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Looking for a special unique gift this Christmas? Then pop along to Harmony at Home Children’s Boutique in Warwick Street Worthing (opposite Pizza Express). We have a wonderful range of children’s gifts, wooden toys, clothes, puzzles, games and arts and crafts for children aged 0-10 years. We also have a large range of stocking filler ideas and we’ll gift wrap your items for free. If you don’t have time to visit our store then shop online with us

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DECEMBER ARTY ROUND UP

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Worthing artists and makers are providing lots of opportunities to enjoy and buy their unique work this month. VISIT WORTHING MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY to see a display of beautifully crafted and created pieces – prints, ceramics, jewellery and painting – from contemporary Sussex artists and makers. You can meet some of them when the event opens on Saturday 1 December. All the pieces are for sale – the chance to buy something to treasure, or as a special gift. While you are at the Museum, don’t forget to view the amazing range of work on display in the Open 18, featuring selected pieces by local artists; this event is always of major interest, and a reminder of the diversity of talent in our town! Christmas shopping is always fun with artists! Join the bustle and the craic at Coast Café on 29 November from 6-9pm, when East Beach Studios are open late for you to find a gem of a gift to delight a dear one. Ashdown Road Artists are open the weekend of 15-16 December (preview evening Thursday 13 December) with a delicious offering of prints and illustration. There will be festive treats!

describes the work of Maugan Todd on display this month. Round the corner in the Montague Quarter you will find the pop-up Gallery, showing the work of 33 local artists. It’s another great opportunity to enjoy the rich variety of what our local talent produces, and purchase something with impact and rarity value for a Christmas present. West End Gallery in Rowlands Road is always worth a visit, as its regular customers will agree; Sarah Sepe and Barry Williams plus guest artists will have a range of fine art and craft for your delight in the lead-up to Christmas. Make sure you drop by. Admission to all these arty events is free, and you are warmly welcome. While we are celebrating all things creatively Christmassy, a round of applause to all the artists and makers who contribute magnificently to school and group events this season – you are heroes and heroines of cardboard and glitter! n

Hazel Imbert Arts Correspondent

The Libertine in Portland Road is hosting an Xmas Makers Fair on Sunday 9 December from 11am-5pm, with loads of handmade gifts, large and small. Maybe take the weight off your feet and perch on a bar stool with your purchases and a pineapple juice. There’s another interesting exhibition at Colonnade House; watercolour, acrylic and applique with found objects

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Classic and modern stories are brought to life for toddlers with Short Stories, Tall Tales at Ropetackle in Shoreham on Friday 7 December at 11.30am and 1.30pm. Children can let their imaginations run free with a combination of live performance and interactive creative play. Tickets cost £5 for one adult and child, with £2 for each additional sibling.

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Pop down to your local library to cosy up for some Christmas bedtime tales with your children. The events are open to 4-7-year-olds and take place at Durrington on Monday 10 December at 4-4.30pm and Worthing on Wednesday 12 December at 6-6.40pm. Don’t forget your torch and teddy (PJs optional)!

Christmas brings out the big kid in me, with its twinkling lights and carols in the streets, so it’s only right that this month’s Literary Local should feature some great events for children. THERE’S PLENTY FOR ADULTS TOO, so wrap up warm and venture out for some festive delights. It’s 20 years since the penultimate Worthing-based episode of Men Behaving Badly aired, and lovers of the popular 90s sitcom should head to the first ever Badlyfest at the Dome on 5 December at 7.30pm. Creator and writer Simon Nye will answer questions before a showing of ‘Gary in Love’ at 9.30pm. Fans can book onto a ‘Worthing Behaving Badly’ walking tour of the locations featured in the episode including the now-demolished Groyne View Hotel.

Stand-up comic and best-selling author Gerry Thompson will headline A Christmas Celebration with West Sussex Writers in the downstairs bar at the Charles Dickens pub (how appropriate!) on Thursday 13 December. Learn about writing comedy from Gerry, who runs popular blog Positive Comedy, before members read their own short original pieces. Local author-illustrator John Bond will be signing copies of his debut children’s book Mini Rabbit Not Lost as part of the Christmas Artist Open House at 39 Ashdown Road on Saturday 15-16 December from 11am-5pm. This free shopping event will feature work from artists including hello DODO, Stoats & Weasels and We Are Mountain, food from the kitchen cafe and a kids’ workshop with Sarah Edmonds and her RSPB Nature Craft Box. Have you something literary to share? Contact Emma at editorial@hereandnowmag.co.uk n

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THE ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS GIFT

If you’re racking your brains trying to think of a gift with a difference, here’s our round up of fun alternatives to novelty socks, cheap perfume and wall-to-wall stationery sets. WITH CHOCOLATE MAKING WORKSHOPS that reveal the tricks of the trade, and plenty of opportunities to snack on confectionery, The Chocolatician in Shoreham is a fantastic way to learn about the wackier side of being a master chocolatier. The big question is, can you resist the opportunity to try and craft your own Cumberbunny? chocolatician.com How about treating the budding barista in your life to one of Small Batch’s courses at their official coffee training lab? You will have to schlep to Seven Dials, but for the truly lazy there’s a home brew course (lab coat not included). smallbatchcoffee.co.uk Cinema vouchers are the ideal present for movie buffs, and there’s no better way to support great independent cinema than with gift vouchers for the Dome. Alternatively, £20 will buy you a year’s membership at the fabulous Cellar Arts club or £35 for Friends of Worthing Theatres. If you dream of re-enacting Tom Cruise’s finest acting moments in Cocktail, then a masterclass at The Rocking Horse could be the ticket. At £19.50pp with a minimum group of six, this is the perfect way to start 2019 in style.

Make Nancy Drew proud and pick up a Worthing murder mystery trail from treasuretrails.co.uk. Seven pounds is all that stands between you and your finest Famous Five moments. Ginger beer optional. You can legitimately offer to show someone your etchings if you book onto Wendy Barratt’s art courses at the Drawing Room. Our pick has to be the fantasticsounding long pose sessions with models cast in Game of Thrones, Bladerunner or Ingres-inspired postures. drawingroom.online Get your creative juices flowing with a gift voucher from Art-Ful on Rowlands Road. They run monthly arty evenings with added tea and cake for £5, or bring a bottle and a takeaway to a private session and really get stuck in. art-ful.co.uk Soar like an eagle (okay, more like a buzzard) over the South Downs with a paragliding session at Air Sports based at Shoreham airport. They hope to get you flying solo by the end of your first lesson! If all this commercial consumption leaves you cold, remember there’s always a simpler (and cheaper!) way to give. How about nominating a business that’s meant something to you for the Sunny Worthing awards? Buy a marble for the Share the Warmth scheme (most places will accept a donation of 50p). Smile at the next person you see once you’ve finished reading this, or pay them a compliment. You never know, it might change someone’s day. Still stuck for a present? How about the ultimate gift of a limited (to as many as we can sell) edition Here & Now tote bag? Make sure you always have stuff that matters on you (plus it’s the perfect size for your copy of H&N). See details at hereandnowmag.co.uk n

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Wow, where has the year gone? So here we are again in December with all the Christmas festivities in full swing. Hopefully it has been a good year for you and one of good health and prosperity. AS WE APPROACH CHRISTMAS our standard warning would be not to overspend and don’t get into debt if you can help it! It’s always difficult with supermarkets displaying shelves of delightful food and the high street and internet throwing deals out left right and centre – hard to resist! It’s a time of giving but try to spend within your means and don’t rack up a financial headache for 2019! Spending in 2017 went down over the Christmas period compared to 2016, as many took advantage of the Black Friday sales to buy presents early. Hopefully some of you will have already repeated this to save some money. If you haven’t, it’s been a tough year for the high street. Expect to see offers and promotions as retail outlets try to recoup losses over the year. This should mean you can save a few pounds! How else can you save? Research shows the UK throws away

approximately two million turkeys and 17.2 million Brussels sprouts a year. Now the sprouts I can understand, but I am reliably informed you can make turkey soup, turkey curry, turkey sandwiches, and turkey can always be frozen. Some planning over this period could help reduce those food bills in early 2019.

