Miss Jason returns to the camp surrounds of the Bali Brasserie in Hove this Sunday (January 27) for her next Sunday Lunch Party.
IT’S not your usual traditional Sunday lunch, but rather a glorious three course Bali Indonesian /Malaysian buffet followed by star cabaret.
Joining Miss Jason this Sunday (Jan 27) direct from her success on Britain’s Got Talent is the wonderfully, wacky magician, Mandy Munden, who will be performing some cunning stunts for your amusements.
DJ Claire Fuller and the Four Skins will join Miss Jason and Mandy to make sure your afternoon is action packed and full of fun.
Doors open for lunch at midday, entertainment starts at 2pm and tickets are just £29.99 per person.
This show is not for the faint hearted so don’t take your children!
Tickets include a three course meal including the Bali’s famous main course hot buffet.
Miss Jason will be hosting future Lunch Parties on February 24, March 31, April 28, May 19, June 30, July 28, August 25, September 29, October 27 and November 17.
To book your places call 01273 323810.. Places are limited.
Photos of Miss Jason and Sandra at the first Miss Jason Lunch Party on November 18.
Master milliner Stephen Jones OBE, who has dressed the heads of the Duchess of Sussex, Kylie Minogue, Kate Moss and Mick Jagger, will be filling the Royal Pavilion in Brighton with his exquisite hats for a new exhibition in partnership with Harvey Nichols from February 7–June 9.
The milliner Stephen Jones. Photo: Tessa-Hallmann
THE exhibition,Stephen Jones Hats, will see Jones create installations of his most glamorous and captivating hats, including a selection exploring the theme of Pride and hats worn by the Duchess of Sussex, Kylie Minogue and Missy Elliott.
Stephen Jones OBE said:“I grew up in a seaside town, but Brighton to me seemed exciting, exotic, and it symbolised art and freedom. In 2012, I designed a collection called ‘Chinoiserie-on-Sea’ for which I researched Brighton, and in particular the Pavilion, extensively; and it feels like showing my hats there is almost like a homecoming. I have never had the opportunity to display hats in the environment which inspired them.”
Event: Exhibition of Stephen Jones Hats at The Royal Pavilion, Brighton
When: February 7 – June 9
Where: Brighton Pavilion, Brighton
Cost: Includes admission to the Royal Pavilion. Adult £13.50 – Child (5-15) £8.00
A £400m development deal for Brighton & Hove is put on ice due to ‘Brexit uncertainty’ as developers indicate national Brexit deal deadlock “does not provide the basis for major investment decisions”.
A MAJOR leisure centre development project between Brighton and Hove City Council and developers Crest Nicholson has stalled due to ‘Brexit uncertainty’.
A letter from the developers citing Brexit as a major issue to the project’s feasibility was handed to Councillors just hours before a vote on the final development deal.
Referring to the impact of a possible no-deal Brexit, the letter cites ‘certain scenarios’ that could ‘[…]yet undermine the project’s feasibility,’ and further states that ‘[…]the current deadlock is most unhelpful…and does not provide the basis for major investment decisions in the interim.’
Councillors of all parties had been preparing to vote on a deal with Crest Nicholson to replace the council-run King Alfred Leisure Centre with new, improved sports facilities and affordable housing.
Last year the Government awarded £15.2m of Housing Infrastructure Funding to plug the financial ‘viability gap’ of the project.
For the last 30 years successive schemes on the King Alfred site have been a continued source of controversy, with concerns that developers would not follow through with plans for affordable housing on the site in a bid to retain a suitable profit margin.
Frank Gehry’s 2009 design for King Alfred site
International architect Frank Gehry’s plans to build one of his ‘icon’ building on the site in 2009 were thwarted by local Conservatives after the project had received planning permission from the previous Labour administration.
Asked at the time his views on those who opposed ‘icon’ buildings Gehry said:“They’re part of the reason that things are ugly, but they don’t realise it.
“Through history, public buildings are iconic and if we want less we have no self-esteem. We might as well go back to the caves. If you add up how many iconic buildings have been built recently, how many are there? 50? 100? It’s nothing. So people can fuck off.”
