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FROM THE EDITORS Summer’s here and the living is easy. We’ve got the laidback vibes at the Here & Now office, all we need is a beer, a picnic blanket and something to do. Fortunately, this month Worthing has obliged. From pottering around the houses of Worthing’s artists to battling against the breeze on the prom during the Children’s Parade holding terrifyingly oversized structures built only of tissue paper and bamboo, from watching eye-popping stunts performed in a metal circle that could roll away at any moment to chilling in a field watching Freddie Mercury’s finest moves re-enacted on screen, there’s something to suit you. Come and join us and let the good times roll. n

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Baked, Rowlands Rd Beach House Coast Café Corner House Colleges: Northbrook Met / Worthing College (staff + students) Cellar Arts Club Colonnade House Denyer News, Goring Rd Diya Newsagents, Broadwater Dome Cinema Durrington Community Centre East Worthing Community Centre Heene Road Community Centre Julia’s Kitchen, Findon Lions shop, Goring Morrisons Old Bakehouse Tea Room, Tarring Passion Fruit Café Ren’s Kitchen Sainsbury’s, Lyons Farm South Downs Leisure Centre, Shaftsbury Avenue St Paul’s Centre Bar Next Door Tesco Extra, Durrington The Burlington Hotel Train of Thought Village Shop, High Salvington West End Gallery, Rowlands Rd Worthing & Adur Chamber and networking events Worthing Library Worthing Museum Worthing Pier, Southern Pavilion Worthing Rugby Club, Angmering Worthing Theatres Worthing Town Hall

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THE STATE OF WORTHING When I first moved to Worthing, the price of a train ticket to Brighton mattered. ‘ALL CHIPS ARE MINE’ LISA BANFORD, STOATS & WEASELS. VENUE 52, 39 ASHDOWN ROAD.

THESE DAYS, why we are here is less of a talking point – we have so much more to talk about. Here & Now is first and foremost about community, about the people in Worthing who are making stuff happen, helping raise the profile of all the good things to do around here. And there is so much. At Here & Now, we see Worthing becoming more joined up; we see collaborative projects happening in arts, music, business and schools, across our town and right out into the villages and communities beyond. Grab the opportunity to get involved, go out, try stuff and have fun. These days you’re as likely to meet someone who has made the reverse journey to Worthing from Brighton for a night out. Ten years ago, who would have thought it? This is the state of Worthing. It’s not perfect but it’s ours.

Let’s go to Broadwater!

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Head up the A24 out of town and you’ll hit Broadwater, home of the oldest cricket club in Worthing and a rather snazzy triangular green.

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Here’s our pick of what to do: k Treat yourself to an epic fry-up at Picnic with the other parents sneaking in after drop-off k Nab a pie or a black pudding scotch egg at Turner’s Pies (spoil the kids with a meringue the size of their heads) k Check out the pulled pork baps at The Piggery k Pick up a book at the library and then grab a coffee in The Wave (homemade cakes to die for!) k Drinks at Ye Olde House At Home (regular live jazz), The Broadwater (free pool Mondays) or The Cricketers (outdoor pizza oven)

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WORTHING MATTERS

50 sides of Worthing with Henna Chowdhury

Which book OR piece of music changed your life?

Here & Now chatted to Henna Chowdhury, a British-Asian mother of three girls who has lived in Worthing for over 30 years.

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

That’s easy; it’s the Koran!

HENNA WORKS as a receptionist at a GP surgery in the town centre and has just been elected as the Labour councillor for Gaisford Ward.

A Bollywood actor of course! Everyone wants to do that: the singing, the dancing – just amazing.

Why Worthing?

Who would you invite to rave/party with you on Worthing beach?

I’ve loved Worthing since I moved here at the age of 10. It’s a town that I have seen change and grow beyond all recognition since my childhood.

When were you happiest? Hmmm, that’s a tough one; there have been so many happy times in my life! The birth of my first daughter was so exciting and the start of a completely different chapter in my life, but the other two will kill me if I don’t say their births were equally exciting! Being elected for Gaisford has also been a whirlwind of excitement. I cannot say just how proud, honoured and actually humbled I feel that the people of Worthing have put their trust in me at this critical time in our town’s development and history.

If you could bring something extinct back to life, what would you choose and why? As I love the history of our area, I would pick something that we have lost and which if I could bring it back would enrich our lives for the better, so I would choose the old Sussex county accent. It just evokes in me rural tranquillity, peacefulness and ducks around a village green!

Who would play you in the film of your life? It would have to be Beyoncé, a proud independent ethnic woman with her own views, or Helen Mirren, as she’s such an amazing actor.

As long as they were respectful of the environment and other beach users and behaved themselves, I would invite all the people of Worthing. It would be a great community gathering with music, food, laughter and love!

What single thing would you do to improve Worthing? That’s easy, and it’s the main reason I stood for the council: it’s to give all those people in Worthing who feel ignored, unrepresented and marginalised a voice, a voice that says they do matter, they do count.

What would you donate to Worthing Museum? I would donate my VERY large collection of hijabs, as a way of explaining and demonstrating how the Asian-Muslim community in Worthing has contributed to the rich cultural diversity that we all enjoy in our amazing town.

What event did you last pay to go to in Worthing (and where)? I prefer free events in all honesty! But I love the traditional pantos in Worthing and we always try and go every Christmas. It’s such a great experience and shows my girls they can successfully combine their Asian heritage with their British identity. n

Creative careers project with Worthing High School Here & Now teamed up with Patt Fallon of Bald Designs to deliver a design brief to Worthing High Year 9 students as part of a creative careers project. HANNAH MITCHELL produced the winning design, making a 3D image, which was selected to feature as the music listings banner this month. Hannah said, “I enjoyed the experience of seeing how creative business people work and the fact that we were given full creative freedom.” Creative Director Patt added, “I am a strong believer in giving students the opportunity to see their designs in

print as an acknowledgment of the hard work that they put into the project. I look forward to September and a new design project with Here & Now and Worthing High School.” Here & Now loves the design, find it on page 25. n

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COMMUNITY MATTERS

Worthing Rowing Club Rowing is one of those sports at which Britons are supposed to excel, because it involves sitting down and using expensive pieces of equipment like a boat or a bike or a horse.

Most other clubs in Worthing would envy the style and the location of their clubhouse, a white deco seafront marvel neighbouring Splashpoint and Crabshack. Whenever the weather and tides allow, boats for one, two, four and eight are carried across the beach and sculled out into the English Channel. And not just in Worthing. “We row in about thirteen regattas a year,” says vice-captain Emily. “It’s like a little family that turns into a

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bigger family. You get to make friends with people at the other clubs all along the south coast and up into Kent, from Southsea to Herne Bay, Folkestone, Deal and Dover.” BUT AS A COMMUNITY ACTIVITY, it probably struggles unfairly against its own heritage. People find it hard to see beyond lean Olympians, or posh people from Oxford and Cambridge sinking in the Thames, or the hat parade at Henley on a Pimms-drenched afternoon. The members of Worthing Rowing Club bust these stereotypes in just about every way you haven’t yet imagined. Not all of them are lean, hardly any of them are posh and quite a few of them aren’t British.

“We are very inclusive. We have people here of all ages and different nationalities,” says club captain Zuzana as she sits alongside Zultan, Vanda and Eugeniusz. “People think rowing is just for rich people, but we have members from all walks of life.”

New members are always welcome. The club runs several ‘Learn To Row’ courses every year, and they are never short of newcomers. The age range of the new starters is remarkable: older people looking for low impact exercise, women in their 30s and 40s getting back into shape after having children, teenagers finding a new passion. It all feels every bit as open and accessible as the members claim. Once the rowing is done and the curry supper starts, 87-year-old Bob finds himself sitting next to 16-year-old Issy. Bob has been a member for 64 years and has been captain, chair and president. “I

stopped rowing ten years ago when the water started feeling too cold,” he deadpans. But he still comes to the club because he likes the atmosphere.

Issy was inspired by the Olympics. “I came to a taster session for

the Team GB thing and I loved it. It feels like a real family. I’m a lot fitter than I was. My way of judging how much water was in the kettle was until my arm started shaking and now my parents have told me to stop doing that because I fill the kettle too much. I’m a lot more confident since I started rowing. I feel a lot more respected. The people here, regardless of their age, treat me as an equal. There is no status in this club.” n

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Build me up buttercup It’s official: green fingers are good for you. THERE IS STRONG EVIDENCE highlighting the mental and physical health benefits of gardening and growing your own in particular, and when it’s communal it becomes an opportunity to connect with others, acquire new skills and enjoy the great outdoors. So in honour of National Growing for Wellbeing Week (3-9 June) why not dig out a spade and get down and dirty with some of the community green projects going on in Worthing?

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As part of the Transition Town Worthing Green Spaces initiative, community gardens at The Haven at Homefield Park (near the tennis courts) and The Triangle in Tarring are starting to take shape.

Sat 25 May

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TTW Repair Cafe 10am-1pm. Quaker/ Friends Meeting House. Come together to repair things which might otherwise end up in landfill.

Worthing Community Chest Pop-Up Recycling 2-4.30pm. Croquet Club, Field Place.

At The Haven, the pond has been cleaned out and trees, wild flowers and vegetables have been planted. If you have any pond plants to spare they would love to hear from you, and early evening gardening sessions will be arranged as the evenings draw out. Check out FB @TTWGreenspaces or email ttwhaven@gmail.com.

Sat 25 – Mon 27 May

At The Triangle, the beds have been planted up and there is a resident toad in the pond! If you fancy popping down to help, the volunteer team is often there on a Tuesday from 3.305pm. Contact Caroline on caroline.ponto@outlook.com if you’d like to find out more. If you’d like to get started from the ground up (literally), then get in touch with Alena Pettett. The Gardens Field Project in Southwick was born out of her despair at seeing the field behind her home flytipped. Having leased the land from Southern Water, she is now looking for volunteers to help her to develop the idea of an outdoor community project. See FB for more information. Adur and Worthing Council is also looking for a community group keen to take on a new project, with a disused play area in King George Road in Shoreham ripe for redevelopment as a community orchard and wild flower meadow. If you think you could help, email community.planning@adur-worthing.gov.uk. There are plenty of other community gardening projects going on locally if you’re handy with a hoe. Check out @awgspartnership @BreathingSpacesSTH @ wearefoodpioneers or @tcvgrowingcommunities on FB for more information. n

Reclaim Weekend Various times. Coronation Green (SHM). Free inclusive creative community festival with a recycling theme full of activities, stalls and performances to encourage you to think creatively about what goes in the bin. Events include a beach clean with up cycling litter into art, art exhibition on the theme of pollution and climate change, eco printmaking, a reconstructed fashion show and the creation of a community junk orchestra. See FB @reclaimadur for more information.

Sun 26 May REclaim & eXXhibition Beach Clean 10-11am. Hut 39, Beach Green (SHM). Please bring gloves (gardening gloves will do) and wear suitable footwear. FREE drop-in workshop after beach clean at 12 noon on Coronation Green, where you can upcycle beach litter into art.

Sat 1 Jun Non-Violent Direct Action (NVDA) Training 11am-4pm. West Worthing Baptist Church. Hosted by Worthing Climate Action. Learn how to participate in Extinction Rebellion actions. Book eventbrite. FREE

Sat 8 Jun Worthing Samaritans Volunteer Open Day 10am. Worthing Samaritans.

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Tue 11 Jun Family Bushcraft 10am-12pm. Whitebeam Woods. Work together to create items from natural materials, artwork and enjoy environment-based activities. Info growingcommunities. tcv.org.uk

Sat 29 Jun TTW Repair Cafe 10am-1pm. Quaker/ Friends Meeting House. Come together to repair things which might otherwise end up in landfill.

ONGOING Community Energy Local E/Wed. 10am-1pm. St Paul’s. Free energy advice. Supported by Transition Town Worthing. Summer Delights E/Wed. 10am12.30pm. Cortis Avenue, BN14. Enjoy the garden and new beehive. Visitors and volunteers always welcome. Info cortisavewildlife@gmail.com. Northbrook Green Gym E/ Wed.10am-1pm. The Pond, Whitebeam Woods. Practical gardening on Longcroft Park and Whitebeam Woods in Durrington. Info graeme.brooker@tcv.org.uk or 07970 860938. Malthouse Meadows 1st Sun/ mon. 11am-1pm. Malthouse Meadows, Sompting. Help clear out and plant. Info 07813 484857 or sustainablesussex@gmail.com

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GUILDCARE

Support for Worthing carers Receiving a diagnosis of dementia affects people in different ways. There are numerous questions that people need answered. FURTHERMORE, AS THE CONDITION PROGRESSES, it is important for people to carry on with their interests and for carers to have time to themselves, even if it is only for a few hours.

