Absolute Magazine March Issue

ABSOLUTE BRIGHTON . ISSUE 97 . MARCH 2013

brighton & hove’s premier lifestyle magazine ISSUE 97 . MARCH 2013

SPRING

PAULINE BLACK

FASHION

The Selecter lead singer on her return to Brighton

THINK YOU ARE A

BRIGHTONIAN? Take the Stephen Grant test

ALAN MULLERY

The man who took the Albion to the top division

www.absolutebrighton.tv

The Spiegeltent Returns

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inside this month

Issue 97. March 2013

Publisher: Alan Prior

Editor: Ian Trevett

Commercial Manager: Emma Meldrum

Sales Manager: Anastasia Meldrum

Business Development Manager: Alex Santos

Sales Executive: Laura Beddoe

Head Designer: Dominic Loosemore

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Designer: Natasha Askaroth

7 Spring Fashion Interiors Editor: Tara de la Motte

guestlist

What?

The Sussex Food and Drink Awards Where?

The Amex Community Stadium

Motoring Editor: Maarten Hoffmann

Why? To celebrate the county’s Food heroes 6

Who? 1.Nick Rawson, Mark Peters, Susanne Craig, Chris Foss, Pip Goring, Harry Goring, Emma Rogers and Graham Sanders 2. Andrea Fox and Neil Laughton 3. Paula Seager, Andrew and Eleni Stephenson Clarke and Deborah Barber MBE 7

4. Caroline and Chris Spiby, Debs Weatherill, Debbie Brown from Caroline’s Diary 5. SFDA 2012-13 Young Chef Jimmy Gray

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6. Peter James and Helen Shenston 7. Emma Rogers and Sally Gunnell OBE 8. Mark Taylor, Lucy Avison, Mark Smith, Kate Hibbert, Phil Ponsonby of the Southern Co-operative

Food Editor: Paula Seager

9. Kay and Hugh Doubtfire with Georgina Edge 10. Sandra Murphy, Event Manager & Martin Perry of BHAFC 9

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THE HEATHFIELD HAIR RAISER Joe Marler is looking to be better known for his rugby than his hair styles. Words: Mike Donovan

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here was a twinkle in his eyes and

Along with the maturity has come a

a smile forming. Joe Marler, a rising

cementing of his place in the full England

Sussex and England rugby star,

set-up and playing in the 2012 autumn

is recalling his various out-there

internationals as well as the latest Six

hairstyles.

Nations, which could all prove steps

“My favourite was probably the red one

towards a World Cup dream coming true.

with the red stars and stripes. Pretty stupid

To be part of a competition to be played

looking back. Then there was the one

on these shores in two years with the

which depicted sausages to advertise a

nation hoping its rugby team can emulate

mate’s sausage company. That was different.

the achievement of our football side in

I’m still waiting for some free sausages as

1966 on a global scale.

part of the deal!”

He says: “I loved playing in the Six Nations

But Marler, from Heathfield, insisted to

after being a travelling reserve last year

Absolut Brighton that the ‘stupid’ follicle

and it’s a massive dream of mine to go

arrangements, during which he was fast-

on and play in the World Cup in my own

tracked by Stuart Lancaster’s England

country.” The former Maynard Green

set-up, have gone for good, although that

Primary and Heathfield Community

implied he did not deem the eye-catching

College pupil, who played a handful of

style, with full beard, during last month’s

games for his old secondary school, has

Six Nations Championship as ‘stupid’.

come a long way since a friend suggested

The prop says: “It was probably the

he gave rugby a go.

ridiculous haircuts that got me noticed. The

He moved through the juniors at

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Photo: Pinnacle Photography

debutant Billy Twelvetrees and Dylan

for the team, because I was always mucking around.

‘plan’ certainly worked! They were frowned

Eastbourne and Haywards Heath,

Hartley, says: “It is just my bi-polar nature

“But rugby was a good release for me. Something constant

upon. I was told all the time ‘you’ve got

developed at Harlequins Academy, enjoyed

that has made me fall in and out of rugby.

with me being just an average teenager growing up, going

s**t hair and you need to cut it’. I went

a loan spell at Worthing, and became a

I still do it now. I don’t think that will ever

out with my mates, causing a bit of trouble and getting told

‘okay, although I’m not going to because I

professional alongside the likes of England

stop, although I’m more control of that

off for it.

really like it’.

captain Chris Robshaw and former fellow

now.”

“Will Stadler, my first coach at Eastbourne, was probably

“But I can’t be bothered with it anymore.

Sussex players Jordan Turner-Hall, Ross

Marler began playing rugby at 11.

my biggest influence growing up. A big South African guy.

I enjoyed it while I could but, even though

Chisholm, Charlie Matthews and Rob

He says: “I played football but my best

He was good in the sense that his No.1 thing was ‘enjoy

I’m only 22, I’m receding a bit. Also the

Buchanan at the Stoop.

mate said ‘why don’t you come down to

what you do. There’s no point in being here if you are not

referee was more likely to point and say

But it has been – and remains - a bumpy

my rugby club. You are a bit of a big lad’.

enjoying yourself’.

‘there he is’ if I was on the wrong side of a

ride with Marler blowing hot and cold

My dad (Paul) had played for Hellingly and

“Eventually I fell out with the club and moved on to

ruck or at the bottom of a scrum. I’m just

about rugby.

said to me ‘if you fancy it we’ll go down’.

Haywards Heath to play for their colts for two seasons. It

looking to crack on with my rugby now.”

The forward, who helped England defeat

So I started going every Sunday. I played

was a good set up. There were a lot of county boys who

His words seemed symbolic of a boy

Scotland in the Calcutta Cup clash at

from under-12s to under-16s.

wanted to play decent rugby.

becoming a man. A growing up. A coming

the start of the Six Nations with fellow

“I enjoyed it. A load of good lads. Had a

Then it was Quins, where I enjoyed my loan to Worthing

of age.

Sussex players Joe Launchbury, try-scoring

laugh. Never took it seriously. Not great

early on.

There was the hair cut which depicted sausages to advertise a mate’s sausage company.

I’m still waiting for some free sausages as part of the deal!

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The Royal Speech

Queen of Brighton Caraline Brown wears the crown and addresses her loyal subjects If I were the Queen of Brighton?

Oh what fun we would all have.

Once I have dealt with child poverty and world peace I would sprinkle some fairy dust on the feet of the Albion players and whisk them into the Premiership. And then change the name of the best day of the week, Friday, to Gayday!

The city would be cleaner, bigger, better – in fact a Greater Brighton with collaboration between the various towns along the seafront. I’m sure we would have a far greater chance of winning government grants to really improve where we live if we all had collective bargaining power.

For example, we could turn the Hove Station area into a vibrant mix of cinemas, restaurants, homes, offices and open spaces.

And in order to get to and from this brave new city, I will provide a quality transport system that gets us all up and down from the metropolis - and make the platforms longer. The trains could have

more carriages and carry more people!

In fact, let’s have a few more trains with buffet cars, and smoking rooms, and French classes, and nurseries! You get the idea.

But before I make any decrees I shall be calling on my trusty supporters and handing out a few knighthoods. It’s about time the city recognised some of the wonderful folks who work tirelessly to put Brighton on the UK map and yet receive little or no recognition, or financial support in return. The Brighton and Hove Food Festival, for example, attracts thousands of people to the city twice a year. It’s run by a bunch of volunteers and makes no profit – and yet the city insists on charging them for event space which would otherwise be fallow.

I will introduce a community market place where all sorts of events can be staged simply for the love of putting on something that is fun and attracts visitors (money) to the city. People have a tendency to forget that Brighton runs on the tourist economy.

Reduce the parking fees?

No. Just do away with them altogether.

Yes it’s all down to money and so under the new Caraline Brown regime there will be simply loads of it. I really like the idea of a Board of Directors who sit and take applications from individual and groups who want to try out new ideas and ways of doing things. The Folly Lolly Panel. If people are prepared to give up their time to try and make something happen then the Queen of Brighton will ensure they have a year and a day to make it happen. And if they fail? Off with their heads!

Another of my working parties would consider some means of connecting the two opposite ends of the city – the King Alfred and the Marina. Maybe we should bring back the tuc tucs and charge a fiver to jump on and off at any point along the sea front? Or maybe we should introduce bicycle rickshaws?

And where is the bike hire scheme? We’ve had Boris’ Bikes. How about Kari’s cycles?

Many years ago the idea of a monorail was discussed. Speaking as someone with fond memories of Butlins at Minehead where I rode the monorail every day, I think it would make a brilliant attraction for the city.

Talking of communications, considering that Brighton is meant to be one of the most wired cities in the country, we do seem to be seriously lacking in the free wi fi access department! Leave it to me. I’ll sort it.

But before we get the city-wide free Wi-Fi

I am going to set up a Brighton Speakers Corner where everyone can bring their soap box and stand up and be heard.

While I have the chance I want to get some artwork in here. I rather like the idea of some big bold pieces erected out at sea that can only be seen when the tide is low. And no I would not dismantle the West Pier. Never throw anything away.You never know when you might need it.

Shall I say that a bit louder?

WE NEED TO ATTRACT TOURISTS NOT FIND WAYS OF PUTTING THEM OFF COMING HERE!

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And finally parking. Reduce the parking fees? No. Let’s just do away with them altogether. I subscribe to the European school of parking which is Park Where You Bloody Like providing you are not affecting anyone else – in which case your car is towed and crushed. Yes I know we need the revenue but this is a new world entirely where Money Is No Object and we need to attract the tourists not drive them away with exorbitant parking fees and 20mph driving limits.

Shall I say that a bit louder? WE NEED TO ATTRACT TOURISTS NOT FIND WAYS OF PUTTING THEM OFF COMING HERE! So before I am deposed (that’s next month I reckon) I am going to set up my own political party – the Best of Brighton party – the BOBs! I’ve had enough of national party politics. I think it is about time that local issues were the main determinant on the agenda when it comes to choosing our representatives in Council. All too frequently this city has been held back by political partisanship, putting the party before the city. But no longer! We need a council that is made up of independents who put BRIGHTON FIRST! Join me and become a BOB! Caraline Brown is the MD of Midnight Communications. www.midnight.co.uk

Queen Caraline thanks her photographer Julia Claxton.

Last month King Nik sat in his throne at Betty La La’s in St James Street wearing a crown fron Masquerade in London Road In January, Queen Stephanie was dressed by Katie at Walk in Wardrobe, Hove.

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Review by Motoring Editor Maarten Hoffmann

TAKE A SEAT

TECHINICAL STUFF Engines:168 bhp 2 litre diesel or 208 bhp 2 litre petrol Leon prices from £16,440– as tested £22,535 Acceleration: 0-60 8.2 seconds Top Speed: 133 mph Economy: 55.4 mpg 3 year/60,000 mile warranty 12 year anti-corrosion warranty

oreign car manufacturers are often

everything else in its class whimpering

thanks to VW, the Leon is built in the

and then had fun testing all their friends),

day of the weekand when you consider it

LIKE: Good looks, great engine, great grip,

derided for their silly names and l

by the road side? FR stands for Formula

Germanic style – think Panzer tank – solid,

wipers that wipe the ‘wrong’ way and body

is part Golf with great reliability AND like

good load space, impressive standard kit.

have often wondered what on earth

Racing and although it shares its platform

well screwed together and feels like it will

vents that give it a pleasingly aggressive

for like it is nearly £4000 cheaper than

LOATH: Hard ride, road noise.

would possess a company to name

and engine with the ubiquitous Golf GTI,

last forever and re-sale values are very

stance. The invisible rear doors handles so

the Golf, that’s all the reason you need to

ALTERNATIVES: VW Golf GTI, Audi

buy the Leon and then go on holiday with

A3 S-Line, Ford Focus ST

their business after a place where we

due to the fact that SEAT is part of the

good so this question can be banished

beloved by my kids are to be done away

generally put our bums – SEAT. Now that

VW/Audi group, this Spanish built pocket

immediately. It is an intriguing blend of

with in the new model so as to ensure that

the thousands you save - or pay for a day’s

I am to review one of their cars, I thought

it is not mistaken for a 3 door.

parking in Brighton – your choice.

rocket is really quite impressive. A five

Germanic practicality and Latin flair and

I had better find out and lo and behold

door hatch with cracking styling and loaded

style leading to 2012 being the best ever

Its aggression is not obvious and shouty

Should you buy it? All things considered

there is a very good reason for it. SEAT,

with some great kit, such as touch screen

year for sales in the UK. 2013 also looks

but it is there, quiet and simmering and

yes. And you will not be alone. Having just

pronounced SAY-AT, stands for Sociedad

navigation and media, bi-xenon headlights,

like being a great year as the new model

unless you get heavy with your right foot,

released the new Leon in Germany, they

Espanola de Automoviles de Turismo

iPod and usb connectors, parking sensors,

Leon was released at the Paris Motor

it’s as easy and pleasing to drive as a

received over 35,000 orders within three

which translates to the Spanish Touring

great seats and a DSG gearbox – flappy

Show in September and orders are being

standard Leon. But, stomp that same right

days! It looks like this will be the year for

Car Company and as they have been in

paddles to you and me and probably not

taken now. I have had a little sneak peek

foot and hallelujah – off we go and where

the Leon.

business since 1950, they are certainly not

worth the extra money as once you have

of the new model and it has much sharper

we stop no one will know. In short, it is

Party alert: I have just been invited to a

a newcomer. I cannot believe how many of

used them for a week you, like 90% of

lines than its predecessor and no wonder,

quick and goes like greased lightning with

party and it looks like you are all invited too.

their cars l see on the roads these days and

other owners, will stick it in auto and leave

as a chap called Luc Donckerwolke and

0-60 in an impressive 8.2 seconds and up

Lifestyle SEAT Brighton are holding a special

thought it was about time I found out what

it there. Having said that, the DSG change

the team that designs the Lamborghini is

to 133 mph if you are so inclined. It has

Spanish evening on March 13th at 6.30pm

all the fuss was about.

speed is astonishing and good fun when

credited with the design of the new Ibiza

great grip, endless torque and good feel

with Spanish food and dancing and they will

So finally, there is a brand new SEAT Leon

you feel like a nippy blast up the A259.

and Leon. Not bad pedigree!

through the wheel.

have the all new Leon in their brand new

sitting on the drive – and not your average

An important factor of any new car

It has great load space and some funky

The trade-off for the great grip and

showroom. They said I could invite anyone I

Leon but a Leon FR+Supercopa which

purchase is “will its value fall off a cliff

styling features such as the hidden rear

handling is a very firm ride but you can’t

like, so you are ALL invited. Just call them to

is a hot hatch version that leaves almost

when I drive out the showroom?”Well,

door handles (my kids couldn’t find them

have everything and l’ll take the grip any

register on 01273 434700.

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Its aggression is not obvious and shouty but it is there, quiet and simmering

In 1979, Brighton hosted the first ever 2 Tone gig, unleashing an unforgettable line-up of Madness, The Specials and The Selecter. Pauline Black, the lead singer of The Selecter, recalls that great night and looks forward to her return to the city.

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Double Brit winner Emili Sande is taking the world by storm, and she is in Brighton in March. Our essential guide to going out starts on page 56

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Are you a Brightonian? Or do you just live here?

Stephen Grant, our resident columnist, is Brighton born and bred and he can spot a newcomer a mile away. Will you pass Stephen’s test on page 35?

It was with considerable relief that I passed and I can now say I am officially a Brightonian (without being classified as being TOO Brighton). Failing this could have prompted an early resignation from my editorship.

Luckily I HAVE debated the contrasting merits of Uncle Sams and Grubbs, I still call our remaining active sea structure the Palace Pier, I do correct people who refer to the North Lanes and I have decided it would be a good idea to chase a beer with a sickly sweet Tuaca.

Shamefully I have yet to trek across to the Chattri - maybe when it gets a bit warmer.

Take the Grant test to establish your local credentials and no cheating please. It is almost the perfect test, but it misses the most important question: Do you read Absolute Brighton every month?

How can anyone possibly claim to be a true Brightonian if they don’t read the city’s premier magazine?

Ian Trevett Editor

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SPRING INTO THE NEW SEASON WITH THE COLOUR EXPERTS AT TREVOR SORBIE BRIGHTON The Spring/Summer 2013 shows were full of monochrome 60’s inspired fashion and hair followed suit with back-to-basics, wearable and 60s retro-glam styles dominating. Three key trends that really emerged from the catwalks for the coming season are; the side parting, the beehive and the low ponytail.

Side partings were big news at Chloe, Valentino, Marc Jacobs and Calvin Klein, who all showed deep side partings where hair was swept low across the forehead. Whether hair was worn up or down, it had a real 60s vibe, with volume added across the crown. A look that can be achieved with any type of hair – the side parting is the one to choose for on-trend tresses in 2013.

Going a step further in terms of retro-glam were the fabulous Tom Ford and Jean Paul Gaultier whose models wore glamorous and glossy beehives for a full on 60s revival.

Louis Vuitton combined a strong monochrome look topped with beehives adorned with ribbons and for a more low maintenance take on This month, Anna Chapman, award-winning Art Director at Trevor Sorbie Brighton gives us the inside track on the hottest hair trends for Spring/Summer 2013 and a sneak peek of what we can expect to see in Autumn/Winter 2013.

this trend Moschino runway models wore a sexy half beehive.

Simple, no fuss low-slung ponytails gave models an easy elegance at Christian Dior, Mulberry and Christopher Kane, where hair was anything but prim and proper. A really wearable, low maintenance look, the low ponytail for Spring/Summer 2013 is achievable with few products and even less time. airy movement. Hair at Topshop Unique was all about the middle parting and a 90’s brit-pop grunge-style look that perfectly complemented the laid-back luxe fashion they sent down the runway. To achieve this style, make a rough middle parting, damp the hair down and apply mousse at the crown to give it root lift (L’Oreal Professionnel Volume Riche Mousse and Techni Art Pli Thermofixing Spray). Once again finger dry the hair

Fast-forwarding now to Autumn/Winter

for a natural look, damping down the hair and

2013 and last month I assisted Session Stylist,

using product (L’Oréal Techi Art Pli Thermo-

Anthony Turner for L’Oreal Professionnel,

fixing Spray) to ensure hair had texture and

at the Topshop Unique and Preen shows

hold. The hair was then finger dried - when

for London Fashion Week. Hair in Autumn/

trying this look it is important not to scrunch

Winter 2013 will have a relaxed, low

the hair - hold the hair dryer downwards

maintenance feel, with the 90s grunge look

using the blast of the hair dryer to bend and

making a return.

wave the hair with your fingers. Once you

This season’s Preen collection had a strong

have achieved the right amount of movement

deluxe punk feel and the ‘Less is More’ look

tuck the hair behind the ear and spray with

used for models hair reflected this. We went

a dry shampoo to give hair a really nice light

but do not scrunch it. The hair should be dried forward at the roots and the ends dried back, you can do this with your fingers and hairdryer to create a real 70’s grungy look. Dry the crown of the air using your fingers in a small circle motion as if you are massaging, this will give the hair body. Lightly back comb for body and texture so the result is the perfect 90s Brit-pop a la Kate Moss look. To finish the hair, use dry shampoo and hairspray to hold.

