BN1 MAGAZINE STUDENT SPECIAL 2016

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BN1 MAGAZINE AUTUMN/WINTER 2016 Congratulations. You’ve made the grade (or least have some juicy dirt on somebody in the admissions office) and are now embarking upon a magical journey through academia. Mummy’s loaded you up with emergency £20 notes, a fistful of condoms and a brand new laptop. Now she’s retired to your old bedroom for a week of weeping.

Not really - Mum and Dad are undoubtedly celebrating their freedom. They’ll be getting drunk and doing it in your vacated bedroom, not anticipating that you’ll be living out of their home after graduation. At least until you’ve paid off the massive debt you’re about to run up. So get yourself ready to ignore that alarm clock, mistakenly buy some eye-wateringly expensive oregano from a shady bloke who’ll drop out after a month, go to the shops in your pyjamas and make loads of noise outside my house at 3am. Try not to view this all as a 36-month exercise in utter futility in a new and uncaring world, unless you’re reading Klingon. What it does mean is loads of new friends (some of them might even shag you!), insanely cheap alcohol and a new town to explore. This last bit is where BN1 Magazine will come in very handy indeed…

CONTENTS: CULTURE PLANNER 10 THINGS I WISH I’D KNOWN AS A FRESHER COMPETITIONS PASSENGER INTERVIEW HONNE INTERVIEW LIVE MUSIC PLANNER LIVE MUSIC PLANNER 10 APPS TO DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW CLUBBING PLANNER FUN THINGS TO DO IN BRIGHTON WHEN YOU’RE SHITTING BRICKS ABOUT UNI WARHAUS FEATURE INTERVIEW COMEDY PLANNER MARK THOMAS INTERVIEW THEATRE PLANNER ROSS NOBLE INTERVIEW MEATLIQUOR REVIEW BEFRIES REVIEW LA CHOZA REVIEW SMOKIN’ GRINGOS AT THE SIDEWINDER REVIEW THE HAMPTON AND POMPOKO REVIEWS PIZZAFACE REVIEW STUDENT CROSSWORD HOW TO CHEAT AT STUDENT LIFE A SOBER ALTERNATIVE FRESHERS WEEK

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STREET DINER

EVERY FRIDAY FIND CHEAP EATS FROM THE BEST OF BRIGHTON’S INDIE VENDORS If you’re one of the lucky few to find you have Friday afternoons off from lectures, take the Big Lemon bus in to town and crack on down to Street Diner in Brighthelm Gardens. With a number of Brighton’s biggest and best independent food vendors, you can celebrate the start of the weekend (and line your stomach) with lunch on Fridays at Brighton’s hottest weekly street food market (don’t worry, they do cold food too).

Street Diner has made a name for itself across the city, working with the brightest street food stars in the region to keep street food fresh, local and sustainable.

Obviously, you don’t have to actually care about this stuff to enjoy the food – and it’s damn good food, from the likes of Little Blue Smokehouse, Honeycomb Cakes, Yoshi’s Japanese and Crocus Paella – but we can guarantee these are the reasons street food is having a bit of a thing at the moment, and we don’t see it going away any time soon. So you can rest safe in your assumption that Friday’s Street Food Day will be around for a very long time.

Street Diner sets up every Friday from 11am – 3pm in Brighthelm Gardens, located just off Queens Road and a couple of minutes from Brighton mainline station.

CINECITY FILM FESTIVAL FRI 11 - SUN 27 NOV CELEBRATES ITS 14TH YEAR

If independent film is your kind of thing, look out for Cinecity, which comes to Brighton for two weeks in November. In partnership with Duke of York’s, Screen Archive South East and the University of Brighton (and with patrons including the

likes of Steve Coogan, Paddy Considine and Nick Cave), Cinecity delivers a vibrant array of moving image events throughout the year, culminating in an annual festival – the region’s largest in celebrating film media at its finest.

From Fri 11 - Sun 27 November, Cinecity will present an extensive, high quality programme of films, events, exhibitions, and other projects and screenings both local and international. Expect to explore a whole world of film, with a global mix of previews and premieres, artists’ installations and treasures from the archive, as well as free educational screenings and events, and numerous talks and debates.

Regardless of your tastes, you’re bound to find something over the fortnight to enjoy, and with previous venues having included the University of Brighton’s Sallis Benney Theatre, we have a feeling you won’t have to travel far after your lectures…

BRITISH AIRWAYS i360 STUDENT DISCOUNT

Students at the University of Brighton and Sussex University are entitled to Resident Membership at the British Airways i360, which offers huge discounts on ticket prices. Resident Membership costs just £1 and entitles members to 50% off tickets for off-peak flights on board the British Airways i360 for a whole year – reducing the usual price of £15 for students down to £7.50.

The membership scheme is available to purchase at the i360 ticket office, permitting discounted travel on the following days and times: Mon-Thurs: Anytime Fri: Before 5.40pm Sat, Sun and Bank Holidays: Before 11.00am Student applicants must produce a valid student ID at the time of purchase from either the University of Brighton or Sussex University.

On receipt of Resident Membership, each student will be issued with a Membership card and assigned a password, which will grant access to the Resident Members booking portal on britishairwaysi360.com, where visitors can make bookings for flights. Terms & conditions apply.

Visit www.britishairwaysi360.com for more details.

LEWES BONFIRE NIGHT SAT NOV 5

The biggest Fifth of November event in the world returns to our neighbouring town of Lewes on Sat 5 Nov (funny, that), as the town gears up for Lewes Bonfire Night celebrations. The merriment, which draws in an average of 80,000 spectators each year, includes processions, parades and firework displays put together by seven separate bonfire societies - Cliffe, Commercial Square, Lewes Borough, Southover, South Street, Waterloo and Nevill Juvenile, with a few from nearby villages – to commemorate Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators.

A night of satire dedicated to holding those in authority to account, the Fifth is famed internationally for its public figure effigyburning ceremonies, with past names to have been torched/blown up including David Cameron, Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin (in a mankini, no less). While there’s no set way to enjoy the celebrations, with the entirety of the market town hosting many separate events, the full experience will cost you an overnight trip and very little sleep (but then you students should be used to all-nighters). Arrive on Fri 4 November for Badge Night, where tradition has visitors sign up to one of the seven societies and then proceed to drink until they pass out. Awake by cannon fire at 6am, explore the town for a few hours until the mini processions at 4pm, run with lit tar barrels to the River Ouse, and finally take a power nap before the grand procession starting around 8pm.

STRANGER THINGS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL FRI 28 OCT CONCORDE 2

If you’re looking for something a little more low-key, Concorde 2 pay homage to Netflix sensation Stranger Things on Fri 28 Oct, with a Halloween special based on the cult series. Expect the finest of Jonathan Byers’ mixtapes, Stranger Things-related drinks, Dungeons & Dragons and 80s attire dedicated to Barb (fancy dress is highly encouraged!).

Stranger Things Halloween Special comes to Concorde 2 on Fri 28 Oct, with tickets from £6 plus booking fee. www.concorde2.co.uk Image by Stephen Candy Photography

SHOCKTOBER FEST SAT 1 - MON 31 OCT TULLEY’S FARM

If just the one Halloween celebration isn’t enough, Tulley’s Farm in Crawley hosts Shocktober Fest throughout October, promising enough fright to make you seriously consider whether it’s a good idea to bring extra underwear. The event, which welcomed 60,000 visitors last year to its immersive experiences, this year adds two more attractions to its ever expanding repertoire (which already includes eight haunted houses) guaranteed to get the hairs on the back of your neck standing up…

Tulley’s Shocktober Fest runs from Sat 1 Oct on 19 selected nights until Mon 31 Oct. www.shocktoberfest.co.uk

FRIGHT FESTIVAL

ROYAL PAVILION + SEASONAL ICERINK

Easily the most opulent building in the UK (nope, we’re not biased at all), Brighton’s Royal Pavilion is instantly recognisable as the glittering Arabesque palace of the Prince Regent. Holding a plethora of Chinese and Islamic intricacies, its curvaceous figure symbolises Brighton’s decadent reputation and love for all things outrageously flamboyant; in short, you’re not a true Brighton resident until you’ve visited it (£6.15 entry for students at UoB or Sussex). Queen Victoria may not have been amused by it, calling the Pavilion a “strange, odd Chinese place”, yet it remains an unmissable chunk of Sussex history, drawing 350,000 visitors annually. Even if you don’t go inside, you can appreciate its stunning exterior from its restored gardens.

Alternatively, you may prefer to take a rare peek into the history of the city you’ll now call home for the next three years, so head

SAT 29 OCT BRIGHTON RACECOURSE

With its Victorian history (and tiny alleyways for ghosts and ghouls to hide in), Brighton serves as the ideal backdrop for all your Halloween celebrations – and oh, does it have a few. The UK’s biggest Halloween event, Fright Festival, comes to Brighton Racecourse on Sat 29 Oct for a fiesta of live performances, attractions and much more.

Hosted by Supercharged, the main stage is set to be a banger with electronic kingpins Chase & Status taking the headline spot.

Add a number of established DJs and MCs to the list, a funfair, interactive stalls, great food and exclusive drinks deals, and you can hedge your bets that you (and around 5,000 others) will make this a night to remember.

Fright Festival comes to Brighton Racecourse on Sat 29 Oct, with student tickets costing £20 plus booking fee. www.frightfestivaluk.com

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down late afternoon to the Royal Pavilion: Basement and Tunnel Tours, which runs until Thurs 15 Dec. For more on Brighton’s history, visit the adjoining Brighton Museum and Art Gallery (free for students at UoB or Sussex), located in the old stable block of the Royal Pavilion. There you can see a magnificent collection of 20th century decorative art, film, archaeological finds - including fascinating ancient Egyptian artifacts - and its current exhibition, Fashion Cities Africa, which runs until Sun 8 Jan. While the Royal Pavilion and Brighton Museum & Art Gallery close their doors at 5.15pm from October, we wouldn’t suggest you write the Pavilion off completely for post-lecture gatherings, as once November arrives, the palace becomes aglow in glorious cobalt and lilac hues as it opens its annual ice skating rink. The prettiest ice rink in the south (and a chance to dodge your January exams by breaking bones/ losing digits), the Royal Pavilion Ice Rink runs throughout the entire Christmas period until January, providing ample opportunity to bond with your new dorm mates while simultaneously making a total tit of yourself (that is, unless you’re one of those fortunate coordinated types). Once your hour is up, you can rest your core by crashing out in the rink restaurant and bar, replenishing calories on mince pies and mulled wine or cider while watching others take their turn slipping and sliding on the ice. Though nothing can beat the magic of the ice rink when it snows, the beautiful backdrop of the lit-up Royal Pavilion and festive décor make for a truly winter wonderland no matter the weather. www.brightonmuseums.org.uk/royalpavilion www.royalpavilionicerink.co.uk

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Ten Things I Wish I’d Known as a Fresher UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON ALUMNI CHARLOTTE KING SHARES SOME WISDOM ON BEING A STUDENT IN BRIGHTON…

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LOAN DAY

The two magical words that give all students the feeling of having a Mary Poppins-size wallet, loan day may make you feel like you have a million pounds to spend on every whim and fancy, but you really, really don’t. By Halloween, most students will have spent at least half their loans for the term, that feeling of invincibility quickly dwindling as they survive silently on 10p noodles and minesweeping at pubs. Don’t let this happen to you – get savvy with what Brighton has to offer, look up student deals, and budget. You’ll thank me later.

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PINTS DOWN SOUTH ARE DOUBLE THE PRICE

If you hail from anywhere north of the Watford Gap, beware – in Brighton, this will probably dub you the official title of ‘Northerner’ (expect a lot of Jon Snow references). To add insult to injury, while you may be used to a cheeky Fosters or Heineken for just a few bob, you’re not likely to get much change from a fiver at your local in Brighton. There are a few ways to get around this though: take advantage of £2 night in The King and Queen on Thursdays, bring a lemon to Hobgoblin’s Lemon Parties on a Wednesday for a free Corona, and check out The Gladstone’s daily student board.

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EAT OUT, EAT SMART

Unlike any other city, you can find the best vegan and steak meals on the same street – and it doesn’t have to cost a bomb. Try Iydea in the North Laine for a truly fresh, free-range, environmentally friendly meal that tastes better than you’d bargain for, or right opposite in The White Rabbit where you can feast your eyes (and belly) on beef burgers that could feed the five thousand.

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in your life! Ensure you have a system in place so all bodies are aware about what the loo situation is and nobody’s caught short, and if in doubt, always have an emergency stack to avoid those all-awkward house meetings (the library is always a good place to pinch some).

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You wouldn’t believe how many friendships are nearly ended over toilet paper – it will never be such a precious commodity

STAY FOR SUMMER

Students often go homeward-bound over the summer, but they end up missing out on some of Brighton’s best months.

I’m not suggesting to abandon all family, but do try to stay for the main events.

Brighton Fringe and Festival throughout May, Brighton’s Big Screen in July and Pride in August (arguably the best in the country) all see the city transformed into a buzzing metropolis full of beer gardens and generally good vibes. If you absolutely must leave, at least catch the buskers and street performers year round (particularly around the Royal Pavilion and the seafront) – Brighton is one of the only cities in England that actually has talented ones!

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BIKING IN THE BUFF

Prepare your eyes during exam season for the Naked Bike Ride, which takes place in June each year. The aptly named event sees hundreds of cyclists of all ages, proportions and nationalities ride a route through the city completely nude (albeit with body paint sometimes) in the name of liberating the human body and celebrating the world of cycling. Whether you decide to take part or just observe a snippet, make sure you’re involved somehow as nothing will prepare you for this taste of freedom.

If you’re still not convinced it’s your thing, well, at least you’ve now been warned.

THE HILLS

You will inevitably have the experience of slogging up one of Brighton’s many hills after a regrettable hefty shop at the local supermarket (probably Sainsbury’s

or Lidl). You’ll probably sweat, you’ll definitely swear. But there is a silver lining: the view from the top. Walk up Southover Street to the Racecourse to get a stunning panorama of the city, or walk all the way to the top of Wild Park where you can sit by a lake and watch over the hustle and bustle in complete silence. Trust me, it’s worth it.

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IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT THE NIGHTLIFE

With freshers life tending to orientate around whose house the next party is at, or what club to go to when, it can get a bit overwhelming as you get ready for your 12th night out in two weeks. Rest assured, you don’t have to go far to get away from it all for a bit. Whether you’re outdoorsy or not, take an open-top bus ride up to Devil’s Dyke National Park where you can walk, cycle or have a nap (you’re a student now, it’s expected), and see the whole of Brighton as if in the palm of your hands.

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MIND THOSE LETTINGS AGENTS

Houses in Brighton may have a nasty tendency of being over-priced and undermaintained, but not getting your deposit back or having undealt with issues throughout the year really can throw a spanner in the works. Don’t think that you are alone! Check out the Citizen’s Advice Bureau to get ‘in the know’ about your rights as tenants, and how to phrase fighting for your deposit when the time comes.

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TIME FLIES!

Your years here will go by all too quickly, a point that I feel is redundant as almost every Tom, Dick and Harry will have told you the same thing, but as an ex-student, I feel almost obliged to also say it. You won’t love every single day, but love at least some moments within every day, because it truly can offer you some of the best experiences of your life.

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WIN TICKETS TO THE GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL 2017

The Great Escape Festival returns on Thurs 18 Sat 20 May 2017, showcasing over 450 emerging artists from all over the world, in 30+ walkable venues across Brighton & Hove. It’s the best place to discover the artists everyone will be talking about. Nobody knows what next year will bring, but previous events have seen incredible performances from Stormzy, MØ, MNEK, Alabama Shakes, Clean Bandit, Kate Tempest, Black Peaks, Jungle and Adele.

BN1 and The Great Escape are giving one of our lucky readers a pair of tickets to the festival when it returns next year.

