Here & Now Issue 6 | March 2017

BLOOMING LOADS TO DO IN WORTHING

FREE WISH YOU WERE HERE A festival by the sea - 15

SPORT IN WORTHING

Basketball, football & parkrun - 21/22

WHAT’S ON IN WORTHING The largest local leisure guide - 28/41

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And the Worthing area is blooming with plenty of fun things to do and see, including innovative live theatre and dance events from Worthing Theatres, a fresh line up of gigs from top venues like Southern Pavilion and St Paul’s and new festivals springing up throughout the season, kick starting with ‘Wish You Were Here’, Worthing’s festival by the sea.

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Wor(ld)thing, you make my heart sing David McAdam Freud on borders and favourite jaunts around Worthing The closer I come to the border between ‘us’ and ‘them’ the less it exists. Adventuring to the edge of Worthing to see how and where its mild eccentricity ends, I walk west along the promenade. Sea Lane Cafe comes into view with memories of nickerbockerglories (elaborate desserts served in a tall glasses with extra long spoons) my mother used to buy me.

My Worthing is small, safe, far from madding crowds, out of the rat race, into family and community.

Today, even Sea Lane doesn’t fulfil my desire for the exotic so, slipping out of the cool sea breeze into the warmth of a strip of dense woodland, I take a route of fields and beaches to brunch at Bluebird Cafe in Ferring, taking in the ‘Michelangelo ceiling’ of Goring’s English Martyrs Catholic Church on my way home. I decide to take more long jaunts. Here are a few of my favourites: The mountain road (the Bostal) to Steyning for eggs benedict at Sussex Produce stopping off at Sompting’s Railway Inn or 11th C. Church.

Lancing, Meze Meze (traditional Greek) and Perch on the beach (modern British) to watch the kite surfers.

Shoreham’s own community-run arts venue, Ropetackle Arts Centre, The Real Patisserie, Tom Foolery coffee shop and the monthly Shoreham Artisans’ Market.

High Salvington up Honeysuckle Lane (wildflower fields surrounded by blackberry and sloe). Continue on up to Furze Road to visit High Salvington Windmill, where stoneground flour is milled.

Cissbury Ring & Findon, the oldest mines in Britain, if not the World (5,000bc) on sites predating the Neolithic Stonehenge. Taj Dar (authentic Indian dishes), The Gun and Village Inn pubs for traditional fare.

Clapham Church’s tiled reredos and foraging for wild mushrooms in the haunted wood.

Angmering which takes its name from a Saxon settlement (600ad). Try The Lamb. Or take a walk through the bluebells.

Tarring’s George & Dragon (traditional), Green Man (modern), St Andrew’s Church (11th C) with its wonky spire and the fig orchard, positive proof of our unique long standing microclimate.

We invite you to share your special places, your walks, your initiatives with Here & Now by emailing editorial@hereandnowmag.co.uk The most worthwhile times of my life are spent with groups of volunteers crossing boundaries - bridging cultural, racial, age and social divides.

We share the knowledge that we cannot succeed alone, the hope that we can depend on each other. We share the courage, compassion and trust needed to co-create the inclusive cultures we wish our children to inherit.

We also share the instinct to conform, to be cautious when faced with the unfamiliar, drives which can be whipped up into fear and set against strangers and nature itself as, in defensive mode we turn away from concern for the wider population and environment.

Here and Now, Worthing rejects paradigms of fear. We invite you to join the local organisation or initiative that you will most enjoy volunteering for or being a Trustee of. St. Paul’s Worthing Community Centre Project Ltd has vacancies for secretary and treasurer on its Trust and Voluntary Action Worthing can help guide you regarding all the other opportunities.

David McAdam Freud is Chair - St Paul’s Arts Centre, Adur & Worthing Cultural Partnership, Trustee - Serve All Trust, Cellar Arts Club, Mentor – A Band of Brothers, Artist in Residence - Worthing Museum & Art Gallery, Therapist.

PHOTOS: TOP: High Salvington Windmill ABOVE: Angmering woods – Ali Nancarrow BELOW: Cissbury Ring at sunrise – Jules, www.sussex-arts.co.uk, image1.co.uk

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The Rise of the i’s It’s enough to make you want to move further west

You’ve had your heart set on that seafront-facing property for years. You’ve scrimped, saved and worked hard, assuring loved ones that there’s enough in the kitty yet still waking up, sweatsoaked, in the middle of the night, frantically going over the sums. And finally the magical day arrives when, having moved in, you raise your glass and gaze out of your south-facing window to take in that gloriously hard-earned sunset melting over the horizon. Only to find, within a matter of months, a giant tourist attraction being erected right in the way!

This is exactly what happened to the seafront resident who was so dismayed by the enormous Brighton Wheel blocking his new prized view that he immediately began the removal process again. Think of his delight when another seafront property, slightly further west, presented itself for his approval. And then imagine the depths of his frustration when another edifice was approved to go up right in front of his new home: no less than the 162 metre tall Brighton i360 tower.

It’s enough to make you want to move further west. Which is of course what’s been happening in droves. Brighton finally became the ‘little London’ that it was once jokingly referred to and a lot of ‘old Brighton’ has flocked to the slightly less populated towns that stretch to Worthing. And Worthing seafront, in contrast to the packed bustle of its noisy eastern cousin, provides an open strip of relative tranquillity on its shoreline, unsullied by dominating developments.

But not for much longer. With the decision

by Worthing council to approve the 15 story Roffey-built tower on the old Aquarena site, that’s about to change. It’s certainly divided people. There are those who think it’ll bring a forward-thinking injection of energy into the area, and inevitably there are those

who consider it to be a potential blot on the landscape. A block of flats rarely stands alone for long, after all. How long would it take for further clusters of similar-sized builds to emerge nearby?

Even the most inflexible types can get used to change, but it’ll be interesting to see how local perspectives are altered by such a radicallyaltered view. Those who get to live in the new Roffey build will pay inflated prices to enjoy an uninterrupted vista whilst those house-dwelling neighbours are bound to feel somewhat dwarfed and overshadowed.

Portsmouth has its Spinnaker tower and Brighton has its i360, with the Marina development expected to resemble parts of Dubai. How far down the line population-wise will Worthing have to be before it attains a landmark considerably taller than 15 storeys?

The Victorians used to compete over which resorts had the best attractions. At the turn of the last century almost a hundred piers existed.

Now with only half remaining and several facing an uncertain future, it seems that seaside ambitions have headed upwards as opposed to out. A reflection of the increasingly overcrowded state of the land perhaps. Where ground space shrinks, air space always beckons.

With the Rampion Wind Farm also being built, a clear view over the sea in this part of the world is something to be treasured. So it’s ironic that it’s the panorama-obscuring towers that are offering some of the best views around.

Where does this leave our friend who was desperate for his uninterrupted view? Well, the last we’d heard was that he’d made enquiries about the Roffey tower, but was so paranoid about that particular view getting obscured one day, he’s decided to move to Cornwall.

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Séan Baldwin is the author of children’s book Worrisome Wilf’s Beastly Bedtime & is Digital Content Manager at Spicer International @hectamus @spicerintl PHOTO: Colm Sweet

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Mum’s the Word in Worthing Mothers day top 5 alternatives to burnt toast Every year, for the past five years, I have been woken on a Sunday in March by a reasonably excruciating pain in my abdominal area, and a faint but definite smell of burning (one year, this was conveniently confirmed by the screeching of the smoke alarm). Yes, on Mother’s Day my bundles of joy insist on cooking toast with Daddy (who is clearly not sufficiently awake at 6am) and then jumping up and down on my stomach until my eyes open and I can fully appreciate the jam smeared joy on their faces as they present their charred offerings.

I am of course, always delighted to receive whatever madness they choose to present. Cards depicting sharks eating mummy (“the shark was starving mummy and you saved him”), flowers that have been used in lieu of a light saber to rid the Universe of Evil (interestingly, crysanths are particularly useless in this role, but gerbera are slightly more impressive in the fight against evil) or tasty looking chocolates with boxes that have been decorated with prior claims of ownership: “The boyz own these,” “Hands off mummy.”

But, on the off chance that there is ever a minor temporal and spatial disturbance in Worthing and I am free to choose how my time is spent on that Sunday in March, there is a vague possibility that I might try something else. So, here are my top 5 alternatives to burnt toast: Kite Surfing How many times have I sat with my (very large and tasty) scone in Sea Lane Café and marveled at the kite surfers as they seem to effortlessly fly in to the air, perform some complicated spin and then surf off in to the sunset? Now, granted, scone consumption and general lack of muscle tone may set me back slightly in this quest, but I would love to give it a go. If nothing else, I would not be able to hear the shouts of “Mummy” over my own screams as I fell on my face in to yet another giant wave.

Culture Vulturing The thing about kids is that they love soft play areas, making a mess with paint and running endlessly along the beach looking for a better stone than the one they picked up five seconds ago. They never really seem particularly enthusiastic when I look longingly at an art gallery or a museum. So I am particularly chuffed with Worthing Museum and their frequent days of bravely inviting kids in to be interested and engaged by old and odd stuff. If one of those days happened to clash with Mother’s Day, I could sneak off and have a look at what weird and wonderful delights are in the Freud family collection.

Afternoon Tea I know I’ve already mentioned scones, but I really do love a good afternoon tea. The type of tea with really small sandwiches and cakes that look hand painted. For this to really work, you need time to sip your tea, sit back and realise that this is the good stuff. Less easy to achieve with kids clamoring to go and do something less dull. The Café at the End of the Pier has cottoned on to this, not only by placing you in the middle of the sea, so the kids are momentarily distracted by waves and seagulls, but there’s also a lovely young fella who tinkles the ivories and the kids are provided with crayons and colouring mats. Gives you at least 7 minutes to stir and sup.

Nothing Yes, really, nothing!

As a busy mum of two, I have completely lost the art of doing nothing. I used to be really quite good at it. Hours spent gazing out of a window contemplating nothing in particular. Worthing is excellent for this as it has an enormous amount of water at one end and some huge, lonesome hills at the other. Offering hours of endless beautiful contemplation.

Dance like I’m 19 again Yes, it’s true that I now have a clicky hip, a mortgage and two small people in tow, but I still like to dance like no one’s watching now and then. Our home grown Tot

Rockin’ Beats combines my 19 year old love of funky moves with my 40 year old love of hubby and sprogs.

This Mother’s Day weekend, I will be introducing my boys to the glories of Take That and the Spice Girls at the coolest gig in town.

Ok, so I would probably be hopeless at doing nothing these days, and I will always choose to do things with small people and husband, because that is what makes Mother’s Day and come to that, every other day.

Beccy Cooper - Mum, Aspiring author & Almost pro-kitesurfer Beccy can be found dancing at MOTHERFUNKIN’, St Paul’s Arts Centre, Sat 25 March, 3-6pm

“the shark was starving mummy and you saved him” PHOTO: Endless contemplation on Worthing beach Jules, www.sussex-arts.co.uk, image1.co.uk

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BISTRO Palm Court Pavilion, Beach House Park, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing Tel: 01903 212011 Palm Court Pavilion is a stylish Café-Bistro in the beautifully renovated pavilion in Beach House Park. We serve delicious homemade food in a tranquil setting a few minutes walk from the town centre and the seafront.