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One interesting fact is that each year the UK buys a whopping 370 million mince pies of which 74 million are thrown away. Even with that level of waste, that suggests each person eats about 27 mince pies over the festive period. Our tip: buy fewer mince pies! But if you do buy too many, why not have a family challenge and have a crack at the Guinness World Record for eating three mince pies (currently a mere 54 seconds). Can you beat it? No mince pies? Don’t worry, there is another record here for the taking – can you eat 15 Ferrero Rocher® in under two minutes 22 seconds? That seems like a steeper challenge, but we will see! The team at Emerald Finance thanks you for your continued support in 2018 and looks forward to assisting you with your finances in 2019. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! n

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FASCINATING ADUR

Making Spirits Bright In case it’s escaped your attention, Christmas is coming and the Goose is getting…well, packed with revellers. Maybe you’re meh about mince pies, cheesed off by carol singing, narked at the nativities and sick of St Nick. SO JACK IN THE JINGLE BELLS and read on for some of Worthing and Adur’s more unusual yuletide traditions. Dating all the way back to the 15th century, the term ‘wassailing’ comes from the Old English term ‘waes hael’ meaning ‘be well’, or in modern day parlance, ‘get smashed’. Wassailers wander the streets with a bowl full of spiced honey booze, and entice little-suspecting locals to take a drink, usually accompanied by a hale and hearty greeting of ‘wassail’. Any resemblance to Worthing town centre on a Saturday night leading up to Christmas is purely coincidental. If you fancy giving it a go, rock up to the annual Tarring Wassail on the High Street on Saturday 5th January at 8pm with your ‘loving cup’. Bowl optional. Once you’re all wassailed out, it’s time to move on to mumming, or as it’s known in Sussex, tipteering. This was another excuse for gangs of young single men to go from pub to pub, fuelled by liberal amounts of cider and pork pies and sporting ribbons and masks. They would offer to entertain people by singing, dancing or putting on a deranged play

featuring characters such as Billy Twing Twang and dodgy potions by the name of Golden Loosey Drops (something many of you may have suffered from after an excess of cider punch). This was what passed for entertainment in the days before the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special. Unsurprisingly, that beacon of tolerance Henry VII decided to put a stop to mumming by sending anyone caught wearing a mask to prison. Catch the Sompting Tipteerers performing their traditional Mummers’ Play at 11am on Boxing Day in Findon at the Black Horse, or at noon on New Year’s Day at the Richard Cobden in Worthing. If you’re short on things to do on Christmas Eve (and unlike me won’t be frantically plagiarising presents from The Big Man himself to fill the until-that-evening-forgotten Christmas Eve box), how about dragging in a damp log from Whitebeam Woods? Liberally dowse said log with your finest Rioja, festoon it with left-over wrapping ribbons and then set fire to it. This will apparently bring you good luck for the coming year (but only if it burns through to Twelfth Night). I say it’s a waste of perfectly good wine. It’s baffling to try and figure out who thought that a bracing dip in the Solent would be an excellent way to celebrate Christmas, but nonetheless it’s become the done thing on beaches from Brighton to Bognor. Head down to the beach on Boxing Day or New Year’s Day but for goodness’ sake bring a wetsuit. n

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DADIFESTO

Say it once, say it loud, I’m Worthing and proud Picture the scene. It’s New Year’s Eve and where are you? Are you one of the lucky ones? The ones who can afford a babysitter, with tons of friends that can do the same? OR, AS IS THE CASE FOR MOST OF US, are you sat on the sofa with your better half, exhausted after battling with bedtime after the kids have mainlined the remaining Christmas chocolate? You’re stuck on the sofa watching rubbish on TV. You’re shouting at Jools Holland, in spite of not knowing half the acts he has on his Hogmanay show, because you know deep down it was filmed weeks in advance anyway. You’ve got the laptop streaming other people’s lives on Facebook, with an endless number of round-robin texts starting “Before the network gets busy, I just thought I’d wish you…” from people you haven’t spoken to in years, and you’d go out of your way to avoid if, god forbid, you did bump into them in real life. You turn to your better half and start to reminisce about the days when you had a social life. One that didn’t revolve around the school gates. Back when NYE held an amazing promise of excitement: weeks of gossiping with your bezzies about where you were going to go, what you were going to do, what you were going to wear, with the type of camaraderie referenced by Jarvis Cocker back in the dizzy heights of the 90s. (Remember those?) Now you’re middle-aged. Your joints ache, and you make involuntary noises getting up off the sofa or putting on your socks. NYE holds about as much atmospheric promise as a trip to B&Q with the in-laws on a soggy Sunday. That was me up until four years ago.

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It was then that I had an idea. What if I put on a party and invited all the people who felt the same way as I did? We’d play the type of music we wanted to hear, have a few bevvies, a dance, a lot of laughs, get the chance to get dressed up like we used to. The only difference is that we’d do it early enough that the kids could join in and not melt down, and nobody would have an issue with babysitters. That idea became TotRockinBeats, and it ended up changing my life. Twelve months to the day, I was standing on the stage of the Assembly Hall in front of 1200 people celebrating midnight at 6pm. A Wurlitzer organ appeared playing a mash-up of Star Wars and David Bowie. A 97-year-old lady called Vera Chalmers became the world’s oldest ever DJ, playing the wartime classic ‘We’ll meet again’ to an adoring audience. Had I not moved to Worthing, I would not have met any of the beautiful community of people that made it all happen. The theatre managers, the DJs, the circus performers, the street dancers, the magazine editors, the volunteers, the partners we work with or any of the mums and dads that come, many of who have become excellent friends. The outside world tends to write-off this glorious town of ours as some kind of God’s waiting room, the poor relation to our glorious, glamorous cousin Brighton. They really don’t have a bloody clue. Say it once, say it loud, I’m Worthing and proud. Until next year pop-pickers, from the bottom of my firmly Worthingheld heart, I hope you ‘Ave it large this NYE. Larger than Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks in an all-you-can-eat buffet. Larger than Fatboy Slim on Brighton Beach. Larger than the paddy my six-year-old had when I told him I’d eaten the rest of his leftover Hallowe’en sweets. Well, actually not that large. That would be excessive… Until 2019, I’m out. n Dan Flanagan PS: If you are at a loose end on 31 Dec and don’t want to be that person shouting at Jools Holland, me and the TotRockinBeats crew will be at St Paul’s and welcoming all comers.

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SPORTS ROUND UP

Team Triumph As we approach the end of 2018, it is certainly worth looking back on what has been a significant year in Worthing sport.

FROM A YOUTH SPORT POINT OF VIEW, WORTHING COLLEGE CONTINUES TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

LET’S START WHERE WE LEFT OFF: Worthing-based Murray Hambro has spent the past month in Sydney at the Invictus Games, an international multidiscipline sporting event for wounded Service personnel. Murray has been flying the flag for Great Britain and, of course, Worthing, as he competes across all disciplines finishing fourth in both the men’s IT4 100m final and the men’s IT4 400m final and fifth in the men’s IT4 200m final.

On to football, and what a start to the season it has been for Worthing Football Club! In stark contrast to its sluggish kick off in 2017, the team is currently fourth in the Bostik League Premier Division with three games in hand on the clubs above them. Win those, and The Rebels will soar to the top of the league. Everyone at Here & Now wishes the club the greatest success for the remainder of the season, which we hope ends with a much deserved promotion.