To be in with a chance of winning this amazing prize as an early Christmas present, simply answer this rather simple question:

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WIN A YEAR’S SUPPLY OF POTATOEY GOODNESS AT BEFRIES In Amsterdam there is culture, greenery and some top-notch fries shops dotted around the city. After a few trips to the Netherlands, the owners of Befries have come home to Brighton with a mission: to create the best fries in the world. And where better to do that than Brighton? It certainly has a few parallels with Amsterdam – especially in the summer.

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Situated at the top of West Street, there’s no excuse not to try them – their central location (read: near pubs and clubs) is so accessible, imagine how good it would be to eat there for free for your entire first year… That should help with the uncanny disappearing of your student loan.

So BN1 Magazine has teamed up with the lovely Befries chaps, giving three lucky winners free fries for a year... The winners can have a medium portion of fries with any two sauces every day for the entire year!

To enter you will need to like/follow at least one of their social media pages and share the competition post which will go live on Sun 18th Sept.

The competition winners will be announced on Weds 21 Oct across the Befries social media accounts. Check out their Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/BeFries.Official Terms and conditions apply (www.befries.com and www.bn1magazine.co.uk/terms-conditions). Winners may need to provide an image of themselves for social media promotional purposes.

The weather is unmistakably crap from the end of September onwards. There’s no way over it, no way under it so we’ll have to ready ourselves to go through it. Now, it’s quite unfortunate that the academic year begins in September: while getting to know your new buddies you’ll be forced off the beach and into the confines of halls, libraries and pubs (if you’re rich enough – this is Brighton after all).

What would be great is to have all the makings of a cracking night delivered to your door. And that’s where BN1 Magazine comes in. Because we’re kind (and fairly jealous that we’re no longer able to relish in the student lifestyle), we have done all the hard work for you to create one heck of a night in. Our bundle should see you through this hard time, containing: A £50 Deliveroo voucher redeemable throughout the whole of November A stack of five DVDs Bags of wonderful popcorn A crate of locally crafted beer called Freshman, a 4.5% vermont IPA from Brighton Bier Plus 5 animal onesies!

All you have to do is answer this ridiculously simple question…

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PASSENGER LEAVING ON A JET PLANE

By Stuart Rolt Image by Jarrad Seng

On a beautiful Brighton morning, I had rather hoped to chat to Passenger’s Michael Rosenberg about the burst of splendid weather his hometown had been enjoying.

Obviously I should have expected differently from an artist who’s spent most of his adult life travelling. “Oh is it still nice there? I’m in New York at the moment. We’ve been doing some busking gigs around America recently, then I’m appearing at a club over in Brooklyn tonight,” he laughs.

Once, Passenger was a full band that released a pretty decent album back in 2007 and promptly dissolved.

Rosenberg held onto the name and took up busking to occupy his time. Soon he was moving between Europe and Australia for the summer months, sleeping on friends’ floors and performing wherever he could. Over this period, he started to discover what kind of musician he wanted to be. He describes these years as the best of his life, and it was this endless gigging which established his name on the scene.

Pubs, clubs, busking – Rosenberg fell into a routine of playing to anyone who would hear him. On this endless circuit he struck up a friendship with the Grammy awardwinning Ed Sheeran. On the Thinking Out Loud artist’s first big UK tour, he offered support slots to some of his fellow troubadours. Eventually this would see Rosenberg supporting Sheeran all over the world. Bounding from the city streets to international slots might have been enough, but even bigger things lay ahead.

This capable singer/songwriter was never going to be releasing brash upfront pop songs, but this breadth of experience was giving him a growing sense of confidence in his music. Then a Dutch radio plugger became a little obsessed by Passenger’s single Let Her Go. He’d been given permission to see if he could get the track some airplay in Europe. Under a month later and it had turned into an international hit. Snowballing across Europe and Australia, it would be the UK’s only million-selling British single of 2013. Over in the States it went triple-platinum, eventually featuring on a Budweiser Super Bowl advert broadcast to over 110 million viewers.

Despite topping the singles chart in 16 countries, the Ivor Novello award-winner sweetly claims people still never recognise him. “To be honest, I look back on it as a brilliant story to tell my grandkids.” The global fame hasn’t affected him - he’s grounded by a close-knit group of friends and family - but it has given him the freedom to keep on creating music. “It was amazing. I could write another 10 tracks just like that, but it wouldn’t be coming from the same place.”

He’s earnest and charming to chat with, unafraid to let enthusiasm rise in his voice when talking about past glories or what’s to come. Looming ever closer is the release of his new album - Young As The Morning, Old As The Sea. It was recorded alongside his previous collaborator Chris Vallejo (INXS, Empire of the Sun) in New Zealand and Australia. He says he doesn’t feel a massive pressure to fit in with people’s

expectations, instead intent on pushing his craft forwards. It again features the beautifully constructed lyrics and warm guitar melodies he’s known for - his unique song-writing style, loving sentiment and intrigue ever evolving. This openhearted approach mirrors his generous spirit, and for the new album his observation and storytelling seems more reflective than ever. But he admits there’s still plenty to learn from life, despite the breadth of his experiences. “In some ways, I still feel like I’m young and naïve.” The childhood influences of Neil Young, Cat Stevens, James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen shine through on the album. All of them massively accomplished songwriters, each one’s individuality can be heard in Rosenberg’s music without masking his own identity.

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The transitory life of this former busker can be heard across Young As The Morning, Old As The Sea, with many songs concerning themselves with departure or arrival.

“ Well…

I am always travelling! ”

With warm strings, subtle percussion and his gentle acoustic guitar sitting beneath Rosenberg’s soft, vocals, it offers the continuation of the endearing Passenger sound. While the music might be subdued in between the soaring anthems, it never ceases to be relatable and emotionally inspiring.

He still fits the role of a travelling troubadour quite well. Global success brought a temporary halt to the busking, though a few impromptu performances still sneak in occasionally. The difference this time is the crowds of hundreds turning up. From tiny venues and pubs around Europe and Australia, to plating massive festivals and headline shows, this oneman musical travelogue rolls onwards. His primary goal getting into music was to connect with people.

While the fame and small fortune accompanying a hit single might be nice, composing songs that people relate to holds much greater reward for him. What the success has encouraged is for him to put down roots. Now he owns a small flat in Hove, after being practically homeless for a number of years, where the wandering can pause for just a few weeks. “I spent so long travelling around, where I’d be sleeping on people’s floors and in hostels. It’s really nice to have somewhere with all my stuff, where I can just shut the door and relax.”

Passenger comes to Brighton Dome on Sat 19 - Sun 20 Nov His album, Young As The Morning, Old As The Sea is available from Fri 23 Sept www.brightondome.org www.passengermusic.com

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HONNE MUSIC FOR LOVERS

By Stuart Rolt

Two years in the making, HONNE’s Warm On A Cold Night finally saw its release back in July. Which is at least 12 months later than promised when I’d first interviewed the pair back in 2014. This extra wait for the album has fundamentally been time well spent. “It’s so nice to get it out, and be able to have a full body of work out there.”

Andy Clutterbuck, the duo’s singer tells me. “Now when we do a gig, everyone there knows all the words.” Using the first song they ever put out on Soundcloud as a title track, the album continues the duo’s agenda to present us with a rich range of emotions which seem only to emerge after nightfall.

Thematically filled with hope, love and longing, Clutterbuck and producer James Hatch’s 12 tracks seem to all manifest themselves at that brief moment when passion bursts into life. Equally at home sound-tracking softly whispered sweet-nothings or a neon-bathed drive through a towering cityscape, these are songs that exude romance and possibility. “It’s a real mixture of old and new, but we feel like we’ve got a whole piece of work which is continuous.

They all work together really well, so it takes people on a kind of journey. That’s what we always wanted to do.”

Musically, this release feels richly layered without being too confrontational or confused. Production flourishes drift

in and out, contributing rather than dominating from within the mix. Amidst the slickness and overt sensuality, they manage to retain enough self-knowing to keep it sounding classy.

Meeting at university, and bonding over their West Country background, the pair shared a love of Japanese culture and electronic music. After a few years they started producing something which was complex, but retained great writing as a foundation. “What we love is when you can strip a song back to just a vocal or piano and there’s still a song there at the core. That’s James and I’s blueprint really. Some electronic musicians don’t have the ability to do that unfortunately.” Overall they bring a vibrant melding of timeless R&B and electro-soul, but the new album has unveiled an unheard funkier side to HONNE. “It’s partly James. When he was growing up, one of his biggest idols, in fact one of the first gigs he went to was Michael Jackson.

Me as well really. Going on family holidays it would always be one of the things blasting out of the radio when we were driving somewhere.”

The HONNE sound evolved from the nocturnal production times forced upon the pair by their day jobs. Both working as music teachers, they collaborated via email in the

evenings. The popularity of their partnership has seen them both take up music full time, leaving the days free for production. But a work-round has developed to retain the nocturnal feel of the music.

“I’ve got very thick curtains…

Sometimes I’ll get out of bed in the morning and intentionally not open any curtains. It sounds awful, and it is kind of awful – not having any light.

But it puts you in the zone.”

They continue to write separately, despite living only two minutes’ walk from each other. It’s the continuation of a solitary working routine that creates something rather personal, sensuous and beautiful.

Soon HONNE will head off around Europe, then onto dates in Japan and South Korea. The latter marking the band’s growing popularity in Asia with a pair of back-to-back shows at a 2,000 capacity venue.

“I’m not entirely sure what’s going on,” he laughs.

“I’m not complaining though! It’s going to be a lot of fun. I can’t wait to show James and the rest of the band Japan at night-time with all the lights and people.” Clutterbuck does concede touring must take precedence over recording for now, due to the considerable success the band are starting to enjoy.

“It’s weird. It’s all taking off internationally in a way we’d never really expected.” They’ve just returned from the US, and are preparing to head back over for the second leg of that tour. Then comes a full UK excursion, which will see them come to Brighton’s The Haunt on Sun 30 Oct. I’d previously spoken to the pair as they were enjoying a series of shows with label-mate Kwabs.

Back then the HONNE live show was still something of a developing novelty. Two years on and the line-up remains as it was: a drummer, bassist and backing vocalist giving the show a dynamic far beyond two guys simply drawing beautiful music from their laptops. “It’s always a learning process. You’re always working out how you can do things better.

Not that our first gigs were awful, but now we’ve stepped it up a notch. We love playing live, because the songs really come alive.”

HONNE come to The Haunt on Sun 30 Oct, as part of their UK tour. Their album Warm On A Cold Night is available now, via Atlantic Records. www.hellohonne.com www.thehauntbrighton.co.uk

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HONEYBLOOD THURS 29 SEPT PATTERNS WWW.PATTERNSBRIGHTON.COM This Glaswegian pair has built up quite a following with their loveable line in wellcrafted pop melodies and wistful lyrics.

Now the scuzz-pop partnership makes a welcome return to Brighton, ahead of the release of their second album Babes Never Die in November. They’ve matured for this new release, that’s for sure, but still manage to retain all of the lo-fi charm and grounded brilliance that make them so unique. We all know there’s a touch of homage to 90s indiepop perfection, but Honeyblood don’t loiter around with misty-eyed nostalgia. What they bring is complex emotions and wellread themes. They might not be opening for Taylor Swift any time soon, but their music will always be twice as gorgeous.

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THURS 6 OCT PATTERNS WWW.PATTERNSBRIGHTON.COM After loads of sell-out shows earlier this year, Brighton’s rather wonderful Black Honey are out on the road once more. A vibrant blend of self-assuredness, seductive vocals and eccentric brilliance, they bring a heady rush of complex guitar structures and crashing percussion to the party. It’s a new and raw interpretation of cheery pop melodies and driving guitars, as they bring a breath of fresh air to a tired rock scene. There’s a certain versatile flair and vibrancy with this band, and certainly no question of them failing to hit their massive potential. Next year is going to be their time, so catch them now. See you in the mosh pit.

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Following the release of a new album this year, the mighty Poliça head back to Brighton. This time the band have given us something which feels warmer, more expansive and pumped up. It builds on their evocative signature synth and percussionheavy sound, but blends in more complex arrangements and crisper elements. Overall their songs are heading in a more polished and tighter direction. These songs also have a more vulnerable quality, which is heightened by singer Channy Leaneagh’s beautifully raw vocal range. Motherhood has possibly given her a new perspective on the world around her, and this shines through in the band’s new output. It’s a bright and welcome return for the Minneapolis electronica act.

Sydney trio DMA’s have been gaining some solid ground over the last couple of years.

There’s a certain hint of Britpop revival here, but it’s all taken on with typical Antipodean zeal. It’s Bondi Beach meets the 90s north of England, as they show us that guitarpop music isn’t dead - it just got sent down under to think about what it had done. The Oasis influences are still evident, particularly with the lead singer’s Olympic-standard bolshiness. But away from the lighter-waving anthems and strutting, there is pretty good music flowing out of this three-piece’s heart.

So if you like your rock to sound like it means something, and like a good bounce, then you might want to squeeze into The Old Market tonight.

SAT 8 OCT CONCORDE 2 WWW.CONCORDE2.CO.UK Formed in 1982 and led by the unpredictable Michael Gira, Swans began a lengthy sabbatical during the 90s. This decade they returned, with the critically acclaimed albums My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky, The Seer and To Be Kind. This summer the band released another – The Glowing Man, which marks the last offering from their current incarnation. So Swans are out on an extensive worldwide tour. Now they operate as a rare creature, a cult act who inexplicably began producing their finest ever work after reforming. A rugged mix of post-punk, industrial, metal and blues, they remain one of the greatest and most underrated acts in rock history. Always a band with a surplus of ideas and enormous ambitions, they bring music which works on a million times more levels than your average boyband.

SLEAFORD MODS MON 31 OCT BRIGHTON DOME CORN EXCHANGE WWW.BRIGHTONDOME.ORG Vocalist Jason Williamson will undoubtedly get pissed off if we called Sleaford Mods ‘the most important band in British music today’.

But I just did and perhaps it needed to be said. Recently signed to the unwaveringly cool Rough Trade Records, the wonderfully belligerent Nottingham duo finally broke through with last year’s punky and abstract album - Key Markets. Discordant, confrontational and occasionally downright unpleasant, their output forces anyone with a conscience to reassess our collective sins.

Some things need to be said, and right now here’s the only band brave enough to say them. You’ll either be bewildered or amazed, but at least tonight you might actually feel something. Drop the mic, thanks for coming…

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WARHAUS SUN 9 OCT THE HOPE & RUIN WWW.DRINKINBRIGHTON.CO.UK Balthazar’s Maarten Devoldere brings out the romantic and deeply personal solo project. The album he released at the start of September - We Fucked A Flame Into Being – offers up a progression of treatises on love, sex and fleeting encounters. It’s packed with lavish arrangements and echoes of Gainsbourg, decadent parties and torch song yearnings. It’s an all too fleeting selection of twisted popular music, with a few moments of comic genius thrown in if the darkness seems too enveloping.

Contradictions abound throughout his tracks, it seems to be an appealing theme to Devoldere, as he mixes art and kitsch, the modern with the archaic and the raw and the passionate.

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Growing up on one of Denmark’s largest islands, Karen Marie Ørsted was a pop obsessive as a child. She went on to become involved with politics, punk and the antifascism movement, forming the trashy electro-pop punk band – MOR. This was the first in a variety of sounds and styles that ultimately saw her transformation into MØ. Her unique blend of soul, punk, pop and R&B has now taken her around the world and collaborate with some of modern music’s coolest artists, and Justin Bieber.

Now she’s on a massive worldwide tour, showing that away from the glamour and hype of the international pop charts she is still a phenomenal live prospect.

The first signing to Ed Sheeran’s own label Gingerbread Man Records, Lawson has found himself amidst something of a whirlwind. He’s since toured with Mr Sheeran around the world, graduating from playing to 150 people at London’s Barfly to supporting One Direction on their final full UK arena tour.

His self-titled album, released last October, leapt to Number 1 in the UK and sold over a quarter of a million copies worldwide. On top of that, his single Wasn’t Expecting That has sold well over 400k copies in the UK alone. He’s enjoyed a hardcore fanbase since his first steps out into music, but now this following is starting to blossom into something far bigger.