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Restaurant Review Not So Secret Suppers Here & Now joined 10 other fine diners at a recent Not So Secret Suppers soiree at 4Below, a Grade-II listed seafront apartment, which is transformed into a pop-up, ‘Modern European’, restaurant each month. For the uninitiated, the dining table for 12, is the key ingredient for NSSS, a chance to dine in the company of ‘strangers’, you are welcome as a single diner or to bring your own friends. Chances are like us that evening, you will meet someone you already know.

Hosts, Jon (aka Jean de Rien, the singing chef), Rosanne and Thomas offer a 3 course seasonal menu, with choice of starter, main and dessert, and inclusive of cocktail, amuse bouches, dessert wine, tea & coffee and petit fours. Guests are invited to BYO. Foodies will love the menu choice and that dietary requirements are catered for.

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The dinner started like an old friend’s reunion. Easy conversation flowed, we talked travel, theatre and films we’d recently seen and all things Worthing. Jon’s singing from the kitchen added to the relaxed ambience.

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Wish You Were Here ARTS & CULTURE

A Festival By The Sea, 20 – 23 April 2017 Back in September last year, Susie Pepper, Jessie Cunnett and Kevin Hough were standing in Bar 42 on a Sunday afternoon, having just watched a spoken word and music event. The trio were so inspired to see this kind of event in the town that a decision was made to get a Worthing based festival off the ground to do more like that.

Inspired by the likes of the famous Edinburgh and Brighton fringe events, the Wish You Were Here Festival is celebrating a wide variety of performance with an eclectic programme of local, national and international performance makers including; comedy, theatre, dance, performance art, talks, spoken word, poetry, film, folk music, live bands, acoustic talent and DJs spinning decks to suit any taste.

“We have been encouraged and excited by the interest people have shown in the idea so far, we have some amazing acts lined up.”

Being run on a not for profit basis and on a very small budget the team are working together with local pubs, performance makers and audiences to bring something a little different to the Worthing calendar. A fundraising event held in January at the new Cellar Arts Club attracted a big audience to watch Noisferatu (mask and sound based performance art), Quartzette (a string quartet playing everything from Elgar to Elbow), Josh Craggs (a modern day one-man band using melodic and vocal loops to create beautiful layered sounds), Maisie Cunnett (spitting bars of spoken word on current social and political issues), La Momo (Worthing’s best kept secret band), finishing off the evening with some of the most mellow Reggae and Rock Steady tunes you could wish for spun on gorgeous vinyl by Rewind Selecta.

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“One audience member remarked how it felt more like Berlin than Worthing – we’ll take that!”

The idea behind the Wish You Were Here Festival, is to celebrate and showcase interesting and good quality performance of all kinds, as well as spread the love for Worthing as a cultural centre, big up the great British seaside (even off season) and raise the profile of our lovely local pubs.

Worthing has some great pubs and so we have teamed up with local publicans to use them as the host venues for the acts. Venues taking part so far include: the Alehouse and Kitchen, Anchored in Worthing, Cellar Arts Club, Bar Next Door, Bar 42, the Corner House and The Smugglers – more to be announced .

Events will be free entry with audiences invited to recognise performance makers on a ‘pay as you wish’ basis.

April 20th – 23rd 2017

“With something for everyone, we hope to see lots of people coming along.”

The full programme will available in March. For more info visit wywhfestival.co.uk, Twitter and Facebook @wywhfestival Are you a performer? Want to get involved? Email info@ wywhfestival.co.uk.

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ABOVE: Photos by Jessie Cunnett 1- Quartzette (a string quartet playing everything from Elgar to Elbow) 2 - Maisie Cunnett & Josh Craggs

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Riding the Worthing Waves of Creativity

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Creative Innovators talk shop Blueprint 22 Board Member and Creative Innovator, Edmond Antwi, talks all things creative with Creative Waves Co-Director Nadia Chalk.

Nadia Chalk co-founded Creative Waves with Vanessa Breen - both are professional artists, designers and art educators and together run their not for profit company with heaps of enthusiasm, passion and creativity.

Edmond works with BP22 young people to capture their imagination for new ideas, helping to help make them possible through projects that encourage creativity and play with the aim of exploring and going on adventures of discovery.

Edmond: Hi Nadia, What projects have you been working on?

Nadia: Planning and working on Art on the Pier 2017. We are running the New Amusements project with pop-up activities at St Paul’s and at Hut 34, East Beach Studios. We are also working on the Costume Trail and have workshop space at Worthing Museum so that schools can visit and participate with the research opportunities. Another exciting project is with Ann Thwaites of Food Pioneers, researching the history of Worthing’s fisheries, our local fishermen and the heritage of our coastline. We are always eager to include local schools with our creative projects to show young people the benefits of careers in the creative industries.

Edmond: What inspires you with the work you do?

Nadia: Discovering, figuring out and trying new things. Random things that I find inspire my creativity. I can’t walk past a skip without checking to see if there’s something that I can use to make my little wooden sculptures that I sell at Hut 42 East Beach Studios.

Edmond: What does the world of creativity and art mean to you?

Nadia: Play time, otherwise there is no point. Our mental health is so important, if you have an ounce of creativity in you and you don’t have an outlet it can affect your mind and well being.

Edmond: What can people learn about the arts to express themselves in their own ways?

Nadia: I think that we can all learn about ourselves by exploring our creativity. I prefer the process of designing, making and creating.

I don’t need to ‘measure’ the final outcome if I’ve enjoyed the process. When I illustrate and make wooden sculptures my eyes tell my hands what to do and my brain doesn’t get in the way.

We can doubt ourselves by over thinking. If people are scared to try things out creatively it might mean they are using their brain instead of their eyes and hands or how they are feeling at the time.

Edmond: In your opinion, can art change the world?

Nadia: If we are allowed to let it, it totally can. Although I prefer to work with people so that we can all help ourselves to change our own little worlds.

Edmond: What is the most exciting creative project you have worked on?

Nadia: I struggle to answer that question because I get too excited about our projects and have to calm myself by wearing myself out with a long run!

Edmond: What advice would you give to young adults who are entering into the world of creativity?

Nadia: Trust your instincts, don’t over think it. Work hard at the things you love whatever your thing is. Smile and talk to people and say yes to every opportunity.

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PHOTOS: TOP: Nadia & Vanessa planning the next exhibitions... on the pier, a sunny winter morning.

BOTTOM: Edmond and Nadia at Hut 34, East Beach Studios

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Roy Kelf, Community Artist ARTS & CULTURE

Hazel Imbert shines a light on WAOH exhibitor, Roy Kelf “Illumination … draws people in, doesn’t it?” says Roy Kelf as we discuss his work as a community artist here in Worthing. He has recently been involved in Worthing’s ‘Tide of Light’, his remarkable sculptured lanterns making a big impact. Typically, Roy generously shared his skills at workshops, providing inspiration for others.

“I was inspired myself by Chinese lantern events in the UK. My lanterns are made from plastic milk bottles and split pins; I like using materials and tools which are easily available.

There’s the magic of transforming these ordinary materials into something fantastic.”

With a degree in printmaking and a Master’s in Fine Art, Roy began using recycled and accessible materials to create 3-D and

sculpture, further developing ideas and skills when he was an Instructor in a day centre.

His interest in the environment has inspired a series of sculptures of endangered birds, from masking tape, which will form the basis for future exhibitions and workshops.

Roy has created a 100 lantern project, which once floated in the night sky above East Beach Studios – eerie and fantastic. He has agreed to help Worthing Artists Open Houses to create spectacular fish sculptures, illuminated from within, for this year’s art trail which takes place in over 60 venues in June and July. Members of the public will be able to see these in production in Worthing Library in early April.

Roy is opening his house in Broadwater this year, as one of the venues on the art trail.

There will be 6 artists exhibiting, all offering workshops during the event, and there will be live music and spoken word.

PHOTOS: Above: Pink Fish Right: Roy Kelf - Tide of Light

Innovative and curious, Roy is developing new techniques with colour and construction (under wraps right now).

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Worthing WOW Update

every month in Here & Now Dress to Impress March 2 is World Book Day, when people get to dress up as their favourite characters from books.

scriptwriters, literary novelists, science fiction writers, poets, saga writers, dramatists, creative writing tutors, children’s writers, journalists and biographers. The group’s aim is to help writers in all genres, through a mix of talks, workshops and competitions, offering something different at every meeting.

Recent meetings have featured selfpublishing, novellas, book reviews and freelance writing online. On March 9, writer Vanessa Gebbie will be talking about compiling short story collections.

Is your child going to school dressed as Matilda or Danny the Champion of the World? Perhaps you’d like to get in on the fun and dress up as Dumbledore or Lizzie Bennett? Send us your photos and we’ll select the best for next month’s Here & Now, as well as our Facebook page.

Competition Time March 20th is World Story Telling Day, and spring officially begins on the 21st.

This month’s competition is to write a story, in 250 words or fewer, with a ‘SPRING’ theme. Be as creative as you like – we’ve deliberately kept it vague! Send your story to submissions@worthingwow.co.uk

by Tuesday 28th February and we will print the best entry on the page next month.

Meet the Writers’ Groups Hobbit contemporaries West Sussex Writers, one of the oldest writers’ groups in the UK, shares a birthday with The Hobbit!

The group was co-founded by Francis O’Hanlon, a journalist and non-fiction writer, in 1937 - the same year that Tolkien first published his classic tale of dragons and wizards and cursed rings.

Today the WSW members are an eclectic bunch, including

This friendly group meets at 7:30 pm on the second Thursday of each month (except August) at the Church Hall, Bury Drive, Goring, BN12 4XB - behind Goring Methodist Church. There’s no need to book – just come along. For more information, visit westsussexwriters.co.uk.

National Grammar Day Grammar Gremlins As Winston Churchill once famously – and possibly apocryphally - said: ‘This is a use of English I will not up with put.’ He was, of course, making fun of the grammar rule by which you must never end a sentence with a preposition – words like “to” and “from” and “by” and “with”. March 4th is Grammar Day, and so we were wondering – what is good grammar, how do you find it and do you really need it? If you are texting your daughter or emailing your best friend, you don’t have to worry too much. But if you are writing a business letter or applying for a job, good grammar can make all the difference.

If you didn’t learn grammar in school – and a lot of us didn’t - help is at hand. Not sure how to use a semi colon? Uncertain over “may” and “might”, “lesser” and “fewer” and the dreaded “its” versus “it’s”?

Fowler’s Modern English Usage, first published in the 1920s but brought up to date for the 21st century, is still the go-to reference.

For something a little more modern, search for Grammar for Grownups by Katherine Fry and Rowena Kirton, (2012) or Between You and I by James Cochrane (2003). Lynne Truss’s hilarious Eats Shoots and Leaves is also worth a look.

If you like your media social, two useful websites are English Grammar and Grammarly; both are on Facebook and Grammarly also has an app to help out.

And if you’re still wondering what difference punctuation makes, try this little conundrum: “Caesar entered on his head / A helmet on each foot / A sandal in his hand he bore / His trusty sword to boot”.