From a youth sport point of view, Worthing College continues to go from strength to strength, setting high standards in innovation and leadership to attract the very best young sporting talent. The College has recently been accredited by TASS (Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme), making it the only college in Sussex to be part of this flagship scheme. This is a fantastic achievement for Worthing College, its Academy of Sport, and local sport in general. Last, and by no means least, we must congratulate the Worthing Water Polo Under 15s team. Undefeated in 2018, the team triumphed in the Swim England Under 15s National Age Group Championships at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. They drew a tough group but held their own against Sedgefield 15-4, and then emerged victorious against previous year’s winners City of Manchester A. They maintained their unbeaten run through the play-offs with a 10-2 victory over Watford A in the final. Huge congratulations to the players and the coaching staff on this terrific achievement. As we enter mid-season for sports such as football and rugby, many clubs are in the early stages of planning their 2019 seasons. The cricket season starts in spring, and clubs are always looking for keen amateur players. If you are interested in joining a local side, there are plenty to choose from nearby including Worthing, Chippingdale and Goring-By-Sea. n

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Give Something Back This Year It’s easy to get caught up in our own lives over Christmas, but the season of giving is the ideal time to put something back into your local community. IF YOU HAVE SOME SPARE TIME, consider volunteering, which is a great way to meet new friends. Helping others can help you feel good about yourself and there are many organisations in and around Worthing that would be grateful for any support you can give. Pop in to one of the local charity shops to pick up your Christmas cards, with many including Wadars and St Barnabas House also selling online. Pick up your Christmas tree at Care for Veterans’ Christmas Bazaar at Gifford House on Saturday 1 December from 1.30-4pm. Turning Tides (previously known as Worthing Churches Homeless LISTINGS Project) holds its Christmas Tree Festival in Shoreham at St Mary de Sat 1 Dec Haura Church on 1-2 December, Care for Veterans Christmas Bazaar. where you can vote for your 1.30pm-4pm, Gifford House, Boundary Road Sat 1 Dec (trees must favourite tree as decorated by be pre-ordered) local businesses and community groups. The Guildcare Christmas Sat 1 Dec & Sun 2 Dec Fair takes place at St Paul’s on Turning Tides Christmas Tree Saturday 8 December from 10amFestival. Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am4pm, St Mary de Haura (SHM), FREE 2pm with stalls, music and Santa himself. Sat 8 Dec Guildcare Christmas Fair. 10am2pm, St Paul’s, FREE

Tue 18 Dec Superstar Arts Christmas Concert. 7pm, West Worthing Baptist Church

The wonderful choir at Superstar Arts perform their annual Christmas concert at West Worthing Baptist Church on

Tuesday 18 December at 7pm. The Salvation Army street band will get you in the festive spirit with carols and music on various dates in Montague Street. You can donate items to Safe in Sussex’s refuge service, or Worthing Hospital would appreciate gifts for patients in hospital over Christmas, particularly young adults who are often forgotten! Please call in advance to check if organisations are accepting presents or other donations.

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Fri 21 Dec

Worthing & Adur Chamber Christmas Celebration. 7pm. 3 Course meal, coffee & mince pies, and Christmas crackers at The Dome. Book worthingandadurchamber.co.uk

#ShakeItHUB. 10am. Free design and marketing help hub with Shake It Up Creative. Worthing Town Hall.

Thu 6 Dec

Networking Hub. 12pm. Basepoint, Shoreham.

WorthingDigital Social. 8pm. Chit-chat with like-minded folk from across the digital sector. Finch Bar & Eatery.

Thu 13 Dec Shoreham FC Business Club. 12-2pm. Monthly informal networking with light lunch. Hear about plans for Shoreham FC. Middle Rd, Shm BN43 6GA. Book Eventbrite. £8.97 Fri 14 Dec Chamber Hub. 12.30pm. Impulse Leisure, Lancing Manor. Informal networking. Book worthingandadurchamber.co.uk FREE.

Thu 20 Dec The Possibility Club: What If? 6pm. Explore key issues in business, culture, community and education. 3 guest speakers + chat, debate, drinks and introductions. Connaught Theatre. Book eventbrite.co.uk Basepoint Shoreham. 12-2pm. Networking, guest speaker, light lunch. Book Basepoint. FREE

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THOMAS H GREEN - MUSICAL TIME MACHINE

31 December 2017

New Year’s Eve in Worthing Just because you own a musical time machine, it doesn’t mean you have to keep going back decades, to the last century and all that. Sometimes it’s a blast to just pop back a year, maybe take a peek at what Worthing was up to on 31 December 2017. NEW YEAR ARRIVED EARLY FOR SOME. Those attending TotRockinBeats’ NYE Spectacular in the Assembly Hall found that Big Ben struck on giant screens when it was still only 6pm. The event was aimed at families, all generations welcome, from toddlers to one guest who was 97 years old. Entertainment included circus performers, a soft play area, a room playing hits of the ‘40s and ‘50s for older ravers, and, for those inclined to sing along when the hour came, Slade’s version of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ mixed into Prince’s ‘Let’s Go Crazy’.

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“We partied and were home for bath and bedtime,” laughs organizer Dan Flanagan. “There were a thousand people there and it was the largest NYE party in Sussex. This year we have two parties at St Paul’s – and two midnights, one at midday and one at 6pm – so I’ll be celebrating midnight three times in one day!” Elsewhere, at the Cellar Arts Club, while midnight - and far beyond - was celebrated by a raucous DJ-led party (as it will be this year), there was also a very special family event: a late afternoon performance by local success story Crayola Lectern, whose recent album ‘Happy Endings’ has been one of 2018’s more critically acclaimed.

“It looked great, lots of fairylights,” recalls the band’s Chris Anderson. “It reminded me of John Lennon’s bedin, in that there were minor rock deities from Brighton draped around the room, a beautiful vibey evening, and a wonderful feeling of bonhomie before everyone got plastered later.” PHOTO: CRAYOLA LECTERN

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Crayola Lectern played as a trio, utilising Omnichords, glockenspiels, cornets, synthesizers, effects pedals and much else; so much so that children in the audience were challenged by their parents to count all the instruments. The band return to the Cellar this year supported by LC Pumpkin, an artist who makes instruments out of other instruments and, according to Anderson, “has to be seen to be believed”. LIQUID & OXYGEN

indie band The Wedding Present. In Bar 42, just like last year, they have one DJ on all night, the indomitable Max Lewnacy, running through from mid-evening until four in the morning.

“Last year he went through genres,”

remembers Bar 42’s Mark Knowles. “He started off a bit heavy

metal as that’s the crowd we had in initially, then mellowed, and there was pop, punk and dance music. It’s a long night for a DJ. One year we opened until 6am but that was horrible, dead by five-ish, so now we stop at four, but don’t let anyone else in after three. Last year I made sausage sandwiches for everyone at two in morning but that was when we had a kitchen. This year I may get the Turkish restaurant [Boutique] to put platters together.” Meanwhile, over at the Bar Next Door, New Year was seen in by BA Baracus, members of Run DMC, Baywatch babes and a motley assortment of those who’d gathered for 80s-themed fancy dress karaoke, followed by dancing to the sound of DJ Jonny X (who had earlier performed SNAP!’s ‘(I Got) The Power’ as his karaoke turn). This year they’re holding a beach party.

Once the early-to-bed crew were done, however, it was time for everyone else to head out in full party mode, notably to Inappropriate Handclap at Coast, the Mother of All Parties at St Paul’s, Bar 42’s NYE special, Manuka Bar’s masquerade bash, an 80s karaoke night at the Bar Next Door, and Liquid & Oxygen’s Winter Wonderland party (featuring snow machines and a stilt-walking ice wizard). Yet long before Inappropriate Handclap’s event, the posters, which featured a satirical image of North Korean Leader Kim Jongun, were causing a rumpus.

“Some people took offence,” says Handclap main man Norman Murchie. “I was going around town with them; some shops would take a look at the poster and I could see their commitment wavering. But in the end we packed Coast. We got confused when midnight was, so there seemed to be a few different ones. The decor looked great: camouflage nets, all these vinyl records with my handprint on, and 30 psychedelically painted polystyrene hands. People wandered off wearing them and by the end of the night we only had five left. All in all, textbook Handclap chaos.” This year Handclap take over Worthing Pier’s Southern Pavilion and feature renowned soul-funk DJ Paul Clark alongside residents, while Coast plays host to alt-‘80s night Never Stop and their seasonal special featuring guest DJ David Gedge of

Further from the seafront, Manuka’s masquerade party featured 200 black and white balloons, masks provided by the venue, fondue, and DJ Rob Lee leading the crowd across a multiplicity of styles. This year, though, they’ve outdone themselves, joining forces with the Fat Greek Taverna to put an outdoor stage on Portland Road with local covers band phenomenon Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes and house trio Textile pumping out sounds inside until 1.30am. On NYE 2017, Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes were playing the fourth Mother of All Parties amid neon artwork beneath a giant glitterball in St Paul’s.

