Letters LETTER TO EDITOR : Cost of a ticket for Pride As I waited in the queue to get into Preston Park at Pride I chatted with the lady next to me. She said she had paid £1 for her ticket. I had paid £17.50 for my ticket and asked why she had got hers so cheap. She was not sure. She said she used to volunteer for a voluntary group but that was […] By Contributor • 2 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR : Thank you from THT Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) Brighton would like to say a huge thank you to the 7 volunteers who came and helped us clean up the Dukes Mound/Bushes area on Saturday October 28. The area was in need of a thorough clean and we hope this will encourage people to use the bins in the area. […] By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR : Blooming success! I am delighted to see work on the new communal garden has finally started at Patching Lodge. Located on the corner of Eastern and Freshfield Road this has been a neglected spot for a number of years, and an eyesore that I was keen to get blooming. Thank you to Hanover Housing for their significant [ By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR : Help! Clean up image of Brighton & Hove’s Nude Beaches I have been researching the idea of painting in watercolours a series of whimsical studies of the fabulous nude beaches in Brighton & Hove, and will begin another shortly on the saunas and the quaint buildings most of them occupy, as I have long loved the beaches, the sea and the surf and all that [ By Besi • 2 min read
Letters Letter to Editor: WE DID IT! And when I say ‘we’ I mean everyone who worked together to produce Maisie Trollette’s 80th birthday show at the Theatre Royal on Sunday, August 18. The first discussions for this show happened late last year. We looked at every possible scenario to put on the most fitting tribute to a tru By Contributor • 2 min read
Letters Thank you from the Rainbow Fund “I am writing on behalf of the Rainbow Fund to thank the organisers of Pride 2013 and all the many thousands of people who attended the park event or worked to make it happen. It really was a fantastic Pride which showed the city in the very best light. “The announcement that in excess of […] By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters Zip up and behave yourselves! Dear Gscene, “I really must complain about the level of cruising happening at Dukes Mound during daylight hours. I have no problem with the area being used at night but I do have a problem with any activity at all during the day. In the recent hot weather things have been getting out of control. […] By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters Thank you from THT Dear Gscene, “Terrence Higgins Trust Brighton would like to say a huge thank you to all the staff and customers of The Brighton Sauna and Brighton Sauna Two for their recent donation of £645. The money was raised from their free day. The money raised will help support local safer sex resources provi By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Well done Simon! “Last week the Same Sex Marriage Bill became law. As one of the many gay Tory MPs, who spoke in favour of the Bill and received press coverage, I wanted to put on record the invaluable work my colleague, Simon Kirby MP for Kemptown and Peacehaven undertook to get the Bill through Parliament. There a By Contributor • 2 min read
Letters Letter to the editor: Dear Sirs or Mesdames, The dangerous 20mph speed limit is not only unenforceable it increases fuel consumption and pollution…cyclists regularly exceed 30mph let alone 20mph – I don’t see any being stopped especially along the sea front. The highest pollution based on my hypersensitive lungs are thos By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters A return to the witch-hunting 1980’s With reference to the article on Danny Dwer, (The Argus, 08 June) headlined ‘Pillar of Gay Community denies unsafe sex claims’. Upon reading this piece of crude character assignation I was immediately transported back to the atmosphere and climate of the witch-hunting 1980’s; where prejudice was pre By Besi • 1 min read
Letters Get ballsy! The inaugural Brighton Big Balls fun endurance race takes place on the beaches of Brighton & Hove at 9am on Sunday, May 12, 2013 to raise awareness of testicular, penile and prostate cancers. All sponsorship raised by the race will go towards research into these potentially devastating diseases. Br By Besi • 2 min read