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TUES 1 NOV BRIGHTON DOME CONCERT HALL WWW.BRIGHTONDOME.ORG Bear’s Den released their Red Earth & Pouring Rain album in July. It succinctly showcased a band ready to leap forward. They’ve moved beyond the folk-pop of their 2014 debut, for starters they’ve found themselves as a trio.

But the three have emerged with something that is so much wider and more ambitious.

Now they’ve spread their wings, there are hints of chart-bound polish and classic rock creeping into the mix. Even maybe, is that… a foray into more electronic territory? Gasp!

Joking aside, they’re slowly developing a sound that’s big, powerful and ultimately headed for stadiums around the world. It’s a solid progression for a band that promise so much.

TOM ODELL FRI 4 NOV BRIGHTON CENTRE WWW.BRIGHTONCENTRE.CO.UK It’s so different now for Mr Odell. When he first burst onto the scene he was like a little Richard Clayderman (ask your nan…), only with better hair and a John Lewis ad under his belt. All of that has changed now, and his newest album Wrong Crowd was actually rather good. Of course he’s a more refined breed than most pop stars, and it’s difficult to do sexy pelvic thrusts behind a piano. But this is certainly a more mature artist we’re dealing with. He might have the face of a cherub, but there’s a sign that he’s now up for a bit of rocking out. Of course they don’t give out an Ivor Novello award to just anybody…

FRI 4 NOV CONCORDE 2 WWW.CONCORDE2.CO.UK In an ideal world I wouldn’t have to crank out 120 words to prove why this one will be a great show. But white space serves no purpose, so here we go. Album number two All Your Happy Life comes out on Fri 30 Sept, once again showing how brilliant their combination of psychedelia and baroque rock is. It’s a hectic fresh helping of compelling guitar lines set under Kristian Bell’s astonishing vocal acrobatics. What they do is portentous, scathing and utterly nihilistic. This is rock ‘n’ roll to scare your parents. Live they’re even better, reducing whole crowds to sprawling throngs of writhing bodies, all egged on by squealing feedback and massive riffs. That’s all you need to know.

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Perhaps the world’s greatest living performance artist, Peaches is out on patrol once more. Gender identity, self-expression, queer sex and leftist politics are now more than ever at the forefront of our culture, meaning her lyrics sound less transgressive than they might have five years ago. But worry not, as she remains as dangerous and dazzlingly creative as ever, if anything the world is simply catching up with her.

From humble Berlin club beginnings to huge musical productions, she’s continued to innovate and insinuate every performance - accompanied by a rush of energy fiercer than anything you can imagine. It’s sexually charged electro-punk madness, which is probably the only label that will ever stay stuck.

The multi-platinum selling singer songwriter has marked her return with a totally addictive EP – Golden State. Scotland-born and Los Angeles based, Tunstall emerged with her 2004 debut Eye to the Telescope and swiftly won BRIT and Ivor Novello awards, and earned Grammy and Mercury Prize nominations. September saw the release of her new album – KIN. Gone is the introspection which plagued her previous two offerings and denied her the mass appeal she so richly deserves. What we’ve been given now is 11 brand new tracks that demonstrate that this hugely talented Scot has plenty of shine left in her.

It’s like a blast of pure sunshine on an otherwise damp and cold autumnal night.

Here’s a young band that know where the roots of their music lie. They’re familiar with what makes Motown grooves move people, where Muscle Shoals’ heart came from, how the Beatles’ tunes fitted together and from where pop divas find their harmonies. There is an undeniable retro aspect to their music, it might be a touch kitsch, but it’s also strangely irresistible. With a bag of quirky covers and innate ability to capture the very essence of classic soul and 70s adult orientated rock, this Boston four-piece has got what it takes to be absolutely massive. They’re bright, breezy and utterly irrepressible.

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Winning both the Brits Critics’ Choice Award, the BBC Sound of 2016 poll, releasing his acclaimed debut album Phase and playing at Brighton’s own Wild Life festival, it seems like this year has seen a breakout for this British artist-producer. He combines the workmanship of a classic blues artist with the on-point backing of contemporary electronica. He’s certainly proved to be an accomplished songwriter who is unafraid to bare his soul in his music, and this is something that’s won him a veritable army of devotees. Combining traditional blues elements with gospel, swirling keyboards and massive bass-lines doesn’t make much sense when you say it out loud, but in the hands of Mr Garratt it seems completely natural.

From the mean streets of Essex to the cover of BN1 Magazine, you’ll never get a better ‘rags to riches’ story than that. But seriously, this R&B popster has smashed it this year.

As well as being a three-time world Shotokan karate champion, she’s found herself at the top of everyone’s tip sheet in the last 12 months. With a brace of upfront, crowdrocking, chart-friendly tunes, she has taken upon herself to rewrite the rulebook for sassy pop-divas. Of course it’s helped by her twoyear stint doing vocals for London dance collective Rudimental. Now she’s trading in a similarly high-octane rave influenced output.

Swerving between massive power ballads, staccato electronic bangers and dance floor future-classics, this is the sound of right now.

From dramatic high-energy rockers to more traditional laments, this one has carved out a niche that both the pop-fans and purists can appreciate. September brought the release of his Ballads of the Broken Few. It’s a stunning combination of his prodigious song-writing and dynamic playing style.

A certain sheen has been added by the legendary producer Ethan Johns and some sublime harmony vocals from emerging young female trio, Wildwood Kin (who are also playing at the show). Blended together this all stands in the form of an epic and beautiful body of work. It’s spiritually aware and evocative, with his soaring vocals are backed by achingly beautiful stringed instruments and guitar.

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CRYSTAL FIGHTERS

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One of the planet’s most exciting live acts, Crystal Fighters, returns with their unmistakable sound. A rolling Anglo-Spanish 12-legged carnival, they produce music that defies easy explanation and throw shows that similarly leave fans dumbfounded.

From a heady collision of Balearic beats, Basque folk and irrepressible exuberance, somewhere out of the chaos a captivating cosmic vibration issues forth. They’re a band that instantly places you in a good headspace, regardless of how rainy outside is. A third album is promised for October, but details are scarce. Let’s make an educated guess and predict it’ll bring another wellcrafted perfect party-starting tunes. That’s if the triumphant recent single All Night gives any indication.

The ever-idiosyncratic Mr Carter and his gang are returning to Brighton for an epic headline show. With a container ship load of huge and aggressive guitar-riffs, they bring a notoriously unhinged brand of live performance. Their debut album Blossom was a screaming statement of intent. It unleashed lyrics packed with disgusted pathos, bitterly offering a rallying call against all the cruelty and hatred in the world. Vitriol and energy might be the guiding forces, but this is a band that’s capable of producing incredible melodies amongst the bile and rawness.

The subject matter might remain heavy and aggressive throughout, but their leader hasn’t lost his ear for a nicely turned out chord structure.

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MON 5 DEC CONCORDE 2 WWW.CONCORDE2.CO.UK Raise an ale - Scotland’s big jumper-wearing, folk rockers are hitting these heady southern shores. Some might label them as miserable.

Clearly those people have never heard the roar of pure empathy contained on so many of their hits. Their new material shows a more capable and polished attitude to songwriting, but lyrically the band have lost none of their raw potency. Frontman Scott Hutchison might now be living in sunny Los Angeles, but his glamourous new address hasn’t spoiled the joyous ferocity of his indie-rock outfit.

Their core trade is songs discussing all the sides of human experience – falling in love, fighting with your mates, screwing it all up.

Tomorrow you’ll be facing either a hangover or heartache, but tonight will make it worth everything.

WILL VARLEY THURS 17 NOV KOMEDIA WWW.KOMEDIA.CO.UK/BRIGHTON The rambling folk rocker returns. After a 500-mile walking tour along England’s south coast, Varley’s third album Postcards From Ursa Minor has taken him around the world.

From Kent to Miami and the Bahamas, he undertook a huge US tour with label-mates Skinny Lister and Beans on Toast. Scottish legends The Proclaimers loved him so much they invited him back for 25 dates of their summer tour this year. If you saw him at Bestival then you know what’s coming this way. It’s song-writing which adroitly pushes the boundaries of what one man and a guitar can create. His songs entwine social commentary and personal reflections, his is a world blighted by celebrity culture and heartbreak. Perhaps yours is as well.

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Brighton’s favourite cheeky upstarts continue their ascent. Sure there’s been side-projects, a brilliant appearance on Drunk Histories and some acting while they took a sabbatical, but now they’re back for some big bouncing action. Managing to prove that rap music can be so much more than making gun-fingers and grabbing your gentleman regions, the pair are taking boisterous, ska-influenced pop music into the charts. They’re still fresh and pretty funky, but what the fans really want is the follow-up to 2013’s Roaring 20s album that they’re being teased with. So expect a hightempo evening of clever and catchy hip-hop pop, as this pair brings the swag to their home territory. There are some home-grown hip-hop party anthems in the area.

One of the brightest artists in the country, Kate Tempest dazzles, delights and dumbfounds us with her wordplay once more. With a combination of pithy rhetoric, storytelling and golden wit, she takes us on another tour around British urban life. Standing as one of the few people who’ve successfully managed to straddle the divide between the literary world, rap and poetry, Tempest is the embodiment of the word versatile. The regular hip-hop themes are all there – lust, rivalry, drug deals and misadventure – but they’re delivered with such a range of styles and with such passion that no one else can match her skills. She’s idealistic but realistic, fun but serious, warm-hearted and very sharp.

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BOGAN BINGO FRI 23 SEPT KOMEDIA WWW.KOMEDIA.CO.UK/BRIGHTON It’s more powerful than a kangaroo kick, and more tasteful than a warm tin of Fosters. Part granny-thrilling bingo blowout and part retro club sensation, this is one night you should check out. Mullets, mayhem and mass crowd collaboration come together during this high octane, sell-out smash comedy show. Here you get the chance to walk away with one of many prizes up for grabs, including free drinks, bar tabs or an amazing holiday from Travel Talk Tours. After all the balls-themed fun, the boys step it up a notch with their ‘Shitty Disco’ DJ set. Their dress code is encouraged, never enforced. However, if you want to make the effort and shine, then think about donning something dripping with trailer-trash fashion or 80s passion… One of the best nights in Brighton, this hilarious and chaotic show will keep you talking about it for months to come.

SAT 24 SEPT TEMPEST INN WWW.DRINKINBRIGHTON.CO.UK/TEMPEST After selling out shows at Brighton Fringe Festival and Pride for a second year running, the English Disco Lovers continue their season of awesome (and free) terrace parties at The Tempest Inn on Brighton’s seafront. This community group promotes inclusivity and raises money for worthy causes through the medium of disco. The EDL glitter crew will be there in full effect for facial adornment, and buckets will be collecting for a nominated charity. Residents Sam Moffett and Spike Kington will be playing classic and underground disco and house to a positive and happy crowd from 9pm - late. It’ll be the last outdoor blast of the summer and it’s free all night, so get down early!

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SAT 1 OCT PATTERNS WWW.PATTERNSBRIGHTON.COM Brighton’s Patterns starts its fourth and final season of 2016 clubbing with a bang.

Coming at you this month is Bristol’s finest house export - Julio Bashmore. A product of the West Country’s fascination with the lower end of the frequency spectrum, his prolific and bleeding-edge productions have been regularly destroying the world’s best dancefloors for the last five years. Effortlessly sweeping between blissed out grooves, funky vocals and rolling basslines, he’s redefining what house music means in the 21st century.

He’s bringing it back to a place where it actually means something once more. For those in the know, the evening’s support from Disco Deviant’s Pablo Contraband, along with DJ Faro and J-Felix.

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SAT 22 OCT PATTERNS WWW.PATTERNSBRIGHTON.COM Despite being active since the early 90s, Flügel has always been razor sharp and relevant. He remains one of the biggest names in German electronic music scene, his style has drifted between IDM, house, techno, electro and leftfield. Constantly challenging and inexorably pushing his art forwards, his DJ sets are just as explosive as his productions. Lauded for his regular slots at Offenbach’s Robert Johnson club, Amnesia in Ibiza or Berlin’s Panorama Bar, he draws influences from the last two decades of rave music – creating a compelling stream of bleep-filled house, quirky techno and futuristic Italo disco. This is underground music with a global reach. So pay some respect, the master is coming to town.

SUPERCHARGED SAT 22 OCT CONCORDE 2 WWW.CONCORDE2.CO.UK It’s time to fire up your senses with some quality jungle and D‘n’B… The summer might be gone, but the mighty Shy FX brings the heat when he touches down in Brighton. One of jungle’s most respected producers, Mr FX was the figurehead of the growing raga/ ruffneck style, with a penchant for lightspeed rhythms and body-crushing basslines.

Although this household name’s first release was back in 1992, he remains relevant as ever, unafraid to embrace different styles.

No matter what he’s playing, this evening is guaranteed to be jam-packed with some absolutely massive bass-heavy tuneage.

Save your coin and sack off that weekend job, it’s time to have a party…

FRI 4 NOV CONCORDE 2 WWW.CONCORDE2.CO.UK One of the nation’s finest party promoters is celebrating eight rocking years in the business in a very special way. Helping blow up balloons, cut the birthday cake into perfectly equal pieces and play some proper tunes are The Nextmen. Genre-hopping, upbeat and irrepressible, they bounce effortlessly between dancehall and funkedup hip-hop. What we’re faced with is a bold and confident band, with the skills to back it up. They bring a musically varied collection of perfectly produced R&B, while being soulful and utterly uplifting. Joining the fun are the absolutely brilliant The Correspondents, Renegade Brass Band, The Allergies and Sir Funk. Other nights are available, but nothing will match this for fun.

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RAM JAM FOUNDATION SESSIONS SAT 8 OCT CONCORDE 2 WWW.CONCORDE2.CO.UK For over 30 years Mr Rodigan has been the guiding light of British bass-heavy dance music. His unshakable obsession with reggae and ska began when he was just a kid in the 60s and encountered the burgeoning sound-system scene. Now at an age when most DJs are thinking about hanging up their headphones, he’s only increasing in popularity and influence.

Playing the heaviest and most vibrant dub, reggae and bass tunes that you’ll maybe ever hear, he’s the driving force behind the enormously popular club brand RAM JAM. Now he’s consolidating his three decades in the business with a special series of shows.

These will trace the foundations of UK bass music, with some legendary guests. This is history. This is Foundation.

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Time flies by when you’re having fun - it’s already Mute’s third birthday. So they’re making this one even more special with an appearance from one of the most respected artists on the scene today - Benji B. Renowned worldwide for both his radio shows and club shows, he’s become recognised as a leader in club culture. Falling in love with music at a very young age, he’s now renowned for his deep club sets. Mixing modern bangers with ‘back of the crate’ classics, his shows combine everything from soulful electronic music to hip-hop and house. His eclecticism carries over into his weekly BBC Radio 1 show. Joining him is the mighty Sudanim from Her Records, with support duties ably performed by Markings, Paxah and Aloft.

It’s Spank’s 10th birthday, so they’re getting intense with an anniversary ball and Halloween horror special. To celebrate a whole decade of Spank, they’ll be pulling out all the stops with this one. On offer are specially themed fetish shows, non-birthday gifts for best outfits and sexy house slaves, not to mention their exceptional DJs Tintin, Nick D and Buzz spinning house and electro.

There’s also some cheeky dungeon play with Mistress Velvet Rose, whilst the headline show is courtesy of the UK’s leading vamp, the scorching hot goth vixen that is Mynxie Monroe, performing gorelesque for your delight and delusion. Remember: no outfit = no entry. Be respectful and make an effort.

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After a mind-blowing debut session back in February, the Slamboree crew have been creating something truly spectacular for all you party heads. It’s almost time for the release of their greatly anticipated debut album, so Concorde 2 will see its unleashing, alongside a veritable smorgasbord of circus performers, daredevils and entertainers as part of their huge UK tour. In a genre-defying explosion of colour and rhythm, you’ll hear everything from breakbeat, dubstep and drum and bass to dub, techno and electro. It’s all fused with Balkan, folk, and gypsy flavours and everything is original and completely live.

With some special guests, amazing visuals and an unbeatable atmosphere, this is the party to end all parties.