“We had a DJ playing chart bangers all night,” recalls promoter Thom Milner-Smith, “and the VIP room had a cocktail bar that dropped R’n’B tunes. The glitter cannons never arrived due to the supplier skidding off the A27, so midnight didn’t go off with quite the bang we expected, but there was a real sense of community and a diverse crowd. The passing of one year into another was celebrated with huge cheers.” “The Mother of All Parties is taking a year off in 2018, but as you can see, there’s still plenty to do this New Year’s Eve.” And that’s not

even getting into all the house parties, and the pubs where there may or may not be music. As the manager of The Egremont told the Time Machine of the pub’s NYE, “There’ll be drink, reflection and optimism.” Apt sentiments for these strange times. Raise a glass, then! Dance if you want to! Get amongst it! Most of all, have a great one. n

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LISTINGS - CINEMA & THEATRE

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Christmas starts here At the festive time of year we all like to take stock of what’s important, and spending time with family and friends at a show is the perfect way to laugh and have fun together. THIS CHRISTMAS WE HAVE TWO EXCITING SHOWS that are sure to offer something for everyone. From Friday 21 December, Santa’s Little Trolls will be at the Connaught Theatre, and for one night only, Abba tribute Thank You for The Music will be at the Assembly Hall. If you have young children or grand-children you’ll enjoy Santa’s Little Trolls. This magical Christmas extravaganza has snow, family, fairies and trolls and is the perfect show to get you and the kids in the festive spirit. We’re looking forward to seeing the fun puppetry involved and whether the family can solve the mystery of why it hasn’t snowed yet. They had better be quick though because it’s Christmas eve!

If you enjoy a little sing-along and fancy a fun night out before the Christmas holidays, join in at Thank You for The Music – The tribute to ABBA. With all the classics delivered by stellar performers in amazing costumes, this is the perfect night to enjoy those unmistakable harmonies with your loved one. In a year that has brought us Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, we know that you all love to break out your inner dancing queens, so we’re pretty sure you will thank us for the music after seeing this smash-hit show! You can see Santa’s Little Trolls at the Connaught Theatre from Friday 21-23 December and Thank You for The Music – The Tribute to ABBA on Friday 21 December at the Assembly Hall. Book tickets on worthingtheatres.co.uk or 01903 206 206. n

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Mon 3 Dec Silver Screen: The Wife (15). 11am. A wife questions her life choices as she travels to receive the Nobel Prize. Connaught. ROH: The Nutcracker (12A). 7.15pm. The Nutcracker has long been one of the most enchanting shows of ballet. Live. Connaught. Their Finest (12). 7pm. 1940, London during the Blitz. Lancing Parish Hall.

Thu 6 Dec THEATRE DECEMBER 2018

Fri 30 Nov – Tues 1 Jan Aladdin: The Pantomime. Various times. Soar through the skies on a magic carpet! Worthing Pavilion.

Sat 1 Dec Tabby McTat. 2pm. The heartwarming tale of friendship and loyalty. Connaught.

Wed 5 Dec Work In Progress. 8pm. Alan Carr hosts alongside Mike Wilmot and Kelly Convey. Assembly Hall.

Thu 6 Dec Jason Mansford: Muddle Class. 7.30pm. Featuring new material about Jason growing up. Assembly Hall.

Wed 12 Dec Therese Raquin. 7.45pm. A story of lust, passion and obsession set in the

backstreets of 1860s Paris. The Barn Theatre, Southwick.

Thu 13 Dec – Mon 31 Dec Robin Hood: Christmas Panto! Various times. Don’t miss this feast of fun, fair maidens, fabulous magic. Ropetackle (Shm).

Thu 13 Dec Rich Hall’s Hoedown. 8pm. A good time to be had by all. Even if you don’t own a hoe. Assembly Hall.

Sat 29 Dec Cinderella Panto. 7.30pm. The nation’s favourite and most magical fairytale. The Barn Theatre, Southwick.

Mon 31 Dec NYE Special – The Treason Show. 9.30pm. Say goodbye to 2018 with the UK’s best live satirical sketch show. Ropetackle (Shm).

CINEMA DECEMBER 2018

Fri 21 Dec

Sat 1 Dec

Santa’s Little Trolls. 2.30pm. The trolls are fed up of never getting any credit for Christmas. Connaught.

Elf (PG). 10.15am. A man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. Connaught.

Thu 27 Dec

Pokémon the Movie. 10am. It’ll take more than just Ash and Pikachu to save the day! Dome Cinema.

Autism Friendly - Robin Hood: Christmas Panto! 2.30pm. Don’t miss this feast of fun, fair maidens and fabulous magic. Ropetackle (Shm).

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Sun 2 Dec Smallfoot (U). 10am. An animated adventure for all ages. Dome Cinema.

NT: Antony & Cleopatra (12A). 7pm. Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power. Connaught.

Fri 7 Dec The Old Man & The Gun (12A). 3.15pm. Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin. Connaught. CONTINUES ON PAGE 28

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LISTINGS - CINEMA & THEATRE Die Hard (15). 8.30pm. A Christmas party soon turns in to an armed robbery. Connaught.

shunned her decades earlier for her attraction to a female. Connaught.

It’s a Wonderful Life (U). 6.15pm. The heart-warming Christmas classic. Connaught.

Sat 8 Dec

Cliff Richard Live: 60th Anniversary Tour (12A). 8pm. Broadcast LIVE. Connaught.

Sat 29 Dec

The Polar Express (U). 10.15am. A young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole. Connaught. Elf (PG). 10am. A man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. Dome Cinema. Superman – The Movie (PG). 3pm. You’ll believe a man can fly in this classic. Connaught.

Tue 11 Dec A Christmas Carol (12A). 8pm. Festive storytelling that is both heart-warming and deeply moving. Connaught.

Fri 14 Dec Disobedience (15). 6pm. A woman returns to her Orthodox Jewish community that

Suspiria (18). 8.30pm. Gothic horror set in a dance school that holds many mysteries. Connaught.

Sun 16 Dec

Sat 15 Dec

Elf (PG). 8.30pm. A man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. Connaught.

The Grinch (2018). 10.15am. A cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas. Connaught.

Vintage Gala Screening: It’s a Wonderful Like + Music from Sweetheart Melodies. 8pm. Dome Cinema.

CBeebies Christmas Show: Thumbelina. 12.30pm. Laugh and sing along with your favourite CBeebies Stars. Connaught. The Greatest Showman – Sing-a-long (PG). 2.15pm. Sing your heart out to the Greatest Show! Connaught. Love Actually (15). 5.45pm. A classic festive rom-com on the big screen. Connaught.

The Nutcracker & The Four Realms. 10.15am. All Clara wants is a key that will unlock a priceless gift from her late mother. Connaught. Wreck-It-Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks The internet. 10am. Ralph and Vanellope embark on an adventure. Dome Cinema.

Mon 17 Dec Widows (15). 11am. Four women with nothing except a debt left by their dead husbands, take fate into their own hands. Connaught.

Sat 22 Dec The Muppets Christmas Carol (U). 10.15am. A retelling of the classic Dickens tale by The Muppets. Connaught.

COMPETITION Win a family ticket to Santa’s Little Trolls on a date and time of your choice between Friday 21 and Sunday 23 December! This magical Christmas extravaganza has snow, family, fairies and trolls. It’s the perfect show to get you and the kids in the festive spirit. See if you can solve the mystery of why it hasn’t snowed yet!

To win a family ticket, just answer the question: Who makes the snow at Christmas? A) Santa B) Rudolf C) The Trolls of Winter To enter, go to hereandnowmag.co.uk –click on WIN! to give your answer (ref: Santa’s Trolls) or post to Here & Now, The Mill Building, 31 Chatsworth Rd, BN11 1LY. One entry p/p. Closes: Wed 12 Dec. Winner selected at random and contacted by email/phone Thur 13 Dec. Good luck!

