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William Latham talks God, galleries and gardening

William Latham is sipping fizzy pop in his living room. The curtains are closed. The room is dimly lit by two lamps standing over the room’s centrepiece: a table with a laptop, an iPhone and a desktop PC. There are computer-generated Cibachrome

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On the road: rights, responsibilities... and cameras

As a cycle-cammer myself, I have to correct DW Ketteridge’s view that cyclists are out to spy on people and would be unhappy for bad cycling to be highlighted (Letters, August 30). We actively encourage all road users to look at using cameras.

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Brighton Digital Festival hosts a feminist debate

Foster’s Comedy Award-winner Bridget Christie and 15-year-old blogger Lilinaz Evans, aka Lilipop, will be on the panel. As will Suzanne Moore, the firebrand Guardian columnist, and Lucy-Anne Holmes, the No More Page 3 campaigner who has The Sun

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Parking is the main gripe with Brighton residents

There was only one word on everybody’s lips at yesterday’s Meet Your Argus – parking. Reporter Gareth Davies set up camp at Hollingbury Post Office in Preston Drove, Brighton, to speak to residents and Argus readers about pressing

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Looking back: Argus competition winners were on the ball

In 1998 the competition would run weekly on page 20. Great-grandparents Harry and Ivy Lawson won the £1,000 prize on January 14 – more than 30 years after first entering. The couple, of Ravenswood Drive in Woodingdean, had not missed

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Tea dance memories wanted

Ever slide across the dancefloor at Brighton’s Regent Dance Hall or Eastbourne’s Winter Garden? A new project is looking for tea dance lovers to jog their memories of the venues for a series of art installations, film screenings, soundscapes and dance

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Problem of high rent is not going to go away

IT was an interesting but predictable response from Mike Stimpson of the Southern Landlords Association on past government rent controls (Letters, August 30). What he fails to ask is why rent controls were necessary in the 1930s? Weren’t private

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Saying thanks to two Sussex charities that helped friends

Two friends who experienced the help of the NHS and charities first hand have launched a fundraising campaign to say thank you. Sarah Willoughby and Lanie Coleman are holding their first event on Saturday and are planning many more. Mrs Willoughby

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Celebrity MasterChef winner Adrian Edmondson stars in Chichester Festival Theatre's 'epic' staging of Neville's Island

"I hope people are going to walk in and be excited before anybody even does any acting.” Anyone who thought the way Chichester’s temporary giant tent hosted Barnum earlier this year was unbeatable is in for a surprise. Neville’s Island director

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Del Amitri frontman Justin Currie on running away to the Isle of Skye to write his latest album

Ask an artist to discuss their favourite creation and it is an invitation for a plug of their recent output. Justin Currie, however, is a man who loathes platitudes. He stares life down the barrel. The first thing he says when he picks up the phone

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Artist Dylan Izaak lets us into his wonderfully wonky world

How does the artist, holed up all day in the studio, rekindle his imagination when a block sets in? In Dylan Izaak’s case, he goes to see Wendy and Gloria, two ladies with shapely jowls and impeccable manners… well, apart from the incessant grunting

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Rail fares are too high so let's hold the companies to account

The questions on the high price of train tickets put to Jackie Townsend of First Capital Connect (FCC) echo what I hear time and again from local commuters who are sick of paying a fortune for services which aren’t good enough (The Argus, August 30

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Long-time PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish on creating music for the big screen

He’s best known for his 25-year working relationship with PJ Harvey, as well as his collaborations with Eels, Sparklehorse and Howe Gelb’s Giant Sand. But the past two decades have also seen John Parish build a reputation for his film soundtracks

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Go Back For Murder artistic director Joe Harmston tells why everyone else has been getting Agatha Christie wrong

Anyone who thinks Agatha Christie’s plays are based solely around rambling country houses and bodies in the library has probably been misled by poor adaptations. That’s the opinion of Joe Harmston, artistic director of the Agatha Christie Theatre

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Drag queen glassed in karaoke row in Brighton bar

​A man glassed a drag queen in a gay bar after being told he was not allowed to sing karaoke. David Welton, who goes by the stage name Misty Lee, was left permanently scarred after being attacked by Peter Couzens in Poison Ivy, St James’s Street

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Acclaimed director Nicolas Roeg on the 40th anniversary of horror thriller Don't Look Now

Interviewing one of the UK’s most original and innovative directors of the past 45 years was always going to be a challenge. And Nicolas Roeg didn’t disappoint. The director of classic mind-bending movies Performance, Walkabout and The Man

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Authentic Portuguese cuisine comes to Hove

