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STEPHEN GRANT
Brightons favourite compre
joins Absolute
NEW YEAR
NEW LOOK ABSOLUTE
ISSUE 95 . JANUARY 2013
FASHION
Get Fit in Style
SPORT
Tina Cook
Dick Knight
MUSIC
Kovak
Our Scissor Sisters!
INTERVIEW
The real Mr Lurve
BUSINESS
Ian Lucas
Business Resolutions 2013
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NEW YEAR
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WITH 50% OFF
CUT AND
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here are few more celebrated
names in the Britsh
Hairdressing industry than
Trevor Sorbie and no beter place in
Brighton and Hove to get beautful
hair than at the Trevor Sorbie salon on
Nile Street.
The award-winning team of Stylist
and Technicians at the salon have all
been handpicked and trained to a
metculously high standard by Trevor
and his business partner, Brighton
Salon Director, Kate Wilson. As a
result, at Trevor Sorbie Brighton, you
can expect unparalleled service in a
friendly and relaxed environment.
The salon oers a wide array of
hair services including cut ng &
blow-drying, personalised colour
appointments and a range of
smoothing services to suit all hair
types.
To welcome Louella Macfarlane and
Fergal Doyle to the team, Trevor
Sorbie Brighton are oering Absolute
Brighton readers an exclusive 50% o
a cut and blow dry with these stylists
between Monday and Thursday
throughout January and February
2013 upon presentaton of this advert.
Louella has nine years experience
in salons in Oxford, Manchester and
Londons Mayfair and has worked
on hair for television and screen
actors, including Chloe Sevigny. Fergal
has styled the hair of numerous
celebrites, TV personalites and actors
and joins the afer 12 years working in
top salons in Dublin and London.
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inside this month
40 The real Mr Lurve
Meet Ambrose Harcourt, the countys greatest
matchmaker
36 Stand Up for
Stephen
Introducing our new columnist - comedian
Stephen Grant
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January 2013 . Issue 95
brighton
Absolute Brighton is published by
The Pinnacle Group
Tel: 08707 707 765
Fax: 08700 052 082
Email: info@absolutemagazine.co.uk
Premier House
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BRIGHTON BN1 1UB
Editor
Ian Trevett
Publisher:
Alan Prior
Absolute Brighton and Pinnacle would like to thank
the advertisers that appear in this publication for
their support, and wish them every business success.
The contents of this publication are believed to be
correct at the time of printing; nevertheless, we cannot
endorse, and readers should not rely solely upon, the
accuracy of any statements or claims contained herein,
without prior consultation with the service provider.
Business Development:
Alex Santos
Cover shot: By Jai Michael
Commercial Manager:
Emma Meldrum
Advertising Sales Manager:
Anastasia Meldrum
Production Manager
Maureen Hunter-Shine
GuestList
The people, the faces... Absolute is packed with
photos from the Sussex Sports Awards, Sussex
Business Awards and all the big parties
REGULARS
Register 7, Health & Beauty 23, Interiors 46,
Education 76, Motoring 91
Beauty Editor: Kate Morton
Interiors Editor: Tara de la Motte
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Welcome to the rst Absolute Brighton of
2013. You may notice a few changes with
the magazine under new ownership, a new
editor, new writers, new sections, new
features and a fresh new look.
We have inherited a magazine that is a
strong and popular brand, for which I
pay tribute to the founders of Absolute
Brighton, Verity Smart and Paul Craig. In
the eight years since the rst issue, they
have seen many publications come and
go and they have continued to produce a
quality lifestyle publication, in often difcult
economic conditions. We are determined
to continue their good work and we wish
them every success in their various new
business ventures.
I am very pleased to welcome Ian Trevett as
our new editor. He has plenty of experience
in local publishing having edited Sussex
Life and he was part of the original
Absolute Brighton team. Our Fashion
and Beauty Editor, Kate Morton (formerly
Cowling), also makes a welcome return to
Absolute, joining our long-serving designer
Mo Hunter-Shine. Ian has assembled a
team that is a mix of familiar and fresh
faces, including Mike Donovan and Dan
White from our sister title Sussex Sport,
Paula Seager for our food section and Tara
de la Motte in interiors. There isnt enough
space to list all the valued contributors
here, so please enjoy reading the magazine
and wed love to hear your views on the
publication.
We aim to make connections with the
local community, setting up partnerships
with local organisations. We have already
partnered with the Brighton Fashion
Week (look out for some stunning fashion
shoots), and are proud to be sponsors of
the Sussex Business Awards and Sussex
Sports Awards - more will follow soon.
Hoping you have a prosperous and happy
new year.
Alan Prior
Publisher
hello...
95-113 NEW: Business
Our new business section features the
Chamber of Commerce, our networking guide,
an interview with Red7s Ian Lucas, business
news, New Year resolution pledges from
our entrepreneurs and business people and
Ambrose nds the romance in business
80-90 NEW: Sport
Dick Knight, Active Sussex, sports news and an
interview with the 2012 Sussex Sportsperson
of the year, Tina Cook
44 Brighton Rocks
We love seeing Brighton on the
big screen, so we talk to Jeremy
Irvine about Now is Good. And
we have some DVDs to give
away!
63-75 Music &
Whats On
Centre stage in our Janaury
whats on section which includes
the easiest-to-use listings ever
seen in a Brighton publication
10 Fashion
Its January, so our fashion stylist is working out
with sportswear chic
114 NEW:
The Queen of Brighton
Stephanie St James has the ultimate power.
What would you do if you could rule the city?

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shop online at www.musto.com
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Register
Paris in the Spring
A new scheduled ight to Paris from Shoreham Airport will begin
in March.
Ticket sales have started for the twice-daily scheduled ights to
Paris from newly named Brighton Shoreham Airport, kicking off on
March 6th, costing from 69 one way, including taxes and charges.
Some of the special features of the airline include 15 minute
check-in, no hidden fees, VIP lounge and service, easy local parking
and the ight, which is in a 19-seat Let 410 commuter aircraft,
takes one hour to reach Pontoise Airport, Paris.
Brighton City Airways was conceived by Jonathan Candelon, MD
of leading career pilot school Flying Time Aviation, at Shoreham
Airport, and Neil Laughton, entrepreneur, pilot and adventurer,
famous for leading Bear Grylls to the summit of Mt Everest.
You can book a seat for just 20 deposit at
www.brightoncityairways.com.
New energy
A new energy services company is launching
in Brighton & Hove to secure lower bills for
local residents while nancing energy saving
improvements to their homes.
Brighton & Hove Energy Services Company
(BHESCo) is a social enterprise which aims to
bring together thousands of people in Brighton
and Hove to bulk buy energy. With mass
participation, BHESCo will be able to negotiate
better energy prices for residents
For more information and updates, register
with your email address under no obligation on
the BHESCo website:www.bhesco.co.uk.
New chief at the cricket
Sussex County Cricket Club have appointed Zac Toumazi as their new Chief Executive.
Zac has a track record of developing business and delivering excellent customer service.
He has extensive experience in the nancial services sector having fullled senior roles with
Citigroup and Goldman Sachs before joining the cricket world.
Zac was at Surrey County Cricket Club for six years as Group Commercial Director and
since 2011, Zac has been Group Commercial Director of Hampshire Cricket where he had a
pivotal role staging their rst test match and negotiating ground naming rights.
Chairman Jim May said We are very pleased to appoint Zac as we believe his commercial
experience, cultural t and passion for cricket give him the credentials to ensure that Sussex
Cricket continues to lead the way both on and off the pitch.
Good luck Zac.
Phone prints
Youve taken all those pictures on your iphone
over Christmas, uploaded a few to your favoured
social media, and now... they will just stay on your
phone unnoticed. But now with a photo printing app you can order
prints from your phone in seconds. The app isnt the latest marketing
venture from a huge national company - the best one we have
found comes courtesy of a small independent photo lab in Seaford
High Street.
The Fotobox iPhone Photo Printing App is a really easy-to-use, fast
and professional quality photo printing service.
Download it from the app store and start printing. Zac Toumazi and Jim May roseberyimages.co.uk
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Clubbing Together
If Father Christmas brought you a sparkling
new set of golf clubs, then you may be
wondering what to do with your trusty old
clubs. Why not make sure they get a good
home?
The Clubs 4 All golf club amnesty, supported
by former Charlton and Chelsea defender Paul
Elliot CBE, asks golfers across the area to
donate their unwanted golf clubs or sets. The
clubs will then be reconditioned to form golf
sets which will be used to allow young adults to
play without having to buy or rent golf clubs.
The aim of the Clubs 4 All amnesty is about
inspiring more young people to take up the
sport without having to invest lots of money in
equipment
Take your old clubs to Hollingbury Park Golf
Course or Waterhall Golf Course.
Flash in the pan
Nearly 2,000 supporters were polled to see which loos in the
Championship and Leagues One and Two they considered the
cleanest, according to a recent story in The Daily Star:
In the poll by betting broker Bet Butler, the toilets at Brighton
and Hove Albions Falmer Stadium scored highest with fans.
An impressive 15% said they were the shiniest loos they had
ever seen. And Seagulls fans are obviously a brave lot, with 66%
saying their bogs are so clean they would eat their dinner off
them. (As The Daily Star so subtly puts it!)
London Road digs
The much-loved faade of Brightons historic Co-op building
in London Road has been saved after planning consent was
granted for a new student hall of residence.
Rising to between three and six stories the new building
would include shops at ground oor level and 150 cycle
racks.
Developers Fresh Student Living are partners on the scheme
with Sussex University, which will allocate its students to
the building. The accommodation would mainly be aimed at
mature students.
Developers will pay around 500,000 to improve local open
spaces, employment opportunities, transport and public art.
The only way
is Brighton
Southern Railway passengers on board a
Brighton to London train were treated to
fashion show with TOWIEs Sam Faiers to
promote the new Weekend Day Travelcard in
December. The card can be used for travel to
London on either Saturday or Sunday, allowing
for return travel up to 4am the next morning,
good news for any late night revellers heading
back to Brighton.
John Phillips/PA Fotobox
Paul Elliot donates a golf club to the
Clubs 4 All amnesty
London Road South
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CBE, AO
STRICTLY RSVP
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guest list only. Please
ensure you contact
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The modern master will be at Artique
Galleries to celebrate the opening
of our fantastic new space.
View a superb collection
of Limited Editions in the
gallery now and fnd
out how you could
meet the man
himself and receive
a personal dedication.
44 Market Street, Brighton BN1 1HH
Telephone: 01273 710 660
email: brighton@artiquegalleries.com www.artiquegalleries.com
on Saturday 16th February
Invites you to the Offcial Grand Opening
with Guest of Honour
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Sportswear Chic
Photography: Jai Michael
Styling: Kate Mor ton
fashion
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Opposite page: Agile sport bra, 29 Sweaty Betty; 10K run tights, 50 Sweaty Betty; Nike gold sports bag, 34.90 Sheactive
Above: Hooded body blazer, 90, Zaggora; whistle, stylists own
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Opposite page: Coola bra, 30, Zaggora; ZOCA vest, 19.90, Sheactive; Strut seamless workout tights, 60, Sweaty Betty;
Merrells, 95, Sheactive; 1.5kg pink weights, 25, Sweaty Betty
Above: Rishi yoga lace top, 60, Sweaty Betty; Stamina sports bra, 30, Sweaty Betty; Nike Air Max boots, 69.90 Sheactive
shorts, stylists own
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Opposite page: Hawkes seamless top, 49, Sweaty Betty; Silhouette workout tights, 65, Sweaty Betty;
Barts fur earmuffs, 14.99, Snow+Rock
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Hair
William Ackerley
from the Electric Art Team
Makeup
Emma Hooley using MAC Cosmetics
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Model
Jade Harris at Fresh Agents
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SHoot aSSiStant
Ellie Vousden
location
The Electric Studio,
18 Ship Street, Brighton
StockiStS:
Sheactive
5 North Street, Brighton
01273 739725
Snow+rock
0845 100 1000
www.snowandrock.com
Sweaty Betty
7-8 Regency Road, Brighton
01273 722671
Zaggora
www.zaggora.com
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Mustos Autumn Winter collection
Back in the 1960s Olympic sailor and silver
medallist Keith Musto recognised the need
to create a better standard of sailing clothing
based upon his own offshore experiences, and
so began a process of innovation and technical
development that established Musto as the
worlds leading sailing clothing brand for almost
50 years. Whilst much has changed since then,
Musto still approach every season with the same
passion and determination to ensure the same
values are engrained into each and every garment.

Musto, 23 Market Street, Brighton BN1 1HH
Tel: 01273 732677
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From Eggs Benedict to a traditional Full
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Its a new year and that means its
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Elegant Bun
From the runway to the red carpet; the bun is one of
the hottest hair trends right now. Flattering to all face
shapes, it is an elegant and easy style to achieve.
Start by spritzing the hair with Trevor Sorbie Beautiful
Curls Beach Hair (5.10) and blast with your hairdryer
for a few minutes to dry the product into the hair.
Using the Trevor Sorbie Tail Comb (2.89), create a
deep side parting going from the crown to corner
of the eye. Pull your hair into a low ponytail just
behind the ear opposite to the parting. Secure with
a band, and then quickly roughen the ponytail with
your ngers. Twist the ponytail and wrap it around to
create a bun shape at the base of the neck, then
secure with grips. For a looser style, try rubbing the
hair in a circular motion to release some loose hairs
at the hairline and also on the crown of the head,
pulling small sections up to create a tousled nish.
Finish with Beautiful Volume Hairspray (5.10) for a
secure hold.
Blown Away
A rm fashionista favourite, a quiff really makes an
impact! Begin by spritzing Trevor Sorbie Beautiful
Volume Volumising Booster (5.10) onto the roots
and rough dry the back and sides of the hair. Use a
Trevor Sorbie Large Radial Brush (8.99) to dry the
top in horizontal sections, starting from the crown
working towards the front hairline to create volume
at the roots and a bend through the mid lengths
and ends. To create additional volume, backcomb
gently using a tease comb to gently push hair against
itself. Backcomb from the underneath of your hair
to ensure the backcombing isnt so obvious. When
the top is dry and the shape is created, spray Trevor
Sorbie Beach Hair (5.10) through the top to loosen
the quiff giving a more casual, urban look.
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Trevor Sorbie Brighton offers a wide array of hair services including
cutting and blow-drying, personalised colour appointments
and a range of smoothing services to suit all hair types. For a
complimentary consultation or to book an appointment,
call the salon on 01273 220007.
REFRESH YOUR STYLE
for a new you in 2013
For 2013, make it your New Years beauty resolution to give your hair
a style overhaul. The award-winning team from Trevor Sorbie Brighton
are on hand with their top styling tips to help you create a fresh new
look without having to go for the chop.
Beautiful Bouffant
A quick and simple route to a re-style that will look fabulously vintage
is by adding volume with a bouffant. For the best results, start with
Trevor Sorbie Beautiful Volume Thickening Shampoo (5.10) and
Beautiful Volume Thickening Leave-in Conditioner (5.10). Then
blow-dry the hair, creating as much volume as possible. Next, take a
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create height. Use a at bristle brush to smooth the hair after back
combing. Next, twist the back section upwards towards the crown
and secure with bobby pins. Spray Trevor Sorbie Beautiful Volume
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blend the top back-combed section into the twisted back section.
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where?
Sergiopascal,
14 Trafalgar Street, Brighton
why?
Christmas Party
fact.
Sergiopascal celebrated a
fabulously successful
first four months
who?
guestlist
1. Owners Sergio Ruano and Pascal Minier
2. Jill and Andrew Munday
3. Chris Bray and Diane Gaskin
4. Mo Belcher and Portia Klinkert
5. Gabrielle Gregory, Sergio Ruano and Jo Kiely
6. Sarah Parham, Alex Addison and Nick Addison
7. Dale Lewis and Steve Ogborne
8. Rowena Dumbrell, Julie Dickson and
Steve Dumbrell
9. Carol DeVine, Jenny Dewynter and
Jackie Stevens
10. Kate Horne and Fiona Keating
Pictures by Katariina Jarvinen
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Should I have breast
enlargement surgery?
If you are considering breast
enlargement surgery you should discuss
with your surgeon, in detail, what your
expectations are and how much larger
you would like your breasts to be. It is
important that you be totally frank with
your surgeon and make sure that they
are 100% honest about what you should
expect and what they feel will be best
for you. If I feel that something is not
suitable for my patients I will tell them
so and discuss alternatives with them.
How will I know what I will
look like afterwards?
Once you and your surgeon have decided
on the best size implants you should be able
to see how you will look. Many surgeons will
suggest you wear a sports bra and weigh out
some rice into bags (your surgeon will tell
you how much) then put the bags in your
bra cups. I like to take this one step further
and invite all of my patients to meet with a
representative of the implant company and
use the actual implants inside the sports bra
rather than rice. This gives a really good idea
of how you will look after the surgery, how
your body shape will change and how clothes
will look on you.
Are the implants safe?
There has been a lot of controversy about
the safety of implants and you should discuss
this with your surgeon at your consultation.
Make sure you are happy with their answers
and with the products they use. I use
implants by a company which have the
lowest rupture rate of any other make of
implant. I personally have never used the PIP
implants you may have heard about.
Im not happy with my breasts but
I dont want implants.
The shape of a womans breasts change with
age, they can lose their fullness and also start
to droop more. An effective procedure in this
case is a breast uplift (Mastopexy). During
the operation excess skin from the breasts
is removed, the breasts are reshaped and the
nipples repositioned.
Will the results last?
The results of a mastopexy will last but not
forever. Gravity and the general aging process
will eventually affect your breasts again. You
can delay this tendency by supporting your
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What happens after surgery?
After any surgery there will be a certain
amount of bruising and discomfort. You will
be up and about after a breast enlargement
or a mastopexy after a couple of days but
you will need to take it easy.
Healing is a gradual process and your
surgeon will give you clear instructions about
what you can and cant do.
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and then go away and think carefully about your options. A good cosmetic surgeon will help you decide what is best for you.
I encourage all of my patients to wait until they have absorbed all the information from their consultation for a few days before they
make any decisions.
Will it be right for me?
The most important thing is to only ever even consider cosmetic surgery because it is
something YOU want, not to please anyone else.
I think I need breast surgery, can
someone help?
Yes of course. Breast reduction surgery
for men is becoming more and more
common. It may be you have a condition
called Gynaecomastia where your breast
tissue is enlarged, giving the appearance of
overdeveloped breasts. It could affect both
breasts or just one. It is more common that
you may think, affecting an estimated 40 to
60% of men.
What causes the condition?
In most cases there is no known cause for
Gynaecomastia although in some cases it is
has been linked to certain drugs and medical
problems.
What happens if I do have
Gynaecomastia?
You will have an initial consultation with your
surgeon who will take a complete medical
background. It is very important that you are
totally honest with your surgeon and that
you also ask any questions you might have.
Dont be worried about this, a good surgeon
is there to give you the answers you need to
make an informed decision.
What does the surgery involve?
To remove the excess fat in your breasts
liposuction will be performed under either
a local or a general anaesthetic. Several
small incisions (2mm 3mm) will be made
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up to two months before the full effect of
the surgery is apparent.
I dont have Gynaecomastia I am
just unhappy with the shape of
my chest.
Breast surgery for men is not restricted to
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he past year has been an exceptional one
in the city for many people no doubt.
Credit to Brighton and Hove for keeping its
head in 2012 when so many lost the keys to
their own front doors. Businesses folded and
some lucky ones only changed hands. Absolute
has begun a change after being taken up by
Pinnacle Publishing.
The new guard has toasted the continuation
of this magazine with the Christmas bumper
edition and the festive PR party in December
at Havana Spoon. I got to meet the new faces
behind the fortunes of the magazine and catch-
up with some of the citys now established
event makers and business shakers like Brighton
Fashion Weeks Liz Bishop full of wonderful
news of this years design showcase and Pieter
Grobbolar of the luxurious Concordia Dental.
In conversation with Absolutes new MD Alan
Prior and its editor Ian Trevett I found out that
this column is much talked about and widely
considered as interesting across a wide section
of Brighton. Readers either enjoy or dislike it
with the main criticism being that it is all about
me. Well, it is PJs Socialite Diary. It is about me,
my take on the city and what people, events
or businesses come to view on my radar.
Write about what you know as they say. So PJs
Socialite Diary will rarely be about quantum
physics. But I can safely write a few words now
about Brett Mathers new kitchens at The Cow
on the site of the old Tin Drum in Seven Dials.
Fabulous, fresh and funky. Ive mentioned the
talents of Brett before, he who used to head
up the kitchen at the Stoneham and who still
holds the keys to the cookers at Hop Poles.
Brett continues his expansion in the city with
a cosmopolitan menu at The Cow that also
features a wholesome and splendid traditional
Sunday roast. You can judge a kitchen by a
Sunday roast and The Cows kitchen with Brett
at the helm is set to shine for some time to
come. Do peruse this new pasture.
Last year began with my successful legal battle
with the individual with whom I undertook a
series of PR events and who quite blatantly
defrauded me and others defnitely establishing
a low point from which I began 2012. All
of my friends and most of my professional
colleagues know of the person(s) and the
outcome and thankfully the dark deed doer
has been socially obliterated and like a cow
a metaphorical bell rings from a certain neck
warning the honest among us of their approach.
The year progressed with my being taken up as
a member of the Russian touring tribute band
Melodies of Boney M with who I shared many
a jet, tour van, motorcade and stage, a set of
experiences that marked the past year up as
truly memorable and one that I will be forever
grateful for. And now with the international
release of Brighton Babylon, my frst novel
of four (so far), to be published by Londons
Dynasty Press Ltd., I hang up my singing and
dancing glad rags and begin 2013 brandishing
a smile and holding a pen as Brighton Babylon
begins its adaptation to TV as a comedy drama
series. With David Donno and the folks at
Dynasty Press I host the offcial launch of the
novel at Naked Eye Gallery at Farm Mews,
Hove on February 17th. The guest list closed
in mid December but if you stand outside you
might get a glimpse of the citys funset and
hear just one last tune from me and Melodies
of Boney M if I can convince my tour mates
to belt out Daddy Cool for you. Happy New
Year 2013 Absolute Brighton readers and
advertisers!
ME TIME!
Brightons favourite socialite Peter Jarrette has been entertaining Absolute Brighton
readers for many years, and here he reviews his past year and looks forward
to a promising 2013
Models Sophie Amy Erangy and Adam Rush beach flming for Brigh-
ton Babylon. Image by Melissa Buchanan Melodies of Boney M. Pictures by Melissa Buchanan
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In a training programme, stretching is used as a relaxation tool
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relax your body into a stretch, which makes it feel more natural.
During personal training I physically hold a client in position to
help her stretch her hamstrings and back with the right amount
of pressure.
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Rest is used during training programmes as well as in our daily
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Used as a training tool, rest periods are included in between
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them healthy.
Rest is essential in between training days for your muscles to
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Rest is also an essential daily habit which helps reduce stress in
our lives and therefore the amount of cortisol released into your
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where?
Havana Spoon, Hove
why?
Absolute Christmas Party
who?
guestlist
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1. Ellie Newlands, Liz Bishop, James Robinson
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2. Perry Pounds and Livia Francis
3. Angel de Silva, Alice Fulton, Rachel Scott
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5. Fraser Mcinnes, Jonny Benstead,
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6. Damien Duvivier, Jamie Jeffreys,
Emma Meldrum and Tom Edwards
7. Jamie Jeffreys, Jenny Rogers and Rick Daley
8. Karim Mohamed and Matt Russell
9. Glen Saunders, Catriona Smith, Naomi Chow
and Emily Dauris
10. Wendy Thompson and Phillip Evans
11. The Real Decoys
12. Barry and Sue Windham, and John Healy
13. Greg Hall and Kate Harrigan
14. Stephanie St James and Pieter Grobbelaar
15. Kate and Corin Morton,
Sam Harrington-Lowe and Sam Nash
16. Sharon Hedges and Caraline Brown
17. Michaela McFarlane and Shirley Howes
18. Alan Prior, Tomasz Kuszczak
and Alex Santos
19. Mayuri Vyas and Sarah Marshall