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Aggravating ailments The experts from Nuffield Health tackle some of the ailments which can affect quality of life

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veins?

Varicose veins normally appear as

There is very little you can do to avoid getting

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varicose veins.You are more likely to develop

calves or thighs which initially present

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a cosmetic problem but with time

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may become increasingly problematic,

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more rarely ulceration.

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Varicose veins are very common,

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There are several options available depending

valves inside the veins stop working

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properly. Normally the valves open

varicose veins you have, and personal preference.

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catheter, and traditional surgical treatment

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Snoring

If you do snore, try lifestyle changes like

heart disease, strokes and diabetes.

losing excess weight, stopping smoking

Advice by Dr Mark Jackson, Consultant specialising in Respiratory Medicine

and avoiding alcohol in the evening. Also,

What can I do to stop snoring?

try to develop a regular sleep pattern as

If lifestyle changes don’t help and your

What causes snoring?

disruption can affect breathing.

health is being affected, your GP may refer you to a specialist to determine

While you sleep, the muscle tone in the upper airway in your neck and head

Is snoring harmful?

the source of your snoring. If OSA is

drops, causing a partial obstruction. This

Severe snoring can be a feature of

suspected, you will need to undergo

can make soft tissue such as the palate,

obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) when

an investigation of your sleep. If OSA

nose or the base of your tongue vibrate

the upper airway becomes totally blocked

is diagnosed it is usually treated with

as you breathe, causing the classic snoring

for 10 seconds or more, leading to

a continuous positive airway pressure

sound.

the temporary cessation of breathing

(CPAP) device, a mask that delivers

(apnoea). The apnoea eventually wakes

constant compressed air to the airway,

Does anything make snoring

the individual, though they may not be

preventing it from closing. CPAP should

worse?

aware of it. When this happens repeatedly

always be initiated under medical

You are more likely to snore if you’re

throughout the night it can result in

supervision. For individuals with milder

overweight (a collar size of 17.5 inches

severe daytime sleepiness, which can

OSA, or when only uncomplicated but

or more is a risk factor). Also alcohol,

seriously disrupt function in the work

obtrusive snoring is found, a dental

some medication and smoking can relax

place, and make driving dangerous. It may

device similar to a gum shield can be very

the muscles at the back of the throat,

also lead to, or worsen serious medical

helpful. These are generally best fitted by

narrowing the airways while you sleep.

conditions, including high blood pressure,

a dentist.

Piles

liquid which stains underwear and causes

improving with simple

itchiness and soreness.

measures see

Bleeding in particular can be caused by

your

Advice by Mr Jeremy Clark, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

many things and should be reported to

doctor.

your doctor for further assessment and not assumed to piles until this diagnosis is

How do I know?

medically confirmed.

Piles can cause various combinations of symptoms:

Can I help myself?

Pain around the bottom aggravated by

Increase fibre/roughage in your diet.

going to the toilet but rarely severe pain

Apply a simple haemorrhoid cream to

unless they prolapse or thrombose.

the area.

Bright Red Bleeding from the

Most importantly increase daily fluid

bottom when doing a poo and this can be

intake. Most people drink far too little

spots on the toilet paper to a toilet bowl

liquid on a daily basis and this affects the

full of blood.

way the bowel works. More fluid allows

Itching which can be an irresistible urge

the bowel to work better and combined

all the time

with increased fibre in the diet will have

Prolapse is when the piles come to

a dramatic effect taking the strain off the

the outside of the bottom. This can be

piles allowing them to settle naturally.

mild swelling to the ‘bunch of grapes’ phenomenon. Occasionally when they

Are they dangerous?

come out, they swell up and get stuck and

Piles are not dangerous and are not

won’t go back. If they get stuck like this

associated with cancer.

for a long period of time they become

However bleeding from the bottom

purple or black in colour and the pain is

and lumps around the bottom are not

intolerable- these are thrombosed piles

always piles and need to be reviewed

and require urgent medical attention.

by a doctor to ensure the diagnosis is

Piles interfere with the normal sealing

correct. Any new symptoms from your

mechanism of the anal canal and can

bottom should be reported to your

lead to increased mucus production and

doctor for review if they persist for more

leakage of small quantities of offensive

than a couple of weeks. If they are not 33

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BAN FOR BOTOX PARTIES? With the regulation of cosmetic medicine a hot topic currently, highly-respected Plastic Surgeon Paul Banwell tells Daniel White what he thinks should be done.

A

s cosmetic medicine continues

less invasive but the problem is that they

to grow in the UK at-home

are being trivialised and in the wrong hands

cosmetic procedures such as

can be every bit as potentially problematic

‘botox parties’ are becoming

as more invasive surgical procedures.”

NHS medical director, Sir Bruce Keogh,

more common place with the safety and

With practitioners working from outside

is currently conducting a review into the

eligibility of these practices are coming

of hospitals, the safety of patients currently

cosmetic industry, with the results to be

under scrutiny.

holds less significance to most than the

submitted to the government in March

The guidelines recently released by The

price and Banwell, listed as one of the UK’s

and Banwell is hopeful these will ensure

Royal College of Surgeons state that

Top 100 Doctors in the Times Magazine, is

a clamp down in the regulations of the

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worried by this trend.

cosmetic treatment industry.

ensure that aesthetic procedures are safer

“The lucrative nature of the industry

He said: “The bottom line is that we

for patients as well as guaranteeing they

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welcome increased regulation. Patient

aren’t mislead over their expectations.

is now being eroded and there are an

safety comes first.”

Paul Banwell, a Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeon

increasing number of enticements being

based at Nuffield Health Hospital

offered to attract new business. We see

in Woodingdean, is in agreement with the

people practicing out of their garden sheds

report’s recommendations.

and hairdressing salons and offering cut-

“The crux of that report was to make

price treatments – this should stop,” he

sure that medical, non-surgical techniques

said.

such as botox were performed by doctors

One of the report’s other issues came

and suitably qualified nurses and should

with the advertisement of such treatments,

be regulated in terms of where they are

with practitioners urged not to imply that

actually performed,” he said.

patients will ‘look nicer’ or ‘feel better’ and

The lure of cheap deals and two for one

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offers are becoming more commonplace

such as looking ‘bigger’ or ‘smaller’.

and completely gloss over the potential

Mr Banwell agrees that the regulations for

limitation and complication of these

advertising, especially aimed at the younger

medical treatments.

generation, should be overhauled and

“Botox is the most common non-surgical

tightened up.

treatment worldwide but there are risks

“One of the things with advertising is

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needs to be done by the right people,

outcomes and reinforce unrealistic

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expectations,” he explained, “I believe it

to be aware that there are risks and

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complications.

balanced well-informed consultation that

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The lure of cheap deals and 2 for 1 offers are becoming more commonplace and completely gloss over the potential limitation and complication of these medical treatments.

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PeterAPHRODITE Jarrette DOWN UNDER Can this be possible?

Peter has allowed somebody else to write his column!

This month readers, my early Easter

could take the author back to the New York

Brighton Babylon author and illustrator Peter

gift to you... the review of the

City he had enjoyed when he was both young

Jarrette performed with them. He wore his

hottest ticket in town - the book

and pretty.

trademark black hat in various styles. The height

launch of Brighton Babylon.

It has been 75 years since the publication

of his hat increased as the event progressed.

I’ll allow my Lit agent...Mr. Hughes

of Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock and

He wore a black gauze funeral veil to denote

of Hughes & Whitney, London to tell

multicultural migrations have transformed

the haunted histories of his Brighton Babylon

you all about it...

Brighton into the ‘gender neutral’ international

characters, their chaos and intrigue.

hub it is today. Jarrette’s book has twinned

A Latest TV camera crew under the eagle

Peter Jarrette’s guests were invited to fasten

gaudy Brighton with Babylon. Brighton beach

eyes of Director Bill Smith shot footage of the

their seat belts for take off and feel the love

blankets now equal the weirdest ambivalence

author, the cat loving guests and their lapdogs. A

for his new book Brighton Babylon by flight

that a San Francisco has to offer.

senior Jamaican private investigator specialising

attendants dressed in shocking pink at The

Laura Nixon captured the heart of every

in hotel surveillance in ‘All Caribbean Islands’

Naked Eye Gallery.

Brighton daddy when she reincarnated a

kept his private eye out for local Yardies. But did

End of the pier photographer Melissa Buchanan

platinum blond Marilyn Monroe. Melodies of

he identify the Jamaican born royal author Lady

posed adult children in the Bags of Fish for

Boney M performed, a tribute band featuring

Colin Campbell, so very English in her tweeds

Cats 50p cut out board. Gallery owner David

Andrea Barker, Chantal Brown and Debra

among the throng?

Donno served cake with Brighton-green icing,

Lewis-Brown who normally reserve themselves

Film makers, TV script writers and their agents

confected by a fan who thought the book juicy,

for fans in Russia. Their medley heard for the

schmoozed each other on their endless quest

fit for cats to eat.

first time in the UK to rapturous applause.

to sign the next big thing - and somehow felt

Montreal law professor Naomi Sidaway-

that this might just actually be it!

Sollinger jetted in from Kazakhstan, her

Brighton Babylon is a book in four parts, 448

lacquered Brighton-green fingernails studded

pages packed with over ninety vignettes which

with Swarovski crystals. She came to collect

richly evoke the city and vividly portray its

copies for law students at KazGU. They begged

characters. The volume is the first of Jarrette’s

her to carry back as many copies as possible so

stories about life in the city he has adopted as

they can ‘begin to understand western culture

his own.

more.’

In her preview Julie Burchill said the book

Artists and wannabes mingled loudly and

was ‘A Sex and The City’ (for Brighton) in

laughed at the launch speech. It was pointed

a fresh and funky century.’ For Peter James

out that the success of this ‘new adult’ book

© dragarazzi

‘You can taste and smell the city on every page.’ More reviews are expected and reader feedback lauds Brighton Babylon as ‘wonderfully enjoyable on the commuter train, on the

‘You can taste and smell the city on every page.’

Peter James

commuter plane, at home or on the beach.’

Brighton Babylon is available now from Dynasty www.dynastypress.co.uk/books-brightonbabylon.html at all good book shops, online at Amazon, Waterstones, WH Smith, for download on Kindle and Apple’s iBookstore.

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The monthly column from our windswept Brighton gal

Zoe Lyons I am now that fitness bore..

A

t the time of writing this I am in

joggers. “Look at those idiots, get a bus,” I

Don’t worry though folks I haven’t lost all

training to take part in my first

would think, “it’s bad for your knees you

of my old cynicism. It has simply shifted

Brighton Half Marathon. A couple

fool, you won’t be able to walk tomorrow!”

elsewhere. I can now be found standing on the beach shouting at the sea swimmers “get

of friends of mine did it last year and then

a boat!”

went on to do the full Marathon in April.

It wasn’t until my girlfriend suggested

Over the course of a few months their

that I did some exercise to try and relax

conversations became more and more

(apparently I can get quite tense, I don’t see

Who knows maybe this time next year I

focused on the “ BIG” run and soon the

it myself, mind you it is hard to see anything

will be splashing in the Channel covered in a

only topics open for discussion with them

from behind screwed up eyes and gritted

fetching layer of goose fat.

were which socks to choose, carb loading

teeth) that I thought sod it, I’ll go for a

and how to avoid doing a “Paula Radcliffe

run. I ran a bit, walked a bit, ran a bit more

pitstop.” As I wasn’t into running at the time

and much to my disbelief I enjoyed it. I am

my eyes would glaze over and my jaw would

now on my third pair of running shoes and

become slack with boredom as they droned

regularly run 6 miles and no one is more

on about fluid intakes.

surprised than me.

Well ladies and gentlemen I am pleased

Not only am I fitter, but I like to think a tiny

to announce that I am now that bore. In

bit wiser too. It is actually an amazing thing

the last few months I have become totally

to keep discovering things you enjoy as you

hooked by the running bug. I will tell anyone

get older. It is so important to keep trying

who will listen about my distance covered

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and preferred running attire. I just spent

would be the person who got excited about

more money on a sports bra than I have

the prospect of a lovely 10k in the snow. I

ever spent on regular undies in my life and

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don’t care because this is a performance

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Stephen Grant Are you a Brightonian?

What’s the difference between being from Brighton or being a Brightonian?

Doing my job, I regularly bump into people

people I chat to in Brighton who never

just so happened to pop out of your mother

across the UK who come up to me after

came from here originally and yet consider

South of the A27, West of Saltdean and East

shows saying they are from Brighton, saying

themselves Brightonians. As a proper, died-

of Southwick.

how much they miss it, while imparting

in-the-wool (wool-substitute-because-sheep-

So, after much research, I have compiled the

anecdotes of their time down here - typically

farming-can-be-cruel) local (born here,

most inclusive test possible to see if you are

when they were students or lived here

father born here, his father born here), I am

a Brightonian. Count your yeses and then

briefly.

happy to accept that ‘Brightonian’ status can

read your results:

Yet they are easily outnumbered by the

transcend the simple test of whether you

1. Have you ever played Dolphin Derby on the pier - and won?

2. Have you ever attended a dinner party where heterosexual people were in the numerical minority?

3. Have you ever walked to the Chattri?

4. Have you ever drank Tuaca?

5. Do you know someone who has, or have you, ever voted Green?

6. Have you ever arranged to meet someone at the Clock Tower? (nb: also counts if you arranged to meet at the long-gone ‘Wishing Well’) 7. Have you ever snubbed a chain store to spend more on something identical from a local independent shop?

8. Have you ever seen Katie Price / Zoe Ball / Norman Cook / Chris Eubank / Steve Coogan / Nick Cave out shopping?

9. Have you ever had a massive meal after midnight in the All Night Market Diner?

10. Do you know where the Number 1 bus goes?

11. Have you ever tried to get in a car that had a different coloured bonnet, thinking it was a taxi?

12. Have you ever argued which one of Uncle Sam’s / Grubbs burgers are better?

13. Do you find the name ‘Dyke Road’ completely unfunny?

14. Is there currently something in your living room you found on the beach / in a skip / at Brighton station market?

15. Do you call Brighton pier the Palace pier or have ever said crossly, “It’s North Laine, not North Lanes?”

Results: 0-2: Completely non-Brighton resident.You’ve been heard referring to it as London-by-the-sea while sat drinking a Starbucks in Churchill Square.

3-5: Not Brightonian.You don’t scoff at people calling Portslade ‘West Hove’ and when people shout out ‘Seagulls!’, you look up.

6-9: Almost Brightonian.You can successfully navigate the Lanes by pubs alone and have bought a ‘First Capital Connect only’ ticket by mistake.

10-13: Brightonian.You refuse to enter any establishment on West Street and can magically find parking spaces near the seafront, even on a Saturday.

14-15: You’re almost too Brighton.You weep daily at the state of the West Pier and have a dolphin surrounded by martlets tattooed onto your bottom.

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Music

THE QUEEN OF SKA Brighton’s Top Rank Suite hosted the legendary debut 2 Tone gig in 1979. This month Pauline Black and The Selecter return with renewed energy, as Daniel White discovers.

I

n 1979, clothed in a white button-

not able to see the irony of their own

and by October that year the band had

down shirt, black loafers, a grey fedora

thoughts.”

recorded their first major hit On My Radio.

hat and straight leg jeans that revealed

Pauline is no stranger to racism, growing

She was quickly labelled as the Queen of

her pristine white socks, a wide-eyed

up in Essex in the 1960s, and she was

Ska but as the only woman in a movement

Pauline Black fronted the 2-Tone outfit The

unfortunate enough to feel the effects of

dominated by men, she was in short

Selecter at the Top Rank Suite in Brighton.

being outcast very early on in her life. At

company. Never more so than throughout

It was the opening show of their first ever

the age of four she was told by her mother

the UK tour with Madness and The

nation-wide tour and, joined by Madness

that she had been adopted as a baby.

Specials where she was the only female

and The Specials, they sold-out the venue.

Despite being the only non-white person

band member in the 21-strong group of

“I remember the Brighton Top Rank gig

in the family of seven, it wasn’t until

musicians.

was heaving with fans dressed in black

her mother’s explanation that she fully

“As the only female musician on the tour I

and white regalia and full to the rafters

understood the negative comments and

didn’t do much ‘hanging out’. I wasn’t that

with sweat running down the walls,” Black

nicknames she had been afforded.

interested in what a bunch of blokes got up

recalls with striking meticulousness.

Until her move to Coventry in 1971 Black

to on the road,” she explained.

The tour featured three of the biggest

was continually made to feel marginalised

Her feeling of isolation as well as the

bands to come out of the 2-Tone genre

by her family. In her book Black by Design,

continued racial abuse she received made

and regularly led to overcrowded venues

she compared adoption to a full blood

life tough on the road, mentally as well as

but more surprisingly, also attracted groups

transfusion, writing: “It may save your life

physically.

of National Front supporter’s intent on

in the short term, but if it’s not a perfect

During their performance at Hatfield

wrecking the events.

match, rejection issues may appear.”

Polytechnic, violence erupted amongst the

“Often there would be trouble at our

After her move from Romford to Coventry,

crowd, with ten people being hospitalised,

gigs. It was usually led by a racist skinhead

she was picking up work where she was

and Pauline has bad memories of the way

element,” she explained. “I didn’t really

able, singing in local pubs earning £10 a gig.

“skinheads tried to attack the bands” with

understand why people with such

However, in May 1979 she went to a

eleven people being arrested and over

reactionary views enjoyed music that was

rehearsal with friends and left as the lead

£1000 of damaged caused.

essentially black and Jamaican in origin,

singer of The Selecter. Within weeks she

Despite her frustrations, her love of

but people are contradictory and often

was fronting the band at their live shows

music kept her contented: “Backstage and

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The Brighton Top Rank gig was heaving with fans dressed in black and white regalia and full to the rafters with sweat running down the walls.