Trevor visits the Bradbury Wellbeing Centre and said: “As I’m living

That’s why the charity Guild Care runs a wide range of services from home care to day respite services, as well as dedicated care homes. We can help families by offering a range of support and information as part of their dementia journey.

with dementia, being able to come here gives my wife time to go shopping or meet friends socially. She knows I am safely being picked up and dropped home again by their transport team, so she doesn’t need to worry. This service is very valuable to us.”

Guild Care’s ‘Time Out’ services include a wide range of group activities based at its Bradbury Wellbeing Centre and its Guild Care Centre, group outings in and around Worthing and a range of social opportunities for people to get together, including Sunday lunches and afternoon tea! There is also a new session on Wednesdays especially for people with early onset dementia.

Patti’s father Sieg also uses several of Guild Care’s ‘Time Out’ services. She points out, “The best thing about these services is that I

These respite services are available for carers of people living with dementia, as well as the frail and elderly, and will all be provided

with support from well-trained and caring staff in a safe, secure and caring environment. A door-to-door transport pick up service is also available.

know dad is happy and being stimulated – I am very much a believer that if you keep your mind stimulated it helps stop the decline.” To find out more about Guild Care’s wide range of respite services for carers, please contact the Customer Services Team on 01903 327327 or email enquiry@guildcare.org or visit www.guildcare. org/dementia-services n

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Care Home Open Day Friday 28 June Now in its seventh year, National Care Home Open Day (Fri 28 Jun) encourages homes to open their doors and offer the community a chance to see what goes on in our local care homes. THIS YEAR THE FOCUS IS ON ARTS in Care, celebrating the artistic activities many homes undertake with their residents throughout the year. Eileen Garbutt, Health and Wellbeing co-ordinator at Guild Care’s Haviland House, explains why the arts can be so important for older people. “At Haviland House we use objects, poetry, traditions

and seasonal notes to encourage lots of creativity with paints, pens, fabrics, textures and textiles.

“In early stage dementia it boosts our residents’ social reminiscence and emotional esteem, and in later stage dementia, sensory art and colourful objects grip attention, especially when music accompanies the movement of the colours. Art benefits many people in many ways, from dexterity to creative wellbeing, as well as being a spiritual or social activity. Art works!” Check out which homes near you will be open at carehomeopenday.org.uk.

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WHERE TO EAT & DRINK

Top spots for beachfront eats The seafront is a great spot for alfresco eating and drinking, and there’s no shortage of places in and around Worthing to do just that.

your boots at Perch. Whether you opt for the breakfast pancake stack, a lazy Sunday roast or the infamous steak night, Perch delivers; let’s face it, it’s a local treasure.

IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR FRESH FOOD and sea air, check out our pick of the best places to grab a seat and people watch.

beach restaurants (high praise from the Guardian), so cosy up on the benches and watch the world go by. The fish platters are fantastic, the inventive menu changes daily and there’s ice cream served on the deck. Make sure you book at the weekend though – word has got out!

Beach House It was a tough call choosing between all the eateries

these guys run because they really know how to nail alfresco eating, but Beach House just inched it thanks to their upgraded sun deck and seafront location. It’s dog friendly, there’s ice cold beer and regular live music sessions add to the chilled out vibe; leave room for a glass of their English fizz!

The Gorilla Kitchen If you’ve clocked what looks like a big black

shipping container parked on the beach opposite Heene Terrace, pop down next weekend and treat yourself to a freshly cooked woodfired pizza. Winners of a 2018 Observer Food Monthly Award for Best Cheap Eats, The Gorilla Kitchen will be in residence every weekend all summer long, so make sure you grab a slice with a sea view.

Perch on Lancing Beach Go for a paddle, let the kids practise

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Crabshack We can’t leave out one of Europe’s best

Coast With the waves just yards away, the grandaddy

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of them all holds court on the pebbles of Worthing beach. Coast is slapping in the middle of ongoing renovations, with the deck on the beach hopefully being completed by the end of the year, but it’s still a great pick for drinks on the beach, with sundowner sessions, freshly cooked food and laidback staff. Don’t forget to try the Bluebird in Ferring, Sea Lane Cafe in Goring and The Lido. Let us know your pick of the bunch! #hereandnowmag #stuffthatmatters n

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Family and dog friendly bar directly opposite the pier. Cocktails and American comfort food our speciality. Wide range of draughts and craft beers, wines and over 30 gins. Watch the world go by, stop for pre-theatre drinks or just chill out. Open to 1pm Fri & Sat.

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Contemporary English & European cuisine, expertly prepared & presented. Only the finest ingredients are sourced, wherever possible from local producers. Choice of a la carte or fixed menu, Sunday lunches, afternoon teas, private dining.

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EAT & DRINK LISTINGS Fri 24 – Mon 27 May Beer Festival Thomas A Beckett pub. Live music each day. Info 01903 266643

Sun 26 – Mon 27 May

Wed 12 Jun Food & Drink Quiz 7pm. The Dining Room. Book 01903 204194 or info@the-dining-room.co.uk. £14 (inc buffet)

Sat 15 Jun French Market – French At Home 9-4pm. The Village Green. East Preston

Wed 19 Jun Eat the Movie: Grease 7pm. The Dining Room. Book 01903 204194 or email info@the-dining-room. co.uk.

Southwick Beer Festival Southwick Community Centre. Meet local brewers, live entertainment, food, BBQ and great beer! Info 01273 597094 or southwickcommunitycentre.org.uk

Thu 20 Jun

Fri 31 May – Sun 2 Jun

Fri 21 Jun

Glastonwick Beer Festival Church Farm, Coombes. Enormous quantities of delicious ale, cider and great entertainment.

Shoreham French Market 9am5pm. East Street (SHM). Variety of stalls selling traditional French foods including cheeses, cooked meats, breads, pastries and crepes as well as arts and crafts.

Mon 3 Jun

Old Grists & New Twists 6.30pm. Duke of Wellington. Beer talk on the modern history of beer and the craft beer industry. Featuring guest speakers. Launch of HeBrews & music from the Knucker Band. FREE

Greek Wine Tasting 6.30-10pm. Bottle & Jug Dept. An evening of superb Greek wines plus tasty nibbles. Book bottleandjugdept. co.uk. £15

Sat 22 Jun

Wed 5 Jun

PICK OF THE ONGOING

Test Kitchen 7.30pm. The Dining Room. Be a food critic for the evening and help develop the menu. Book 01903 204194 or email info@the-dining-room.co.uk. £25 for five courses.

Pie & A Pint E/Tue. Corner House. Homemade pies served with specially chosen ales, lagers or other beers.

Fri 8 Jun

Food and Family Fun Festival 10.30. Mewsbrook Park Café, Littlehampton.

Burger Day E/Wed. Beach House. Meal deal for signature burger and drink

World Gin Day 12pm. Brooksteed Alehouse. Dedicated all-day gin bar showcasing the best from around the world.

Draw for Drinks Last Wed/month. Finch Bar & Eatery.

Tue 11 Jun

Shoreham Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat/month. 9am-2pm. East Street, Shoreham.

Food for Thought: The Real Story of a Famous Man in Criminology 12-4pm. Indigo Restaurant. Popular authority on crime, murders and execution John Eddleston returns for another fascinating talk on true life murder mysteries. Book 01903 230451. £19.75 (inc two-course lunch)

Pie Night E/Thu. 7pm. The Dining Room

Lancing Village Market 3rd Sat/ month. 9am-1pm. North Road, Lancing. Shoreham Artisans’ Market 4th Sat/month. 9am-2pm. East Street, Shoreham. Punjabi Street Food Last Sat/ month. 5pm. Brooksteed Alehouse.

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ARTS & LITERATURE Worthing Artists Open Houses is back! Three weekends: 15/16 June, 22/23 June & 29/30 June

Artists all over Worthing are putting their art on show for three summer weekends, and you are invited to come along and enjoy it all. IN VENUES THROUGHOUT THE BOROUGH, the work of over 200 artists will be on display – some of it for sale. The work includes painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, textiles, ceramics, jewellery and printmaking. There are workshops, pop-up mini cinemas, activities and, of course, refreshments. Entry to all venues is free, and visitors are welcome to step inside and meet the artists, often in the place where they produce their work, and see the art as part of an interior; the effect is inspiring! Not to mention the opportunity to enjoy lovely gardens, and perhaps be surprised by live music or spoken word.

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‘Conversations’ limited edition linocut print by Hannah Forward. Venue 55, 8 New Parade.

Conversation is a huge part of the success of this community arts event, which brings people together in unexpected and delightful ways; meeting up with the people on your street in a neighbour’s house and finding common ground in your interest in art – what could be nicer?

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Creative Commissions: Broadwater’s Midsummer Oak Sunday 23 June, 10am-12pm

If you know the story of Broadwater’s Midsummer Oak at the top end of Broadwater Green, then you probably aren’t planning to hang around it on Midsummer’s Eve.

As always, there is something for everyone: young artists will proudly exhibit their work in five of our schools and colleges; professional designers and fine artists DAVID PARKER show high quality pieces in houses, studios and galleries; enthusiastic and skilled embroiderers, LEGEND HAS IT THAT AT MIDNIGHT, skeletons rise from the roots of painters, printers and makers are in houses, the tree and dance around it until sunrise. flats, garages and restaurants. The range is enormous. However, artist David Parker will be doing just that when he launches his latest project at the site of the tree from 10am-12pm on Sunday 23 June, Leaflets with maps of the trail and details of where people can listen to the story and contemplate the ancient tree for the venues are available in numerous outlets themselves. around the town, with further details at worthingartistsopenhouse.com. Commissioned by Adur & Worthing Trust to explore the story of the tree and what it means to people as part of the Creative Commissions 2019, he will be retracing the story through encounters with local people, historians, writers and musicians. The work will result in an audio-visual re-telling of the story which will be presented as a short-animated film and audio podcast. Karen Simporis, chair of Adur & Worthing Trust, says, “We’re excited to help keep the Midsummer Oak legend alive by supporting David Parker’s project. Combining the oral tradition with modern technology has to be a winner! “I’ve got the launch in my diary but might come back at midnight to check out those skeletons!” n

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ARTS & LITERATURE ARTS

Tue 11 – Sun 30 Jun

LITERATURE

Sat 15 Jun

Sat 25 May

Ruth Mulvie Colonnade House. A vibrant and colourful exhibition of new work depicting architecture and historical spots in and around Worthing from this contemporary fine artist. FREE

Thu 30 May

Gruffalo and Friends with Julia Donaldson 2.30-3.30pm. Steyning Grammar School, Drama Hall. Show, Book sale and book signing.

Sat 15 Jun

Sat 1 Jun

Skyblue Day Trip to Leonardslee 11am-3.30pm. Meet in car park. Join this friendly group to spend a day sketching and socialising. Bring your own art equipment and refreshments. Info skyblueartclasses.co.uk. £25 (inc garden entry)

Worthing Writers’ Retreat 10am-4pm. Freedom Works. Join Writers’ HQ on their regular writers’ retreat to get writing with support, tea, biscuits and gold stars. £37

Eco Printmaking 10am & 1pm REclaim Shoreham, Coronation Green. Printmaker Peon Boyle explores the traditional art of printmaking using recycled materials. Book eventbrite. FREE Stamperama and Arts Crafts 10-4pm. Charmandean Centre. £3

Tue 28 May – Sun 2 Jun East Beach Artists Collective Colonnade House. Exhibition of original work from this local collective that includes painters, sculptors, printmakers, jewelers, photographers and ceramicists. FREE

Fri 31 May Meet the East Beach Artists 6-8pm. Colonnade House. An opportunity to meet the artists exhibiting from the East Beach Studios collective.

Sat 1 Jun Costume Store Talk & Tour 10.30am12pm. Worthing Museum. Exclusive talk on the history of the costume collection with curator Gerry Connolly. Ages 14+. Book worthingmuseum.org.uk Artisan Fayre 10.30 - 3pm. Heene Community Centre. Homemade and bespoke gifts.

