Arts REVIEW: Rainbow Chorus Christmas Concert Nothing marks the start of the Christmas season proper as clearly as a festive concert, and the Rainbow Chorus certainly declared the season well and truly open on Saturday night (December 9). By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
Health Time to Talk AND Change our mental health It is now more than a year since local lads Davey Shields and Damian Friel started their MenTalkHealth (MTH) initiative. Created to openly discuss mental health issues, initially on a series of podcasts, accompanied by a range of guests and their regular original team member Eli Beaton, their campai By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 3 min read
Community News A Very Beary Christmas this weekend at Bar Broadway, Subline and Camelford Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) and Bear-Patrol join forces this weekend to bring you some festive cheer. The festive fun starts with the return of the very popular Bear-a-oke at Bar Broadway on Saturday, December 9 from 7.00 pm to 9.30pm. Hosted fresh from the rugby field, by Chris Hibbert and Jon Bee, By Besi • 1 min read
General News Brighton Centre opens on Sunday for rough sleepers This Sunday (December 10), a night shelter opens at the Brighton Centre providing places for 30 people who are rough sleeping in the city. By Besi • 4 min read
In The South FOOTBALL: A Unique Tale About The World’s Favourite Sport Football, a unique Tale About The World’s Favourite Sport – is a new documentary about how Association Football was born, developed and spread across the globe, while also telling the tale of the remarkable life of the game’s first entertainer, Fred Spiksley. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
In The South Tatchell bids for LGBT+ rights at Commonwealth summit The Commonwealth Secretariat has been presented with proposals from human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell to put LGBT+ equality on the agenda of the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which will take place in the UK next April. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community News Help ban gay conversion therapies A journalist has launched a petition calling on the government to ban gay conversion therapy after his undercover investigation exposed the dangerous practice happening in the UK. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts COMPETITION: Win a pair of tickets for War Horse at Brighton Centre Gscene has a pair of tickets to give away in a competition for The National Theatre’s acclaimed production of War Horse which comes to the Brighton Centre from January 25 – February 10. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts FILM PREVIEW: HUGO XO, a film by Dale John Allen Specifically aimed at the queer viewer, Hugo, XO explores societies ‘shame culture’ surrounding sex and is designed to reflect societies prudish, damaging and shaming obsession with sex, gossip, rumours and prejudice. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Steven Taetz – too cool for your yule? A look at Canadian Jazz-pop singer Steven Taetz’s newest work, just in time for Christmas. It may not be Christmas yet, but when I sat down to listen to Canadian Jazz-pop singer Steven Taetz’s new Christmas E.P it certainly felt like it. Straight away an uptempo rendition of the old favourite Cool Y By Ray A-J • 8 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: Grindr Survivr by Andrew Londyn Grindr Survivr: gives some practical insight in to how to cope and flourish in the app’mosphere and also points out the behavioural change that’s underway whether we like it or not. The autor suggests we can change it. We have done it before in other situations, but we need to look at ourselves, By Eric Page • 2 min read
Community News Mayor of Brighton & Hove leads the reading of the names on World AIDS Day On Friday, December 1, in the shadow of the Brighton AIDS Memorial, The Mayor of Brighton & Hove, led city dignitaries in the reading of the names of those who had died from HIV/Aids in the city since the start of the pandemic. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
