In The South Lincoln librarian shortlisted for Gay Times honours Dr Beth Hellen, a Systems Librarian at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) in Lincoln, has been shortlisted for the Barbara Burford Gay Times Honour for Excellence in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths). By Besi • 1 min read
Health Terrence Higgins Trust appoints new advisory board HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), appoints new advisory board to help steer the charity into the future which includes Stonewall co-founder Lisa Power MBE and former Hove MP Ivor Caplin among its members. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Grease – Tom Parker from boy band to leading man Voted The No.1 Greatest Musical in Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Musical – GREASE comes to the Theatre Royal, Brighton for Christmas 2017! In the absence of a traditional Christmas Pantomime at the Theatre Royal again this Christmas, it’s time to dust off your leather jackets, pull on your bobby socks an By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Back To School Charity Spectacle tonight at Charles Street Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents Rugby Football Club with Sister Kara Van Park, Sister Sally Vate and Father Jason Thorpe present: Our Lady of the Serpent Rugby School for Boys’ BACK TO SCHOOL CHARITY SPECTACLE tonight at Envy above Charles Street Bar. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: Driving Miss Daisy @Theatre Royal This is a perfectly balanced cast, Sian Phillips as Miss Daisy captures the fierce but fragile nature of this woman whose humble beginnings and comfortable retirement dictate her relationship with the outside world. Derek Griffiths as her driver Hoke Colburn who ages and changes along with her is t By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Fundraiser for Brighton Women’s Centre There will be a Fabulous Charity Cabaret Fundraiser for Brighton Women’s Centre on Saturday, September 23 @ The Brunswick Pub, Hove. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Last chance to buy a Snowdog! Martlets Hospice, a charity that cares for people living through a terminal illness in and around Brighton & Hove, is offering you one last chance to buy a Snowdog puppy at its glamorous Halloween Ball at Brighton’s Grand Hotel on the evening of Saturday, October 28. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
General News CPS announcement concerns male victims of domestic abuse The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published its first ever public statement recognising the needs and experiences of male victims of offences including rape, domestic abuse, harassment, stalking and child sexual abuse. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Carnivore by Jonathan Lyon This book follows Leander, Queer, druggie, manipulator, friend, lover, fighter, liar. Gifted with synaesthesia; a condition where the senses confuse and enhance information and also in constant chronic pain he seeks to rent himself out to literally feel something different, or does he? We jump ri By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts New LGBT+ night in Brighton El Geebee Tea Queue, a brand new variety evening celebrating local, national and international LGBT + talent, launches at The Brunswick, Hove on Sunday, October 8. By Besi • 1 min read
Fundraising News HALLOWEEN: The Night of the Living Zombears The annual Brighton Bear Halloween party returns to the wicked depths of Subline on Saturday, October 28. This time it’s The Night of the Living Zombears. The team behind Brighton Bear Weekend will again be inviting you to dress up and party until the dead are rising out of the grave. There will be By Besi • 2 min read
Health ME and Fibromyalgia research The Sussex ME Society is helping to recruit subjects to take part in an important research study to be carried out in Sussex. The study will seek to understand mechanisms of chronic pain and fatigue. Researcher are looking for people aged 18 to 65 who have a firm diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndro By Besi • 1 min read
