Arts Brighton Pride Festival tickets go on sale at noon today Pride Festival tickets go on sale at noon today, Tuesday, January 16 with first and second early bird prices frozen for the fifth year. Brighton Pride 2018 is a Pride with Purpose as the city of Brighton & Hove welcomes visitors from across the world to fundraise, celebrate, campaign and party toget By Besi • 6 min read
Community News Police seek volunteers for Stop and Search scrutiny panel Sussex Police is establishing a Stop and Search public scrutiny panel, to enable independent assessment in their use of this police power. Sussex residents are being invited to participate in this new initiative; you do not need any prior knowledge or experience of police powers, just a desire to he By Besi • 1 min read
General News Brighton & Hove to benefit from new weight management programmes A new approach to helping people in the city maintain a healthy weight will launch in April. Following a robust tendering process, Brighton & Hove City Council has signed a three-year community weight management contract with BeeZee Bodies. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: For one night only – Sit down – stand up! For one night only, comedian and raconteur Steve Lee reprises his Fringe debut show, Sit down – stand up with musical accompaniment by Peter Martin. Steve talks about his 47 years in showbiz, his two unpublished novels and his two TV scripts, one which has been filmed in five languages. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Highland Fling by Anna Larner From the breath-taking Highlands of Scotland to the buzz of a Leicester gay bar, family and friendship are tested to breaking point as the narrative pressure builds in this wonderful engaging Lesbian romance by novelist Anna Larner. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Two Gentlemen Sharing by William Corlett It’s a brilliant examination of clash, culture, class, urban and country, gay and straight, progressive and intolerant and made me laugh out loud constantly. Corlett’s humour is gentle but relentless, ravaging personal prejudices and giving us more than a few delightful revelations as the story unf By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts LGBT HISTORY MONTH: Screening of ‘The Celluloid Closet’ in Eastbourne To celebrate LGBT History Month in February, The Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne will team up with Eastbourne Rainbow, and Bourne Out to present a special screening of The Celluloid Closet. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Action taken to tackle ‘county lines’ drug-dealing in the city That’s the message in a report going to the Neighbourhoods, Inclusion, Communities & Equalities (NICE) committee on January 22. ‘County lines’ is the police term used to describe a national issue of urban gangs supplying drugs – primarily heroin and crack cocaine – to towns across the country using By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Pride Social Impact Fund awards record grants to deserving projects Community groups across Brighton and Hove will put a little bit of pride back into their city thanks to grants worth nearly £20,000 from the Pride Social Impact Fund (SIF). By Besi • 7 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Neon Moon launch to raise money for MindOut Brighton based artist Matthew Callow (27) to launch debut electro synth-pop album Neon Moon at the Marlborough Theatre on February 24. All proceeds from the event will be donated to MindOut, the LGBT mental health service. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News RadioReverb launches ‘Mental Health Matters’ radio show RadioReverb launch brand-new radio show about mental health as part of their new 2018 schedule. The ground-breaking show, Mental Health Matters, aims to be a valuable resource for Brighton residents and mental health charities alike. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Strangers on a Train @ THEATRE ROYAL Strangers on a Train Strangers On A Train is based on the 1950 novel by Patricia Highsmith with a heafty nod at that Oscar-Winning Alfred Hitchcock film. We begin the story as a fateful encounter takes place between two men in a carriage of a train crossing America. Guy is the successful businessma By Eric Page • 4 min read