Photo by Brian Aris

onstage I remember us all having a great

Following the tour the band made

it to number four in the national chart.

time and we used to finish off the evening

numerous appearances on TV and in

The album produced three top 30 hits, On

with all the band members piling onto the

magazines, with Pauline an editor’s obvious

My Radio, Three Minute Hero and Too Much

stage and singing Prince Buster’s fabulous

choice for the front page.

Pressure. A tour of America was next in

song Madness,” she enthused.

With their fame growing, the group were

a bid to spread the 2-Tone sound to the

“It must have looked spectacular, a mix of

rushed into the studio to record their

US, however, the tour did little to expand

21 black and white people all raucously

debut album Too Much Pressure. A new

the band’s popularity and cracks began to

singing their hearts out and having fun, the

tour was also organised to promote the

surface.

best antidote to the disease of racism that

album, billed as the “2 one 2 Tour” which

I know.”

successfully publicised the release, pushing 37

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Music The group’s relationship with 2 Tone

album to critical acclaim.

to have some fun on the album with an

Records was at breaking point, with the

Now, in 2013, they are back with another

instrumental version of The Avengers TV

company’s running of the label heading in a

new album String Theory to dissect the

theme and a hilarious version of Doris

different direction to The Selecter’s ideals.

issues surrounding modern society,

Day’s Secret Love.”

In 1981 the band left the 2 Tone label for

including the theme of the album –

Pauline and the band have now begun their

Chrysalis Records and after releasing the

multiculturalism.

worldwide tour that will see them travel

album, Celebrate the Bullet, which topped

Much like scenes from England in the

the United States, including a performance

at number 41 in the UK charts, Pauline

1980s when violence, disorder and inner

at Coachella Festival, as well as 20 dates

decided to leave the band.

city violence erupted out of a contracting

across the UK, most notably their show on

In her 2012 memoirs, she describes

economy and government cuts, today

March 24 at the Concorde 2 in Brighton.

her departure as a sensation much

The Selecter are once again talking about

34 years after they began their inaugural

like drowning, explaining that: “The

such issues, with the song London’s Burning

whirlwind UK tour at the Top Rank Suite,

abrupt departure from the band had

tackling the controversy surrounding the

they return to Sussex with their most

been overwhelming. Just as I had been

2011 London riots.

flawless album to date and Pauline is always

unprepared for such quick success, I was

“We want to show that we are immensely

pleased to come back to the seaside city.

similarly unprepared for such rapid public

proud to be tied to our past but such a

“I have family and good friends in Brighton

failure.”

band also has a responsibility to question

and have always enjoyed my visits,” she

Soon after, the band split altogether and

our present times, with all its unresolved

said. “It’s always way ahead of the curve

for the next ten years remained out of

problems of racism, recession, alienation

in terms of progressive thinking in this

the media glare. The band reformed briefly

and repression,” Pauline clarified.

country.”

in the early 90s to perform a number of

Despite its thought-provoking topics, the

After surviving social and cultural upheaval,

gigs and released three albums in four

album is far from just being a smack in the

Pauline Black came through it making

years that all fell well below The Selecter’s

face with political messages, with songs

music that not only makes you dance but

typically high standards.

such as Secret Love, The Avengers Theme and

seriously think about the way society is

In 2010 the band reformed again to

667 providing fresh, upbeat rhythms that

shapedand with The Selecter’s new album

celebrate the 30th anniversary of their

make it impossible not to skankalong.

hitting shops March 1, The Queen of Ska

debut album Too Much Pressure. Since

“Fans can expect 10 new recordings,

couldn’t be happier with the way things

the band got back together they’ve been

which consolidate the hard work that

have worked out.

touring the UK and Europe and, following

the band has put in during the past two

“I think it is true to say that The Selecter

their Made In Britain tour, released a new

years,” she said. “We’ve found some time

has renewed energy for everything that we do,” she enthused. “We are not content just being a ‘heritage band’ and trotting out the debut album and the hits every time we play.

“Nor are we ever likely to be asked to play on top of the Queen’s house, although we would consider playing on top of Transport House if asked!”

I didn’t really understand why people with such reactionary views enjoyed music that was essentially black and Jamaican in origin.

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or me one of the most stylish and fascinating periods of the 20th century has to be the Art Deco age (1910-39). Its enduring popularity is due to the fact that it has always been seen as a glamorous style. This is a style that sits well within our homes and lives today in the 21st century.

The term Art Deco came from the 1925 “Exposition Internationale des Art Decoratifs et Industrials Modernes” in Paris. This exhibition attracted all of the prominent artists, architects, craftsmen and designers of the period and showed their works.

The exhibition promoted a bright new future for everyone after the misery of the First World War and the great depression that followed.

Paris became the hub of Art Deco style. This was a time of optimism and wealth. It was the age of Jazz, women’s right to vote, the introduction of the radio and the first transatlantic flight. This period also gave birth to ground-breaking artistic movements such as cubism, impressionism and surrealism.

Art Deco style is easily recognized by its bold lines. This style was considered radical compared to previous styles. The designs were grand, colourful, geometric and very streamlined.

The use of unexpected materials to make furniture such as mirrored glass, ebony, chrome and lacquer gave furniture the ‘wow’ factor. Art Deco interiors were sparkling, bright, modern, functional, exotic and extravagant.

Deco design influenced every field, from art and architecture to jewellery, fashion and transportation the movement was truly international.

“Art Deco was the style that bought glamour to the masses.”

Art Deco was a revolution in its time. Today its legacy continues in our homes, architecture and fashion design.

Below are some places you may like to visit that feature good examples of Art Deco architecture and design which are all located in central London.

Claridges Hotel Brook Street, Mayfair, London W1K 4HR Tel: 020 7629 8860 . www.claridges.co.uk

The Savoy Hotel Strand, London WC2R 0EU Tel: 020 7836 4343 . www.Fairmont.com

The Burberry Clothing Store 121 Regent St London W1S 4TB Tel: 020 7806 8904 . www.burberry.com

Selfridges Personal Shopping Suite 400 Oxford Street, London W1A 1AB Tel: 0800 123400 . www.selfridges.com

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The Age of Opulence Recreate the Glamour of ‘Deco Style’ Art Deco style is elegant without being too fussy.

Achieving this look in our homes today is not a difficult task, all it takes is a little imagination.

I hope these few ideas will provide you with some guidelines to understanding what Art Deco styling is and how you can make it work in your own home.

Take time to look around your local second-hand shops as there are many pieces of genuine Art Deco furniture to be found. Look out for furniture with straight edges, curved fronts and simple construction which are typical of this period.

Mirrored Accessories

Lloyd Loom furniture is very stylish and looks good in the Art Deco home. Anything from chairs, laundry baskets and ottomans to bedside cabinets can be found locally in charity shops or even on e-bay. Lloyd Loom furniture bought second-hand can be refreshed with a light coat of paint and will add a touch of 30’s glamour to your home.

The great thing about Art Deco styling is that it works in any setting and is perfect for our modern living spaces. Not only is the furniture beautifully crafted, but is also hugely collectible.

Brighton & Hove ART DECO Fair The fair is held at Hove Town Hall and is the longest running Art Deco venue in the UK.

Tel: 01273 292 910 www.artdecofairs.co.uk

Mirrors were frequently used in Art Deco design, from mirrored cabinets to lamp bases. Today mirrored furniture and accessories have become popular again and have been reproduced to look like the originals of the Deco era.

Animal Print As travel became more popular global influences affected the Art Deco interior. Since African Safari’s were the thing to do, animal skins and animal prints became important in the decoration of the Deco home. Try splashes of animal print in the form of throws, cushions or rugs, Zebra or cheetah print being the most popular.

Lighting To keep in with this period choose wall lights in a fan or bowl shape. If you are looking for side lamps choose bases with figurines. Add a sparkling chandelier or two and your Art Deco home is nearly complete!

Cocktails Let the 30’s Hollywood glamour filter into your home with a cocktail party. With the rise of cocktail hour came an increase in elegantly designed barware. No Art Deco home was complete without a cocktail cabinet. The cocktail hour meant people could dress glamorously like the stars of the silver screen and entertain in their homes.

Colour The Art Deco period had a very specific colour scheme. Some recommended colours to use in your Deco home should include: creme, glossy black, yellow, red or green. If using wallpaper choose symmetrical patterned paper and use it on the accent wall rather than covering the whole room.

Accessories Accessorise using framed art prints depicting jazz, travel or advertising. Use mirrors with chrome or silver frames to enhance the interior of your home. A selection of geometrically patterned china will also sit well in your Deco home.

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Spotlight on... Art Deco

Article and Photography by Tara de la Motte

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Cocktail Hour

voke the grandeur of the 1930’s in your own home with a few statement pieces. Or invest in one key item such as a ‘Clarice Cliff’ creation, Lalique glassware, a bronze figurine, or a piece of Deco furniture. Today there is a huge demand for Art Deco collectibles, especially furniture, that can be bought for a reasonable price locally.

Look for furniture with clean lines which are typical of the Deco period. Classic Art Deco pieces can sit comfortably in our homes alongside modern, contemporary pieces of today.

A cocktail was the centrepiece of elegant entertaining in the 1930’s, It was a symbol of style, glamour and sophistication.

The Art of Clarice Cliff

A Touch of Class

Clarice Cliff (1899-1972), is one of the most famous designers of Art Deco ceramics. She was known for using freehand designs of brightly coloured triangles and geometric patterns in her work. (Above)

Sheer vintage luxury of the Art Deco boudoir, a beautiful dressing table laden with the finest perfumes and opulent accessories. (Below)

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A Visible Legacy… Brighton

By Tara de la Motte

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xamples of Art Deco architecture can still be admired all over the world and you only have to look around to see the influence of Deco style right here in Sussex at some of our illustrious Art Deco buildings, symbols of a by-gone era.

The Grand Ocean Hotel (Saltdean) The Grand Ocean Hotel was designed by Richard Jones, the architect behind the Saltdean Lido. The hotel opened its doors in 1938 and was popular with film stars and wealthy holiday makers. At the outbreak of World War II the hotel became a training centre for fire-fighters.

When the war ended Billy Butlin bought the hotel for £250,000 and fully restored the building, it then became a very popular Butlins resort hotel with tourists. In 1999 the hotel was sold and renamed ‘Grand Ocean Hotel’ and it remained open until 2005. Today the building is simply called the ‘Grand Ocean’ and it has been converted into stunning seaside apartments by ‘Explore Living’ developers. I went to see the building out of curiosity and I have to say I was truly impressed, the foyer is absolutely magnificent and the staircase is simply stunning.

Saltdean Lido (Saltdean) Swimming was regarded as being a highly fashionable sport in the 30’s and so it became important to have a Lido in any seaside resort.

The Lido was designed for activities around water with areas for eating and sunbathing. The Saltdean Lido offers a perfect example of the Art Deco style and was the only Lido ever to be featured in the Design museum in London. In 1958 Billy Butlin attempted to buy the Lido in order to re-develop it, but this was opposed by the locals and rejected by the ministry of housing. In 1998 the Lido was once again re-opened, the refurbishment was only possible due to contributions given by both public and private sectors. At present the Brighton and Hove City Council has stepped in to take ownership of this Grade II listed building.

The architect Sir Terence Conran who owns the Design Museum in London has been given the task of returning the Saltdean Lido to its former glory through his architectural practice in Brighton.

Embassy Court (Brighton) A piece of our Art Deco history stands proudly facing the sea, with its curved corners and ocean liner type design, it is 12 storeys high with covered balconies and splendid views of the ocean and promenades.

The grade II listed building owes its architectural grandeur to the Canadian architect Wells Coates. In the past it was a magnet to both the rich and the famous, and was home to comedian Max Miller, ballet dancer Rex Harrington and writer Keith Waterhouse. Unfortunately it fell into a state of disrepair throughout the 1980s and 90s. Thankfully a consortium formed by residents and owners, with the assistance of the Conran Group, started restoration in 2004 and the building has now been restored to its former glory as an Art Deco treasure, not only for Brighton but for the whole British Architectural culture.

To read more of Tara’s articles & watch her programmes - log onto: Sussex Homes & Gardens Magazine (www.sussex-homes.co.uk)

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Food & Drink

Sussex

Foodie News

by Paula Seager

It’s Festival Time This month Brighton hosts three culinary festivals Brighton Food Festival’s ‘Spring Harvest’ Thursday 28 March - Wednesday 3 April 2013

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ood festival organisers are expecting their biggest ever weekend this Easter with three anchor events, the Big Sussex Market, Live Food Show and Children’s Food Festival, taking over New Road, Royal Pavilion Gardens and Jubilee Square for an

epic two days of great food and drink.

The Big Sussex Market on Good Friday 29 and Easter Saturday 30 March will see stalls featuring 80 local growers, producers and restaurateurs selling a huge range of great food and drink. The event regularly attracts 40-50,000 foodies to the heart of Brighton, and with the addition of the free Children’s Food Festival outside the Royal Pavilion featuring composting activities from PHS Wastetech, food bravery challenges from Wagamama, and a host of other fun foodie things to do for the little ones.

Top chefs from across Sussex including Andrew MacKenzie of Drakes, Sam Metcalfe of Sevendials and Jeremy Ashpool of Jeremy’s Restaurant will be preparing some of their favourite dishes on the Live Food Show stage for festival goers to taste and enjoy.

Over the weekend there will also be the finals of the Great Brighton Ice Cream Competition which has been running in association with Rockinghorse and Boho Gelato across local primary schools and also the finals of the Brighton Bake Off which has seen local businesses baking for charity.

The Live Food Show stage will also feature Mixology Group’s Mini Mix Off cocktail and the festival’s new Extreme Food Challenge.

On Bank Holiday Monday 1 April the festival returns to Royal Pavilion Gardens for the Alice in Wonderland themed Easter Egg hunt raising money for Rockinghorse, followed by a free World Food Trail in the afternoon. The last port of call on the trail is the Brighton Fish Festival outside Moshimo in Bartholomew Square, where a host of stalls, demos and free children’s activities will be on offer to raise awareness of local fish and seafood, and issues around sustainability.”

The festival also sees the welcome return of Make Your Case and Bitter & Twisted, the punk wine and beer tasting events at the Hotel du Vin. Dr Belinda Kemp of Plumpton College will also be running a wine Supertasters afternoon at myhotel.

The Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival is a twice yearly celebration of great local produce, hosted in April and September. www.brightonfoodfestival.com Paula Seager is the founder of Natural PR. www.naturalpr.biz 49

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Presenter, author and former pop star Janey Lee Grace will be opening the 5th VegfestUK Brighton at The Hove Centre on Saturday and Sunday March 16th and 17th. The event is free to the public and large crowds are expected as Janey is joined by a host of other celebrities visiting the show. Janey will be opening the show at 11am on Saturday, followed by a talk about healthy living at 12.

CBeebies presenter Sarah Jane Honeywell is helping out with kids activities on the Sunday, and ex Emmerdale actress Roxy Shahidi will host her own yoga workshop Roxy’s Bite Size Yoga Workshop, suitable for beginners as well as the more advanced.

And for some light-hearted relief, comedians Andrew O’Neill and Sara Pascoe will be performing both days at 5pm, along with comics Joey Brannigan, Chris Dhondee, Dominic Berry and James Hately. There are around a dozen musicians playing over the weekend, including Brighton-based musician Tensheds, and guitarist Paul Carella. And for the first time at Brighton there is a cinema with a number of eco friendly films showing across the weekend.

Add in a programme of workshops, talks and cookery demos, a full line-up of kids activities on Sunday, and over 125 stalls full of food, produce, bodycare, fashion and accessories, clothing, campaigns merchandise and information about all aspects of the plant based lifestyle, and there’s plenty for the whole family to enjoy at VegfestUK Brighton.

Admission is completely free to the public and the show is open from 11am - 6pm.

Donations are welcome. More details about the event can be found on their website www.brighton.vegfest.co.uk VegFest photos by Glyn Ridgers

Chocolate Heaven There are two days of chocolate-fuelled festivities at the Brighton Chocolate Festival on March 9th and 10th in New Road. It’s the perfect place to stock up on delicious gifts and indulge your passion for all things chocolate.

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Restaurant Review

FANTASTIC MR.FOX The Ginger Fox can be world class, says Peter James, but should the next eatery be called the Ginger Elephant?

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ate January, it’s a wet and windy Monday night in Derby. I’m up there to give a talk in their wonderful library, and was looking forward to

a good dinner afterwards, but that had proved to be a bit of a problem. Every restaurant I wanted to eat at was closed on Monday. They were also closed on Tuesday, so clearly Derby society’s fine dining patterns are different to ours in Brighton… Then to my delight a man who answered the phone at Masa, to which I had been highly recommended, took my booking. I warned him my talk would not finish until around 9pm and I would be along at 9.30pm with my guest, vicar turned author Andrew Deberry, who was driving 100 miles to meet me. No problem the man at the other end assured me, confidently.

So after a trudge through the elements and some seriously ugly parts of Derby I was somewhat nonplussed to arrive outside a handsome building with a very pretty courtyard, signed Masa, to find wrought iron gates padlocked and not a light on anywhere. Inspecting their details with a torch, I read “open Wed-Sun”. So who was the dingbat who took my reservation???

But there was a silver lining. A few blocks away we stumbled across the very pretty

I went sailing around the Greek islands, to discover that most of the chefs seem to believe that green beans taste best after three days in an oven.

exterior of Thai Dusit, 8 Bold Lane. Inside, the welcome was equally delightful, with

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plenty of happy looking diners – they were

because that always sends out the message

Tasting Plate, at a bargain £13.00 which

happy, no doubt, to have found an open

“most of our guests are kleptomaniacs and

for sheer verve and diversity of flavours is

restaurant in Derby.

you probably are too…” The husband and

a dish that gives that Brighton temple of

The presentation of our starters of chicken

wife proprietors spent the first half of their

vegetarian food, the wonderful Terre-a-

satay, crab toast and grilled king prawns

career working in top hotels in the orient

Terre, a run for its money. For carnivores,

was exquisite. The satay was superb as

– and it shows – they do it to perfection.

their Char Grilled Red Lands Farm Sirloin

was the crab toast, crunchy and rich in

If you fancy a rural weekend away – and an

with dripping chips is a tender tranche of

crab meat, but the prawns were a disaster,

incredible bargain – this should be on your

muscle that reminds you what good beef

looking like they’d been left in a slow oven

list.

really tastes like, and my partner’s choice

and forgotten for several days. I haven’t

The Ginger Fox normally does service to

of Slow Cooked Shoulder of Hogget and

been served anything so overcooked since

perfection, too. It’s my local and I’ve eaten

Roasted Red Pepper Pie gave me a serious

I went sailing around the Greek islands, to

there at least once a fortnight for the

dose of food envy. Tandoori Roasted Cod

discover that most of the chefs seem to

past two years, and the staff members are

with Smoked Shrimp Samosa is an inspired

believe that green beans taste best after

delightful. So how did they get it so wrong

dish and meld of flavours and textures,

three days in an oven.

a few Saturdays ago when I arrived with

and Slow Poached Skate Fillet with sweet

Red and green chicken curries were

my ‘real life’ Roy Grace, former Detective

corn ravioli was a daring invention for an

The Ginger Fox normally does service to perfection, too.

