Arts REVIEW: Tori Scott @Marlborough Theatre New York based singer and actress Tori Scott brought her one woman show to the Marlborough Theatre on Wednesday (July 26) and gave Brighton its finest cabaret event of the season. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News PICTURE DIARY: Isle of Wight Pride Isle of Wight staged its first Pride on July 15 and what a fantastic event it was, embodying everything a great pride should aspire to. It is a huge responsibility to stage any public event, but the organisers of IOW Pride, just about got everything right, except they forgot to provide a dressing ro By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Reds continue supporting Liverpool Pride Liverpool FC (LFC) will show its colours to support this year’s Liverpool Pride festival (July 29-30) with a host of activities taking place across the club. This will be the club’s fifth year supporting Liverpool Pride, which was first established in 2010 in memory of the murdered gay teenager Mich By Besi • 2 min read
Arts New inequality campaign from Absolut Absolut has created a powerful poster campaign to highlight the fact that it is still illegal to engage in same-sex activity in 72 countries worldwide as part of its campaign for a more inclusive and open world. Launched to mark the 50th anniversary of the amendment of the Sexual Offences Act – the By Besi • 3 min read
In The South Police reassure visitors to Pride in Brighton & Hove Police reassure public about safety at Pride in Brighton & Hove on August 5, which is set to be the biggest and best yet. Sussex Police have issued a statement reassuring residents attending events in the city, as well as local residents and businesses, that they are working with organisers and part By Besi • 2 min read
Community News PICTURE DIARY: Eastbourne LGBT+ Mardi Gras Thousands of LGBT+ people, their friends and allies attend Eastbourne’s first LGBT+ Mardi Gras on Saturday, July 22. Eastbourne certainly came out in large numbers to support the towns first celebration of LGBT+ folk. Rain held off long enough for the parade to pass and main stage speeches to be mad By Besi • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Ocean Vuong: Night sky with exit wounds This book is a magical journey into the imagination and talents of Vuong’s mind and worth pursing for anybody interesting in poems which can change, more spells than sentences, they alter reality as we read them and leave us impressed and impressed upon by this astonishing young man’s collection of By Eric Page • 2 min read
Photo: Jim Holden Community News “Helping your community is reward enough” – Bert Williams Making a better world and helping your community will reap rewards far greater than cars or houses, University of Brighton graduates were told yesterday (July 26) at an annual graduation ceremony. Bert Williams MBE, the driving force behind Brighton and Hove Black History, was speaking as he receive By Besi • 2 min read
Arts FEATURE: Why we need a ‘Queer’ Theatre (now, more than ever) Still buzzing from a jam-packed Brighton Fringe programme and clad in his retro lavender style – a look I’ve come to associate with the man behind the Marly – I sat down with Tarik Elmoutawakil to discuss the challenges and rewards that come with programming queer performance. By Spencer Charles Smith • 4 min read
Arts A Golden Celebration at Bar Broadway Current holders of the Golden Handbag awards for Best Small Bar and Best Bar Person, Bar Broadway in Steine Street, celebrates it’s third birthday this weekend, with four days of celebrations starting from Thursday, July 27. By Besi • 2 min read
In The South DJ PROFILE: Summer Ghemati Just in case you hadn’t noticed, there’s a little event happening in Brighton & Hove this month… As the sun no doubt shines beautiful rays down on our fabulous city, the UK’s finest Pride weekend is only moments away! By Queen Josephine • 2 min read
In The South Carry On Up The Crown Prosecution Service On the evening of May 13, 2016, my husband and I boarded a First Class train carriage to Manchester from London Euston. We heard the ladies before we saw them, as the group of three, aged between 35 and 55, rolled up the aisle laughing hysterically and demonstrating every gulp of wine they had clear By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 13 min read