Add a few commas, and I promise you, it makes perfect sense.

Competition winner Congratulations to Angela Petch for her moving take on the age-old tale of Beauty and the Beast.

Lying on the hospital bed, her face swaddled in bandages, Asha had hours to think. She cast her mind across the sea to Africa and her Manyatta village on the Serengeti plains - to the chatter and chanting of women pounding maize in wooden mortars, breeze humming through whistling thorns, cattle lowing, the aroma of roasted cassava.

These images blocked memories of her satanic journey to France: favours given in exchange for lifts, a terrifying sea crossing and the squalor of Jungle Camp, where mud, cold and fear penetrated her young bones. Her burns would be a constant reminder of the pimp who doused her with paraffin before pushing her into the campfire.

And she thought of Mingati - a long-limbed boy with a beautiful smile, whom she’d known since childhood, a handsome Moran with long hair. In the dry season whilst she tended her scrawny goats, he’d brought extra milk from his father’s cows. He made sandals for her from strips of rubber tyres and carved ebony bracelets for her wrists. But she spurned his gifts.

‘You are a beast,’ he said, ‘with the heart of a lioness.’

‘Why bother?’ she asked. ‘I’m leaving here soon anyhow.’

Because sometimes Asha worked in a tourist camp, where bedrooms had refrigerators packed with juices and European girls stepped out of silken dresses to take tea and cake.

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And she wanted her share.

Dozing and hovering in and out of dreams, she heard shouting: ‘Where is my lioness?’ a voice called.

Footsteps stopped by her bed and Mingati knelt to press cool shells into Asha’s palm and whisper endearments. A single hot tear stung her face within the bandages and she thought that if this were a dream, then it was the best she’d ever had.

Poetry Corner: Sometimes, Still, I Think Of You And yet sometimes still, I wake and think of you Pieces of me lost, You found, unbroken In fire and ice and Cold crystal blackness You were dancing stars and lightning Almost unbearably bright And where there were shadows You brought light But what once was, Will always be, With the beast Deep inside of me And so, still, sometimes I wake, and think Of you And me And if The Beast Would Ever Leave - Peter Willmer Worthing WOW visit us at worthingwow.co.uk and on Facebook Share your thoughts with us @WorthingWOW @HereandNow_mag Send your poems, stories & articles to: submissions@worthingwow.co.uk Worthing WOW is a Registered Charity: Number 1166203

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Worthing parkrun Local writer and run-lover Sim Scott tells us how parkrun is benefitting Worthing The global phenomena that is parkrun hit Worthing in the summer of 2016, with its friendly atmosphere and camaraderie proving an instant hit with regular runners and absolute beginners alike.

With it’s simple and universal format of a free, weekly, five-kilometre timed run, there are parkrun events in areas of open space across the length and breadth of the UK. Parkrun prides itself on being open to everyone, with a team of dedicated volunteers taking care of everything from welcoming nervous newcomers, to greeting happy finishers as they cross the line - come rain or shine.

Having personally taken part in parkruns in other areas of the country over the years, I was thrilled to hear of its imminent arrival in Worthing.

The frequent gusts that hit our promenade can prove a challenge in at least one half of the out-andback route from Splashpoint to the Waterwise play area, but the promise of a post-run tea and chat with fellow runners at Coast Café or Splashpoint is enough to drive even the weariest towards the finish line.

Duncan Anderson and Matt Owen, Event Directors for Worthing parkrun, were responsible for bringing this great event to our town.

I caught up with Duncan to ask why he decided to take on the challenge.

“The first time I took part in a parkrun I thought ‘wow!’. Here were a group of strangers applauding ‘firsttimers’, celebrating the birthdays of fellow runners, and welcoming ‘tourists’ before setting off for a Saturday morning run!”

Having caught the parkrun bug whilst visiting relatives in Kent, Duncan was keen to find an event closer to home. “At that point there were eight parkruns in Sussex, but the closest to Worthing was in Hove Park”. With support from a national organisation, the model is built on independent local ownership and community involvement, actively encouraging enthusiastic locals to create their own events.

With an idea forming, Duncan teamed up with fellow local running enthusiasts Matt Owen, Stef Ransley and Laura Carter, to bring the dream of a Worthing parkrun to life. “What

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better way to start the weekend? A run in the fresh air and all done by 10am too for coffee and a post-run chat with new friends”. Duncan continues, telling me of the benefits of parkrun, “Becoming active is a great way to boost our mood, and so is volunteering. Parkrun is a community activity that is built on volunteering…” He explains the ethos further, “We are reliant on the generosity of our volunteers. If one of our volunteers can help out just one week in six, we’re successful”.

There are many parkrunners whose lives have been changed by the event; I’ve lost count of the number of Worthing runners keen to spread the word. Just six months ago, Amy Thorley’s life was very different.

Amy tells me “I took part in my first parkrun in September 2016 after being ‘encouraged’ by friends. I had never run but was looking for a form of exercise to help with my continued weight loss and to improve my fitness ahead of the June 2017 British Heart Foundation London to Brighton bike ride I’m doing to celebrate my 40th birthday, and in memory of my Dad. I went with some trepidation. I was worried I would be the last person and everyone would be waiting for me. I now run with my husband and daughter and have knocked over six minutes off my time. It is an integral part of my weekend and I love it - everyone is so supportive and friendly. I urge anyone who is thinking of coming along to do it”.

...and we’re off!

Duncan and the volunteer dream team

As Amy’s story proves, this is a real community event with participants ranging from parents running with toddlers in pushchairs, to groups of friends enjoying an energetic chat as they walk their way round the course.

Duncan adds “We started with a target of 200 participants, but our first event attracted over 400! We regularly attract 300 runners. Word is getting round and it’s only going to grow”.

So, whether you’re an absolute beginner taking your first tentative steps towards becoming active, or a seasoned athlete chasing a personalbest; come and try Worthing parkrun for yourself. Don’t fancy the run?

Have a go a volunteering. Duncan and the team are always on the lookout for helpers to keep this great event going.

Amy - still managing a smile whilst running!

Worthing parkrun takes place every Saturday, starting at 9am from the promenade by Splashpoint Leisure Centre, BN11 2EN.

Fancy volunteering? Please email worthinghelpers@parkrun.com

For more info, or to register to take part: www.parkrun.org.uk/worthing

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Worthing Thunder

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Experience the Spectacle of Basketball

Recently I was invited to experience the spectacle of Basketball in Worthing. If, like me, you have little idea what to expect, as I had never seen a live game before, then I can definitely recommend that you give this a go. Worthing Thunder are very welcoming and this is a sport that all the family can enjoy and appreciate.

The skill levels, competitiveness and the pure speed match any other spectator sport.

Worthing Thunder Basketball, play in in the National Division 1 League, with their home venue at Worthing Leisure Centre, which they name ‘Thunderdome’. The club has a prestigious history going way back to the heady days of Worthing Bears in the 80’s.

The club has strong roots within the community, in part due to training camps and lessons provided for local schools, but also with its relationships with community groups such as Beavers, Cubs and local junior teams who regularly attend matches.

I spoke to the match day organiser Simon Wells: “We are one of the very few teams in the league that pride ourselves in putting on a full night’s entertainment for our fans. This includes live music, commentary, large match screen, raffle, games, prizes, programmes, merchandise, the Thundergirls cheerleaders, Funky Dunky our mascot and of course an exciting game of Basketball.”

The team consists of players that are fairly local to the area, except for the USA signing, Lyonell Gaines. Lyonell is currently the leading points scorer in the entire league and a fantastic ambassador for the club and the sport.

Thunder also have a proud history of nurturing our junior talent. Hosana Kitenge, who is just 16, plays for the seniors team and has recently be called up to play in the England under 18s.

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around at the football club. A fully refurbished ground, seating, bars and catering has suddenly turned the club into a professional outfit. In their first season under the new chairman they achieved promotion, through the play-offs, into the Ryman Isthmian Premier Division. The club’s five year plan involves reaching the National League, which was previously known as the Conference. This long term plan wouldn’t be achievable without getting the local community more involved through various avenues.

Worthing Football was on the brink of collapse, debt ridden and struggling to compete. This was until a former player stepped up, George Dowell, who used compensation money from an accident that had left him paralysed from the chest

down. The club has transformed under his stewardship, and under the management duo of Jon Meeney and Gary Elphick.

Fast forward a year and a half and you wouldn’t believe the turn

One of these avenues has been youth development, and it is something Worthing FC is taking very seriously, offering the chance for local children to have access to a very high level of coaching at the club’s new academy. Children from the age of 7 are able to join the academy, and the club has branched out to offer free coaching sessions in local schools and are currently working with Orchards Junior School. The club has really started to gain some big rewards from this approach, and

have been very competitive in the FA youth cup – where they have played against Middlesborough and Millwall amongst others.

With the attendances increasing, Worthing FC has hosted some incredible football matches in front of crowds that are starting to swell past the 1000 mark. With a young and talented team on display locally, and with crowds which are ranked as some of the highest for non-league football in the country – I recommend going along for a match sometime & see what the fuss is all about.

Luke Osborne March fixtures at home: Sat 10 Mar – Corinthian Casuals, Sat 17 Mar – Faversham Town, Sat 31 Mar – Folkestone Invicta.

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Worthing & Adur Chamber of Commerce

How does the Chamber support business in the Worthing and Adur area?

Following the success of the latest ‘Better Business Show’, Here & Now met up with CEO Tina Tilley and Gill Fielding, who discuss how the Chamber supports business in the Worthing and Adur area.

Tina: Here we are in Worthing, in the Sphere Business Centre, which you Gill, have been a great supporter. It’s been 9 years since we first asked you to speak at our AGM, and you subsequently joined us as Patron bringing your wider business perspective to the Chamber, which has helped us maintain a view on how our area fits into the bigger national picture.

Tina: Why do you choose to live in Worthing, why do you base yourself here?

Gill: It’s a bit of an anomaly, although I live in the area, my businesses are based in London and Devon. I’m a business owner

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rather than a business doer, so my personal office is in Worthing.

That’s quite important to me as I love this area. Where better place could you live, other than the Sussex Downs? It’s just absolutely amazing, we have the sea, proximity to Gatwick and London, theatres, great shops, it’s vibrant, I honestly can’t think of living anywhere else. We have access to some phenomenal business services, like the Chamber here, and the Sphere is a real passion of mine, I think it has a lot going for it.

Gill: Clearly Tina you are much more at the hub of the business drive locally, you’ve been CEO of the Chamber for 11 years now, so why Worthing for you?

Tina: Well, I came here with my husband’s job, and stayed for the good quality of life. We lived in America in between times, and coming back, Worthing always felt

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Gill: So, what does the Chamber do today?

Tina: The Chamber is multifaceted, it’s a facilitator, we represent our members and are asked to be the voice for business at local business groups. Our main objective is to help the business community to work together to have a better business life here, so that they want to stay here.

Through partnership working,

we also encourage our young people and talent to stay local, so we connect in with colleges and schools to try to influence how they look at the area and to highlight what is available to them here. Okay, some may want to go to Brighton but it’s amazing the number that come back and I think that’s an indicator that this is a nice place to live and work.