Tue 4 – Sun 9 Jun (m)Other Colonnade House. 11 artistmothers reflect upon their experiences of motherhood through a wide range of media. Featuring work by Shona Macdonald, Abbi Torrance, Rebecca McCardle, Nicky Bell, Anna Morton, Peon Boyle, Nicola Ferrie, Jennifer Richardson, Vanessa Breen, Nadia Chalk and Babs Ratcliffe. FREE

Fri 7 Jun Artists’ Networking Breakfast 9am. Brunswick & Thorn. All welcome. FREE

Mon 10 Jun Clay Adult Cup Workshop 7-9pm. ArtFul. Fashion your own boobie cup from clay. BYOB and tea and cake available. Book 01903 532 818 or art-ful.co.uk. £20pp

Tue 11, 18, 25 Jun Art Awards Workshops (Worthing Children’s Parade) 3.30-4.30pm. St Andrew’s High School. Booking essential (Funded by WCP) theworthingchildrensparade@gmail.com

Tue 11 – Sun 30 Jun Sussex Printmakers Colonnade House. Exhibition from this printmaking studio as part of Worthing Artist Open Houses which will include taster sessions and demonstrations. FREE

Sat 22 Jun Vintage Craft and Gift Market 10-3pm. St Symphorians Parish Hall. FREE entry

Tue 25 Jun Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop 10am-1pm. The Little Craftery. Learn the techniques and basic knots used in most macrame projects to give you the skills you need to make a plant hanger and all sorts of macrame decorations. Book littlecraftery.co.uk £30

ONGOING

Worthing Storytellers – Tales From The Kitchen 7.30-11.30pm. Cellar Arts Club. £5/£3 on door.

Tue 11 Jun Outspoken Words at the Welly 7.30pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Open mic for poetry, personal stories, ranting or comedy, as well as all forms of excellent verbiage.

Thu 13 Jun Writing Sitcoms for Radio with Harry Venning 7.30pm. Church Hall, Goring Methodist. Award winning Brightonbased cartoonist, comedy writer and performer Harry Venning discusses writing sitcoms for the radio with West Sussex Writers. Book westsussexwriters. co.uk £5/£3

Until Sat 8 Jun Care for Veterans: Celebrating 100 Years of Care Exhibition exploring the work of Care for Veterans, formerly The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home, which has been caring for ex-service personnel in Worthing since 1934. FREE Memory of Clothes Worthing Museum. Artist Helen Barff and writer Suzanne Joinson explore the links between memory and clothing through Worthing Museum’s extensive clothing collection and personal memories of elderly residents at Guildcare care home. FREE

Until Sat 21 Sep

Sat 6 Jul Worthing Writers’ Retreat 10am-4pm. Freedom Works. Join Writers’ HQ on their regular writers’ retreat to stop faffing and get writing with support, tea, biscuits and gold stars. £37

Sat 13 Jul Beginning to Write Fiction 10am12.30pm. St Paul’s. Local author Allie Rogers introduces a workshop for those who’d like to give fiction a try but don’t know where to start. Book newwritingsouth.com £35

ONGOING Quills Creative Writing Circle 7pm. Worthing Library. For adults only. 2nd Thu/mon.

Coins & Banknotes. Gold & Silver. Medals & Jewellery.

David Henty: The Billion Dollar Exhibition 1593-1982 11am-6pm. The Cloud Gallery. Collected and Conserved Worthing Museum. An exhibition of the latest acquisitions for the museum, exploring how and why certain works are selected. FREE

Stories for Summer 7.30-11.30pm. Cellar Arts Club. An evening of sunny tales and sizzling nights brought to you by local storytellers. £5/£3

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Old Weapons, Army, Airforce & Navy items. Old Watches & Quality Silver Plated items. Old Car Badges, Old Postcards & Photos. Old Leather Suitcases & Fountain Pens. Antiques, Curios & Tribal items. & many other items.

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Robert Koenig: Memorial Structure Worthing Museum. A space for contemplation, recollection, reminiscence and memory decorated inside using techniques Robert has mastered over the past 40 years. FREE

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Adur Art Club E/Thu. 2-4pm. Shoreham Centre. Friendly local arts club with members of all ages and abilities. Info aartc.webs.com

Shop open: Mon. 9.30-3.30, Tues. & Fri. 9.30-1.00 & 2.15-4.30. Sat. 9.30-12 [Closed Wed. & Thur.]. Free home visits. est 1968.

Tel: 01903 232080 - email: sussexcoins@aol.com

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FILM & THEATRE Readers are advised to check event listing info in case of change.

FRONT ROW FILM & THEATRE YEE-HAW! Put your cowboy boots on (remember to check for snakes first!) and get to the Dome Cinema because the long-awaited Toy Story 4 is finally here on Fri 21 Jun. Also, make sure to check out the spectacular circus events that will be happening throughout the summer months; we’re looking forward to Belly of a Whale which is free to attend and will be rolling into town outside the Pavilion Theatre on Sat 8 Jun. If you have any exciting film or theatre events that you’d like to share, list them at hereandnowmag.co.uk and we’ll add them here. n

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THEATRE Wed 22 – Sun 26 May Spymonkey’s Cooped (14+) 7.30pm. Pavilion Theatre. In collaboration with Brighton Festival. A deliciously demented take on the pulp gothic romance.

Thu 6 Jun Henning Wehn: Get On With It 7.30pm. Pavilion Theatre. The German Comedy Ambassador is back again!

Fri 24 May

Sat 8 Jun

Simon Evans – Edinburgh Preview Show 8pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Critically acclaimed stand-up comic Simon Evans warms up his new show ahead of this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe.

Belly of a Whale 11am & 3pm. Pavilion Theatre Promenade. The performers, like surfers on a wild sea, ride a giant semi-circular seesaw made of wood and steel which becomes an ever-changing landscape. FREE

Sat 25 May ‘V’ Performed by Sean Mclevy (written by Tony Harrison) 2.30pm & 7.30pm. Cellar Arts Club. Contains strong adult language.

Tue 28 May 3 Little Pig Tails 11am & 2pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Garlic Theatre presents a re-telling of the classic fairytale with a Parisian setting. Suitable for ages 3-7.

Fri 31 May – Sat 1 Jun Mother’s Ruin: A Cabaret About Gin 8pm. Pavilion Theatre. Raucous cabaret about the history of gin with a free G&T with every ticket.

Mon 3 Jun – Sat 8 Jun The House on Cold Hill Various times. Connaught Theatre. Spine-chilling thriller from best-selling author Peter James.

Wed 5 Jun – Sat 8 Jun

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Worthing Dome by Julie Ingham. Giclee print framed in a grey square frame. Venue 52, 39 Ashdown Road.

comedy stage adaptation, condensed down to just seven actors.

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Ben Hur 7.30pm. The Barn Theatre, Southwick. The Southwick Players present a rip-roaring

Thu 13 Jun Treasure Island 7pm. Field Place. Young Jim Hawkins goes on an epic adventure in the hunt for Treasure Island. Withnail & I 7.30pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Screened by Ropetackle Film Club. Members only screening of the cult classic. Join ropetacklecentre. co.uk/film-club

Fri 14 Jun Short Stories, Tall Tales 11.30am & 1.30pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Classic and modern stories come to life for pre-schoolers through live and interactive performance. ZOG 4.30pm. Pavilion Theatre. Delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson’s tale of Zog and his attempts to win a golden star at Madam Dragon’s school.

Sat 15 Jun Barnstormers Comedy Club 8.30pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Unbeatable standup comedy from some of the biggest names on the UK comedy circuit (and beyond) on the third Saturday of every month.

Wed 19 Jun Mistero Buffo 7.30pm. Connaught Studio. Dario Fo’s controversial masterpiece sees a travelling storyteller recount ancient tales of Jesus and his life unlike any you’ve heard before.

FILM & THEATRE Wed 26 – Sat 29 Jun Neighbourhood Watch Various times. The Barn Theatre, Southwick. Brother and sister try to pursue idyllic quiet lives before their peace is shattered by a young trespasser in Ayckbourn’s play.

Sat 6 Jul – Sun 7 Jul Chores 11.30am & 2pm. Pavilion Theatre. An action-packed 60 minute show, jam-packed with acrobatics, juggling, unicycling and other amazing skills. Families with kids will love this wild comedy adventure.

Tue 9 Jul

Mary Queen of Scots (15) 2pm. Ropetackle (SHM). An examination of the power struggle between two of the 16th century’s most powerful women.

Sat 1 Jun

Woman At War (12A) 5.45pm. Connaught Theatre. Halla, a woman in her forties, declares war on the local aluminum industry to prevent it from disfiguring her country.

Sat 2 Jun

Fri 24 May My First Cinema: Room on a Broom (U) 11am. Ropetackle (SHM). To the annoyance of her cat, a kindly witch allows a dog, a bird and a frog to ride on her broomstick.

Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl 8pm. Pavilion Theatre. Twisted storytelling and spectacular circus skills are shaken and stirred, with one part dark comedy, one part serenity and three parts hostility, hilarity and honesty.

Sat 25 May

FILM

Tue 28 May

Thu 23 May High Life (18) 12.15pm. Connaught Theatre. A group of criminals accept a mission in space to become the subjects of a human reproduction experiment.

Wonder Park (PG) 10.15am. Connaught Theatre. The story of an amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive. Rocketman (15) 8.30pm. Dome Cinema. An epic musical fantasy about Elton John’s breakthrough years.

Peppa Pig – Festival of Fun (U) 10.15am. Connaught Theatre. Get ready for Peppa’s biggest celebration yet! The Secret Life of Pets 2 (U) – Autism Friendly 10.15am. Connaught Theatre. Max faces some major changes after his owner Katie gets married and has a child.

Tue 4 Jun EOS: Van Gogh & Japan (12A) 6.30pm. Connaught Theatre. “I envy the Japanese,” Van Gogh once wrote to his brother Theo, and the exhibition on which this film is based shows why.

Wed 5 Jun X-men: Dark Phoenix (12A) Various times. Dome Cinema. Jean Grey develops incredible powers which leave the team with a big decision; save Jean or save the world. RSC: The Taming of the Shrew (12A) 7pm. Connaught Theatre. In a reimagined 1590, England is a matriarchy. Cue an explosive battle of the sexes in this electricallycharged love story.

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Wed 29 May Ferring Amateur Dramatic Society are actively seeking new members to join their well-established society. The group will be holding a ‘meet and greet’ evening at Ferring village hall from 7.30-10pm on Wed 29 May. Whether you are interested in being on stage or helping behind the scenes, they would love to meet you. Refreshments will be provided.

Fri 7 Jun Booksmart (15) 6pm. Connaught Theatre. On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more.

Sat 8 Jun Dumbo (PG) 10.15am. Connaught Theatre. A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus.

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FILM & THEATRE Sun 9 Jun Saving Private Ryan (15) 1pm. Connaught Theatre. Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings with this modern classic.

Thu 13 Jun Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (12A) 7pm. Connaught Theatre. Live recording from the Apollo Theatre, London. Inspired by a true story, this new award-winning five-star musical is a hit.

Late Night (15) 3pm & 8.30pm. Connaught Theatre. Emma Thompson stars as the late-night host from hell in this comedy drama. Stan & Ollie (PG) 7pm. Ferring Village Hall. The untold story of the world’s greatest comedy team, partially filmed in Worthing! Licence to Kill (15) 8.15pm. Connaught Theatre. Celebrating the best cult films of 1989 with Timothy Dalton’s second outing as James Bond.

Fri 14 Jun

Sat 15 Jun

Men in Black: International (TBC) Various times. Dome Cinema. Marvel’s Thor & Valkyrie turn into super spies in this latest addition to the Men in Black franchise.

A Dog’s Journey (PG) 10.15am. Connaught Theatre. Sequel to A Dog’s Purpose. A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.

Gloria Bell (15) 12pm. Connaught Theatre. A freespirited divorcee spends her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles.

Mon 17 Jun Birds of Passage (15) 8.15pm. Connaught Theatre. Screened with Worthing Film Club. The origins of

the Colombian drug trade through the eyes of the Wayuu family that becomes involved in the marijuana business in the 1970s. Why not join the club for £30? Members free, non members £7.50/£6.