This seafront club’s mission to attract the most interesting and influential DJ talent continues, with a special set from electronica pioneers - Zero 7. The pairing of Sam Hardaker and Henry Binns has produced for musical royalty such as Radiohead, Robert Plant and even the Pet Shops Boys. Hailing from North London the pair produced the Mercury Music Prize-winning Simple Things in 2001, which subsequently established the rulebook for 21st century electronica. Now they come to the south coast to celebrate the extensive gamut of their influences, as they reach into their record bag for an evening of perfect selections. Support comes in the formidable form of Pablo Contraband, Donga and Tru Thoughts’ J-Felix.

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DJ JAZZY JEFF WEDS 9 NOV CONCORDE 2 WWW.CONCORDE2.CO.UK Since 1985, Jeffrey Allen Townes has astounded all with his flawless turntablism, innovative production skills and mercurial music tastes. Born in West Philadelphia, Jeff was just 10 years old when he started spinning records at parties. From the global success of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince with partner Will Smith (anybody know what happened to him?), to the critical acclaim of his production company A Touch Of Jazz, he’s proved repeatedly that he’s a force to be reckoned with. Over the course of this career he’s taken a DMC Championship title and won multiple Grammys and American Music Awards and nominations. The projects are still piling up. Through his collaborations, mixtapes and live shows, this DJ’s love of music shines brightly in everything he turns his hand to.

Fun things to do in Brighton when you’re s#itting bricks about uni

By Jodie Simpson After a long, relaxing summer, it’s finally time to start university. Suddenly being lumbered with a mountain of module handbooks, seminar readings, lectures and essays can seem very daunting when you’ve barely held a pen for two months. Luckily though, starting university is not just about your degree; it’s also about having an amazing experience in a brand new city. And you’ve picked one of the best, which just happens to be one of the quirkiest, most entertaining and exciting cities in the UK. Perfect for letting your hair down and taking your mind away from all of your uni worries. Breathe a sigh of relief; here’s a little round up of some of the fun things Brighton and Hove has to offer when university work is the last thing you want to think about…

Shopping in the North Laine

While your non-Brighton friends shop away their loans in generic, high-street stores, you’ll find yourself rummaging through the weird and wonderful treasures of the North Laine. Here, you’ll get the best retail therapy by shopping in unique places like Snooper’s Paradise and To Be Worn Again. Vintage shirts for a fiver? Don’t mind if we do…

Cycling

Clear your head from the stresses of deadlines and go cycling. There are so many cycling tracks and paths in Brighton, which means it’s a great way to get to know this beautiful city you now call home. Don’t worry if you don’t have a bike – you can hire one from Brighton Beach Bikes on the seafront or n+1 at the station for decent prices (and they even have tandems).

Street Food Market

Every Friday (well almost), Street Diner is host to a mouthwatering street food stalls just off Queens Road. From paella to Middle Eastern mezze, this delicious selection of food makes for the perfect lunch break treat, many of which are veggie/vegan-friendly.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Bingo at Charles Street

Get yourself down to Charles Street on a Sunday for a fabulous, fun-packed evening of cabaret and musical bingo that’ll definitely beat those Sunday night blues. It’s got music, comedy, and prizes and - best of all - coincides with happy hour, so the drinks are ridiculously cheap.

Brighton Palace Pier

One of the main attractions that just screams ‘Brighton fun’ is the pier. What better way to forget about your exams than being swung 130 feet up in the air by the Booster? And what better way to break the ice with your new coursemates than by challenging them to a race in the Dolphin Derby?

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Bottomless Boozy Brunch at Patterns

Did someone say unlimited alcohol? Book your brunch at Patterns for (hair of the) hotdogs and unlimited refills on Prosecco and Bloody Marys – all for just £15. Because day drinking is acceptable if we hear the words ‘brunch’ and ‘Prosecco’, right?

Watersports at Hove Lagoon

Make the most of living by the sea and try your knack at some watersports. Whether it’s wakeboarding, windsurfing or paddleboarding, speeding through the sea sounds like the best way to taking a break from those dingy classrooms.

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By Stuart Rolt

So what do you do when your chart-topping band takes some well-deserved time off? Do you take up cheese producing, perhaps indulge that passion for archery or take a tour of the world’s wonders? If you’re Balthazar lead singer Maarten Devoldere, then you’ll be making an idiosyncratic reassessment of what rock music means in increasingly disposable times. “In Belgium everyone’s making albums which are very contemporary,” he tells me. “So I tried to make something timeless. I was afraid that everyone would find it old fashioned.”

Five years in the making, We Fucked A Flame Into Being presents an earnest and deeply personal record for the Belgian singer. Rather than a disparate assembly of tunes deemed unsuitable for a Balthazar album, it’s a work that comes from the heart. The elements were recorded whenever there was time. At home, on tour or even on a boat that Devoldere found himself living on. With a range of musicians coming in for each song, some didn’t truly know what they were working on. It migh not have been the simplest way to produce an album, but without a schedule or ultimate goal to work towards, everything was given the space to develop its own identity. “I put a lot of pressure on myself. I know many examples of people who made solo records which

aren’t very good. But it was mainly something for myself.

I wanted to get the best out of myself.” It’s a markedly different approach to his day-job with his enormously successful indie-rock act. There’s no need to suppress his ego, but all the pressure is on him to create something worthwhile. At the same time the record completely reflects his persona, and what he’s spent his career hoping to create. To an extent the album’s big room dynamics belie its almost DIY production. It’s testament to the love and attention put into this work that everything sounds so expansive and intriguing.

We Fucked A Flame Into Being takes its title from a line in DH Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover. It’s a phrase that’s simultaneously packed with both brutality and romance. “That’s something I look for in music. I want to write romantic songs, but I don’t want them to be super-sweet. In a song you should able to write about the stars, but at the same time about the toilet or shit on the bedsheets…” There’s a certain poetic feel to all of the album’s lyrics. Rather than mere rhyming couplets, each successive line bolsters the overall drama. As a complete work it is graced with a dark sensuality and sensitivity that’s missing with the majority of his contemporaries. Its sophisticated mixing of causticness

and warmth provides a soundtrack for late night drinking sessions, confessions and personal reflections. Everything is presented with a certain swagger. The album is utterly cinematic, as it travels through this mysterious and moonlit world of Devoldere’s creation. You might pick out shades of Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave and Serge Gainsbourg across his art, each of these song-writers being capable of finding glorious romance in the minute of life.

Always touring and recording with Balthazar, he found himself partying perhaps a little too much in his spare time. So moving onto a boat was an ironic attempt to regain some stability. “I don’t know how it influenced the album. But I had to be very focused to get it right.” Whilst drawing on age-old traditions of rock music the album shines amongst hordes of artists who are afraid to reach out in other directions. In a way what he’s created sounds almost rebellious in its intent, despite his embracing of traditional recording techniques and analogue.

Reproducing the album’s dense multi-layered sound might not seem like an easy task. But using tricks, like looping trumpets to replicate a brass section, means he and his three musicians can do justice to the album’s complex recording.

“We’re not able to have 25 musicians onstage, so you have to be creative.

It’s kind of cool because you come up with lots of interesting solutions.”

Warhaus play Brighton’s The Hope and Ruin on Sun 9 Oct. The album, We Fucked A Flame Into Being, is available now via Play It Again Sam. www.warhausmusic.com www.drinkinbrighton.co.uk/hope-and-ruin

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LOLBOX THURS 15 SEPT KOMEDIA WWW.KOMEDIA.CO.UK/BRIGHTON This one-off comedy show takes Gogglebox stars the Michaels family away from the TV and into Komedia. Andrew, Carolyne, Alex and Louis have starred in the series since the pilot. Together they have curated a night of laughter, bringing together the best of Brighton and London comedians for a special event in aid of Raleigh International. A sustainable development charity that works in remote, rural areas to improve access to safe water and sanitation, Alex saw their work first hand while volunteering with them. So get ready for a cracking line-up including Mike Cox, Dan Fardell, Graeme Collard, Jules Oliver, Juliette Burton, Alistair Williams and David Jordan.

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SUN 2 OCT KOMEDIA WWW.KOMEDIA.CO.UK/BRIGHTON Reacting to arts funding cuts, education reform and bridging the social divide, Joanna Neary does Animals and Men features stand up with ludicrous impressions, an ill-advised dance, a celebration of art, education and lamps! Apparently as a baby, Joanna was dropped on her head and stolen from outside Coventry Library.

She started work aged twelve, picking moss on Bodmin Moor for a pervert. She avoided getting beaten up by pretending to be French and dislikes the fashion for bags that look like bums. At polytechnic, Joanna paid by cheque for a Pot Noodle.

I’m sure what any of that has to do with the show, but I’m confident we’ll find out. Maybe.

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WEDS 12 OCT KOMEDIA WWW.KOMEDIA.CO.UK/BRIGHTON In 2015, the rather wonderful Ms Ward wrote a show about mental illness and her bum-hole (well IBS really, but that’s not what she told us).

Much to her surprise more people saw it than her immediate family and a guy called Gavin.

At the Edinburgh Fringe it was the third-best reviewed comedy show (out of roughly 3,000 shows). Always one to flog a dead horse, she now brings us another warm and witty show about mental illness - 50% More Likely to Die. Engaging, sharp and relentlessly upbeat Ward has appeared on seen on The John Bishop Show, Russell Howard’s Good News, Live from the BBC, Josh and been heard on The Museum of Curiosity.

TAPE FACE MARK THOMAS TUES 8 NOV THE OLD MARKET WWW.THEOLDMARKET.COM The consistently relevant and imaginative Mark Thomas returns with the third part in a trilogy of multi-award-winning shows (following Bravo Figaro and Cuckooed) – The Red Shed. It’s a story of strikes, dinner ladies and commies, crap beer, great beer, burgers and burger slingers. Pickets, placards, friendship, love, history, dreams and above all remembering. We’ll find out what happened when Mark returned to the first club he performed in - a red wooden shed in Wakefield – to plan celebrations for the Red Shed’s 50th anniversary. Part theatre, stand up, journalism, activism, it’s the story of the battle for hope and the survival of a community.

THURS 10 – SAT 12 NOV THE OLD MARKET WWW.THEOLDMARKET.COM From some noisy street performances to entertaining the planet, it’s been an interesting couple of years for Sam Wills. Now as Tape Face, he’s created a show that everyone is talking about. One of his appearances on America’s Got Talent has notched up over 30 million YouTube views for his comedy with no talking, drama with no acting and punch lines with no words. He’s already enjoyed sell-out shows at Edinburgh for four years in a row, sold-out four UK tours, had a smash hit run in London’s West End and taken his magic around the world. Conjuring an uproarious and moving tableau using only the most everyday of objects and the most popular of songs.

Now he creates a bigger, brighter and more spectacular re-imagining of his unique and special brand of silent comedy. It’s visually stunning, heart-stopping, and hilarious…

JOSH WIDDICOMBE SAT 12 NOV BRIGHTON DOME CONCERT HALL WWW.BRIGHTONDOME.ORG Due to popular demand that curly-haired guy on all those TV comedy shows makes his return to stand-up. Widdicombe has been working hard, but in his spare time he has found a lot of minor things to get annoyed about. Now he has a chance to talk about them on stage (in the form of jokes). A worldclass observational comedian, he’s grumbled his way into the upper echelons of the scene with some perfectly crafted gags and welltimed punchlines. If you have seen him before live or on TV and enjoyed yourself then this is the show for you. If you didn’t like him then it probably isn’t. Astonishingly petty, yet strangely relatable, the master is here.

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ROMESH RANGANATHAN ZOE LYONS WEDS 12 OCT KOMEDIA WWW.KOMEDIA.CO.UK/BRIGHTON Generally accepted as the nicest person in Hove, after we’ve told people repeatedly, Zoe Lyons is ready to unleash her new show – Little Misfit. It follows a year that’s seen her appear on Live at the Apollo, The John Bishop Show and win the Chortle Best Comic Award. Not bad for a girl who never really felt part of the gang. She was the awkward gay kid at school with a different accent and quite a severe bout of alopecia. It’s never easy to fit in if you’re sporting a comb-over and harbouring secret desires for Charlie’s Angels. But now she’s reached a point when the thought of actually fitting in is utterly terrifying…

TUES 18 OCT BRIGHTON DOME CONCERT HALL WWW.BRIGHTONDOME.ORG With a brand new show exploring the rationality of his worldview, Romesh Ranganathan is back! Irrational will see him examine the issues close to his heart, and explains why everybody else is wrong about them. The last few years have been incredible for Ranganathan. His two critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe shows nominated for coveted Edinburgh Awards, this new show promises to be every bit as much of a hit. Since quitting a promising career as a maths teacher, he’s made a name for himself on the small-screen with appearances on Jack Dee’s HelpDesk, Have I Got News For You and The Apprentice: You’re Fired. But now he’s out and about, reminding us all that he does have legs.

MARK WATSON THURS 20 OCT KOMEDIA WWW.KOMEDIA.CO.UK/BRIGHTON This month the multi-award-winning star of numerous TV shows and his own cult Radio 4 series tells us I’m Not Here. The follow-up to his highly celebrated and successful Flaws show, it offers another chunky great slab of properly funny comedy. A seemingly minor problem at an airport is the starting point for a spiralling examination of identity in the digital age. As well as Watson’s customary flailing, chaotic audience interactions and all sorts of fun, there’s also an enormous number of jokes. What he is sublime at is delving into his own personality, circumstance and hang-ups for devastating comic effect. Accomplished and talented, Watson is always a must-see.

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SUN 13 NOV KOMEDIA WWW.KOMEDIA.CO.UK/BRIGHTON After stellar performances on Live at the Apollo and Can’t Tell Nathan Caton Nothing, he’s been winning the hearts of comedy club audiences up and down the UK. Now Caton is getting ready to unleash his new show on everyone – Straight Outta Middlesex.

An upbeat and friendly blend of charming, charismatic and intelligent on-point jokes, he again brings out the captivating and laidback style which has seen him become regarded as one of the UK’s best young comics. So get ready for a handsome mix of the utterly topical and deeply personal. He’s got plenty of truly funny and well-structured anecdotes, and enough charm to keep his audience hanging on every word. What’s not to love?

WEDS 16 NOV KOMEDIA WWW.KOMEDIA.CO.UK/BRIGHTON The undisputed king of great titles, Kumar whips out Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Unless You Shout The Words Real Loud - a comedy show about history, democracy and capitalism. In a work that sees him graciously defend hipsters (at least in part) he gets his claws out for gentrification, social division and Britain’s cultural shame. We’ve somehow ended up in a political landscape where facts have eschewed for insinuation, and this has understandably made him a little angry. There’s some really big issues abounding, and somehow it’s fallen to him to explain in simple terms. Whilst he is remarkably well-read, and eager to hold the guts of our collective failings before us, he is also devastatingly funny. Being serious and humorous is a tough dynamic to negotiate, but he’s establishing himself as the master.

HENNING WEHN SUN 27 NOV BRIGHTON DOME CONCERT HALL WWW.BRIGHTONDOME.ORG It’s a good time to see the German Comedy Ambassador in full flow, before he gets deported back to a devolving Europe. But this will certainly be an evening of Teutonic jolliness at its best, as Wehn presents us with his Westphalia is Not an Option show.

It’ll take an unbiased look at immigration and explore if, generally speaking, people are competent. Luckily in his case this doesn’t matter as either he’s funny or he lives up to a national stereotype. It’s a win-win situation. Come along. Or else. But what is that accent? Seriously?

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mark thomas ANGER IS AN ENERGY

By Stuart Rolt This year, the most critically acclaimed comedy show at Edinburgh Fringe wasn’t some bright-eyed new comedian or a chainsaw-juggling clown; it was a middle-aged guy talking about his shed. OK. That’s misleading actually.

