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I interviewed Rachel Stamp’s David Ryder Prangley for Indie Brighton
This year I’m trying to do a lot more features and interviews alongside my weekly listings. The plan eventually is to set up a proper website to compliment the newsletter, which means I think I have to think a bit more about how comprehensive I want my guide to be, and how to stick to… Read more
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Walking from London Road Brighton to Hassocks
A bright and cold January Friday with no work left to do, and a flat as frigid as a Carry On matron. There was only one thing to do: walk across the ridge of the Downs, and feel the reassuring crunch of snow beneath my feet. I live just off Ditchling Road, which as the… Read more
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An interview with Bex Turner, producer of “Clogg Comedy”
Another week, another interview for the newsletter. Eventually I’ll move these over to a dedicated Indie Brighton website, but for now, they can live here. … Heya! Who are you and how did you get involved in the crazy world of independent comedy night promotion? Hi! I’m Bex Turner. I’m a stand-up but in recent… Read more
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‘Inequality in our society still exists’: a dazed wander around Gunwharf Quay, Portsmouth
I get so bored when I’m ill. All of us internet users fall down terrible rabbit holes from time to time, and yesterday evening I found myself looking at terrible restaurants in rural Pakistan via google customer photographs. What’s the opposite of a roadside eaterie near the Kashmiri border? Land Securities Properties Ltd would like… Read more
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Cycling London to Berlin, Day #2: Tooting to Harwich International
“Once you’re tired of London, you’re tired of life,” as my Dad once told me, quoting Samuel “L” Johnson out of Blackadder. He didn’t tell me this was a quote, of course. I found this out much later. And I didn’t know the full quote until now: “When a man is tired of London, he… Read more
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Cycling London to Berlin, Day One: London St Pancras to Tooting via Westminster, Vauxhall and New Malden
Day #1: St Pancras to New Malden via old haunts, then New Malden to Tooting. 23 miles in total. Legs: fine. Butt: pretty much fine. I’m cycling to Berlin to raise money for the RNLI, in memory of my Dad, Adrian, who died this summer. Dad loved the sea, and never quite made it to… Read more
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You are now leaving the American Sector (aka: three nights in non-tourist Berlin)
Berlin was excellent. I continue to adore it, though I have no idea what it makes of me. I was there to catch up with wonderful Halie [1] rather than to do tourist things. We enjoyed many excellent conversations [2], catching up on love and life and academia. It had been a while: we last… Read more
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London to Berlin, via Harwich Ferry and European Sleeper
Last time, I came to Berlin via the night ferry and then a day train from Amsterdam. It’s now possible to flip reverse it: the day sailing from Harwich, and then a sleeper from Holland. [1] My journey started at 5:25am in Furzedown, near Tooting Common, with Murphy the dog forlornly watching me get underway.… Read more
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Indie Brighton
Does anyone use listings any more? The hope is yes, as I’m setting up a weekly one for Brighton via my newsletter. I’m probably showing my age, but I still love reading about what’s coming up at any given location. Facebook events killed off a lot of the listings sites. The ones that remain are… Read more
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The Orient Express, terminating at Luton Airport
It is late night in Brighton, and from my flat window I can hear one of the last trains crossing the ten million bricks of London Road viaduct. Arriving back from Istanbul was a strange, jarring thing. I had only been in the city for five nights, but as always, had adapted quickly. Street cats,… Read more
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