Pictures: www.roseberyimages.co.uk
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where?
She Said, Brighton
why?
Birthday celebration and launch
of a new erotic Emporium
in Ship Street
who?
92 ABSOLUTE
guestlist
1. Window undressing at the new
Ship Street store!
2. She Saids Nic Ramsey with Yum
Yum Ninjas owners, Robert Shenton
and Adam Brian
3. Sophie and Lauren Drinkwater
with Francesca Hughes and
Keziah Lewis
4. Bethan Moyse, Simone Piper and
She Saids Vanessa Austin Locke
5. Adam and friends
6. Alexa Flexa B with Nicki Heywood
7. JBPR girls Lisa Ventham,
Clare Croome and Jo Brooks
8. She Said girls Rozzi, Chloe
and Sarah
9. Sex Muse, Vena Ramphal
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B0113_035 Social She Said.indd 1 29/12/12 11:56:36
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I set up the Krater Comedy Club in the
summer 1999. I was fed up having to travel to
London all the time to get stage time!
I am a stand-up primarily. A compere is
basically the same job, just some different skills.
I write for a number of other stand-up
comedians. The main ones are Russell Kane,
Seann Walsh, Simon Brodkin (aka Lee Nelson)
as well as people like Jason Manford, Simon
Evans, Christian OConnell and Rufus Hound.

Each comedian works in a different way. In
the case of people like Russell Kane, youre not
even writing as such; youre throwing big ideas
around and cataloguing what material he comes
up with from it and helping to shape it.

I do get the recognition for my work.
Thankfully Im established enough that there
are plenty of people out there who will point
out when something is one of my jokes. Not
receiving the acclaim is not nice! Or the done
thing.
I speak to all types of people working as a
compere. I once asked a bloke what he did and
he said he was a bus driver in Brighton. I asked
if the worst route was the No.1 to Whitehawk
and he said that was his usual route. I then
asked, Whats the worst thing anyone has
thrown at your bus and he said, Snooker balls.
I then asked if it was all at once, or a red, then a
colour, then a red, then a colour... off the top of
my head. I was quite pleased with that.

The best audiences have a range of people.
You dont want them all young, all old, or all
the same job, or gender, or all from the same
village... a mix helps the most.
Ive been punched a few times. Once, Steve
Coogan was in the crowd and ran after the guy
who punched me. That made national news!

Hosting the show means I have worked
with some great comedians. In the old days
when people encored (a habit that is dying off
nowadays!) Terry Alderton once came back
on stage over 3 times. He is immense. Ricky
Gervais dropped in to do a Sunday and was
incredible, and Mickey Flanagan has blown the
place away numerous times.

There is such a thing as a typical Brighton
audience. Respectful, enthusiastic, knowledgable,
reactionary, and wasted.

I used to be an engineer. My New Years
resolution in 1997 was to try something
different. I have never had any regrets.
I asked, Whats the worst thing anyone has thrown at your bus and
he said, Snooker balls. I then asked if it was all at once, or a red, then
a colour, then a red, then a colour...
Stand up for
Stephen
This month we welcome our new regular
columnist, Krater Comedy Club compere,
Stephen Grant. Here is all you need
to know about Brightons quick-thinking,
rapid-fre comedian
interview
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B0113_036_037 Stephen Grant.indd2 2 29/12/12 09:28:47
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Engineers do have a sense of humour. They
do. Theyre just more exacting. Dont put logical
or factual errors in a jokes setup and theyll
deem it worthwhile to wait until the punchline.
My comedy hero was Ben Elton. As a teenager
I thought he was amazing; doing standup, writing
sitcoms, books, plays, movies, musicals... but hes
probably not my favourite at any one of those
things. Id like to have his career though!
My career highlight was walking out to a full
Theatre Royal for my frst DVD. It actually
took my breath away. Winning my two Chortle
awards (the main UK live comedy award) for
best compere were very proud moments.
It is brilliant to be a Albion fan at the moment.
At this exact; moment, not great, as I have just
watched us absolutely murder Bolton and only
draw 1-1. I have faith though that only better
times are ahead. In Gus we trust! (God I hope
Gus is still in charge at the time of publication)
I enjoy a good rant as you will discover when
you read my columns in Absolute Brighton.
They are a different angry take on life in
Brighton; basically, the opposite of the stuff
you see in the comments boxes on the Argus
website. Which you need a strong stomach to
see these days!
The Krater Comedy Club takes place at the
Komedia on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
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n 2013, 500 streets in Brighton and Hove get
a new speed limit of 20mph.
As both a petrol head and a regular commuter
into Brighton city centre (I nish work at 1am
and have no public transport options), youd
imagine Im incensed. But Im also a paranoid
father and an armchair green (with a small g),
so Im prepared to embrace any benets.
Green council leader Jason Kitcat has said that a
20mph limit creates less pollution. Scientically,
this is wrong - per mile, 20% more pollution is
generated at 20mph than 30mph (source: DfT).
But the argument goes that you brake and
accelerate far less with a 20mph limit, which
more than evens it out. Following that logic,
you can pollute the least by ignoring red lights
and running blind across junctions. Im guessing
those nutcase drivers on Police Camera Action
are just fervent environmentalists.
And then Brighton is always a unique case.
With super-narrow roads and minimal on-street
parking, going 30mph past parked cars on roads
so narrow re engines cant t down them will
always feel too fast. However, going 30mph
on the super-wide seafront feels so slow Ive
almost gotten out of a moving taxi thinking it
was stationary.
And thats the bizarre exception. The main
arteries into and out of Brighton will keep their
30mph limit, but as most drivers know, those
are the roads where trafc doesnt even get
close to 20mph, let alone 30mph.
If youre feeling put out, consider this. In 1861
the speed limit for cars was 10mph. Four years
later, that law was changed. The new speed
limit? 4mph. And in the cities it was 2mph,
with someone required to walk 60 yards ahead
carrying a red ag. After 13 years of tireless
campaigning, the state agreed this law was
ridiculous, and changed it; the urban speed limit
was still 2mph, but now the man only had to
walk 20 yards ahead and he didnt need a ag.
Progress.
In fact, national speed limits are part of
Brightons history. The London to Brighton
Veteran car run exists because it was originally
a celebration of the 1896 increase of the speed
limit to a dizzying 14mph.
People shouting for both sides of the argument
might like to consider theres a good chance itll
make very little difference. There are very few
rat-runs left in Brighton and Hove that havent
been closed off over the last few decades.
20mph is not hugely policeable - speed humps
are much more likely to slow people down. And
the argument that itll convince people to cycle
as theyll feel safer doesnt wash. I regularly cycle
into Brighton and Im more scared by people
opening car doors and buses that wouldnt
even notice if they ran me over.
Idealistically, instead of putting the number
20 in signs, why not put the words be more
courteous and sensible. Dont race past a
school, dont cut up cyclists, and if youre going
down York place (the bit of the A23 heading
out of Brighton between Dominos Pizza and
the Hobgoblin pub), dont sneak down the left
only lane and then go straight over, because you
are the kind of human detritus that the roads
will be innitely better off without.
Photograph by Paul Hazlewood
Our new monthly column from Brightons own comedy king
Stephen Grant
Slowing down progress
you can pollute the least
by ignoring red lights and
running blind across
junctions. Im guessing
those nutcase drivers
on Police Camera
Action are
just fervent
environmentalists...
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B0113_039 Stephen Grant column.i1 1 21/12/12 10:28:33
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In those days people thought a black person would always be
someone who loved soul music - unless they had long hair and
looked like Jimmy Hendrix.
Who is Mr Lurve?
New Series: Take a glance through the Guest List pages of Absolute Brighton and you will fnd a host
of familiar faces; people whose names you might know or recognise. They may be entrepreneurs, celebs,
musicians or just serial networkers. But who is the person behind the photograph? Our new series of
interviews will reveal all.
This month: Mr Lurve, otherwise known as Ambrose Harcourt. Interview by Ian Trevett.
W
ith up to 250 letters (remember
those?) per week, it is safe to say
that Ambrose Harcourts policy
of playing romantic songs on Southern FM was
proving to be a massive hit among the loved-
up population of Sussex and beyond. So when
a new controller came down from Birmingham
in 1997 and decided that it was all a bit old hat
and introduced a policy of high-tempo dance
music, it meant one thing: farewell Mr Lurve.
But the new boss underestimated the power
of love. The campaign to reinstate Ambrose
gathered pace, championed by the then Argus
Editor, Simon Bradshaw and journalist, Rowan
Dore, and picked up by local MPs quick to pick
up on a vote-winning campaign. The station
was inundated by letters of protest.
So was it the soulful ballads of Luther Vandross
and Anita Baker that were so missed, or was
it Ambrose himself? Its hard to imagine that
anyone wouldnt like Ambrose. I cant say
I have ever seen him without his trademark
broad grin, and he is so good-humoured
you could even forgive him for his constant
boasting about Chelseas Champions League
victory (well, almost).
His positive outlook and ability to make friends
have stood him in good stead over the years;
in fact these attributes have been essential.
Born and raised in Nigeria, his parents took
the decision to send him to England at the age
of 15 to give him an opportunity to further
his education. They enrolled him at Norwich
College and found a local family to become his
guardians. Norwich has never been known for
its multi-culturism; Ambrose was probably the
citys only black resident without the surname
of Fashanu!
In the 1960s, it was a tough baptism. When
youre young, and youve come over on your
own, its very, very diffcult, and in those days
it was even more diffcult he recalls. But my
guardians helped an awful lot. They looked
after me as though I was their son
Despite the initial problems, Ambrose was
determined to ft in: I made loads of friends.
Ive always been quite a positive person and
easy-going. I can get on with most people. If
you dont want to get on with me, I ignore
them. I just leave them to it. Its their problem,
its not mine.
It wasnt long before the bright lights of London
lured him south. His broadcasting career
kicked off when he went to study chemistry at
university in London and joined the fedgling
student radio station. The committee was all
full of engineers who were actually building the
university radio station. None of them actually
wanted to present a show and suggested I give
it a go. I told them Id never done anything
like this before. They just said, Youre the social
secretary, youre in charge, youre the boss, so
you better get behind the mike.
I went behind the mike, I tried it out, and
actually thought I was absolutely rubbish. But
everybody else thought I was brilliant. And
thats really how it started.
After university I got a job at CBS (now Sony)
in Holborn, in London and then managed to
get a job on the World Service at Bush House.
I interviewed people like Tommy Vance
and Johnny Walker and I learnt a bit about
broadcasting. From there I did a bit of work
with BBC local radio in London and I started
applying for jobs in the new commercial radio
stations but had no response at all, until fnally
I was given a break by Southern Sound.
They liked the stuff I sent them and they told
me they were interested in doing a soul show.
I think in those days people thought a black
person would always be someone who loved
soul music - unless they had long hair and
looked like Jimmy Hendrix. I am very much a
soul, R & B person. I love Motown music, I love
soul music, so it was really my type of music,
which was great.
The soul music programme Soul Direction
went out on a Saturday evening from about
7pm to 11pm. From 11pm to midnight was
a pre-recorded sponsored show recorded
in London and sent to us on tape. One day
the boss, Rory McLeod, came and told me
contract for the sponsored show had come
to an end and we needed to fll the hour. You
know, you get inspiration sometimes and I just
said to him, Why dont we play love songs
for an hour? And thats how The Love Hour
started. The feedback was just unbelievable. I
used to take all the letters we received to the
programme controller and he couldnt believe
it.
Within a few months we were doing love
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Who is Mr Lurve?
Turning the turntables.
Ambrose is more than happy putting his
guests on the spot by asking for their three
favourite love songs.
But what about Ambrose himself?
If I was going to pick three songs now, it
would be something from Beyonc.
Lionel Ritchie Ive met and I love the man.
And hes such a great man, so Ill have to
pick one of his songs as well.
And then theres a song, There Youll Be by
Faith Hill that I love. Its one of those songs
that really tugs on the heart strings and its
brilliant.
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songs seven nights a week. We changed its name
to Night Time Heart and Soul and then later on
became Love Zone. With all the feedback we
were getting, the guys started calling me Mister
Lurve and the name just stuck.
You have to admire someone who is
comfortable with the tag Mr Lurve; surely this
must raise some serious expectations!
The shows went on for years and then we
had a new programme controller come from
Birmingham who decided he didnt want
the show anymore, and he wanted to make
Southern FM more dancey. After 11 years I got
the sack! I was totally shocked.
One of the bosses, Bob Hoad, gave me some
great advice: You are the best PR person in this
company. You should do something about it.
It was true. I was always out there meeting
people, doing roadshows and everything. I was
really acting as a front man.
I did a PR course in London for six months
and got a diploma and I set up a PR company. I
also joined other small radio stations in the area
I helped launch Arrow FM in Hastings and I
worked at Sovereign as well. I didnt realise until
later on, but there was a campaign led by Simon
Bradshaw at The Argus to get me reinstated and
the radio station was getting hundreds of letters
from angry listeners. It was just unbelievable.
Eventually they re-employed me on four times
my old salary and extended the contract to two
years. We put on an extra 60,000 listeners to
the station RAJAR fgures.
I spent another four years there, and then they
decided that they wanted to move on again and
they let me go. I concentrated more on PR but I
soon found myself back on the radio. Ryan Heal,
who I frst knew as one of the salespeople at
Southern FM, was now in charge at Juice and he
said to me, We need to get you back on the
radio down here.
The Love Inn on Juice has proved there is still
a big audience for a smoochy ballad, but what
about Ambrose? Surely he must be well and
truly sick and tired of love songs by now:
Ive been asked that question quite a few times,
but I could never get fed up with love songs.
Barry White came to Brighton and I just loved
the guy. He said to me in the interview, We
might all eat different foods, drink different
wines and speak different languages, but there
is one thing that we all understand, the language
of lurve. This is the reason why love songs will
never die the world over. The look, the eyes, the
smile and much more, thats lurve!!
With decades playing love songs on the
radio and a long stint running singles nights at
Midnight Blues (the now-closed club under
The Grand), it is safe to say that Ambrose can
be held responsible for many of the romances
and marriages in the county. Which leads us to
Ambrose himself - is his life as romantic as the
songs he plays?
Last year Pauline and I got married in Jamaica,
replies Ambrose proudly. We got married ten
years to the week that we frst met.
So, it seems that, as Barry White says, the lurve
will always be there.
Over the years, Ambrose has interviewed many
famous personalities as well as working for BBC1,
BBC2 and Radio Five Live for a year at Television
Centre in London. He was the Resident DJ at
trendy nightclub, Annabels in Londons Mayfair,
meeting people like Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart,
Bryan Adams, Angelina Jolie, Colin Firth, Michael
Flatley and many more.
He also worked for ITV Meridian and SKY UK
Living presenting the 8 week series of Looking for
Love which was flmed in Brighton and Sussex.
The Love Inn is on Juice107.2 - Mondays to
Thursdays, 10pm - Midnight.
www.ambroseharcourtpr.co.uk
Look out for our new regular Business Love Bites
feature where Ambrose asks business people for
their favourite three love songs.
On the decks
With the Honeyz
The fundraiser
The young man
The showman
The football fan
The photo album
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LIVING FOR THE MOMENT
Jeremy Irvine tells Absolute Brighton about
his role in Now is Good, the tragi-comedy
partly set in Brighton
Whats the story behind Adam,
the character you play in the flm?
Well Adam is quite a damaged young guy.
Hes recovering from the death of his father
and the way hes dealing with the grief is
by locking himself away. Hes become an
introvert - hes dropped out of college
and he just stays at home with his mum all
day. Then he meets this girl, Tessa (Dakota
Fanning), who has a terminal illness. She
is forced to make the best out of every
moment and really live life to the full and
that pulls Adam out of his shell.
Adams very, very resistant to falling in love
with her, so when it does happen its even
more intense. Its not a standard kind of
teenage love story because theres this time
limit so its so much more powerful they
really do fall in love.
The flm is very emotional, did
that jump out at you when you
read the script initially?
Id read the Now Is Good script on the way
to the set of War Horse one day and it
really moved me. I thought heres a movie
that isnt being made for any commercial
reason whatsoever. Its being made because
its art, for arts sake, not art for moneys
sake. Im incredibly inexperienced, but it
was very obvious to me that there were
two paths I could take. I could go down the
commercial route or I could go down the
path of doing a movie that I really enjoyed
- which are the ones with actual artistic
credibility in them and with a truthfulness
and an honesty.
The premise of the movie is
very depressing, is that true of
the flm itself?
No. The movie is 80% humour and 20%
very intense scenes. All the humour comes
from the fact that this girls got the worlds
best excuse, shes got this free pass and so
she goes out and she does all the things
that she never would have normally been
able to do. That includes all the things that
she would get in trouble for - and thats
where all the funny parts of the movie
come from.
How special was it working side-
by-side with the great actors in
this flm?
I get pretty overwhelmed at the beginning
normally when I meet these people. But
theyre so professional - as soon as you
start working with them they make you feel
like youre on a level with them and they
make you feel that youre all part of a cast
and youre working together. That for me
was such a gift - to feel like I was a part of
that team is amazing.
How have you been able to keep
your feet on the ground now that
youre a famous actor?
Family and friends: my family and friends
dont treat me any differently. I mean
what we do is acting for Christs sake.
Its like make believe for a living. Its very
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LIVING FOR THE MOMENT
easy to stay grounded when you remind yourself of that. My Mums a
local councillor and spends her days really helping people. What I do in
comparison to her is nothing so its all relative.
After starring in War Horse and Now is Good, how would
say your life has changed?
Its very simple: I can now get work. Ive spent two years walking around
London getting rejected and rejected and rejected, trying to put CVs
through agents letterboxes, going up for maybe three or four auditions
a week and not getting a single one. I mean to be able to suddenly
say Im an actor without blushing and without going red is amazing. I
remember when I was doing one of my frst jobs working with the
Royal Shakespeare Company. I had no lines and I was just coming on
stage every night and I had two branches and I was just a tree, a piece of
scenery. So all this stuff is just like the whipped cream and the cherries
on top: I never expected to ever be in a movie, I never expected to really
have lines.
So what does the future hold then for Jeremy Irvine?
Theres Great Expectations and thats a lovely British classic that we played
in the London Film Festival. Ive also got this movie where I play the young
Colin Firth with Nicole Kidman called The Railway Man which was just
amazing. Me and Colin would rehearse in his living room and we kind
of built a character together that was just a master class. Then Ive just
come back from working with Robert Duvall on a movie called A Night
in Old Mexico, which is great. It was a really nice contrast, a much lighter
movie and a very funny one too.
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Home is where the heart is That very familiar
place that we call home beckons us each time we are
out of its endearing reach. Wherever we go, however
far and wide we travel, we are always glad to return
to the comfort of our very own sanctuary. Home is the
place where we laugh and we cry, the place that sees us
through the good times and the bad. The place that we
hold in such high esteem, our own little corner within
this amazing world, that we want to make warm, cosy
and individual.
I myself am always looking for inspiration when it
comes to improving and adding to my home, be it from
magazines, books or exhibitions, I fnd that these sources
help to give me ideas on how to make my home that little
bit extra special.
I have to confess Im in love with all things French so
its not surprising that I am especially drawn to French
inspired interiors. My love affair with France could, of
course, be due to my French heritage, with my Fathers
ancestors originating from Versailles.
Absolute Interiors
For our house is our corner of the world
It is our universe, a real cosmos
in every sense of the word
Introducing our new Absolute
Interiors writer Tara de la Motte
(editor of Sussex Homes & Gardens
online) www.sussex-homes.co.uk
Each month Tara will be bringing you
lots of ideas for all your homemaking
aspirations.
The French style is based on a more, and not less,
theme and while I like certain modern elements in a
room I always feel that they work best when fused and
supported by their elder counter parts. Layering is the key
to the French inspired look. Heaps of cushions made from
vintage fabrics can sit alongside silk and lace throws, and
intricately woven rugs that have faded with the footsteps
of time, and the elegant chandeliers whose aged crystals
still sparkle and twinkle in the late afternoon sun.
Have nothing in your house
that you do not know to be useful
or believe to be beautiful.
I love the way French homes have a time worn ethereal
beauty. I like to think that my home is flled with objects
that are loved and cherished. I source many things from
car boot sales and local charity shops, after all one mans
rubbish is another mans treasure.
With so many beautiful objects just waiting to be found
right here in Sussex decorating your home can take you
on a poignant and fulflling journey, fnding something that
once belonged to someone else. Once rediscovered you
can breathe new life into your treasures as you refresh,
renew and help our world by recycling.
All the wonderful treasures that you fnd can be arranged
and re-arranged to make your own beautiful works of
art. Just by moving objects from place to place in a room
can enable you to see things in a totally different light.
My house is constantly evolving. Home to me is an ever-
changing landscape.
Even when I was a child I loved playing house, now Im
older I still believe in those same fundamental values of
making the place I live in beautiful without spending a
fortune. My home to me is a thing of beauty that I have
created with careful thought and sentiment.
William Morris
Gaston Bachelard
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Luxurious Cushions
An inviting chair flled with beautiful cushions of different
shape, size and fabric sit alongside each other in perfect
harmony. An ordinary sofa or chair can be instantly
transformed by adding cushions.
Vintage Books
A collection of antique books become an interesting
display when piled high against a pale wall. Each book
passed down through generations, read and re-read now
a unique work of art.
Pale and Interesting
All things pastel are refected in the decoration of this living
room, with a slight accent of colour from the roses. There
is a clever mix of old and new. Next to a modern marble
freplace sits an old Florentine table.
Vignette
A cleverly placed array of interesting objects, from mercury
glass candle holders to a collection of old glass decanter
tops and an old silver plated china pot, together create the
perfect display.
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Shabby Chic was born in 1989; it is
not only a brand name but a decorating
style founded by Rachel Ashwell.
Comfort, Cosiness and relaxation
are some of the fundamentals of
Shabby Chic it is a unpretentious and
exquisitely beautiful style. But most
of all it is a functional way of living
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Rachel Ashwell a single mother of two children,
originally looked to open a small shop where she could
sell (pretty things). Her vision and love of vintage style
and secondhand fnds hit a chord with her customers who
have since found her comfortable, relaxed approach to
design both reassuring and achievable.
Ive always felt at home with vintage fabrics and artifacts,
they have a warmth and sense of history and I think this
is why this style has always appealed to me.
The Shabby chic room is peaceful and calm, bright
and warm. Flexible enough to be whatever you wish it to
be, whatever you want to make it. A washed out faded
look is the key to the style, all shades of white paint are
often used within the shabby chic home. White paint is
inexpensive and guarantees a room that is flled with
light, and provides a pure, uncluttered backdrop against
which you can blend old and new furniture.
This is a look that is totally practical and not committing
to any particular era. It is a style that can work within any
house.
Soft romantic fabrics and muted colours are
designed to delight the eye and please the senses
Unlike some decorative styles that work only in certain
types of environments, Shabby Chic is a style that is
versatile and boundary free. It is about weeding out
the unnecessary, trusting your instincts about what is
comfortable and practical, noticing details, experimenting
with new and complimentary combinations of colours
and fabrics, and looking at imperfection and age with
appreciation for their unique signifcance and beauty.
Since Shabby Chic decorating is all about being
fexible and creative in your thinking, you will be able to
take advantage of bargains wherever they can be found.
(Just a few signature items can create a beautiful home
that refects your own taste and personality).
To get the most out of your second hand treasures be
prepared to give them a new purpose, whether your
tastes are traditional, retro or modern - A simple coat of
paint can quickly revive and stylise a neglected second
hand fnd or If you are handy with a sewing machine,
vintage and remnant fabrics picked up at sale prices
can be made into decorative cushions, seat covers and
simple curtains.
A mismatched, eclectic collection can prove to
be extremely endearing
Shabby Chic represents a revived appreciation for what
is useful, well loved, comfortable, for those things that
some might perceive as being too tattered and worn to
be of use or value. Shabby Chic is no more than coming
up with low cost solutions that make a house easy to live
in and beautiful too.
Rachels philosophy of dcor is that nothing should be
too precious. A child should feel free to put her feet on
the sofa, a guest, his cup on the coffee table. Collecting
important, rare and costly objects meant to be seen
and not touched is not what Shabby Chic is about. This
style suggests things that are inherited rather than shop-
bought and handmade rather than mass-produced. It is
also a style that is appreciative of the beauty of process
and evolution.
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I am most defnitely not a cold weather person, but I do love
the cosiness of winter, its such a luscious time of feel-good textures
and cosy snugness.