Cllr Phélim Mac Cafferty
Green Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty, spokesperson for the Greens on the Council’s Policy, Resources and Growth Committee, said: “Greens have repeatedly pushed for answers on the impact of Brexit on Brighton and Hove. We have demanded impact assessments – to no avail – and called for recognition of the likely negative impact a ‘no deal’ would have on our council, communities and budgets. Now we’re beginning to see the real effect of Brexit on our city, and already it means developers are slamming the brakes on major development, critical housing projects are being put on ice, and new jobs and opportunities are being put on hold.
“On top of the very real effects of Brexit on our communities, we now have a situation where fears about market stability and ‘profit’ have driven developers to backtrack on agreements, leaving councils, yet again, in the lurch.
“We are a city with a housing crisis – we need to be able to attract new developments and jobs. It is unacceptable that Brexit has become the means by which developers can now bow out of council agreements. The UK’s exit from the European Union has been on the cards for months. There is still no clarity from Government – and the ‘uncertainty’ described by Crest is unlikely to end without a People’s Vote.”
Cllr Ollie Sykes
Councillor Ollie Sykes, Green finance lead, added:“Fantasy-land Brexiteers are quick to label every mooted negative impact of Brexit as ‘Project Fear,’ but these ‘fears’ are becoming a reality. Worse still, while developers seek to protect themselves and their profit from risk, it is local councils who have been left to pick up the pieces of the Brexit mess.
“There is huge anger about this – both with the developers, who after years of negotiation have let us down; and with the Government, who have systematically ignored the devastating impact Brexit will have on local councils, major projects and regeneration.”
Developers Crest Nicholson indicate in the letter that in principle they remain willing to proceed with the development and enter into an agreement depending on a successful and orderly Brexit deal being agreed in January, with a view to the UK leaving the EU on March 29.
Frank Gehry was not available for comment on the council’s present difficulties.
Former owner of Fudges Restaurant on Brighton seafront calls for the offer of Social Impact fund grants to Kingscliffe Society and St James Community Action group be reviewed.
Dear Editor,
AS you are well aware I no longer have my business interests in Brighton, but still keep a keen eye on many developments and activities reported in GScene and other national media outlets..
Reading your online report of the latest round of Brighton Pride Social Impact Grant Awards, I was utterly dismayed, dare I say horrified to read that the latest awards include two recipients, who have caused so much upset and dismay to the organisers and promoters of Brighton Pride, in particular the parties in St James’s Street on the Saturday and Sunday afternoons and evenings.
For many such as myself who no longer make the trip to Preston Park, the St James’s Street gathering is and has been a great social meeting place for friends to meet.
Since Paul Kemp and his team revitalised pride and put the event on a much better financial footing, it is well organised and properly controlled both at the park and also in St James’s Street, with proper marshals, toilet facilities and general crowd control, all of which, has to be paid for.
Any idea of moving it to Madeira Drive is really a non starter as the logistics of such a move, would prove to be impossible and people would continue to assemble outside their favourite bar in the village.
I know that a few residents in the area will be slightly inconvenienced once a year for just a few hours by restricted access and noise, but for the most part, all of the other reported problems of the past, have generally been resolved, with facilities provided by Brighton Pride at no small cost.
The St James Street area, is the heart of the gay village, with its various bars, restaurants and hotels and as such must remain the focal point, for the pride weekend.
I therefore find it almost unbelievable that two of the principle objectors, to the scheme, namely the Kingscliff Society and the St James Community Action Group should be considered and awarded funds raised by Brighton Pride.
Talk about “Biting the hand that feeds you!”
I am well aware that any awards are given out by an independent panel of experts, but may I respectfully suggest that this matter is carefully reviewed by all concerned, before any more money is wasted on the enemy within!
On Sunday, February 27 – Holocaust Memorial Day, hundreds of people from London’s LGBT+ communities and their allies will protest outside the Russian Embassy in London against the new wave of brutal attacks against LGBT+ people that are taking place in Chechnya, Russia.