The gentleman in question was the widely respected Mark Thomas and the small structure was Wakefield’s Red Shed. A labour club within Yorkshire’s collapsed mining community; it’s where he began his career. Now it provides both title and inspiration for his latest work. But rather than languishing in his heritage, Thomas pushes on with a story more poignant than ever. It’s more about what’s happening now,” he tells me. “I’d call it a contemporary tale about the miners’ strike.” Through interviews with old friends and colleagues he pieces together this club’s history, as it reaches out to one of the most deprived areas in the UK. This is the story of a battle for hope and the survival of a community, set against a backdrop of strikes, fights, dinner ladies, crap beer, placards, friendship and love. “If you go to the places where The Red Shed is set, these are real places with real people who are in real fucking dire straits.

If you look at these mining villages, they have the worst indices of joblessness, domestic violence drug abuse and alcohol abuse. They’re scarred and they’ve never recovered.” He’s adamant that all of us are living in the shadow of the 1984 miners’ strike.

This was a period when the miner’s union were opposing the closure of pits without adequate review. Through the deployment of police officers on a national scale the unions were defeated and the pit closure programme accelerated.

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Ultimately some of Britain’s poorest areas were left with massive unemployment and a loss of identity. But these communities were viewed as an obstruction to progress, and they were treated accordingly. So support from the titular Red Shed became more vital than ever. “It’s a story about narrative and the importance of truth in narratives.

The dominant narrative that nags us now in Britain is that immigrants and migrants are a negative thing. It’s been fought not with fact, but hatred and propaganda. In that way the show is very contemporary.” He remains steadfast in his regard for the unions. They’ve been the driving force behind almost every piece of employment legislation. “The things that push wages up are the trade unions. But we’ve seen an increase in the gap between rich and poor. It’s quite clear that the continued attacks on the unions have been a factor in this.”

Through the best of intentions, Thomas has found himself and five other National Union of Journalists members on the Metropolitan Police ‘Domestic Extremist’ database.

“None of us have criminal records, and none of us could be seen as extremists, but we’ve been monitored for our work.” It’s not the first time he’s found himself under scrutiny of this kind for his views. Development of The Red Shed has been financed in part by his successful legal action over the ‘construction blacklist’. Used by dozens of construction firms to vet applicants, the list included details of worker’s political views, competence, and trade union activities.

After a successful court action, Thomas and over 200 other people on this list were awarded compensation of over £10m.

There is a note of disappointment in his voice when he talks about the way that political campaigns are conducted now. The level of behaviour during the EU referendum only reinforces his case. He describes both sides’ tactics during the referendum as ‘shameful’. “Remain fought this campaign which was like: ‘you underlings, you really are going to be in big trouble if you disobey us.’ It’s really annoying having a PM who bashes the EU at every turn, then says we’ve got to stay in. Whereas Leave were just full of lies. Especially Farage and his way of playing with race.” He attributes the rise in racially motivated attacks directly to the negative way this campaign was conducted. In fact, he views the whole Brexit episode as little more than a dangerous charade. Boris Johnson particularly comes under fire, for using the situation to make a desperate grab for the premiership.

“These fuckers have played with an entire country. British policy is now being fought out in the common room and playing fields of Eton. You could look at the EU referendum, and the way the papers reported on it and it was just a battle for which Etonian was going to be in charge of the other.”

Despite the continued erosion of our individual power, Thomas remains an ardent supporter of democracy. There’s a belief that it should be extended as far as possible, to look at how we’re governed, how we rule and how we can turn the tables and run our own lives. With this amount of passion and clear thinking, you’d have to question why he hasn’t run for public office himself. But he’s certain of the eventual outcome in that scenario. “I’d just steal all the money. I’d be the worst fucker going. I’d have a queue of rent boys with poppers going around the block,” he jokes.

In a society that copes with the effects of a banking crisis by blaming the immigrants and the poor, is it still possible for an individual to make their dissatisfaction heard? He says that activism is simply a matter of making a choice to be counted.

“All of us have got a part to play. Everything has its place.

The context of it, and the intention and the outcome is really important. People make their own minds up about what kind of life they want to lead, and if they’re happy to look in the mirror every morning.” Thomas’ way of getting his voice heard is by using his life stories to look at wider issues. In a mixture of stand-up, theatre and story-telling he’s spreading his message.

The Red Shed looks back at his involvement with a close-knit community, an experience that probably changed his life, and gives us something vibrant, hilarious and meaningful. “It’s a really good show and I’m really proud of it. More importantly the people from the actual Red Shed who have seen it are really proud of it too. That’s a really important to me, that these people from Wakefield have seen travelled up to Edinburgh to see this show.”

Mark Thomas’ The Red Shed comes to The Old Market on Tues 8 Nov www.markthomasinfo.co.uk www.theoldmarket.com

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HOLES FRI 7 - SAT 15 OCT NEW VENTURE THEATRE WWW.NEWVENTURE.ORG.UK Written by Tom Basden and directed by Nicholas Richards, Holes captures three ill-matched colleagues en-route to a work conference in Australia. A mysterious plane crash, office politics and the fate of mankind are just some of the themes that the marooned bunch of misfits explore on a deserted island.

They find themselves crashed in the tropics with teenager Erin, whose parents died in the accident. But there’s no time to mourn Erin’s loss when there’s sunbathing to be done and other passengers’ suitcases to loot for goodies. As they wait to be rescued, a series of unfortunate events threaten their view of the world, and eventually, each other. But, while it begins as a comedy, it soon gives way to something much more sinister.

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Written in 1908, this elegant comedy is widely recognised as one of the finest novels of the 20th century, and spawned an award winning Merchant Ivory film adaptation in 1985.

Now Felicity Kendal leads a cast of vivid characters, in a stage reworking by Adrian Noble and Simon Reade. Lucy Honeychurch is touring Italy with her prim cousin Charlotte, who is quick to step in when Lucy makes the mistake of fraternising with the lower class.

When she witnesses Lucy kissing someone, she has no option but to whisk her away to Rome. Back home Lucy becomes engaged to the eminently suitable Cecil Vyse, and Charlotte has sworn her to secrecy over the kiss. But guess who has moved into their village…

Written and performed by Alison Skilbeck, this production tells the story of a remarkable woman. The wife of President Franklin D Roosevelt, Eleanor campaigned for social justice and helped create the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In October 1942, she took a dangerous trip to wartime Britain, to visit US troops, and see how British women are coping. Whilst bringing this wonderful subject to life, we also get some portrayals of English VIPs from the period, including the Queen Mother to Winston Churchill. Nominated for a Best Female Performance Offie Award, and granted special permission from the Roosevelt Estate to use Eleanor’s writings, Skilbeck’s onewoman show explores the public and hidden life of a key figure in 20th century history.

THE TRIALS OF GALILEO WEDS 16 – FRI 18 NOV RIALTO THEATRE WWW.RIALTOTHEATRE.CO.UK Science and humanism collide with the world of religious absolutism in this one-man show.

‘Proof denies faith, and without faith we are nothing!’ Within this reprimand from Pope Urban is contained Galileo’s tragedy - a mistaken belief that if he supplied the church with proof, he could enlighten the world and escape persecution. He understood the science better than any man alive, but never grasped the politics… until it was too late.

After a successful tour of the US, a soldout run at the Brighton Fringe and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, RSC actor Tim Hardy follows a highly successful transfer to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and multiple four-star reviews by playing to a more extensive audience as part of touring.

DEEP IN THE HEART OF ME THURS 17 - FRI 18 NOV MARLBOROUGH THEATRE WWW.MARLBOROUGHTHEATRE.ORG.UK Nominated in the Best LGBT+ show category at Brighton Fringe 2016, Behind The Lines return with a heart-rending and touching story about love. 30 years on from Shirley Valentine, Janet takes a holiday to Greece.

She meets the girl of her dreams, in a suit and tie singing Frank Sinatra songs. To a backdrop of Sinatra’s greatest hits, All or Nothing at All and I’ve Got You Under My Skin their romance unfolds and Janet realises this holiday was a departure in more ways than one. Witty, occasionally heart-breaking and totally endearing, the play’s narrative is helped along out by some of the Rat Pack’s greatest hits. It asks, can we escape expectations and embrace a freer and more truthful existence?

DOREEN: AN ENGLISH WITCH MON 21 - SUN 27 NOV MARLBOROUGH THEATRE WWW.MARLBOROUGHTHEATRE.ORG.UK This new play by Normal People Productions focuses on the life and works of internationally renowned Doreen Valiente. Considered to be the mother of modern witchcraft, when it ceased to be illegal in 1951, she was one of the first people to speak openly about the practice. Co-written by Gavin ‘Archie’ Caine and Roman Withers, it brings to life Valiente’s stories and recollections. Brighton was her last hometown, and her flat on Tyson Place provides the play’s setting. Here we get to meet a fictional postulant and, through her tasks and conversations with Doreen, we will deepen our understanding of one of the city’s most interesting residents.

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After their debut show Nothing, multi-awardwinning young company Barrel Organ present an astute, searching, honest look at society. It’s a world of globalisation and greed, of zero hour contracts and The Big Bang Theory, violence worms its way into every aspect of our lives. Expect people, or just ideas, in mindless frustration, on the edge of some kind of revolt. We follow a family as they struggle with these hidden violences in a modern age full of vapid TV sitcoms and ultra-efficient microwaves.

Barrel Organ bring their irreverent and selfaware performance style to an everyday domestic scene while its audience strives to unpack some of the hidden mechanisms that run our lives.

DH Lawrence’s controversial novel, banned from publication in the UK until 1960, tells a story about freedom of the mind and body in a society bound by class and tradition.

This world premiere production, adapted and directed by Phillip Breen, is brought to the stage by English Touring Theatre and Sheffield Theatres following ETT’s acclaimed recent visits to Brighton with The Herbal Bed. Lady Constance Chatterley is trapped in a loveless marriage. Feeling emotionally and physically neglected by her husband, Clifford, who was paralysed in the Great War, she flees to the arms of their handsome gamekeeper Mellors. As their passionate affair escalates, Constance begins to realise that she can no longer live in a world of the mind alone.

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Truman Capote’s classic tale of Holly Golightly is being given a new lease of life.

Georgia May Foote (Coronation Street, This is England ‘86) takes on a role made famous

by Audrey Hepburn in the iconic 1961 film, and returns to the darker tones of the book.

Adapted by Tony and Olivier Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg and directed

by Nikolai Foster, it’s a tale of a vivacious, good-time girl and her fantastical existence in 40s New York City. With memorable songs from the era, this stylish production is set to capture the hearts of audiences and sparkle like a diamond in that Tiffany’s window. It’s told through the eyes of a young writer, who is completely fascinated by this exquisite extrovert who every woman wants to be, and every man wants to be with.

Brighton People’s Theatre is a brand new theatre company for the city. Assembled from a diverse group of non-professional performers, they’ve created this original show in collaboration with professional theatre-makers. Now we get to see a preview performance, before the production goes on tour in 2017. Everyone is invited to watch the show, and then pay what you decide it’s worth. It examines the cost of austerity for people living and working in the city of Brighton & Hove. Very much a product of its time, it’s a brave and compassionate look at a generation trying to survive. You can expect singing, dancing and characters so real you could be sat next to them on the bus to Churchill Square. What does austerity mean to you?

A TALE OF TWO CITIES TUES 1 - SAT 5 NOV THEATRE ROYAL BRIGHTON WWW.ATGTICKETS.COM/BRIGHTON Dickens himself considered his novel, A Tale Of Two Cities the best story he had ever written. It interweaves one family’s intensely personal drama, in an epic story of love, sacrifice and redemption amidst horrific violence and world changing events. In an era of regime changes and citizen protest around the world, this bold new dramatic adaptation

by Mike Poulton (Fortune’s Fool, Wolf Hall) set to rousing original music by Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Beloved) seems more relevant than ever. Social inequality is rife throughout both England and France, amidst this a member of the ruling class attempts to escape his heritage and a daughter tries to reconnect with her father at the dawn of the French Revolution.

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Jonathan Larson’s exuberant Rent, the East Village rock version of Puccini’s opera La Bohème, won both a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize. Marking the 20th anniversary of its debut, this new tour features a hugely talented young cast, directed, staged and supervised by many of the creative faces that led the original West End production. Larson’s stirring and life-affirming score captures the heart and spirit of a generation of struggling artists, addicts, and impoverished young people living in the shadow of AIDS battling the coming wave of gentrification. It’s a time capsule of a world where hope crawls out of dark despair. These bohemians find the salvation of love within each other and prove there can be a better world where art thrives, and everything good is free.

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oss Noble has made his name by appearing on stage, having a bit of a chat with his audience and seeing what comes up. The average performance stands as a unique group experience, given his habit of being distracted away from the script whenever possible. “The best way to describe it is that it’s kind of whatever is in my head,” he tells me. “Rather than it being a scripted show, it’s like loads of cartoons dancing around inside my head and it’s how they all interact.” It’s a thing of wonder that anyone can come up with even a few of the madcap ideas he espouses, let alone keep hard at it for close to two hours.

He’ll talk to someone that captures his attention, which will throw up any number of subjects he can string together.

What evolves is lurid imagery and streams of hilarious nearnonsense. “It’s a big lava lamp of ideas and I chuck it all in there. The audience’s energy level is how warm the oil is and what they’re like is how it’s all flowing! I tried to describe that to someone who hasn’t seen me live and they were like, ‘What?!’. You’ll understand because you’re a Brighton type and there are lava lamps in every shop!” He admits it’s easy to lose track of time when he’s in full flow, especially when his audience are urging him on. Now he brings his dreamy and hilarious brand of comedy out once more in his new show Brain Dump, which comes to Brighton Dome Thurs 8 – Fri 9 Dec. On stage he’s a careering bundle of joy, allowing his luxuriant imagination to spill out. As he unravels some elaborately imagined scenarios, his narrative only grows stronger. Greater leaps of logic take place, less reverence is paid to practiced comedy traditions and there’s further deviation from the original premise of the show, as he draws the audience further into the maelstrom of a mind in full-flow.

It’s not so much that he tries to win over audiences than gently batter them into submission with his ingenious stream of consciousness. “People are always saying, ‘It’s amazing how you remember all these things!’ but that’s only a skill in my line of work - the rest of the time it’s no help at all.” Even his wife is subjected to him drifting off into his own head sometimes.

While she might be wary of him going into ‘screensaver mode’ when they’re talking, this habit has formed the basis of a very successful career. He lets slip that if the stand-up ambitions had never been realised, then he’d ideally be working in a DVD shop. “But then of course they don’t exist anymore!

Or a film director, yeah I’ll just do that instead. Or working in a cinema.” Perhaps making films would be the only other perfect outlet for his lightning-speed whimsy.

It appears Noble holds a passion for films about real people in magical situations. He was even recently talking to a friend in the industry about a Neil Gaiman book he’d been reading to his kids. Called Fortunately, the Milk, he’d loved it so much he wanted to explore producing something with the story. “It turns out Johnny Depp’s bought the rights. It’s being written by someone brilliant and then it’s being directed by Edgar Wright. Not only has someone else had that idea but they’re going to do a much better job than me!”

Beyond the avalanche of improvisation, his act is very visual, as he roams the stage eagerly demonstrating his points with a flurry of arms and legs. Behind him, the sets often resemble the over-excited imagination of a young child. Comprised of giant and colourful inflatables, which are sometimes relevant to his routines, they bring a riotous air to the shows. Rather than throwing them away after a tour, Noble will usually store them in his shed.

A practice only interrupted by a fire destroying many of the earliest ones. “The last five or six I’ve still got. I like to think that sometime in the future they’ll get found by archaeologists and they’ll think it’s some kind of flimsy, transient Stonehenge.”

What he deals out isn’t really indulgent surrealism. There is some form of narrative at play, and all the meanderings are simply strands being cleverly woven together. What he does is an art, and he’s worked tirelessly at developing it. As a kid, he was into the more classical end of the British comedy spectrum. Spike Milligan, Frankie Howerd and Ken Dodd a few of the names that emerge as

benchmarks, but he leant more towards characters the folk club scene threw up. “The people I really grew up wanting to be like were Jasper Carrott, Richard Digance, Mike Harding, Mike Elliott from up in the North East, Billy Connolly and Max Boyce... They were usually blokes in donkey jackets with 70s hair and guitars.”