It’s my local and I’ve eaten there at least once a fortnight for the past two years, and the staff members are delightful. superb, along with mixed vegetables

Chief Superintendent Dave Gaylor, to be

underrated fish that is all too often served

and perfect sticky rice, and the separate

greeted by a bunch of unfamiliar faces and

in the traditional – but acquired taste way

deserts of baked custard with ice cream

the question, ‘Have you eaten here before,

- with brown butter and capers – but this

and simple tinned lychees were generous

sir?’ I thought they must have changed

dish lifts the fish to new heights – and into

and good. With ginger tea, two Singa

hands, but no, I was assured, it was merely

the 21st Century.

beers and a pint of shandy the bill, with a

changeovers of staff. Hmmmn.

Starters are a modest £6.50-£7.00, Mains a

generous tip the staff well deserved was

The menus arrived, the specials were

reasonable £13-£18.50, and puds £5.50-

£78.

pointed out and all was soon forgiven. The

7.00. It is wonderful to see Welsh Rarebit

The next night, doing an event in beautiful

food at what was once a country pub, and

on a menu – a true rare (sorry!) sight

Monmouth, I stayed at a real gem. The

before that a petrol station is rarely less

these days

Wilton Court Hotel, on the banks of the

than sublime, and at times world class. This

The wine list has been put together by

Wye – although with the river in full flood,

establishment, part of the Ginger Man, Dog

someone who has real knowledge, and

and looking perilously close to the car

and Pig and Fox mini-chain (suggestion, call

great to see quality sparklers of Sussex’s

park I did wonder if the hotel was about

the next one Elephant so it doesn’t forget

own multi-award winning Ridgeview –

to become an island on the Wye! My

its customers) changes menus monthly,

which can give many a Champagne house

welcome was hospitality at its very best,

which adds excitement and freshness, but

a run for their money. The wines kick off

with the proprietor herself hanging up

I sometimes regret the disappearance of

with a very acceptable Finca Valero, £15.50

my suit covers, and a pot of tea arriving

newly found favourites.

for white and red, and I always like to see

within five mins. The comfort of the bed,

Starters I have eaten there recently include

white Rioja on a list. A fine Albarino is a

especially the pillows, was divine, and it was

a dazzling interpretation of a Scotch Egg

very welcome homage to modern fashion,

lovely to see a sign saying “well behaved

– a soft boiled egg in a delicious nest of

as is a retro Gruner Veltiner. Whites are

dogs welcome.” Breakfast was as good

beef hash; Mussel Mouclades – plump

topped by a rich and very classy Puligny

as it gets; I had perfect Manx kippers and

mussels with the lightest of curried sauces

Montrachet, and reds by the excellent (if

some of thebest toast, from their own

that managed the almost impossible feat

misspelt) Chateau de Valois Pommerol,

homemade bread, I’ve ever eaten. They

of enhancing the flavour of the molluscs

and a fine Nuit St George from a fabulous

say Heaven is in the details and this place

rather than cloaking it; and a very

producer – pinot noir at its very best.

is full of them. Free standing vases in the

dangerously moreish Crispy Cuttlefish.

There is also a good range of rose wines

rooms, and, joy, coat hangers that aren’t

For mains they offer a good mix of meat

fixed to the rail – one of my biggest hates –

and fish, together with their Vegetarian

and plenty of outdoor seating in summer. www.thegingerfox.com

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Restaurant Review

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Words: Alex Santos

T

he word Opera means ‘work’

Brighton. This long-established restaurant

in Italian, and it is the plural of

(which I was surprised to later find is part

Latin opus meaning ‘Labour’.

of a chain!) is famous for its rock-bottom

This is somewhat of a mystery

prices, extravagant interiors and a general

to me; without running the risk of being

aura of offbeat Bohemian eccentricity.

compared to Karl Pilkington from an idiot

Little Bay certainly makes a refreshing

abroad fame, I neither revel in work, nor

break from the norm.

labour (Sorry boss) and certainly do not

Little Bay is the brainchild of Peter Ilic,

marvel in the proposition of spending my

who has been creating rule-breaking

spare time doing either of those things.

restaurants in London for over 20 years.

Unfortunately this means I have NEVER

They are perhaps better known for a

visited the Opera. Until now.

publicity stunt last year, where by mrIlic

When the job to visit a restaurant called

launched a promotion in the Farringdon

‘Little Bay’ dropped into my inbox, I did

branch of the restaurant, inviting

as I always do, and went straight to the

customers to pay what they thought

website. Great location. Check. Great

the food was worth – Anything from a

menu. Check…. Great OPERA!..... Stomach

penny upwards. Well timed to coincide

drop. Check. Dread. Check. Not what I

with a particularly low ebb in economic

expected at all but as quoted in the 80’s

confidence, the idea attracted journalists

classic Roadhouse, “It’s a dirty job, but

from across the globe, and ilic was covered

somebody’s got to do it!!”

extensively in print and on TV. Interestingly,

On arrival after a long days work, I was

the restaurants takings didn’t suffer – as

surprised and secretly delighted to find

those chosing to pay over the odds made

a classy but fabulously eclectic little

up for the skinflint – but the publicity

restaurant perfectly placed on Kings road,

obtained was priceless.

The candlelit restaurant was jam packed, upstairs and down when we arrived which was a great start for a Wednesday evening, and the simple but delicious sounding menu offered European classics and a few seasonal specials.

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Restaurant Review

Little Bay Brighton, 60-64 King’s Road Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1NA 01273 731 330 brighton@littlebay.co.uk www.littlebaybrighton.co.uk The candlelit restaurant was jam packed,

The legendary ovation began with a male

serving of braised pork belly, paired

upstairs and down when we arrived which

singer appearing in tight breeches, warning

with a slice of black pudding and Savoy

was a great start for a Wednesday evening,

us ‘I will be very loud. If anybody has

cabbage, £6.45. I went for the salivating

and the simple but delicious sounding

any requests, except what time I will be

Beef Bourguignon with bacon, pearl onion

menu offered European classics and a few

leaving?’ he was true to his word, launching

mushrooms and new potato. £7.45 which

seasonal specials, such as a sea bass with

into what I was told is ‘Opera’s top 10’,

was perfectly cooked, and incredibly

a brown shrimp butter sauce and a roast

making conversation difficult but tenable,

moreish. Puddings were equally pleasing

fillet of venison.

even though most of the conversation

with proffiteroles and white chocolate

After taking our seats, and relaxing with

focussed squarely on the singers

cheesecake.

a bottle of wine, we were ready to order.

showmanship. His ownership of the crowd

Overall, Little bay is a fun and entertaining

To start, I chose white bait, served with

was captivating; He worked the tables,

assault on the senses that is well worth a

a light salad. This can be a dangerous

blasting out lung bursting arias, and at one

visit with friends and family. The Crescendo

choice (usually turning up soggy or tooth

point when the crowd erupted in foot

leading to a thunderous round of applause

breakingly hard), but Little Bay pleased with

stamping applause, a ceiling light crashed

is an unusual finale to a meal, but at

a hearty bowl of soft, salty and perfectly

to the floor, plunging the whole venue

Little Bay it comes as no surprise, and

fried fish. My partner chose a warm salad

into darkness!!The second singer however

my perception of opera has completely

of honey glazed goats cheese, which she

proved the most entertaining of the nights

changed. Starters are a bargain £2.95, with

ate in 5 seconds flat; This she explained

fixtures, blasting out the likes of Puccini’s

most mains around £7, so you can easily

was because she couldn’t get enough!!.

NessunDorma that I am told would give

enjoy a three-course meal with wine for

Then we were there, the opera was about

Paul Potts a run for his money. Careful

a credit crunching £20 a head, So if highly

to begin. To my own surprise, I felt excited.

though, this one is prone to sneaking up on

entertaining and reasonably priced eateries

The theatrical interior, adorned with

you mid slurp or bite to regale you with a

are your thing, I’d advise you to check

frescoes and cherubs, along with all of the

quirky play like arias in d minor!!

it out before it gets so popular that the

other unique qualities of Little bay had left

Moving onto the main courses, my

queues become unbearable.

me relaxed and ready to be entertained.

companion found no fault with her hearty

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WHAT’S ON

THE SPIEGELTENT RETURNS Ian Trevett can’t wait...

It’s back! The fabulous Spiegeltent is finally returning,

The Spiegeltent programme also features Mikelangelo

along with their headline show, La Clique.

& The Black Sea Gentlemen, who will draw you deep

I tend to keep to a simple rule that I don’t

into the heart of the Black Sea with a theatrical and

recommend a show I haven’t seen. But this is a rule

highly entertaining concert. The line-up will feature

I will now break, as I have no knowledge of any of

cameo performances from the incredible Guido Libido

the current cast of La Clique.

(piano accordion), the fleet-footed Little Ivan (double

The last time I saw the show was seven years ago,

bass), master storyteller The Great Muldavio (clarinet)

with a completely different line-up include the sultry

and the Catalan Casanova, Rufino (violin). The

singer Camille, the very naughty magician Ursula

group is fronted by the ever-charming, velvet-voiced.

and a host of acrobats and, well, the slightly freaky.

Mikelangelo.

I am expecting (hoping) for more of the same - a

David Bates, the producer of The Famous Spiegel

diverse and atmospheric night of fun.

Garden, said: “It’s going to be fantastic to be back in

So what can we expect.? Here’s what their publicist

our natural habitat of The Famous Spiegel Garden and

has to say:

our spiritual English home. After seven years, we have

The outrageous, unforgettable, award-winning La

an itch to return to Brighton, and we can’t wait to

Clique returns to Brighton Fringe for the world

share the legendary Spiegel magic once again.”

premiere of its new show.

The Spiegeltent will be situated within the enchanting

A magical cabaret like no other, La Clique was

surrounds of the town’s Old Steine and, from 11pm

born in 2003 and went on to scoop a whole

every night, The Festivals Club will open its doors as an

host of awards, including an Olivier, before

après-show green room for all the back-door Johnnies,

travelling the world playing to sell-out houses in

front-door Sallys, the famous and infamous. A club of

London, New York, Sydney, Paris and Montreal.

distinction for ladies and gentlemen, The Famous Club

The sexy, funny, dangerous show features an

Spiegel will have guest cabaret and music stars until

array of dangerously charismatic characters

late.

practising the black arts of burlesque, fire, magic,

Brighton International Festival also has several of its

acrobatics and trapeze - as well as guest stars

shows programmed at The Spiegeltent and these can

every night.

be viewed at www.brightonfestival.org.

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LISTINGS Compiled by Dan White Theatre Royal, Brighton

Latest Music Bar, Brighton

Brighton Dome

14 - 17 Manchester St Brighton BN2 1TF

New Road Brighton BN1 1SD

Church Street Brighton BN1 1UD

BoxOffice: 08700 606 650

www.thelatest.co.uk/musicbar BoxOffice: 01273 687171

Mon 4th – Sat 9th Mar The Rise and Fall of Little Voice A sparkling night of music, divas and romance.

Start 7.45 £10-32.50

www.brightondome.org BoxOffice: 01273 709 709

Thur 7 Mar Konoba Album Launch Doors 8.00 £3

Thur 7 Mar Steve Reich Start 7.30 £20

Fri 8 Mar Tiny Dragons EP Launch Night Doors 8.00 Show 8.30 £3

Fri 8 Mar Caro Emerald Start 7.00 £28.50

Tue 12 Mar Action for Happiness Doors 7.30 Show 8.00 Free

Sun 10 Mar Amy Macdonald Start 7.00 £19.50-£29.50

Thur 14 Mar Catalyst Club Doors 8.00 £5

Tue 12 Mar Lawson Start 7.00 £17.25

Mon 11 Mar Hormonal Housewives Hilarious sketches covering everything that makes today’s women tick (or ticked off).

Start 7.45 £9.50-21 Tue 12th – Wed 13th Mar Harry Hill: Sausage Time Start 7.30 £31 Sat 16 Mar Russian State Ballet’s Swan Lake An immortal love story filled with emotion and beauty.

Start 7.45 £14.50-37.50 Sun 17 Mar Hairy Bikers: Larger Than Live Bigger, bolder, funnier and packed with more food and laughs than ever before.

Start 7.45 £25 Mon 18th – Sat 23rd Mar Yes, Prime Minister - Tour Will Jim Hacker and his team of advisors be able to rescue the country from the edge?

Start 7.45 £10-35 Mon 25 Mar Marti Pellow in Concert An intimate evening of music from his new album Hope.

Start 7.30 £33.50 Tue 26th – 30th Mar New Jersey Nights The greatest hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Start 7.45 £1032.50

Wed 13 Mar Seaming To Start 8.00 £12

Mon 18 Mar Hush Hush Presents to you…

Doors 7.30 £5 Thur 21 Mar Wellsbourne Society Doors 8.00 Show 8.30 £5 Wed 27 Mar Tango Boot Camp Doors 8.00 £5 Thur 28 Mar Loose Screw Doors 7.30 £8 Sun 31 Mar Brighton Curious Market

Thur 14 Mar The Stranglers Start 7.00 £23 Amy Macdonald @ The Dome

Fri 22 Mar KonKoma Start 8.00 £10

Mon 25 Mar Eels Start 7.00 £23.50 Tue 26 Mar Skunk Anansie Start 7.00 £24 Wed 27 Mar Rizzle Kicks Start 7.00 £15

Stranglers @ The Dome

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Brighton Centre, Brighton

Komedia, Brighton 44 - 47 Gardner St Brighton BN1 1UN

Kings Road, Brighton BN1 2GR

BoxOffice: 0844 847 1515 Tue 5th- Wed 6th Mar Olly Murs Support from Loveable Rogues Start 7.00 £32.50 Sun 10 Mar The Nolans Start 7.00 £38 Thur 14 Mar Olivia Newton-John Start 6.30 £45 Wed 20 Mar The Script Start 7.00 £29.50 Sat 30 Mar Alfie Boe Start 7.00 £27.50

Concorde, Brighton Madeira Drive Brighton BN2 1EN www.concorde2.co.uk BoxOffice: 01273 673311 Thur 14 Mar Johnny Marr £19.50 Sun 17 Mar Claudia Brucken £18.50 Thur 21 Mar Dreadzone £16 Fri 22 Mar Gabrielle Aplin £10 Sat 23 Mar Nazareth £20 Sun 24 Mar The Selecter £14 Thur 28 Mar La Roux £12 Sat 30 Mar Charlie Thompson £8

The Old Market, Brighton

www.komedia.co.uk BoxOffice: 0845 293 8480 Thur 7 Mar Terry Alderton: Season 4?

16 & over only.

Mon 11 Mar Tom Baxter Soulful, passionate vocals delivered with raw emotion.

Fri 15 – Sat 17 Mar Krater Comedy Club Award winning comedy every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

18 & over only.

Sat 16 Mar Spellbound A collection of alternative 80s classics.

18 & over only.

Wed 20 Mar Culture feat. Kenyatta Hill One of the most vibrant live reggae bands around.

Fri 22 Mar Born Bad “Brighton’s best night” – The Guardian Guide Wed 27 Mar John Smith A dazzling and inventive guitarist whose grave growl of a voice belies his age and background.

Thur 28 Mar Comic Boom The best rising stars of UK comedy.

Sat 30 Mar Funny Women: Brighton Nights 18 & over only.

11A Upper Market Street, Brighton

www.theoldmarket.com BoxOffice: 01273 201801 Thur 7 Mar Shorts & Sweets Book Club A couple of hours of literary discussion and sweet treats

Rent @ Old Market

Tue 12 – Wed 13 Mar Spymonkey’s Cooped A rare chance to catch this deliciously demented gothic thriller Sat 16 Mar RENT Jonathan Larson’s rock musical celebration of bohemian New York Wed 20 Mar iOpen Spoken Word Sun 24 Mar Scratch Sessions Poety, script, short story, stand up; anything goes Tue 26 Mar The Drawing Circus Drop-in life drawing session for all abilities Wed 27 Mar Craftaganza Live Thur 28 Mar Miniclick Free monthly photography talks Sat 30 March Alive & Swinging with Marilyn 59

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GIG GUIDE Emeli Sande

Emeli Sande – Fri 5 Apr, Brighton Dome Britain’s brightest star in 2012, Emeli Sande arrives in Brighton as part of her sold-out world tour. The concert will feature hits from her record breaking album Our Version of Events, which has now reached triple platinum while remaining in the UK album Top Ten for over a year, hitting the no. 1 spot on five separate occasions.

Rick Redbeard – Mon 18 Mar,Komedia, Studio Bar The solo singer-songwriter from Glasgow brings his collection of acoustic pop, folk and country to the Komedia. Rick Redbeard, better known as Rick Anthony; lead singer of The Phantom Band, continues his UK tour through Brighton promoting his recently released debut album No Selfish Heart.

Tom Odell – Sunday 10 Mar,The Haunt

Rick Redbeard

The first ever male winner of the Critic’s Choice Brit Award in 2013, Tom Odell returns to Sussex bringing his evocative songs to The Haunt. The 22-year-old, who has been compared with legendary troubadour Jeff Buckley, brings his crescendo of pianos and drums to Brighton with his imbued, heart-breaking vocals bound to hook those in attendance.