To celebrate this winter season here are some tips on how to survive
the cold months ahead in comfort and style.
As the dark evenings prevail lighting becomes more important. Create
the perfect mood with low level lighting and candle light. Tea lights are a
must in my house as I have them burning constantly through the winter
months. They look beautiful placed in glass dishes or jars creating a
warm, welcoming feeling.
This winter surround yourself with warm textures. Choose a throw made
from silk, satin, velvet or soft cashmere and wool. Throw it over the sofa
for added cosiness and warmth. Scatter a few winter cushions in deep
rich colours of reds, plums and golds.
Indulge in some delicacies such as chocolate and fne champagne or a
glass of baileys on ice.
I like to listen to music to keep me calm during shorter, darker days. I go
for the greatest hits of Ella Fitzgerald and Andrea Bochelli.
The sweet scent of perfume helps create a warm atmosphere on a
winters evening. I like the scent of vanilla and sandalwood and put a
few drops in an oil burner and let the aroma drift around the home.
Cosy up in front of an open fre. If you dont have an open fre put lots
of pillar candles together for the same effect. Group together different
shapes and sizes but remember to be candle safe.
Surround yourself with a variety of winter foliage, rosemary and lavender
cuttings go well together. The simple elegance of this arrangement
works well in a vintage vase. Allow the delicious fragrance to stimulate
your senses.
On crisp evenings I love to sit outside with friends, with fairy lights
wrapped around the plants for soft lighting and patio heaters to keep
warm. I cook one of my favourite easy dishes, chilli and serve it with pita
bread. This type of casual dining allows plenty of time to relax and chat.
Unwind in these long dark evenings with a hot bath. First give your
bathroom a good clear-out and make this space quite minimalist and
relaxing. Treat yourself to some bath oils, lavender essential oil is very
soothing. If you have the money buy some luxury white towels and treat
yourself to some products by Aqua di Parma. A couple of candles to
complete your bath time relaxation is an absolute luxury.
Finally when its time for bed make your boudoir romantic with plenty of
layering, silk, linen, velvet and down, accompanied by a warming mug
of hot chocolate and a good book. This is all you need to make your
bedtime pleasurable.
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For more than 50 years Madeleine Castaing was
an icon of the decorating world. With her striking looks,
eccentric millinery and silver-topped cane, Madeleine
Castaing cut a familiar fgure in the environs of St
Germain-des-Prs, where she owned a decorating shop
from 1940 until her death in 1992, aged 98.
Towards the end of her life it was her bizarre appearance
lopsided false eyelashes, scarlet gash of lipstick,
dancers leggings and a black fringed wig, secured by an
elastic chin-strap that doubled as an effective, if visible,
face-lift that attracted most attention from passers-by. But
to the international decorating world she was an icon:
revered by everyone from Nancy Lancaster and Yves
Saint Laurent to such leading contemporary designers as
Michael Smith in America and Jacques Grange in France.
Queen of the fea markets, she injected an unprecedented
note of unpredictability into the staid world of Parisian
interior design, with an arty, bookish and fn-de-sicle
feel that spread far beyond the magical mise en scnes
she created in her shop (though she would also tantalise
the decorators who came to buy the treasures she had
found, frequently declining to sell a favourite piece).
I decorate houses the way that others
paint pictures or write books
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rattan, horn, spindly ironwork and plain white muslin,
which she paired with museum-quality furniture, she was
way ahead of her time, and her infuence is still apparent
today, from interiors to flm sets and fashion shoots.
Her work was timeless and poetic, she tried to create
stories and thats what signifed her style and work. She
used to say There is always beauty in mystery.
Until her forties Castaing was content to devote her
creative energies to just one place: the Maison de Lves,
near Chartres, a house she had fallen in love with as a
child and bought as a ruin in 1924.
Upon marrying her rich, intellectual husband,
Marcellin. For nearly two decades she lovingly restored
the house and grounds, creating a place of magical,
haunting beauty in which her intense love of the natural
world was fused with an interpretation of the interiors
described by Tolstoy, Balzac and Stendhal.
The faade and ceilings were painted white and blue, the
foors covered in leaf-patterned carpets, and walls hung
with fabrics painted with garlands of ivy or palm fronds.
Slowly the rooms were flled with the idiosyncratic mix of
colours and patterns, shapes and textures that were to
become her signature style when, forced out of Lves by
the German occupation in 1940, she fed to Paris and set
up shop as a decorator.
I decorate houses the way that others paint pictures or
write books, Castaing said in later years. And as a canvas
or manuscript, Lves is full of her unmistakable brushwork
or handwriting, from the directoire exterior made elegant
in duck-egg blue and white with touches of pure black,
down to the classical friezes around the windows and
deep ornate trims on the buttoned-velvet furniture.
There is pattern galore, from the carpets and fabrics she
had manufactured to her own design to the extraordinary
leopard-skin drawing-room that inspired Jean Cocteau to
commission Magdeleine to decorate his country house.
Theres a hotchpotch of styles, from Etruscan to mid-
Victorian and taking in the Brighton Pavilion on the way.
Madeleine injected an unprecedented
note of unpredictability into the world of
Parisian interior design
But Lves was by no means cluttered or claustrophobic:
windows and beds were hung with white muslin adorned
with simple tassels or pompoms, the curtains fastened
with her trademark high tiebacks. And Castaings loyal
adherence to certain much loved colours, including black,
white, turquoise, deep red and a clear greenish blue that
should really be christened Castaing blue, gave her
rooms coherence and integrity.
There was also the famous irreverence and humour.
Sometimes you need a bit of bad taste! she would declare,
and plastic fowers, lime-yellow leather, and safety-pins
holding together a Balenciaga gown were all part of her
inimitable style, testimony to her talent for reinventing and
re-enchanting even the most unprepossessing items.
There is always beauty in mystery
By Elspeth Thompson
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fter thousands of food and drink lovers
in the county have voted for their
favourites, the Sussex Food & Drink
Awards judges have tested and tasted their way
through the very best eateries, food and drink
producers, farmers markets and food shops
across the county in the past month and have
announced the grand fnalists for the 2012/13
awards.
Said Clive Beddall OBE, Chair of the Judges,
who oversaw the judges debate, Sussex
produce is just getting better and better and
more famous every year in other parts of the
country we have a great deal to be proud of
in this county!
Once again, the quality and diversity of our
grand fnalists is superb and we have some
exciting newcomers alongside old favourites.
We are now looking forward to announcing
our winners at the Sussex foodie event of the
year, the awards banquet, at the Amex Stadium
on January 31, hosted by Sally Gunnell OBE
and the BBCs Danny Pike.
Sussex
Foodie News
by Paula Seager
The three grand fnalists
in each of the eight awards
categories are:
Best Sussex Eating Experience
sponsored by Mayo Wynne Baxter Solicitors
The Cat, West Hoathly, West Sussex
The Ram Inn, Firle, East Sussex
Wabi, Horsham, West Sussex
Sussex Farmer of the Year
sponsored by Knill James
Harry Goring, the Wiston Estate, Steyning, West Sx
Martin and Gundrada Hole,
Montague Farm, Pevensey, East Sussex
Phil and Steve Hook, Longleys Farm,
Hailsham, East Sussex
Sussex Food Producer of the Year
sponsored by The Southern Co-operative
Carolines Dairy, Sidlesham, West Sussex
High Weald Dairy, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex
Just Brownies, Partridge Green, West Sussex
Sussex Farmers Market of the Year
sponsored by Harveys
Chichester, West Sussex
Lewes, East Sussex
Steyning, West Sussex
Sussex Drink Producer of the Year
sponsored by Natural PR Ltd
Dark Star Brewing Co, Partridge Green, West Sussex
Ridgeview Wine Estate, Ditchling, East Sussex
Wobblegate, Bolney, West Sussex
Best Sussex Food/Farm Shop
sponsored by the Sussex Food & Drink Network
The Hungry Guest, Petworth, West Sussex
The Sussex Produce Company, Steyning, West Sussex
Veasey and Sons Fishmonger, Forest Row, East Sussex
Sussex Butcher of the Year
sponsored by Natural Farms
Archers, Westfeld, East Sussex
Bramptons Butchers, Brighton, East Sussex
John Murray Butchers, Loxwood, West Sussex
Sussex Young Chef of the Year
sponsored by Gram UK Ltd and Cheese Please
Charlie Tayler, South Lodge, Horsham, West Sussex
Jimmy Gray, Jeremys Restaurant,
Borde Hill, West Sussex
Ryan Hunter, Wingrove House, Alfriston, East Sussex
The Sussex foodie
event of the year!
Enjoy a sumptuous
seven-course Sussex ban-
quet at the Sussex Food &
Drink Awards banquet at
the Amex Stadium on Janu-
ary 31st.
ickets are now on sale at
www.sussexfoodawards.biz
SIZZLING SUSSEX - TASTE FINALISTS
Food & Drink
A
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Absolutely fabulous
SAUSAGE ROLLS!
The Absolute team loves nothing better than a good sausage roll and
word on the streets of Brighton is that Jamie Olivers Fabulous Feasts
at the Royal Pavilion Ice Rink might be making the best around...
The team mix top quality free-range pork with the best English
Bramley apples and fresh sage and wrap it in homemade, all butter
puff pastry, topped with fennel seeds.
So are these the best sausage rolls in town? We will be comparing
them to others next month. Please do go and taste them for
yourselves and let us know your views! Email info@naturalpr.biz
And dont forget to work up an appetite on the ice frst the Royal
Pavilion Ice Rink is open until January 20.
See www.ticketmaster.co.uk/royal-pavilion-ice-rink
I
t seems a strange fact that in the past three years since
the Brighton & Hove Foodie Awards was launched as
part of the citys food festival, public voting has chosen
vegetarian winners every year.
For the frst two years, the restaurant winner was Terre a
Terre and this year it was Food for Friends; the reigning
Best Caf this year is Iydea in Kensington Gardens; Infnity
Foods has won Best Food Shop every year since the
awards began; and even last years Best Food Pub serves
exclusively vegetarian fare, though this years winner is the
superb Ginger Pig.
Since Natural PR created these awards and has managed a
completely open public voting system, it has become clear
that vegetarians are more loyal and true than other foodies.
One local resident and vegetarian said: I think we especially appreciate
the fact that they are creating something that is just right for us so
many food places just offer a couple of veggie options and their heart
isnt in it, but in Brighton we are blessed with amazing places to eat
interesting, healthy and even exotic vegetarian meals and you dont
even have to be a vegetarian to enjoy them. Thank you to all the
vegetarian restaurants, cafes, shops and pubs in the city!
Vegetarians loyal and true in Brighton
B0113_055 Food extra.indd 1 2/1/13 18:55:57
where?
Trevor Sorbie Salon, Brighton
why?
Special event in aid of the
Rockinghorse childrens charity
fact.
The Lanes Health and Beauty
treated clients to manicures,
and Bare Minerals were on
hand to make sure everyone
looked beautiful
who?
92 ABSOLUTE
guestlist
1. The Trevor Sorbie salon
2. Clare Burgess from Allium B
3. From Lanes Health and Beauty, Julie Coates
and Jo Wood
4. Makeover for Clare Croome of JBPR
5. Kate Wilson, Director of Trevor Sorbie Brighton
with Cheryl Piper from Rockinghorse with the
hamper of beauty products to be raffed
6. From Rockinghorse, Cheryl Piper and Analiese
Doctrove
7. Finished makeover for Clare Croome
8. Trevor Sorbies Sarah Heath
9. Emma and Vicky from Bare Minerals
10. Sylvia Barnes with Beauty Therapist
Nicola Lawlor
11. Rockinghorses Analiese Doctrove
12. Anna Chapman, Art Director at Trevor Sorbie
Pictures by Graham Franks
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W
hat happened to us in Sussex?
We dont seem to eat fsh any
more! The British in general
have got very lazy about eating anything but
big fsh - chunky fllets of cod, haddock and
rock salmon, most likely in batter from the fsh
n chippy, and thats about it, leading to these
breeds of fsh becoming over-fshed, rare and
at risk of going extinct. Most of our locally-
caught fsh from winkles to sole - is exported
to France and Spain, because theres a market
for it there, while we are simply not buying it!
We are causing the demise of our fsh and
our fshing feets, with the young generation of
fshermen, challenged by our lack of interest
and the raw end of European quotas for fshing,
simply giving up the trade. Sussex fshermen
could also be extinct within the next fve years!
The Hastings fshing feet and their supporters
created a superb Herring Fair for the frst
time last month, aiming at promoting this
under-valued fsh which is not only delicious
but also abundant right now during the winter
season. They held banquets dedicated to the
silver of the sea, a fsh fair with the raising of
the herring fags, the traditional blessing of
the nets, talks and stalls showcasing herring
cookery, pickling and smoking skills and at night
the Hastings Bonfre Boyes toured the Old
Town with their barrows, a Catterning and
Clemmening in a revival of the ancient Sussex
tradition.
I think us foodies would all love to have been
there and will be there next year if we can
but most importantly, we need to start buying
and eating herrings and the other fsh, which
ever fsh is sustainably caught from the sea off
our coasts. We need to support our fshermen
and encourage the kind of fshing that will help
our fsh stocks revive and fourish and we need
to stop being squeamish and eat what is fresh
and local!
To fnd out where you can buy locally caught
fsh, visit: www.southeastseafood.co.uk
The silver of the sea
Paula Seager is the founder of Natural PR
Natural PR is a team of strategic public relations experts who can help you to communicate
naturally in the language and style your business or consumer audience understands and
responds to positively. If you need to promote your business, see: www.naturalpr.biz
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Heavenly Havana
Havana is a Brighton institution that never lets you down.
Review by Ian Trevett
E
ating out is always a bit of a lottery. You go to a great
restaurant and recommend it to friends, but when you return
the service isnt quite as good or the food disappoints. There
are no such worries with Havana. Everytime I have dined here I have
left with great memories of an exceptional night out.
Such consistency is a fantastic achievement, especially for a
restaurant which has been on the scene for 17 years, but I
think I have now worked out what their secret is. Watching the
Havana team in action, it is striking that the manager is always
enthusiastically hands-on. He is greeting customers, pouring drinks,
washing glasses and working hard. The message is clear: this is a man
who cares about his restaurant and he expects the same from his
staff.
The day after our meal, I dropped by for a chat with the manager
and he explained his philosophy: Quite simply, I enjoy what I do. I
am very passionate about Havana and I get a buzz from it. Everyday
is new experience and challenge.
We do our utmost to keep our customers happy: from the service
to the food. We want our staff to be knowledgeable about the food
and share our passion for the restaurant.
It is an approach that works. The restaurant trade is notorious for
high staff turnover, but not at Havana. Most of the team have been
there for the long-term.
The desire to keep customers happy was also in evidence during
our meal. My wife Julia has a condition called Coeliac Disease, where
a trace of gluten can cause her to be very unwell. Eating out can
be a digestive Russian Roulette as it isnt as easy as just avoiding
bread and pasta - traces of wheat can lurk in less obvious places.
Top: Mandarin cheesecake
Above: Roast Sea Bass
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Heavenly Havana
It was obvious that our waitress was knowledgeable about her
condition and Julia felt totally confdent that she would be looked
after. The gluten-free bread was the only item that was probably
not prepared on site, which is how it should be for contamination
reasons.
They are aware of the importance of special diets: We go out of
our way to make sure diets are catered for and will always chat
to our chef. We take it very seriously. We can always prepare
something off the menu if needed.
There was no need on this occasion and Julia started with
Steamed mussels, Sussex cider and shallots. Her view was they were
the best mussels she has tasted yet. This is quite a statement as
she always goes for the moules frites when we visit France or
Belgium. Our continental friends wont be happy.
My starter was just as predictable - I can never resist the scallop
option, and I chose Persolade crumbled scallops, curried pea and
lettuce soup, crispy bacon and garlic foam. It was a combination
which seemed quite unusual, as there is always a worry that the
subtle favour of the scallops can be overwhelmed. No problem -
the chef clearly knows what he is doing. The favours worked well
together and the scallops were delicious.
I kept on the seafood for the main with Roast sea bass, chorizo,
white wine mussels, chilli Parisian potatoes and micro coriander,
allowing myself the opportunity for a second opinion on the
mussels. Julia is a good judge on these things.
She went for the 42 day dry aged 7oz grilled sirloin, triple cooked
chips, saute wild mushrooms, rocket, parmesan and balsamic salad ie
the steak and chips. You cant beat the old classic, especially with
a touch of Havana quality. As you might expect, there were no
tough, gristly bits to contend with.
Im not sure quite what possessed me to choose the Mandarin
cheesecake, rhubarb consomm and candied rhubarb. I know why
it appealed - I love cheesecake. But on the other hand I cant
bear rhubarb, that bitter monstrosity of a vegetable (or fruit if
you are from America!). Typical Havana - the various incarnations
of rhubarb were all lovely. Maybe I will have to reconsider this
prejudice, though I doubt it will ever taste as nice. Julia had no
negative preconceptions to overcome and she loved her Poached
pear served with hazelnut sable, poir williams custard and huile dolive
ice cream.
I really feel that I should apologise for this review. I am fan of
the sneeringly witty restaurant reviews of Giles Coren and
AA Gill. This has lacked any of their barbed one-liners and as a
result, will be less of a good read. The trouble is we just had a
wonderful meal with informed and attentive service, along with
the esteemed house jazz players (even if they did have to interupt
their set four times for Happy Birthday to You). I have no criticisms
to offer. Sorry.
All I can say in my defence is that I have got all the way through a
Havan review without once talking about the colonial-infuenced
decor. And that has to be a frst.
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I
have long waited for a good, easily accessible, reasonably priced,
achingly hip and atmospheric Japanese restaurant. The kind where
you can pop in for a light lunch, entertain clients, have a party or be
romanced by somebody special, all under one roof. Little did I know
that there was an absolute gem, right under my nose, just up the road in
Horsham.
Horsham is perceived as being a little behind in the food stakes
compared with Brightons cosmopolitan offerings. Wabi Izakaya however,
in the best possible sense, takes this perception, and gives it a swift boot
in the backside.
Named after Wabi Sabi, the Japanese movement characterised by simple,
undeclared beauty, Wabi is a restaurant and cocktail lounge whose
striking design and elegant cuisine ensure that it more then lives up to its
namesake.
Set over two foors, the dcor is simply astounding. Blackened slate
against dark hard wood and impeccable design throughout.
On the ground foor, there is a buzzing bar with a waterfall backdrop,
where suave tenders create exquisite cocktails and people dine on
communal tables, giving it a youthful and laid back vibe.
The frst foor is equally as pleasing if not a little more grown up. Candle
lit tables creating a more personal experience, and a 12-seat tatimi room.
The layout of Japanese restaurants, with wood paneling and seating on
the foor is exciting but needless to say, a little uncomfortable. You have
to take off your shoes (matching socks advisable!), sit cross-legged for
the whole meal and ask for a fnal course of a winch and some WD-40
to get back on your feet. Luckily though, the table in this stunning area
has a central space, so you can sit on the foor, with your feet beneath
it. I opted for one of the eight private booths available for my dining
experience.
Unfortunately, my date was running late, so I was delighted to fnd Wabi
creator and former Nobu head chef, Scott Hallsworth,
waiting for me on my arrival.
Now, I am a girl of research; knowledge is power and all that
jazz, so I already knew that his Japanese fare with a European
twist had won Wabi accolades, including two AA rosettes.
With this in mind, I was hoping for big things, but shameful
to say, was almost expecting poncy portions, and slabs of
generic raw fsh on pretty plates as Ive experienced so often
in Fine Dining restaurants.
I could not have been more wrong. What came out over the period of
my stay were mind bogglingly good explosive taste sensations, which
for the larger part were cooked and not raw at all.
To begin, we had some nibbly bits; the freshest edamame with sprinklings
of Malden sea salt, crunchy soramame tempura (Japanese broad beans)
seasoned with wasabi and home made pork scratching with yuzu pepper
aioli. I almost died when I tried the scratching. It melted in my mouth
completely unexpectedly. Utterly dreamy.
Scott then recommended some of the other dishes from the menu, and I
was entranced and captivated by his devotion to his art when describing
and explaining the process, from choosing the ingredients to the complex
cooking, and the delivery to the customer. This guy has more passion then
the High Renaissance painter Raphael, who was as well known for his art
and architecture as his love of the ladies.
Next up: Crunchy salmon tacos with tomato, chili and lime salsa, beef
fllet tataki with onion ponzu and garlic chips and spicy tuna tartar served
on crispy rice senbei.
Ive often wondered how incredible chefs manage to make beef so
damn tender this was ridiculous, it was so light it was barely there, just
outstanding and fabulously moreish. The other two dishes were equally as
pleasing.
I almost died when I tried the scratching. It melted in my mouth
completely unexpectedly. Utterly dreamy...
Wisdom in natural
simplicity
Anastasia Meldrum enjoys the simple, undeclared beauty
of Wabi Izakaya in Horsham
B0113_060_061 Wabu review.indd 2 2/1/13 17:17:45
At this point, my partner arrived so we stopped
to drink, chat and laugh with Scott and the
most intelligent and attentive waiter I have ever
come across, Alexander. I was drinking a lovely
white wine, Gali 2011, and my partner opted
for Wabis very own beer, Wabi Sabi, which is
brewed in Horsham and is made with Yuzu
juice, a Japanese citrus.
Then it was on to more delicious treats Maki
sushi unagi eel and prawn tempura, crispy
squid kara-age with jalapeno sauce, and bbq
pork belly buns with spicy miso sauce. The little
pork buns were not only a novelty, but utterly
delicious. Tender pork sqidged into soft, spongy
buns with a frecracker sauce that made my
ears tingle.
Although stuffed I found myself fngering
the dessert menu. Oh go on then, just
the FOUR!!! A selection of warm chocolate
banana harumaki, sorbet, mochi and ginger and
cinnamon whippy ice cream that tasty we
fnished the plates clean.
Whilst sitting at the end with my espresso
martini, it dawned on me that we had been at
our table for fve hours. Everything had been
such a pleasure from the food, service and
company that the time had run away with us.
The common misconception from Japanese
dining is that you will be served raw fsh. Wabi
is setting a new precedent, and a far higher
percent of the menu is cooked, thus appealing
to those who like their fsh warm and beef with
a little less moo.
Wabi Horsham has also set the trend for the
brand to enter London, with the inception of
Wabi London just a few weeks ago. Something
tells me the Japanese eateries in the Capital
have a lot to fear This powerhouse has
success stamped all over it.
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Select a choice from eight smaller
tasting dishes to be shared in a tapas
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From the Izakaya burger to Pork buns
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and a drink for 9.99 in the wabi
lounge all week.