Sometimes it takes going away to really appreciate what we have here.

Gill: We’ve got some big projects coming up locally, tell us a bit about those.

Tina: I suppose the ongoing and most controversial is the A27.

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LOCAL BUSINESS out to sea with a scenic view but more seriously, lobbying for improvements to the A27 has been Chamber agenda item for the last 40 years or so. It affects everyone, the A27 is a big issue that’s not going to get solved locally.

Another major project is the prospect of IKEA coming into Lancing. It’s an experience, it’s almost a day out, so it will bring people into the area and further impact the A27 issue. But do we stop these developments because they are going to be inconvenient or do you look at it and say it’s better for the area in the long run?

IKEA will employ a lot of people locally and will build 600 houses, which we desperately need in this area. Without IKEA, the houses wouldn’t get built.

Then there’s the development of Worthing town centre, building on the cultural offer, like the new eateries area in Montague Place. We are lucky that there is so much interest in the area with companies prepared to invest.

Recently received Local Growth Funding Grants will also go a long way to enabling the development of more projects in our area.

Gill: I love networking, it’s a great buzz. When you start a business, it’s so easy to become isolated sitting in your spare bedroom or your kitchen, staring at the wall and you have no sounding board and I think that’s the benefit of the Chamber for me.

Even though my businesses are outside Worthing, I still chat to people about what my business is doing and I appreciate that sense of community and feedback.

Networking gives people a good level of support and there’s always tea and cake on offer, so that’s nice!

Gill: What would you say is your most important achievement, would it be the Chamber?

Tina: Yes, second to bringing up my children, I was a mum first.

The Chamber was the biggest challenge I’d come across, it wasn’t offering a lot when I started and now, with a small team, it is a great Chamber and unrecognisable to what it was.

The business sector is constantly changing, with new people and new ideas, so there will always be more work to do.

Gill: We know that we have 40,000 business more or less in West Sussex and I think actually in the last year employment has risen 7% in the Worthing area alone, so there are some micro economic changes going on. So, if I’m a small business owner, how can the Chamber help me?

Seeing start-up businesses that have gone through our Peer to Peer support group, still trading and meeting up, seeing the success of the Better Business Show - with start-ups to established multi-million-pound turnover businesses standing side by side, networking together that’s now the biggest buzz for me.

Tina: If you have a business idea, come and talk to us. We have business advisors, who will help you evaluate your idea and point you in the right direction for further support. This may include workshops that we run for prestart and start-up businesses.

A good start is essential for a business, which is why we have the Sphere – people can come in, access support and use the facilities, and we offer hotdesking or permanent space with other people to talk to. We also host networking events across Worthing and Adur.

Gill: I think actually that’s probably the main reason why you and I work so well together, my view is more macroeconomic but I know that no matter what happens in the external world, it’s the local picture that keeps business functioning, particularly smaller businesses. We have the media scaring people about Brexit, Trump and leadership changes, and it keeps people on an emotional roller coaster, what the Chamber does is balance that with common sense. Okay this might be going on outside but you’ve still got to feed your kids, you’ve

still got to pay your gas bill you’ve still got to keep your business running, so let’s get you protected and safe and driven and informed and educated and supported and then actually those bigger things don’t impact you quite so much.

So, that for me is important and as I’m all about the individual rather than this bigger picture, which is you as well really.

Recently available local grants can be used towards the cost of peer to peer mentoring groups, which provide support over a 12-18 month period.

For info on this and other Chamber support and events, visit worthingandadurchamber. co.uk or call 01903 203484. The Chamber is located in the Sphere Business Centre at Northbrook College Broadwater campus, Worthing.

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Business In The Community BITC is one of Prince Charles’ charities Jon Stroud has recently been seconded from HMRC to Business In The Community (BITC); he tells Here & Now about his role as the new BITC Business Connector for the Worthing area.

BITC is one of Prince Charles’ charities. Established in the early ‘80s, BITC helps businesses and charities work together for the benefit of their local communities.

Can you tell us about the Business Connector role?

To date, BITC has trained and placed over 190 Business Connectors from business and Civil Service in over 100 locations in England. The Connector role is to support the building of effective relationships between business and communities and I’m delighted to have recently been seconded from HMRC to be the new Connector for Worthing. I started just before Christmas and will work in the area for a year in total and hope to use my 30 years’ experience at HMRC and recent Princes Trust voluntary work to support the community.

You are the 3rd Business Connector for Worthing. What will be your focus for the year?

Business Connectors are asked to focus on three things - Education, Environment and Enterprise.

Communication is at the heart of the Business Connector’s role, so I’ve been finding out about the Worthing area and talking to local

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leaders in the Council, in business and more recently, charities and community groups.

What I have seen in Worthing is that there is so much brilliant work going on in all three areas.

Recently, I went to a mentoring event at Durrington High School, established by the school with the Rotary Club and Nicki Godley, who was the first Connector here - seconded from Lloyds Bank. It was an inspirational event and wonderful to see the positive effect on the pupils involved.

I have been supporting the promotion of a new corporate social responsibility website called Forwardsteps.org.uk. In partnership, Worthing & Adur Chamber of Commerce and Voluntary Action Worthing introduced the website at the Better Business Show on 2nd February. The Chamber has been working with Active-IT to create an easy to use site for its members. It will help members give to local not-forprofits operating in the Worthing area. It will make it easy for members to upload offers such as volunteer time, free use of office space, stationery items, training sessions and even mentoring as part of their corporate social responsibility offer. Local charities will be able to go to a ‘one stop shop’ to access support from local businesses in the future. It’s a great way for the business and not-for-profit sectors to get in touch and help each other.

I met some great local businesses at The Better Business Show. It was an opportunity to discuss how I can support them through my BITC role. Connections made can include anything, from a long term partnership to a single offer of help. There are many benefits for businesses, including solving recruitment difficulties, staff welfare and engagement, raising local profile, reducing waste and improving your area. If you’re in business, think about the needs of your business and how you can best meet these needs; a connection with your local community could help you both.

As I said, this job is all about talking to people. It’s also

teaching me new things every day that I will be able to take back to HMRC. How can business and the community get involved?

I’m keen to speak to anyone who can help or who thinks that I can help them. If you would like to get in touch with me, please don’t hesitate.

Jon Stroud, Business Connector for Worthing, Business Connector Programme Tel: 07387 095361, email: jon.stroud@bitcconnect.org, Twitter @jonsconnects

Sunny Worthing Awards Maker The Sunny Worthing awards were being held at Worthing Pier’s Southern Pavilion as Here & Now went to press.

Here & Now sponsored the Services category. We caught up with Tom Freer, who was busy crafting each award on the beach outside of StudioFreer, his East Beach Studio. Next month, we’ll highlight the worthy winners.

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by Sunny Worthing to make the trophies and of course I jumped at the chance.

For me, the awards represent all that I

love about Worthing - the hard work, entrepreneurial skill and independence that has driven the town’s culture so far forward in the last decade. I’m proud to be a part of such a forward-thinking town and each of the fourteen trophies has been made with a bit of that pride built in. And I get to work right on the beach, it doesn’t get much better than that!”

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Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra LIVE MUSIC

Spring Concert - Sun 12 March, 3pm, Assembly Hall

Worthing Philharmonic is a community orchestra formed from local talented musicians. Their 2017 season begins under Musical Director, Dominic Grier.

Dominic read music at the University of Cambridge and initially studied conducting with the late George Hurst, then subsequently at the Royal Academy of Music under the tuition of Colin Metters, Sir Colin Davis and Mark Shanahan. He graduated with distinction and was awarded the prestigious DipRAM for outstanding final performances and the Fred Southall Memorial Prize.

Dominic has waited a long time to conduct the mighty Nielsen 3rd Symphony known as the ‘Expansiva’ and this is a rare chance to hear live this tremendous Danish symphony.

The concert opens with the Brahms Tragic Overture and features the talented young New Zealand violinist Alexandra Lomeiko performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto.

Alexandra was born in 1991 into a family of musicians and began playing violin at age 5. Currently a postgraduate student at the Royal College of Music in London, she has established herself as one of the most talented and versatile musicians of her age, winning competition prizes and being broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on numerous occasions.

Tickets from Worthing Theatres box office, 01903 206206 or worthingtheatres.co.uk. £9, £13 or £16. Children under 16 & students £3.

Want to get involved?

Worthing Phil is a full Symphony Orchestra, providing a nurturing environment for local musicians from the community, seeking to perform at the highest standard. They currently have spaces available for any string players, especially double bass players. If you would like to get involved please make contact through the website: worthingphil.com.

Dominic in concert. Photo: John Crix Alexandra Lomeiko. Photo: Kaupo Kikkas

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Paul Lamb & The King Snakes 31 March, 8pm, Southern Pavilion Paul Lamb is known by aficionados and music press around the world as a foremost blues harmonica exponent, forging himself a place in the history books as one of the greatest players of our time. Countless awards have been won by him & his band.

He has sold record-breaking quantities of albums and performed around the world. Having been inducted into the British Blues Awards Hall Of Fame (alongside the likes of Peter Green, John Mayall & Alexis Korner) Paul continues to bring his infectious brand of soulful blues to his fans around the globe.

Paul Lamb stands beside a small number of American counterparts (close friends such as Kim Wilson, Rod Pizza, Jerry Portnoy, and Charlie Musselwhite) as an equal in every sense, and as a testimony to the standards that most young harmonica players can only allude to. He bears his talent with both humility and grace as one of the last of the old-school, a true gentleman of the blues.

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Reggae Doctors, Joe Miles talks to Mike Pailthorpe People are still talking about the Reggae All-Dayer last Summer at the Corner House, Worthing, which brought together Jamaican food, drinks and music, along with what seemed like half the town’s music lovers and their families. Crucial to the party was the musical contribution of Worthing’s own Reggae Doctors, with their extra special collection of Reggae vinyl, which made High Street feel like a seaside Notting Hill Carnival. Mike Pailthorpe interviewed Worthing born and bred DJ, Joe Miles, to find out more about this part of the Worthing underground music scene.

Mike: Joe, you’re a musician as well as a DJ? Joe: I was first introduced to the notion of making lots of noise in a friend’s garage whilst at Durrington High School. Having two friends that played drums and guitar already, I picked up the Bass so I could jump right in with them.

This got me hooked on low-end frequencies and shortly after I discovered the world of Jamaican music beyond Bob Marley’s ‘Legend’ collection (every household has a copy somewhere). I was very lucky to meet the wonderful Ruby Taylor around about the time we finished Worthing High School, and from there we started playing a weird mix of Ska, Reggae, Rock and Pop in a band called Ettin, which eventually became Tin Roots.

Mike: We interviewed Ruby (now releasing records and performing as Yumi & The Weather) a couple of issues ago. It sounds like you’ve been part of a scene here for some years.

Joe: Despite what many people will tell you, there used to be more than just the one pub that would be happy to host a gig for you. We put on some fun little gigs at places like The Half Brick, Tangerine, The Rest (R.I.P) and one memorable gig at The Wheatsheaf which almost caused a road-block!

