Brighton
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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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Indie Brighton Listings: Have a Merry Christmas and an Culturally Diverse New Year
Taking a week off from my Brighton Listings, but from 2025 I’ll have a website set up to compliment the newsletter. If you’re in or vaguely near Brighton and are interested in what’s occurring round those parts, you can subscribe to Indie Brighton here. There isn’t much on this week. This shouldn’t surprise you – Read more
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Gigs, songs, and David Bowie at Leslie Bloom’s 1983 live Christmas TV spectacular
Two more gigs to document, amid a busy week of singing, learning, and performing, in all senses of that most changeling of words. On Wednesday I cycled up a very big hill, through wind and hail, to sing alongside four wonderful humans in a practice for the recording of a song on Jo Burke’s forthcoming Read more
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“Authority lies within ourselves”: An interview with “The Popess”’ Elena Mazzon
Another interview for the Brighton newsletter, this time a writer/performer bringing an extremely thought-provoking show to The Yellow Book. It’s so interesting to me that Mazzon’s “in” for this story was Tarot cards! Everyone seems to know the (probably apocryphal) tale of the female Pope – Sergeant Buzfuz certainly did – but this is a 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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“I realised, this isn’t me – it’s Leslie”: an interview with Simon Topping
For this week’s “interviewing someone doing something cool in Brighton” [2] section of the Indie Brighton Listings, I interviewed Simon Topping, who runs Extra Topping Comedy. I’ve known Simon a while now, and am a massive fan of both his character comedy and his ability to curate an ever-interesting lineup. I caught up with him in Read more
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Indie Brighton Listings: an interview with Scoops Impro
Hello! I’m trying to interview someone who is performing in Brighton or is putting cool stuff on in Brighton every week. This is part of my exciting new gambit, the Indie Brighton listings newsletter. A newsletter you should absolutely subscribe to if you live in, or regularly visit, the city of Brighton. The only thing Read more
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Lewes to East Grinstead by bike, via Forest Row
I’ve gazed at the High Weald from the top of Ditchling Beacon many times, wondering when I’d finally make it there. And, like unlocking a new section of map in Tears of a Kingdom, that day finally came. The section along the coast from Worthing to Brighton I’ve already written about; so too the rather Read more
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