www.wabirestaurants.com/horsham
38 East Street
HorshamRH12 1HL
Tel: 01403 788140
reservations@wabi.co.uk
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T
he rst Little Bay restaurant outside of London opened last year on
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the Kings Road, enjoying the wonderful views that such a position offers.
Little Bay focuses on fresh ingredients at a low price, for their modern-
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theatrical environment! The fabulous dcor lends itself beautifully to the live
opera performances, available on Wednesday to Saturday evenings at 8pm.
There is no additional charge for the opera entertainment when you dine
during the performance, making dining at Little Bay even better value for
money!
Singers Toby Sims, Debbie bridge, Adele Bates and Yvonne Patrick are
experienced and professional performers. Come and listen for yourself!
Little Bay Brighton
60 - 64 Kings Road, Brighton
Tel: 01273 731330
www.littlebay.co.uk
A BREATH OF
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Prawn Cocktail with New Potato,
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Oven Roast Fillet of Salmon,
Saag Aloo Potato, Thai Curry Sauce
Fillet of Plaice stuffed with Crab Meat.
Baby Spinach, Sauce Veronique
Stuffed Chicken Breast
with Lamb Mince, Green Beans, Port Wine Sauce
Confit Leg of Duck,
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According to The Times, it wont be long
before Kovak are seen on the main stage
of Glastonbury. Catch
them before they get
too big. The bands
manager Andy Hollis
gives us a quick guide
to Kovak
Who Loves Ya, Baby
music
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Who are Kovak?
Kovak have been described recently in Star Magazine as The UKs answer
to the Scissor Sisters which is probably a fair enough starting point and
The Times recently wrote a double page piece on the band, where they
were compared to vintage Blondie. They are also being championed
currently as at the forefront of the re-emergence of the Great British Pop
Band. Theres a real sea-change happening where people are getting bored
of the manufactured acts and homogenous sounds of the pop artists today,
mainly because theyre written for and produced by the same people, so any
hope of individuality is lost. Kovak are out there to change things again.
The band consists of the enigmatic blonde chanteuse, Annelies Van Der
Velde, brothers Karl (guitars) and Darren Bray (drums) and Jonny Scafdi
(bass).
How would you describe Kovaks music?
Lively, fun electro-pop. The band recently fnished recording the next album
in Spain and its sounding frstly very much like a real band - not a collection
of synths and drum patterns with a singer - its retro, but up to date. If
Blondie hooked up with the Scissor Sisters, theyd give birth to Kovak.
Theres a bit of Primal Scream and Stones in there too
these days.
Whats happening with Kovak now?
Kovak recently became only the second unsigned band in
history to be playlisted on the UKs largest station, Radio 2 with
their new single, Killer Boots.
The second single, Living The Dream was taken up by VEVO and
gained 75,000 hits in 2 days on YouTube. Theres a huge amount
right now in the pipeline - the next single and album will be out
soon along with a major tour.
How successful/well known will Kovak become?
Tricky to predict - if someone had the formula to predict the tastes of
the general public theyd be extremely rich. Who could have predicted the
huge impact made by Adele last year?
The Times said that Kovak were on the verge of making it big and
predicted it wouldnt be long before we saw them on the main stage at
Glastonbury. Theres a nice aim for you!
Kovak are known for your club nights and guest stars. Can you
tell us more about these?
The band have always been incredibly supportive and interested in the local
scene - theres so much good, creative talent in Brighton, but very often
people get caught up in their own projects. If we all pulled together to help
everyone out, it could be a very powerful and successful hub and outlet. As
a result, the band have run the Club Kovak night where they invite other
local acts to play a live show, alongside a name DJ - recently theres been
turns from The Go!Team and The Orbs Alex Paterson.
Is everyone from Brighton?
Everyone lives in Brighton now. Annelies is actually originally from
Belgium and is striving to become top answer in the classic pub question
name fve famous Belgians...
www.kovak.co.uk
B0113_063 Music Kovak.indd 1 3/1/13 12:02:18
Theatre Royal, Brighton
New Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1SD
BoxOffce: 08700 606 650
Tue 8th Jan - 12th Jan 2013
Quartermaines Terms (play)
Thu 17th & 24th Jan 2013
What is it about that night
Singer Catherine Ireton
Fri 18th Jan - Sat 19th Jan
Limelight
Mon 28th Jan - 28th Jan 2013
One Night of Elvis (concert)
Wed 30th Jan - 30th Jan 2013
Thatll Be The Day (concert)
Thu 31st Jan - 31st Jan 2013
Motowns Greatest Hits -
How Sweet it Is (concert)
Sat 2nd Feb
Milton Jones: On the Road 2013
Tue 5th Feb
Ellen Kents Tosca
Wed 6th Feb
Ellen Kents Tosca
Thurs 7th Feb
Big Cheer for Amaze 3
Phil Jupitus and friends
Friday 8th Feb
Beyond the Barricade
Sun 17th Feb
Pam Ann: Around the World
Brighton Dome
Church Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1UD
www.brightondome.org
BoxOffce: 01273 709 709
Sun 20th Jan
Britten Sinfonia
Corn Exchange
Tue 22nd Jan
Brighton Dome Organ Recitals
Richard Hills
Concert Hall
Sat 26th Jan
Jimmy Carr - Gagging Order
Tuesday 29th Jan
BalletBoyz (dance troupe)
Wed 13th Feb
Illusions
Studio Theatre
Latest Music Bar, Brighton
14 - 17
Manchester St
Brighton
BN2 1TF
www.thelatest.co.uk/musicbar
BoxOffce: 01273 687171
Mon Jan 7th
DigiTune Presents
Show 8.00 4/3 cons
Tues Jan 8th
Action for Happiness.
Doors 7.30 Show 8.00 Free
Thursday Jan 10th
Catalyst Club
Doors: 8.00 Price: 5
Tues Jan15th
Cafe Scientifque
Doors: 7.30pm
Thurs Jan 17th
Anita Boult
Doors 7.30 10/8
Thurs Jan 24th
Speaky Spokey
Show 8.00pm 5/4 advance
Proud Brighton
83 Saint Georges
Road BN2 1EF
www.brightoncabaret.com
01273 605789
Fri 11th Jan
Super Club 25
Sat 12th Jan
Le Chat Noir 35
Fri 18th Jan
Blind Pig & Cabaret 25
Sat 19th Jan
Le Chat Noir 35
Thur 24th Jan
Speakeasy 19
Fri 25th Jan
50 Shades 25
Sat 26th Jan
Le Chat Noir 35
Thur 31st Jan
Speakeasy 19
Fri 1st Feb
Super Club 25
Sat 2nd Feb
Le Chat Noir 35
LISTINGS
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Brighton Centre, Brighton
Kings Road,
Brighton
BN1 2GR
BoxOffce: 0844 847 1515
The Old Market, Brighton
11A Upper
Market Street,
Brighton
www.theoldmarket.com
BoxOffce: 01273 201801
Tue 8th Jan
Miniclick: Mark Power
Monthly photography discussions
Thu 10th Jan
Laughtermarket. Monthly comedy
night with headline and new
stand-up acts.
Headliner: Luisa Omeilan
Tue 15th Jan
Design Brighton: Inspire
Guests: Deyan Sudjic OBE &
Kyle Bean
Wed 16th Jan
iOpen Spoken Word
Evening of free verse, hosted by
MC Roy Hutchins
Thu 17th Jan
Comedy Double Bill:
Alfe Brown & Daniel Simonsen
Sat 19th Jan
Alive & Swinging with
Marilyn Monroe
& The Burning Love Band
Tues 22nd Jan
The Drawing Circus Presents:
Drawn to the Ocean
Thu 24th Jan
Shorts & Sweets Book Club
Reading: Sylvia Townsend Warner
Concorde, Brighton
Madeira
Shelter Hall
Madeira Drive
Brighton
BN2 1EN
www.concorde2.co.uk
BoxOffce: 01273 673 311
Fri 18th Jan
Miguel
+ support from DALEY
Sat 19th Jan
The Correspondents
Goodtime party hip-hop
Thu 24th Jan 2013
POETS vs MCs
Fri 25th Jan
Congo Natty
Sun 27th Jan 2013
Brighton Rumble Rockabilly Show
Featuring The Doel Brothers
Fri 1st Feb
UK Decay and The Cravats
Tue 5th Feb
Noreaga
Fri 8th Feb
The Bronx
Mon 11th Feb
Darwin Deez
Tue 12th Feb
Frightened Rabbit
Wed Jan 2nd - Sat Jan 12th
Starlight Express
Thu Jan 17th
Gary Barlow: In Concert
Sun Jan 20th
Ronan Keating FIRES Live
Mon Jan 21st
Donny & Marie LIVE
Fri Jan 25th - Sun JAN 27th
Madagascar Live!
Out of the zoo and onto the
stage...!
Tue Jan 29th - Thu Jan 31st
The XFactor Live
The Final Seven Acts
Mon Feb 4th
Paloma Faith
Mon Feb 11th
Plan B
Fri Feb 15th
Little Mix
The hottest new girl band...
Sun Feb 17th
Boogie Nights
The Osmonds and
Gareth Gates...
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GiG Guide
Jacquemo Sat 12 Jan @ The Brunswick
Lee Scratch Perry Wed Jan 13 @ Concorde 2
A veteran of reggae and dub, Lee Perry was a key founder in the devel-
opment of Jamaican popular music and this February he brings his mix
quirky instrumental numbers to the Concorde 2.
Jouis Tue 15 Jan @ The Green Door Store
Art of Burning Water Thur 17 Jan @ The Prince Albert
JD Mcpherson Fri 18 Jan @ The Haunt
Written In Waters Mon 21 Jan @ The Prince Albert
Matthew E. White Tue 22 Jan @ The Hope
Born Gold Wed 23 Jan @ The Green Door Store
Gnarwolves Thur 24 Jan @ The Prince Albert
Suave Debonair Fri 25 Jan @ The Prince Albert
The Physics House Band Sat 26 Jan @ The Prince Albert
AK/DK Sun 27 Jan @ The Prince Albert
Mykki Blanco Mon 28 Jan @ The Green Door Store
Passenger Wed 30 Jan @ Komedia
David Bazan Thur 31 Jan @ The Basement
Kelly Joe Phelps Fri 1 Feb @ The Palmeira
Dinosaur Jr Sat 2 Feb @ Concorde 2
Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun Sun 3 Feb @ The Prince Albert
Funeral for a Friend Mon 4 Feb @ The Haunt
Maria Minerva Tue 5 Feb @ Green Door Store
Jason Lytle Sat 9 Feb @ The Haunt
Killer Mike Sun 10 Feb @ The Green Door Store
Plan B Mon 11 Feb @ The Brighton Centre
The English rapper, singer-songwriter, actor and flm director who shot
to national stardom with his 2010 UK #1 album The Defamation of
Strickland Banks comes to Brighton to perform a collection of songs
from his three critically acclaimed albums.
Frightened Rabbit Tue 12 Feb @ Concorde 2
Villagers Sun 17 Feb @ The Old Market
Delphic Wed 20 Feb @ Komedia
I am Kloot Thur 21 Feb @ St Bartholomews Church
Calexico Tue 19 Feb @ Corn Exchange
The Arizona based indie rock band who have been described as A
band utterly assured and fully aware of their intoxicating potency stop
off at The Corn Exchange as part of their 6-date UK/Irish tour.
Richard Thompson Fri 22 Feb @ Brighton Dome
Michael Chapman Sat 23 Feb @ West Hill Hall
Example Tue 26 Feb @ The Brighton Centre
Lee Scratch Perry
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Gary Barlow - Thurs Jan 17th, Brighton Centre
With over 20 years experience, 50 million records sold, eight number one
albums and six Ivor Novello Awards, Gary Barlow is clearly recognised as one
of the most successful British singer songwriters ever. This tour is his frst in
13 years and his show will include songs from his entire career.
Miguel - Fri Jan 18th, Concorde 2
Miguel Jontel Pimentel is an American singer, songwriter and producer who
incorporates R&B, funk, hip hop, rock and electronic styles into his music.
Following the release of his sophomore album, Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguels
current show will incorporate songs from his frst two albums.
Supercharged presents Krafty Kuts Sat Jan 19th, Digital
Brighton based musician Krafty Kuts is a world renowned DJ recognised as
one of the best-known purveyors of breakbeats and old-skool hip-hop. His
breakbeat night, Skool of Thought, is widely considered one of the best
.
Metz Mon Jan 31st, Green Door Store
Straight out of the Toronto hardcore scene, strap yourself in for a night of
hard, fast, punk rock from Canadian outft, Metz. The power trio are on a
mission to spread the raw, emotional sounds of post-hardcore sludge-punk
across the globe and do so with a mix of absorbing song writing and a
dissonant pulse.
Mo Shines pick of the best six shows this month
SIMPly THe BeST
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whats on
Starlight express
Until Jan 12th, Brighton Centre
Starlight express opened to packed houses in londons West end
in 1984 where it ran for over 7000 performances. It is a futuristic
tale about love and hope in the face of adversity, with two hours
of speed, spectacle, energy, daredevil stunts and turbo charged
excitement, combined with an electrifying sound track, dazzling
sets and costumes, extraordinary roller-choreography and some of
Andrew lloyd Webbers most memorable musical hits.
Alice In Wonderland
Script, music & lyrics by Mike Carter.
Southwick Players bring you a delightful start to the New year with a
fairy tale that enchants children and adults alike.
With well over 1,000 performances since its opening night, this
adaptation of Alice in Wonderland has all the humour, excitement and
magic of lewis Carrolls classic childrens story.
Saturday 5th - Saturday 12th January 2013 at 7.30pm
(Matinee 5th, 6th & 12th at 2.30pm)
Tickets - 8/12
The Barn Theatre Community Centre, 24 Southwick Street
Southwick, BN42 4TE
Box Offce: 01273 597094
On-line booking: www.southwickplayers.org.uk
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Group Bookings: 01273 292695
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THE YOUNG KINGS OF DANCE...
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T
he award-winning ten-strong all male
dance company, BalletBoyz, are touring
next spring with their new show, the
TALENT 2013. Co-founders William Trevitt and
Michael Nunn give readers an insight to this
unique spectacle of dancing talent
The TALENT is billed as giving us something
new and exciting from the Balletboyz. Can you
tell our readers a bit about this new venture?
We started the TALENT back in 2009, and its
been touring throughout the UK since early
2010. Now in its fourth season, its essentially
a continuation of all the hard work that the
company has done over the past few years.
The evening is made up of two new pieces by
two very accomplished choreographers; Russell
Maliphant has worked with us a lot in the past,
making work on the two of us when we used
to perform, so we know his style and way of
working really well. Were also delighted to be
working with a young, up and coming dance
maker called Liam Scarlett, who has just left the
Royal Ballet and is starting to make a name for
himself. Hes already created work in the US
on some big ballet companies as well as for the
Royal Ballet here in the UK, but his work for us is
his frst time working with a contemporary dance
company.
The show is exactly what it says on the tin
the best talent we could possibly fnd. We
think theres something for everyone, and as
our dancers grow and mature with each passing
season, the quality of our output on stage also
blossoms.
When scouting for talented dancers, besides
the obvious ability, what are you looking for?
Hmmm, thats a really tricky question to
answer! We know it sounds a bit clichd, but
it is very much a case of looking for the X-
Factor. Its diffcult to pinpoint what makes a
great dancer. Like you say, theres the obvious
technical capability: an understanding of their
body and how it moves through space etc.
But then there are also all the other qualities
that are hard to quantify. Its hard to put your
fnger on, but ultimately, we need/want to be
unable to take our eyes off someone when
theyre dancing. That doesnt mean they need
to have the highest jump, or the nicest feet, but
rather just be so committed to what theyre
doing that you become completely absorbed
in their performance. Then there are practical
considerations too; are they easy to get along
with? Can they take corrections, and more
importantly, apply them? Also key is a well-
developed sense of humour! Take your craft and
your work seriously, but never yourself.
How do you all keep ft and get ready for your
gruelling performances, and how do you and the
boys like to relax?
When you work as hard as our dancers do, there
isnt really much need to keep ft. The job takes
care of that. Doing a proper class every day is
vital to maintaining form and managing your
body. We do all that we can to ensure that our
dancers are as well prepared as possible when it
comes to stepping out on stage. Injuries are the
bane of any professional dancers career, and by
doing class consistently, working in a safe manner
and listening to your body this risk becomes
minimised. In terms of relaxing, spending quality
time with friends and family is always healthy. It
is important to create a balance. We both have
young families, as does one of our dancers, so this
is important.
And fnally, do you get much chance to see
anything of Brighton when you come here? If
so, how do you like our city?
Unfortunately, not as much as wed like to!
Touring (especially in the UK) is incredibly tiring,
and can quickly become repetitive. We usually
get to the city were performing in by lunchtime
and are then on stage by about 2pm. We work
solidly on stage up until about an hour before
curtain up and then its show time! As soon as
the curtain comes down, its time for a quick cool
down and then a race to the station to get the
train back to London. If were performing over
Ballet Extraordinary
Mo Shine catches up with the co-founders of
the BalletBoyz before their Brighton performance
this month
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a certain distance, then we stay overnight and
come home in the morning or head straight to
the next theatre, but in general there is very little
time to sightsee and chill. It sounds a bit dull, but
then when we get to perform overseas, theres
far more time for R&R. We took the company
out to Marthas Vineyard a couple of years ago
to take part in a residency and spent two weeks
just dancing loads and then laying on the beach
to recover! Its amazing stuff like that, that is
the pay off for all the hard graft. Brighton may
not have the same climate as MV, but its still a
buzzing town and a great place to come for a
night out. Weve not actually performed here
for a while so were very excited to be coming
back and we hope the town likes what we have
to offer.
The company line-up consists of Taylor Benjamin,
Andrea Carrucciu, Flavien Esmieu, Adam Kirkham,
Alexander Loxton, Jordan Olpherts, Edward
Pearce, Leon Poulton, Matthew Rees and Mat-
thew Sandiford.

