The Level was one of the first locations for a Brighton Pride event and has been a public meeting place, fair and festival venue since the 1700s.
Find out more about its history at The people’s history of the Level: a community oral history exhibition which opens at the Bertie MacLaren Pavilion, the Level, Brighton BN1 4ZN on November 9 at 3pm.
There will be three times the scares at this year’s Kreepy Kemptown Ghost Walks, which will take place three times over Halloween Night, on Thursday, October 31.
Starting from the Queen’s Arms, Adrian J Andrews, Kemptown’s own Ghost Walker and Paranormal Investigator, will lead walkers on a two-hour tour through Brighton’s ‘truly haunted’ places, including a trip into the infamous Lanes.
Adrian said:
“Wherever you stand in Kemptown, or indeed Brighton as a whole, you are never further than a hundred yards from the nearest paranormal activity. There is far more going on around here than I have room for on the tour!”
The first tour begins at 4.30pm and is designed as an alternative to Trick Or Treating for the little folk. There will also be a spooky free gift as a souvenir for every child who comes in costume on the tour.
The second tour will begin at 7.30pm, and the late night special begins at 10pm which will take its Ghost Hunters right through the Witching Hour!
The Ghost Walks start at the Queen’s Arms, 7-8 George Street, Brighton. A box office will be open inside 30 minutes before the advertised start time.
Tickets: adults £8, children £4, concessions £5, family (2 adults and 2 children) £20.
When Brighton Ourstory archive closed earlier this year many LGBT people in Brighton and Hove (and beyond) were asked to take their donated items back from the archive.
Fortunately, The Keep, the new local records office for all of East Sussex (including Brighton & Hove), will open in November and are happy to accept all donations of LGBT materials, both past and future. In this way our heritage will be kept safe and open to the public for future generations.
If you have items that were returned to you by Brighton Ourstory, or if there are things you may want to donate in the future, or if you just have an interest in preserving LGBT history, you are invited to attend an open public meeting at The Marlborough, Princes St, Brighton on Monday, October 7 from 6pm to 7.30pm
If you have collected any items from the recently closed archive, keep them till November, or, if you don’t have the space, email: lgbtarchive@yahoo.comto arrange safe temporary storage.
If you’d like to know more but can’t make the meeting, email: lgbtarchive@yahoo.com and you will receive an email update after the meeting.
Following a storming performance at this year’s Brighton Pride, local resident Alison Moyet will be weaving her magic once again at the Brighton Dome on Monday, October 21 at 7pm.
Known for her mega chops, the Is This Love? and Don’t Go singer and critics’ darling will be showcasing new tracks from her acclaimed album the minutes, her first since 2007, which was produced by Guy Sigsworth and includes classic synth-pop matched against contemporary club and R&B sounds.
Event: Alison Moyet plus Special Guests
Where: Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1UE
Singer/songwriter Annie Lennox OBE was guest of honour at the opening of a new centre for the treatment and support of people with HIV at Homerton Hospital last week.
The Clifden Centre/Jonathan Mann Clinic provide superb facilities in a modern and relaxing setting, delivering treatment, advice, prevention and support for sexual and reproductive health and HIV.
The Centre is the culmination of the Positive Lives initiative which, over a number of years, has been supported by many generous donors, by the local community and by the NHS. Over £2m has been raised to fund the extensive refurbishment and the provision of the new Jonathan Mann Clinic.
Professor Jane Anderson from the Centre, said:
“We are delighted that Annie came to see for herself the ground breaking work we are doing in the care and support of people with HIV.
“The number of people with HIV who use our hospital has doubled in the past 10 years and the new Centre will enable our multidisciplinary team to deliver holistic care and support, which will address both people’s clinical requirements as well as wider emotional, social and practical needs through on-site support services.
“We work closely with a range of agencies and our local authority colleagues to provide a network of advice and support to our communities, covering a full range of sexual health and family planning services as well as services for HIV.
“Prevention and health promotion are key components of our work. Our contraception services have been instrumental in reducing the teenage pregnancy rates for Hackney and the City over the past three years.”
Annie, who is HIV Ambassador for the Mayor of London, toured the Centre which she described as a “beautiful space”, and spent time talking to staff and patients.
She said:
“As a passionate activist, and as the Mayor of London’s HIV Ambassador, I have been touched by the countless stories of men, women and children who have been affected by HIV. For many people, these are no longer stories of despair, but are stories of hope. Advances in treatment mean that HIV is no longer a death sentence.
“People on effective treatment are living healthy, fulfilling and long lives. This new clinic at Homerton is a fantastic facility that will help more people get the world-class treatment that they need.”
The guests, who included the Mayor of Hackney and local MP Diane Abbott, also heard from a patient of the Centre who praised the new development, describing her own experiences of the care received whilst dealing with HIV
Annie formally declared the Centre open by cutting a red ribbon.
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