Sat 22 Jun

Tue 2 Jul

Missing Link (PG) 10.15am. Connaught Theatre. Mr Link recruits explorer Sir Lionel Frost to help find his longlost relatives in the fabled valley of Shangri-La.

Tue 18 Jun

Tue 25 Jun

The Mikado (PG) 7.45pm. Connaught Theatre. Set in an ever-so English 1930s seaside hotel, ENO’s iconic production of The Mikado is a popular hit with audiences of all ages.

The Pirates of Penzance (PG) 7.45pm. Connaught Theatre. Gilbert & Sullivan’s popular comic opera featuring much-loved favourites.

Thu 20 Jun McCabe and Mrs Miller (15) 2pm. Ropetackle (SHM). In a small American frontier village, a stranger named McCabe builds a brothel with the help of experienced madame Mrs Miller.

Fri 21 Jun Toy Story 4 (TBC) Various times. Dome Cinema. New toy Forky joins Woody and the gang for an adventure of a lifetime.

Northern Ballet: Victoria (12A) 6.15am. Connaught Theatre. Recorded live. Celebrating her bicentenary year, Northern Ballet bring the story of Queen Victoria to life in dance.

Thu 27 Jun Colette (15) 2pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Colette’s fight over creative ownership and gender roles made her the most celebrated female author in French literature. Small Island (15) 7pm. Connaught Theatre. Adaptation of the landmark prize-winning novel by Andrea Levy.

Thu 4 Jul Glyndebourne: Cinderella (12A) 7.30pm. Connaught Theatre. Recorded live. Glyndebourne favourite and international star Danielle de Niese plays the titular role in this glittering and colourful opera.

COMING SOON Next month, Spiderman swings into Europe in Spiderman: Far From Home, while Disney’s remake of The Lion King hits screens twenty-five years after the original. Jack Whitehall is the voice of The Queen’s Corgi, an animated tale of the monarch’s favourite dog.

SU MM E R O F C I RCU S SW I NG S I NT O WO RT H I NG

I’m so excited to announce that our Summer of Circus will be swinging into Worthing again this June! WITH A WHOLE RANGE OF FREE OUTDOOR events (that’s right – free!), a wide selection of workshops for all ages and skill levels and a variety of gripping indoor productions, there’s something for everyone to enjoy this summer. We’ll be hosting a free family fun day on Saturday 8 June at the Pavilion Theatre from 10am – 4pm, where kids and adults can have a ball with circus demonstrations led by Poi Passion, facepainting, a DJ, interactive stands, a photo booth and many other exciting activities, together with two outdoor performances of Belly of the Whale by the world-renowned Ockham’s Razor. The season runs right through until 26 August, with many free outdoor performances such as Mimbre’s Lifted (20 Jul), Max Calaf Seve’s Dip (3 Aug) and The Giant Balloon Show (24 Aug) taking place on the Pavilion Promenade, where you can soak up the sunshine whilst enjoying some world class acrobatics, a few jawdropping moments, and plenty of trampoline - and balloon-related silliness to make the little ones laugh... and us adults of course.

Inside the Pavilion Theatre we’ll be welcoming many circus companies to Worthing for the very first time, including Hoopla Cirque’s family-friendly Chores (6-7 July), Jess Love’s dark twisted comedy for adults Notorious Strumpet and Dangerous Girl (9 July) and Hikapee Circus’ beautifully moving Look Up (17 Aug). These paid events are ticketed and it is advisable to book in advance due to limited seating. To find out more, head over to worthingtheatres.co.uk/circus or give us a call on 01903 206 206. n

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SPOTLIGHT ON MUSIC

Mister Jones presents Russell Swallow 7.30pm. West Street Loft Art Centre (SHM). Singer/Songwriter. FREE

Going Underground GET DOWN AT THE CELLAR ARTS CLUB this June with some serious music that will give your eardrums a workout. Kick off with classic 90s tunes at Union (Sat 8 Jun) with DJs playing from 7.30 ‘til midnight. Paul Garthwaite will be live on Fri 14 Jun, while L.C. Pumpkin brings the lo-fi on Fri 21 Jun. Pin back your ears for the 21st Century Jukebox on Sat 22 Jun, and then get on the Soul Train with Soul Stew DJs spinning soul and funk on Sat 29 Jun. Going underground has never seemed such a good idea! Original Music

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Sat 25 May The Shoreham Allstars 2pm. Worthing Lido. FREE

Excursions: The Delicate Art of the Cover Version 7.30pm. Cellar Arts Club. Cross-Genre. DJ Sw13tlik 9pm. Beach House. DJ Sw13tlik spins a mixture of soul, funk, Motown, hip hop, R&B, reggae, ska, dance and more to get the Bank Holiday moving. FREE

Mon 27 May

Jazz Session 4pm. The Duke of Wellington (SHM). Jazz. FREE

Finch, Foy & Woods 3.30pm. The Duke of Wellington (SHM). Rock. FREE

Transmission: The Sound of Joy Division 7.30pm. Bar Forty Two. 80s Alternative. FREE

Gaz Coombes 7.30pm. St Paul’s. Acoustic. £20

The Bushman Brothers 8pm. The Duke of Wellington (SHM). Classic Rock. FREE House ‘N’ Techno Seduction 9pm2am. Escape Bar (Tangerine Bar). FREE

Sun 26 May

Thea Gilmore w/Matt Owens 7pm. St Paul’s. Folk/Roots. £20 Sam Walker Quartet 8.30pm. Hare & Hounds. Jazz. FREE (inc raffle)

Wed 29 May The Rude Mechanicals 7.30pm. The Duke of Wellington (SHM). FREE

Music at Northbrook MET 2pm. Worthing Lido. FREE Time Travellers 5pm. The Duke of Wellington (SHM). Jazz. FREE

Thu 30 May Good Times Music at The Welly 8pm The Duke of Wellington (SHM). Festival vibes. FREE Credentials Single Release Party w/ support 8pm. Bar Forty Two. Trash Metal. £3

COMPETITION

Win a pair of tickets to see Girl Power: The Spice Girls’ Experience!

Fri 31 May

SWING IT, SHAKE IT, MOVE IT, MAKE IT! If you love the Spice Girls, then grab your platform trainers and get ready to spice up your life with the ultimate Girl Power party. Come and celebrate the legacy of the sassy pop sensations on Friday 12 July at the Assembly Hall with a spectacular attitude-packed show that will bring the 90s back in style. To find out more visit worthingtheatres.co.uk

If you really really wannabe in with a chance to win a pair of tickets, tell us the five Spice Girls stage names.

Tue 28 May

Glastonwick 2019 6pm. Church Farm (LCG). Beer & music festival. £65 weekend Gruffs Male Voice Choir 7-10.30pm. Bohunt School. Concert for motor neurone disease. Tickets £10 eventbrite Jazz Night w/Sally Jane Hurst 7.30pm. The Honeypot Café, Rustington. Dinner & jazz. Tickets (from café) £20 King Size Slim 8pm. Ropetackle Arts Centre (SHM). Ska/Reggae. £12 Rubycon 8pm. The Duke of Wellington (SHM). Rock. FREE

To enter, go to hereandnowmag.co.uk. Click on WIN! To give your answer (ref: Spice Girls) or post to Here & Now, The Mill Building, 31 Chatsworth Rd, BN11 1LY. One entry p/p. Closes and winner picked at random and notified Thu 20 June. Good luck!

Sat 1 Jun Rub A Dub All Night Long 7.30pmmidnight. Cellar Arts Club. Reggae. Members FREE/Guests £2/Students £1

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MUSIC

MUSIC Hue and Cry 8pm. Ropetackle Arts Centre (SHM). £18.50 Blooz Out 8pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Classic Blues/R&B. Terry Carvey 8.30pm. The Park View. Soul.

Sun 2 Jun Mike Hatchard’s Jazz Breakfast w/Jo Fooks 11am. Ropetackle Arts Centre (SHM). Jazz. £12 The Pavilion Grand Tea Dance 2-5pm. Pavilion Theatre. £15.50 Infectious Sounds presents The Quarantine 2 2-10pm. Bar Forty Two. Monthly gathering for alternative people. £5 eventbrite Ruby & The Acoustic Stone 3pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Soulful blues with a laidback vibe. Glastonwick After Party 7pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Featuring Wom & The Alcohol Licks. Pop Punk.

Tue 4 Jun AudioActive Sessions 4.30-6.30pm. Ridiculously Cool Music Studios. Free weekly workshops every Tuesday during term time. Music production, live sound & recording for 17-25y. Sign up audioactive.org.uk. FREE Simon Savage Quartet 8.30pm. The Hare & Hounds. Jazz. FREE

Wed 5 Jun The Rude Mechanicals 7.30pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Folk.

Thu 6 Jun AudioActive Sessions 4.30-6.30pm. Northbrook Met, Littlehampton Road. Free weekly workshops every Thursday during term time. Music production, beatmaking, songwriting/ rap for 17-25y. Sign up audioactive. org.uk. FREE The Solid Gold Rock ‘N’ Roll Show 2019 7.30pm. Assembly Hall. Rock ‘N’ Roll. £31

Fri 7 Jun Krafty Kuts w/support 7pm. Finch Bar & Eatery. DJ Krafty Kuts joins the Bearded Beats Soundsystem for one night only. £10 eventbrite Ashtray 7.30pm. Cellar Arts Club. Fundraising for Mind UK. Spiritual. £5 Mad Badger 8pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Rock. Martin Simpson – A Master of His Art 8pm. Ropetackle Arts Centre (SHM). Folk. £17.50

Live at the View Café 8pm. View Café Bar. Join J&A Duo for a sit-down acoustic session, good food & drink and singalong songs. Gus & Glen’s Keyboard Karaoke 9pm. Coast. Karaoke with live piano. FREE Funky Junction 9pm. The Park View. Funk/Disco. Tulka Trio 9pm. The Libertine Social. Tulka Trio aka Vintage Beats play a great mix from 90s R&B to more recent chilled hip hop with that special jazzy twist.

Sat 8 Jun Jazz Session 4pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Mellow Jazz. Durrington’s Got Talent 6-9pm. Pond Lane Rec. Showcase your musical talent and hear what Durrington has to offer! Union Classic 90s Night 7.30 pm. Cellar Arts Club. 90s. Members FREE/ Guests £2/Students £1 The Fold 8pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Folk/Rock. The Majors 8pm. Goring Conservative Club. Soul/Blues/Rock/ Covers. FREE Rum & Reggae 8pm. Bar Next Door. Reggae. FREE

Sun 9 Jun Porchlight Smoker 5pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). American rootsbased music, blended with their own take on folk & country. The Piranhas w/support The Losers Club/Muzzle 5-9pm. Bar Forty Two. Indie Punk. Tickets £5 from Bar 42 & Train of Thought.

Worthing Oktoberfest Friday 4 - Sunday 6 Oct Steyne Gardens Drinking beer is one thing. Drinking beer at Oktoberfest is the stuff of legend, and this year Worthing is giving the famous Bavarian festival a warm wilkommen as it pitches up in Steyne Gardens on 4-6 October for the first time ever. EXPECT STONKING STEINS OF BEER, lederhosen to die for, platters of wurst, and oompah bands playing the tuba like they don’t give a schnitzel. Early Bird tickets for Saturday evening sold out after only two weeks, so grab your tickets before it’s too late! There are several ticket types available as well as VIP area with tables of ten people with the best seats at the front. This is an over 18s event. Highlights include a 20-metre bar serving classic German draught beers (plus wine, spirits and soft drinks for the less-beer-mad), traditional food stalls and oodles of live entertainment through the day and on into the evening, all slapbang in the middle of a gigantic big top marquee with an epic party atmosphere. So dig out your dirndl, snarf a sausage and get booking at worthingoktoberfest.co.uk n

WPO: Summer Concert 2019 7.30pm. Assembly Hall. Tickets from £9-£16

Tue 11 Jun Peter Long/John Pearce Quartet 8.30pm. The Hare & Hounds. Jazz. FREE

Wed 12 Jun The Rude Mechanicals 7.30pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Folk.