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THE OLD MARKET (TOM’S) Sat 1 Dec Jalapeno Bop with Miles Sanko. 7pm – 1am. Quality live soul, funk and disco, alongside some of the hottest DJs around.

Thu 13 – Sun 16 Dec Tabby McTat. A heart-warming tale of friendship and loyalty from the team behind Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales.

Wed 19 Dec – Sat 12 Jan The Animals & Children Took to the Streets. (rec. age 12+) From the award winning theatre company 1927 (Golem).

Thu 20 – Mon 31 Dec Mischief & Mystery in Moomin Valley. Magical puppetry, an ingenious pop-up book set, and interactive play will delight young audiences.

Info & tickets: theoldmarket.com

FRONT ROW IN THEATRE & CINEMA THE FESTIVE SEASON has arrived and what better way to get in to the holiday spirit than enjoying a classic Christmas film in your local cinema or shouting ‘He’s behind you!’ at your favourite panto! Grab a glass of mulled wine or, if you’re under 18, a hot chocolate with all the trimmings and check out the heart-warming theatre and cinema right here in the listings. There’s Robin Hood: Christmas Panto at Ropetackle, the Gala Screening of It’s a Wonderful Life at The Dome, Sun 16 Dec, or if you’re thinking ‘bah humbug’, A Christmas Carol at the Connaught, Tue 11 Dec. If you have any exciting theatre or cinema events coming up that you would like to share, list them at hereandnowmag.co.uk/ list-your-event and we’ll add them here. n Abi Else

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Thu 29 Nov Idle Crooks & Englishmen w/ support. 7pm. Bar Forty Two. Katrina (from Katrina and the Waves). 8pm. Ropetackle (Shm). The Osmonds. 7.30pm. Assembly Hall.

Fri 30 Nov

The Cureheads. 7pm. Bar Forty Two. Tribute Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes. 7pm. Cissbury Barns.

Riskee and the Ridicule w/ support from The Cretins. 8pm. Bar Forty Two. Punk

Worthing Choral Society. 7.30pm. Worthing Assembly Hall.

Rapture. 8pm. Cellar Arts Club. 80s

The Kast off Kinks. 8pm. Ropetackle (Shm)

West Sussex Music County Ensembles Winter Concert. 3pm. Assembly Hall.

Axis. 9pm. Chequer Inn (Steyning)

Synthesize Me. 7.30pm. St Paul’s. FREE

Martin Taylor & Martin Simpson. 8pm. Ropetackle (Shm)

SyNtHoNy 101. 8.47pm. The Egremont.

Call Me Daddy w/ support from Fly In Fly Out + The Dead Red Lips. 8pm. Bar Forty Two. FREE.

Messiah - Worthing Choral Society. 7.30pm. Assembly Hall.

Union 90s Night. 7.30pm. Cellar Arts Club. Magic of the Beatles. 7.30pm. Assembly Hall. The Lee Harvey Oswalds. 9pm. Duke of Wellington (Shm) 70s Punk

Mulberry Divas. 10.30am. Kingsley Coffee Shop.

Sun 2 Dec Richard Durrant Candlelit Christmas Concert. 7pm. Ropetackle (Shm)

Thu 6 Dec

Abba Music Night w/ Chiquitita. In aid of St Barnabas House. 8pm. Venue on request. See hereandnowmag.co.uk/music

Thea Gilmore w/ support Nigel Stonier. 8pm. Ropetackle (Shm)

Sat 1 Dec

The Golgis w/ support from Joe Bunn. 8pm. Cellar Arts Club.

Reggae Saturday. 8pm. Cellar Arts Club.

Sat 8 Dec

Fri 7 Dec

African Night Fever. 8pm. Ropetackle (Shm)

South Coast Soul Revue Christmas Special. 8pm. Ropetackle (Shm) The Baptists. 9pm. Duke of Wellington. Reggae

Sun 9 Dec The Salvation Army Carol Concert. 3pm. Assembly Hall. Stylish Sunday with Kicking Waves. 4pm. The Egremont.

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Sat 15 Dec Callista w/ support from Confronted, Ariandelle, Kicking Graves and Kesagake. 7pm. Bar Forty Two. Donations accepted. Metal ‘Spell’ Single Launch Celebrates The Original Sharkboy. 5pm. Train of Thought. Limited £5 tickets. See facebook.com/signofthesharkboy A Night of 80s Hits. 7.30pm. St. Paul’s.

Sun 16 Dec Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra. 3pm. Worthing Assembly Hall. Hot Damn. 9pm. Ten Cocktail Bar.

Wed 12 Dec

Voodoo Kitchen. 4pm. Duke of Wellington (Shm). Country

Mark Wright as Elvis. 9pm. Ten Cocktail Bar. Tribute

Wed 19 Dec

Thu 13 Dec End of Term GIG. 6-8pm. Live music from BIMM Academy Worthing. Christmas Party. 7-11pm with Bearded Beats DJs. Brunswick and Thorn

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Fastlove – George Michael Tribute. 8pm. Assembly Hall.

That’ll Be The Day – The Christmas Show. 7.30pm. Assembly Hall. Christemas Past with The Telling. 8pm. St. Paul’s. Jazz Cafe featuring Colin Oxley. 8pm. Pavilion Café Bar.

Thu 20 Dec

Musicality. 8pm. Cellar Arts Club.

Iron Tyger. 8pm. Ten Cocktail Bar. FREE. 80s Function.

Tensheds w/ support. 7.30pm. Bar Forty Two.

Carols Around the Piano. 5pm. The Corner House.

DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTS WHAT BETTER WAY to kickstart your December than a nostalgia gig at Bar Forty Two? The Cureheads will be making an appearance at 7pm on the 1st of December! Any old fans of the Cure out there? You know what to do! If that’s not enough for nostalgia, catch Katrina Leskanich at the Ropetackle Arts Centre on 29th November at 8pm. You may know Katrina and the Waves from their hit ‘Walking on sunshine’. Still not enough??? How about The Kast Off Kinks playing at Ropetackle Arts Centre at 8pm on the 1 December! That’s three of the Original members of the Kinks!

Worthing Original Music

On the 15 of December, local original band Callista is throwing a massive event at Bar Forty Two with some amazing local bands, all in support of local charity Dementia Tech, raising money and awareness for those in need.

Worthing New Year’s Eve looks like a great option. Thomas H Green’s Time Machine highlights a few, there’s more in the listings. Enjoy the gigs and have a peaceful Christmas! n

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NEW YEAR’S EVE EVENTS Crayola Lectern w/ support from LC Pumpkin. 7.30pm. Cellar Arts Club. Cellar Arts Allstar DJs. 8pm. Cellar Arts Club.

NYE with Worthing RFC. 7pm. Worthing Rugby Club.

Check with venue for times: DJ Mac Lewnacy. Bar Forty Two.

David Gedge. 8pm. Coast. Indie/alt

Beach Party. Bar Next Door.

Huge NYE Family Rave. TotRockinBeats. 11am. St Paul’s.

Inappropriate Handclap. Funk & Soul. Southern Pavilion.

Shady Grove. 8.30pm. Duke of Wellington (Shm)

Street Party. Manuka & Fat Greek Taverna.

NYE 70s 80s 90s Night. 7.30pm. Entry £3. The Warwick Pub.

Never Stop ft. David Gedge (of The Wedding Present). Coast Café.

NYE Party. 8pm. Boutique Restaurant.

Champagne & Glitter. Liquid & Oxygen Worthing.

The Rowland Singers Christmas Celebrations. 7.30pm. Assembly Hall.

Fri 21 Dec OOMPHF! Boogie us into Christmas. 8pm. Libertine. Thank You for the Music presents ABBA. 7.45pm. Assembly Hall.

Christmas Folk Tunes and Songs in aid of Turning Tides. 10.30am. St. Paul’s. Sing Carols Together with Welcome Yule. 7pm. Coast.

Sun 23 Dec Taylor Maid. 4.30pm. The Egremont.

Sat 22 Dec Factory Reunion. 9pm. Bar Forty Two.