River Jumpers – Mon 11 Mar @ The Cowley Club Lawson – Tue 12 Mar @ Brighton Dome Theme Park – Wed 13 Mar @ The Haunt The Carrivick Sisters – Thur 14 Mar @ The Greys

River Jumpers – Wed 27 Mar @ Sticky Mikes

Molly Nilsson – Fri 15 Mar @ The Hope

La Roux – Thur 28 Mar @ Concorde 2

Kilo Kish – Sat 16 Mar @ Audio

Glossary – Fri 29 Mar @ The Palmeira

Claudia Brucken – Sun 17 Mar @ Concorde 2

Alfie Boe – Sat 30 Mar @ Brighton Centre

Morning Glory – Tue 19 Mar @ Royal Pavilion Tavern

Bloodshot Dawn – Sun 31 Mar @ Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar

The Script – Wed 20 Mar @ The Brighton Centre

Hookworms – Mon 1 Apr @ The Green Door Store

Wildflowers – Thur 21 Mar @ The Freemasons Arms

Voodoo Six – Tue 2 Apr @ The Haunt

Nai Harvest – Fri 22 Mar @ Fitzherberts

Wild Belle – Wed 3 Apr @ The Green Door Store

Ancient Ascendant – Sat 23 Mar @ The Green Door Store

Gerry McAvoy’s Band Of Friends – Thur 4 Apr @ Komedia Brighton

The Selecter – Sun 24 Mar @ Concorde 2

Il Divo – Sat 6 Apr @ Brighton Centre

Cathryn Craig – Mon 25 Mar @ The Greys

Steve Conte & the Crazy Truth – Sun 7 Apr @ Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar The Sheepdogs – Mon 8 Apr @ The Haunt

Willy Moon – Tue 26 Mar @ The Haunt

Ryan Keen – Tue 9 Apr @ Komedia Brighton

The spitting image of a 50s crooner, Willy Moon brings his

The House Of Love – Wed 10 Apr @ The Haunt

throng of rock’n’roll guitar riffs, hip-hop production techniques

Ill Nino – Thur 11 Apr @ Concorde 2

and fresh lyrics to The Haunt. The New Zealand-English

Team Ghost – Fri 12 Apr @ Blind Tiger

musician, singer and producer will be performing a collection

Pere Ubu – Sat 13 Apr @ The Haunt

of his favourite hits including his recently released single Yeah

Mick Hucknall – Mon 15 Apr @ Brighton Dome

Yeah.

James Yorkston – Tue 16 Apr @ Blind Tiger

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MUSIC NEWS Black Bunker For Sale The Black Bunker Studio, a music institution renowned throughout Sussex, is up for sale. The studio, situated near St Peter’s Church, comprises two fully-fitted studios and has played host to a number of notable bands during its 15 year tenure, including Death In Vegas, The Kooks, Echo & The Bunnymen and Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster.

Theme Park Album Release Indie foursome Theme Park released their eponymous debut album on February 25th. The group are also set to embark upon a UK tour to promote their album and will be visiting The Haunt nightclub in Brighton on March 13.

Theme Park

Honey Club goes into Therapy To the despair of local clubbers, the Honey Club (left) has now closed down. Never fear though, the new owners of the club have organised a weekly night called Therapy, that features all the best deep/tech and groovy house music with some old skool classics thrown in for good measure.

Therapy will run every Saturday until the new club opens in April.

Mumford & Sons organise festival Great Escape Line-Up Announced

Grammy-nominated band Mumford & Sons are organising

The most exciting event in Brighton’s

announced their plans to hold a 20,000 capacity festival

musical year is back and this year The

on the Convent Fields, including top bands such as The

Great Escape contains a whole host of

Vaccines and the Mystery Jets. The event will be the

exciting talent. With performances in over

only UK venue that Mumford and Sons play during their

30 venues, including artists such as Tom

Gentlemen of the Road Stopover tour.

a new two-day festival in Lewes this July. The folk quartet

Odell, Dry The River and Spector, more than 16,000 wristband holders will get a taste of the new talent on offer between

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WHAT’S ON TWICE THE PASSION Soul By The Sea, the team that brought the open-air production of the Passion of Christ to Brighton’s seafront, is performing a moving production once again in Easter 2013, free to the public.

Launched in 2011 next to Brighton’s historic West Pier, the Passion of Christ saw crowds flock to watch and be a part of a moving portrayal, faithful to the original

WIN - TICKETS FOR THE DUKE OF YORK’S CINEMA The Perfect Ten – Thank You and Goodnight.

Saturday 23rd March, 9.30pm

scripture, of the days leading up to Jesus’ arrest, death and resurrection.

To celebrate their 50th podcast - 1.1 million

Writer and Director of the Passion of Christ, James Burke-Dunsmore has

downloads and counting - Phill Jupitus and Phil

performed the role of Jesus Christ on stage and screen nationally and

Wilding return to the scene of their first sold-out

internationally for over 14 years. James and a group of theatre professionals will

live triumph (‘triumph’ is such a subjective word),

work alongside a local amateur cast, and guide the audience on an unforgettable journey.

The Passion of Christ 2013

the Duke of York’s, and promise never to do it again.

In their last ever live Ten, they promise two Perfect Tens – the second with questions from you, the

Friday 29 – Sunday 31 March 2013 www.soulbythesea.info

audience – laughter, tears, eyeliner and some adult

Lawns of St Peter’s Church, Brighton. Tickets: FREE

themes and situations. They’ll even end the night with a DJ set that will almost certainly include ska, hair metal and the Manic Street Preachers, obviously.

So for one last time, come and feel the combined rage of two men who should know better, but still feel the need to ring a bell and work their way through ten topics in front of strangers. Well, it’s better than crying themselves to sleep at night.

Laughter! Pointing! Raised voices!

To win two tickets, email us and tell us what TV music panel show is Phill Jupitus best known for?

Email ian.trevett@absolutemagazine.co.uk by 15th March.

The Orlando Consort (above) are also celebrating The Passion with an evening of some of the most sublime music of the early Renaissance from England

A BAND OF BROTHERS - GALA EVENT

and continental Europe at All Saints Church, Hove on Saturday 16 March at 8pm.

A band of brothers is a charity established

Formed in 1988 by the Early Music Centre of Great Britain, The Orlando Consort

by men who work tirelessly to introduce positive

has established itself as one of Britain’s most important chamber music ensembles,

social change through personal development and

performing to the highest standards and renowned for its imaginative and

community building. They are committed local men

innovative programming.

For many centuries, (until Christmas took over!), Easter was regarded as the most important event in the church calendar and composers were inspired to write

working with young men introducing them to rites of passage and offering on going mentoring and support as Positive Male Role Models..

They have organised a specacular event on 15th

heart-felt music that charted all the stage of the Easter story, from deepest despair

March at The Thistle, featuring exciting guest speakers,

to the celebration of the Resurrection.

food, magic, comedy and music with the Fantastic

To book tickets: All Saints Church, The Drive, Hove 01273 7333331 or

Hazardous Funk.

www.brightonticketshop.com

A great event for a great cause. www.15thmarch.com

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WHAT’S ON HOLDING ON TO HOPE The Jubilee Library is hosting a dynamic exhibition of portraits of celebrities whose lives have been touched by friends or family with ovarian cancer, in association with Ovacome (The Ovarian Cancer Support Network).

Each celebrity is holding a photo of a person special to them who has had the disease and below each picture is a cameo story of their relationship. Ovacome’s patron, the actress Jenny Agutter, TV presenters Carol Vorderman and James May and socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, are among those featured. The exhibition, the creation of photographer Andy Scaysbrook, made its debut last March at London’s Menier Gallery, with plaudits from the press. This year, the Holding onto Hope exhibition will be taking place at Brighton’s Jubilee Library in the famous North Laine part of the city.

Come along and meet the Ovacome team and supporters and have the chance to purchase a hard copy of the Holding onto Hope collection at the special price of £5. March 18th-31st.

BRIGHTON AT GLYNDEBOURNE 30 amateur performers from Brighton will appear on the main stage at Glyndebourne opera house on March 7, in the world premiere of Imago.

Glyndebourne’s latest community opera is set in virtual reality with a cast of 90 amateur performers recruited via open auditions from across the South East. Participants range in age from teenagers to those in their 70s and they perform alongside five professional opera singers in a project designed to develop amateur talent.

Box Office on 01273 813813 or online at www.glyndebourne.com

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Pets

Brighton in Puppy Love Words: Daniel White

T

he city of Brighton and Hove was recently named the mostdog friendly place in Britain but how far will we go to please

our furry friends?

The choice was made by a panel of judges, led by Cesar’s dog food, with Brighton taking the honours as dog owners’ favourite place to visit with their pooches.

With 27 million pets in the UK and 1 in 2 households owning a pet, we are clearly a nation in love with our pets but with the recent results, PetsPyjamas.com commissioned a survey to find out just how much we care for our pets.

Celebrity TV presenter Davina McCall met her husband while walking her dog and it appears that she is not alone as nearly 1 in

a pet made them feel less in need of a

might even be turning to their pets more

5 dog owners have met a date while dog

relationship.

for companionship when things are tough,”

walking.

One of the key facts when choosing

she said.

The Coal Shed restaurant in Brighton

Brighton as the number one for dog

“Like children, people throw parties for

gave dog owners the chance to share a

hospitality was the convenience of canine

their pets, which is also an excellent way of

meal with their pets for Valentine’s dinner

friendly attractions.

getting to know your pet neighbours at a

and this is clearly not as wacky as it

With top pubs and hotels, such as

time when people are lonelier and feeling

sounds, with almost a third of dog owners

The Oriental, providing pet friendly

more isolated.”

admitting they would take their pet on a

accommodation you never have to worry

“As a pet owner I am not surprised at

date with them.

about leaving your furry friend behind.

all that Brits see their pets as such an

If that special someone in your life is a dog

However, when it’stime for bed our tip is -

important part of the family.”

owner, competition for their affections

keep the door shut!

So it’s conclusive, not only are pets much

may be high, with over a third of canine

Despite statistics showing thatsharing beds

loved in our seaside city but they are

owners admitting they love their pooch

with a pet is not recommended, 1 in 3 dog

also part of our relationships,families

just as much as their partner.

owners confessed to letting their pet sleep

andcan even hold more significance in our

Past studies have shown that dogs and

in their bed with them.

heartsthan our spouse.

cats may lower blood pressure and reduce

The co-founder of PetsPyjamas.com,

cholesterol but, while it may appear that

Denise Elphick, is the owner of two

If you’re looking to socialise while

owning a pet can be helpful in finding a

Norfolk Terriers and is not surprised by

dog walking in Brighton visit either

date, the desire to look for a potential

the stats they have found.

www.meetup.com or

partner may be largely reduced, with

“People are spending huge amounts on

www.brighton.citysocialising.com

45% of dog owners saying that owning

their pets even in times of austerity and

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Weddings

Our Sussex Wedding Jenny Rayner & Alex Eichner Kidbrooke Park Mansion Forest Row We MET through my sister. We liked each other from the first time we met but waited to get together due to an age difference. We bonded over a mutual love of martial arts and got on very well.

We went on holiday to Portugal on our 5th anniversary of us officially getting together. On that evening, after having watched dolphins swim in the sea that day, we went to the local beach, had dinner in a restaurant on the beach and then took a walk in the moon light, where Alex read me a poem he wrote ending in WILL YOU MARRY ME? I did have suspicions a few months before we went, as we weren’t sure if we’d get to go on that specific date, and Alex was making it very clear it had to be that date, so it made me wonder. But then he didn’t let another clue slip so I thought maybe not. When the poem neared the end and Alex’s hand went into his pocket I almost couldn’t believe it but then he got down on one knee and asked. I obviously, very happily, said yes!

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Max, my PONY, was at the wedding as he means a lot to me. I’ve had him about 13 years now (although he was on loan for some of that while I was at university). I keep him where I work (IFEAL which does equine assisted therapy) so I see him nearly every day. He’s like a member of the family and I really wanted him there. It took me a while to think of how to get him involved, but then we found the perfect role for him - Ring Bearer! He’s got a lovely nature so I knew I could trust him to perform his role and carry our rings to us around his neck. He was also very good for the photos, although it was a good thing I didn’t mind a couple of hoof prints on my dress!

The CAKE was made by an old friend of mine. I had seen her amazing cakes on facebook so I thought I’d ask her. Her name is Lucy Whatford.

We got married at KIDBROOKE PARK MANSION, Forest Row. We wanted somewhere which was big enough and had outside space too. My husband’s mother works at the school as a teacher so we had a nice connection.Very beautiful too, we didn’t worry too much about spending money on decoration as the building and ground are already stunning. They also didn’t mind having a horse there!

Alex’s SUIT was from Broadleys of East Grinstead.

Very nice people and had a beautiful range of suits.

I got my SHOES from Suitables in Lingfield.

Had tried a few other places with no luck and found a lovely pair in that shop, looking forward to having them dyed black so I can wear them out! It was also where my sister got her shoes for her wedding so I knew they had a nice range.

We spent our HONEYMOON in St Lucia - a wedding gift from Alex’s parents. We went to the Coconut Bay Spa Hotel. It was a great place, we met some lovely people and relaxed in the sun.

Just what we needed after organising a wedding! Miss the cocktails by the pool now though!

I brought a TIARA from Emma Tindley and borrowed a NECKLACE from George Knight Jewellers, East

The PHOTOGRAPHY was by Stephen D Lawrence, Brighton. www.snapitnow.co.uk

Grinstead. That shop is also where the engagement ring and both our wedding rings were bought, that’s why they allowed us to borrow a beautiful piece for the day.

My DRESS was from Emma Tindley - her boutique is in East Grinstead. I went to a couple of the other bridal shops and had found one dress I liked, but when I went into Emma’s shop it wasn’t just a beautiful dress I got, but also a great experience, as Emma is very lovely. I found my perfect dress in there and didn’t look anywhere else after!

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Fit to be Wed Spot-reduction or targeted toning?

Adam Lewis on the wedding fitness dilemma

A

nyone interested in getting toned

won’t work and it’s time to stop.

30 minute arm workout will not burn nearly

will have heard the saying ‘you can’t

Sure, strengthening muscles can be extremely

as many calories as a 30 minute full body

spot reduce’, meaning you can’t

specific, you can strengthen your left thigh

workout that utilises all the major muscle

chose where the fat comes from. It’s certainly

muscle twice as much as your right, but that

groups.

a concept taught to all personal trainers. So

will do nothing for reducing the fat overlying

Instead of tiny ‘isolation’ exercises like triceps

why does every bride whose just bought a

these muscle groups.You won’t get one thin

dips where you lower yourself off a chair using

strapless dress ask just to tone up their arms

leg and one fat leg. But people get these facts

your arms, select big ‘compound’ exercises

and upper back? And why does every groom-

confused, forgetting that strengthening specific

that use many large muscle groups, such

to-be only want to ‘lose a bit from their

muscles is one thing, burning fat off problem

as push press combining a squat action for

stomach’ so they look good in their new suit?

areas is another thing completely. Exercising

the legs and a shoulder press with the arms

What’s worse, why does every wedding fitness

your arms will not burn fat directly off your

extending overhead. Similarly don’t waste time

article promote ‘targeted training’ plans

arms and doing sit-ups does not burn off belly

doing a few sit ups when you could be out

only working on tiny muscle groups like the

fat.

doing a power walk or gentle jog that burns

triceps underlying problematic ‘bingo wings’.

Over the years I’ve helped many brides and

significantly more energy and will speed you

Of course I know why, it’s what people want.

grooms get wedding fit with one rule. If you

towards your goals.

Problem is, it’s not how the body works, so it

want to get your body in the best shape of

Compound exercises like push press burn

your life, in time for the

more calories than isolation exercises

most important day of your

So there you have it, all you have to do is put

life, then you should follow

yourself in a calorie deficit (burning fat) and

this essential fact:

your body will take care of where it comes

Create a calorie deficit

from. If you have body parts that tend to be

(negative energy balance)

a bit more jiggly because you store fat there,

by expending more calories

you need to be losing fat so your body can

each day than you consume!

start taking it from everywhere, including

To do that, first you want

those problem areas. Trying to spot-reduce

to put fewer calories into

fat from small areas using minutely targeted

your body by limiting the

exercises will waste time as you’ll burn a

amount of energy you eat,

fraction of the energy compared to a workout

such as following a calorie-

incorporating major muscle groups like full

controlled diet. Secondly

body resistance training or cardiovascular

you want to maximise the

exercises.

number of calories you

Got a question? If you have a question about

burn off during workouts by

this article, or have a fitness problem you’d like

selecting exercises that burn

Adam to cover in a future issue, email adam@

the most energy. Doing a

yourfitnesscoach.co.uk

Adam Lewis has been a certified personal trainer for over 10 years, providing mobile fitness services around Brighton and Sussex.

Adam is also a certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, holds a degree in Sport & Exercise Science, a Masters degree in Human Nutrition and is currently studying another Masters in Strength and Conditioning. www.YourFitnessCoach.co.uk Rosebery Images

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Education

Do independent schools suffer from an ‘inverted snobbery’?

This month’s debate focuses on the comments made by Mrs Frances King when she announced she was to leave her position of headmistress at Roedean.

She said, “It is quite hard work to continue to be always on the negative side of public opinion.

“We are putting our heart, soul and effort into this provision. We are making sure we have got a good amount of money put into bursaries and, as much as we can afford in our situation, we are trying to ensure we are

widening access. But it is difficult providing top quality education whilst feeling that the whole country is against you” Vicky Tuck, former headmistress of Cheltenham Ladies’ College, said she had been made to feel that running a private school in England was “slightly immoral”.

Do Independent Schools face a form of inverted snobbery? Has it always been like this? Is it getting better or do the schools still suffer from a negative perception in society?

Mr Chris Holt

Head of RS & Philosophy, St Christopher’s Hove The most regrettable aspect of the current pedagogical slanging match is that the welfare of children is being eclipsed by adult prejudices. Many of those on either side have not set foot in an independent school for a decade, an immeasurable epoch in education. As with any debate on schooling, the assumption is that having been to one once gives you a trenchant viewpoint. Whilst there is demand for independent education, it will exist.

What we need to focus upon is the positive influence on educational practice as a whole. By their very nature, independent schools have greater budgets at their disposal and can take greater risks with them. Independent schools have a licence to take risks in the pursuit of excellence, always with the knowledge that an initiative that proves vastly unpopular with the parent body has the

power to drive the school out of business. In a medical metaphor, the NHS may reject as unproven or too costly something subsequently shown by the private sector to be highly effective, leading to its adoption for the benefit of all. My school invested heavily in Google Cloud technology, introducing Chrome Books for the older children, with a truly revolutionary effect on teaching and learning.

Effecting this radical change within six months is not something many state schools would be willing to do financially, or without reams of evidence that the initiative would work. The freedom to pursue new ideas, whether it is ICT based or the recent concept of “dayboarding”, is the great asset of independent education. The sharing of resources and facilities will

never create the true equality some seek; it is in the pursuit and sharing of ideas that enrich education as a whole that the independent sector has its role in 21st century education.

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Mrs Ann Aughwane

Headmistress, Burgess Hill School for Girls

There cannot be many institutions or occupations that have not come in for criticism from the public or press at some time or another. Traditionally politicians, traffic wardens, ‘taxmen’, insurance salesmen, and more have been disparaged by those who have never undertaken these roles and who choose to vent their frustrations, envy or dislike of the ‘stereotype’. Doctors, once universally highly respected in their communities, now feel the wrath of the press and bloggers.