It’s now Noble’s 15th UK tour, and there’s no sign of him becoming jaded or stale. While liking the idea of doing shows into his silver years, he also concedes there’s dignity in admitting that you’re done. “However, I mentioned Ken Dodd before and he still loves it. He’s still putting just as much into it as he ever did. Then there are other people who basically should probably stop, because they can’t tell a joke anymore. I like the idea of just going one night ‘This is it!’”

Ross Noble comes to Brighton Dome on Thurs 8 – Fri 9 Dec. www.rossnoble.co.uk www.brightondome.org

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MEAT LIQUOR A GREAT PLACE FOR A MEAT

By William Clay

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Perfectly fitting in with the city’s innate ability for giving a home to things that are just a little bit more interesting, MEATliquor Brighton has been proving it’s way more than a great restaurant. Of course the hippest eatery in the London Road area still offers plenty of gastronomic delights. These include the Dead Hippie burger, chilli cheese fries, amazing fish dishes and any side dish you could ever imagine. But people are increasingly recognising this vibrant venue’s exciting drinks offerings.

New for this year are their Metal Drinks. Taking inspiration from rock music’s greatest legends, these include: Smoke On The Water which blends ocho blanco, fresh lime, crème de mure, triple sec and mescal, and the Ace Of Spades (AKA ‘The Lemmy’) which offers healthy measures of Jack Daniels. Alternatively, there’s The Number Of The Beast, which squeezes in 66,6ml of devil’s juice, fresh lemon juice, ginger and orange, or Bat Out Of Hell, which blends Bacardi, fresh mango, fresh lime, palm sugar and Christ On A Bike hot sauce. This is where real rock stars come to have a few cheeky ones.

As you’d expect from any bar that takes it’s craft seriously, they also carry an extensive range of interesting beers, shots and exotic spirits. Such a huge range of fancy liquors enables some of the finest cocktails you’ll find anywhere in the city. All of these are perfectly mixed and delivered to your table with a dramatic flourish. From a Fallen Angelita or Game Over (limited to two per person – you have been warned!), to a Donkey Crunch or New Cross Negroni, this is the perfect place to either start an evening or hole up in for the entire night. Especially when some of these delights can be offered

up in some most convivial sharing sizes. For the connoisseurs there’s also a seriously good wine list, with a bottle for every taste. If you’re taking it easy, then can still bring out some seriously good shakes and softs, each providing a different taste sensation. Even appropriate tuneage is no problem, as the bar and restaurant has embraced the Secret DJ app, which allows you to choose the soundtrack to your revelry.

Designed by leading interior architects Shed, the restaurant draws inspiration from Brighton’s lurid history, bringing all the controlled anarchy of its London sister sites to Brighton.

Mixing cages, intricate patterns, fantastical illustrations, obscure seaside personas, luminous clowns and neon flamingos behind its tinted windows, this atmospheric American-style diner is like nothing else in the city. Part rock ‘n’ roll hangout and part cocktail bar paradise, this restaurant is contemporary and exciting, with drinks and food to match.

The first establishment to truly embrace the new attitude of this revitalised quarter of Brighton, MEATliquor offers something edgy and urban. Its welcoming staff, amazing food, epic drinks menu and inspired décor will give you an evening like no other…

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MEATliquor is at 22-23 York Place, Brighton BN1 4GU www.meatliquor.com/brighton

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befries A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

By Lucy Hallett There are some things in life that automatically elicit a smile from even the grumpiest of people. Puppies, Bank Holiday weekends and Piers Morgan making a tit of himself spring to mind. Show me a person that wouldn’t find Piers Morgan tumbling over in front of a large crowd of people hilarious and I would show you a liar. Food-wise people have such varied tastes that it isn’t always so easy to find something that tickles the tastebuds of the masses, however in the humble potato I think I’ve found a winner. ‘You, don’t like oysters - yeah fair enough, the texture freaks some people out. Not a fan of steak - well meat isn’t for everybody. You don’t like potatoes?!

What’s wrong with you?’ Versatile, filling, scrummy and smileinducing, potatoes (particularly in the form of fries or chips) are understandably very popular. Hearing that there was a cool new spot called Befries at the top of West Street that was solely serving fries and sauces, I made my way there with a huge grin on my face.

Nestled inconspicuously at the top of the road, I was intrigued as to how it would be presented. Having only ever been to a ‘fries place’ in Amsterdam, I had absolutely no expectations with regards to the décor so I was pleasantly surprised to find a tastefully decorated large space with a long wooden island where the chip preparation and serving was underway. It had a wonderfully vibrant atmosphere and while I loitered outside waiting for my foodie companion to arrive a young customer shouted from inside, “you should come in - the fries are the best!”

We were greeted by two very smiley guys who introduced themselves as brothers Dashal and Chan, who own and run Befries along with their other brother Joe and sister Eezda.

Dashal explained that they had been visiting Amsterdam for years and were inspired by the plethora of fries places that popped up everywhere which got them thinking as to why there was nothing like that over here. Asking what Dashal had been up to before, he explained with a smile that he had been running a record label and has produced a song which had taken nine years from inception to completion. This song had pooled the talents of various bright and brilliant artists and had given him the confidence to follow his dream of opening Befries with his family. Chan and Joe were both chefs, so perfectly placed to create scrumptious flavour combinations and sauces, and Eezda had worked in the Laines for years and loves interacting with the customers. I had to chuckle when Dashal told me that he had been nicknamed ‘The Sauce Pusher’ due to his insistence that the customers try the new sauces as they are created.

As wonderfully friendly and interesting Dashal and Chan are, it was hard to concentrate on anything other than the cones of fries that were leaving the open-kitchen at lightning speed.

Sensing my desire to get started on the food they whipped up one of their specials, which was a medium cone of fries (medium is £3.50 with one sauce) with sate sauce, mayonnaise and diced onion (50p). The fries were out-of-this-world tasty with crispy outsides and very fluffy centres - very much inkeeping with how Dutch and Belgian chips are served. The mayo was rich, creamy and slathered on the top of the fries, while the sate sauce was sweet, peanutty and packed full of flavour. They had specifically chosen soft, sweet white onion with contrasted perfectly with the salted fries. Next, two huge portions of the fries arrived (large is £4.00 with one sauce) and a sample of every single sauce on the menu. My eyes practically popped out of my head with sheer excitement at this feast of loveliness in front of me. With around 15 sauces on offer, I was particularly impressed that nearly half of these were vegan-friendly including a spicy tofu, sate and smoked chilli ketchup. Even more impressive was that these sauces were just as tasty as the vegetarian options. The smoked chilli ketchup had a phenomenally deep charred flavour which was balanced beautifully with the taste of fresh tomatoes. Other favourites were the nacho cheese which couldn’t be more different to the gloopy mess that normally masquerades as its namesake. The cheese was high quality, unctuous and served hot, which caused it to slide temptingly down the fries. The German-style curry ketchup was perfectly spiced and had a brilliantly unique flavour. In fact, there wasn’t a single sauce that let the side down as they all tasted phenomenal. We washed this all down with some drinks that they import over specially. The chocolate-laden Chocomel (£1.80) was a blast from the past and I had only ever tasted it in Amsterdam, while the Hero Cassis (£1.50) was sweet, fizzy and refreshing.

The guys are two of the nicest independent business owners that I have ever come across, and their excitement and passion was truly infectious. Hearing that a ‘Frequent Fryer’ card was imminent, allowing their regular customers to get stamps leading to free food, I only worried that my friends and family might have to send out a search party as I’d be spending half my life at Befries.

Befries is at 46 West Street, Brighton, BN1 2RA www.facebook.com/BeFries.Official

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La Choza RIGHT UP OUR STREET

By Nammie Matthews I’m sometimes a little wary of Mexican food. While I’m all for Mexican drinks – Patron, Kahlúa and margaritas being my goto thirst-quenchers on a night out – there’s something about the cuisine that, from my experience, tends to fall on either end of the am-I-going-to-suffer-for-this-later spectrum (take it from me - there’s truly nothing worse than a bad burrito).

Thankfully, La Choza is one of those places I know I’m safe.

I’ve been here a few times, and to its sister kitchen at the Hare and Hounds on London Road, and never been caught out – despite being more than a little adventurous with my options.

No, La Choza does Mexican and it does it well. Its cosy-yetvibrant Gloucester Road location is every bit what I imagine a burrito place in Mexico to be. Today, we’re seated at a table in the back, and I’m grateful for the space; when La Choza is at its busiest, as it is today, you risk bashing elbows with other eaters. While I’ve found it’s a great way to make new friends, the introvert in me appreciates the occasional bit of solitude – and these are the best seats in the house.

of a computer game: novice, easy, medium, difficult, and hardcore modes (pico de gallo, guacamole, green tomatillo, habanero and hot naga, respectively), and we’d forgotten which one was which until it was too late. While all five are genuinely really tasty, we quickly identify the former three as our safe options, the habanero as the risk, and the naga as the dangerous one. Labelled ‘XXX HOT’ on the menu, I’m initially overcome with a false sense of security in the first few seconds, as I taste its delightfully tangy, mango flavours. For those few moments, I feel invincible (if I can cope with this, what else can I achieve?) but then it hits me, burning from my oesophagus, up my through my throat before landing on my tongue. If, like me, you’re a bit of a wuss when it comes to heat, naga will have you wanting to scream bloody mercy as you clutch at anything – and anyone – to stop the pain. If I had the beginnings of a sore throat this morning, I definitely don’t anymore (while I did silently question whether I had a throat left at all, I would still wholly recommend this as a triedand-tested cold remedy).

Despite both my companion and I having both been here before, we still struggle a little with the menu. Not because it’s difficult to read, or because everything is in Spanish (it’s not, by the way), but because we already know everything is so damn delicious. The deal is, you choose your base (burrito, quesadilla, tostada, soft corn taco or burrito bowl being your options), choose your filling, and then decide on your salsa. Honestly, you really can’t go wrong with any of these combinations, but we’ve had them before and we feel like something different. La Choza co-owner Aoife suggests something from the specials board, “where the chefs get to come together on something really great,” she assures us.

And after the 15 minutes spent staring blankly at our menus, we’re easily convinced and make our orders.

Luckily, the mains are quick to arrive, and I dive for the slaw - a cool, welcome antidote to the naga still burning up my mouth. Perhaps it’s the need for some relief that sways my opinion, however this is really great coleslaw. It comes as a side to my dish - the burrito of the week - which comprises of smoked pulled pork and adobo salsa (£9.50). It’s hotter than expected, but in a far more pleasant way than from which I’d just recovered. My cohort’s meal of stuffed peppers with pork loin, black beans, corn and red onions (£10), he tells me is delicious - its petite pork loin cubes literally melting in the mouth. And yet we both struggle to empty our plates, beaten by the generous serving sizes (a shame we couldn’t control ourselves a little better, as we would really have liked to have tried the churros with dulce de leche - £5).

First to arrive are the chips and dip – crunchy tortilla chips served with a selection of five homemade salsas (£6.25) – accompanied by our beers. You’ll recognize Dos Equis XX (£4.50) from the adverts (the Most Interesting Man in the World has since become a meme that’s relevant for every occasion), which Aoife recommends as the best they have in-house. Mine is a Cerveza de Los Muertos Amber Ale (£4), a light and zesty beer that not only seems to go well with everything, but is described as a ‘liquid embodiment of living life to the fullest’ (which, when I think about it, is the kind of hedonism that university life is all about, isn’t it?).

We soon come to the realisation that the dips seem akin to the kind of ranks you’re offered when selecting the difficulty

Conceding defeat, we instead finish with two Mexican mochas (served in sugar skull styled mugs that perfectly match the restaurant’s colourful interior), contented by yet another scrumptious meal from the fantastic people at La Choza. While a meal like ours will set you back around £42 altogether including tips – which we know stretches slightly Bang & Olufsen of worth Guildford outside a student budget - it’s well it; when it comes to authentic food CentralGuildford, America, you really 8afrom Tunsgate, GU1 3QTMexican’t get any better than this. 01483 457900 guildford@bang-olufsen.co.uk La Choza is at 36 Gloucester Road, Brighton, BN1 4AQ www.bang-olufsen.com/guildford www.lachoza.co.uk

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Smokin’ Gringos at The Sidewinder VIVA FOOD!

By Tony Marks Now the first thing I should probably point out is that this review took place almost a week into a pre-holiday cleansing diet. We’re talking no meat, no fish, no diary, gluten free, soups, smoothies and salads for five days straight, and quite honestly, it’s left me ravenous. So when I was asked if I’d like to sample the Mexican food from Smokin’ Gringos on offer at The Sidewinder, obviously I leapt at the chance.

Those who don’t venture any further into Kemptown than the bottom end of St James’ Street are missing out on one of BN2’s best establishments. It’s almost certainly the biggest boozer in the area, its beer garden is unrivalled locally and they know how to create a great party atmosphere at the weekend. I’ve lost many a night in this place.

We were greeted at the bar by Zamba, a friendly Australian who asked us what we wanted to drink. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue, but I’d promised myself that I wasn’t going to drink for two weeks to help get myself beach ready. I stuttered, and then accepted that I just don’t have the will power to say no when asked such a tempting question, so we kept it local and went for a pint of Brighton Bier’s Free State while my friend had a Brighton Gin & tonic.

The pub was really quiet indoors, but it was a warm evening, so despite both beer gardens being heaving, we went out to squeeze ourselves in.

One look at the menu told me I’d be breaking my health kick in spectacular fashion. As you’d expect all the classics were there - burritos, quesadillas, tacos and chilli, as well as other authentic Mexican dishes such as deep-fried cactus leaves and yucca fries (a root vegetable somewhere between a regular and sweet potato). With so many Mexican eateries in Brighton now, the chefs here have clearly recognised that average just doesn’t cut the guacamole any more.

We placed our order and while we waited, Zamba came over with Brighton Hot Sauce chipotle and pineapple condiments.

With a devilish smile on his face, he asked us how much heat we could handle with our food. Naturally we told him to give us everything he had.

First, the nacho platter arrived, and while a lot of places simply load cheese and salsa over a plate of Dorito-style crisps, Smokin’ Gringo go the extra mile cooking their own huge tortillas fresh for each order, liberally sprinkled with cheese and jalapeños, plus homemade guac, sour cream and salsa in side pots. Our eyes were bigger than our bellies as we went for the large at £8.95 but I’m sure the smaller £5.95 portion would be enough for two.

Next came the Elotes Bowl. The way the feta cheese melted into the sweetcorn was delicious and - despite only being £2.95 - was enough for us both (perhaps we were just trying our best to take it slowly as we still had tacos to come). It was a good job we did save some space because our main course suddenly turned our evening into an eating challenge.

We both went for the Taco Platter in order to try the full range of fillings between us, and they arrived so loaded that we had to pick from each of them before they were slim enough to roll.

The steak and prawn tacos both came with salsas (cactus and mango, respectively), which perfectly complemented their flavour with fruitiness. The pulled pork was classically coated in BBQ sauce on slaw, the brisket was nice and smoky due to being slow-cooked over a wood fire for 18 hours, and the chicken was the hottest of the lot thanks to some Brighton Hot Chipotle sauce. I actually thought the final taco was tofu, and having not eaten meat for a week was unsurprisingly left until last, but one bite into its crispy exterior revealed a fluffy halloumi centre which, along with the jalapeño & honey salsa, guacamole and cherry tomatoes, was absolutely delicious.

So not only were the tacos plentiful and extremely tasty, the platter options are also really good value with three different fillings for £10. If that’s too much food for you (which, believe me, it might be after a huge plate of nachos and an Elotes Bowl) you can have two tacos of the same type for £6.95.

Despite blowing my cleansing diet big time, we left full and truly satisfied. Next time I come to The Sidewinder to eat - and there will definitely be a next time - I’ll wait until after the beach holiday, rather than three days before it.