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WORTHING MUSIC ROUND UP

month reached one million views (since doubled again!). July was the month DJ bible Mixmag announced “Worthing is an unlikely hotbed of electronic music”, citing diverse talent from newcomer Mei to veterans Norman Murchie of Inappropriate Handclap and Caspar Gomez’s Synthesise Me. I got a new job running some of Northbrook MET’s brilliantly forwardthinking music programme, (this is official notice of me being entirely biased), and my part time Northbrook colleague Paul Steele earned a five star Guardian review for his new album Carousel Kites.

Mike Pailthorpe KID IVY FROM SCRATCH BAR 42 PHOTO: MATT GREENFIELD

Mike runs the Music Foundation Debrees at Northbrook MET

Mike Pailthorpe looks back over current original music making in 2018 in and around Worthing. JANUARY SAW MUSIC AND YOUTH CHARITY AudioActive, creative hub Colonnade House, visual artists As Described, and Northbrook MET begin the Worthing #Scratchpad music project to get kids off the street, into a workshop and making music. In February, international recording artist Rag’n’Bone Man visited Worthing to encourage #Scratchpad’s young music makers and make a film (catch it on Here & Now’s Facebook page and the blog on the website). The larger capacity Bar 42 opened in March to the relief of all Worthing’s rock music fans. Our first music conference ‘What Next?’ brought Rag’n’Bone Man together with promoters, the CEO of Worthing Council, educators, artists, performers and the Arts Council at St Paul’s to plan for the future. We held the first Hip Hop Cypher, a (nearly) swear-free combination of freestyle beats and rhyming from some of our best up and coming rappers. May brought the best attended S’koolFest concert yet, showing off the impressive level of music talent at local schools, many of whose students performed their own songs. We had great weekend gigs at Worthing Lido in steaming hot weather. In June we uncovered some of the incredible range of local recording and rehearsal spaces out there: Ridiculously Cool Music Studios, Soundhouse and Ivy Arch all featured. There were Unplugged nights at the Denton Lounge (now the Pavilion Cafe) with the release of Crayola Lectern’s album (which has enjoyed heavy airplay on BBC Radio 6). Student Matty Green uploaded a video of his takeaways from a lecture on music contracts, which this

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But it was also the month of the World Cup Finals, which wasn’t great for those putting on gigs. The week before the Final, with England playing a Sunday match, One Love, Northbrook MET and Shoreham All Stars competed for Worthing’s attention. Community gospel choir Spring Into Soul decided to cancel their end of term concert, booked on the day of the final before there was a chance England might be in it, and in doing so attracted the attention of radio, papers and even television! In August former St Paul’s manager Ant Dickinson took over beach cafe venue Coast. Electronic pop duo Kid Ivy headed to the bright lights of Brighton (they’ll be back), and won their first play on BBC Radio 6. In September we revealed Northbrook’s agreement to record BBC Introducing’s Live Sessions for Radio Sussex, while SkoolRock’s after school music club began on Wednesdays for young rockers and music tech makers. Last month, Spring Into Soul won a place as one of five finalists in the BBC Songs of Praise SPRING INTO SOUL CHOIR LEAD SIGGI MWASOTE Gospel Choir (3rd from left) WITH MEMBERS OF KINGDOM CHOIR of the Year. The BBC came to St Botolph’s Church, Worthing to film a workshop, then the choir travelled up with Compass Coaches to Nottingham in the very early morning to film their part in the competition. Also appearing as guest performers were the Royal Wedding favourites, the Karen Gibson-led Kingdom Choir. We can see how they did on BBC1 on 18 and 25 November at 1.15pm. You can also buy tickets for SiS’s end of term concert on Saturday 2 February on Seetickets.com. We finally come full circle with the news AudioActive has won funding for a set of free courses to train the next batch of Worthing’s music stars. Mentors help young people twice a week to compose, rap, sing, rhyme, play and produce original music. Next year they will be able to perform at a string of local gigs, presented by a well known pop star who has shown major interest in the project. Search ‘Emerge Artist Development Programme Worthing’ and contact AudioActive if you don’t want to miss out on this unique opportunity. n

WE’RE LISTED! LISTINGS - MUSIC CONTINUED Mon 24 Dec

REGULAR EVENT LISTINGS

Dr Bluegrass Christmas Eve. Duke of Wellington (Shm) Folk.

DJs. Coast Thurs - Sun. Open Mic w/ Bustin’ A Groove. 8pm. Thomas A Becket. E/other Tue.

Wed 26 Dec

Secret Shore Shanty Singers. 7.30pm. Ye Old House at Home. Last Tue/ month.

Boxing Day Disco. 8pm. Duke of Wellington (Shm).

Fri 28 Dec

Dixie Blues. 8pm. Charles Dickens. 1st & 3rd Tues/month.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Party. 8pm. Cellar Arts Club.

South Downs Folk Singers. 7:30pm. Ye Old House at Home. 1st Wed/ month.

Sat 5 Jan Suspiciously Elvis. 7pm. Worthing Assembly Hall. £19.50. Tribute

Open Stage. 8pm. Bar Next Door. Wed. Open Mic w/ Karl. 8.30pm. Piston Broke (Shm). Wed.

Beach House Music Club w/ guest musicians. 8pm. 1st Thurs/month. Open Mic. 8pm. Tangerine Bar. E/ other Thur. Karaoke. 9pm. The Warwick. Thurs. Karaoke. 8pm. Charles Dickens. Thurs. Open Mic w/ Bustin’ A Groove. 8pm. Crown & Anchor (Shm). Thurs.

There’s a Folk Christmas theme to Worthing’s musical events this year. IT SPEAKS TO A RECAPTURING of the simplicity and peace of Christmas celebration, a turning of our backs on commercialism. Richard Durrant’s annual sell-out Candlelit Christmas Concert promises midwinter magic at All Saints Church, Findon Valley on 20 December at 7.30pm. It’s a feast of festive tunes blending British folk, early music, traditional carols and original works with guitars, singing and fiddling. Tickets from richarddurrant.com or call 07719 201114. Worthing folksong lover Emily Longhurst returns with her second community pop-up Sing Carols Together. The free and friendly event takes place at Coast on 22 December at 7pm with carol sheets provided and instrumental Christmas music interleaved. Other times and venues to be confirmed. Find the true spirit of Christmas with The Telling, who for the first time bring their atmospheric show Christemas Past to St Paul’s on 19 December at 8pm. The London-based quartet draws on its heritage to perform traditional carols from medieval England and Europe by candlelight. Spoken word readings of festive poetry or prose round off the evocative evening. Tickets from St Paul’s or seetickets.com. Instrumentalists The Sussex Waits and Welcome Yule join with Sussex Downs Folk Singers to perform traditional tunes and songs in St Paul’s Cafe on 22 December in aid of Worthing homeless charity Turning Tides. Free entry but donations welcome. n

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Madi Laine w/ Chris Simmons. 8pm. Beach House. Last Sun/month.

Stylish Sunday with Kicking Waves. 4pm. The Egremont.

South Coast Blues Jam. 2pm. Charles Dickens. 3rd & 4th Sun/month.

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

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Sat 15 Dec 5pm-7pm, film show starts 5.30pm

‘Spell’ Single Launch Celebrates The Original Sharkboy. 5pm. Train of Thought. Limited £5 tickets. See facebook. com/signofthesharkboy A Night of 80’s hits.

‘Spell’ celebrates the first 7.30pm. St. Paul’s. single release in over 20 years from lost 90s band Sharkboy.

