Features & Longread Queer Fellows Mark Govier asks why the Royal Society does not acknowledge its own gay founders. Following the recent posthumous Royal Pardon of computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing, who became Fellow of the Royal Society in 1951 but was punished with chemical castration in 1952, Mark Govier says it’s time By Contributor • 5 min read
Features & Longread Heather Peace Live and signing at HMV Singer-songwriter and actress Heather Peace visits HMV in Brighton to perform short acoustic sets and sign copies of her new album The Thin Line. Having learnt piano from the age of five and led her local congregation in song as a child, Heather continued to write and perform music alongside her act By Besi • 2 min read
Interviews Queens on top! Lola Lasagne talks sequins, camp and drag ahead of this years Legends cabaret tent at Pride. The sequins have been ordered, the wigs are being groomed and the frocks are being finalised. Yes the biggest day in Brighton’s cabaret year is getting closer so we decided to chat with Legend’s Cabaret Tent By Contributor • 2 min read
Features & Longread Zoe Lyons: Funny lady, funny woman, funny girl! Hizzie Fletcher gets up close and personal with Zoe. This month’s cover star, Zoe Lyons, created a huge buzz on the comedy circuit in 2004 when she won the Nivea Funny Women Award 2004 and reached the finals of Channel 4’s So You Think You’re Funny Award in the same year. As a result she […] By Contributor • 4 min read
Features & Longread Prissy Lips Graham Robson talks to Crysi de Milo, one-half of Sussex-based alternative cabaret duo PrissyLips, about music, influences and waving their dirty washing in public. How did PrissyLips come about? “PrissyLips was formed from the ashes of the cabaret band Torch Song Tragedies that my guitarist Reuben By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Features & Longread Brighton’s LGBT substance misuse project James Ledward talks to Gary Smith, recruited by CRI to take forward the LGBT substance misuse project in Brighton & Hove. In October 2010 CRI, a social care and health charity working with individuals, families and communities across England and Wales that are affected by drugs, alcohol, crime, home By Besi • 5 min read
Features & Longread Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven – mid-term report With just under two years to go until the next General Election, James Ledward has compiled a mid-term report on local Kemptown MP Simon Kirby. For many LGBT people in 2009, the thought of having a Conservative MP back representing the constituency of Kemptown and Peacehaven after 13 years of Labour By Besi • 4 min read
Features & Longread T’PAU 25 : Craig Hanlon-Smith talks to Carol Decker about her 25th anniversary tour Carol Decker and T’Pau first appeared on the music scene in 1987 with the quadruple platinum album Bridge of Spies which spawned five hit singles including the US smash Heart and Soul which stayed on the Billboard charts for six months. China in Your Hand remained at the top of the UK charts for fiv By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 5 min read
Jason Sutton Features & Longread Jason chats about his ‘privates’ to Mr Ledward Many will know Jason Sutton through his outrageous alter ego Miss Jason, without doubt the campest creation on the UK drag cabaret circuit at the moment. Jason arrived in Brighton in 2006 via a career in local politics on Portsmouth City Council and Hampshire County Council where he was political as By Besi • 4 min read
Features & Longread The men behind the shows! Tim Anscombe and Stephen Holroyd are established professional in their respective fields and collectively they work together through their production company Anscombe Production Associates. Earlier this year they brought their production of DIAMOND the story of East End cross dresser Diamond Lil and By Besi • 4 min read
Interviews ICE ICE BABY : Robin Cousins talks to Kat Pope It’s not often that you find yourself comparing scars with an Olympic champion but that’s just what I found myself doing at the launch of Robin Cousins’ ICE, a brand new ice dance show which will be filling the Brighton Centre in that awkward period just after Christmas. “I had another knee reconstr By Kat Pope • 6 min read
General News Nev Kemp – A modern Commander for a unique city Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp, took up his new post as the city’s Divisional Commander in April this year. A Brightonian born and bred, Nev Kemp is a family man with 17 years service with the force. He joined Sussex Police in 1995 as a constable and his meteoric rise through the ranks has included b By Besi • 6 min read
