Arts Preview: Myra Dubois: Self AdMyra Yes, at long last, she’s back, with her usual sharp brutal wit and smothering Northern bosom. Myra DuBois is part of the Brighton Comedy Festival and has her very own new show on Thursday, October 22! By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts The Propolis – Synth Pop Lives! The era of synth pop duos dominating the charts may have passed, but the enduring influence of the 80s lives on through brothers Tom and Matthew Sanderson whose new act The Propolis first blossomed when they began connecting with some of Brighton’s more eclectic LGBTQI friendly electronic music comm By Contributor • 4 min read
Arts Putting the ‘T’ into comedy Claire Parker, is a stand up comedian, blogger, radio presenter, BBC writers consultant, project lead, oh and is a woman who also happens to be trans. She is also effortlessly calm and on her BBC writers room blog states: Why don’t we all put down our mud. Draw a line under it all and invite each ot By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 4 min read
Features & Longread ‘Dare2Care’ launches ‘GoFundMe’ campaign to stop LGBTQ bullying How many of us would love to see an end to LGBTQ-focused bullying in schools? Despite the great strides in equality happening worldwide, homophobic insults, aimed at LGBTQ youth, or youth who are perceived to be LGBTQ, are not going away. Ohio based non-profit organisation, Dare2Care, is dedicated t By Contributor • 3 min read
Features & Longread An Irishman’s view on Same Sex Marriage Mark Hodge is well know to people in Brighton and Hove as a pianist and musical director. He now lives, works and plays in the South of France and wants to share his thoughts on the upcoming vote in the Irish Parliament on same sex marriage. On May 22 the Republic of Ireland votes on whether to reco By Contributor • 3 min read
Features & Longread Non-binary identities and gender identity clinics I have yet to meet a non-binary person who has had a positive experience with a gender identity clinic (GIC). In case you don’t know, a non-binary person is someone who doesn’t identify as male or female. In my case, I am agender. Meaning I don’t identify as either. Despite the GIC’s poor track reco By Besi • 5 min read
Danny Dwyer Community Bear Patrol: A fundraising phenomenon! Danny Dwyer created Bear Patrol in May 2008 and it has since raised a phenomenal amount of money for the Sussex Beacon and other good causes in Brighton and Hove. 2008 was not a good year for Danny. He was at an all time low, feeling isolated, not knowing where he was going or where he belonged. Thi By Besi • 4 min read
Features & Longread 25 years of Brighton Pride Kate Wildblood reflects on Brighton Pride’s forthcoming 25th anniversary celebrations and the exciting new community history project BrightonPride25. In 1991 we were years away from equality. There was no equal age of consent, we couldn’t serve in the armed forces or adopt, civil partnership and sam By Contributor • 4 min read
Features & Longread Dave Lynn – No doormat… life inside the Dragon’s Den After 40 years in sequins and stilettos, Dave Lynn talks to Craig Hanlon-Smith about the life and loves of a legendary Drag Queen. November 2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the legendary Dave Lynn’s first venture into the world of drag. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 9 min read
Arts Not such fragile dreams after all T’Pau, fronted by the vivacious Carol Decker shot to fame in the late 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits, most notably Valentine, Heart & Soul, China In Your Hand and I Will Be With You. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 7 min read
Arts Don’t Die of Heckling …and other sequins of wisdom After 25 years as Lola Lasagne, Stephen Richards talks to Craig Hanlon-Smith about his life as the Brighton Belle. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 8 min read
Sam Bailey Features & Longread Housewife superstar! Sam Bailey will take to the main stage at Preston Park just before 9 p.m. on Saturday 2 August to headline Brighton Pride. When Sam won the tenth series of X Factor in 2013 she carried with her the hopes of every older performer in the country. For years she worked the clubs without getting […] By Besi • 2 min read