These things do affect the morale of those under attack. It is sad that the culture of criticism and envy has perhaps grown as technology has enabled comments to be voiced publicly, with ease, often anonymously; personal opinions have gained greater currency regardless of whether they are illinformed or not.

It is a fact that only 7% of the population attend independent schools and what we

offer is different; if it were not it is unlikely that anyone would choose to pay when the alternative is ‘free’, i.e. paid for

by UK taxpayers.

The success of independently educated pupils is well documented and does attract criticism as conferring unfair advantage on those who benefit from the excellent education we provide, much as the existence of Grammar Schools creates heated debate on fairness within the state system. The ill-informed believe independent schools are reserved for the rich, but research shows this is not the case. Parents from all walks of life choose to send their child to a fee-paying school because they believe it to be the best for their child.

For many the fees present an enormous

challenge and they either make huge sacrifices or seek support from school bursaries or educational trusts.

I am proud of the high quality education that we provide and see no reason to be apologetic for doing the best we can for the pupils in our care. I accept that from time to time, just like Doctors, teachers, politicians, the independent sector will draw negative comment from those who disagree with our philosophy or resent our success; that is a necessary consequence of a society that quite rightly believes in freedom of expression.

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Education News

A Very Close Shave

E

leven Hurst Senior School boys have raised almost £1,500 for Cancer Research UK after completing a sponsored head shave.

Staff and pupils gathered in the College Chapel to watch the boys bravely lose their locks in support of life saving research.

Fifth former, James Henriet (16), orchestrated the fundraising event from start to finish. “At the start of the year I wanted to try something new” said James, as the clippers got to work, “and Cancer Research UK’s work affects so many. To raise this much money for them is incredible.” James began his search for participants in early January and found no shortage of volunteers, especially after explaining to them the difference that research can make to millions of sufferers.

Abigail Wood, a Central Fundraising Executive for the charity, advised James throughout and commented, “Cancer Research UK has made enormous progress in the fight against cancer and

After all the boys were trimmed and feeling extra chilly around the

continues to do so. However, we have only been able to do this thanks

ears, James added, “Thank you to everyone involved for making today

to the dedication and commitment of our volunteers.”

such a success and particularly those who donated to support us.”

“It is so important that young people like James get involved in the

Donations can still be made on the Just Giving website by visiting:

work of Cancer Research UK.”

www.justgiving.com/hurstappeal2013 and following the easy steps.

“A school which is going from strength to strength under the strong leadership of its dynamic headmaster.”

“Now the first choice for many parents who would traditionally have sent their children further afield. Each child is tracked and challenged to reach their full potential in all areas of their lives ... they are encouraged to push themselves beyond their comfort zone.”

Extract from The Good Schools Guide's report on Hurstpierpoint College, June 2012

A stunning campus

A thoughtful, caring ethos

A strong community

A true education

Open Mornings for all Hurst schools take place on 9th March and 11th May 2013 to find out more, please visit our website www.hppc.co.uk Hurstpierpoint College Hurstpierpoint West Sussex BN6 9JS

admissions@hppc.co.uk

01273 836936

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Strike a Pose

R

oedean pupil, Ella Parsons, has been chosen as one of the Grand Finalists of this years Top Model UK competition which will take place on April 12th at the Hilton Hotel in London.

This year Top Model are asking the finalists to help raise funds for Children with Cancer UK charity and 100% of all funds raised by voting for individual models, will go to the Charity.

Ella,16, comes from Brighton and is currently in year 11 at school. She was interviewed back in September and successfully selected from the 1000’s of applications received.

Top Model UK is the leading professional model search competition in the United Kingdom and all awards, with the exception of the Public Choice Charity fund raising award, are decided by a panel.

She will be participating in a weekend of top professional runway shows, to be held in London on the 12th,13th and 14th of April 2013 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel.

Ella is competing in the commercial section of the competition.

Her profile can be viewed on the TOP MODEL UK Website. It is here that the public can vote for Ella.

Vote for Ella at www.topmodeluk.com/#/voteonline/4546365927

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Sport

GLORY DAYS AT THE GOLDSTONE The Seagulls made it to the Premiership (then called the First Division) for the first time during the managerial reign of Alan Mullery. Mike Donovan meets an Albion legend.

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t was a raining-stair-rods morning as

players and England manager Roy Hodgson,

Absolute Brighton parked on an estate

to celebrate his 55 years in the game at

of large properties before splashing

the Seagulls’ American Express Community

through the puddles at speed towards

Stadium on March 21.

one of them.

Alan Mullery was swift to answer the door

It was the Mid Sussex home of a legendary

as he welcomed us into the dry of his hall

football figure. One, who, as a player

and a comfy seat in the kitchen.

nicknamed The Tank, had kept Pele largely

The Tank was a robust individual on and

quiet during an epic World Cup encounter

off the field during his active football

and captained his country.

service of playing and managing, but is far

Who, as a skipper, had knocked himself

from decommissioned. White-haired, 71

out winning a European club trophy and

and evuncular, he retains a hard edge, with

punched a teammate TWICE in as many

pithy views and a sense of humour, as a Sky

minutes for ignoring his instruction.

football pundit.

Had, most pertinent to the county, guided

And a story-telling ability and charm suited

I had no job, the mortgage to pay, two kids in private school and I didn’t know how long the situation was going to last. When you get as low as you can possibly get then you find out who your friends are. its premier football outfit into England’s

to his role as a host to matchday guests at

premier division for the first time during

Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham, both of

a five-year managerial spell which saw two

whom he served as a player.

promotions in three seasons, achievements

But the side of Alan Mullery MBE which

which will be recognised at a dinner,

shines through is his faith.

involving his Brighton & Hove Albion

His career was a rollercoaster and ensured

Photo: Paul Hazlewood

he hit rock bottom after Brighton showed him the door to end his second spell as their manager after one season in 1987 following spells in charge of Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace and QPR. Mullery says: “I went back on the assumption that, if I got rid of three players on £33,000 a year in three months or so, I’d get a five-year contract. They knew I was strong-willed enough to do it. There was nothing in writing. I trusted them, got rid of the players and was sacked. I’d been shafted.

“I became a recluse. Football had been my whole life since I’d been 15. I’d been England captain and a very successful

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manager with Brighton. I’d reached the

wife June.

“I went and listened to this guy talking

pinnacle of what I had set out to do as a

Mullery says: “I’d JUST been involved in

about what Jesus had done for him and

young man.

football but then saw my wife change from

millions of others around the world. It just

“But at 45 I was off the roundabout. I

the person she was into somebody who

touched me. I felt the same way June did.

thought there’d be phone calls. The phone

was even nicer. I wanted to know how.

“I can’t describe it. I just felt it take place.

remained still.

“I discovered the answer when she came

I can’t remember driving home. As soon

“My wife told me people disliked me

back from a meeting of what they call

as I walked through the door my wife said

because I was too strong a character. But

an Alpha Group (which ‘investigates the

to me ‘you’ve accepted Jesus into your life

that was me.

claims of Jesus and helps find a relationship

haven’t you?’ She saw it immediately.

“I had no job, the mortgage to pay, two

with God that really changes lives’) at her

“Life has had ups and downs since, but

kids in private school and didn’t know how

friend’s house.

thank Lord I’m still working.”

long the situation would last. When you

“She said ‘I have some good news and bad

In 2005 Mullery became football consultant

get as low as you can possibly get then you

news. The good is that Jesus is in my heart’.

of Crawley Town, then a non-league club

find out who your friends are.”

I asked her what the bad was. She told

in crisis and helped the recovery process

It was the moment Mullery reveals

me ’I’ve enrolled you for the next group

which has led the Red Devils into the

“something else came into my life” via his

meeting’.

Football League.

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Photo: Simon Dack

They were in a terrible state of affairs.

“I went to see training in the first week and saw what the manager (Francis Vines) did with two other lads. It was a nightmare.

“I told the club ‘you’ve got to get rid of all three’. They did and got about 50 applications for manager and took my recommendation of John Hollins who was successful. Now they’ve filled the place with money and been extremely successful.”

Mullery is convinced Seagulls will return to the Premier League for the first time since he guided them there. He says: “My players started something by giving

old Goldstone was falling to bits but it

said ‘I’ve done a deal with Liverpool for

the club premier status and now they

was success after success.

£1m’. I said ‘I’ve always done the deals and

are living up to it. A wonderful stadium,

“Harry Bloom, the vice-chairman was like

you’ve said yes or no’. He told me ‘I’d like

fantastic players and a wonderful manager.

a second father and now Harry’s grandson

to be known as the first ever chairman at

The board of directors too are out of

Tony is the chairman. A lovely lad. Tony

Brighton to sell a player for £1m’.

sight. It’s great to see the club growing. It

used to come into my office with his

“I said ’I suppose you’ll be thinking of

is made for the Premier.”

granddad when he was about four.

picking the team next?’ He replied ‘I’ve

He had a stellar playing career as a

“Harry died of a heart attack sitting next

been thinking about it!’ I stood up said

midfield general for Fulham and Tottenham

to me on the coach going to Stoke’s

‘thanks very much’ and walked out.”

Hotspur, where he knocked himself out

ground and it changed. Harry had been the

It was Alan’s first managerial job and

scoring the 1972 UEFA Cup final clincher

buffer when Mike Bamber and I clashed.

explains it came about after Fulham boss

Mullery reckons the Brighton players he managed during his first spell should be hailed as legends of the club for what they did.

But when you talk about Brighton legends none comes bigger than Alan Mullery. against Wolverhampton Wanderers. He

Mike called me up and said ‘we owe 400

Alec Stock had reneged on his promise to

earned 35 full England caps, two in the

grand to the bank and need it as quickly

allow Mullery to succeed him.

1970 World Cup finals against Brazil

as possible’. I said ‘fine, I’ll sell Mark

And because of the double thumping he

(when keeping Pele quiet) and the

Lawrenson. I’ll give you 400 grand and

gave Cottagers teammate Jimmy Dunne.

quarter-final reverse for the defending

spend the other 600 on players’.

Mullery says: “Mike said he remembered

champions against West Germany (in

“Mike said it was up to me as long as he

when I was Fulham captain and had struck

which he scored).

got the 400. I phoned Ron Atkinson at

one of my own players when we beat

Mullery says: “I’ve been lucky. I achieved

Manchester United and agreed a deal for

Brighton. And that anyone who wants to

what I wanted.“

Mark.

win that badly he wanted at his football

But he will forever remain in the hearts

“The chairman phoned me two days later

club.”

of Albion fans for what he accomplished

and said he wanted to see me first thing

Alan reckons the Brighton players he

between 1976 and 1981.

at his house in Haywards Heath. Beautiful

managed during his first spell should be

Mullery says: “It was the favourite five

house. His wife was cooking breakfast

hailed legends. But when you talk about

years of my career. It was a joy to be

when I arrived.

Brighton legends none comes bigger than

there. The support was phenomenal. Little

“I asked him what the problem was. He

Alan Mullery.

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Sporting Life

England at the Amex Albion’s Amex Stadium will host one of its biggest fixtures to date when England under-21s take on Austria on March 25 in their final home friendly before Euro 2013.The under-21 side contains a host of emerging talent, with players such as Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling, Blackpool midfielder Tom Ince and Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland all expected to make an appearance.

Albion bolster Development Squad Brighton & Hove Albion have made a double signing with imposing centre-back Rohan Ince and highly-rated goalkeeper Christian Walton signing to their development squad.Ince, 20, joined Chelsea when he was seven and despite signing his first professional contract in 2010, he failed to make a first team appearancewith the Blues and had his contract terminated at Stamford Bridge before signingan 18-month contactwith the Seagulls. Meanwhile, Walton, 17, has attracted the gaze of a number of Premier League clubs but after a successful trial at the Amex hehas now joined Albion’s development squad to complete his apprentice years before signing a professional three-year contract in the summer.

Hoskins’ season over Brighton & Hove Albion forward Will Hoskins has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering ruptured cruciate and medial ligaments in his right knee. Albion boss Gus Poyet said: “It is really bad luck for Will. He was deserving to play because of the way he was training and it just shows what a crazy game football is. He gets the chance to play and he gets injured.”

Painter switches Seagulls for Cherries Brightonfull-back Marcos Painter has joined Bournemouth on loan until the end of the season. The left sided defender has found his playing time limited at the Amex this season following the arrival of Wayne Bridge in the summer and has now moved to the Dean Court in search of regular first-team football. He will link up with former Albion duo Tommy Elphick and Steve Cook.

Lewes make quartet of signings Lewes have moved to strengthen their squad by making four new signings.

Former Crawley Town

Sussex cricketers suffer World Cup agony

defender Tommy Brewer

Four Sussex players suffered heartbreak

Mogwo, 19, signed at The

as England were knocked out of the

Dripping Pan after a stint with

ICC Women’s World Cup. Sarah Taylor,

Newcastle United. Joining

Arran Brindle, Georgia Elwiss and Sussex

them are Gillingham scholars

captain Holly Colvin were all involved in

Josh Hare and centre-back

the tournament that saw the defending

Jake Hessenthaler on work

champions eliminated in the Super Six stage.

experience.

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Albion in the Community and American Express Awards Evening Why? To recognise the outstanding contributions of over 700 volunteers who improve opportunities for young people and adults.

Where?

The Amex Community Stadium

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Who? 1.Simon Chrisp (American Express), Ivan Mainprize (American Express), Inigo Calderon and Dick Knight 2. Richie Reynolds and Gus Poyet 3. Sophie Thomas - Winner of American Express Charitable Person of the Year with Ivan Mainprize (American Express) and Paul Barber (BHAFC)

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4. Dick Knight and Michael Edwards (American Express) 5. Joshua Coulson, Winner of Outstanding Sportsman Award with Criag Mackail-Smith, Inigo Calderon and Nigel Greenwood (American Express) 6. Sonia Nicholls – Winner of Want to Work Partnership Award with Simon Chrisp (American Express) and Gary Peters (BrightonandHovejobs) 7. Dick Knight 8. – Pauline Greenyer (American Express) with Mel Dunn (Albion in the Community) 9

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9. – Ben Doehren – Winner of Disability Achievement Award with Ben Quilter, John Parvin (Solutions Inc) 10. Richie Reynolds, compere 11. Sally Linsell, Lucy Watton from Tanbridge School, Winners of Schools Masterclass Award with Nigel Greenwood (American Express) and Alan Sanders (Albion in the Community)

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A very proper professional Matthew Upson tells Mike Donovan that he won’t discount continuing playing for Brighton & Hove Albion into next season.

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M

atthew Upson has refused to

“The stadium is fantastic and the support

Bruno and Greer sidelined by injury, cracks

discount continuing playing for

excellent, the amount of following we

were appearing. The next 14 league games

Brighton & Hove Albion into

had for my debut at Sheffield Wednesday

saw them let in 22 goals. Upson fitted the

next season.

surprised me. I hadn’t appreciated I had

bill.

The central defender has committed to

come to such a big club.

Certainly the Albion faithful viewed him

the end of the current term on a loan deal

“It is a lovely city for myself and my family.

as an example of the phrase ‘form is

from Premier League outfit Stoke City,

There’s lots of beautiful little shops.

temporary, class permanent’ when he

endeavouring to try and help the Seagulls

“But the most important thing for me is to

joined on the final day of the January

into the top flight for the first time in 30

play. I don’t want to spend the rest of my

transfer window.

years (Jimmy Melia’s side were relegated in

playing days not doing anything. I want to

The Seagulls supporters had the same

1983 after Alan Mullery had brought Albion

be involved. Be in the thick of it.”

opinion of Bridge when he came

up four years earlier).

It is clearly, in part, a reaction to being

south from Premier League champions

Upson, 33, has performed and scored on

a bit-part player at Stoke, having largely

Manchester City at the beginning of the

the biggest stage in football for his country.

played a supporting role to Ryan Shawcross

campaign.

Played for the biggest club managers,

and Robert Huth , making only two first

And Bridge has repaid the faith in

including Arsene Wenger and Steve Bruce,

team-appearances for his parent club this

bucketloads with a series of outstanding

at the highest level for 17 seasons, with

term.

performances in Albion’s promotion bid.

Arsenal, West Ham United (joining them

And one of feeling wanted.

Upson is delighted to be re-united with the

for £6m and becoming their captain),

But it is also indicative he shares a similar

fullback after playing with him for England

The stadium is fantastic and the support excellent, the amount of following we had for my debut at Sheffield Wednesday surprised me.

I hadn’t appreciated I had come to such a big club.

Birmingham City and, of course, the

outlook to the adventurers of yesteryear

and West Ham United.

Potters after leaving first club Luton Town.

who sought new horizons, lands and

He scored and put in a player-of-the-match

But it seems he just might wish to

challenges. While Drake, Columbus and

performance for an England victory over

extend his stay at the American Express

Cook travailed the high seas, Upson, of

Germany alongside Bridge in 2008.

Community Football Stadium because,

course, is journeying on some unfamiliar

Upson says: “It’s nice to see Bridgey again. I

despite experience which would leave most

green swards in the Championship.

know him well.”

satiated, he remains on a footballing voyage

And he keeps his fingers crossed, familiarity

He is the only Brighton player to score a

of discovery.

breeds contentment among teammates,

goal in the World Cup finals for England,

Poyet and the fans by using the tools he

achieving the feat in a last-16 loss against

When asked by Abslute Brighton whether

has at his disposal to best effect.

Germany at South Africa 2010.

he would consider a permanent move, he

Upson had earned a reputation as on-

But Upson is clearly not one to rest on his

told us: “I think that’s a difficult question to

the-field leader and influential dressing

laurels.

answer. I’m here until the end of the season

room figure, with his Stoke manager Tony

Poyet seems to sense that. He has lavished

to enjoy it and discover playing football

insisting he is the “fantastic professional”.

praise on Bridge, 32, and is convinced he

again and see where it takes me.

He says: “Hopefully I am bringing a bit of

has unearthed another Thirtysomething

“The manager (Gus Poyet) is very relaxed.

organisation, which is something I think I

diamond for Brighton.

Gives us clear messages about what he

can do, and experience.”

He says: “Matthew is a very proper

wants and how he wants his team to play.

Upson arrived having answered an SOS

professional. A man. It is easy to deal with

I enjoy his philosophy. Passing the ball

with the back four which had begun the

him. There’s his experience. His leadership.

around. Brighton play decent football and

season - Bruno Gordon Greer, Adam

He’s not afraid to talk, to analyse things.

have some fantastic players who are very

El-Abd and Wayne Bridge - conceding only

He will always give you his opinions.

good technically.

nine goals in 12 games - disrupted. With

“We killed him with information to start

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Hopefully I am bringing a bit of organisation, which is something I think I can do, and experience.

