues (Winner, Best Venue 2012) plonks itself down in the throbbing staggering heart of Brighton with some of the best theatre, cabaret, comedy & music. The Warren is a pop-up By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Turner Prize 2014 shortlist announced The four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2014 are Duncan Campbell, Ciara Phillips, James Richards and Tris Vonna-Michell. This year marks the 30th year of the Turner Prize, founded in 1984 to promote discussion of new developments in contemporary British art. The variety of media used by th By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: LGBT themed events during Brighton Fringe 2014 Brighton Fringe 2014 are hosting 38 LGBT themed events during this years festival. Below is a roundup of all the events on offer, starting from the first scheduled event, and cascading in date order: Speaking Volumes: HIV+ Life Stories When: May 4,11,18, 25 June 1, 8: 11-5pm. April 30 May 2- 3, 7 By Mitchell Orriss • 6 min read