Smokin’ Gringos is at The Sidewinder on 65 St James’ Street, Brighton, BN2 1JN www.drinkinbrighton.co.uk/sidewinder

The Hampton ON THE UPPER UP

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By Nammie Matthews When you’ve just had a Bank Holiday, birthdays and other bits keeping you from the confines of your desk, it can be a hell of a culture shock having to go back to a five-day week. Dreaming of freedom while attempting to shift your brain back into gear is tough going. Especially on a Wednesday. So, bounding out of the office, a friend and I headed to The Hampton. Greeted warmly, we grabbed a pint of Kronenbourg (£4.40 or £3.55 during happy hour – take note!) and Brighton Pale Ale (£5.05) and hit the garden happy with the cool boozy nectar they had to offer. With the last rays of sunshine ticking our faces, we noticed the British Airways i360 ascending in the background, adorned with its red lights matching the sun setting around us. Beautiful.

Anyone that’s worked in catering will know how much of a nightmare service can be on a sunny afternoon. The Hampton has quite ingeniously created their own order cards to help get their new Build-A-Burger offerings out in a timely fashion. Choose your bun (£1), burger (single £4, double £7 or triple £9), cheese (£1), meaty toppings (£1), garnish (three for £1 or 40p each), sauce and finally chips (£2). With gluten free and vegan options, we soon realise this is a goldmine. So, I went for brioche, chicken, cheddar, chorizo, grilled flat mushroom, mayo and sweet potato fries respectively. Biting in to the perfectly toasted brioche, I could tell we were eating some quality produce. The chicken had a barbecue taste and matched the gently spiced chorizo gorgeously. Tender meat matched with a succulent mushroom for me is always a winner. The sweet potato fries were a really nice surprise – so often they taste of nothing as they’re so finely cut, but these were chunky enough for full flavour and had a salty, crisp outer.

My dining partner opted for brioche, beef, blue cheese, bacon, gherkins, mayo and regular fries and was more than happy with her selections. Well-seasoned beef matched the saltiness of the bacon, while the blue cheese brought all the flavours together being strong but not overpowering. Their emphasis on the perfect burger is spot on – there’s something for everyone here… We definitely made the kids on the next table jealous with our feasts.

The Hampton Arms is at 57 Upper North Street, Brighton www.drinkinbrighton.co.uk/hampton

For years now, students near and far have been spreading whispers of a small Japanese place in Brighton’s North Laine. Known for its cheap, cheerful interior (and a price to match), Pompoko is renowned as the place to go if you’re a student, and it’s no secret. I’ve been here before, many a time, but today (mid-afternoon on a Tuesday) is the quietest I’ve seen it. It’s a hot day so I choose the seat by the door – even when the place is rammed, it’s arguably the most spacious seat in the house.

Informality is the name of the game (expect a direct greeting of “eat in or take away?” as you enter), so I make my order at the bar and take my seat. Not ten minutes pass when my spring rolls (£2.40 for four), takoyaki (£2.60 for three) and Tori chilli don (£5) appear at the table. The spring rolls are fairly basic - veggies in a kind of weird sauce with a crispy outer – and I’m disappointed to find they don’t come with sauce. However, they do have a satisfying crunch, and my takoyaki (a small snack made up of octopus and tempura scraps) comes with more than enough extra sauce – a delicious mixture of mayonnaise and something brown that tastes like it’s from Worcester - for dipping. The Tori chilli don (fried chicken in a spicy, tangy sauce) is a little fierier than expected, and I regret not ordering a drink. However, the heat soon subsides, and I’m left satisfied as the waitress abruptly clears my table.

Perfect for post-lecture dining and celebrating an afternoon off, Pompoko is possibly the only way a lot of students will get their balanced meal of protein, carbs and vegetables this year (those six slices of pepper and sprinkling of cress totally count, right?)

– and all for under a tenner.

Pompoko is at 110 Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1UD www.pompoko.co.uk

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By Holly Cozens Some days, I just don’t feel like cooking. I might idly trundle through the supermarket aisles looking for an easy fix, but my end solution always seems to be pizza. You’d think the decision-making ends there but then there’s that choice: frozen or fresh? Frozen can mean a cheap night but good luck if you want an even distribution of already sparse toppings. And when I say ‘fresh’, I mean the ones in the chilled section, and these can certainly vary in quality. By the time I pick out the best looking one to trick my taste buds into thinking there’s an authentic takeaway pizza in my mouth, for the price you pay, you may as well have just ordered the real thing.

So, instead of aimlessly fiddling through the shelves (postswim I might add so there’s the added embarrassment of the stark shop lights accentuating my goggle imprinted face), I make the decision to scarper home, soggy swim bag in hand and quench my now built-up appetite by calling Pizzaface.

In 2009, Woody and Bertie started Pizzaface. Enlisting the help of friends and family, they transformed a run-down pizzeria in Kemptown into a simplistic but tasty alternative to the big takeaway chains that dominate the market.

Introducing a six-pizza menu, they set out to make the best they could using fresh ingredients, good quality meat, Sardinian ‘00’ flour and a stone-based oven. Now thanks to the support of the Brighton & Hove community, who has a penchant for authentic tastes, they have another shop in Hove and are praised for their range of flavours and vegan/ gluten free options.

So, with an insistent stomach and partner, we chose two pizzas and two beers for the perfect night in. It was Only Connect night as well after all. To avoid food envy, we picked two that we wanted to share: the Albore (pork and wild boar salami, pancetta and fresh rosemary, £9) and the proper ham and pineapple (fresh pineapple and dollops of mascarpone cheese finished with slices prosciutto ham, £10). To try not to completely negate the 30 lengths swum that day, I chose a wholegrain spelt base for one of them, suitable for many people with wheat intolerance too for an extra £1.

After undercutting their estimated delivery time by 10 minutes, we had two steaming hot pizzas and two delightfully cold beers on the table. Mine was the Hiver Honey Ale (£3.50) made locally at Hiver Beers in Horsham while my partner supped on their Pizzaface Ryepale (£3.50). The Honey Ale was soft and light with a sweet aftertaste, careful not to overpower the flavours of our food.

The Ryepale tasted fruity with a hint of citrus; a flavour that was distinctive and separated itself from any other pale ale.

The pizzas were downright delicious. Both had thin and crispy bases - even the spelt option assured me that my days of having the special dietary option of dry, cardboard artificial dough were in the past. I even delighted in eating the crusts, which are usually rendered pointless with other average takeaway ones. The prosciutto ham was silky and salty, which married perfectly with the fresh juicy and sweet pineapple. The addition of the smooth mascarpone made this pizza feel indulgent and I liked it. The Albore was consistent in its quality, apparent in the flavour of the salami and the pancetta. The rosemary also gave it a nice touch, adding to the whole experience with its fragrant aroma.

Each pizza was light but deceptively filling, allowing me to save a couple of slices for the obligatory leftover lunch the next day (they passed that test with flying colours).

The ingredient combinations certainly tell a story of individuality and help to set Pizzaface apart from the world of mass produce; both the handpicked beers available from local breweries and having one of the UK’s favourite ice cream shops – Brighton’s Boho Gelato – providing the sweet relief amplify this. Over their seven years, Pizzaface have become successful through a mix of simple hard work and being considerate to the delicate tastes of the Brighton & Hove community – and we love them for it.

Pizzaface Brighton is at 35 St George’s Road, Brighton, BN2 1ED Pizzaface Hove is at 1 Coleridge Street, Hove, BN3 5AB www.pizzafacepizza.co.uk

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HOW TO CHEAT AT STUDENT LIFE You’re young (probably), away from home (likely) and have plenty of time on your hands (especially if you’re doing humanities), so now is the time to have some proper fun away from the disappointed gaze of your parents. Don’t let the miniscule size of your student loan drag you down – there’s plenty of opportunity to live life to the fullest when you’re at university, the only thing holding you back is the scale of your ambition.

STUDENT CARD

Your university student card is like the proverbial Golden Ticket. It will reduce the price of almost anything in a wide range of establishments. From food to art supplies, or sex toys to office furniture, Brighton & Hove is full of businesses desperate to embrace the student market. So flash that little bit of plastic whenever you can. But why stop there? Try using it as an ice cream scoop.

TRAVEL

Getting around the city can be expensive and loaded with effort. If you can’t even afford the very reasonable bus fares the city enjoys, because you’ve spunked all your spare cash on festival tickets, then it’s time to get inventive. Encourage one of your housemates to buy a tandem. The first time you get to steer it, go careering into a solid object. This will ensure you get to sit at the back for the rest of term, enabling you to turn up at lectures looking fresh and feeling relaxed.

If you find your student accommodation near a river, why not take a canoe into class? Even if you live down London Road, there will be many winter days when this proves a wise and practical option. The addition of some roller skates to a windsurfing board also makes a stylish form of transport.

Imagine the expressions of amazement from onlookers, as you sail past on your way to the gym.

LIVE FREE OR CHEAP

Consider the benefits of donating your time. Volunteering at festivals is a great way to spend your summer at all the big events. Likewise, helping out at your local soup kitchen will hopefully ensure you’ll never go hungry. And it’ll look good on any CV, unless you’ve aspirations to be an arms dealer for a UKIP MP. For the less compassionate or motivated, there’s always a customer service department hoping to be abused somewhere. Fire off endless emails of complaint, pretending your bag of crisps has been contaminated by the gear-knob from a 1980s Ford Capri, and you’ll be surprised at how eager companies are to buy your silence. Next thing you know, your dank student hovel will be awash with free food.

ENTERTAINMENT

Going out every night can be costly. So you’ll have to be clever about it. Confidently marching into a club, whilst wearing a suit and high-fiving the door staff, will usually make everyone think of you as ‘A Somebody’, which should engender free entry and perhaps more. If you haven’t got any nice clothes, then it’s no problem. Just brush your hair to look as stupid as possible, cover a box in silver foil and everyone will think you’re a DJ. Just walk up, ask what mixer the venue has and the staff will practically carry you in on their shoulders. Failing that, just become a DJ. It’s pretty easy. Randoms will buy you drinks and sexual partners will literally throw themselves at you for a brief moment in the limelight. All for the price of a few shit 80s and 90s records which everybody pretends to like.

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Keep your swimsuit bits nice and clean. That way you’ll ensure repeat custom in the bedroom department. But keeping clothes fresh is a different problem. Of course there is the time-honoured practice of turning your underwear inside out to eke out a few more days’ wear. But when the air becomes too foul, simply chuck all your apparel in the bath and throw in some washing-up liquid. “What’s that lemon smell?” your compatriots will cry, but at least they’re not looking around to see where the cheese board might be.

Otherwise, freezing your clothes also works a treat.

You’ll have to do some eventually. Lecturers are inevitably going to get in the way of your hedonistic search for leisure time perfection. But if you are hell bent on drawing your only human contact for weeks on end from the presenters of Bargain Hunt, then there are some solutions. Try and live with someone more dedicated and intelligent than you. Then buy their notes in any way you see fit – the level of deviousness or immorality is entirely up to you. Alternatively, sail through your first year doing less than the bare minimum, then at the end cry and protest that you’ve been having trouble with your accommodation. It’s a widely known fact that tears can win over even the most hardened of lecturers.

ALT-FRESHERS:

A sober alternative to fresher’s week

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However, we’re big advocates of the notion that if it’s not being done for you, it doesn’t mean you can’t do it yourself - university is all about finding your independence, after all. Brighton has a whole wonderland of things to do – just because it has almost more licensed premises than people (what? We said almost…) doesn’t mean it lacks when it comes to culture, diversity and just general alcohol-free fun.

So here it is, an alternative fresher’s week for the so-called ‘boring lot’ who want to remember their inaugural week at university.

Monday: Host a picnic

We’ve been having unseasonably good weather of late, which is all the better for taking advantage of Brighton’s many green spaces, including The Level, Victoria Gardens and Preston Park. Create a Facebook event with your housemates, share it on your university’s Fresher’s Facebook page and suggest everyone bring food for sharing to your chosen lawns; you’ll be surprised how many people turn up.

Free at various locations across Brighton & Hove

Tuesday: Crazy golf with neon dinosaurs

No, we’re not suggesting a trip on acid as your anti-alcohol antidote – this is legitimately a thing. Globalls Jurassic Glogolf at the Marina is an indoor ultraviolet mini golf course, based around a Jurassic theme. Although we can’t guarantee Archaeology students will learn anything here, we can promise you’ll up your golf game, and have fun. £5pp at Globalls, 8 Mermaid Walk, The Waterfront, Brighton BN2 5WA www.globalls.co.uk

Wednesday: Make a dick of yourself at karaoke

Rumour has it that nothing bonds people better than embarrassing moments and, thanks to Lucky Voice’s free student night on a Wednesday, these moments can come en masse.

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t actually have to be drunk to sing badly in front of a judgmental crowd (after all, people do it all the time on The X Factor).

At Lucky Voice, 8 Black Lion St, Brighton, BN1 1ND - www.luckyvoice.com

Thursday: Go on a ghost walk

With many of Brighton’s buildings having stood the test of time since the Victorian era, the entire city is a great place for seeking out spooks, but no area more so than the Lanes. Take Brighton’s Ghost Walk of the Lanes, which starts and ends at the Druid’s Head pub, winding through the darkest parts of the Lanes’ labyrinthine alleyways…

From £5 at Druid’s Head, Brighton Place, Brighton www.ghostwalkbrighton.co.uk

Friday: Check out some live music

With an underground music scene like no other, Brighton has plenty of gig venues in which you and your new squad can bond over your new favourite band. Head to Green Door Store, Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Bleach or The Haunt, who regularly host up-and-coming acts (Three Trapped Tigers’ Adam Betts, Sundara Karma and Johnny Lloyd are but a few coming up this September) - no drinking necessary. £5-12 @ various locations across Brighton & Hove

Saturday: Substitute the bars for a coffee crawl, and swap beer pong for ping-pong

Brighton has long been known for its coffee culture, and with good reason! With dozens of independent cafes making flat whites all over the city, you’ve got a whole map of opportunities to get buzzed (Marwood’s and Small Batch remain firm favourites of the locals).

Grab your flatmates or other Alt Freshers, a couple of ping-pong paddles and a ball, and explore the city, finding the council’s Ping! tables in a number of locations along the way. We recommend you start at the beach…

Various locations across Brighton & Hove www.pingengland.co.uk/brighton-and-hove

Sunday: Go to the pub

Yes, really. Brighton’s pubs aren’t just for drinking, with board game nights, computer game nights, open mics and pub quizzes hosted almost every night of the week. Try The Hare and Hounds for Gaming Retro-bution nights every other Sunday, with retro consoles for the masses. For getting your geek on (and keeping with that competitive spirit of uni), head to one of Caroline of Brunswick’s weekly quizzes.

Free @ Hare & Hounds, 75 London Rd, Brighton BN1 4JF www.thehareandhounds.pub £1 @ Caroline of Brunswick, 39 Ditchling Rd, Brighton BN1 4SB www.carolineofbrunswick.co.uk

Full listings of what’s on at www.bn1magazine.co.uk

FRESHTIVAL GUIDE 2016 INSIDE About Your Campus Your Students’ Union Team Your Community NUS Extra Freshtival Information How To Get Involved

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Welcome to Brighton Students’ Union Welcome to University of Brighton’s Students’ Union. There are three university campuses in Brighton: Grand Parade, Moulsecoomb and Falmer! By joining the university you automatically become a member of Brighton Students’ Union. We aim to make your experience at university one to remember, so make sure you get involved with the many aspects of the work we do for you.

We are student led, and work solely for our student members- that’s you! You tell us what you want from us and we work to achieve it.

In Brighton there are great SU facilities across all three campuses, including a SU Shop on all campuses and two Café-Bars based in Falmer and Moulsecoomb. Plus there are a wide variety of events and activities occurring throughout the year on your campus.

Campus Support • Martyn Barber and Sarah Pickett- Grand Parade Campus Administrators • Jenny George- Moulsecoomb Campus Administrator • Trudy Bridgemann-Rivett- Falmer Campus Organiser • Union Support Academic Advisors • Student representatives including Grand Parade, Moulsecoomb and Falmer Campus Action Team (CATs)

Your Student Leadership Team 2016-17 Brighton Students’ Union is a democratic body run for students by students. Five full-time paid elected officers and many more part time voluntary officers lead the Students’ Union. All of these officers work to make sure students from all corners of the university are fairly and properly represented to internal and external stakeholders.

