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It’s time to loosen the stays on your whalebone corset and grab a box of Tena Ladies – the Ministry of Laughs is back for it’s monthly show. Laughs provided by compere Mile Belgrave and comedians Andrew Watts, Lynn Ruth Miller and An Audience with Peter Tenant.

Sunday 10th May Charles Street Bar, 8:45pm, £8/5.

Romany Mark Bruce writes about the highs and lows of creating Brighton’s Aids Memorial

When I first submitted my proposals for the Aids Memorial at the end of August 2007, for a modern landmark sculpture of two intertwined figures soaring upwards, little did I know that there would be so many ups and downs ahead.
After almost six months of trying to find premises large enough to accommodate the structure I was given the use of a converted cowshed deep in the Sussex countryside. An armature was built in steel, I took delivery of half a ton of clay, and in May 2008 commenced work on my biggest ever project.
After three months of hard work, one day I had that weird sense of something happening. I put my hands up to the sculpture above me and to my horror felt pressure, it was moving. Read the rest of this article »

Colleagues of a barmaid who died from cancer are holding a charity day in her memory.
Nikki Andrews had worked at The Zone in St James’s Street, Brighton, for a couple of years before she was diagnosed with cancer.
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Drag stars will be seen without their glamorous outfits for a special fringe performance.
Five well known faces will sing with Brighton and Hove (Actually) Gay Men’s Chorus for the ‘Coming Out of Make Up’ show during Brighton Festival Fringe. Audiences will have the chance to see David Raven (Maisie Trolette), Jason Sutton (Miss Jason), Scott Burey (Drag with no name), Dave Lynn and Robert James (Lady James) as they have never seen them before – without their frocks. Read the rest of this article »