THEIR message will be ‘NEVER AGAIN EVER!’
This Holocaust Memorial Day – 80 years since the start of World War II – the protest remembers the thousands of LGBT+ who perished during the Nazi Holocaust and the millions of Queers across the world who have been killed or brutalised since. The protests immediate focus is to act for those who have been killed, detained and tortured in a new crackdown on LGBT+ people in Chechnya.
Kristine Garina, President, EuroPride, says: “Fifty years ago this June the LGBT+ movement was born. This human rights crisis demands that we all become activists like those brave people half a century ago. We cannot stand back whilst our LGBT+ siblings are being detained, tortured and killed.”
The reports earlier this month echo those that started in 2017 and haven’t stopped since. Hundreds of people were rounded up because of their sexuality or perceived sexuality by authorities in Chechnya and subjected to beatings and electric shocks in secret prisons, provoking international condemnation and sanctions. Worryingly, verified reports from the Russian LGBT Network suggest three people have been killed in recent weeks.
Peter Tatchell
Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, says: “The heart-breaking reports of renewed state torture and murder of LGBT+ people are a damning indictment of the tyrannical Chechen regime and of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has refused to use his powers to stop the homophobic terror campaign and to bring perpetrators to justice. We deplore all human rights abuses in Chechnya – including detention without trial, torture and arbitrary killings. At this protest, we stand in solidarity with Chechen LGBTs and all persecuted Chechen people.”
The protest will call for:
Theresa May to publicly condemn these atrocities
All Governments to give shelter to those fleeing from Chechnya
For a United Nations Independent Investigation on Russia with a specific mandate on the human rights violations in the Chechen Republic
The Russian authorities to bring those responsible for these atrocities to justice and, failing that, for the international community to intervene and arraign the perpetrators before the ICJ
‘We are truly grateful to everyone who supports us! Moreover, we believe that it was an international pressure that stopped the first wave of persecution, so yes, it will be very useful!’ says Russian LGBT Network.
“The news of a new wave of anti-gay persecution in Chechnya is deeply disturbing. Silence is complicity. All world leaders, including the UK Prime minister, must condemn these atrocities and ask Russian authorities to bring those responsible to justice,”addedMatt Beard, Executive Director, All Out.
Organiser ask that you take as many pairs of shoes as possible to the protest to make a sculpture of shoes just like those piled up outside of Auschwitz.
Dan Glass
Dan Glass from Queer Tours of London – A Mince Through Time, said: “All four of my grandparents were Nazi Holocaust survivors. The influence their stories had on me was one of my main reasons I co-founded ‘Queer Tours of London – A Mince Through Time’. I know all too well how the LGBT+ communities have suffered but also resisted fascism throughout history. Wild horses wouldn’t stop me from getting involved in this Sunday’s protest to make sure homophobic genocidal maniacs get their comeuppance! I’m so looking forward to be with our glorious LGBT+ communities in London, send love and solidarity to our Chechen queer family and in my own way – get justice for others that my grandparents never had. Never Again Ever!’”
Martlets hospice in Hove is looking for exceptional people to join its board of trustees.
THE hospice team wants interested people to make contact to find out more about how their unique talents can make a real difference to a local charity.
They are especially interested in hearing from people with experience in health or social care operating environments, health commissioning or those with digital expertise. The hospice would also welcome people with a background in retail or charity fundraising or those who have experience of innovation, change and continuous improvement programmes.
Emily McWhirter, a Martlets’ trustee said:“We are looking for talented, driven people who share our vision to provide the very best care and support to local people affected by terminal illness.
“You may not have thought about a being a trustee before and may feel a little daunted; but you don’t need to be an expert in hospice care or to have had previous trustee experience.
“We will provide an induction plan and full training along with a nominated buddy to support you.
“We value diversity because a wide mix of skills and perspectives brings enormous benefits to our board. So, we are actively encouraging applications from a range of backgrounds and experiences.”
The deadline for applications is February 25, 2019.
To view the trustee role description and download a recruitment pack, click here:
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