From left to right: Bethany, Frank, Hayley, Cat and Molly.

Meet Your Officers Union President – Hayley Wood Vice President Academic Experience – Bethany Wren Vice President Welfare & Campaigns – Molly Maher Vice President Campus Development – Cat Bach Vice President Activities & Participation – Frank Dankwa

For more information about the Student Leadership Team visit our website: brightonsu.com/studentofficers

Get involved with Brighton Students’ Union

One of best ways to make your experience at University of Brighton amazing is to get involved with your Students’ Union. This allows you to expand your network of friends, gain some valuable employability skills and become more active in the student community.

You can get involved in a range of different ways: • Joining a society • Signing up to a sports club • Volunteering in a variety of roles from CaSH (Contraception and Sexual Health) to Student Media • Joining our Volunteer Community Organiser team • Becoming an elected student officer or Course Rep • Welcoming new students as part of our Freshtival crew There are many more opportunities to get involved. Check our website for details: brightonsu.com/volunteering

Campus Action Teams The Brighton Campus Action Teams, or CAT’s for short, are made up of students elected to support you on campus, they work to make improvements to your campus guided by your feedback. They can also run campus specific events and campaigns to improve the student experience Grand Parade Campus Action Team Kamran, Andres, Jennifer Moulsecoomb Campus Action Team Raghad, Tera, Aminat, Ahmad, Patricia, Nadia

Find our more about your student representatives along with their contact details on our website: brightonsu.com/studentofficers

Falmer Campus Action Team Fiona, Nathan, Tapodeb, Olawumni Support and information is also available from part time student officers, these students are elected each year to represent your interests.

Part time student officer roles include: Chair of Council, International Student Rep, Mature Student Rep, BME Students Officer, LGBT Students Officer, Women’s Officer, Disabled Students’ Officer and School Academic Reps.

Societies Brighton offers a huge range of active student societies from academic and cultural to leisure and faith based groups. Students are also welcome to join societies based in Eastbourne and Hastings.

Can’t find a society you’re interested in? You can set up your own! Just ask your campus admin for some advice on how the process works and collect an application form.

Freshers’ Fair is a perfect opportunity to meet all the societies in one place, you can get to know what the society yearly activities are and what they do for their fellow student members.

For more information visit our website: brightonsu.com/societies.

Societies at Brighton Freshers’ Fair

Sports Parklife offers students at University of Brighton social and fun sporting opportunities. A great way to get in shape, try something new and meet new people. With a large range of leagues, drop in sessions and one off events so you can ‘play your way’. Most sessions are just £1! To see what’s happening on your campus with Parklife, check out their website: parklifeplay.co.uk.

There are three main sports programmes at the university: the fitness classes programme, Sports Federation Clubs and Parklife. Sport Brighton offers a number of fitness classes over the week at our Moulsecoomb and Falmer Sports Centres. The current programme can be found on their website.

The Sports Federation Clubs are run by students for students and offer both competitive sporting opportunities as well as clubs that simply offer a chance to undertake a new or old sporting interest with like-minded students.

Sport Brighton and representatives from the Sports Federation Clubs will be at the SU Freshers’ Fair on Thursday 29th September to answer all your sporting questions.

To find out more about Sport Brighton visit: brighton.ac.uk/sport.

Your Students’ Union Café-Bars on Brighton Campuses Our vibrant café-bars are great places to meet up with friends, or just to relax and unwind after a hectic day. Each has a unique personality of its own, but all serve Starbucks coffee and hot drinks, perfect for that post-study pick me-up. There’s a range of fresh and tasty food, along with student priced alcoholic and soft drinks.

We have two SU Café-Bars in Brighton, based at Moulsecoomb campus and Falmer campus. Every penny you spend in our café-bars is reinvested into the Students’ Union to spend on activities and services that benefit students. That’s you!

For more information on our Café-Bars including opening times visit our website brightonsu.com/funtimes/cafes The Hive Café-Bar, Ringmer House, Falmer campus Hosting a range of events throughout the year from quizzes and live music to open mic and comedy nights; The Hive is a great place to meet friends.

Students have the opportunity to run events so if you have an idea for a fun night, just get involved.

We have a great choice of craft beer as well as Starbucks frappuccinos and freshly prepared snacks such as ciabattas, nachos and jacket potatoes.

Basement Central SU Café-Bar, Cockcroft Building, Moulsecoomb campus Our outstanding student led café and social space is in the heart of Cockcroft. It’s an ideal place to meet, eat and use for your own events. Start your day and enjoy great value for money with a delicious, freshly cooked breakfast or burger.

Your Students’ Union Shops on Brighton Campuses You can find an SU shop on every campus. All our shops offer student friendly prices and every penny you spend is reinvested back into the Students’ Union. This means if you buy a sandwich from us, the money we make will go back in to fund an SU activity that will benefit you.

Our shops are staffed by fellow students; so keep an eye out if you’re looking for a campus-based job.

Brighton SU shops and cafes offer flexible part time work!

SU campus shops are tailored to meet the specific needs of students on each campus. Our Essentials shop sells a range of food, drink and stationery whilst our specialist shops sell a range of equipment to meet the specific needs of your course.

For more information on all of our shops below including opening times then please go to our website at brightonsu.com/funtimes/shops Grand Parade Art Shop

Mithras House Shop

Cockcroft Essentials Shop Falmer Essentials Shop

You can also shop online!

Celebrate your time at the University of Brighton with a classic hoodie, or take your pick from a selection of branded clothing that includes: sweaters, t-shirts and baseball jackets.

Look out for regular shop offers and promotions throughout the year including our Freshers’ period.

Visit the online shop today at: brighton.universityhoodies.org

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Brighton Freshers’ Fair 2016

When | Thursday 29th September Where | American Express Community Stadium, Falmer campus

As Freshtival begins, you will undoubtedly experience a hectic few weeks of meeting new people, socialising, events and signing up to a range of new and exciting experiences.

Freshers’ Fair at the AMEX stadium (Thursday 29th September) has a legendary reputation and is the place to find out how to make the very best of you university experience. There are over 200 stalls at the fair- you will have the opportunity to sign up to any of our student-led societies, clubs and sports teams, speak to staff and reps from Brighton Students’ Union and University departments, meet local and national businesses, global organisations, charities and more.

For all the latest information on everything Freshtival and Freshers’ Fair related, visit the Brighton Students’ Union website: brightonsu.com/freshtival

How To Get There Trains Trains from Brighton leave every 10-20 minutes towards Falmer station. Its’s only a 9-minute journey!

You can also purchase a Southern Rail Unizone ticket that gives you unlimited travel between Falmer, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, Hove and Eastbourne. For more details of other stops included in the Unizone and for ticket prices visit southernrailway.com Bus Regular bus services run between Brighton town centre, Moulsecoomb and Falmer.

Number 25 from Western Road in Brighton’s town centre, approximately 20 minutes to the Falmer campus via Moulsecoomb.

Number 23 runs regular services from Brighton Marina via Queen’s Park to Falmer.

Taxi Call City Cabs to get student deals on taxis to and from Falmer on (01273) 555 555. Taxis are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and you can download their app or go to www.205205.com Walk The AMEX is situated on Falmer campus and is a short walk for those based there. Students travelling from Grand Parade (town centre) or Moulsecoomb are not advised to walk.

Cycle From The Level to Falmer there is a local bike train that takes around 25 minutes, or you can ride solo.

It’s very safe as Brighton cyclists have their very own lane!

Driving Parking is VERY limited so why not make the most of the excellent public transport links and be ecofriendly at the same time!

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Work hard. Play hard. Always get home safely.

Please download our NEW App that will be available soon. www.205205.com/taxi-services/students/

Community Organisers Welcome to our Neighbourhood: Your participation matters

Volunteer Community Organisers 2015-16

Have you ever asked yourself “why do you love this city” Are you one of those who said: “I’m moving to Brighton for a few months” and end up staying for years and probably forever? I call this the ‘Brighton effect’, because along with many people, this city trapped me…And I mean it in a good way.

I love to listen to people’s stories; most of the time when I go to a coffee shop, to the supermarket or travel I ask people their names, how’s their day going and eventually most of my day’s interactions become more humane. I didn’t know I could do this for a living until I became a Community Organiser.

For the past 2 years I’ve been having one to one conversations with people in Brighton, more than a 1000 to be exact. I have been listening to what they love about living here, their concerns and their ideas to make this place better. Based on these conversations I have brought people together who have similar ideas to make them a reality. This has been the case with the Bungaroosh Group who have been working together voluntarily for over a year and have managed to get the Cuthbert building listed as an Asset of Community Value. They are the living proof that when people come together

for things that really matter to them they have the power to make positive change.

Our team has been also working with students who want to improve their student experience and share their knowledge with others. We have had students organising meditation sessions for over 20 students, a group of students who want to improve the quality of housing in the city called SOS housing, a wellbeing collective and many more.

This year we are hoping to organise again our very successful ‘Hello! Hubs’ around the city to introduce from day one students and non-student residents, to build positive relationships from the start, focusing on what they have in common, rather than on their differences. The Brighton Students’ Union team of Community Organisers will also keep supporting projects in the local community.

We believe that integration, social cohesion and collective power can enhance the wellbeing of all!

We will be offering an exciting and unique Volunteer Community Organisers’ training programme if you want to get involved.

Get in touch with us here!

BrightonCommunityOrganisers@brighton.ac.uk Dot (Senior Community Organiser) - D.Kirk@brighton.ac.uk You can see more of what we do here: BrightonCommunityOrganisers @BrightonCOs brightonsu.com/changethings/communityorganising

Freshtival Ticket information The University of Brighton Students’ Union presents FRESHTIVAL 2016 and the AAA Pass.

Over 4,000 new students, two weeks of huge events and artists... ONE Wristband

Buy Online: brightonsu.com/freshtival

Venues Freshtival 2016 and AAA are proud to offer students the opportunity to experience some of Brighton’s most prestigious nightclubs, bars and late night venues.

Ranging from the boutique quarter of East Street, to the bustling hub of West Street, and the infamous Seafront, Freshtival 2016 offers EVERYTHING you could want from a Freshers’ Fortnight period!

Over the two weeks, experience different events, live acts, and multiple venues - the AAA wristbands gains you access to the specified events.

Getting There Getting into the centre of Brighton from Halls of Residence or your private rented accommodation couldn’t be easier...

Brighton Students’ Union work alongside the best taxi service in Brighton and they will make sure you get home safely. Call them 24 hours a day on 01273 55-55-55. For more information online go to www.205205.com Brighton and Hove buses work in partnership with the University of Brighton and they offer a great service even late at night. Check online at www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/travel for more details on all transport links in Brighton.

If you’re heading into the town centre, one of the best bus stops to get off at will be Churchill Square, which is just a short walk from West Street and the seafront.

Find More Online Freshers’ website: brightonsu.com/freshtival Facebook: /BrightonSUFreshers2016 Freshers’ Twitter: @SUBrighton

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Brighton Student Enterprise

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Brighton student enterprise host a range of innovative, student led creative initiatives. Through cooperative action, students come together to meet their own needs and provide their own solutions, whether that’s providing healthy low cost fruit and veg boxes through campus coops, running campus marketplace events for budding makers or developing design through the campus based design agency (BDC). All students can get involved and the opportunities are endless from food blogging, to attending media conferences, organic farm visits to filming workshops to bike train socials for Lewes Bonfire night!

Brighton Bike Hub Brighton Bike Hub is an exciting new student & community partnership which offers weekly bike maintenance drop ins for students and the local community to learn how to fix their bikes and share skills. The Bike Hub hold regular socials such as the bike train to the popular Lewes Bonfire Night and Apple Day event in Stanmer Park. At Eastbourne & Hastings there is the coastal culture trail where students can take advantage of bike hire to see the local area. If you love cycling or would like to learn more we are always looking for volunteers and new members to support, promote and encourage cycling initiatives across all campuses. Everyone is welcome whether you’re brand new to cycling or a bit of a pro!

Brighton Food CO-OP The Food Co-op is a student volunteer led co-operative working with local producers across the campuses to provide cheap, seasonal fresh fruit, veg and dried goods.

As well as the super tasty weekly veg box there are lots of fun socials and ways to get involved from sharing recipe ideas, organic farm visits, cookery classes to blogging about food. The Food Co-ops also link in with local projects on food waste, growing projects and our own edible campus. Twice a year all the Co-ops are invited to Co-ops Get Creative to meet and share ideas with other co-ops from student media, design collective to the Bike Hub. Being part of a Co-op is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively, develop your skills and have fun!

Brighton Student Media Student Media is a great way to flex your creative muscles, get a head start in your media career, and make new friends along the way! Brighton Students’ Union supports three student media channels: The Verse online newspaper, Buzz Radio, and Brighton TV. The media channels are run by students, for students, across all University of Brighton campuses, and they exist to give a voice to students on topics they care about.

Student Media regularly host socials, run creative workshops, and offer students the opportunity to attend key media conferences, industry awards and events, in the UK. Whether you have always dreamed of writing a newspaper article, hosting a radio show, directing a video shoot, or simply wish to try something new, anyone can get involved!

brightonsu.com/enterprise/

Support with Contraception and Sexual Health The CaSH Action Team is progressive and inclusive in its approach to sexual health education and can support you in taking responsibility for your sexual health. The team is a group of student volunteers, trained to deliver professional, friendly and non-judgmental advice to students.

We run drop-ins once a week at Falmer and Moulsecoomb where we offer free condoms, pregnancy tests and Chlamydia and Gonorrhea screening, along with all the information you need about safer sex and signposting to other local services who may be able to help.

University is about having fun and new experiences; at times this may involve alcohol, and sometimes sex, so it’s good to be prepared and to always carry a condom, femidom and/or dam. It can be easy to get swept up in the moment, but thinking about contraception before you go out makes it much more likely you will have safer sex.

Sometimes, despite best intentions, things don’t always go to plan, so knowing where you can access emergency contraception, and PEP (if you think you may have been exposed to HIV) as quickly as possible is important, especially if you are new to town. You can find this information on our website brightonsu.com/cash, along with information on where to be screened for STI’s if you need to.

Find out more For more information about alcohol, drugs and staying safe visit thinkdrinkdrugs.co.uk, where you can also take tests to find out more about your alcohol and/or drugs usage.

For more information about CaSH services, including the drop-ins, or to find out about volunteering with us, visit brightonsu.com/cash

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Living in Brighton Brighton is one of the most vibrant cities in the country and there is never a shortage of things to do. With accessible bus routes you will be able to explore any part of the city with ease and with a high student population living round town you can be sure to find like-minded individuals.

Filled with quirky cafes, pubs, shops and galleries the city is a known cultural hub that celebrates individuality and inclusivity.

Annual Events in Brighton Brighton Marathon, Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival, Brighton Fringe City, Brighton Festival, The Great Escape Music Festival, Brighton Big Screen, Pride, London to Brighton Bike Ride, Burning the Clocks….and many more!

Things to do and places to go in Brighton British Airways i360 A 162-metre observation tower on the seafront of Brighton britishairwaysi360.com Royal Pavilion A former royal residence and currently a museum and exhibition centre brightonmuseums.org.uk/royalpavilion Komedia Brighton A venue with live comedy shows as well as music, cabaret and theatre shows komedia.co.uk/brighton Duke of York’s Picturehouse Britain’s oldest cinema still in operation picturehouses.com/cinema/Duke_Of_Yorks Brighton Marina Marina boasting plenty of shops, restaurant and entertainment venues brightonmarina.co.uk Brighton Pier Opened in 1899 it is one of the most iconic places in Brighton brightonpier.co.uk North and South Laine A bohemian shopping area popular both with locals and tourists, well served with cafés, bars and entertainment venues in the heart of the city northlaine.co.uk Brighton Dome One of the biggest arts venues in the city brightondome.org Churchill Square Brighton’s biggest shopping centre churchillsquare.com

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