One thing that always pleasantly surprises is the amount of talented people in Worthing.

There’s no shortage of young bands making and performing great original tunes, there’s just a lot fewer venues that seem to want to support them than when I was playing 10 years ago.

Mike: How did you go from Bass to DJing?

Joe: I kind of fell into DJ’ing about 4 years ago.

I’d been inspired by all the DJ’s I’d seen rocking crowds on the festival circuit with just turntables or a laptop. As soon as I had some money together I bought a Mac and controller off a friend and got to work sorting out my music. I did a few parties and then was offered a Job out in Zante (Greece), playing commercial Hip-Hop

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and R’nB. I quickly realised that this was not my type of party and that there, the music came last on people’s priorities.

Although clubbing in Zante wasn’t for me, I knew that there were people out there like me who wanted to dance to more than just one style of music all night. So just over a year ago, me and my friend Sam Mahe started our night; Utopia.

Mike: This sounds like a new version of the original Balearic scene, where anything goes if the dancers enjoy it?

Joe: The aim was to start a night that featured eclectic genres of music to dance to, but also to make it all-inclusive and I think we’ve achieved that. I play House to Hip-Hop, Reggae to Dubstep and everything in between, normally ending up with some (say it quietly so as not to disturb the neighbours or scare the council) Drum and Bass. We’ve had local esteemed guests joining us on the decks like Tom Luka, Norm from Inappropriate Handclap and Tony Chestnut (Ant Dickinson). The nights started at Coast which has a real house-party, rough and ready kind of atmosphere to it, and the fact that it’s a bit of a hidden gem has made the events seem a little special. We did an all day party up on the roof there in July and it went off!

Mike: How did the Reggae Doctors come about?

Joe: The Reggae Doctors was started by Anthony Dickinson, Rob Watson and me as a way of bringing the music that we all love to a bigger crowd in Worthing. It’s very much a Summer-time thing and there is nothing more special than listening to a big sound-system pumping out some sweet Reggae music all day and night. Again, there’s been various Selectas and Dj’s in and around Worthing since I can remember, but to me they seemed a bit niche in the sounds they selected. As the Doctors, we each kind of specialise in different aspects of the music, so we play anything related to Reggae; not just strictly Roots, or Ska, but all of it. We were all surprised at how popular our parties at the Corner House were over the summer so we’ve got plans for (hopefully) something bigger this year and we’ll also be working with Worthing Theatres for some events in 2017.

Mike: When’s the next one?

Joe: It’s Sunday 30 April, The Reggae Doctors all day session at the Pavilion bar (the old Denton Lounge) Free entry!

Mike: We’ll be down the front!

Check out www.facebook.com/thisisutopia www.facebook.com/thereggaedoctors ww.mixcloud.com/DJLoveDub

Mike Pailthorpe runs the Music Business Degrees at Northbrook College Sussex & helps run the Soul/Gospel choir Spring into Soul www.springintosoul.co.uk Twitter: @mikepailthorpe

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South Downs Folk Singers Wed 1 March,7.30pm.

The Beechwood, Worthing The Black Tubes, Crooks, Scuffle, Emersis.

Thurs 2 March, 7-11pm. Bar 42, Marine Parade. FREE Fleetingwood Mac Fri 3 March, doors open 7.30pm, 8pm12am. A young and exciting new tribute to the legendary band Fleetwood Mac. We aim to create a genuine Fleetwood Mac sound, with a modern edge. St Paul’s Worthing. £13.20 BAM (Jungle Brothers) / J-Felix + DJ Steeps Sat 4 Mar, 8pm. St Paul’s, Worthing. £11 Big Yellow Taxi Sat 4 March. The North Star, Worthing Jazz Breakfast Sun 5 March, 11am. Mike Hatchard Jazz Breakfast Shoreham Ropetackle An all-star billing. Frank Holder returns, the legendary ninety-something percussionist/vocalist who regularly performs at Ronnie Scott’s with his superb accompanist Shane Hill on guitar. Derek Nash, one of the top sax players in Britain today. Pastries for purchase. £10 Sue Richardson Quartet Tue 7 March. Sue Richardson is the unusual combination of female jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, singer and composer. She is accompanied this evening by her husband Neal Richardson on piano, Nigel Thomas on bass and Alex Eberhard on drums. Hare & Hounds.

Kevin Rowland (Dexys) DJ set + Meet & Greet Fri 10 March. Club atom presents – Kevin Rowland and local support (tba). St Paul’s Worthing. Ages 18+. Seetickets.com.

Tickets £12.50 adv. (includes meet & greet).

Tangent Fri 10 March. Thomas A Becket The Sensational 60’s Experience Fri 10 March, 7.30pm. Returning by huge popular demand, for one night only.

Seven legendary names take to the stage and deliver to you a night never to be forgotten! Starring Herman’s Hermits, Chris Farlowe, New Amen Corner, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Fortunes, The Ivy League and Alan Mosca from Freddie and The Dreamers. Assembly Hall. £28.50 The Dumb Waiters Sat 11 March. The Alexandra.

North Sea Radio Orchestra Sat 11 March, 1-4pm. Music Lumini presents: North Sea Radio Orchestra, composer Craig Fortnam’s highly acclaimed and out of this world, art rock / chamber music ensemble. Favourites on BBC 6Music. Crayola Lectern supports – psychedelic piano songs with brass,

electronics. All profits from the ticket sales will go to MIND. St Paul’s. Check availability. £11 The Wall of Floyd - Sat 11 March, 7.30pm, doors 7pm. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. St Paul’s. £19.80 WPO: Spring Concert Sun 12 March, 3pm, doors 2.30pm.

Opens with Brahms’ Tragic Overture.

The orchestra is then joined by talented young violinist Alexandra Lomeiko for a performance of Beethoven’s violin concerto. Concludes with Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3 “Espansiva”. Assembly Hall. £16 / £13 / £9, Students/Under 16s £3 The Alice Band Sun 12 March, 4pm. Rose and Crown Tavern Kelvin Christiane & Geoff Mason Tues 14 March. Kelvin Christiane on Saxes and Geoff Mason on Trombone.

The supporting trio is Terry Seabrook on keyboards, Godfrey Sheppard on Bass and Malcolm Mortimore on Drums. Hare & Hounds.

The Etcetera release show!

Thurs 16 March, 7-10pm. W/New Tropics, Home Brew Crew, The Temple Runs.The Etcetera: (9.45-10.30) Worthing 4 piece with influences including RHCP, Pixies, Nirvana, and High Focus. Bar 42, Marine Parade. FREE The Electric Strawbs Thurs 16 March, 8-10.30pm, doors 7pm.

Line-up; Dave Cousins, lead guitarist Dave Lambert, bass player Chas Cronk as well as other great musicians. All the classics plus stories of their lives together. Tickets: worthingpier.co.uk or the Southern Pavilion Café. £20 + bf/ £25 on night Scott Matthews + Chris Simmons Fri 17 March. Singer/songwriter Scott Matthews has toured internationally and contributed alongside Robert Plant and Danny Thompson. Ages 14+ (under 16s accompanied) seetickets.com £15 adv

Half Man Half Biscuit Friday 17 March, 7.30pm, doors open 7pm, £21.50 If Half Man Half Biscuit did not exist, it would be imperative to invent them. So grab your Joy Division Oven Gloves and

don your Dukla Prague away kit, as The Biscuit are coming to town. Assembly Hall Tickets: worthingtheatres.co.uk 01903 206206. £21.50 (adv) G4 Live Sun 19 March, 7.30pm. Multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group will be back on the road in 2017 with special guests and their trademark harmonies that wow audiences wherever they go. Connaught Theatre. £30, Concs £28, VIP £76.50 Wurlitzer: Phil Kelsall Sun 19 March, 2pm, doors 1.45pm. Hear the magnificent sounds of the Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ, with special guest Phil Kelsall. Assembly Hall. £12 – £17 South Coast Blues Jam Sun 19 March, 2-5pm. Regular monthly Blues Jam on 3rd Sunday of every month.

Back line and PA supplied. All abilities welcome. Charles Dickens, Heene Road.

FREE Charlotte Glasson Quartet Tue 21 March. Charlotte Glasson is a multi-instrumentalist, band leader, composer and session player. Joined tonight by Andy Williams on Guitar, Steve Thompson on Bass and Alex Eberhard on drums. Hare & Hounds.

Wuuad, Idle Crooks & Englishmen + more.

Thurs 23 March, 7-11pm. Bar 42, Marine Parade. FREE Kaz Hawkins Fri 24 March, 8pm, doors 7pm.

Comparisons to her idol Etta James, Mavis Staples, Janis Joplin, Kaz is loved for her down to earth attitude. Worthing Pier’s Southern Pavilion. £17.60

TotRockinBeats Presents ‘MotherFunkin’ Sat 25 March, 3-6pm. St Paul’s. threehour festival of family-friendly Funk & foolishness.

For an all-inclusive price: DJs playing a mix of Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop, Indie & Party Classics, DJ Charming Vera, ‘Four Song Singalong’, Soft-play Area, Craft Area, Bee-fit | Fun Fitness, Worthing Lego Club, Speaking Wall Activity, Licenced Bar & Food*, Chill-Out Zone, Pop-up Massage Salon for tired mum feet**, Facepainting*. *Add cost. Supporting a ‘Food Drive’ for Worthing Foodbank. Check Out www. dontbelievethehype.biz for more details.

Danny Bryant Thurs 27 March, 8pm, doors 7pm. A giant of the modern blues world, Danny Bryant

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has evolved from teenage guitar prodigy, to sharing stages with legends like Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy, Joe Cocker and Mick Taylor. Southern Pavilion. £17.60 Whitney: Queen of the Night Sat 25 March, 7.30pm. A stunning celebration of the music and life of one of the greatest singers of our time. Stellar line-up with rising West End star Rebecca Freckleton delivering a powerhouse and breathtaking performance as Whitney.

Pavilion Theatre. £24.50, concs £22.50, Friends £20.50, Groups of 10+ £17.50 Vivacious Events Retro Night Sat 25 March, 7.30pm-midnight. Retro Disco - Fancy a fun night out, sounds of the 70s & 80s, fancy dress encouraged.

FB for info & tickets. Empress suite Worthing. £10 The Rowland Singers Choral Society Thurs 30 March, 7.30pm, doors 7pm.

Conducted by Helen Emery, with organ accompaniment by Marcus Martin.

Mozart’s Requiem, along with other Easter choral favourites by K. Jenkins, M. Tippett and Handel. St Symphorian’s Church, Durrington, New Road, BN13 3HU. Tel: 01903 238792. £10.00 adult/£3.00 child.

On door/01903 238792.

Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes Fri 31 March, 8.30pm. St Paul’s. £11 Rowlands Singers Choral Society Sat 1 April, 7.30, doors 7pm. As above.

Emmanuel URC, St Michael’s Road BN11 4SD. Paul Lamb & King Snakes Worthing Pier Fri 31 Mar, 8pm, doors 7pm. Southern Pavilion. £17.60 The Dumb Waiters Sat 1 April the Egremont.

