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Julie Burchill writes exclusively for Latest 7 about her part in She’s a Punk Rocker UK, a documentary by Zillah Minx

When the ever-persuasive Miss Zillah Minx asked me to appear in her excellent documentary She’s A Punk Rocker I was not entirely convinced. For a start, I think back to the period of my life when I WAS a – shudder – punk rocker as the only time of my life when I knowingly practised hypocrisy: one of my very least favourite vices.
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The spring season at Theatre Royal Brighton lives up to their promise of a West End by the sea

When the Ambassadors Theatre Group took over Brighton’s historic Theatre Royal they promised us a West End by the sea and with the release of a spring season glittering with stage and screen stars, they are setting out to prove it.
The highlights include: Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, both renowned separately for their film and TV work, and together in the X-Men films; Richard E Grant, the star of more than sixty films including the cult classic Withnail and I; Edward Fox, best loved for TV’s Edward and Mrs Simpson; Read the rest of this article »

Children’s laureate Michael Rosen talks about making his job work and bedtime stories with his son

Michael Rosen by Laurence Cendrowicz

Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen – creator of such phantasmagoria as Centrally-Heated Knickers and Super Boring Man, cheerfully describes himself as an egomaniac.

Should I curtsy, you being the children’s laureate?
No, just say hi! There’s no protocol.

How did you get the job – a phone call from the Queen?
A phone call, yes; not from The Queen, though: Shami Chakrabarti (Liberty director). I was on a train – I thought she was ringing me about a benefit gig and the signal kept cutting out. I could hardly hear her at all – it took me a while to realise what she was offering me.
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Rachel Pegg visits Sussex Beacon as it prepares for World Aids Day

Sussex Beacon has special reason to celebrate World Aids Day on Monday. This time last year the future of Brighton’s Aids and HIV treatment centre in Bevendean Road was uncertain. Read the rest of this article »