Fri 14 Jun Bloody Mary 8pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Rock/Glam Covers. Limehouse Lizzy 8pm. Ropetackle Arts Centre (SHM). Rock. £17.50 Fiver Freestyle 8-11.30pm. East Worthing Community Centre. Jive the night away to modern hits & classic favourites. £5

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Make me famous, baby! It’s a month of triumphant returns and promising breakthroughs in our local music scene. WORTHING FACE PETE FIJ will reform Adorable, his iconic 90s pre-Britpop band on Creation Records, with all original members for just two gigs at Bush Hall in Shepherd’s Bush this November. Pete asked Worthing-based promoter Thom Milner-Smith of atom productions to be involved.

wanted to learn how to produce my own indie rock music, and this was the place to do it. As I’ve been studying here, I’ve seen how great the young band scene is in Worthing, and that got me very inspired to start my own band. Hopefully we’re making something new and interesting for people to listen to!” Remember where you read about them first. FB @thatdrowningboy Twitter @thatdrowningboy Insta @thatdrowningboy

“I wouldn’t usually book shows in London,” explains Tom, “but when Pete asked me to promote Adorable, I couldn’t say no. This is one of three final Adorable shows; they will never, ever play again, so it’s set to be very special gig indeed.” Tickets were released last month [May] for the Saturday show and another gig at Hebden Bridge Trades Club and sold out in one minute. As we went to press, an additional show had been added at Bush Hall (Fri 1 Nov) with tickets not yet released. A re-release of their two albums ‘Against Perfection’ (1993) & ‘Fake’ (1994) is scheduled for this autumn and will be an opportunity for people to re-assess or discover their music anew. Drowning Boy were a brand new band with just two gigs to their name when they were booked to play a slot at this May’s Brighton’s Great Escape festival, albeit a new band with two self-released singles and a video. This is unusual: bands and artists normally have to build up some momentum for a couple of years before they can expect a call-up from Great Escape. In this case, talent booker Adam Ryan listened to their tracks and booked them anyway on the strength of the music. What turned out to be their third gig at Great Escape was a showcase for some excellent new songs, backed up by a multilayered sound not habitually associated with the classic indie rock format of just two guitars, bass, drums and vocals. Lewis (guitar), Luke (bass) and Lucas (drums) grew up in Worthing and Lancing, and guitarist/vocalist Darcie is from Brighton. We asked Darcie why he came to college in Worthing rather than Brighton: “I DROWNING BOY

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Ida Vallens has been announced as support along with Maverick Sabre for Rag’n’Bone Man’s huge gig at Brighton Race Course on 27 July. This is a big step up for her, after highly rated spots in April’s Moves Festival and May’s Alternative Great Escape in Brighton. Tim Keegan has confirmed that Departure Lounge’s reunion gigs and deluxe vinyl re-release of 1999’s Jetlag Dreams album are now joined all three of their albums released for the first time on all streaming platforms. Feast your ears. Worthing Smooth Soul Rebels Lisa Lo has been gigging widely in Worthing and Brighton. We caught them at Casablanca in Brighton for the Alternative Escape, but they’ll be back in Worthing at the Libertine Social on Portland Road on 28 June. Next month we’ll review the fresh crop of talent that came up through S’koolFest this year. We’ll also look at a current artist/producer DJ of two UK number ones in the pop charts who DJs around the world, but still lives in Sompting. n Mike Pailthorpe runs Music Degrees and the Artist Development Programme at Northbrook MET.

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MUSIC Sat 15 Jun Midsummer Sparkle & Twinkle 123pm. English Martyrs Church Hall. Hosted by The Glamour Club. High tea with songs from the 40s-60s. £10 Shoreham Allstars Showcase 1pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Young performers from Dave O’Connell’s school showcase their talents.

Dirty Shoes 8pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Heavy Rock. Women In Rock 8pm. Ropetackle Arts Centre (SHM). Rock. £18.50

Sun 23 Jun Live At The Lido 11am-5pm. Worthing Lido. Seven live acts perform to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Sat 29 Jun

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Summer Skankin’ Fest 12pm-2am. Escape Bar (Tangerine Bar). JFB, The 4’20’ Sound & more. £5

What the Dickens? Singing Group E/ Mon. 7.30pm. Charles Dickens.

Minimo Rooftop Party (10 Hour Special) 3pm-1am. The Sea House. 100 guest list only: sign up on FB. Tales of Autumn, Tarot Rats & Witch Tripper Bar Forty Two. Stoner Rock ‘N’ Roll.

Jazz E/Tue. 8.30pm. The Hare & Hounds. Dixie Blues 1st & 3rd Tue/month. 8pm. Charles Dickens. Secret Shore Shanty Singers Last Tue/ month. 7.30pm. Ye Olde House at Home.

Sun 16 Jun

From Paris With Love 3-4.30pm. Field Place Manor House. French music played on period harps. £10.50 wegottickets

The Piers Clark Combo 5pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Jazz.

Bustin’ a Groove 5pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Classic Rock/Pop.

Tue 18 Jun

Sat 22 – Sun 23 Jun

80s Summer Wolf-Jam 7.30pm. St Paul’s. Raising money for Wolfram Syndrome UK. £20

Andy Urquhart Quartet 8.30pm. The Hare & Hounds. Jazz. FREE

Corefest 2019 Hft Sussex’s Orchards. Independent music festival.

My Pet Shark & Feast on Mars 8pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Punk/Funk.

Open Stage E/ Wed. 8pm. Bar Next Door.

Open Mic Night 8.45pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Turn up, arrange a spot & play.

Tue 25 Jun Morris & Music 8pm. The Bridge Inn (SHM). Morris dancing & music. FREE

Soul Casserole 9pm. The Libertine Social. Expect to hear some classic funk, soul and hip hop remixes ‘n’ mash ups!

Open Mic w/Karl E/Wed. 8.30pm. Piston Broke (SHM).

The Rude Mechanicals 7.30pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Folk.

Terry Smith/Dave Quincy Quintet 8.30pm. The Hare & Hounds. Jazz. FREE

Jazz E/other Wed. 8pm. Charles Dickens.

Lisa Lo 9.30pm. The Libertine Social. A fresh take on R&B and hip hop, mixed with elements of jazz and soul.

Music Club w/guests 1st Thu/month. 8pm. Beach House.

Fri 21 Jun

Thu 27 Jun

Sat 29 – Sun 30 Jun

Big Girls Don’t Cry 7.45pm. Pavilion Theatre. Iconic sounds of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. £26

DJ Jazzman 7.30pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Cool vibes.

MUSH! Festival Various times & venues. A festival of alternative art featuring live music and art in multiple venues around Worthing town.

Wed 19 Jun

The Retaliation Blues Band 8pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Blues.

Tom Walker 8pm. Beach House. Live acoustic music every last Thursday of the month.

Sat 22 Jun

Fri 28 Jun

3Choirs Gospel & Soul Experience 10am-12.30pm. Our Lady of Sion School. Workshop for anyone who wants to sing led by renowned vocal coach and director Mark De-Lisser. £17 eventbrite.

Colour My World 2.15pm. Emmanuel Church & Centre. Music, verse & refreshments. £5

Massed Choir Concert 7.30pm. Assembly Hall. The Rowland Singers 50th anniversary with guests. Book 01903 238792.

The Big Chris Barber Band 7.30pm. Pavilion Theatre. New Orleans to blues to late 20s Ellington. Tickets from £14 Serotonic 8pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Indie/Rock.

Soul Stew/Soul Train 7.30pmmidnight. Cellar Arts Club. Top DJs. £5/£3 on the door

Sun 30 Jun Summer at The Lido 2-4pm. Worthing Lido. Vintage songs performed with a modern twist. Calista 5-11pm. St Paul’s. Hardcore. £4

Sat 6 Jul

Open Mic Last Tue/month. 8.30pm. Thomas A Becket. South Downs Folk Singers 1st Wed/ month. 7.30pm. Ye Old House at Home.

Karaoke E/Thu. 9pm. The Warwick. Karaoke E/Thu. 8pm. Charles Dickens. Open Mic w/Bustin’ A Groove E/Thu. 8pm. Crown & Anchor (SHM). DJs Thu-Sun. Coast. Inappropriate Handclap 2nd Fri/ month. 8pm. The Beach House. South Coast Blues Jam 3rd & 4th Sun/ month. 2pm. Charles Dickens. Madi Laine w/Chris Simmons Last Sun/month. 8pm. Beach House.

Summer Busk Various times & venues in Worthing. Live music raising funds for Turning Tides. Info fundraising@ turning-tides.org.uk

Listening party: Perestroika by Perestroika

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The Jackals 8pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). R&B/Blues/Rock.

and bassist of Perestroika jokes that he had to use the live takes that were “in tune”. But it feels like they were in tune with something else entirely, something we need them to translate for us.

IT STARTS LIKE AN EPIC FILM, complete with overlaid narration, building with choirs and crashing like a wave into an organ that lets the vocal in, echoing and bouncing through your ears, opening the door to guitars, drums and cassette loops. It only gets better from here. Perestroika, the debut album by Perestroika, has been stitched together from 12 different live performances. This is quite likely why the whole thing sounds so visceral and alive. It’s a petri dish of samples, influences, instruments and lyrics plucked from elsewhere. Frank Zappa was so consistently in tune that he could edit live performances into his records (and vice versa) and it would sound seamless. The producer

When I first heard this album, I said to the band that it wasn’t what I expected. I’m disappointed in myself, because from such an exciting, engaging and genre-defying band, why would I have any idea of what to expect? This album is as handsome as they are. n

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Perestroika is Vocals: Daniel Parsonage, Guitar: Ruairi Bisset, Bass: Mike Baker, Keyboard: Duncan Moulton, MPC: The Jezter, Cassette Four-Track: Linden Pomeroy

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THOMAS H GREEN - MUSICAL TIME MACHINE Last month the Time Machine followed Steve Davey from his Worthing childhood to London and the initial success of Steamhammer, the band for whom he played bass.

BACKSTAGE AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL CBS SHOWCASE, 17TH APRIL 1970 (L-R: MICK BRADLEY, KIERAN WHITE, MARTIN PUGH, STEVE DAVY)

Steamhammer 1968 - 1971 Part 2

AFTER GUITARIST MARTIN QUITTENTON QUIT to work with Rod Stewart, we left the band in mid-1969 with a line-up consisting of vocalist Kieran White, guitarist Martin Pugh, drummer Mick Bradley and newly joined flute-playing eccentric Steve Joliffe. In August they returned to their home town for a free open air gig in Beach House Gardens, put on by local countercultural sorts the Worthing Workshop.

“People come up to me even today to say they were there,” chuckles Davy, who still lives in the town. “John Peel agreed to play records, but he pulled out so it was just us in the end. It was a memorable night. I remember Ian Grant and John May of the Workshop hammering away at pallets until the last minute to make a stage.” A couple of months later Steamhammer hit Holland, supporting a fast-rising outfit called Led Zeppelin.

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“That was daunting, yes,” says Davey, “I had one or two drinks before going onstage. The audience were waiting just for Led Zeppelin, so the ‘Hammer had to warm them up and win them over, which we did, actually. There were three gigs. We had a bit of difficulty at a place called the Circus in Scheveningen. We were all set up to play. There were curtains on the stage with all Led Zep’s equipment behind them, but just as we were about to start, John Bonham started to test out his drum kit at full wallop. We were standing there like dummies waiting for him to stop. Someone had to go back and tell him to pack it in.”

In November 1969, Steamhammer released their second album ‘Mk II’ which, with Joliffe’s influence, saw them pursue a more prog rock direction. After his brief contribution, however, he left to join Tangerine Dream. Steamhammer, undaunted, continued as a four-piece, gigging relentlessly in the UK, Europe, even touring the States. They crossed paths regularly with the likes of Jethro Tull, Genesis, Free and especially Irish bluesman THE ‘HAMMER AND LED ZEP Rory Gallagher. On one occasion, RECEIVE EQUAL BILLING! at the 1970 Plumpton Festival, they topped the bill over Family, a bigger band, and received a rapturous reception, a memory Kieran White always held dear.

“We sometimes took the van right up north for a gig, then were back at 6.00am going to bed,” Davy recalls, “then back up at midday shooting off 300 miles somewhere else. The gigs weren’t very well planned out. Sometimes we’d play twice a night, stopping in to play Middle Earth at the Roundhouse at 2.00am.” Regarding sex’n’drugs’n’rock’n’roll, Davy indicates Steamhammer may have dabbled but no more, regarding themselves “as music students, practicing hard, learning our craft.” Although he admits “waking up one

morning in Münster, looking outside my window and seeing a camel, thinking, ‘Did I have a few too many drinks last night?’ In fact, the hotel backed onto a zoo but I wasn’t too sure for a minute.”