Photo: Paul Hazlewood

with but it’s getting better and better.

trying to make a good final sprint and we

Upson’s Brighton teammates have

We are trying to use him as much as we

want him to be a big, big part of it.

welcomed his arrival.

can to the end of the season to bring his

“Matthew’s very strong in the air. Knows

Midfielder David Lopez said: “Matthew had

experience and consistency. Qualities we

the game well, He’s played for many years

not played so much this season before

need.

against top strikers. To play against the

he came but we know he’s played for

“When you play so long like Matthew you

best it should be easier when you don’t

important teams and helps us a lot with

see things happening very early. You read

play against the best.

his defensive abilities.”

the game better because you know what

“I’m looking for him to deal with

It appears Upson has been made to feel

is coming.

situations better than we have in the past.

very much at home at Brighton. Let’s see

“He’s able to deal with expectations even

We want him to understand what we want

if it remains one full-time beyond this

though he’s come into a team which is

and have the players understand him.”

campaign.

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THE HEATHFIELD HAIR RAISER Joe Marler is looking to be better known for his rugby than his hair styles. Words: Mike Donovan

T

here was a twinkle in his eyes and

Along with the maturity has come a

a smile forming. Joe Marler, a rising

cementing of his place in the full England

Sussex and England rugby star,

set-up and playing in the 2012 autumn

is recalling his various out-there

internationals as well as the latest Six

hairstyles.

Nations, which could all prove steps

“My favourite was probably the red one

towards a World Cup dream coming true.

with the red stars and stripes. Pretty stupid

To be part of a competition to be played

looking back. Then there was the one

on these shores in two years with the

which depicted sausages to advertise a

nation hoping its rugby team can emulate

mate’s sausage company. That was different.

the achievement of our football side in

I’m still waiting for some free sausages as

1966 on a global scale.

part of the deal!”

He says: “I loved playing in the Six Nations

But Marler, from Heathfield, insisted to

after being a travelling reserve last year

Absolut Brighton that the ‘stupid’ follicle

and it’s a massive dream of mine to go

arrangements, during which he was fast-

on and play in the World Cup in my own

tracked by Stuart Lancaster’s England

country.” The former Maynard Green

set-up, have gone for good, although that

Primary and Heathfield Community

implied he did not deem the eye-catching

College pupil, who played a handful of

style, with full beard, during last month’s

games for his old secondary school, has

Six Nations Championship as ‘stupid’.

come a long way since a friend suggested

The prop says: “It was probably the

he gave rugby a go.

ridiculous haircuts that got me noticed. The

He moved through the juniors at

debutant Billy Twelvetrees and Dylan

‘plan’ certainly worked! They were frowned

Eastbourne and Haywards Heath,

Hartley, says: “It is just my bi-polar nature

upon. I was told all the time ‘you’ve got

developed at Harlequins Academy, enjoyed

that has made me fall in and out of rugby.

s**t hair and you need to cut it’. I went

a loan spell at Worthing, and became a

I still do it now. I don’t think that will ever

‘okay, although I’m not going to because I

professional alongside the likes of England

stop, although I’m more control of that

really like it’.

captain Chris Robshaw and former fellow

now.”

“But I can’t be bothered with it anymore.

Sussex players Jordan Turner-Hall, Ross

Marler began playing rugby at 11.

I enjoyed it while I could but, even though

Chisholm, Charlie Matthews and Rob

He says: “I played football but my best

I’m only 22, I’m receding a bit. Also the

Buchanan at the Stoop.

mate said ‘why don’t you come down to

referee was more likely to point and say

But it has been – and remains - a bumpy

my rugby club. You are a bit of a big lad’.

‘there he is’ if I was on the wrong side of a

ride with Marler blowing hot and cold

My dad (Paul) had played for Hellingly and

ruck or at the bottom of a scrum. I’m just

about rugby.

said to me ‘if you fancy it we’ll go down’.

looking to crack on with my rugby now.”

The forward, who helped England defeat

So I started going every Sunday. I played

His words seemed symbolic of a boy

Scotland in the Calcutta Cup clash at

from under-12s to under-16s.

becoming a man. A growing up. A coming

the start of the Six Nations with fellow

“I enjoyed it. A load of good lads. Had a

of age.

Sussex players Joe Launchbury, try-scoring

laugh. Never took it seriously. Not great

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for the team, because I was always mucking around.

“But rugby was a good release for me. Something constant with me being just an average teenager growing up, going out with my mates, causing a bit of trouble and getting told off for it.

“Will Stadler, my first coach at Eastbourne, was probably my biggest influence growing up. A big South African guy.

He was good in the sense that his No.1 thing was ‘enjoy what you do. There’s no point in being here if you are not enjoying yourself’.

“Eventually I fell out with the club and moved on to Haywards Heath to play for their colts for two seasons. It was a good set up. There were a lot of county boys who

There was the hair cut which depicted sausages to advertise a mate’s sausage company.

I’m still waiting for some free sausages as part of the deal!

wanted to play decent rugby.

Then it was Quins, where I enjoyed my loan to Worthing early on.

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But Marler started to feel “burned out” through increased rugby commitments, with an international career also taking off.

Former England player Will Green, from Sussex, who coached at Worthing’s Roundstone Lane, convinced him to keep going.

Marler says: “There were times I was a bit down. This is actually a hard work. I’m not enjoying it. I went to Will and asked him ‘did you ever get like that’. He said ‘of course. Anyone is going to get like that, with any job they do. But you’ve just got to appreciate the good times’.

“He saw me have a decent game on a nice sunny day when we pumped hosts Havant at a time I was feeling down. And he told me after it that if I worked my tits off that one day I’d play for England.

He says: “We got engaged more than a

- which I did when I was younger and tired

“It was a turning point. There were also

year ago. The pressure is on! She very

- isn’t the way to impose yourself on the

lots of family and friends around who

supportive. Very understanding. I can

game. Everyone’s got tendencies to see the

helped me stick with it too. I couldn’t really

get down. I have my bi-polar tendencies,

red mist, but there’s other ways of doing it.

give up the opportunity to give it a crack.

remember. ‘I hate rugby’ I tell her. She

I’d like to think I’ve got control of that now.

See where it took me!”

replies: ‘Oh yeh, okay Joe brilliant, thank for

Running and tackling hard is more effective

He appreciates what Sussex rugby has

that’. She has patience!”

than picking a fight with someone and

done for him.

Marler’s World Cup dream began in

being banned.

Marler, who played through the age groups

earnest when he developed from England

“I’m grateful to my coaches and teammates

for the county, says: “Without Sussex’s

under-18s and under-20 to make THAT full

for bearing with me. There were times

help I’d probably be at home turfing with

debut against South Africa in front of his

when other coaches would have turned

my uncle’s turfing company and enjoying

family.

round and said ‘you’re dropped. We don’t

myself.”

He says: “It was massive. A massive blur!

want to in the team if you are going to go round and get yellow carded or red carded’. I owe them for taking a back seat

International rugby is a step up in all areas. Opponents hit harder, run faster.

and letting me work it out for myself. I owe it to my teammates saying ‘stop doing it, mate, you are letting us down’.”

So has the ‘wild child’ grown up?

Marler sniggers before seriously considering the question.

He eventually says: “Physically? Yes, I’ve

He smiles and adds: “I’m as thick as two short planks so wouldn’t have an office

It all went so quickly. Really tough. You are

grown up. Mentally? No. I still mess around.

job.”

playing against some of the best players in

I enjoy myself a little bit too much. I know

Your family and friends must be proud of

the world. Another learning experience.

this is my job and it is a great opportunity.

how things are turning out for you?

It made me want more. I learned a whole

I’m in a position to achieve stuff I’ve

He says: “I think so. They say they are. I flew

lot from the second Test against them too.

wanted for a long time. What other

them out to watch my first England Test in

They were very big, very hard and very fast.

22-year-old can say that? I’ve got to be very

South Africa last summer. Pretty special to

They didn’t stop.

grateful for what I’m doing. Many 22 year-

have my mum and dad, my Mrs, her nan and

“International rugby is a step up in all

olds among my friends are struggling for

grandad and her mum all there.”

areas. Opponents hit harder, run faster. The

work. I have a hobby I get paid for.”

What about fiancee (aka Mrs) Daisy?

decision making is a lot quicker.

And the ‘hobby’ might just take him to the

“I found out going round whacking people

World Cup.

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Motoring

F

oreign car manufacturers are often

everything else in its class whimpering

thanks to VW, the Leon is built in the

derided for their silly names and l

by the road side? FR stands for Formula

Germanic style – think Panzer tank – solid,

have often wondered what on earth

Racing and although it shares its platform

well screwed together and feels like it will

would possess a company to name

and engine with the ubiquitous Golf GTI,

last forever and re-sale values are very

their business after a place where we

due to the fact that SEAT is part of the

good so this question can be banished

generally put our bums – SEAT. Now that

VW/Audi group, this Spanish built pocket

immediately. It is an intriguing blend of

I am to review one of their cars, I thought

rocket is really quite impressive. A five

Germanic practicality and Latin flair and

I had better find out and lo and behold

door hatch with cracking styling and loaded

style leading to 2012 being the best ever

there is a very good reason for it. SEAT,

with some great kit, such as touch screen

year for sales in the UK. 2013 also looks

pronounced SAY-AT, stands for Sociedad

navigation and media, bi-xenon headlights,

like being a great year as the new model

Espanola de Automoviles de Turismo

iPod and usb connectors, parking sensors,

Leon was released at the Paris Motor

which translates to the Spanish Touring

great seats and a DSG gearbox – flappy

Show in September and orders are being

Car Company and as they have been in

paddles to you and me and probably not

taken now. I have had a little sneak peek

business since 1950, they are certainly not

worth the extra money as once you have

of the new model and it has much sharper

a newcomer. I cannot believe how many of

used them for a week you, like 90% of

lines than its predecessor and no wonder,

their cars l see on the roads these days and

other owners, will stick it in auto and leave

as a chap called Luc Donckerwolke and

thought it was about time I found out what

it there. Having said that, the DSG change

the team that designs the Lamborghini is

all the fuss was about.

speed is astonishing and good fun when

credited with the design of the new Ibiza

So finally, there is a brand new SEAT Leon

you feel like a nippy blast up the A259.

and Leon. Not bad pedigree!

sitting on the drive – and not your average

An important factor of any new car

It has great load space and some funky

Leon but a Leon FR+Supercopa which

purchase is “will its value fall off a cliff

styling features such as the hidden rear

is a hot hatch version that leaves almost

when I drive out the showroom?”Well,

door handles (my kids couldn’t find them

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Review by Motoring Editor Maarten Hoffmann

TAKE A SEAT

TECHINICAL STUFF Engines:168 bhp 2 litre diesel or 208 bhp 2 litre petrol Leon prices from £16,440– as tested £22,535 Acceleration: 0-60 8.2 seconds Top Speed: 133 mph Economy: 55.4 mpg 3 year/60,000 mile warranty 12 year anti-corrosion warranty

and then had fun testing all their friends),

day of the weekand when you consider it

LIKE: Good looks, great engine, great grip,

wipers that wipe the ‘wrong’ way and body

is part Golf with great reliability AND like

good load space, impressive standard kit.

vents that give it a pleasingly aggressive

for like it is nearly £4000 cheaper than

LOATH: Hard ride, road noise.

stance. The invisible rear doors handles so

the Golf, that’s all the reason you need to

ALTERNATIVES: VW Golf GTI, Audi

beloved by my kids are to be done away

buy the Leon and then go on holiday with

A3 S-Line, Ford Focus ST

with in the new model so as to ensure that

the thousands you save - or pay for a day’s

it is not mistaken for a 3 door.

parking in Brighton – your choice.

Its aggression is not obvious and shouty

Should you buy it? All things considered

but it is there, quiet and simmering and

yes. And you will not be alone. Having just

unless you get heavy with your right foot,

released the new Leon in Germany, they

it’s as easy and pleasing to drive as a

received over 35,000 orders within three

standard Leon. But, stomp that same right

days! It looks like this will be the year for

foot and hallelujah – off we go and where

the Leon.

we stop no one will know. In short, it is

Party alert: I have just been invited to a

quick and goes like greased lightning with

party and it looks like you are all invited too.

0-60 in an impressive 8.2 seconds and up

Lifestyle SEAT Brighton are holding a special

to 133 mph if you are so inclined. It has

Spanish evening on March 13th at 6.30pm

great grip, endless torque and good feel

with Spanish food and dancing and they will

through the wheel.

have the all new Leon in their brand new

The trade-off for the great grip and

showroom. They said I could invite anyone I

handling is a very firm ride but you can’t

like, so you are ALL invited. Just call them to

have everything and l’ll take the grip any

register on 01273 434700.

Its aggression is not obvious and shouty but it is there, quiet and simmering

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Review by Maarten Hoffmann

A PUCKER PALINDROME

T

Building a car out of triangles is a

a crick in the neck but it does have the

tad odd especially for the normally

very clever magic seat rear bench which

TECHINICAL STUFF

play safe Honda but somehow it

can fold flat or flip up and gives you plenty

Engines: 1.4, 1.6, 1.8. 2.2 litres

works. Mainly octogenarians are

of load space at 487 litres – before you

Prices: £16,995 - £26,135

the usual customers for the Civic and you

think it, l know that it is really difficult

Warranty: 3 years/90,000 miles

have to wonder what they will think of this

to work out what this means. How many

Fuel Consumption: 78.5 mpg combined

new design. The other end of the customer

times have you loaded litres into the back

Performance: 0-62 10.5 seconds.

base are teenagers who love to bling it

of your car? Me neither. Manufacturers

Top speed 109 mph

up with huge ridiculous exhausts, lowered

measure boot space using the VDA method

suspension and an array of silly stickers

of loading the space with 1 litre blocks

but then as Honda is delaying the fastest

and then taking a total litre measurement.

version, the Type R, until 2015, those

Now this is very good if you want to load

customers might wander away. Although to

blocks into the back of your car – l don’t

be honest, those guys can rarely afford a

and doubt you do either unless you are

new one so probably nothing lost.

a Lego salesman. As a guide, normal load

The cabin is a pretty good place to be with

space is as follows: Small cars 200 litres,

funky dials and intuitive controls although

Medium 380, Large 500 and Estate 540. The

l did find the cloth seats a bit cheap so l

Civic boasts 487 litres which for a medium

would advise upgrading to leather. Although

sized car is very good indeed and 171 litres

l like the dash, there is a reflection at night

more than the Ford Focus. In short, you

that is annoying and could be cured with

can get a lot of stuff in the boot!

a small shield over the digital speedo. The

The only thing l really do not like is the

whole cabin at night becomes a bit of a

rear spoiler that goes across the middle of

futuristic assault on the senses and it is

the back window as it really obstructs the

very easy to get used to after which you

rear view.

feel that most other cars are a tad ancient.

The Honda-DTEC and VTEC engines

There’s plenty of space for the passengers

are impressive with 2 petrol and 2 diesel

bums but possibly not for their heads as

versions but with the 1.4 petrol being a

the low roof line will give taller passengers

little under powered, it is the 1.6 diesel

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that l would go for. Economic and quick with plenty of low down grunt. The electric power steering is smooth but really doesn’t give you very much feedback and feels a little numb. The suspension is very good and it soaks up the bumps nearly as well as the class leading Golf.

Fuel consumption is exceptional with a claimed average of 78.5 mpg from the 1.6 diesel and with the range starting price of £16,995, it is very good value.

And a car name spelt the same backwards as forwards – try that with the Focus!

LIKE: Fuel economy, huge boot space, good build quality LOATH: Rear spoiler, rear headroom, cloth seats ALTERNATIVES: VW Golf, Ford Focus, Seat Leon.

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DETROIT MOTOR SHOW REPORT On behalf of you my dear readers, I recently put myself out and attended the Detroit Motor Show to see what’s new for next year. Often these shows turn out

either much of the same euro box tat or some insane concept car that will never see the outside of the design studio or the drug addled brain of the ‘designer’. But,

l found some sexy new models that you will be seeing on the streets of Brighton in 2014.

Maarten Hoffmann.

Once in a while, along comes a car that make you want to be sick. When the Japanese aren’t slaughtering whales and consuming tons of shark fins, they turn their hand to car design.

Oh dear. “The Nissan Resonance is one of the ugliest cars l haveever seen, and l just have to re-print some of the incomprehensible blurb from their press department: “The Resonance interior reflects the enlightened modernity of today’s crossover buyer, who values an amazing experience over traditional indulgence. The Architecture of the cabin is open and structured. Like the exterior, it defines and pushes the segment beyond convention” What! Where do they get this crap?

If you have an extra £200,000 or so to spend, you could go for the beautiful new Bentley GT Speed Convertible.

With 616 bhp from a 6 litre W12 twin turbo charged power plant and all-wheel drive, this behemoth will not hang around and you just know it will be superb to drive and smell like heaven. Apparently, the world’s in recession – well no one told Bentley as their sales rose last year by 22% - someone’s got all the money!

Now if you want to see a crossover that look stunning, here’s the Honda Urban concept.

Smooth lines and amazing styling with Honda’s magic seat arrangement that give maximum interior versatility. Very pretty.

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Some of you might recall the Honda NSX from the 90’s – well here’sthe new one.

It’s a concept for now but l cannot believe they will not produce it – it’s gorgeous.

With a mid-mounted V6 and all-wheel drive, l want one please Santa. >>

There’s a new Corvette Stingray!

This is the most powerful model ever with 450 hp that will take you from 0-60 in less than 4 seconds with more than 1g in the corners (that’s on the assumption that, unlike its predecessors, it will actually go round corners) I am not mad on the exterior styling but will hold my opinion until l drive it.

The long awaited Audi RS7 Sportback is finally here and will be available in Autumn of 2013 for £84,000.

Powered by a bi-turbo V8 it will hit 60mph in 3.9 seconds and will reach 189 mph. With Audi’s legendary FWD system, this is one l will be testing for you and soon.

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Green shoots?

Or have we just adapted to a new way of working?

Jo Weatherall of Frank PR and Nik Askaroff of EMC give their views.

Jo Weatherall

Frank! Communication Services The new normal - acceptance rather than optimism.

What we are seeing in the market at the moment is a general acceptance that we are living in a changed economic environment.

Companies have cut their costs, reduced their staff and revised budgets to take into account a slower economy. These changes have taken their toll over the past two years but it feels that now we are all settling into a new ‘normal’. And companies, including ours, are now looking to maintain and grow their market share from this new base.

support their in-house resources rather than take everything off-site. They are keen for us to inform their decisions but want their in-house teams to implement, or at least be able to implement some of the work.

