Brighton
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Brighton Toy and Model Museum
Underneath Brighton station is a treasure trove of forgotten dreams. Brighton Toy and Model Museum, once the Sussex Toy and Model Museum, specialises in “the golden age of British and European toymaking”, and there isn’t much in here beyond the 1970s. Each of these four Victorian cellars is intensely packed with dolls, boats, trains, and… Read more
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Jim Bob review: Chalk, Brighton 19th November 2023
Jim Bob, former Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine frontman and professional rabble rouser, is on stage in sunglasses and a particularly sparkly jacket. This is a rearranged gig from the summer, postponed when the hotel next to the venue burned down just before showtime. The singer addresses the walrus in the room. “We were gonna… Read more
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March for Palestine, Brighton, November 5th 2023
After last week’s march in London [1], I stayed closer to home this time around. The situation in Gaza is beyond imagination. I hope these protests grow and grow, week by week, until we can no longer be ignored. The strength of feeling in Britain for an immediate ceasefire, revealed both in polling and the… Read more
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A day in the life
It’s nearly 2am and I remain stubbornly awake. I’ve had a lot of manic energy the past few days, and also consumed too much caffeine, which strangely hasn’t helped. So I thought I’d while away these dark hours by writing a post in the traditional “what I got up to this weekend” format, so beloved… Read more
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Brighton Folk Choir at Apple Harvest Day in Stanmer Park 2023
Our second Apple Day Sunday in a row! I don’t usually use exclamation marks but it seems justified here. If you can’t use exclamation marks about apples then when can you use them? We performed in the orchard, a beautifully idyllic place on a terrifyingly warm October Day. I’d never been to Stanmer Park before,… Read more
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Brighton Folk Choir at Ditchling Apple Day 2023
On a worryingly hot October morning, I cycled over Ditchling Beacon for Apple Day 2023, a fun event on the village green for which my folk choir was providing the traditional element. The kind of gigs the Brighton Folk Choir get invited too are always brilliant, local and mildly eccentric, and Ditchling Apple Day was… Read more
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Existence is Resistance: My favourite signs at Brighton Trans Pride 2023
I didn’t have my phone with me, but I was down in Jubilee Square for the Trans Pride Protest March earlier today. It was a joyous but also very political gathering, as one might expect given the targeting and vilification of trans people by the fascists and their enablers in the establishment press. This being… Read more
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The Wheels Are Coming Off
Another demo. Lyrics happily explained to anyone interested. —- Carnard’s a duck without conscience It all acts like a sweet machine The input / output is unruly But has that keen positronic sheen And I’m not sure if this is real yet I hedge my bets oh either way You’re running late, you’re running empty… Read more
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Brighton to Lewes (the scenic route)
“I shall again be coming to Lewes. But I may come over the Downs next time.” Those words were written last November, after cycling the recommended, direct route from Brighton, which takes one grimly along the edge of the thundering A27. The Downs route is more indirect but much, much nicer. First one cycles along… Read more
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