THE LAUNCH FILM SHOW and live set includes songs from classic 90s albums ‘Matinee’ and ‘The Valentine Tapes’. Often compared to Mazzy Star and The Cowboy Junkies, Sharkboy pre-dated the alt-country movement in the UK, playing alongside Drugstore and The Tindersticks, and releasing two critically acclaimed albums. Lead singer Avy’s songwriting was championed by Brett Anderson (he is famously a fan of Kate Bush) and she and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Oxaal performed live with Suede, as Sharkboy toured with them around the UK. Avy also recorded with early Mercury Rev maverick David Baker, and later worked with Robin Guthrie of The Cocteau Twins. Adrian and drummer Dil Davies went on to join James and The Oyster Band. Trumpeter Toby Shippey founded world fusion outfit Salsa Celtica and second drummer Steve Hewitt went on to join Placebo. After 20 years away, Avy is back producing new tracks with Sharkboy, and emerging with a new entity, ‘Sign Of The Sharkboy’, encompassing visual and creative production. Avy says, “In the North West ‘spell’ is a Norse word for splinter. It’s like when someone gets completely under your skin. It can stay but not permanently.” Plays at Train Of Thought Record Shop in-store festive party. Limited tickets £5 inc. booking fee or on the door. Includes free glass of Prosecco or soft drink. www.seetickets.com/tour/ sharkboy-spellsingle-launch-party n

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Stuff to Do NOVEMBER

Thu 29 Nov

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Christmas Market. 6pm. Handmade gifts and more. Coast Cafe

Worthing Ice Rink. Fully covered ice rink ensures fun whatever the weather! Book worthingicerink. com

Fri 23 Nov – Sun 25 Nov Christmas Market. 10.30am. Weald & Downland Museum.

Sat 24 Nov – Mon 24 Dec Christmas Circus: The Greatest Snowman. Various times. Squires, Washington. Tickets from £14.

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Charity Shop Fashion Show. 7pm. Guild Care Charity Shop Warwick Street. Tickets £5 inc drink and nibbles - 01903 210650

Spiritual Cafe. 7-10pm. Holistic and Well Being therapists. Maybridge Keystone Centre. FREE

Charity Race Night. 7pm. In aid of The Royal Marsden Drug Trial Unit, Oak Ward. Goring Conservative Club. FREE

Call My Bluff Wine Tasting. 6pm. Cissbury House and Barns Worthing. for Guild Care. Tickets £26 inc dinner 01903 528613

Air Ambulance Talk. 2pm. Learn about the life-saving work of Sussex Kent Surrey Air Ambulance. Durrington Community Centre.

Fri 30 Nov Goring Christmas Bazaar. 6pm. Goring CofE Primary School.

DECEMBER Sat 1 Dec Christmas Market and Winter Food Fest. 12-6pm. Brighton City Brass Band and Santa. Brooksteed Alehouse et al. South Farm Road, Worthing. Christmas Fayre. 10pm. Market and entertainment (see main advert). Heene Community Centre. FREE The Great Little Farmers’ Market. 9am. Goring Road. Care for Veterans Christmas Bazaar. 1.30pm. Fab family entertainment plus market stalls. Gifford House, Boundary Rd. Entry by donation. Southwick Christmas Market. Meet Father Christmas at the Christmas Fair.

Sun 2 Dec Worthing By Train LGBTQ Meet-Up. 3.30pm. Cellar Arts Club. Members Free, Guests £2, Students £1 So This Is Christmas Craft Fair. Suggested donation (for St Barnabas) on entry 50p. Charmandean Centre. Paper Daisy Christmas Makers Market. 10am–4pm. Artists, designers, craftsmen, foodies, tombola for St Barnabas, Santa and more. The Shm Centre. FREE

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Worthing Dementia Action Alliance Open Meeting (followed by AGM Dementia Friendly Worthing) 4.15pm. Gordon Room Town Hall.

Light Up Shoreham. 3.30pm. Santa’s Grotto and fair. (see main advert) East Street Shoreham.

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Wed 5 Dec (Each Wednesday in Dec) Community Energy Local. 10am. Advice on use and bills. St Paul’s. Badlyfest. 7.30pm. Dome cinema.

Thu 6 Dec Starlet’s Christmas Burlesque Show. 6.45-10.30pm. Worthing Pier, Southern Pavilion. Superstar Arts Handmade Sale of their ‘special stuff’ (cards, notepads, cushions, ceramics and lots more gifts). West Wthg Baptist Church, Support Superstar Arts by attending: Mon & Tue Quiz Nights at The Corner House & Beach House.

Short Stories, Tall Tales. 11.30am/1.30pm. Roeptackle (Shm). Tickets £5 one adult/one child/£2 additional sibling. Guild Care recruitment event. 10am-2pm. Drop in interviews for care roles every Friday. Info call 01903 863154. Methold House. Info/Enrolment evening. 5-7pm. For Business & Professional part time courses. Northbrook Met, West Durrington Campus. FREE

Sat 8 Dec Linfield House Christmas Fayre. 2pm. Stalls, Santa’s Grotto, tombola etc. Linfield House. FREE. Christmas Fayre. 10pm. Guild Care Santa’s Grotto. St Paul’s. FREE. Christmas Market. 10am. St Symphorian’s Church.

Sat 8 & Sun 9 Dec Winter Wonderland. 9am. Tickets £12.95 child. Adults FREE. Field Place Manor House. Book 01903 446401 Winter Christmas Festival. 9am. Market and entertainment all day. Worthing Town Centre. Christmas Craft Fair. 9am. New to Worthing. Guildbourne Centre, Worthing.

Sun 9 Dec Train Rides. 2pm. Father Christmas will be here! Worthing & District Society of Model Engineers. 50p a ride. Field Place Manor House.

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GUILD CARE CHRISTMAS EVENTS! Tis the season to be jolly, which is why Guild Care is hosting a variety of seasonal events to get you into the festive spirit. CELEBRATE 85 YEARS OF GUILD CARE helping your community by supporting their 85th Anniversary Raffle. Tickets are just £1 each for a chance to win one of these fantastic prizes just before Christmas: n 1st prize - £250 cash n 2nd prize - Spa day and lunch for two at Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa n 3rd prize - Overnight stay at Arden House, Arundel n 4th prize – Afternoon tea at The Grand, Brighton Guild Care is very grateful to Alexander House Hotel, Arden House and The Grand for donating these wonderful prizes. By doing so, more funds will be raised to help local children and adults in need. Tickets are available from any Guild Care charity shop, any of their services or by calling their Fundraising team on 01903 528613. The raffle’s closing date is Friday 14th December 2018 and the draw will be on Friday 21st December 2018. Tickets cannot be bought by, or on behalf of, under 16s. Consider yourself a wine buff? Join Guild Care for their ‘Call My Bluff’ Wine Tasting event at Cissbury Barns on Thursday 29th November - it’s

wine tasting with a twist. Put your skills to the test with Hennings Wine, and see if you can tell the truth from the bluffs. The game, as well as homemade shepherd’s pie and dessert, are all included in the ticket price of £26 per person. To get you into the Christmas party mood, Guild Care’s Warwick Street charity shop is hosting its debut Fashion Show on Friday 30th November. Enjoy a glass of prosecco on arrival and view some of the unique items that the shop has to offer for just £5 a ticket. There will also be a raffle on the night with tickets on sale in all Guild Care charity shops beforehand. If you need more help to get you in the festive spirit, come along to Guild Care’s Christmas Fayre at St Paul’s Worthing on Saturday 8th December. You can browse stalls for Christmas gifts and decorations, enjoy lunch or a hot drink and snack at St Paul’s own café and visit Santa in his grotto. Why not pop along to one of Guild Care’s care home Christmas Fayres? On Saturday 24th November, Caer Gwent is opening its doors for guests to be greeted by Father Christmas as they walk in and enjoy a variety of stalls, topped off with mince pies and mulled wine. Linfield House’s Fayre on Saturday 8th December is free admission and is completed with a raffle, tombola, many other stalls and Santa’s grotto, where there will be small gifts for each child. For more information on Guild Care’s events and raffle, visit guildcare.org call the Fundraising Team on 01903 528613 or email fundraising@guildcare.org n

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LISTINGS - GENERAL Christmas Carols and Brass Band. 10.30am & 2pm. Sing and be merry with Worthing Silver band and the Mayor of Worthing. Raising funds for Mayor charity. Indigo. £9. Christmas Fayre. 10am. Santa and activities all day long. Ferring Country Centre Christmas Makers Fair. 11am. Festive Market. The Libertine Social.