WSO: Richard Hills plays the Wurlitzer Sun 2 April, 2.45pm, doors 2pm. New concerto by Sussex composer Paul Lewis.

And two classic film scores, The History of Mr Polly and Geordie together with Prokofiev’s dazzling Lieutenant Kijé suite.

Assembly Hall. £19 – £28 Mike Zito Wed 5 April, 8-10.30pm, doors 7pm.

Mike Zito USA, has been a rising star in the blues/roots world for several years as a performer, songwriter and producer, Blues Music Award winner. Worthing Pier’s Southern Pavilion. £19.80 Rudy Warman & The Heavy Weather Fri 7 Apr, 8pm doors 7pm. Every track is original and current, with grassroots, folk and blues all rolled in to one. Southern Pavilion. £11 Fundraising Gig for Katie’s and Beth’s overseas voluntary work 9 April, 2-8pm. Bar 42, Marine Parade

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Half Man Half Biscuit Friday 17 March, 7.30pm, Assembly Hall, £21.50 If Half Man Half Biscuit did not exist, it would be imperative to invent them. Since their formation nearly 30 years ago, their presence has been a necessity. In essence the vehicle for the observations, ramblings and creations of front-man Nigel Blackwell, they are a counterblast to the processes of modern life.

Throughout changing times they have spanned the decades, released 13 full-length albums and dropped a thousand-and-one pop culture references; from BBC Radio’s Charles Nove to former England cricketer Fred Titmus.

HMHB are a truly genuine band, blessed with a magical capacity to make the most jaded of listeners fall back in love with music again.

Back in 1985, Half Man Half Biscuit sat comfortably at the top of the indie album chart. This may not seem so much of an achievement, unless you take a look back at the other contenders in the chart at that time. Acts such as Depeche Mode, New Order and The Cult were all on the scene, and you could guarantee that none of them managed to hit the number one spot with an album that had been recorded in just a couple of days and for around £30.

That album was ‘Back In The DHSS’, it became an instant success after it was championed by the late John Peel, for whom they did a total of 12 sessions over the years. As soon as he heard the white label test pressing, he was smitten.

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Concerts start at 2.45pm

We celebrate WSO’s 90th anniversary with a new concerto for Wurlitzer and orchestra by Sussex composer Paul Lewis.

Sunday 7th May

90th Season Finale

Join us for a concert full of verve and panache to bring our 90th season to a close. With sensational young saxophonist Jess Gillam and Polish pianist Anna Szalucka.

Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road £19, £25, £28, Students/under 16s £6

Call 01903 206 206 or book online at worthingtheatres.co.uk worthingsymphony.co.uk

“(‘Back In The DHSS’) came at a time when music in general was starting to get a little bit po-faced” - John Peel With tracks such as ‘I Hate Nerys Hughes’ and ‘I Love You Because (You Look Like Jim Reeves)’, HMHB could never be considered as po-faced. Even though this was their debut recording, it went on to sell over 200,000 copies.

Since then, they have released a further 12 albums with Nigel Blackwell never taking the music business too seriously.

With lyrics such as, “She’s the main man in the office in the city and she treats me like I’m just another lackey. But I can put a tennis racket up against my face and pretend that I am Kendo Nagasaki” nobody could dispute he chose the correct career path.

Their latest album ‘Urge for Offal’, sees more of Nigel’s surreal observations on everyday life. A few shining examples are ‘Old age killed my teenage bride’ and ‘Baguette dilemma for the Booker Prize guy”.

So grab your Joy Division Oven Gloves & don your Dukla Prague away kit, as The Biscuit are coming to town.

Tickets: worthingtheatres.co.uk 01903 206206. £21.50 (adv)

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What’s on Listings New Amusements Wed 1 – Sat 4 March. New Amusements condensed into a beach hut. Hut 34, East Beach Studios.

FREE Circus Wonderland Wed 1-Sun 5 March, various afternoon to evening times.

Spellbinding blend of colour, laughter and excitement to enchant audiences of all ages. Buckingham Park, Lancing First day all seats £7 any age, any seat. Adults £12-£16, Child/Senior £10-£14 (Child ages 2 -16) Under 2 free on parent’s lap.

Treason Show Fri 3 March, 8pm, doors 7pm.

Spitting Image meets Not The Nine O’Clock News, meets Hignfy.

Southern Pavilion. Tickets £16-£18 on night + BF. Worthingpier.co.uk or Southern Pavilion Café.

Fishing traditions in Sussex Sat 4 March, time tbc. We will take you on a journey to the sea sharing Sussex heritage fishing techniques and ways to catch a fish at night. This event is part of ‘The Last Fisherman Standing’, our HLF funded project.

Register at foodpioneers.org.uk.

Venue tbc. On the beach. FREE Reduce stress and increase focus with guided meditation; Talk Sat 4 March, 2.30pm Goring Library & Sat 18 March, 10am Worthing Library. How meditation can be used to reduce stress and increase happiness by learning how to manage what you focus on. Goring Library.

Tickets from library £2.50

Saturday Morning Lego Club Sat 4 March, 10-11am & 11.30am12.30pm. For children who love to build with Lego. Includes free drink/snack. Grown-ups can join the fun, free tea/coffee or relax in café. Heene Community Centre. ticketsource.co.uk/worthing-legoclub-at-st-pauls £4.00 (+35p) online or £5.00 on door.

Worthing Park Run Every Sat, 9am. Weekly free 5k run. Register before your first run.

For full info and to register for free, visit parkrun.org.uk. Worthing Promenade, BN11 3EN. FREE Kids Run Free Sat 4 March, 8.45am. Fun, running based activities for children in their local parks and schools. Circuits start at 50m for the under two’s, with the longest at 250m for children aged five and over. Victoria Park, Worthing. Kidsrunfree.co.uk for info.

FREE Bingo Fundraiser Saturday 4th March, 7-8pm. Katie & Beth, who are Girl Guides are raising funds for their international service project trip. St John’s Church on Ripley Road.

Oranges & Lemons Flingathon Sun 5 March, 10am. Worthing Journal’s Flingathon, Worthing seafront by Burlington Hotel.

Networking breakfast for local artists - Tue 7 March, 10am.

Networking breakfast for local artists & anyone interested in art. Everyone welcome, just come along. info@ worthingartstudios.com. Small Batch Café, Portland Rd.

Lunchtime talk: Laughter for health and wellbeing.

Tues 7 March, 12.10 -12.50pm.

Worthing Library. Drop in FREE Ronnie Archer-Morgan from BBC’s Antique Roadshow. Tribal art & its influence on 20th century design: Talk.

Tue 7 March, 7.30-9pm. Worthing Antique, Arts & Collectors Club talks.

Lecture theatre, Worthing library.

Annual membership £30 or £5/talk for non-members.

Networth Wed 8 March, 6-7:30pm. Informal networking meeting for business and community groups. View Cafe Bar, 70 Marine Parade, BN11 3QB. FREE Address your stress: Talk Thurs 9 March, 7pm. Many people suffer from stress in silence. Join in an interactive workshop, hear ways of coping with stress/links between the mind and body and how these impact on one another. Brief demo of Mindfulness and Tapping. Shoreham Library. Tickets from library. £2.50 Dance fundraiser Fri 10th March, 8-11.50pm. Dance to live music 60’s to 80’s with Dr Fun/recorded dance tunes in between sessions. Jenni, is to raise funds for a Chestnut Tree House trek and support the children’s hospice.

Raffle prizes. Sussex Yacht Club, Shoreham. £10 jennibfriends@gmail. com

GENERAL EVENTS National Gardens Scheme: Talk Sat 11 March, 2.15-4pm. National Gardens Scheme will be giving a lively talk about the scheme and active participation from the audience will be encouraged! Tel 01903 416815, email gillj105@sky.com. Durrington Community Centre. £4.00 Saturday Dances Sat 11 Feb, 7-10pm. Join for £8.50 membership. Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Rumba, Quickstep, Sequence Dancing, Jive & Cha Cha. Heene Community Centre. £3.50 per session (includes a tea/coffee) Worthing Writers Retreat Sat 11 March / 1 April, 10am4pm. Workshop for people with a project in progress or an idea they want to make a big start on. Write some words in a fun, supportive environment. Lunch, biscuits, hot drinks. Freedom Works, The Mill Building, Chatsworth Road. Book: writershq.co.uk £35.00/wshp West Worthing 5K & 10K Run Sun 12 march, 10.30am. Worthing Seafront, raising money for the COP Federation of Special Schools in Sussex. sportingeventsuk.com/ enterevent/worthing-10/ for all info, costs and registration.

Shoreham Farmers’ Market Sat 12 March, 9am-1pm, every second Saturday of the month. Sells local Sussex produce. East Street, Shoreham.

WorthingDigital Social Thurs 16 March, 8pm. Join us for our monthly dose of chit-chat with like minded folk from across the digital sector. We’ll be in the bar with a WorthingDigital sign on the table. Want to go? Join the group on meetup.com and RSVP. The Corner House, 80 High Street. FREE Worthing & Adur Chamber Hub: Networking Friday 17 March, 12.30pm, Impulse Leisure Centre, Lancing. Book: worthingandadurchamber.co.uk FREE High Salvington Windmill: Meet the Team Sun 19 March, 10.30am for 11am.

Meet the team, bring your ideas.

Opportunities to volunteer. Furze Road, High Salvington BN13 3BP

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Stroke Association’s Resolution Run - 5km and 10km Sun 19 March, 10am. Resolution Runs aim to help you achieve your personal goals. Splashpoint Green, Worthing Seafront. Tel 01622351967, https://www.stroke. org.uk/events/sporting-fundraising/ resolution-run-worthing-2017 for info.

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Gospel Community Choir, Spring into Soul new term starts with a £10 PEL COMMUNITY CHOIRSee website www. taster session. springintosoul.co.uk £10 Indian Summers Fashion Show & Bollywood Dancing Thurs 23 March, 7pm. Fashion show,Lazy gorgeous Indian Clothes, right Soul, Hammock Bollywood dancing, Henna tattoo singers artist, shopping opps. Ladies bookings@stpaulsworthing.co.uk only event, raising awareness of charitywomen’s event cancers, supporting Breast Cancer Care, Jo’s Cervical Cancer g to Chestnut Tree House Trust & Ovarian Cancer Action via ww.springintosoul.co.uk fundraising trip cycling 400km.

Dome. £12 adv/£15 door justgiving. com/fundraising/Sarah-Hand1 Networking Breakfast: Worthing & Adur Chamber of Commerce Friday 24 March, 7.30am. Find out about Small Business Grant/ Apprenticeship Grant Funding. Tips on understanding the criteria and information on what will be accepted for the grants. Venue: TBC. Book worthingandadurchamber.co.uk.

Members £12/Non Members £15 TABs Springtastic Fayre Sat 25 March, 10.30am-1.30pm Craft stalls, refreshments, Spring Hamper raffle, pottery painting.

School choir performance. Thomas A Becket Infant School, Pelham Road, BN13 1JB. Tel 01903 235386. Free parking. FREE

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Springtime Ball Sat 25 March, 8pm-midnight. St Paul’s. jiveplay.co.uk for info and cost.

