Like so many across the world, I have watched the recent horror in America unfold with a sense of history repeating. But it isn’t a history that comes along once in a generation or with each decade. It is a history that is repeating itself daily. Daily black men and women are being placed at the bottom of American society, through housing, health care, work, … Continue reading Justice For George Floyd
I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice: I can go birding (#ChristianCooper) I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery) I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson) I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride) I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark) I can leave a party to get to … Continue reading Justice for George Floyd
A day of dazzling and empowering radio awaits you on March 8th 2020 as the 1BTN International Women’s Day Takeover returns for its third year of femme-focussed music and live entertainment. Featuring some of 1BTN’s finest broadcasters including Clara Suess, Katty Manville-Muench, Sista Selecta, Catherine Sones, Kerry Jean Lister, Suze Rosser, Katie Blackwell, Chantal Irtelli, Jayney BlamBlam, Lisa Lohan, Hannah Sherlock, Kathy Ellis, Jayne Winstanley, … Continue reading 1BTN International Womens’ Day Takeover 2020
Finding the words for the man who always found space for mine isn’t easy. Finding the words for a man who always entertained mine, no matter what the subject, daydream or occasional rant, isn’t what I ever wanted to do. But here I am, with you, paying tribute to James Ledward. The scaffold for so much of my writing and campaigning life, the foundations for … Continue reading A Wildblood tribute for James Ledward
A candlelight vigil at the Brighton AIDS Memorial in New Steine Gardens is the centrepiece of a number of events marking World AIDS Day in the city this year. All are welcome to come along to the remembrance event of those we have lost to HIV/AIDS in Brighton & Hove at 6pm on Sunday 1 December at the memorial in Kemp Town. The event includes … Continue reading World AIDS Day 2019
Dear friends across the UK, Now we’ve got your attention with a cute dog at polling station picture here’s the hard sell. This election, everything we care about is on the line. Our NHS, real climate action, social care, schools, AND stopping Brexit. If Boris Johnson wins a landslide, it’s all in serious jeopardy. But there’s a sleeping army out there, 9 MILLION people who … Continue reading Register to vote
The goosebumps are real, the grin never-ending, the anticipation beyond exciting. Yes, our favourite Pride event of the year is back. Brighton Pride has just announced the theme and dates for Pride 2020 and its Fabuloso darling! Literally. Talk about bona. My eek is a filled with joy, my lills in the air, my soul hoofing as Brighton Pride reflects upon the communities that created … Continue reading Brighton & Hove’s Fabuloso Pride
Thanks to your generous online and on the night support alongside our £100 DJ fee donation, we are thrilled to announce that Decent at The Tempest Inn raised £392 for the Rainforest Alliance. Money that will help them to protect and restore our vital rainforests and the communities, climate, and biodiversity that depend on them for survival. Thank you to everyone, friends, The Tempest team and all those Decent … Continue reading £392 raised for Rainforest Alliance
The rainforests are the lungs of our planet. Without them, there is no future. Without them, we have no hope of halting climate catastrophe. Our planet will suffocate. Its that simple. Unfortunately the solution to the deforestation and murder of our rainforests by corporations greedy for land and profit, regardless of the cost to our world, is not simple. But as we watched the latest … Continue reading Rainforest Alliance Fundraiser
Always happy to put their hands up for some disco action Wildblood and Queenie are bringing the Decent back to the dancefloor with the first in a series of fundraising parties in Brighton. Built out of love for four-to-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, delicious divas and corking cowbells, Decent will deliver a right proper night out with fundraising at its heart. A heart beating to most … Continue reading Decent at The Tempest Inn
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