Mon 10 Dec Christmas Wine Tasting. Tickets £10 from Brooksteed Alehouse. Christmas Bedtime Tales. 4pm. Durrington Library.

Tue 11 Dec Carols By Candlelight. 5pm. The stables and barn at Cissbury. FREE (book free ticket on evenbrite) Action for Happiness. 7pm. Monthly meet-up. Coast Café.

Wed 12 Dec Christmas Bedtime Tales. 6pm. Worthing Library.

Sat 15 Dec

Mon 17 Dec Chocolate and Beer Workshop. 7.30pm. Tickets £20 from Brooksteed Alehouse.

Thu 20 Dec Carols In The Stable. 6.30pm. Angmering Chorale and Southdown Concert Band. Ferring Country Centre. Free - limited parking.

Vegan Christmas Fair. 10am. Worthing Assembly Hall. Free entry

Carols Around The Piano. 5pm. Family friendly sing your hearts out. Corner House. FREE

Lancing Village Market. 9am. North Road Lancing

Music At Northbrook Presents. 8pm. Students raising funds for the Homeless Turning Tides. Cellar Arts Club. Entry £3 donation.

Sat 15 & Sun 16 Dec Christmas Open Artists Weekend. 11am. Festive shopping. Artists, book signing - John Bond. Kids workshops. Ashdown Road, BN11 1DF Worthing Christmas Tree Festival. Sat 10am-4pm. Sun 11.30am4pm. St Botolph’s Church, Heene. Festive community event raising money for Turning Tides, working with homeless men and women. Entry by donation on door. Carols from The Sussex Gruffs Male Voice Choir on Sat 2-4pm, Broadwater community choir Sun 2-4pm. Info sophie.moore@turning-tides.org. uk

Sun 16 Dec Carol Concert. 2pm. Lancing College Chapel. Call Care for Veterans to book in adv. 01903 218444. £7

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Fri 21 Dec A Christmas Dream by Yasmina Sole. 7.30pm. Performed by Caring Candles Children’s Club. Emmanuel Untied Reformed Church Worthing. Free entry. (Donations to Chestnut Tree House)

Mon 31 Dec TotTockinBeats NYE Family Rave, daytime and evening shows. St Paul’s

SEE NYE EVENTS IN MUSIC LISTINGS 31 Looking for more good stuff to do? Art listings 7, Literary Local 9, Fascinating Adur 15, Wellbeing 21 & Business 3.

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A naughty pair of choristers at St Custard’s hacked the music teacher’s computer and changed the titles of the Christmas Concert songs for a laugh. Can you quickly put them right by replacing the joke words with the correct ones? Send them to us to in time to save the concert! Barry Manilow everyone! CLUES ACROSS

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THE WORTHING BYPASS

For Belloc they were ‘the great hills of the south country’; Swinburne described them as ‘green, smoothswelling, unending’; Kipling likened them to gigantic sea creatures: ‘Our blunt, bowheaded, whale-backed Downs”; Tennyson saw ‘Green Sussex fading into blue with just a touch of sea’; and Blake, whilst hanging out in Felpham trying to come up with a rousing football “If you’ve never anthem, walked in ‘England’s seen a field of pleasant pastures and mountain green’ for his future hit single, head-butting bovines before, Jerusalem, which really should have been called Sussexem.

it’s certainly worth a gander”

THEY DESCRIBE OF COURSE the gorgeous South Downs and what better way to see those ‘bowheaded, whale-backed Downs’ than to travail the South Downs Way? No better way, I assure you. Why not cram it into four days? No worse way, I assure you. Not only is it around 100 miles long, stretching from Winchester to Eastbourne, it’s also much longer if your digs are not directly en route. If you want to stay in the best hostelries available, as was the Ubiquitous Hack’s want, it’s longer still. It also has a number of obstacles, such as my old nemesis, the cow. If you’ve never seen a field of fighting cows, you haven’t lived. It was like a Saturday night in Crawley. It started with a couple of young ‘uns kicking off: a bit of argy-bargy, udders at dawn type of thing, until they started head-butting each other. “That’s odd,” I said to my companion as we leaned against the gate, contemplating how to get through this slightly threatening environment. “No, that’s odd,” he replied, bringing my attention back from searching for an alternative route. Within seconds the whole field had joined in. They were randomly head butting each other, full on charging, mooing triumphant battle-cries as they re-arranged each other’s brain mass.

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ILLUSTRATION: JOE BUNN

This Column will Not Change Your Life If you’ve never seen a field of head-butting bovines before, it’s certainly worth a gander. It had turned into a hen-night in Brighton; Bognor in a heatwave; Arundel after sundown; Eastbourne with the tea-shops closed: complete and utter pandemonium. But societal breakdown has nothing on cows kicking off. Regardless, I stepped into the melee. Well, I gingerly tipped-toed around the periphery to see if we could avoid the disturbance. By this time a couple of the plumper pugilists had stepped back to take a breather. “Fat cows,” I thought, risking crossing the PC countryside code. Luckily, Sir David Attenborough could not hear my thoughts. In fairness to the ultra-violent nutcases I reasoned that extreme violence is quite hard work carrying all that extra weight. The podgy porkers were leaning against the fence, gasping for breath, but we knew they’d be mean enough to get a second wind if they saw our scrawny forms. I raced back, trod in a cow pat and cursed those darn monsters. “Fat cows” my companion advised on my return, oblivious to the code, as I scooped poop from my shoe mistakenly utilising ever so prickly nettles. That incurred, dear Hackolyte, a minor detour. However, there is more than one field of bovines on the South Downs Way and although the other cows we encountered appeared docile in comparison, our risk appetite had diminished. Vaulting electric fences in the dark, landing in cow pat smeared grass and being smothered in dung incurs no lightweight emotional smear on an exhausted hiker. Still, Tennyson and co were not wrong: the South Downs Way is truly a sumptuous delight of rolling hills, resplendent in radiant green with sun reflected sea sparkles twinkling on the horizon. Limping into Eastbourne using an improvised walking stick, battered, bruised and torn, there was naturally an exquisite burst of triumph and relief. As we cradled our celebratory cognacs in the corner of the snug, it was such a shame the end of the expedition descended into an unholy fracas due to a slight misunderstanding of the phrase hissed by my context-liberated companion: “I hate those fat cows!” n

The Ubiquitous Hack

A-PLAN INSURANCE BRANCHES OUT TO WORTHING Buying insurance can feel like a minefield, but A-Plan Insurance is planning to change all that from its new branch at 48 South Street in Worthing.

its 90 other branches across the country.

FROM LEFT: PETER HAYNES, JAMES PURSELL, LUKE LORD, ANNA SIATKAWSKA

THE HIGH STREET BROKER places an emphasis on the personal touch, and is looking forward to providing Worthing residents and businesses with the same hands-on service enjoyed by clients of As part of the Worthing branch’s corporate social responsibility commitment, Luke and the team are keen to hear from any local charities that would like to be considered as a nominated charity partner for 2019. Clients will have the opportunity to vote for their preferred choice, with the winning organisation receiving a donation per policy sold when someone mentions their charity. Representatives should contact Luke and the A-Plan team by either visiting the branch or calling 01903 895895 (closing date for applications is 21st December 2018).

A-Plan Insurance offers a comprehensive raft of services, including car, van, home, travel or business insurance, to give an alternative to online insurance sites. Refreshingly, the company does not have call centres or call queuing systems, so you can be assured of dealing with a team that works hard to find the right cover to suit its clients’ individual circumstances. Clients are offered the opportunity to arrange insurance cover in-branch or over the phone.

Branch manager Luke Lord said: “We appreciate that buying

insurance can sometimes be confusing, but if you talk to a local broker they will shop around to find the best policy for your specific needs. We are proud that the majority of our clients renew with us year after year, with many new clients coming to us on the recommendation of our existing ones. “Worthing is a great location for A-Plan as we like to engage with local businesses and residents, and on a personal level I feel proud to play a part in the town’s vibrant economy. It’s exciting to give the community a further boost with more employment opportunities to come in the future. Most of all, we are here to provide a personalised service, designed to help our clients find the protection they need.” n

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