Shoreham Artisans’ Market 25 March, 9am-2pm. Every fourth Saturday of the month. Stalls selling local, regional and international food & drink and arts & crafts. Shorehamby-Sea. Health and Wellbeing taster: Talks Sat 25 March, 10am-4pm. 30 minute basic intro talks - and opp to book 15 minute 1-2-1 with therapist after (spaces limited book with library). 10.00am - Homeopathy for Wellbeing, 11.00am - Foot care and health, 12.30pm – Hypnotherapy, 2.30pm - Intro to traditional acupuncture. Worthing Library. Dropin. FREE Indoor Car Boot Sale Sun 26 March, 10am-1pm.

Charmandean Centre.

Laughter for health and wellbeing: Talk Mon 27 March, 7pm. Transform your mood and lift your spirits in seconds using laughter exercises in this informative session. Lancing Library. Tickets from library £2.50 Dome Film Quiz Tue 28 March, 7.45pm. Pit your mind against other film enthusiasts for the chance to win 4 free film tickets, to the performance of your choice. One round based on ‘Alan Partridge, Alpha Pappa’ – watch it before you come down! Dome Cinema bar. Entry £1pp Family history workshop special Parish records for Family historians Thurs 30 March, 10am-12 noon.

Archivist Sue Millard, from West Sussex Record Office, talks parish records available for use by Family historians. Refreshments. Worthing Library. Tickets from library. £7.50 Open 16 Art Exhibition Now to Saturday 25 March. An exhibition of work from professional and aspiring artists of all ages and experience, who live or work in Sussex. Worthing Museum.

Talking Hands BSL Deaf Group Mondays 7-9pm. Deaf, Hard of hearing, hearing, everyone welcome.

BSL - Lip Reading - Speech used.

Hearing Dogs for deaf people welcome. East Worthing Community Centre, Pages Lane BN11 2NQ

Worthing Museum & Art Gallery’s Costume Trail To Summer 2018. Worthing Museum costume collection is one of the largest in the country, numbering some 30,000 objects. Art Gallery & around town.

Exhibition: Playland Now to 22 April. Collaboration between international film maker Jivko Darakchiev, Worthing painter & poet Gary Goodman and customers from Coastal Enterprises. The exhibition examines how the coast and its communities have changed over time. Worthing Museum.

Freud, Family & Friends Now to 30 April. Catch this before it goes! A diverse exhibition of art works produced by the friends & family of Freud and Mason, including children’s drawings, sculpture, prints, painting & photography. Worthing Museum.

Aiming High Trampolining: For young people with disabilities & their siblings. Saturdays 1-2.30pm with hoist or 2.30-4pm. Sessions are instructed by fully trained and experienced coaches and an accessibility hoist is available.

Worthing Leisure Centre Tel: 01903 502237, email: enquiries@ southdownsleisure.co.uk £4.80 per session.

Wheelchair racing group Tuesdays 5-6pm & Saturdays 9.30-10.30am. This group is for anybody who is disabled and can propel themselves in a wheelchair or has partial trunk or leg function.

The group has a pool of racing chairs and offers training on the days shown. They meet at the track at Worthing Leisure Centre and have competitions throughout the year.

Contact Claire Moyle for further info, cmoyle@oakgrovecollege.org.uk.

Martin, Adele & Friends from Superstar Arts Recommend!

Out There! West Sussex is a sports and leisure project for adults 16+ with learning disabilities.

Worthing Leisure Centre and Field Place: Tuesday: 7pm to 8pm.

Activities include: Trampoline, Badminton, Boccia, Football, Dance classes, Music group, Sensory room, Arts and crafts and Beauty salon. To join or for more information contact the Out There! team on 01293 544773 or visit www.outreach3way.org/ out-there-west-sussex. Activities are at cost to participants and people requiring 1-1 support will need to bring that support to sessions.

Board games group Every Thurs 2pm-3.30pm. Worthing Library. Go for an afternoon of fun and informal game playing.

Scrabble, card games and many more. Take a friend or meet some new ones, all welcome. Just turn up!

(01903 704809) worthing.library@ westsussex.gov.uk Broadwater Library Activities Every Wednesday, 1.00-3.00pm, knit and natter for adults. Every Monday after school until 4.30pm (term time only) library games for Children. Third Friday of the month, 10.30am-12pm, reading for adults. Every Thursday, 11.00-11.30am, rhyme time for under 5s. Check your local library for activities at www.westsussex.gov. uk/libraries/whats-on-in-libraries/ regular-activities-by-library.

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What’s on Listings Wednesday Market Every Wednesday, 9am-12.15pm.

The Shoreham Centre, Pond road, Shoreham by Sea. Worthing’s Energy Shop - free impartial advice, inc. a tariff comparison & switching service, and eligibility check for further assistance.

St Paul’s Arts Centre on Chapel Road on Wed.s, and Worthing Library on Fri.s, from 10am - 3.30pm. Delivered by Transition Town Worthing (ttworthing. org) as part of the Government’s Big Energy Saving Network.

IT Junction: Drop-in Computer Sessions 10am-12pm, every Wed morning.

Free Sessions to help you get online or you can just use the computers.

Heene Community Centre, 122 Heene Road. Call 01903 256233 to book your first free session or just turn up. See http://itjunction.org.uk for other dates & locations. FREE Special Olympics Worthing Tuesdays 5-6pm. This group is for anybody 8+ who is interested in athletics and has a disability.

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The group train all year round on Tuesdays 5pm to 6pm on the track at Worthing Leisure Centre. We train in jumps, throws, sprints and middle distance and compete regularly from February to November. Worthing Leisure Centre. Contact Claire Moyle for further info, cmoyle@ oakgrovecollege.org.uk.

Heene Woodside Short Mat Bowls Club on Tues 1.45-4.30pm & Fri 1.30-4.15pm Friendly club for social roll-ups.

Annual m/ship £5. £3 per roll-up District of the Dead: Final Destination.

Sun 2 April, 8pm, doors open 7pm.

Over 18’s. Can you survive a film night surrounded by zombies? Raising funds for Guild Care. Includes a free photo in our zombie scare booth.

Tickets eventbrite.co.uk & Vintners.

Vintners Parrot, Warwick Street. £5 High Salvington Windmill: The first Open Day Sun 2 April, 2.30pm. Furze Road, High Salvington BN13 3BP Violet Flame MEGA Mind Body

Brighton Regency Round Table presents:

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DJ, Singer & Performers Virtual Racing, Raffle, Auction, DJ, Singer & Performers Reduced Room Rates Available Sponsorship Packages and Virtual Racing, Raffle, Auction, Programme Advertising Available DJ, Singer & Performers

This Year’s Main Beneficiary “Friends of Barford Court” For enquiries & further details: please contact brrtevents@gmail.com

GENERAL EVENTS

Spirit Fayre Sun 2 April, 1-5pm. Field Place, The Boulevard. Holistic taster therapies to indulge, pamper and uplift you and product stands. FREE scheduled talks and a FREE raffle. £3 on the door Lunchtime talk: 200 Years of Murder: The British obsession with crime and detectives . Tue 4 April, 12.10-12.50pm. Doug Eaton will discuss our obsession with crime and detective novels.

Worthing Library. Drop in. FREE QAHH Fashion Show Thurs 6 April, 7-9pm. Fashion show featuring a range of new, second hand, designer and vintage clothing.

Everyday

All clothing modelled can be bought on night. Stalls with items for your spring/summer wardrobe, jewellery & make-up. All money towards care and rehabilitation of disabled exservicemen and women at the home.

01903 218444. QAHH, Boundary Rd. Includes a glass of wine and nibbles. £10 East Worthing Community Centre Open Day Sat 8 April. To celebrate their 30th Anniversary. Showcasing various activities held there; dancing, zumba and drama performances and exhibitions showing work from other groups. Refreshments available.

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Winners of Britain’s Got Talent 2014 FARYL SMITH : Britain’s Got Talent finalist CRAIG BALL : Britain’s Got Talent finalist ZYRAH ROSE : Britain’s Got Talent semi finalists LYDIA LUCY : The Voice finalist IESHER HAUGHTON : The Voice semi finalist THE EMERY ENSEMBLE STAGECOACH WORTHING Tickets £21 - £25 with £2 concessions Box office 01903 206 206 • worthingtheatres.co.uk

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A Street Cat Named Bob Charity Showing for Worthing Churches Homeless Project

THEATRE & CINEMA

Thurs 2 March, 8.30pm, doors open 8pm, Dome Cinema

Based on his autobiography, this is a tale about James Bowen, a recovering drug addict living on the streets of London. After a chance encounter with a stray ginger cat who he decides to name Bob, the busker begins to turn his life around largely thanks to this new feline friendship.

The two soon become a hit with tourists and onlookers due to the extraordinary trust shown between one another, with videos of the pair going viral on the internet. This is the true story of how one man and his cat overcame adversity to prevail, becoming inspirational figures to many in the process.

This is a charity showing for WCHP, a local charity providing help and support to the local homeless community. The charity supports around 1100 clients a year with the help of over 200 volunteers. WCHP thanks Sony, Worthing’s Dome Cinema and Sussex Transport, without whom they would not be able to show this film.

Tickets can be purchased by emailing info@wchp.org.uk or ringing 01903 680740 ext 242, or from Worthing Churches Homeless Project charity shops.

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: Concert film & Documentary Tues 7 March, 8.30pm. Dome First there was an opportunity……then there was a betrayal. Twenty years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton returns to the only place he can ever call home. They are waiting for him: Spud, Sick Boy, and Begbie. Other old friends are waiting too: sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship, love, longing, fear, regret, diamorphine, selfdestruction and mortal danger, they are all lined up to welcome him, ready to join the dance.

Cinema Listings Fences (12A) Wed 1–Thurs 2 March, various.

Troy Maxson makes his living as a sanitation worker in 1950s Pittsburgh. Maxson once dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player, but was deemed too old when the major leagues began admitting black athletes. BBFC Insight.

Connaught. £5-£7, Wed £3 Hidden Figures (PG) Wed 1–Thurs 2 March, various.

As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians. Connaught. £5-£7, Wed £3 Logan Wed 1- Thurs 9 March, various, P&B 6/3, 12noon. In the not-too-distant future, the ageing Logan/Wolverine is caring for the elderly Charles Xavier.

He then comes across mysterious young girl Laura Kinney/X-23, who possesses astonishing and dangerous

powers. Dome. £3-£6.50 A Street Cat Named Bob: Charity Showing for WCHP Thurs 2 March, 8.30pm, doors open 8pm. Tickets can be purchased by emailing info@wchp.org.uk or ringing 01903 680740 ext 242, or from Worthing Churches Homeless Project charity shops. Dome Cinema. £6.50 Toni Erdmann (15) Fri 3, Sun 5, Sat 11-Mon 13 March, various. Mon 5.15pm subtitled.

German Comedy. Practical joker Winfried annoys his daughter with corny pranks and jabs at her routine lifestyle of meetings and paperwork.

Connaught. £5-£7 Viceroy’s House (12A) Fri 3-Thurs 9 March, various. Mon 6.15pm subtitled. In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people. Connaught. £5-£7, Wed £3 Jackie (15) Fri 3-Mon 6, Thurs 9 March, various.