BalletBoyz
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
7.30pm
Ticket Offce: 01273 709709
brightondome.org
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Profile, Dukes Lane,
Brighton
why?
Some Seagulls enjoy a
Profile showcase
who?
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guestlist
1. A special visit from Brighton and
Hove Albion players Dean Hammond,
Stephen Dobbie, Liam Bridcutt and
Gordon Greer
2. Brighton and Hove Albions Gill
McPhee and Paul Rogers
3. Magdalena Maria, Mola Bodun and
Magda Iwona
4. Manda Shi and Maricci Lapuz
5. Music from crooner Matthew
vanKan
6. Tara Brazier
7. Curtis and Harvey Southon
8. Lizzie Mazza, Emma Hourican and
Kia Davitt
9. Tina and Rebecca
10. A stress relieving hand massage
at Bare Minerals for Lisa Ventham of
JBPRCox of Juice Breakfast show6.
Montefore MD Andy Wood
11. Profles Behzad Ajban, David
Silburn and Matt Wright
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Beth Orton album release
Since the release of her last album six years ago, Beth Orton has married,
given birth and vastly developed her guitar skills with help from the late
Bert Jansch. Her new album, Sugaring Season, released in October, is a
noticeable improvement on her 2006 album, coupling some superb song
writing and musicianship with a warm, intimate delivery.
Mean Poppa Lean split
Brightons favourite cross-dressing funk rock band, Mean Poppa Lean, have
separated after a seven-year career together. The six-piece group electri-
fed audiences with their fusion of funk and fun, resulting in a delivery of
blistering energy and unfappable confdence.
Fear of Men set album release
The Brighton based four-piece Fear of Men are set to release a compila-
tion of singles on marbled vinyl 12 as well as a digital album under the
title Early Fragments. The compilation is due for release on February 12,
2013 under Brooklyn based indie label Kanine Records, their frst album
in the US.
Rosen guest director for Brighton Festival
The Brighton Festival announced the guest director of this years event to
be poet, writer, broadcaster and former childrens laureate, Michael Rosen.
The festival takes place from May 4th - 26th 2013, and comprises three
weeks of unrivalled arts celebration across the city, including the world
premiere of Rosens new guide to the orchestra, The Great Enormo.
MUSIC NEWS
New Brunswick Battle of
the Blues
First heat
The search for the best-unsigned blues musicians comes to Sus-
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unsigned blues bands and singer/songwriters from across the UK
perform live. The heat winners will qualify for the head to head
fnal held in London in 2013.
The Blues Issue from Worthing are one of six blues acts have been
chosen from musicians across the region to compete in the South-
ern heat of the New Brunswick Battle of the Blues, going head
to head at The Brunswick, Hove, on Friday 25th January in the
competition to fnd Britains best unsigned and original blues artists.
The competing acts chosen for the Southern heat also include The
Blues Corporation from Brighton
The overall competition winner will be fown out on an all-expens-
es paid trip to New Brunswick, Canada, to perform main stage at
the provinces great Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in September
2013. This search for the best of British blues has come about
because New Brunswick is looking to the UK to add a new act to
the mix for its world-renowned Festival in Fredericton.
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A selection of the fnest independent schools in the area
Schools of Thought
ARDINGLY COLLEGE
Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 6SQ
www.ardingly.com
Head: Peter Green
Ages of children: 2 -18
Co-ed
Ardingly College is an independent co-educational boarding and day
school for boys and girls aged 2-18.
Situated in beautiful West Sussex countryside between London and
Brighton, the College is 12 miles south of Gatwick Airport, 35 miles
from Heathrow and convenient for Surrey, Hampshire and Kent,
I wanted a school and a home and that is exactly what I felt Ardingly to be.
Ardingly is a school that looks outward, not inward an English school with
an international character. V. Bergbauer
CHRISTS HOSPITAL
Horsham, West Sussex
RH13 0YP
www.christs-hospital.org.uk
Head: Mr John Franklin
Ages of children: 11-18
Co-ed
Christs Hospital was
founded in 1552 in London
moving to Horsham in
1902. The school is located in 1200 acres of countryside and is easily
accessible by road and train with its own railway station.
CH offers pupils from all walks of life the opportunity to achieve their
full academic potential and to develop their interests and talents in a
caring and stimulating environment.
I am indebted to my teachers, who have gone beyond the call of duty to
support me when I have asked for help.
If youre prepared to throw yourself into the opportunities and
commitments which Christs Hospital offers, the rewards are rich and
lasting. Quotes from pupils
HANDCROSS PARK
Handcross, West Sussex, RH17 6HF
01444 400526
www.handcrossparkschool.co.uk
Head: Mr Graeme Owton
Ages of children: 2-13
Girls and boys. Day, weekly and full boarding

