Fundraising News Rail Unions suspend strike action planned during Brighton Pride Strikes planned by RTM union drivers and guards during the annual Brighton Pride celebrations in August have been suspended after intervention from Chris Grayling MP. The Secretary of State invited the RTM Union’s General Secretary, Mike Cash for direct talks on the condition the strike action was s By Besi • 2 min read
General News All seven city parks retain their Green Flags! Green Flags will once again fly in seven Brighton & Hove parks this summer. Easthill Park, Hove Park, Kipling Gardens, Preston Park, St Ann’s Well Gardens, Stoneham Park and The Level have all been awarded prestigious Green Flags for excellence. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Barnardo’s shortlisted for equality award Children’s charity Barnardo’s has been shortlisted in the PinkNews Awards for its work improving equality for LGBT+ people. Barnardo’s is one of six organisations shortlisted in the Third Sector Equality Award by a panel including PinkNews staff, politicians and business and community leaders. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Hopkins Conundrum by Simon Edge New gay author Simon Edge bring us this lovely story of poems, nuns, persecution, the welsh countryside and some romantic intrigue and it’s a delicious read with some hints into Hopkins homoerotic experiences and the poetry itself washing though the book entwined in the whirls and eddies of Edges gr By Eric Page • 2 min read
Community News Govia plan longer trains and extra services into Brighton for Pride weekend Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) will run longer Thameslink trains to and from Brighton during next month’s Pride celebrations, but management warns the decision by workers of ASLEF and RTM unions to strike, will affect the event. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Anti-bullying charity announces survey results One of largest surveys of bullying in the UK, the Annual Bullying Survey 2017, is published today (July 19) by anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label. The charity surveyed 10,020 young people between the ages of 12 – 20, in partnership with schools and colleges across the country with the focus of th By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Samaritans want you to shush and listen Harness the power of listening – Brighton, Hove and District Samaritans want you to SHUSH! and listen. Samaritans the suicide prevention charity’s annual month-long awareness campaign Talk to Us in July encourages people from all over the UK to take a few minutes to improve their listening skills by By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Shirley Valentine @Theatre Royal I could gush more, I will gush more, but book yourself a ticket now, this was an unexpected treat and I left feeling empowered by Russell’s life affirming writing, as relevant now as it was thirty years ago, and enchanted by this tour de force performance from Prenger. With the audience on their fee By Eric Page • 3 min read
Community News RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar rounds off Pride in Hull line-up RuPaul’s Drag Race runner-up Courtney Act will be sashaying onto the stage this Saturday, July 22, 2017 to entertain the crowds at Pride in Hull. Courtney, who appeared on season six of the hit TV show, starred in Little Mix’s latest music video Power alongside fellow Drag Race alumnae Alaska and Wi By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Tigers parachute team to open Brighton Pride Community Parade The Princess of Wales’ parachute display team, to open the Brighton Pride Community Parade on Saturday, August 5. The world famous Princess of Wales’ Parachute Regiment also known as The Tigers will perform a free-fall parachute team jump at 10.45am to deliver the Brighton & Hove Pride 2017 rainbow By Besi • 1 min read
Arts ‘Abigail’s fundraising Party for MindOut Abigail’s Party, a play for stage and television, was devised and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh. Described as “a suburban situation comedy of manners”, and a “satire on the aspirations and tastes of the new middle class” that emerged in Britain in the 1970s it is perfect for screening in Brighton i By Besi • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rainbow Chorus – Classics to Classical I have to remind myself that this diverse and inclusive singing group is an amateur non – audition choir where some members can’t read music. That makes their latest concert all the more remarkable because they opened the event with a beautiful and sensitive rendition of the phenomenally tricky Faur By Brian Butler • 2 min read
