Arts New website launches to champion the strengths of Brighton & Hove’s arts and creative industries Artists, makers, producers, and creative industry organisations working in the local cultural sector now have access to a new online space to support them through the Covid-19 crisis and beyond. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Charity urges online lockdown events to improve deaf accessibility UK charity Stagetext, which provides captioning and live subtitling in theatres and cultural venues for those who are deaf of hard of hearing, has urged those providing virtual lockdown events to ensure they are accessible for the 12 million with hearing loss. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Final week of Brighton Fringe is online Brian Butler looks at the final week of Brighton Fringe and its online treats By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Daffodil – a streamed science fiction experience Brian Butler is mesmerised by Anil Sebastian’s beautiful film creation By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: BREMF@home – a weekend of joyous early music Brian Butler finds reasons to rejoice in a weekend of streamed early music By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Arts Rainbow Chorus marks National Hate Crime Awareness Week Rainbow Chorus, Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ choir, mark Hate Crime Awareness Week with a recording of Keane’s ‘Somewhere Only We Know’. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus elects new Chairman and Vice-Chairman Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus announces Nick Ford has been elected as its new Chair, with Paul Charlton elected as Vice-Chair. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Review: Call Me Crazy by Brighton based duo ARXX Brighton’s own Hanni Pidduck and Clara Townsend – otherwise known as ARXX – are back with their new single Call Me Crazy. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Live theatre comes back with a vengeance Brian Butler looks forward to a veritable feast of live theatre By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts Annie Lennox to re-release remastered version of A Christmas Cornucopia Annie Lennox announces release of a digitally remastered version of her sixth solo album, A Christmas Cornucopia By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Breakfast show presenter James Levett Arts New LGBTQ+ radio station in UK Gorgeous FM is a new LGBTQ+ inclusive radio station which began broadcasting across Birmingham, the Black Country and Shropshire on DAB at the end of September. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Kwon Do Woon Arts Gay Korean Celebrities – K-pop singer first to come out as gay in 20 years South Korean singer Kwon Do Woon has come out as gay, making him the first male Korean celebrity to do so in 20 years. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read