Their nervousness about the economy is understandably extended to nervousness about taking risks.

So slowly slowly companies are feeling optimistic enough to invest in their future by looking at how they can cost-effectively market themselves to current and new audiences. But there is a caution in the way that this is being done. Budgets are carefully monitored and fixed cost projects seem to be more desirable than open-ended ones.

Companies are also looking at their own purchasing and procurement processes to ensure that the very systems that are meant to control costs are not restricting better value purchasing decisions.

Are we seeing green shoots of recovery? I think we are – but at the moment we are having to dig deep to give the shoots the environment they need to grow (sorry about the extended metaphor).

We are also finding that clients are looking for a partnership approach – one where we

To encourage business growth in Brighton we need to make sure that every small business owner has access to the support they need to ensure they are running their businesses as effectively as possible. A combination of peer-to-peer learning and really good professional support can really change the

way a business ‘works’. Business owners themselves should look to develop their networks and to take the time to look at the real value of what they are delivering and who their potential audiences really are.

And.. where possible keep the money in the city by using local talent whenever you can.

Nik Askaroff

Chief Executive EMC Corporate Finance Ltd

2013 started slowly for us as a lot of businesses were late back from the break but it seems that this served to revitalise thoughts and actions for many. On our corporate finance side we have had 3 offers for businesses we had for sale and 2 offers of funding for companies as well as completing on 4 transactions.

On our business support side we are seeing new projects and clients pushing ahead with investment which they want help with. Our Sales support team are particularly active helping grow businesses.

Margins are still tight but there is plenty out there to fight for and the fears for the general economy and Europe seem to have taken backstage for the moment. The government initiatives for funding are now definitely filtering through and the private equity and venture capital sector are out there looking for transactions.

Values are soft but deals are being done and the corporates are at long last looking to invest some of the billions that they are sitting on. So yes we are definitely seeing some green shoots and hoping that it is the start of a great year.

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Interview

BLOOMING TIME FOR CHARLESTON

Photographs by Penelope Fewster and Axel Hesslenberg © Courtesy of The Charleston Trust

Tim Parker meets Nigel Newton, Chairman of the Charleston Trust

S

pring is on its way and on 27th

friends, members of what was to become

- well they were rather more than ‘just

March Charleston Farm House,

known as the Bloomsbury Group, Duncan

friends’, but anyway - started to paint

the country retreat of the

Grant, David Garnett and Vanessa Bell

every imaginable surface in the house and

Bloomsbury Group, opens its

rented the Charleston Farmhouse.

fill its interior with decorated furniture,

doors to the public. Just a 25-minute drive

The two men were both conscientious

using fabrics they had designed and cover

from the centre of Brighton, the house

objectors and were helping farm the

the walls with their own paintings and

with its walled garden is one of the hidden

Firle Estate to escape conscription. It

those of other artists they admired. The

treasures of Sussex. It is a beautiful place,

was a brave thing to be a pacifist in those

end result was the creation of a unique

full of interest, set in stunning, unspoilt

days when nationalism was at its peak

interior within the old farmhouse. It’s a

countryside.

and things were going so badly with the

special place, unlike any other. Indeed the

It was a winter’s day in 1916 when three

war against Germany. The three friends

paintings are so fresh and interesting that

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on one of my visits I half expected to meet Vanessa in the next room.

When the First World War had come to its bloody end, a remarkable group of influential writers, artists and intellectuals, a group that that included Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, T.S, Elliot, Roger Fry and Lytton Strachey among others, began to visit Charleston. The Bloomsbury set had arrived. And so began the Bloomsbury Group’s long association with Charleston and with Sussex. Clive Bell and John Maynard Keynes both lived in the farmhouse for some years and others were frequent visitors.

Now, ninety-seven years on, there are new plans for Charleston and the Charleston

the lost granary will return Charleston

guards.” “You are telling me that there

Trust has been awarded a £2.4 million

to the way it looked in the 1950’s”. That’s

is very little time left?” I asked. “Yes”.

grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund

good enough for me, I thought.

Worrying, but that’s a subject for another

towards its ambitious £6.3 million scheme

I was soon convinced that Nigel Newton

day. Back to Charleston.

which will enable Charleston to become

is the right man to lead the Charleston

There will be some who say that in these

a centre of excellence for Literature and

Trust. He’s a rather remarkable man with

difficult times there are better things to

the Arts. There will be a new education

many interests. Born and raised in San

do than spend the country’s money on a

and exhibition space, and perhaps more

Francisco, Nigel is a dual citizen of the

bunch of artists and intellectuals who, if

important, new training opportunities

United States and the United Kingdom.

they are anything like their predecessors,

will be offered to 200 volunteers and 15

After reading English at Cambridge he

appear to live the life of Reilly. But, if

internship positions created. The capital

joined Macmillan Publishers where he met

our culture is to survive, it needs its

works will include the restoration of

Harold Macmillan, a hero of mine with

intellectuals, its artists and its thinkers.

Charleston’s fine old barn. There will

a complicated private life not dissimilar

Let me take just one example from the

be an auditorium, a new studio learning

from some of the Bloomsbury Set. In

Bloomsbury Group, John Maynard Keynes,

space and proper storage for the Trust’s

1986 Nigel founded Bloomsbury which

a man of many parts and a world class

collection of over 8,000 works of art.

has become one of the most successful

economist. If he were alive today I have

Added to all that, the café and shop will

publishers in the world.

no doubt our battered Government

be extended.

Although working in London, Nigel and

would seek his help; indeed many give

It’s certainly an exciting and ambitious

his wife live in Sussex during the weekend.

Keynes the credit for helping to prevent

scheme, but I began to worry that such

He is committed to Sussex and we soon

a 3rd World War. It was Keynes who

a large development might in some

found a common interest. For some years

argued passionately that Europe, including

way overwhelm the unique charm and

there has been continuing argument

Germany, be given monies to restart

welcome that Charleston gives its visitors

about Seven Sisters Country Park and in

their economies after the last war and

and supporters. I talked to Nigel Newton,

particular the future of Cuckmere Valley.

while things may look a bit shaky from

Chairman of the Charleston Trust, about

The Environment Agency and the National

time to time, history has proved him right.

my concerns.

Trust seem content to let the valley flood.

Somehow over the years Charleston

“We are very much aware of that

This in the eyes of many local people

has retained its magic. If like me you

danger,” he told me, “and so we have

would be a disaster. They would like to see

sometimes wonder what it is all about call

taken great care that the work that we

that beautiful part of the county remain

in at Berwick Church just down the road.

will do at Charleston will be sensitive to

as it is today. “I am sorry to say that things

You’ll see why.

the environment, the house, the garden,

have become very serious,” Nigel told

the lake, and the farm buildings while

me. “The shingle guarding the Haven has

Charleston Festival runs from 17th to 26th

improving the lot of the many thousands

been seriously eroded by the recent bad

May. Charleston also hosts a selection

of visitors that flock to Charleston

weather and there is a real threat that

of creative workshops including Painted

every year. A new access road will take

the valley could be flooded in a matter

Furniture Masterclasses. New for this season

traffic away from the heart of the site to

of months. Maybe it would help the bird

is the personalised fragrance workshop,

a new and less obtrusive car park and

life in the long run, but I believe it would

Scent, a perfect for little Mothers Day gift!

the restoration of existing buildings, the

be a disaster for the rest of us, as well

Visit www.charleston.org.uk/whats-on or call

removal of traffic and the recreation of

as making things difficult for our coast

01323 811626 for more details.

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guestlist What?

Brighton and Hove Business Lunch Club Where?

Roedean School

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Who? 1. Richard Poffley, Tim Cobb, Mary Mears, Andy Cheesman, Alan Prior, Zoe Marlow Simon Kirby MP, Nik Askaroff, Sylvia Brett 2. Peter Wallbank, (Newman Business Solutions), Judy Welsh (Brighton Racecourse), Kieran Connolly, (Blockbusters Contracts), Phil Poyner (Ascent FD) Tracey Spuyman (Soundbite International)

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3. Janet Kemp (Cobb PR), Tim Cobb (Cobb PR), Laurence Elphick (Juice), Andrew Hookway (Extech), Zoe Marlow (Roedean School), Simon Pilbeam (A+F Pilbeam)

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4. Chris Stevens (RP Advisory), Simon Griffiths (NatWest), Robin Scott (Makemedia), Charles Haywood (MacConvilles Surveying), Fiona Marley (File Express), Nik Askaroff (EMC Ltd) 5. Tallulah Reece, Rafal Aligali and Zarbanu Malekshahi

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6. Alan Prior (Pinnacle Publishing), Stuart Langridge (Hold Group), Sarah Louise Petras (SJA International), Julie Causton (Cobb PR), Russell Beal (Rendezvous Casino) 7. Claire Jackman (NatWest), Dave Evans, (4Print & Design), Andy Cheesman (Brighton & Hove City Cabs), Chand Nazir (360 Student Services), David Swainsbury (Newman Business Solutions) 8. Cllr Mary Mears, Simon Kirby MP, Richard Poffley (Roedean School), Paul Johnson (Shoreham Port), Bob Beaken (Albion in the Community), Dan Lawson (Albion in the Community)

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9. Elaine Yau, Astor Chan and Dana Sobhanpanah

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Finance

Pensions and Automatic Enrolment – Is your business ready for the challenge?

T

he Auto Enrolment legislation

meet your new employer duties.

Our MD, Ian Poysden has been engaging

came into effect from October

IEP Financial has been advising existing

with existing and new corporate clients

2012 and is something that

and new corporate clients with the

extensively over the last 18 months and in

will affect all employers. If you

overriding message being that of

general has found that employers have a

are an employer, or a Company Director

preparation. Understanding the process,

genuine concern and worry that they will

you cannot ignore it! If you are unsure,

cost implications and basic logistics of

not be ready to embrace the regulations.

or haven’t yet considered what your

complying with the new legislation need to

Ian’s message is simple; do not leave it

obligations are under Auto Enrolment, then

be explored and understood well ahead of

too late as with in excess of 100,000

read on...

the firms ‘Staging Date’.

businesses a month needing to have

The Government estimates that millions

The level of support IEP provide is tailored

implemented auto enrolment there is a

of people in the UK are currently not

to the individual company and ranges

real danger that those that leave it to the

saving enough for their retirement. To

from basic guidance and information to a

eleventh hour will not meet their deadline.

help solve this problem, the Government

comprehensive ‘cradle to grave’ service.

has introduced legislation that means every employer will have a duty to put a

Our initial meetings cover the following;

pension scheme in place. You’ll also have to

• what you need to do

automatically enrol certain workers into

• what will happen if you do nothing

the scheme and make contributions on

• the employer duties you will have for

their behalf.

This presents a huge challenge for businesses. You’ll need to understand your automatic enrolment duties, the impact on your business and the changes you’ll have

each type of worker • the automatic enrolment scheme requirements • your pension scheme for automatic enrolment

Where do I start?

Email Ian Poysden on ian.poysden@iepfinancial.co.uk with your PAYE reference number and number of employees as at April 2012. A summary report will then be sent to you free of charge giving you

• how you can get help

an overview of what you need to do

to encourage more people to save for

The natural starting point for all employers

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their retirement. They are detailed within

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hundreds of pages of legislation which

when you need to comply with the new

cover what the duties are, when they

regulations. For the largest employers this

will apply and what happens if you don’t

was in October 2012.

comply with them. So it’s likely you’ll need

The sooner you act the more time you’ll

the help of an expert to guide you through

have to consider what options will suit

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your business.

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The Royal Speech

Queen of Brighton Caraline Brown wears the crown and addresses her loyal subjects If I were the Queen of Brighton?

Oh what fun we would all have.

Once I have dealt with child poverty and world peace I would sprinkle some fairy dust on the feet of the Albion players and whisk them into the Premiership. And then change the name of the best day of the week, Friday, to Gayday!

The city would be cleaner, bigger, better – in fact a Greater Brighton with collaboration between the various towns along the seafront. I’m sure we would have a far greater chance of winning government grants to really improve where we live if we all had collective bargaining power.

For example, we could turn the Hove Station area into a vibrant mix of cinemas, restaurants, homes, offices and open spaces.

And in order to get to and from this brave new city, I will provide a quality transport system that gets us all up and down from the metropolis - and make the platforms longer. The trains could have

more carriages and carry more people!

In fact, let’s have a few more trains with buffet cars, and smoking rooms, and French classes, and nurseries! You get the idea.

But before I make any decrees I shall be calling on my trusty supporters and handing out a few knighthoods. It’s about time the city recognised some of the wonderful folks who work tirelessly to put Brighton on the UK map and yet receive little or no recognition, or financial support in return. The Brighton and Hove Food Festival, for example, attracts thousands of people to the city twice a year. It’s run by a bunch of volunteers and makes no profit – and yet the city insists on charging them for event space which would otherwise be fallow.

I will introduce a community market place where all sorts of events can be staged simply for the love of putting on something that is fun and attracts visitors (money) to the city. People have a tendency to forget that Brighton runs on the tourist economy.

Reduce the parking fees?

No. Just do away with them altogether.

Yes it’s all down to money and so under the new Caraline Brown regime there will be simply loads of it. I really like the idea of a Board of Directors who sit and take applications from individual and groups who want to try out new ideas and ways of doing things. The Folly Lolly Panel. If people are prepared to give up their time to try and make something happen then the Queen of Brighton will ensure they have a year and a day to make it happen. And if they fail? Off with their heads!

Another of my working parties would consider some means of connecting the two opposite ends of the city – the King Alfred and the Marina. Maybe we should bring back the tuc tucs and charge a fiver to jump on and off at any point along the sea front? Or maybe we should introduce bicycle rickshaws?

And where is the bike hire scheme? We’ve had Boris’ Bikes. How about Kari’s cycles?

Many years ago the idea of a monorail was discussed. Speaking as someone with fond memories of Butlins at Minehead where I rode the monorail every day, I think it would make a brilliant attraction for the city.

Talking of communications, considering that Brighton is meant to be one of the most wired cities in the country, we do seem to be seriously lacking in the free wi fi access department! Leave it to me. I’ll sort it.

But before we get the city-wide free Wi-Fi

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I am going to set up a Brighton Speakers Corner where everyone can bring their soap box and stand up and be heard.

While I have the chance I want to get some artwork in here. I rather like the idea of some big bold pieces erected out at sea that can only be seen when the tide is low. And no I would not dismantle the West Pier. Never throw anything away.You never know when you might need it.

Shall I say that a bit louder?

WE NEED TO ATTRACT TOURISTS NOT FIND WAYS OF PUTTING THEM OFF COMING HERE!

And finally parking. Reduce the parking fees? No. Let’s just do away with them altogether. I subscribe to the European school of parking which is Park Where You Bloody Like providing you are not affecting anyone else – in which case your car is towed and crushed. Yes I know we need the revenue but this is a new world entirely where Money Is No Object and we need to attract the tourists not drive them away with exorbitant parking fees and 20mph driving limits.

Shall I say that a bit louder? WE NEED TO ATTRACT TOURISTS NOT FIND WAYS OF PUTTING THEM OFF COMING HERE! So before I am deposed (that’s next month I reckon) I am going to set up my own political party – the Best of Brighton party – the BOBs! I’ve had enough of national party politics. I think it is about time that local issues were the main determinant on the agenda when it comes to choosing our representatives in Council. All too frequently this city has been held back by political partisanship, putting the party before the city. But no longer! We need a council that is made up of independents who put BRIGHTON FIRST! Join me and become a BOB! Caraline Brown is the MD of Midnight Communications. www.midnight.co.uk

Queen Caraline thanks her photographer Julia Claxton.

Last month King Nik sat in his throne at Betty La La’s in St James Street wearing a crown from Masquerade in London Road.

In January, Queen Stephanie was dressed by Katie at Walk in Wardrobe, Hove.

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networking

Dates for the diary Julia Chanteray recommends... the best business networking events in town

L OVE BITE S

Here’s my round up of the business networking and learning events you should be looking out for...there are some real gems coming up.

19th April. The Centenary Summit Not to be missed. Organised by Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the first 100 years, this is a conference to look at doing business in Brighton, a city built for pleasure.

Great networking, food for thought, chocolate and a special price for Absolute Brighton readers with the code “Absolute1912” 7th March. If you want to learn more about how to use networking to boost your business, I’m running a training session on networking skills, with Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce. Just £25 to come along, book in advance 12th March. City Business Club Breakfast at City College, book in advance 12th March – Business Beyond the City a delicious lunch at Drakes Hotel – networking for businesses who don’t want to network in Brighton! For the people who are based here but do most of their business outside of the city. A Brighton Chamber event. This one has international entrepreneur, author and generally amazing guy Paul Hannam speaking, so book in advance as it will sell out.

Ambrose Harcourt’s Business Love Bites Top 3

This month: Mike Sparkes Bang and Olufsen

Mike Sparkes opened Bang & Olufsen of Brighton & Hove in March 2012 on Church Road Hove. With over 20 years of experience with Bang & Olufsen he is definitely the man to speak to if you are looking for the best in Television, Music systems or a complete Home Automation system.

His Top 3 Love Songs are: Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get In On. This classic must be on top of most people love tunes selections, bringing back many happy

15th March, Brighton and Hove Business

memories of my youth.

Lunch At Hotel Du Vin. To apply for membership, email info@cobbpr.com.

Bryan Adams - Everything I do I do it for you. I cannot remember how many weeks this was number one, but

15th March – Third Friday networking, 12.30pm at the Cricketers in Black Lion Street. Just turn up, no need to book.

I do know that this is one of Jeanne’s favourites and she will be very please I have chosen tune and I would like to dedicate to her.

15th March, 8am, Juice Business Breakfast.

At The Grand Hotel. Register at www.juicebrighton.com/info/breakfast-club.

Lionel Richie - Endless Love. This is a track that is very close to my heart.

21st March – The Platinum Club. Held at The Grand, this is a peer to peer networking forum for CEOs, MDs and senior directors. If you are interested in attending contact Maarten Hoffman at maarten@theplatinumclubbrighton. co.uk or call 07966 244046.

5th April – First Friday Lewes, 12.30pm at the Con Club on Lewes High Street

Growing up listening to this in the family home, it reminds me of people who have helped me be where I am now.

B & O. 56 Church Road Tel: 1273 205 448

5th April – Boundary Club – networking over lunch and cricket at the Sussex Cricket Ground in Hove. Call James Potten on 01273 827126 to find out about becoming a member of the Boundary Club.

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