Jackie is a portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady.

Connaught. £5-£7, Sun £4 Loving (12A) Fri 3, Sat 4, Mon 6, Thurs 9 March, various. The true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court. Connaught. £5-£7 SMP: The Lego Batman Movie (U) Sat 4 March, 10.15am. Bruce Wayne must deal with the criminals of Gotham City. Exclusively for children & families. Connaught. £2.50 Autism Friendly: The Lego Batman Movie (PG tbc) Sun 5 March, 10.15am. See worthingtheatres.co.uk for info. (no concs or free tickets for support workers). Wheelchair users must book in advance. Connaught. £4

Worthing Film Club: Under The Shadow Mon 6 March, 8.15pm. UK/Iranian horror that Mark Kermode named as his film of 2016. Connaught £7, members free Ziggy Stardust &The Spiders From Mars: Concert Film/Documentary (PG) Tues 7 March, 8.30pm. Ticket includes souvenir copy of MOJO. Dome Cinema. £16 NT: Hedda Gabler (12A) Thurs 9 Match, 7pm. Live. Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble.

Connaught. £14.50-£16.50 Moonlight (15) Fri 10-Thurs 16 March, various.

Chiron lives with his single, crack addict mother Paula in a crime ridden neighbourhood in Miami. Connaught. £5-£7, Sun £4, Wed £3 Cont/p.30

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12pm (no adverts or trailers) Disability Friendly Screening for teenagers & adults with special/ additional needs, although anyone welcome. £4 (carers free) SS: Viceroy’s House (12A) Mon 13 March, 11am. Free tea/Coffee & biccies.

Connaught. £4 BalletBoyz: Young Men (12A) Thurs 16 March, 8pm. Feature length dance film without dialogue shot on location in Northern France. Connaught. £10.50-£11.50 Beauty and the Beast (PG) Fri 17-Thurs 30 March, various, P&B 20/3. Live action retelling of Disney’s animated classic, takes on a new form, with a widened mythology and an

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Connaught. £5-£7 Beauty and the Beast (PG) Fri 17-Thurs 23 March, various. Dome. £5-£7 SMP: The Never Ending Story (U) Sat 18 March, 10.15am. Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. No Adults admitted without a child.

Connaught. £2.50 SS: Lion (PG) Mon 20 March, 11am. In 1986, Saroo, a five-yearold, finds himself alone and trapped in a moving decommissioned passenger train that takes him to Calcutta, 1500 miles away from home. Connaught. £4 EOS: The Artist’s Garden – American Impressionism (12A) Tue 21 March, 6.15pm. Exhibition On Screen | Season Four. A new film based on the hugely popular exhibition ‘The Artist’s Garden. Connaught. £10.50-£11.50 SMP: Monster Trucks (PG) Sat 25 March, 10.15am. Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. No Adults admitted without a child. Connaught. £2.50 SS: Loving (12A) Mon 27 March, 11am. Free tea/Coffee & biccies.

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Connaught. £15.50-£16.50 Worthing Film Club: Toni Erdmann Mon 10th April, 8.15pm. Multi-award winning German/Austrian comedy/drama. The Connaught

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Fri 24 - Sun 26 March, Connaught Theatre When I hear the title Babe The Sheep Pig, I am instantly transported to an eight year old version of myself, at Heathmere Primary School in Roehampton inside a busy assembly hall.

Whenever the rain stopped us playing outside for lunch we would watch a film, which I secretly loved because we got to watch classics such as Monsters Inc and Babe, enchanting films that you could fall in love with so easily and watch many times without them ever losing their magic.

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identity in a world full of strange animals he has never encountered before is just brilliant. I think it’s a timeless classic that has a really strong moral message about finding our place in society and how kids can grow to be anything they want, if a little pig wants to be a sheepdog, then why not!

The new stage show is going to be just as breath-taking as the film; the puppets were produced by the same puppeteers as War Horse; so you know these are going to be the best in the business. The show is a great length too and has the exciting elements of a musical as well as terrific storytelling so it ticks all of the boxes for a great live family show, which can be appreciated by older children just as much as the little ones.

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Richard Herring – The Best Thurs 2 March, 8pm. From his deconstruction of the genealogy of Christ to him proving that racists are less racist than liberals, via some of the best knob jokes in the business.

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Reduced Shakespeare Company: Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play Abridged. Family Comedy/PG. Shoreham Ropetackle. £18, £16 ages 16 and under Scattered: Spellbinding Performance in an Extraordinary World Wed 8 March, 7.30pm. Combines Motionhouse’s highly physical trademark style with entrancing digital imagery in an extraordinary interaction between film and live performance. Connaught. £23.50,

Concs £21.50, Friends £19.50, Students £12.50, School groups of 10+ £8.50.

Matt’s Comedy Club Presents: John Archer, Ages 12+ Tues 14 March, 8pm (doors open 7.30pm). Headline act comedy magician John Archer, (Fool Penn & Teller). Support Francesco De Carlo.

MC club host Russ Bravo, up and coming local acts. Family friendly, clean comedy ethos. Connaught. £9, Concs £7 Rustington Players: Noel Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ Wed 15th–Sat 18 March, 7pm.

Fussy, cantakerous novelist Charles Condomine, has re-married but is haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting “happy medium”, one Madame Arcati. Tickets: ticketsource. co.uk/rustingtonplayers or call 0333 666 3366. Woodlands Centre, Rustington. £10 Footloose: Worthing Musical Theatre Company.

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Pavilion Theatre. £12-£16 We Are Brontë Sat 18 March, 7.30pm. Morecambe and Wise meets David Lynch in this madcap reimagining of the Brontë myth, presented in Publick Transport’s irreverent and playful style. Connaught Theatre. £14.50, Students £8.50 University of Chichester: City of Angels Sun 19 March, 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm). Musical comedy, set in the glamorously seductive world of 1940’s Hollywood. Connaught Theatre. £12, £10 Concs, £8 Student Babe: The Sheep Pig Fri 24 – Sun 26 March, 2.30pm & 7pm (Fri) 11am & 2pm (Sat & Sun).

Meet the lovable Babe in a heartwarming tale of friendship, adventure and bravery. When his farmyard friends are in trouble can Babe save the day? Connaught Theatre. £1719.50, Family £60-70 Oak Grove College Presents: A Little Mermaid Wed 5-Thurs 6 April, 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm) Journey “Under the

I wonder if the late Babe author Dick King-Smith, when writing this adventure which was published in 1983, could have anticipated its huge success. His daughter Juliet, who recently experienced the stage show for herself said “It’s a terrific family show, and I think my father would have loved it.” This little pig has really achieved its big dreams.

Babe The Sheep-Pig is playing at the Connaught Theatre in Worthing from 24-26 March.

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Sea” with Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr, an inclusive performance with a cast of 70 young people that will enchant and inspire. Oak Grove College is a community generic special college for students with learning difficulties from Year 7 to Year 14. Connaught Theatre. £11, concs £7, Family of Four £32 Hurricane Michael Thurs 6 April, 8pm. With Michael Fish in attendance for a postperformance Q&A. Everyone talks about the weather but no one does a damn thing about it. One man did. On October 15th 1987. Experience first-hand the Machiavellian derring-du of 1980s corporate skulduggery, as they attempt to silence the world’s greatest weather forecaster.

Shoreham Ropetackle. £13 Gee it’s a Wonderful Life!

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The Worthing Bypass This column will not change your musical tastes in life Is Worthing the best kept secret in the south east of England?

In short, no of course not, that would be ridiculous. But it is rapidly becoming the most overlooked resort and cultural oasis between Bournemouth and Eastbourne, those bastions of overcooked seaside sentiment.

I say this because the builders constructing an extension have finally lost patience at our wholly justified presence and thrown the entire family out to endure an impromptu seaside holiday up the road in Rustington. It’s a lovely place, a bit like Worthing but further west. So a bit like West Worthing really.

However, I was frankly aghast as the welcome brochure recommended fish and chips in Littlehampton, Roman ruins in Chichester and the usual barnstorming best-clubbing-inBritain bumph about Brighton.

Not a mention of our fair town.

I scowled at the bitter sea view and closed the curtains. How dare they! I barked before realising that it is not we who should wail at our underrated existence but them, those others, from far off climes who should pity their own obliviousness, would they could, but they can’t, because they’re oblivious.

imagine. It’s so uncool only a three-year-old could delight in its balletic gyrating. But it is fun. She insists on yours truly dancing to Manfred Mann’s Do Wah Diddy, most eloquently displayed by Showaddywaddy, the uncoolest collective in the history of music, or indeed anything.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with their majesty it is worth decanting the glorious lyrics: “There she was just a walkin’ down the street singin’ do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do”. They don’t write stuff like that anymore. Mercifully. My inspired writhing imitation of the next line – “Snappin’ her fingers and shufflin’ here feet, singin’ do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do” – is as hysterical to perform as it is to watch.

We are, fellow Worthing-ite, not the “in thing”, nor should we be.

We are not meant to be cool, we’re meant to be slyly superior, faintly dismissive and apparently well mannered (so slightly cool).

As I reflected on the meaning of life (in Worthing), such pithy thoughts became exalted illuminations as the three-yearold granddaughter called me into action.

Reminds me of the time I compèred a charity brass band concert in a church hall in Ipswich – I know, sounds farfetched, but I’m nothing if not ubiquitous (I think I was second choice to Norfolk’s very own Alan Partridge but seeing as he’s a fictional character and the Ubiquitous Hack does kind of exist, if only as a nom de plume, I got the gig). The commentary required reference to the admittedly rousing tributes to the Beatles and the work of film score aficionado John Williams.

I threw in a remark that maybe next time they should feature the work of Showaddywaddy – surely the perfect song book for a brass band concert in a church hall. Although meant as a piece of heartfelt advice, it was met with rising ripples of laughter that I tapped into for the rest of the gig. Unintentional hilarity seems to be a by-product of a desultory mind.

The Ubiquitous Hack’s dance macabre, at the behest/ command of the cuddle monster/smiling assassin, is as grim a sight as you could

Speaking of which, there is a Showaddywaddy song that trumps even Do Wah Diddy. I refer, of course, to their glorious interpretation of Barry Mann’s

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Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp). The chorus says it all. “Who put the bomp/In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp/ Who put the ram/In the rama lama ding dong…” And so it goes on. Searching questions indeed.

So, am I saying Worthing is the Showaddywaddy of the south? I hope not. But they were and still are a lot of fun: unadulterated, unashamedly uncool, sockshockingly psychedelic and without doubt the funnest rock ‘n roll band ever to survive the 70s. So a bit like Worthing, yes.

But how does it all end, I’m sure you’re dying to know? Do we finally emerge from the stifling umbrella of beautific Brighton’s burgeoning egomania? No. I prefer that it ends like Do Wah Diddy: “Well I’m hers, she’s mine/I’m hers, she’s mine, wedding bells are gonna chime… Now we’re together nearly every single day, singin’ do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do”. How romantic. Let’s all rush down the beach snappin’ our fingers and shufflin’ our feet. You can’t do that in Brighton. Or Rustington for that matter.

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