Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Monday, 25 April 2011
Day 1
25th April 2011
Seven years ago the mysterious graffiti artist Bansky produced a piece of work on the side of a Brighton gay pub here in sunny Sussex. The work which depicts two British policemen kissing is now being sold by the owner of the Brighton pub he painted it on.
The painting on the side of Brighton pub the Prince Albert appeared seven years in 2004 and has attracted the attention of art lovers from around the globe. However shortly after it was painted vandals repeatedly attacked the artwork and left if severely damaged. In 2008 a specialist art restoration company used chemicals to transfer the image onto a canvas, and the original was replaced with a facsimile, encased in Perspex.
Now the pub owner has decided to sell the original through a New York gallery. It could fetch around £1 million ($1.6 million).
Brighton is one of the Gayest towns in England and very accepting, however a lesbian couple are suing a Brighton hotel claiming that a hotel manager in Brighton barred them from staying in a room together because they are lesbians and referred to them as "Rejects".
When they arrived they were told that rooms were only available for "couples and families".
They claim that when they said they were a couple, the manager said: "No two boys, no two girls. We don't have any rooms."
In response manager of the Brunswick Square hotel, who would not give his name, said the couple had made an enquiry and had not booked a room. He said they were asked to leave because they were "loud" and "rude" and said the hotel had never discriminated against anyone. He added that the hotel was full of gay couples during Pride.
Wedding fever is hotting up here in the UK with only four day to go to the big event.
Sarah Waters, who wrote lesbian novel Tipping The Velvet, says that Prince William's fiancée Kate Middleton appeals to lesbians in the same way Princess Diana did to gay men.
"Kate Middleton will soon be considered an "icon" to lesbians" she goes on to say about her appeal to gay men "Of course, they will be drawn to her glamour, so I think she will do very well for all sorts of people. As if gay men do not have enough to cope with, surely they will be watching William all the way down the aisle.
The princess-in-waiting and Prince William have been urged to support marriage equality by gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who has organised a rally outside Buckingham Palace on Easter Monday. He said: "We plan to deliver a giant wedding card to William and Kate. As well as wishing the royal couple every happiness, we will highlight the fact that William and Kate can marry, but same-sex couples can't."
Seven years ago the mysterious graffiti artist Bansky produced a piece of work on the side of a Brighton gay pub here in sunny Sussex. The work which depicts two British policemen kissing is now being sold by the owner of the Brighton pub he painted it on.
The painting on the side of Brighton pub the Prince Albert appeared seven years in 2004 and has attracted the attention of art lovers from around the globe. However shortly after it was painted vandals repeatedly attacked the artwork and left if severely damaged. In 2008 a specialist art restoration company used chemicals to transfer the image onto a canvas, and the original was replaced with a facsimile, encased in Perspex.
Now the pub owner has decided to sell the original through a New York gallery. It could fetch around £1 million ($1.6 million).
Brighton is one of the Gayest towns in England and very accepting, however a lesbian couple are suing a Brighton hotel claiming that a hotel manager in Brighton barred them from staying in a room together because they are lesbians and referred to them as "Rejects".
When they arrived they were told that rooms were only available for "couples and families".
They claim that when they said they were a couple, the manager said: "No two boys, no two girls. We don't have any rooms."
In response manager of the Brunswick Square hotel, who would not give his name, said the couple had made an enquiry and had not booked a room. He said they were asked to leave because they were "loud" and "rude" and said the hotel had never discriminated against anyone. He added that the hotel was full of gay couples during Pride.
Wedding fever is hotting up here in the UK with only four day to go to the big event.
Sarah Waters, who wrote lesbian novel Tipping The Velvet, says that Prince William's fiancée Kate Middleton appeals to lesbians in the same way Princess Diana did to gay men.
"Kate Middleton will soon be considered an "icon" to lesbians" she goes on to say about her appeal to gay men "Of course, they will be drawn to her glamour, so I think she will do very well for all sorts of people. As if gay men do not have enough to cope with, surely they will be watching William all the way down the aisle.
The princess-in-waiting and Prince William have been urged to support marriage equality by gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who has organised a rally outside Buckingham Palace on Easter Monday. He said: "We plan to deliver a giant wedding card to William and Kate. As well as wishing the royal couple every happiness, we will highlight the fact that William and Kate can marry, but same-sex couples can't."
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