Handcross Park prides itself on being a happy school where
children are able to fulfl their individual potential. With exceptional
teaching leading to 100% pass rate at Common Entrance, alongside
excellent facilities that encourage their creative, musical and
sporting aptitudes, many children go on to obtain scholarships to
their chosen senior school.
I have been at Handcross for 10 years. I will be very sad to leave as
everyone is so kind and friendly. When I started at Handcross my levels
of attainment were low but the encouragement from the teachers has
pushed me to the full. I wouldnt have envisaged myself going for a
scholarship but the future now holds great things for me.
Quote from pupil
MOIRA HOUSE GIRLS SCHOOL
Upper Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN20 7TE
www.moirahouse.co.uk
Head: Mrs Lesley Watson
Ages of children: 2-18
Single sex - girls
Moira House girls are encouraged to be the best they can be.
Independent Schools inspectorate 2010.
I like all the
things there
are to boost
confdence.
Laura, age
15
The teachers
are so
supportive.
Freddie, age
18
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Education DPS.indd 1 02/01/2013 15:51
HURSTPIERPOINT COLLEGE
College Lane, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex BN6 9JS
www.hppc.co.uk
Head: Tim Manly
Twitter: @Hurst_College
Ages of children: 4 18 years
Co-ed. Day, fexi and weekly boarding

Hurst offers the academic excellence essential for future success in
life. Pupils make the most of their talents, potential and personality;
they experience fresh opportunities and challenges and gain the values,
integrity and intellectual independence to guide them through the years
ahead. Hurst offers all this and more, in one of the friendliest and most
supportive school communities.
My time at Hurst has
been characterised
by the sunny days
of summer, those
moments of success
youll never forget, and
the friendships thatll
last long after our
school days are over. I
have so many fantastic
memories here. Im
proud to call myself a
Hurst pupil, because this
school has taught me so
much about life.
Upper Sixth leaver
2012
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BRIGHTON COLLEGE
Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 0AL
www.brightoncollege.net
Head: Richard Cairns
Ages of children: 3-18
Co-educational
Brighton College is one of the UKs leading schools. Named School of
the Year 2011-12 by The Sunday Times, Brightons results this year place
it as one of the top two co-educational schools in the country; it also has
an outstanding reputation for sport and the arts. Above all else, however,
it is a kind and tolerant place, where each pupil is valued as an individual
and where children thrive because they are happy.
ROEDEAN SCHOOL
Roedean Way, Brighton BN2 5RQ
www.roedean.co.uk
Head: Frances King
Ages of children: 11-18
Same sex - girls
Roedeans expertise is in developing the spirit, values
and individual personalities of our girls. They are
therefore exposed to a rich variety of cultures in a
creative, yet purposeful, atmosphere.
I am loving it here at Roedean. It is really fun having
a large campus to explore and the teachers are very
friendly. They are so kind and they make every lesson fun.
Susannah (pupil)
EASTBOURNE
COLLEGE
Old Wish Road,
Eastbourne,
East Sussex
BN21 4JY
www.eastbourne-
college.co.uk
Head: Mr Simon
Davies
Ages of children:
13 - 18
Co-educational.
Day and boarding

Eastbourne College
is an educational
community rather
than an academic
institution. Pupils
thrive on the array
of opportunities and achieve excellent academic results along the
way. In 2012 well over 50% of all A level grades were at A* or A,
and for the third year in succession, the A*B rate exceeded 80%.
I really enjoy studying at Eastbourne College because of everyones
enthusiasm and the variety of opportunities that are offered both
inside the classroom and beyond. It is like a big happy family because
we know our teachers and our tutors so well. Eastbourne College is so
much more than a school!
Tessa Mills (Year 13)
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A selection of the fnest independent schools in the area
Schools of Thought
LANCING COLLEGE
Lancing., West Sussex BN15 0RW
Tel: 01273 452213
www.lancingcollege.co.uk
Head: Mr Jonathan Gillespie
Ages of children: 13-18
Co-ed
Lancing College is a Christian foundation in the Anglican tradition. The
College, set in outstanding countryside and housed in fne buildings,
educates boys and girls to develop a love of learning and to reach
their full potential, enriched
by the arts and physical
activities. It prepares young
men and women of vision
and integrity who will be
of service to their fellow
human beings.
The college aims to
provide an education
for boys and girls aged
3 to 18 which inspires a
desire for excellence and
which enables them to
develop independent, searching minds and to realise their full academic
potential.
BURGESS HILL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Keymer Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 0EG.
www.burgesshill-school.com
Head: Mrs Ann Aughwane
Ages of children: 2 to 18 years
Same sex / Co-ed
Girls school (boys
accepted into the
Nursery)

Burgess Hill School for
Girls stands in 14 acres
of beautiful grounds
within a conservation
area close to the
centre of the town.
It is a fve minute
walk from the railway
station,
We have small classes with well qualifed, professional staff
dedicated to helping each pupil realise her potential. With our focus
frmly on girls and the way they learn, the single sex environment
gives the girls space and security in which to build their self esteem
and confdence. Partnerships with local schools and involvement
within the community provide a further dimension; girls are
encouraged to seek challenge and embrace opportunities.
School news...
Hursts 14,000 for Chestnut Tree House
Events at Hurst in 2012 raised 14,105.90 for the
only hospice in Sussex to offer support to children
and with progressive and life-limiting conditions.
The fundraising began in February with a shopping
and pamper evening;. In March, whole families
attended the Hoedown for a toe-tapping night of
dance to a band and caller. Comedian Tim Vine
delighted 170 parents with a show titled, Oh What a
Night in October.
Head of Hurst Pre-Prep, Michle Finnegan, initiated
the campaign after being deeply moved by the
hospice during a visit to an Open Day. She said, I
am indebted to the vision, determination and energy
shown by a group of parents who got involved, gave
up their time and brought these wonderful events to
fruition.
First and Second for Show Jumping Teams
The Burgess Hill School for Girls
show jumping teams won frst and
second places in a recent Show
Jumping Competition at Hickstead.
Charlotte Turner, 9, Freya Maurice-
Jones, 11, Georgie Henderson, 12, and
Vicky Henderson, 13, achieved frst
place in the busy Class 1 event.
Freddie Driscoll, 14, Sophie Duffeld,
13, and Ella Popely, 13, all rode
fawlessly to achieve second place in the hard fought Class 3. Ella Popely also won the
Overall Competition riding as an individual.
Retro Fashions on Display at School Open Day
The Senior School Textiles department at Burgess Hill School for Girls put on a display of
Retro Fashions for students and visitors to view during their recent Open Morning.
Some of the clothes dated back to the 1940s and there was a collection of old dressmaking
patterns on display. Three Year 9 girls, who
welcomed visitors to the school, dressed in
vintage clothes.
Senior students study Retro Fashions as
part of their Design and Technology lessons
and they design and make outfts for their
class projects.
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Open your eyes at Open Days
Choosing a school is one of the most important decisions you will make as
a parent. Open Days can help, if you know what to look for...
T
he Christmas holidays are over and it
is back to school for a new year, and
time to think about education choices
for next September. The schools know that
decisions will be made over the next few
months, so they are keen to show off their
school in the very best light. In other words, it
is the season of the school Open Day.
Open Days are a wonderful opportunity
to explore potential schools and meet the
headmaster, teachers and pupils. But how
accurate a picture can you get from an
organised tour? Inevitably, the event will be set
up to make each school look as attractive as
possible, but you can still get a good feel for
a school.
Zo Marlow, Director of Admissions at
Roedean, stresses that the Open Day is just
a starting point. It is where prospective
parents and students decide whether they like
the location, the buzz and the head. But it is
just one of several individual, group, day and
sometimes overnight visits. By the time a girl
starts, she and her parents will have a clear
sense of what its like to study here.
So how can you make the most of
an Open Day? Here are our tips:
Always remember that the school is set
up to sell a vision to potential parents. So
how well have they done? Have
they impressed you? After all, if
they cant organise a successful
Open Day, do you want them to
organise your childs education
Take your child with you.
Dont forget it is him/her that
will be going to the school every
day. Ask their opinion? Has the
school inspired them? They will
pick up on things you may not
notice.
Speak to the pupils. How
do they fell about the school.
Are they happy? Do they look
confdent and assured? Are they
behaving impeccably? Are they
good role models for your child?
Ask about clubs and activities.
Are they wide-ranging and inclusive? If cost is
an issue, are they expensive?
Read the noticeboards. Is there plenty
going on? Most importantly, try to get a feel
for what goes on in the school when it isnt an
Open Day.
Talk to teachers. Do they seem
enthusiastic about the school? Do you think
they can develop and nurture your childs
curiousity and eagerness to learn? In other
words, would you like them to teach your
child?
Look round the classrooms. Are they
stimulating environments? Do you think you
child would thrive here?
Look at the pupils work on display. Dont
just concentrate on the quality, look at how
many pupils have work shown. Are they are
just showcasing the work of a few talented
pupils?
Listen to the headteacher. If they give a
welcoming speech, do they have a vision and
passion. This is the person who leads and
shapes the school. His /her job is to motivate
and inspire. Did you feel inspired?
Remember the purpose of your visit is
to get a feel for the school. If you like what
you see, then do more research. Ask if you
can come in when it is a normal schoolday.
No-one should refuse this request.
Ask questions. If there is anything you want
to know, this is your opportunity.
Brighton and Hove Girls School
Ardingly College
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D
ick Knight is working on his autobiography. Due to
be published this year, it will be called Mad Man
- only partly in reference to Mad Men, the American
TV drama about the advertising industry. Its a great title, he
said, for a book about someone who goes from the world of
advertising into football.
Which is, of course, what the Albions life president did, moving
from the sophisticated commercial world of advertising to the
unglamorous, mucknnettles end of football. He was chairman
of the TBWA Holmes Knight Ritchie agency, creators of the Eva
Herzigova Wonderbra ads, when he was persuaded by former
Brighton manager Liam Brady to help rescue the club from the
owners who had sold the Goldstone Ground.
He led the consortium that took over the club in 1997,
becoming chairman-elect in time for the fnal game at the clubs
traditional home, and ended up leading a 14-year campaign for
a new ground that ended with the opening last summer of the
American Express Community Stadium.
And there was keeping the team competitive on the feld frst
during the two-year groundshare at Gillingham, and then back
in Brighton at tiny Withdean Stadium. Four promotions are
testament to how he succeeded.
Today, the former Hove Grammar School pupil can relax with
a cup of coffee in the bar that bears his name at a stadium
that buzzes with activity even on a midweek morning. Builders
continue the expansion of capacity he always believed necessary
and the offces of the club and Albion In The Community, which
he chairs, are the usual hive of industry.
Now the club has had a year to settle into its new home has it
lived up to his hopes and expectations? The building is almost
identical to the original plans from 1998, when Martin [Perry, the
former chief executive] and I started talking to the architect, he
said. The brief was to create a design with a real wow factor,
take the location as an incentive to do something sensational.
The only straight lines needed to be the pitch markings, so they
could roll the contours of the land into the stadium. There is
hardly any difference to the original designs. It is absolutely what I
had hoped. It lives up to my vision for it back in 1998. The other
thing is the supporters reaction to it.
Those supporters have been delighted with the ground,
especially after putting up with the limitations of Withdean for
12 years. And Knight points out Seagulls followers have a greater
investment in the Amex than, say, Sunderland fans in the Stadium
of Light or Southampton supporters in St Marys.
I was sure this would happen, because they played such an
important part in getting it unlike any other stadium in the
world, Knight said. The fans fought for it in an unprecedented
manner, going on marches, writing letters, signing petitions. The
stadium had a history before a ball was kicked because of the
fght to get it. Their pride in the building is enhanced because
they know they played a big part in getting it.
In fact, without them it wouldnt have happened. My efforts
and [present chairman] Tony Blooms money would not have
mattered without their endeavours. Im so proud of them.
The vision was always about community. Of course we needed
a new home, but we wanted an arena that was working for
the community every day of the week. Add in the fact that the
community the fans - rose up to save the Albion, and it was a
given that the stadium had to be community-driven.
Brighton have won a host of awards for the community
THERE IS HARDLy ANy DIFFERENCE TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS. IT IS
ABSOLuTELy WHAT I HAD HOPED. IT LIVES uP TO My VISION FOR IT
BACK IN 1998. THE OTHER THING IS THE SuPPORTERS REACTION TO IT.
A Mad Man with a
sense of community
The big interview with Dick Knight by
Nick Szczepanik

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programmes that he fostered, including the
prestigious Football League Community Club
of the year award. It started with Steve Ford
running football coaching out of a Portakabin
at the Goldstone. I sat down with Steve and
said Were going to develop this. By the time
we changed the name from Football In The
Community to Albion In The Community in
2005, wed expanded from football coaching
into education, health, social inclusion, disability.
This summer in the Olympics and Paralympics
is what weve been doing at AITC for 15 years.
We have a unique asset because of that.
It was that concept when I sat down with
American Express to discuss naming rights, of
engaging through sport. If Id talked to them
about a League One football club theyd have
laughed me out of the place. If they wanted
football club sponsorship they could have gone
to Arsenal or Chelsea. But I talked to them
about community. I knew that it was one of the
strands of their corporate ethos.
It would all have been much harder if the club
had not hung onto its Football League place
thanks to the 1-1 draw away to Hereford on
the fnal day of the 1996-97 season, Knights
second game in charge.
The frst objective was to save the club,
but the team I inherited was very poor. We
stayed up in 1997 but went on to have some
tremendous success. No Albion fan should
ever dismiss Withdean. It played a tremendous
part in the most successful period in the clubs
history four promotions, including three titles.
We averaged only 6,000 crowds at Withdean.
The extra 20,000 who are coming now include
some old Albion fans who have come back, and
their children. But there are also some adults
who are new fans who have come to the party.
But when we were there, we were punching
way above our weight. Our playing budget
was one sixth of the average in the division. Of
our 6,000, half of that gate went on expenses
relating to playing at Withdean. We were
actually playing on gate receipts from crowds of
3,000, against clubs averaging 18,000.
The Amex capacity now stands at 27,500 and
will expand further thanks to a belief that not
many would have shared in those days of 6,000
crowds. Our planning application had to have a
realistic attendance level but the capacity to go
beyond that, he said. We took 31,000 to the
Millennium Stadium for the League One play-
off fnal, and when I was on the pitch afterwards
soaking up the glory, as chairmen do I
looked up into the stands and saw replica shirts
from many eras, with sponsors like Nobo and
Sandtex. They were dormant Albion fans. I
realised that wed lost two generations - those
people, aged thirty-plus, and their children. I
was confdent that they were waiting to come
back, but if wed included those numbers in the
business plans for the stadium, people would
have laughed. We only offcially projected
attendances from 9,000 to just below 16,000.
Knight, though, has been proved right, and the
club, he believes, is stronger for the hard road
that it has had to travel from the decline of the
years before he took over, via Gillingham and
Withdean to Falmer.
A unity was created in those dark days. When
I recall those battles, even before I emerged
as the leader of the consortium, a resilience
and resourcefulness that was being shown
gave the club a solid foundation. I knew that
our supporters were a broader church than
most people imagined from astronomers
to zoologists. What else but fghting for a
football club they loved would bring together
a pin-striped accountant like Paul Samrah and
an anarchist poet like John Baine Attila the
Stockbroker?
John Prescott [the former deputy Prime
Minister, who oversaw two public inquiries into
the stadium and had a giant Valentines Day card
delivered by fans to his East Hull constituency
offce] came here last season, and he came to
this bar after the game. He just loved being with
such strong supporters.
When I frst held a public meeting back in
October 1996 to explain what the consortium
was all about, and we were bottom of the
league, someone asked: If we get relegated will
you still be interested in taking over? I said of
course I would: Im like you, Im an Albion fan.
Im not going to give up on the club if we get
relegated. For me it was an irrelevant question.
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PARALyMPICS IS WHAT WEVE BEEN DOING
AT ALBION IN THE COMMuNITy FOR 15
yEARS. WE HAVE A uNIquE ASSET BECAuSE
OF THAT.
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what?
A Night of Stars for
The Willow Foundation
fact.
The night was organised by Brighton
artist Julie-Anne Gilbert along with
The Willow Foundation founders,
Arsenal legend Bob Wilson
and his wife Megs
who?
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1. Boxing Artist and portrait
specialist Irv Pascal from Hove
2. Georgea Blakey and
Stephanie St James
3. Reece Shearsmith
(creator of League of Gentlemen)
and Bob Wilson
4. Canvas by Bob Wilson
5. Brighton artist Jan Irvine
6. Megs and Bob Wilson
7. Danny John-Jules
(from Red Dwarf)
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The Hilton Brighton Metropole
why?
The Sussex Sports Awards
fact.
Active Sussexs flagship
event is now in its tenth year,
rewarding exceptional talent
and commitment
who?
1. The group from Jump Trampoline Club
2. Brighton Morris Men
3. Miguel Tello, Jo Ashworth and Active
Sussexs Jack Wilkinson
4 Jessica, Kika and Nina Green
4. Dancer Chloe Gill with 400m hurdler,
Seb Rodger
5. Young ballroom dancers, Jade McCave
aged 12 and Matt Duffn aged 13
6. Dancer Chloe Gill with Seb Rodger
400m hurdler
7. Laurence Elphick of Juice 107.2,
Denise Buchan of Classic Consulting, Sean
Heal of Sporting Signs, Cheryl Piper of
Rockinghorse and Elliot Cook of Talk Sport
8. Ruth Lowry, University of Chichester with
Donna Imrie-Browne of Active Solutions
9. Tina Cook, Olympian Silver Medalist
10. Elliott Harper and Freya Bailey-Barker
11. Aspiring photographer Fin Carter
12. Juice 107.2 Young Team of the Year,
Ashcombe Under 18 Womens Volleyball Team
13. Peter Crowley and the group from
Wave Leisure
14. Hannah Brooks, England Netball with
Gemma Finlay, Active Sussex
15. Sussex Sport Magazine Young Coach of
the Year, 17-year-old Max Wiseman
16. Streetfunk dance team BN1
17. Olympic Bronze Medalist Ben Quilter, with
Francesca, Maggie and Roy Quilter
18. Cassie Burch, Carrie Reynolds, Kate Smith
and Ruth Duckers from Inspire Leisure
19. Rix & Kay Solicitors Club of the Year:
Uckfeld Grasshoppers Junior Football Club
20. Tony and Tanya Rossi with the group
from Grasshoppers
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T
ina Cook rolled down the window of her
car and told Absolute: Ive just got to go
down to the butchers in the village before they
close. Ill only be a couple of minutes.
We had driven into the Findon yard of the
Olympic silver medallist to see its owner in her
vehicle pointed at the exit.
Tina was the most successful Sussex-based
athlete at arguably the greatest Games of them
all; teaming up with royalty in the shape of her
friend and teammate Zara Phillips, and Mary
King, Nicola Wilson and William Fox-Pitt, to
secure eventing glory for Team GB at London
2012..
But life carries on. Tina was looking after
domestics. To Harry and Isabelle, seven and fve,
she remains just mum. And to the familys black
labrador Biscuit a provider of food and drink.
After returning from collecting provisions for
them all, she smiled: Things havent changed
one bit. I have two young children. Life clearly
has to carry on as normal. Im a mum, frst and
athlete second.
I put my career ahead of that on specifc
occasions so for that Olympic week I was an
athlete frst. The Olympics were foremost in
my mind. Soon as that was over I was with the
children.
I do have to divide my life into different
sections, because I also work for my brother
Nick in the family business of training
racehorses, and recently Ive agreed to train
point to pointers for Heart of the South Racing
Club.
From the outside you must think it is fairly
bonkers. Ultimately my children come frst
and we have a lot of fun together. Not long
after the Games I was being a normal mum at
a camp with them in Balcombe with a lot of
other mums and children and really enjoying
myself. It was a big contrast from the Olympics,
with all the fuss surrounding our winning the
medal. The bodyguards and chauffeurs. The
photographers snapping away. The people
screaming at you.
I have learned to enjoy and absorb those
ultra special moments like winning the silver, as
much as I can at the time because it goes by so
quickly and, in general, gets forgotten so quickly.
You do have to move on. Get on with whats
coming up next.
What strikes you most about Tina is how
she strives, with every utterance, action and,
presumably, thought, to be normal, grounded.
It is an approach which has helped her through
an annus horribilis.
Her horse, Miners Frolic, almost died through
colitis. Her dad Josh, the legendary horse racing
trainer and former champion jockey. passed
away. And, shortly before the Olympics began,
she separated from husband Phil.
London 2012 was very much a silver lining
because it gave her a much-needed focus.
Ive aged ten years in one, said Tina, 41, who
collected a record third Olympic medal on the
horse which helped gained her two bronzes at
the 2008 Beijing Games.
It has been a tough year. It hasnt been ideal
for anyone. We are an emotional family and
my dads death hit us hard. There was the
separation from my husband as well. And
my horse was so ill a year ago we werent
expecting to be competing the Olympics. It is a
bit of a fairytale with what hes done and how
weve achieved it from basically near death.
It was a lot of hard work from everybody.
Rachel, who works for me, to the staff and
nurses at the Arundel Equine Hospital that
treated Miners Frolic.
I was hard on myself going in because I hate
letting people down. There was so many I felt
responsible for that I didnt want to mess up. Id
got to do my bit. It couldnt all be down to the
horse.
Getting the medal has, of course, made it all
worthwhile. That has meant a huge amount to
me. I know dad would have been very proud
that we were able to hold it together. And
it was great for mum because it has been a
particularly tough time for her. She was with me
It has been a tough year. It hasnt been ideal for anyone. We are an emotional
family and my dads death hit us hard. There was the separation from my
husband as well. And my horse was so ill a year ago we werent expecting
to be competing the Olympics.
Silver lining in an
annus horribilis
MIKE DONOVAN meets Tina Cook,
the Sussex Sportsperson of the Year 2012