Steamhammer’s third album ‘Mountains’ was released in autumn 1970 and showcases a well-oiled musical machine. It acknowledges prog but goes back to their raw blues roots. One side was recorded live at the Lyceum (at a gig where they were supported by Black Sabbath!). It’s generally acknowledged as their best work and Steve Davy agrees, citing their extended cover of Lionel Hampton’s ‘Riding on the L&N’ as his Steamhammer favourite. The band continued to tour, but it was becoming too much. Years on the road had taken their toll. In April 1971 Davy decided to rest in Worthing, but after two weeks the band told him if he didn’t come back they’d get someone else. He didn’t come back. A few months later frontman White also quit.

A RARE COLOUR SHOT OF STEAMHAMMER IN FULL FLOW (NOTE ROADIE DAVE JONES AT BACK - HE LATER WORKED FOR PETER FRAMPTON)

“Rather ironically, we were at our peak when things started to go wrong,” recalls Davy. “The most money, the best hotels, but with all the travelling the spark went out of the group. We’d gone a bit stale, we weren’t rehearsing, just turning up for gigs and playing, no new numbers going on.” Steamhammer went on to record a final album, ‘Speech’, a noodling, jammed and mostly vocal-free affair, which came out in spring 1971. Before it appeared, tragedy struck as drummer Mick Bradley died suddenly of leukaemia aged only 25. The band limped on until 1973 when Quittenton briefly rejoined and they became the short-lived unit Axis.

“Life after Steamhammer was a bit strange,” says Davy, “I took a rest from the music biz, got back to ordinary jobs and quite enjoyed them: a job in a wine shop, I worked for Woolworths, the council, and so on, ever since.” Guitarist Martin Pugh moved to California and almost had success with Armageddon, fronted by Keith Relf of The Yardbirds, until the latter’s death in 1976. He lives there to this day. Drummer Mike Rushton (see Part 1) went on to success in France with the band Les Innocents. Martin Quittenton turned down an offer to join The Faces and retired to Anglesey in the late 70s, living quietly off the proceeds of hits he wrote for Rod Stewart (including ‘Maggie May’). Less happily, singer Kieran White moved to the States and recorded an album, but success didn’t come calling. He became a truck driver, dying of cancer in 1995 aged 46.

“I retired two years ago,” says Steve Davy, “I still keep my hand in on the guitar most days. It’s now a six string, not a bass, as that’s more interesting on your own; basic rock things to keep my fingers supple. I used to jam with a group called Woodbine in Brighton in the 70s and 80s, but although I’ve made a few attempts at music I never got the same thing back from it. Sometimes when I think of Steamhammer, it does seem unreal.” Steamhammer ended long ago, but their music is still available on CD and online. For fans of blues-rock and prog, the Time Machine recommends listening to ‘Mountains’ and working from there. The ‘Hammer still hits! n

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Mon 20 – Fri 24 May

Wed 29 May

Fri 31 May

Sun 2 Jun

Walk to School Week Take positive action to help teach children about cleaning up our air. Info livingstreets. org.uk/wtsw

Clay Building 10.30am-12.30pm. ArtFul. Half-term workshop. Ages 5y+; under-sevens must be accompanied by a parent. Book 01903 532818. £15 per child

Clay Building 10.30am-12.30pm. ArtFul. Half term workshop. Ages 5y+; under-sevens must be accompanied by a parent. Book 01903 532818. £15 per child

High Salvington Windmill Open Day 2.30-5pm. High Salvington Windmill. Come and learn about this working windmill from the 17th century. Adults £1/children FREE

Jungle Jamboree 2.15-3.15pm. Shoreham Library. There’s a jungle full of stories and crafts at the library for half-term. Ages 4-7y. FREE

Family Art Friday: Creature Crafts 10.30am & 1pm. Worthing Museum. Make fun spring crafts including bees and butterflies using recycled materials. Book worthingmuseum. org.uk

Our Incredible Sun 3.30-4.30pm. South Downs Planetarium. Find out all about the secrets of the sun. Ages 6y+. Book southdowns.org.uk. Adults £7/ children £5

Sat 25 May – Sun 2 Jun Spring to Life 9.30am-5.30pm daily. Arundel WWT. Discover new life awakening with pond dipping, daily crafts and family activities.

Sun 26 May FUN DAY! 11.30-4pm. Dogs Trust Shoreham. £2 adults £1 children The Big Bank Holiday Family Fun Day! 12pm-5.30pm. Fontwell Racecourse. Tonnes of entertainment for all the family and 7 exciting horse races.

Tue 28 May Plate Techniques 10.30am-12.30pm. Art-Ful. Paint a llama plate! Ages 5y+; under-sevens must be accompanied by a parent. Book 01903 532818. £15 per child Jungle Jamboree 11am-12pm. Lancing Library. There’s a jungle full of stories and crafts at the library for half-term. Ages 4-7y. FREE 3 Little Pig Tails 11am & 2pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Garlic Theatre presents a re-telling of the classic fairytale with a Parisian twist. Suitable for ages 3-7y. £7

Thu 30 May

The Goose Who Flew 11am & 2pm. Ropetackle (SHM). A heartfelt story about compassion, community and understanding, from Half Moon Theatre.

Sat 1 Jun

Tue 4 Jun

Wild Families Bughunt 10.30am12.30pm. RSPB Pulborough Brooks. Go on a bug safari, make mini beast masks and create a bee B&B for your garden.

Mini Medics First Aid Workshop 10am. Heene Community Centre. First aid workshop for children aged 7-12y. Tickets £20 eventbrite

Sussex Youth Theatre 5.30-7.30pm. The Labour Hall, Worthing. Sessions held every Tuesday. Book your taster session mitch@sussexyouththeatre. co.uk

Plate Techniques 10.30am-12.30pm. Art-Ful. Paint a llama plate! Ages 5y+; under-sevens must be accompanied by a parent. Book 01903 532818. £15 per child

Art Smudge & Doodle 10-11am. Shoreham Centre. Bringing out creativity in children ages 4-12y with a variety of topics, artists and creative techniques each week. Info FB @ artsmudgeanddoodle

Jungle Jamboree 10.30-11.30am. Durrington & Worthing Libraries. There’s a jungle full of stories and crafts at the library for half-term. Ages 4-7y. FREE

Military History Weekend 11.30am. Shoreham Fort. Plenty for families to do at the Fort’s biggest weekend of the year. FREE

Half-Term Slime 10am-5pm. Art-Ful. Make glitter, fluffy, crunchy, cloud or butter slime and take it home! Book art-ful.co.uk. £6-7.

Caterpillar Carnival 2.303.30pm. Goring Library. A special re-imagining of The Very Hungry Caterpillar with bug stories, craft and the chance to try coding with Code-A-Pillar learning toys. 7y and under. FREE

Tue 28 May – 1 Jun

Thu 30 – Fri 31 May

Intensive Swimming Lessons Henry House. Ideal for beginners 3y+, these small swim classes take place at the same time with the same teacher every day. £50 for five classes. Info henryhouse.net

Supported Tennis & Pottery Field Place Manor House. Two-day course for children with special educational needs and disabilities. Limited spaces for siblings and children without additional needs. Info & book 01903 446401

Tue 28 May – Fri 31 May

Mon 3 Jun

Living History Day 10am-5pm. Arundel Castle. Meet historical characters including knights, pirates and medieval surgeons, have a go at archery or mini catapults, watch falconry displays and even take part in a kids’ battle! Info arundelcastle.org

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Thu 6 – Sat 8 Jun South of England Show Ardingly. Three-days of British agriculture. Includes animal meet and greets, an artisan and street food market, Saxon battle re-enactments, music stage, and a visit from The Gruffalo. Book seas.org.uk. Adults £22/U16s FREE

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It’s National Dad’s Month. Hands off, kids! June is the month us dads get to call our own. Well, that was until some bugger decided to create International Children’s Day (Sat 1 Jun). DON’T KIDS HAVE ENOUGH DAYS to celebrate already? Jeez. Fortunately, there is plenty on locally to make sure any day with any dad goes swimmingly. (See the listings in this here magazine for all the goodies). I don’t know your dad, but I am certain he has enough socks, aftershave, innovative artisan pickles and novelty mugs in his life already. So what would Daddy Dearest most like to receive, after a suitably luxuriant lie-in and a gigantic cup of tea? Here’s a guide to the items that even Amazon doesn’t stock, but which would put a smile on even the craggiest and most sleep-deprived face.

1) The ability to finish a task without interruption

If you could put together a suit that includes a rudimentary cricket boxtype affair, a pillow to soften the strikes to the noggin (with a speaker inside to drown out the whingeing), a utility belt with a never-ending supply of bubbles and shaky stuff and a pair of steel toe-capped Dr Martens, you might be getting close to the parenting equivalent of the hazmat suit.

3) To be able to make friends as you did at school BEING A DAD can be kind of lonely, but we’d be damned if we’d ever admit that publicly. You sit for hours in the park as your children play, feeling awkward, shunned by mums, and conscious that you should be making conversation with other dads. But how to approach them and what awkward small talk to make? Do you look for someone with the same taste in shoes? Eye up anyone in a band t-shirt that meets with your tastes? Thank God, times are a-changin’, and we might have an answer to that.

ONCE A CHILD IS BORN, it spells the death of any hope of seeing the end of your to-do list.

Dad La Soul is a group I set up to help battle social isolation in dads. We have monthly playdates for dads and kids, doing everything from filmmaking and DJ workshops to soft play and dress-up.

Day-to-day tasks are left unfinished, electrical wires remain dangerously exposed and small tribes begin to populate your front garden, mistaking the overgrown shrubs for the Amazonian rainforest.

There are no mums allowed, so us dads can be ourselves.

This is because as soon as tools are brandished, a little voice demands to be taken to the toilet, or have a snack, or be given an accurate explanation of where babies come from, and since you haven’t slept properly for years, your brain rapidly loses track of what it was doing.

For more info, check out www.dadlasoul. com or our private Facebook group. It is essentially the dad version of when women go to the toilet together at the pub, except the kids are invited.

You’ll be able to spot the dads in any room – they’re the ones with the half-shaven beards. It’s not some new hipster look, they are simply too tired or distracted to even notice.

Our next event on Sat 29 Jun is a silent disco beach clean and seaweed tasting session.

2) An indestructible toddler forcefield

Well, that has to beat the hell out of being stuck at soft-play.

ANY TIME A TODDLER runs in your direction, it’s only going one way – a solid skull crashing full pelt into your knackers. They must have some kind of pigeon-like homing device, they’re that accurate. Then there’s the constant whining for snacks, the blows to the head from rough play, the

tantrums and the discarded Lego that stings your foot worse than any bear trap.

Until next time pop-pickers, keep your chin up, your shoes polished and your smiles honest enough so they reach your eyes. n

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Silver Sabres 7pm. Shoreham Centre. LED light sabre duelling between kids and adults. Train to be a Jedi master! Classes every Friday. Info silver-sabres.com

Father’s Day Supercar Weekend 10.30am-6pm. Hever Castle. Supercars on display plus an F1 Show Car on Sunday. Children can make dad a decoration at a free craft workshop. Book hevercastle.co.uk

Chores 11.30am & 2pm. Pavilion Theatre. An action-packed 60-minute show, full of acrobatics, juggling, unicycling and other amazing skills as two brother try and tidy their bedroom! Tickets from £12.50

Sat 8 Jun Durrington Festival’s Big Day Pond Lane Recreational Ground. Enjoy a family fun day at Durrington Festival with plenty to see and do, including a vintage and modern car show, fairground amusements, dog show, the chance to get up close to reptiles with Reptylers, up to 50 stalls and a fabulous carnival procession. This year’s theme is Jungle. Summer of Circus Family Fun Day Times tbc. Pavilion Theatre. Circus demonstrations led by Poi Passion, facepainting, a DJ, and more! Plus two outdoor performances of Belly of the Whale by Ockham’s Razor at 11am and 3pm. Belly of the Whale Workshop 11.45am & 3.45pm. Pavilion Theatre. A chance to learn some circus skills with the Ockham’s Razor team on their giant seesaw set. Ages 5y+. Book worthingtheatres.co.uk. £5 Durrington’s Got Talent 6pm. Pond Lane Recreational Ground. Whether you sing, dance or perform, come and showcase your talent! Open to ages 8y+. Enter durringtonfestivaltalent@gmail.com. Entry FREE

Sun 9 Jun Day of Dance 11am-3.45pm. Weald & Downland Living Museum. Morris, maypole and other traditional forms of folk dance will be taking place around the museum with a chance for visitors to join in!

