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Norman Cook, Brighton’s own superstar DJ Fatboy Slim, backs Martlets to complete work on new Hospice and keep caring Right Here, Right Now

Graham Robson August 1, 2023

Postcards featuring his handwritten, heartfelt message to people in the city have been hitting doormats this week.
His support comes as Martlets CEO Claire Irving issued an open letter to the community, asking them to stand with Martlets through the cost-of-living crisis and lend their support.

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Snailspace auction raises £230,000 for Martlets Hospice

Besi Besemar December 5, 2018

Over three hundred people gathered at the Hilton Brighton Metropole (December 3) to see all fifty unique Snailspace sculptures go under the hammer and slide away to their forever homes.

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Music Legend in unusual collaboration for ‘Snailspace’

Besi Besemar July 9, 2018

Internationally renowned DJ and Brighton resident, Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim, is spearheading the Snailspace campaign; a street art project with a difference, as fifty giant snails take over the streets of Brighton & Hove this autumn to raise money for Martlets Hospice.

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Norman Cook pledges support to Madeira Terrace crowdfunding campaign

Besi Besemar November 1, 2017

This morning celebrity superstar DJ Norman Cook aka Fat Boy Slim gave his backing to the city’s crowdfunding campaign to save Madeira Terrace. The crowdfunding campaign set up by the council has a target of £430k to reach before 30 November 30.

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Norman Cook to start the Vitality Brighton Half Marathon 2017

Besi Besemar January 19, 2017

International superstar DJ and Brightonian Norman Cook will start the Vitality Brighton Half Marathon 2017. Norman Cook – aka Fat Boy Slim, one of the city’s most famous residents, will sound the starting claxon at 9am on February 26 2016 to get the 13.1 mile race around the city underway.

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BRIGHTON PRIDE PICTURE DIARY: The crowds: Record numbers flock to watch Brighton Pride Community Parade

Besi Besemar August 3, 2015

Bomb scare on seafront results in Pride Community Parade being re-routed along Western Road and through the city centre – residents and businesses in Hove treated to biggest free show in town. A suspicious package was discovered at 11.20am by a Pride Steward. Described as the size of a large can of lager, it was strapped to a street sign with gaffer tape.

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100 Days and counting to the biggest Brighton Pride25 celebration

Besi Besemar April 25, 2015

With less than 100 days to go, the countdown to Brighton Pride 2015 is well underway as Pride organisers prepare to deliver the biggest Pride celebrations the city has ever seen. This year promises a citywide celebration as our diverse and spectacular communities come together to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pride in The City with a wonderful Carnival of Diversity, the first edition of the Pride Diversity Games sponsored by Domestic & General and the ever popular Pride Dog Show.

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Fatboy Slim waives fee for Brighton Pride appearance in August

Besi Besemar March 5, 2015

International superstar DJ, recording artist and local boy made good, Fatboy Slim returns to headline Brighton Pride’s biggest ever dance big top production on August 1. More Brighton than the beach he lives beside. More Brighton than the Seagulls he cheers on. And prouder than anyone else to be part of Brighton Pride 2015. Fatboy Slim, everybody’s favourite big beat maestro is returning to Pride in Preston Park on Saturday, August 1 and is waving his fee to help Pride beat last year’s fundraising target which benefits local LGBT/HIV organisations.

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