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every day. She sacrifced her Olympic dream by
selling her horse so she and my dad could start
the business and has been so supportive.
If Id have gone there and failed it would have
been a very different story. Im very ambitious.
I strive to do well. Just to be part of the
Olympics, though was totally mind-blowing.
The reaction to her success has touched
Tina, who has attended a celebration party in
her village at the Gun Inn public house (and
another at the home of Miners Frolics owners).
She said: Ive lived here in Findon all my life
and there was a huge turnout in the pub. I feel
everyones proud of me. Theyve seen what Ive
been through. How hard I work. Everyone is,
genuinely, behind me. Theyve known me since
I was little growing up. Know I have a lot on my
plate. It is just myself and the children now and
it is comforting to know I have so many friends
and have so much support from the village.
Tina remains a world-class eventer, but ekes
out an existence through her skills in nurturing
young horses with the potential to emulate
Miners Frolic (on top of assisting her brother
Nick at Downs Stables and, soon, point-to-
pointers) through training and competing.
Between winning silver and attending the
closing ceremony, she competed on early
developers Regal Red and De Novo News at
Hartpury.
She said: I was very aware I needed to get back
to business as soon as I could. So many events
got cancelled this year and Id also spent time
on the Olympics. It was important to give these
horses a prep for competitions they are in
the autumn. They are horses being paid for by
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IT WAS MASSIVE ADRENALIN THE WHOLE WEEK
I WAS THERE. YOU THINK YOU ARE RELAxED BUT
YOU ARE PUMPED UP. YOU GET MORE ANxIOUS
YOU DONT MAKE A MISTAKE, ABOUT THE
JUMPING, THE STRIDE PATTERN, THE SPEED YOU
ARE AT. AND IT COMES DOWN TO YOU. YOU
CANT LET YOUR BRAIN GET CARRIED AWAY
AND THINKING ABOUT WHO IS WATCHING,
WHAT IT MEANS. OTHERWISE YOU FREEZE AND
PUT BAD VIBES ON TO THE HORSE.
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owners who have been very supportive while I
was at the Games and they deserve to be kept
happy.
To be honest, I no more wanted to go to
Hartpury as fy to the moon. It was a real
struggle to get my head in gear and get into the
lorry and drive over there with three horses
knowing you are camping in the lorry for four
days. It meant I swooped back to earth quickly.
Luckily the horses went well. It was job done.
But it did feel like a job. Id have preferred to
have been lying on a sunbed.
She hopes her success at the Olympics will help
boost her earning potential.
Tina said: I might end up looking for an agent
because I just dont have the time to write
to people, which you need to do to attract
sponsors. If someones got the choice of a gold
or silver medallist to promote they are going to
go for the gold medallist. Unfair? It is. Thats the
reality of life. It is human nature.
I ask whether the Zara Phillips factor would
help.
Mmmm., she pondered, non-committedly.
There is no question the pair, who attracted
worldwide headlines for going to a McDonalds
in the Olympic village (although Tina opted for
a chicken wrap not, as was widely reported, a
burger) after clinching silver, are good pals.
Tina said: We have a very close relationship.
We get on well. We met when she was a little
brat running round a bit like my two now
and I was 20 at Gatcombe and have been good
friends since. She was very much a part of the
team. We knew there would be extra publicity
because it was Zara. That was fne. It comes
with the package. We just got on with it. Shes
got such a good brain and is so level headed
you dont have to pamper her. Grannie is her
pet name for me because Im older. Because
it is coming out of her mouth I joke cant you
stop calling me that! Im obviously not a grannie
and certainly not hers! Its all a bit of fun.
The overall experience of London 2012
through the competition and behind the scenes
has kept the fre burning for the Rio Olympics
in four years.
She said: I was like a kid in a sweetshop. I would
be in the great big food hall and Chris Hoy
would walk past you. Rebecca Adlington would
be going up to get her salad. Just athletes and
coaches. No hangers-on. Everyone was there
to do a job. We all chatted. Everyone was
genuinely interested in what you do. I was sitting
next to Rebecca Adlington and Vicky Pendleton.
It was like thats Vicky Pendleton off the telly
and we were having his normal conversation
and I was trying not to be uncool. You had to
pinch yourself to think they were interested in
your sport.
We had half an hour on the bus to go in every
day from the Olympic village so you could chill
out. There was also an extra house just outside
the gates of the site where you could chill
out, read a paper, have a cup of coffee. Simple
things like that were so important. Invaluable
to keeping your sanity. Everything was done for
you to help you compete at your best.
But it still, of course, came down to how
Tina performed on board Miners Frolic in
Greenwich - for the dressage and showjumping
in the arena and the park for the cross
country - which mattered. Even if the Duke of
Edinburgh, Wills and Kate, Prince Harry, former
Olympian Princess Anne and Princesses Eugenie
and Beatrice were watching along with tens of
thousands plus billions worldwide.
Thats where Tinas approach to ensure
normality proved crucial.
She said: It was massive adrenalin the whole
week I was there. You think you are relaxed
but you are pumped up. You get more anxious
you dont make a mistake, about the jumping,
the stride pattern, the speed you are at. And
it comes down to you. You cant let your brain
get carried away and thinking about who is
watching, what it means. Otherwise you freeze
and put bad vibes on to the horse. If you
ride him in a different way hed think whats
she doing?. I had to stay as normal as I could
be. Mind over matter. Stay in the present.
Fortunately, because I was experienced, I knew
how to focus.
All three phases had their dramas. You had
to be at such a high level of performance.
You couldnt afford to put a bad one in. The
standard was so high.
We werent favourites by any stretch of
the imagination. We thought wed be a long
way behind the Germans but got so close to
beating them for gold. Wed have been helped
if the cross country had been more diffcult as
that was what our horses were best at. Yet the
ground was slippery, like running across ice on a
horse with bare feet.
I would love to go to Rio if I had a horse
good, ft, sound and well enough. It is perfectly
possible Miners Frolic might be able to
compete. He would be 18. Ive ridden him for
ten years and he has a fantastic brain to please
me. But such a campaign puts a lot of strain on
a horse.
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Sporting Life
Cashing in at nationals...
Tennis ace Julian Cash, 16, from Fulking, overcame fellow
Sussex player Sam Rice, from Brighton, 6-2 6-2 in the
national 16 and under fnal at Nottingham. He said: Its
something Ive always wanted to do and Im pleased to
tick it off. I went in to the nationals having trained well and
scoring some good results. I was seeded two. I was there
to win. I started off the tournament not playing very well.
My tennis got much better through it. I served well in the
fnal. The best tennis I played was in the second set of my
semi-fnal against Adam Glynn from Dorset. Its good for
Sussex tennis that it was an all-county fnal.
Boxing clever
Sussex boxer Max Smith-Hashim has
become a national schools champion.
The schoolboy,
based at
Moulsecoomb,
defeated Thomas
Dring (Gemini)
in the 28kg fnal
at the Newbiggin
Sports Centre in
Northumberland.
Wilkins at PROBIz
Former Chelsea, Manchester United
and England legend Ray Wilkins was
special guest at an exciting evening
at the home of Sussex County Cricket
Club. Wilkins took part in a Q&A
session with host Tony Cottey, our
columnist, and entertained everyone
with stories of his career - on and off
the pitch.
Dunlop retires
Arundel horse trainer John Dunlop has retired after 46 years
based at Castle Stables. Dunlop, 73, saddled more than 3,500
winners including ten Classics (winning the Derby twice).
Jockey Willie Carson,
who won 680 races
including the Derby
on Erhaab for
Dunlop, said: If I was
to compile a list of
the greatest trainers,
John Dunlop would be
top of it.
Pedal Power
Sussex mountain biker Sam Stean, 17,
fnished top Brit in the World Junior
Mountain Bike Championships in Austria
after becoming national champion.
Splashing duo
Young Sussex swimmers Dominic Polling and
Chris Wiles earned an England call-up in a Home
Schools International against Wales, Scotland and
Northern Ireland after impressing in the national
championships.
Worldly kids
More than 5,000 primary school
children from Brighton & Hove
have taken part in the second
edition of Run The World over
three days at Preston Park and
Hove Park.
It was a mass-participation
running event where children
aged 7 to 11 each ran 1km
with the aim of amassing an
aggregate distance of Brighton
to Africa to promote ftness
as fun for youngsters. Sussex
Olympic champion Sally Gunnell
attended.
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T
here are a few things that are guaranteed
to make me smile. My daughters giggling;
when the cheque is actually in the post;
the thought of the odd banker swinging from a
tree; the viability of the Brighton Eye and now,
driving the Fiat 500!
This little car is a joy and darts around town like
a gnat with its ass on fre. Fiat kindly delivered
this 500 Therapy model, which l was concerned
about as l thought the chaps at Fiat might have
knowledge of my fragile mental state but no, it
is actually called The Therapy.
The original Fiat 500 was launched in 1957 and
in 2007, to co-incide with its 50th anniversary,
the all-new 500 was launched but now with
its engine in the front driving the front wheels.
They have also done away with the front
opening suicide doors from the original, which
is a shame as that would just add another funky
aspect to the car although when the opening
of these doors was misjudged acted as a form
of population control. The design is remarkably
similar to the original car that as a kid l would
see fying around Rome killing pedestrians with
gay abandon.
It looks tiny but through some magical Italian
trickery, they have managed to make a very
spacious interior with plenty of room for four
adults wearing top hats. It has an innate style
and fair about it that is missing from most
other small town cars. They have managed a
fusion of retro and futuristic without it ending
up with a split personality. It is one of the only
cars l have ever parked in Churchill Square that
made me turn around and smile every time
and l hate small cars!
The model range is extensive with the Pop,
Therapy, Lounge, Street and shortly, an
extended version called the L and prices range
from 9,960 - 13,760. Then theres the souped
up Abarth, a Maserati version and even one
designed by Gucci. My TwinAir Therapy is
priced at 11,960 with an 875cc engine giving
85hp, a top speed of 108mph and 0-60 in 11
seconds but l can assure you it feels much
quicker than that. First gear is a tad short but
2nd and 3rd pull like a train and the joy is the
utter shock on the faces of the drivers of much
larger cars as you shoot away from the lights
like a scolded cat. Theres also a convertible
version with a canvas roof that folds right back
which seems to be a bit of a cross between a
large sunroof and a convertible. The boot is a
decent size and with the rear seats fat, you get
quite a decent load space.
Fun is the word for this pocket rocket. When
it comes to todays cars, there really isnt that
much fun left out there with all the Euro boxes
with a personality bypasses and boring little
Japanese city cars trying desperately to feel like
a big car. The 500 is fun through and through
and refuses to be something it isnt.
There are endless customisation options to
choose from with a vast variation of wheels,
colours, seats, transfers, key colour, gear knobs
and so on but that just adds more fun to buying
one. In fact, there are over 500,000 ways to
personalise your car and it has a 5 star Encap
safety rating which is the same as a Volvo! On
top of that, you pay no London congestion
charge or road tax as the emissions are so low.
And joy of joys you can turn off that bloody
annoying start/stop system meant to save the
polar bears and it doesnt default on when you
turn the engine off its worth buying the car
just for that.
So, this is a funky, stylish, fun little car with
a unique personality and great price, low
emissions and no road tax l ask you, whats
not to like. Go and buy one IMMEDIATELY.
LIKE: Huge character; liveliness; style; stop/start
that turns off
LOATH: Sounds a bit like a hairdryer.
ALTERNATIVES: BMW Mini, Toyota Aygo,
Nissan Micra
Fun with the 500
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Maarten Hoffman fnds the Fiat 500 fun through and through
TECHNICAL STUFF:
875 cc, 85 HP,
0-60 mph 11 seconds
Fuel consumption: 70 mpg
Prices: From 9960.00 - 13,760
Picture: Robert Griffn
motoring
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B0113_091 Motoring JAN2013 FIAT.1 1 31/12/12 09:50:15
92
M
y wife was very excited that l was
reviewing the Audi A6 Avant (estate
to you and me) as she has one from
2002 and adores it and therefore was very
keen to see what the new one was like. She
was either destined to be very disappointed or
my bank balance was about to be decimated as
she puts one on her Christmas list.
Looks like l will have to make nice to the bank
manager as the new A6 is very good indeed
with all the features of the original retained and
additions that just make it an even better car.
The most appealing thing is that it doesnt drive
like an estate and you literally forget that you
are hauling a small living room around with you.
It pulls and corners like a saloon car yet you can
load 565 litres into the rear with the seats up
and a massive 1680 with the seats fat. This is
not as much as the Mercedes E Class estate but
this is much more rewarding to drive.
The cabin is very well laid out with a good list
of standard extras and there is that familiar
excellent build quality and the reassuring clunk
when you slam the door. This is a well build
car that will hold its value better than most.
Personally, l would always choose the Quattro
(4 wheel drive) version as you will always know
that you can make it through the snow and
sleet of any British summer. Having said that, this
is a well planted car that holds the road well
and feels solid and safe in all conditions.
So, into some details. They have put a perfectly
good screen in the car for computer and sat
nav info but not added a reversing camera.
When you change gear there is a tendency
to hit the sat nav control button which causes
all manner of things to occur on the screen
meaning you have to re-set the screen each
time you change gear. Lovely foating dials on
the dash with bundles of information on offer
and fabulous high quality leather seats. Many
news cars now have a dash display that tells
you what gear you are in surely if you are not
aware of what gear you have currently selected,
you should not be driving in the frst place.
The most appealing
thing is that it doesnt
drive like an estate and
you literally forget that
you are hauling a small
living room around with
you. It pulls and corners
like a saloon car...
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93
Thats the thing with all this new technology.
The designers tend to throw everything
and the kitchen sink into the car which just
makes it more confusing, more to go wrong
and it is becoming ever more pointless.
There are things that are great additions,
such as the display to let you know that all
your passengers have their seat belts on or
reversing cameras but it would help if the
designers were monitored to ensure that
only what is really of beneft makes it into the
fnished product. Ok, thats enough ranting
back to the Audi.
The combined fuel consumption is quoted
at 56.5 mpg but if you aim for the 0-60 mph
quote of 9 seconds, you can be assured that
your fuel will be sucked away faster than
this but whatever way you look at it, this is
a frugal car. If you really want to blow your
budget and your mind, you could go for the
RS6 that is so quick it has the tendency to rip
your face off as you accelerate and corners so
incredibly well that you have to be aware not
to smack your head on the widow in each
corner.
In short, this Audi A6 Avant is a very well built
car and great to drive. It looks good, drives
well and will lug that sideboard to the boot
sale with ease. The biggest problem its on
her faming Christmas list now and l either
have to sell a child or a kidney oh well, l
really dont need two kidneys!
LIKE: Build quality, great seats, loads of space;
great to drive.
LOATH: No reversing camera; stop/start
system.
ALTERNATIVES: Mercedes E Class;
BMW 5 Series.
AVANT GARDE
Maarten Hoffman tries out a car with loads
of fair, but that feels solid and safe - the
AUDI A6 AVANT
TECHNICAL STUFF:
2.0 litre TDi 177ps
0-60 mph 9 seconds
Top Speed 138 mph
56.5 mpg
Prices from 26,116 - 35,408
Picture: Robert Griffn
B0113_092_093 Motoring JAN2013 A3 3 29/12/12 12:24:34
Absolute
Motoring Spares
FIAT 500
Fiat have just
produced their
1 millionth 500
model. A storming
success by any
standard, this 69hp
1.2 litre engine has
been a huge hit
with mainly female
drivers but as research shows that woman
now make over 69% of all car purchasing
decisions, Fiat might well of played a
blinder. For the boys, Maserati have now
produced an Abarth version that will leave
many a Porsche standing, but Im afraid it
still looks like a Dinky toy.
And finally..
According to Direct Line
Insurance, motorists waste 50
million pounds worth of fuel each
year defrosting our cars before
we set off on our journey. As it is
illegal to drive without full vision
through the windscreen, l would
suggest this is another pointless
survey that wastes yet more
money.
SUSSEX WORLD
RECORD
28 female gym members from Sussex
have just broken the world record for
how many people can be squeezed into
a Mini. They were not only crammed
into the foot wells and onto the dash
but they managed to get 4 in the boot!
Fit.
The Ford Transit has been voted the
most reliable van in the UK, according
to the countrys leading eet and
contract hire companies just ahead
of the Mercedes Sprinter. Favourite
colour you guessed it, white!
MAD MAX IS HERE
This is the Mercedes Ener-g-Force concept car
aimed at the US police patrol vehicles. If they
need something like this to keep the peace, l
would suggest the war is already lost. Whats
next machine gun turrets and knock out gas!
ASTON IN TROUBLE
Can you believe that a company that makes a car so gobsmackingly beautiful as the new
Vanquish can possibly be in trouble? Well they are and apparently looking for a partner or
buyer. If you have been saving up for something special, this is it. Not the car, the company!
TRANSIT WINS
AWARD
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B0113_094 Motor Snippets.indd 3 29/12/12 10:06:16
Julia Chanteray, President of Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce takes us
Inside the Chamber
Whats this Chamber of Commerce all about?
We believe that our membership
makes the Chamber the most varied,
vibrant and progressive in the UK
Amongst all of the different networking
groups in the city, and Ive been to lots of
them, theres one organisation I think stands
out above all the rest.
The diverse membership at Brighton and
Hove Chamber of Commerce refects the
Citys broad mix of entrepreneurs, from
artists, writers and digital media talent to
service organisations and professionals in law
and fnance. Our members range from sole
traders to the citys biggest corporations.
We believe that our membership makes
the Chamber the most varied, vibrant and
progressive in the UK. Im proud to be
President at the Chamber, and I want to
encourage you, if youre not a member
already, to join us.
What does the Chamber do?
The Chamber is the voice of the Citys
business people, and its a voice that really
helps its members build successful businesses.
We run lots of networking events, with our
famous inspirational breakfasts at Carluccios,
where you can hear great speakers talk about
their business journeys, brunch at Terre a
Terre, and our Spotlight Supper at Hove
Kitchen. Plus, there are some great learning
opportunities, with our Bite Sized learning
workshops to help you learn the skills you
need to improve your business, and Wayfnder,
where you can meet with other business
owners at the same stage as you, working
together to support you on the issues you
face in your business.
As well as helping local businesses to grow
and prosper, we represent our members
on the larger political and economic stage
too, working closely with local agencies,
including the Council, on issues such as
new developments in the city, parking and
transport.