Fri 14 Jun Short Stories, Tall Tales 11.30am & 1.30pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Classic and modern stories come to life for preschoolers through live and interactive performance. £5

Fri 14 – Sun 16 Jun Zog Various times. Connaught Theatre. A delightful production of Julia Donaldson’s story about Zog, a young dragon keen to win a golden star at school. Tickets from £9.50.

Sat 15 Jun Worthing Children’s Parade & Guild Care Family Day 10-3pm. Beach House Park, Seafront, Steyne Gardens. Parade and Festival with David Walliams Books Theme. Info worthingchildrensparade. co.uk

Sun 16 Jun Dads Can Do 10am-5pm. Amberley Museum. Enjoy a fun packed weekend where dads can try activities such as pottery, train driving and bus conducting. Dads FREE with a full paying child. Find Out More About the Fort 11am. Shoreham Fort. Come along and find out more about this historic fort, with guided tours and the promise of cake!

Fri 21 Jun Short Stories, Tall Tales 11.30am & 1.30pm. Ropetackle (SHM). Classic and modern stories come to life for preschoolers through live and interactive performance. £5

Fri 21 – Sun 23 Jun Beach Dreams Festival Beach Green (SHM). Community festival involving live music, attractions and culture for the whole family. FREE.

Sat 22 – Sun 23 Jun

Sat 6 Jul Children Bringing More History Alive 10.45am. Friends of Worthing and Broadwater Cemetery. This new tour will feature four boys and four girls in costume who will tell the stories of a well-known doctor, a police superintendent and the landlord of the New Street Inn.

ONGOING Library Games E/Mon. 3-4.30pm (term time only). Broadwater Library. After school games for children Library Games E/Mon. 3-4.30pm (term time only). Goring Library. After school games for children. Library Games E/Tue. 3-4.30pm (term time only). Durrington Library. After school games for children Rhyme Time E/Tue. 9.45am & 11.15am. Worthing Library. Stories for under-fives.

Rhyme Time E/Thu. 11-11.30am. Broadwater Library. Stories for under-fives Toddler Time E/Thu. 10.15-10.45am. Goring Library. Stories for under-fives Rhyme Time E/Thu. 11.15-11.45am. Goring Library. Stories for under-fives Free Friday Movies E/Fri. 4-6pm. Activus. Bring the kids and enjoy a free film after school with free squash. Food available and you can bring a bottle (£3 corkage). Normal admission applies for soft play & sensory room. Toddler Time E/Fri. 9.45-10.15am. Worthing Library. Stories for under-fives Toddler Time E/Fri. 11-11.30am. Findon Valley Library. Stories for under-fives Story Time E/Fri. 11-11.30am. Lancing Library. Stories for under-fives Story Time E/Sat. 11-11.30am. Worthing Library. Stories for under-fives Tiger’s Eye Writers E/other Sat. Shoreham. Creative writing workshops for 7-11y. More info FB @tigerseyewriters Multi-sensory Story Magic 1st Sat/ mon. 2.30-3.30pm. Worthing Library. For children to teens.

Rhyme Time E/Wed. 2.30-3pm. Durrington Library. Stories for under-fives.

Emergency Services Weekend Amberley Museum. Watch the fire engines go at this celebration of our emergency services past and present. Mustering for War 10am-5pm. Arundel Castle. The Empress Matilda prepares to fight her cousin Stephen for the crown. Learn about crafts and 12th century weapons and armour, have a go at archery and watch falconry and combat demonstrations. Info arundelcastle.org

Sat 22 Jun Food and Family Fun Festival 10.30am. Mewsbrook Park Café, Littlehampton.

Fri 28 Jun My First Cinema: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt 11.30am. Ropetackle (SHM).

Sat 29 Jun Train Party 10.30am, 11.45am, 1pm & 2.15pm. East Worthing Community Centre. Four one-hour sessions. Book FB @trainpartyfun. £5 per child

Sun 30 Jun Big Summer Bug Hunt Worthing Rocks will be painting pebbles and stones with mini beasts and hiding them where bugs love to hide all over Worthing. Join in by painting your own or have a look and see if you can find one! FB @worthingrocksuk

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Fri 14 Jun

Sponsored 5-mile Walk 2.30pm. Sea Lane Café. For Cats Protection. Info cats.org.uk

Guild Care’s Golf Day 11am-10pm. Worthing Golf Club. For Guild Care. Book 01903 528613 or fundraising@guildcare.org.

12hr Football Marathon 9am. Lancing Football Club. With celebrity guests. For Coastal West Sussex Mind.

Sun 2 Jun Worthing 10K 9.30am. Marine Parade. Register for the junior mile, 10K or wheelchair race at register. canbook.me/2019worthing10k

Mon 3 Jun Lightning Process: Phil Parker 6.307.30pm. Worthing Natural Balance & Wellbeing Centre. Register eventbrite. FREE

Fri 7 – Sat 15 Jun South Downs Way Annual Walk Organised 9 day 100-mile walk. Info southdownsway.com

Sat 8 – Sun 9 Jun Worthing Dynamos FC Small Sided Tournament. Worthing Rugby Club. Annual tournament celebrating youth football featuring teams from U7 to U16. BBQ, bar and ice cream van plus bouncy castle and side stalls.

Tue 11 Jun Action for Happiness 7-9pm. Brunswick & Thorn. FREE

Sat 15 Jun Free Football Fun Day 1011am. Worthing Football Club. No commitment sessions with FA qualified coaches for kids aged 3-5y. Book minisoccer@ worthingdynamos.co.uk Worthing RFC 7s Rugby, Beer & Cider Festival Worthing Rugby Club. Men’s & women’s open leagues in association with RFU. Includes free camping all weekend, karaoke and live music. Walk for Worthing 8pm. Steyne Gardens. Sunset 5K/10K walk for Guild Care. Book guildcare.org/walk

Sun 16 Jun Race for Life: Worthing 5K 11am. Worthing Seafront. For Cancer Research UK. Open to all ages.

Mon 17 Jun Worthing Rethink Mental Health 7-9pm. Meadowfield. Support group for families and friends of people affected by mental illness.

Thu 27 Jun Bliss Club 7.30pm. For women who want to move their lives forward. Info Linda 07854 809386.

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Night to Remember 10.30pm. Worthing Leisure Centre. 3 routes up to 20-mile overnight. For St Barnabas House. Book stbh.org.uk

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Try Outs Day 10am-4pm. Montague Street. Over 30 sports and activities.

Worthing Harriers Wheelchair Racing Training Session E/Mon. 5-6pm & E/Sat. 9-10.30am. Worthing Leisure Centre. Worthing Park Run E/Sat. 9am. Worthing Prom. 5K run. Book parkrun.org.uk Kids Run Free Worthing 1st Sat/ mon. 9am. Victoria Park.

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FIND MORE OF WHAT YOU LOVE We’ve split the listings up this month to make it easier to find what you love! Find community listings in Make a Difference (p13), while food events will be in Eat & Drink on pp18-19. Everything arts can be found on pp20-21, activities for kids and families will be on pp33-35 and business events will be on p41. Plus all your usual music, cinema and theatre right here! If you have something to promote, list it at hereandnowmag.co.uk. Deadline for the July issue is 4 June. n SUSIE P SMITH Thu 23 May BAME Community Forum 111pm. Email Eleanor for information and location. bameforum3@gmail. com

Men of the Sea Tour 10.45am12.30pm. Friends of Worthing and Broadwater Cemetery. The work of the coastguards and fishermen as well as heroic and daring rescues performed by the lifeboat.

Sun 26 May

Sat 1 – Sun 2 Jun

80s Fancy Dress and Disco 7pm12am. The Smugglers Return. Fundraising for St Barnabas House.

Sun 26 – Mon 27 May Annual Bull’s Head Weekend Garden Party From 1pm. Bull’s Head, Goring. Music, BBQ, outdoor gin/cocktail bar, face painting. For Macmillan. FREE

Mon 27 May Steyning Country Fair 11am-4pm. High Street, Steyning.

Thu 30 May Charity Ladies Night 7.30-11pm. Goring Con Club. Comedians, drag acts, raffle. For Oak Grove College. Info Louisa 07773 105639.

Sat 1 June Car Boot Sale 8am. Adur Rec. For Highdown Rotary Club.

Floral Fringe Fair 10am-5pm. Amberley Museum. This quirky fair arrives for the first time at Amberley, with vintage stalls, classic cars, music, dancing and fashion, plus a flavour of steampunk perfect for the industrial exhibits. Info floralfringefair.co.uk Annual Military History Weekend 11am-4.30pm. Shoreham Fort.

Sun 2 Jun Donkey Derby and Classic Vehicle Rally 11.30am-4.40pm. Buckingham Park (SHM). For Adur East Lions. Donkey rides and races, funfair, beer tent, celebration samba, classic cars, owls & reptiles. The Pavilion Grand Tea Dance 2pm. Pavilion Theatre. Turn back time and dance the afternoon away whilst enjoying afternoon tea. Book worthingtheatres.co.uk High Salvington Windmill Open Day 2.30-5pm. Adult £1/Children FREE

Playing Out! 3-5pm. Southcourt Road & Eastcourt Road. Closed to traffic for children to play out in the streets and meet the neighbours. All welcome.

Thu 6 Jun Summer Fair 6-8pm. Thomas A Beckett Junior School.

Thu 6 – Sat 8 Jun

Sun 9 Jun Jive Improvers Workshop 1-4pm. Goring Conservative Club. JivePlay host a workshop for those wishing to work on their jive moves. Book jiveplay.co.uk. £20pp Trains Rides 2-5pm. Field Place. Worthing and District Society of Model Engineers. 50p a ride.

South of England Show Ardingly. Enjoy a three-day spectacular featuring the best of British agriculture. Highlights include animal meet and greets, an artisan and street food market, fly-fishing, wood carving, Saxon battle re-enactments, a music stage, pond dipping and a visit from The Gruffalo. Look out for the brand new Wine Walk, with regional vineyards exhibiting their incredible selection of English wines. Book seas.org.uk. Adults £22/U16s FREE

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Fri 7 Jun

Fri 14 Jun

Youth Mental Health First Aid (2 days) Coastal Mind West Sussex workshop for adults working with children and young people. £30

Chesswood Summer Fayre 5-7pm. Chesswood Junior School.

Fri 7 – Sun 16 Jun

Flower Festival & Open Gardens 10am5pm. St Mary’s, Thakeham. Book 01798 813012.

East Preston Festival Full programme at eastprestonfestival.org.uk.

Sat 8 Jun

Thu 13 Jun Family History Talk 10am-12pm. Worthing Library. Learn more about how to understand the census and birth, marriage and death records to research your family tree. Tickets from the library £7.50

Fri 14 – Sun 16 Jun

Sat 15 Jun Craft Fair 9am-4pm. The Guildbourne Centre.

Rustington Charity Street Fayre 9am-4pm. Churchill Parade. Info rustingtonstreetfayre@gmail.com Summer Fair and Dog Show 11am. Clapham and Patching Village Hall. FREE Archaeology Walks 11am. Chanctonbury Ring. Worthing Museum’s series of walks. Book james.sainsbury@adur-worthing.gov. uk or 01903 221448. Sompting Abbotts School Summer Fayre 12-3pm. Stalls, pizza oven, BBQ, dog show and more. Durrington Festival 1.30pm. Durrington Park, Pond Lane. Enjoy a family fun day at Durrington Festival with plenty to see and do, including a vintage and modern car show, fairground amusements, dog show, the chance to get up close to reptiles with Reptylers, up to 50 stalls and a fabulous carnival procession. This year’s theme is Jungle.

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Sussex Beekeepers 7.30-9pm. Ferring Village Hall.