Carlos Domingues left a small Portuguese fishing village to come to the UK when he was 17. “I wanted to do more and see more,” he says about turning his back on the coastal hamlet of Sesimbra at such a young age. The restaurateur’s experience

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Please, no more US spellchecker nonsense

I know that Microsoft Word spellchecker often comes in for some stick but it took the biscuit, for me, the other day. Preparing a document for a feature on adult education I did not realise the checker was set to English (US) until a red line appeared

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Steve Vai, Concorde 2, Brighton, September 5

It has been 33 years since Steve Vai started out touring with Frank Zappa’s band, but this sultan of strings has lost little of the risk-taking experimentalism imbued by those early years. These days, Vai is a lithe 53-year-old with serpentine

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Brighton Digital Festival: The Sound Of The Wind In The Trees, The Old Market, Hove, September 5

Somewhat tactlessly billed as “haunting” (all the contributors bar one are still very much alive), The Sound Of The Wind In The Trees was a film and music installation exploring the meaning of life through interviews with people if not actually contemplating

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Kevin Bright writes...

I’m putting together the Gunn family tree and am looking for any relatives of my late grandfather, William Arthur Gunn, born 1930. He married Dorothy Margaret Brown in 1951. Along with his brother Frederick (born in 1933), both drowned off the

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Five reasons to go out... September 6

1... My First Birthday FunFair Club, King’s Road, Brighton, Saturday, September 7 The little boutique club at the top of King’s Road is celebrating its first birthday with suitably child-like abandon. On the night they’ll be handing out free

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£5,000 reward for information on Brighton beach alleged rapists

A £5,000 reward has been offered to anyone who can help bring alleged rapists to justice. Last year, on Friday September 7, a 19-year-old woman, from Kent, was raped on Brighton beach near the West Pier in the early hours after she become separated

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Don't ticket Hove Lagoon parkers - look at those in Wild Park

On returning from a lovely day at my beach hut last Saturday, I was absolutely incensed to see two traffic wardens booking all the cars parked on the wide grass verge opposite Hove Lagoon. I have lived here for 32 years and in all those years cars

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Gus Poyet returns as witness in Colin Kazim-Richards homophobic gestures trial

Ex-Albion manager Gus Poyet is set to return to Brighton and Hove. The former coach will see some familiar faces – though not on the playing field. He and several players have been called to give evidence at the trial of former Brighton player

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Gaynor knows what Worthing need to do

SIMON GAYNOR knows what it takes to be a success in National One. Forward Gaynor joins Raiders after helping Ealing Trailfinders to the title and promotion to the Championship last season. He has also won the league with Esher and is 11 games short

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Brighton used to be great - it needs to be more family-orientated

As a regular reader of The Argus, I would like to comment on some recent issues. I was born in Brighton and lived there until 15 years ago. It used to be a great place but now is too crowded. It does not cater for ordinary people. When we were

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Worthing public’s views on 20mph bid wanted

Worthing could follow in the footsteps of a seaside neighbour after councillors agreed to a public consultation on a new 20mph scheme. Campaigners in favour of the scheme, which would see some speed limits in the town reduced to 20mph, were celebrating

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Roads in Brighton and Hove don't seem any better now

Vic Parks is right (Letters, August 28) – the Greens want to drive the motorist out of Brighton. All the so-called road improvements for bicycles, buses and pedestrians point to the real Green objective: to introduce a road congestion charge.

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Parasite hitting bird populations in Sussex

A deadly disease is having a devastating impact on bird populations, an ornithological enthusiast was warned. Greenfinch populations in Sussex are thought to have dropped by up to a third and chaffinch populations by a fifth, according to a study

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It's time to put the word 'fantastic' in Room 101

In response to Michael Parker’s invitation to submit a complaint to Room 101 (Letters, August 27), may I suggest the misuse of the word “fantastic”? For nearly 40 years I tried, without much success, to convince my pupils there were better adjectives

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Police take tougher stance on Balcombe protesters after tripod protest closes road

Police have launched a crackdown on Balcombe protesters after a campaigner held up the road for more than five hours yesterday. The “completely unacceptable” act – which saw a man, named only as Jamie, scale a 15ft high tripod

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First day at two Sussex schools delayed by works

Two schools which had all summer to carry out renovations have had to postpone the first day of term– because the work is not yet complete. Parents from both St Peter’s Infant School in Portslade and Heron Way Primary School in Horsham

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Deap Vally descend on Brighton once more for a headline Concorde 2 gig

Anyone who went to The Great Escape in May and missed Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards clearly didn’t see many shows. Deap Vally played more venues over the weekend than some bands achieve in a national tour – and it clearly worked as their debut

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Selected members of The Beautiful South reform for a date at Brighton's Komedia later this month

