Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Brighton and London Gay Men’s Choruses Is this a biased review of the London to Brighton concert that was brought to us on Friday evening by the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus and the London Gay Men’s Chorus? By Michael Hydes • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Adventures of a Happy Homosexual: Memoirs of an Unlikely Activist: Terry Sanderson Terry’s eye witness accounts of just about every LGBT event of importance from the last 40 odd years is as funny as it is poignant and his trademark ruthlessness and honesty shines through this book and is testament to his belief in the importance of recording our own LGBT history on our own terms a By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: High as Sugar, King’s Head High as Sugar is a new one person musical about a loud and proud trans woman living life on the wild side in the art-pop, counter-culture of New York City between 1969 and 1970. By Paul Gustafson • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Purple Prose: Bisexuality in Britain: Kate Harrad This book is an important and relevant commentary on contemporary British Bisexual experience and a must read for Bi people and their allies from across the LGBTQ world. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Hide: Matthew Griffin I loved this book, it made me laugh and brought a tear to my eye and it’s rare a book does both, the narrative is huge and emotionally brutal, little details bringing the reality crashing in, but always human and real and the men’s relationship offered up with a tender honesty that reflects so many By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: Rehearsal for Murder@Theatre Royal I’m not going to spoil the ending for you, I’ll let the writer do that instead but it’s worth knowing it’s all a huge wet pail of red herrings with not a decent dénouement in sight. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rainbow Chorus: Songs Without Borders An evening out with the Rainbow Chorus is more than just going to a concert, it’s an expression of belonging, solidarity and inclusion that defines the very notion of community that many aspire to when they come to live in Brighton and Hove. By Besi • 4 min read
Arts CD REVIEW: Grace Jones: Warm Leatherette – Deluxe Edition Grace Jones is often lauded as an icon of grandiose style, almost a caricatured great-aunt to the somewhat clumsy niece Ga Ga, her music often taking a back seat in our distant memories of “didn’t she do…”. Her current run of album reissues should go some way to cementing her place in the hall of mu By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The scientific secrets of Doctor Who This book made me laugh and think, and explains some difficult and abstract scientific ideas without insulting the intelligence of the LGBT Whoovian reader. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: All you need is Love Collins adapts her fun style which is a cross between Quentin Blake and Dr Seuss to the various ways that families interact and grow. Collins adds humour and some subtle insight and some knowing experience to this book to make it a pleasure to read for both younger readers and adults. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: SpaceCraft by John McCullough John McCullough’s first collection of poems, The Frost Fairs, won the Polari First Book Prize and captivated many readers immediately with his delicate, comprehensive and utterly deceptive and subtle use of words to capture the momentum of love in our lives. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: All Male HMS Pinafore@Theatre Royal For something so very gay it’s played utterly straight . It’s a parody of a parody of a parody, a Klien bottle of cleverness and shines with its love of the medium. It’s just the Queers who are getting the skewing this time round and that, my fellow benders, makes it all the more fun. By Eric Page • 4 min read