Summer Fayre and Village Market North Road (LCG). Lancing Trads Assoc. Steel band & fancy dress. Worthing Children’s Parade & Guild Care Family Day 10am-3pm. Beach House Park, Seafront & Steyne Gardens. Parade and festival inspired by the books of David Walliams. Info worthingchildrensparade. Firewalk for St Barnabas House 7-10.30pm. Worthing Rugby Club, Angmering. Enter £20 stbh.org.uk/ firewalk.

Sun 16 Jun Sussex Day Celebrate our rich heritage and culture on St Richard’s Day, the patron saint of Sussex. Keep an eye out for the Sussex flag flying from flagpoles in town!

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GENERAL LISTINGS Find Out More About the Fort 11am. Shoreham Fort. Come along and find out more about this historic fort, with guided tours and the promise of cake! Guided tour at 2pm.

The Speakeasy Conversation Club 7.30pm-midnight. Cellar Arts Club. Three speakers on three topics.

Tue 18 Jun

Summer Fair 3-5pm. Lyndhurst Infant School.

Annual Veterans’ Trip to Worthing Arriving on the Prom at about mid-day. Hosted by Taxi Charity For Military Veterans.

Wed 19 Jun Quiz Night 7.30-11.30pm. Cellar Arts Club.

Thu 20 Jun Heretics VW & Porsche Enthusiasts 6-9pm. Heritage Parts Centre (SHM). Monthly meet-up for VW and Porsche drivers with food, drink and guest DJs. Family and dog-friendly. Shop open 7-9pm for parts and advice. Archaeology Walks 6.30pm. Burpham & The Downs. Worthing Museum’s series of walks. Book james.sainsbury@adurworthing.gov.uk or 01903 221448.

Fri 21 Jun

Solstice, Sompting Village Morris & Whispering Woods 7pm. Spotted Cow, Angmering.

Fri 21 – Sun 23 Jun Beach Dreams Festival Beach Green (SHM). Vibrant community event with live music, attractions and culture for the whole family. This year the theme is Beach Party!

Sat 22 Jun Artisan Market 9am-5pm. Montague Street. Summer Fayre 10am-3pm. Heene Community Centre. Come and enjoy the vintage vibe with Punch & Judy shows, fun stalls, a vintage double decker, live music and plenty of entertainment.

Summer Circus Fair 12.30-3.30pm. Thomas A Becket Infants. Poetry Workshop w/Janet Cameron 2-4pm. Cellar Arts Club. Silent Disco Walking Tour 3-4pm. Splashpoint Leisure. Dance, have fun and enjoy the seafront views as silent disco goes on tour! Book 01903 905050. Tickets £10/£8.

Wed 26 Jun Sompting Village Morris 8pm. The Bridge Inn (SHM).

Thu 27 Jun A Literation 7.30-midnight. Poetry, prose and performance. Cellar Arts Club.

Fri 28 Jun

Music for a Summer Evening (Southdowns Concert Band) 7.309.30pm. St James The Great CofE, Littlehampton. For RNLI. Info 07857 807994. £10/under 16 FREE

Shocking Shirts and Funky Frocks Day For Safe in Sussex. To get involved email info@safeinsussex.org.uk.

Sun 23 Jun

Proud Prom: Worthing Pride 7.30pmmidnight. Grand Victoria Hotel. For Hope Charity Project. Over 18s £5

Cat Rehoming Day 10am-1pm. Northdale Vets, Victoria Road. Run by Worthing Cat Welfare Trust. Findon Valley Fun Dog Show 12-5pm. A fun day out for all with dogs galore. Info & entry findonvalleydogshow.co.uk Trains Rides 2-5pm. Field Place. Worthing and District Society of Model Engineers. 50p a ride.

The Bleeding Obvious: Jess Rowbottom 7.30pm-midnight. Cellar Arts Club.

ABBA Tribute 9pm-midnight. The Mulberry.

Sat 29 Jun Car Boot Sale 8am. Broadwater Green. Worthing Lions. Craft Fair 9am-4pm. The Guildbourne Centre.

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AN OPEN HOUSE/GARDEN/FARM Our appetite for snooping through other people’s keyholes is insatiable; how else to explain the popularity of reality TV and social media? IF YOU FANCY YOURSELF as Worthing’s answer to Keith Lemon, then seize your chance to see behind the scenes of some local hidden treasures.

So what’s going on? First up is Farm Sunday (9 Jun), when hundreds of farms all over the country open their gates and give people a chance to discover real farming first hand and see how their food and more is produced (farmsunday.org).

That’s great, but I’m not a fan of the great outdoors! No problem. How about

the Worthing Artists Open Houses (weekends through June; more on p X), when artists all over the town put on fantastic displays of local work in their own homes? You might be treated to an impromptu recital on the saz (a traditional Turkish lute/guitar), snatch a sneaky glass of Prosecco or join a vintage tea party. One venue has even managed to squeeze in a One Bum Cinema under the stairs (Venue 52).

Gardens are more my thing… Then head over to Ambrose Place (23 Jun) and explore the

back gardens of these imposing listed buildings as part of the NGS Hidden Gardens Day, with lashings of homemade tea and cake Check out ngs.org.uk to find other local gardens open near you, including St Barnabas House Hospice.

Still feeling nosy? We’ve got one more treat for you, with the annual opening of the ancient Fig 13 AMBROSE GARDENS PHOTO: JUDI LION

Garden of Tarring. Tucked away on South Street, legend has it that Thomas a Becket planted a fig tree there in 1162, although the majority of the trees date from 1745. Once a year on the first Saturday in July, the current owners open up for visitors, dressing up in period costumes, providing live music and serving up afternoon tea to those popping by for the day. n

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Here Come The Girls 7.30pm. Pavilion Theatre. Mix of ballroom and Latin performed by Strictly’s Dianna Buswell and Amy Dowden who are joined by Chloe Hewitt. Book worthingtheatres. co.uk

Sat 29 – Sun 30 Jun West Sussex Armed Forces Weekend 10am-3pm. Steyne Gardens. Stalls, entertainment military vehicles and displays with a flypast (Sat) and Drumhead service and parade (Sun).

JULY Tue 2 Jul Architectural Photography Talk and Tips 6-8pm. ECE Architecture, Goring Road. By Jim Stephenson RIBA Sussex. Book eventbrite FREE

Wed 3 Jul The Secret Life of a Hedgehog w/Graham Bowling. Lancing Parish Hall. Info 01903 753355.

Fri 5 Jul Summer Caribbean Fair 4.30-8pm. Vale School, Findon.

Sat 6 Jul Reggae Dub Step 7.30-midnight. Cellar Arts Club. Reggae Saturday. Ladies Afternoon Tea 2.30-4.30pm. Durrington Community Centre. With Coastlands Church. Book eventbrite £6

ONGOING Run The One Various times & places. Get active, make friends, and have fun while training to run, jog or walk one mile. Info independentage.org Computer Buddy E/Mon. 10am-1pm. Durrington Library. Drop-in session. Adults only. Board Games E/Mon. 2.30-4pm. Shoreham Library. Adults only. Weekly Quiz E/Mon. 7.30pm. Duke of Wellington (SHM). Lancing Indoor Market E/Tue. 9am12.15pm. Lancing Parish Hall. Citizens Advice Bureau E/Tue. 10am4pm. Lancing Library. Computer Buddy E/Tue. 2-4pm. Broadwater Library. Advance booking essential. Adults only. IT Drop-In Session E/Tue & E/Wed. 2-4pm. Worthing Library. Quiz Night E/Tue. 8.30pm. Beach House. Fundraising for Superstar Arts. Prevention Assessment Team Drop-in 1st Tue/mon. 11am-1pm. Worthing Library. Adults only. Ferring Village Market E/Wed. 8.15am11.15am. Ferring Village Hall. Knit & Natter E/Wed. 2-4pm. Findon Valley Library. Pub Quiz E/Wed. 7.30pm. Cow & Oak. Cash prizes!

Summer Fair 11am-2pm. Chatsmore High School.

The Big Quiz E/Wed. 8pm. Hare & Hounds.

Sun 7 Jul

LGBT+ Night E/Wed. 8-12pm. Warwick Pub. All welcome. Entry FREE

Playing Out Sunday Funday 3-5pm. Southcourt Road & Eastcourt Road Closed to traffic for children to play in the streets and meet the neighbours. All welcome. Images in Sound: Anna Bulkina & Francesco Comito 4pm. St Paul’s. Info interviewconcerts@gmail.com

Pub Quiz E/Thu. 8.30pm. The North Star Pub. Chance to win £100! Mental Health Advice & Info from Pathfinder 1st Thu/mon. 2-4pm. Lancing Library. Drop-in session. Adults only.

Wed 10 Jul

Relax with Colouring E/Fri. 2-4pm. Lancing Library.

Sompting Village Morris & Temporary Measured 8pm. John Selden, Salvington.

Knit & Natter 1st Fri/mon. 11am-1pm. Durrington Library.

Sat 13 Jul

All-Aboard Games Night E/last Fri. 7pm. View Café.

Car Boot Sale for Findon Valley Pre-School 8am. Broadwater Green. Worthing Pride 10am-10pm. Beach House Green.

Sun 14 Jul

Roundstone Car Boot E/Sun. 6am. Roundstone Farm. Info 01903 770670. Pub Quiz E/2nd and 4th Sun. 8pm. John Selden.

Pride Weekend Jubilee Street Partee 12-7pm (street party) & 7-9pm (inside). Cellar Arts Club. All welcome to continue Pride festivities on the Sunday following Worthing Pride. FREE

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THE WORTHING BYPASS

This column will not make you put on weight I have someone looking at contract law, another examining the intricacies of the Irish backstop, number three is surveying the standards of competency for architectural landscaping and the fourth slips my mind, but it’s something important.

nuggets of information to be used, or more likely, instantly forgotten or cast away, such as: does a magpie squirrel things away and since when did a squirrel become a verb and why not a magpie? Any ways up, one thing I have learned from the Dalai Lama, or it may have been Archbishop Desmond Tutu, is finding the joy in small things. One of them, possibly the least devout, waxed lyrical about his love for huge tubs of ice cream. His host would stock up and be disappointed when the great man – whichever one it was – would barely take a couple of licks from one scoop, never mind devour the rest of the tub. Like a mighty squirrel, I magpied that one away (no, it definitely doesn’t work). But I do peck at things. It’s my contribution to saving the environment and the NHS: I’ll be resolutely underweight to counterbalance the heaving deficit. I must confess to having the devil’s appetite for peanut butter, but only by the tiny teaspoon. Same with cheese. A recent sortie to Worthing market saw herself conduct a clandestine raid for a new hat or some such paraphernalia, leaving me lonely and unencumbered. A nearby cheese stand with toothpick popsicles of goat, sheep and cow cheese made my nirvana. Sticking in chillies and garlic only added to the ecstasy. I bought a bag full. It’ll last forever.

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Even fish and chips on the seafront is a tempered affair, favouring small portions. Before you spit your coleslaw in my face, just think of the benefits of attending the next outdoor food festival in Worthing, embracing the opportunity to devour all those fabulously tasty morsels without fear of rupturing internal arteries through massive overindulgence. Pecking: it’s the future. Do magpies peck? Surely they must.

THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL THINGS cannot be overstated. All this I confess in response to the ever-pressing question, what are you doing? No, says she – the Beloved Hackette no less – what are you doing? I, says I, as proud as proud can be, am sucking on a teaspoon of chocolate Nutella. The door whooshes closed as I lean back, feet on desk, heckling behind her pitter patter down the stairs: I’m multi-tasking by delegation. Although, to be fair, most of the time multi-tasking comprises of doing nothing much at all, especially in the arena of thought, where I am a vacuous vessel. No Citizen Kane am I. Citizen Can’t more like. More of a magpie, squirrelling away

Finding succour in the small things could even lead to avoiding a triple heart bypass operation – yet another added benefit to heartily devouring the flavour of this organically wholesome column: a healthy Worthing Bypass for all! Stress could still be the death of you though. I must confess to being no good at stress at all. I just don’t get it. See, when I multi-task by delegation, I ask one part of me to get on with looking at contract law, another to examine the intricacies of the Irish backstop, number three to survey the standards of competency for architectural landscaping and the fourth to coordinate the whole sorry ensemble. The conscious me gets on with sucking a teaspoon of chocolate Nutella. Bite-size bliss. n

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