Back in 2008 The Beautiful South split after 20 years together due to irreconcilable “musical similarities”. But original vocalist Dave Hemingway, who first worked with songwriter Paul Heaton as drummer with the last incarnation of The Housemartins

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Naughty Boy books in a Brighton date

Previously best known for his work producing Emeli Sandé’s multi-platinum selling album Our Version Of Events, Naughty Boy’s debut Hotel Cabana has crashed into number two in the charts. Known to his parents as Shahid Khan, Watford-based Naughty

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Cycle-friendly Brighton is not so friendly for the disabled when it comes to parking

I read Cara Courage’s letter in The Argus of August 28 about cycle-friendly Brighton and Hove. I would like to raise an important point which perhaps does not occur to many cyclists. Wheelchair users, such as myself, need a vehicle’s passenger

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Wild Park clean-up to cost thousands after travellers set up camp

Travellers who were let onto a popular park by council officials are set to be evicted – with clean-up costs set to reach thousands of pounds. An unauthorised encampment of about 50 vehicles has been in Wild Park, Brighton, for the past week

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Sussex Community NHS Trust employees first to be given living wage

A community trust has become the first NHS organisation in Sussex to be accredited as a Living Wage Employer. This means Sussex Community NHS Trust will ensure all of its staff are paid a minimum of £7.45 an hour. The Living Wage is an

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Rizzle Kicks return to Brighton to celebrate the launch of their new album, Roaring 20s

Currently Brighton’s biggest musical export, having shifted more than 600,000 copies of their debut album Stereo Typical, Rizzle Kicks are coming home tomorrow. Their follow-up album Roaring 20s, home to top-ten hit Lost Generation, went on sale

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Support for Sussex homeless on leaving hospital as Government gives funds

More than £460,000 is to be invested in projects to ensure homeless people get more support when they leave hospital. Four Sussex-based schemes successfully bid for Government funds to carry out their work. Homeless people are up to six times

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Still time to submit a summer Sussex snap in our photo competition

Budding photographers have just one day left to submit their entries for our summer competition. We have received close to 100 photographs over the past six weeks – but we still want more. Among our favourite entries from the last week is this

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Good Samaritan in unlocked bike ‘rescue’ in Western Road, Brighton

A Good Samaritan stepped in to stop a stranger’s bike being stolen – by taking it herself. Megan Faulkner spotted the “expensive-looking” cycle propped up in Western Road, Brighton, on Wednesday morning and noticed it was unlocked. When the

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Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Awards Finalists revealed

Brighton & Hove’s food and hospitality businesses gathered for the launch of the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival ‘Autumn Harvest’ at Hotel du Vin on Thursday, and to discover the 36 finalists for this year’s Food Awards. Between March and

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Buckley's best out wide says Oscar

Oscar Garcia has told Albion fans he still sees Will Buckley as a wideman. But he reckons the star winger has helped Leo Ulloa to his high-flying start to the season by adopting a new role. Buckley has been given a more central berth at times

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Sussex set to bid farewell to sun as autumn arrives

Beach-goers will be saying a wet farewell to the summer season with heavy showers this weekend – but don’t despair there is still plenty going on in the city. Brighton and Hove celebrated the last of the summer sunshine yesterday with

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Elderly woman arrested on suspicion of murder at country park

A woman in her 70s has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in his 70s. The man died in the early hours of this morning in Seven Sisters Country Park, near Seaford.  It is believed they were known to each other.

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Sussex teachers to walk out of classrooms in October in row over pay, pensions and workloads

Hundreds of schools are bracing themselves for closure next month when thousands of teachers across the county are expected to go on strike. The two biggest teachers' unions are threatening regional one-day strike action on October 17 in a row

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Launch event celebrates food and drink festival in Brighton and Hove

The cream of the city’s food and drink businesses will go head-to-head to take top honours. The award finalists were unveiled at the launch of the Brighton and Hove Food and Drinks Festival yesterday. Former Coronation Street villain

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Boot versus boat in charity challenge to Brighton

Last week the question was posed – would walkers or sailors win a race from London to Brighton? The answer was revealed at the weekend as a group of walkers and sailors went head-to-head in a charity race that helped raised thousands of pounds

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Styles hit Brighton street in flash mob for Jane Busby Styling

Top designers took their styles to the street in a series of flash mob fashion events. The event in Brighton city centre was organised by Jane Busby Styling. It featured six models showing outfits and accessories from Joules and Links, which

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Brighton and Hove business told to embrace e-commerce to survive

Independent firms have been encouraged to get online after a retail guru slammed Portas-style attempts to revive the high street. In a controversial move, Bill Grimsey, the former boss of Iceland and Focus DIY, said failing stores should be turned