» Tim Rose interview
It’s fun; it’s sporty and very social. Paul Disney caught up with Tim Rose, chair of Brighton Lesbian and Gay Sports Society
Describe yourself.
I’m 62 and I have been very happy living as a gay man in Brighton and Hove for ten years. I retired from my job as a schoolteacher as Head of Humanities nearly three years ago. I currently work two days a week for the Aim Higher organisation that aims to get more people from disadvantaged backgrounds into university.
Why Brighton and Hove?
I had been in denial about my sexuality for decades and I had just got divorced from my wife, it was a particularly difficult time for me, so I thought Brighton would be a good move although I didn’t know anyone who lived here. Also I have four grandchildren, two who live in Michigan US and the other two in Worthing here in Sussex. We are a close family and it’s good to be near my daughter and grandchildren.
What would be your ideal night out?
I enjoy meeting people. I love eating out. A night out at a bar such as Legends is a great option. I also sing in a classical choir, and I really enjoy going to concerts. Also my work with BLAGSS, as well as being the chair, I am also a co-ordinator for the walking group.
Sir Peter Blake, Godfather of British Pop Art, will have a month long exhibition this April at the small independent Brighton art gallery and printing studio Ink_d. The show, ‘Pop Art on Paper‘, will run from Friday 4 April to Saturday, 3 May and will coincide with the young gallery’s first birthday. There will be new, updated prints taken from his 1960s period. This was a very important time in the artist’s life during which this retiring, sexually naïve man began to paint simple, bold, but direct pieces – somewhat at odds in an era high on the possibilities of life and sexual excess.
