Horse Meat Disco NYD Disco @ Patterns

New Years Day – Patterns Brighton – Horse Meat Disco. Always one of the wildest ways to start the year, and we’re back with a bang with the drop-dead-fabulous duo, Wildblood and Queenie (thanks, boys!). The energy at Patterns never misses, and NYD will be next level! 🎟️ Tickets are live here Join us for day one of 2026. 📍 Patterns, 10 Marine Parade, Brighton📀 Horse … Continue reading Horse Meat Disco NYD Disco @ Patterns

Brighton Butch Please 29.11.25

BRIGHTON BUTCH IS BACK A soft butch launch…. A chilled out but exclusive Butch, Please! knees up. tickets are v. limited … DJ’S DANCING FLIRTING ICE BREAKER GAMES PRIZES MERCH IMPORTANT CHATS WITH PEOPLE WHO WALK THROUGH THE WORLD THE WAY YOU DO A RADICAL ACT OF TOGETHERNESS IN A WORLD THAT DOESN’T MAKE SPACE FOR US This is a night for lesbian and bisexual … Continue reading Brighton Butch Please 29.11.25

The Wildblood and Queenie 1BTN Show 14.11.25

And so we continue. Returning to 1BTN this Friday 14th November, from 13:00. The Wildblood and Queenie Show. Set to treat your ears to some right bobby dazzlers as we delve deep into our housed up boxes and disco archives. We’ve plenty of Zap pleasure as we jack it up, we’ve a detour relapse you’ll want to make, new action from Detroit Swindle, a double … Continue reading The Wildblood and Queenie 1BTN Show 14.11.25

Granny Branch and the polyester years

Tell me you come from a long line of haberdashers without telling me you come from a long line of haberdashers. Granny Branch and me, Waltham Way, Frinton On Sea, Essex, 1974. Dressed handmade by my mum, fabric provided (at a charge, no doubt) by Granny Joan Branch from her shop, Branch The Drapers on Connaught Avenue. A formidable, filter-free matriarch, shopkeeper and landlady who … Continue reading Granny Branch and the polyester years

Forever blowing bubbles

It is with a heavy heart that I have to write of the passing of Josephine Queenie Bourne’s adored dad Philip Hugh Bourne on August 31st 2025, aged 88. Husband, Dad, Uncle, Grandad, Great Granddad, loyal friend, inspiring colleague, Monday night quiz king, the bassiest of choir wonders and performers, New Orleans Trad Jazz and Blues lover, steam railway fanatic, obsessive map reader, passionate gardener, … Continue reading Forever blowing bubbles

A Balearic Boulangerie of Summer Sounds at Barley Mow

Summertime disco roast with us Wildblood and Queenie at The Barley Mow Pub Sunday 20th July 2pm onwards. Joining a line-up of darlings including Charlene FromNeighboursDarren Bell and Trusted Rhythm Records Just how you like it. Disco, eats, sunshine, good times. See you at the front. Menus, info and reservations https://thebarleymow.uk/ Continue reading A Balearic Boulangerie of Summer Sounds at Barley Mow

Dance For Peace 12.07.25

DANCE FOR PEACE returns this Saturday 12th of July to raise funds for the charity Medical Aid For Palestinians at Brighton Electric Studios. Some of Brighton’s finest DJs are coming together to show support and raise money for the innocent victims of Israel’s war on the Palestinian people. The awesome DJ line-up includes: STEVE MAC, SCOTT DIAZ, EVIL TOM, POOK, NICK HOOK, EUGENE GLASGOW, CHEMA GONZALEZ, BRUNO NUMERO … Continue reading Dance For Peace 12.07.25

Sunday Sundae Pride Reunion 2025

It’s here. It’s happening. That one party of the year we all wait for. The Brighton Pride legend that is the Sunday Sundae Pride Reunion at Patterns Brighton. The party Queenie and I never stop being proud to be part of. The party responsible for some of our finest hours. The party we locals call home come Brighton Pride weekend. A reunion of our queer … Continue reading Sunday Sundae Pride Reunion 2025

Greens Cheesecake Mix

Yesterday I made a cheesecake for Clare. A vegan cheesecake, all worthy Violife, fuelled coconut cream with some McVitie’s filth for its super sweet foundations. And somehow as I leaned into that very specific spoon-to-melted butter biscuits action as you press down the crumb in your spring tin of soon-to-be dessert of joy (fingers crossed Clare!) I found myself back in my childhood cheesecake-making days. … Continue reading Greens Cheesecake Mix