What makes our Chamber
different?
Chambers of Commerce can be found in
towns and cities around the world. They
are a vital network run for and by local
businesses. Unfortunately, some peoples
view of a Chamber is that they can be
a little old-fashioned and perhaps not
quite representative of a citys business
demographic. Were pleased to say thats not
the case in Brighton & Hove.
At a networking event in London recently, I
told someone that I was a member of the
Brighton Chamber. He said, Oh, yes, thats
the really dynamic chamber isnt it. I wish
we had something like that here. I do like it
when we can make the London folk jealous of
something we have in Brighton.
So, if youve been put off coming along to the
Chamber because you thought it was a boring
fuddy-duddy organisation, think again. Better
still, come along to one of our events and see
for yourself.
Maybe youd like some support from other
business owners at our confdential Wayfnder
sessions. The next one is on 17th January. Or
improve your idea-generating skills at the
creativity workshop on gamestorming on
30th January. And if you want to get stuck
into one of the big issues in the city, our big
debate on 26th February will be discussing
whether Brighton and Hove should split up.
Theres something for everyone here.
See which events youd like to come
along to at our website
www.businessinbrighton.org.uk. You
can come along to two events to check
us out before becoming a member, but
hopefully Ive persuaded you just to
join us right now.
business
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Business_Julia.indd 1 31/12/2012 18:30
NEWS...
Commitment to the city
American Express opens 1 John Street
A
merican Express is strengthening its
investment in Sussex with the offcial
opening of 1 John Street the
companys new, purpose-built service centre
in Brighton.
This state-of-the-art facility, situated in the
heart of the citys business community, will
house almost 3,000 American Express
employees, including front-line servicing staff,
who will move into their new and improved
workspace over the coming months.
The 1 John Street development, which forms
part of American Express global workspace
improvement programme, features a wide
range of working spaces, enhanced technology
and improved employee facilities and is
well-equipped to respond fexibly to the
companys current and future requirements.
Seamus OLoughlin, Vice President of Global
Real Estate at American Express, comments:
American Express has a long-standing
connection with Brighton. Our business has
been a fxture of the Sussex landscape for
over 40 years and we are delighted to open
1 John Street, a move which underscores
our commitment to the local economy and
community.
The communities of Sussex have helped
shape the development of 1 John Street.
The building project provided employment
for local workers, for example, during the
construction period up to 30% of contractors
on site were sourced from across the county,
helping strengthen the local economy during
the three-year construction phase.
Local community groups also collaborated to
produce the distinctive Art Wall feature on
the exterior wall of the building facing Carlton
Hill. Pupils from Carlton Hill Primary School,
children from Tarnerland Nursery, members
of the Sussex Deaf Association and American
Express employees worked with artist Kate
Malone to produce 160 square metres of
hand-crafted ceramic tiles, which have been
arranged in the style of a traditional fint wall.
The environment has been a key
consideration for the contractors throughout
the build process with materials being
repurposed where possible. For example,
the chalk excavated for the foundations
was recycled by local Sussex golf courses.
The contractors also maximised the use
of sustainable materials and production
processes including rainwater harvesting,
biodiverse green roofs and reduced water
appliances.
Key features of 1 John Street
A stepped building height creating
a strong identity while respecting local
views
Underground car parking designed to
ease congestion around Carlton Hill area
Approximately 200,000sqft of new
open plan offce space with dedicated
conference and training facilities
Amenity space for employees including
outside eating terrace and sea views
A dedicated Healthy Living area and a
Nuffeld gym facility for employees
Highly effcient and sustainable
methods of providing on site heating,
cooling and electricity
10,500sqft dedicated to green roofs
Business_Amex.indd 1 02/01/2013 15:49
97
My Father is probably the inspiration for my
entrepreneurial life. My father never seemed to
have a boss he was always making plans, setting
up a workshop here, starting a new business
there, opening offces, buying desks, acquiring
business partners... it was pretty non stop. Then
I remember him getting a job and he came
home with a Morris Marina as a company
car. Then before I knew it, he had made a
room in the house his new offce.... and the
entrepreneur cycle started in him again.
I left school a little earlier than I should. I
was already working, so I skipped all my exams
except English, which I passed, to work and
earn money. I had started working during the
school week, working in restaurant kitchens
every school night for 12 a session, which
was usually from 5pm to 1am in the morning.
So at exam time, I stayed at work and started
carving a career as a chef. I ended up training
at the Athenaeum Club in Pall Mall London on
a YTS scheme at 16. I was working 72 hours a
week for 27.50 - a lot less than the 48 - 60
a week I was earning whilst at school. In those
days, the only celebrity chef was the Galloping
Gourmet and the future of cooking seemed
very much ;upstairs downstairs;.
I didnt see much future in cooking. I opened a
kiosk shop with my father; selling confectionary,
cigarettes and hardware, and we stocked a
specifc range of window cleaner materials as
we noticed we were on most window cleaner
rounds. Opening early to let them know they
could stock up whilst on their rounds instead
of having to remember to go to the cash and
carry after work was pretty benefcial to them,
and to us, for a while, at least. There wasnt
enough to sustain any real progress or proft,
so I called it a day, and got a job as a Chef in a
restaurant. This probably disappointed my Dad
for giving up.
Ian Lucas founder
of international travel
company Redseven
built up his company by
concentrating on the Hen
and Stag parties market.
Redseven now operates
in 98 different locations
across 27 countries and
during 2013 they will
welcome our 900,000th
guest. This is Ians business
story and philosophy.
My Business Life
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98
I opened a kiosk shop with my father; selling
confectionary, cigarettes and hardware,
and we stocked a specifc range of window cleaning
materials as we noticed we were on most window
cleaner rounds.
My girlfriend (at the time) and I decided to sell
some old car parts at the new market places
called Boot Fairs. Our frst Boot Fair was
just a blanket on the foor, and we had loads
of Ford car parts (dont ask how). I think we
made something like 100 pure proft in about
an hour, and it made me hungry to earn more.
While we were I went around the boot fair and
using 50 of the proft, I bought things I thought
people would like or collect - things like china
pigs, plates, vases etc. I then returned to our
pitch and put them on our blanket and sold
them for another 100 proft! So we walked
away from our frst boot fair with about 200
proft from other peoples rubbish.
I went on a friends stag night in London. 22
of us had a great time, but couldnt get into
some bars or clubs we wanted - it just wasnt
permitted!
We made do drinking cans of Red Stripe
served warm from a paste table, set up in the
South Africa centre in Covent Garden.
I heard of an activity centre that was offering
tank driving which had been booked by stag
group. I found out that the tank driving was
starting to become popular with stag groups
as guys than just drinking beer. Also the bars,
hotels and nightclubs that refused stag groups
actually wanted the business, but refused it
through fear of 20 drunk guys running amok.
I felt the solution was to create pre-planned
weekends, where guys were not always on the
beer, and therefore less likely to cause havoc.
They wanted to be welcomed into clubs like
VIPs instead of having to split into twos and
queue for hours not knowing if everyone got
in or not. It was a different approach, based
around how I like to be treated on a night out.
I met up with a hotel and some clubs in
Brighton, also some agricultural activity
centres that did corporate events, and
created the frst pre-packaged selection Stag
Weekends. I launched it, advertised in a lads
magazine and sold my frst weekend a few days
later. It was slow growth at frst as I was on
my own with zero money, no one knew about
me, no competition - it really was a brand new
service. After a few years it started to really
gather pace - I had a few competitors by then,
and I think it fuelled the demand.
Red7s growth has been down to three main
factors. The frst is to focus on a niche area
and either be frst to market or market leader
or both. This means concentrating on doing
things better, constantly innovating, constantly
providing customers with attractive solutions
and benefts and making a real effort to push
hard to attract and serve as many customers
within your niche marketplace as possible. We
think of things people can do that perhaps
they didnt think were possible, understanding
what other purchases surround going away for
the weekend, offering a range of honeymoons,
remembering anniversaries - thats what I call
focussed on your niche market and customers.
The second main factor has been acquisition.
Ive acquired several direct competitors over
the years, some were failing, others were
fourishing. I acquired a travel agency six years
ago to be capable of extending our services
into holidays and business travel.
The third factor is realising that competitors
can beneft businesses in many ways. The
main way is to promote the existence of
a niche market, which stimulates demand.
Red7 has spawned many competitors and
the marketplace is very saturated for its size,
but without competition, it would have been
harder to grow the business. Working with
competitors, or those competitors who are
commercially astute anyway, is another success
weve had - many sell our products as our
agents; we also introduce some customers to
our competitors if we cant service or convert
them, and receive a commercial commission
in return - this is often a strategy not known
or overlooked by competitors who attack
their competing companies or just have too
much arrogance or think it is commercially
weak to share your customers. Beneftting our
customers is Red7s main purpose, and that
has been a big factor in our growth, and will
continue to be so.
Weddings are actually getting more popular
and are at a 15 year high. This is the same as
other recessions; people tend to marry in hard
Red7 has spawned many competitors, and the
marketplace is very saturated for its size, but
without competition, it would have been harder to
grow the business.
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99
economic times, it must be about emotional
support, were in it together as well as joint
fnances being stronger than one income. in
fact, Red7 was started in a recession
There have been a lot of travel businesses
who have not survived the recession. A
big thing is to provide full consumer fnancial
protection, something unfortunately most of
our hen and stag specialist competitors seem
to fout. Confdence is returning, and providing
all the risk eliminators like ATOL and ABTA
are pretty crucial, and I dont understand
why customers would book holidays without
protection - even booking your holiday yourself
with an airline does not provide fnancial
protection! The most important thing is the
reputation of the hen and stag companies and
marketplace, in the eyes of customers, so I
encourage regulators to ensure everyone is
legal and above board as possible, and thats
also why I like to set the standards in our niche.
Were told this recession goes further and
deeper than previous recessions - or does it?
I remember the recessions in the 80s and again
in the 90s. In fact, in the 90s interest rates
were 17.5% and people were jumping on the
housing ladder because they were afraid they
were going to get left behind, which fuelled
house prices even more, to unaffordable
levels. Then the housing market crashed, losing
millions of ordinary people their life savings,
whilst putting them into negative equity and
a seemingly Ill never recover from this
experience.
Sure, in this recession, businesses have failed.
Others have cut back on staff and streamlined.
But when I left school unemployment was 3m
B0113_099 to 102 Ian Lucas inter3 3 29/12/12 12:03:38
in a population of 56m, now its 2m from a
population of 61m.
There is a cycle that seems quite ingrained
into British culture. One Government creates
an enterprising, free market and the result is
everyone feels theyre more wealthy, which
fuels confdence which in turn fuels the
economy and spending. Then our own people
decide that Britain is an evil capitalist nation
exploiting those unfortunate poor workers,
and a different Government is chosen to
spend, borrow and penalise those people who
create jobs and taxation, whilst raising taxes,
fuel duty for everyone to compensate the loss
of tax. When debts are too high, the previous
Government is called back in to stimulate the
wealth again, and of course, they rarely reduce
tax that everyone pays, like VAT and fuel. It just
goes round in circles.
This time Governments want to blame the
banks. It was an international problem. But
if the governments did their job properly,
which is to govern and try and work together
internationally, they could have properly
regulated the banks, who at the end of the
day were creating their own wealth and the
governments were gladly accepting the taxes,
which was then spent. Even our Gold reserves
was sold at the lowest price to feed the
Governments spending spree... the bankers
didnt do that!
Lets concentrate, and be allowed to
concentrate, on creating wealth that in turn
creates employment, which in turn stimulates
the economy, and everyone benefts. This time
is different as we do not have a government
that is allowed to have clarity of leadership
and policy, and I think, whilst the Coalition did
actually do a good job in year 1, the nation have
found it all a bit wishy washy and it will not
bode us well going forward. We need clarity
and singularity of leadership with a bit more
decisive action and a little bit quicker.
People love Brighton for what it has always
been, a seaside town with a cheeky side that
is fortunate to be so close to London. Some
people forget what makes Brighton so popular.
Brightons local economy is really about
two main areas. Tourism and the so called
New Media. Even conferences are a form of
tourism. The creative industry here is strong,
but not quite achieved the strongest in the UK
with London and now Manchester catching up.
We do have some excellent and innovative
creative companies, some world class gaming
businesses and a plethora of freelancers. Our
Council should stop making it harder and more
expensive for tourists to visit, and should be
showcasing UKs Silicon Beach to get major
investment into the City. We should look to
Cupertino City Council in California as an
example to emulate.
Brighton is not Margate. The council should
make it easier to access Brighton for a day
trip, by creating a proper out of town park &
ride system for non residents, whilst reduce
parking charges to get people in town shopping
and visiting cafes and restaurants again, and
they should really look to be hosting major
worldwide events that are fun and inspiring
rather than rely on Political Party Conferences.
Provide people with a platform to show
Brighton off, and they will promote Brighton
and attract economy here.
they should really look to be hosting major
worldwide events that are fun and inspiring
rather than rely on Political Party Conferences.
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B0113_101 Northwood ad.indd 1 2/1/13 17:12:58
O
ne of the highlights of Davids
cricketing career was facing Imran
Khan, the captain of Pakistan. One
has to be a brave, confdent and determined
man to even contemplate facing Imran, a
ferocious fast bowler.
Happily for those of us living in and around
Brighton, David has these and other attributes
in spades and he put them to the service of
our community. In 1975 he became Chief
Executive of the Brighton Health Authority, a
post he held for seventeen years. Nowadays
nobody seems to last more than a year or
two before they move on or are removed.
So what was it like running a health authority
in the 1970s? Well to put it in context, Beth
and I moved to Brighton in the early 60s.
Our frst daughter, Deborah, was born in
the Brighton General Hospital on Christmas
Eve 1961 when snow lay all about, deep
and crisp and even.The nursing staff were
excellent but the old hospital wards were
little different from what they had been in the
1920s, inadequate, cold, and draughty with ice
forming on the inside of the windows.
David Bowden started out in Newton Abbot
in the West Country where he met his future
wife, Pauline. With every move he made
he took on more responsibility before he
fnally came to Brighton where he was soon
appointed Chief Executive for the Brighton
Health Authority. He was responsible for over
6,000 staff and a budget of 100 million a
year. It was a colossal job in a period of great
change. Outdated, unsatisfactory buildings and
hospitals were closed; new routines and new
technology embraced. Consultant doctors of
the highest calibre were invited to
join and there were exciting plans
for the future with a new hospital
planned for a site in Falmer.
When David took over as Chief
Executive he was responsible for no
less than fourteen hospitals; at the
end of his term of offce there were
just seven.
David Bowden and his colleagues
wanted the very best for their
hospitals and soon the standard of
care was much improved, not that
the improvements impressed. The
Brighton Argus, as always, was quick
to criticise and slow to praise. There
were many challenges in making
the Brighton Health Authority into
the world class unit class unit and
teaching hospital it is today. And
of course, shortage of funding was
and is a perennial problem. But
there can be no doubt that during David
Bowdens long term of offce he got the show
on the road and was a very successful Chief
Executive.
Recalling the plans for a new hospital in
Falmer, I asked David about the unsatisfactory
location of The Royal Sussex, which sits in a
built-up area with no room to move, except
upwards. David agreed that the location of
The Royal Sussex hospital was a real problem
and that there were many justifed complaints.
But, he said with a broad smile, you must
remember I am no longer in charge. However,
you wont be surprised when I tell you what
stopped the Falmer hospital being built.
Plans were drawn up
and approved by the
government but then
there were then two
fnancial crises nothing
has changed then! - and
the plans were shelved
in favour of two new
hospitals in Hastings and
Eastbourne to replace
the current buildings which were in a very bad
state, particularly the Conquest in Hastings. So,
in the end, we never got the money. We had
to make do with what we had.
We talked about problems at Accident and
Emergency which from time-to-time is over-
burdened. David told me that it was the same
everywhere.
National Health Hospitals have a duty to
look after everyone, drunks and the critically ill
alike and sadly many of those who ask for help
do so for trivial and unnecessary reasons.
David Bowden has now retired but still keeps
busy helping our community in many ways.
Hes returned to cricket too. Recognising the
sad fact that cricket is beyond the reach of
many young people, energetic and thoughtful
as ever, David decided to do something
about it. He is both a Trustee and Chairman
of the Sussex Cricket In The Community
Trust. One of the very bright ideas that the
Trust promotes is Street 20, a game that can
be played in a street or any small piece of
open ground. Its great fun and maybe David
will fnd another Flintoff, but this time from
Whitehawk.
Tim Parker in Conversation with...
David Bowden
Tim reminisces with the former Chief Executive of the Brighton Health Authority
Street20 cricket is promoted by Sussex Cricket In The Community Trust
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The Networkers Diary
Ambroses Love Bites Top 3
|s lt all about prot? Are our buslness people baro-
noseo ano rutbless. Or oo tbey bave a romantlc sloe?
Tbere's only one man wbo can no out: our own Mr
Lurve.
Ambrose Harcourt asks 8rlgbton's
buslness people tor tbelr all tlme,
top tbree love songs:
This month:
David Pegler,
Divisional Director of
Brewin Dolphin,
1. Michael Buble - Some Kind of Wonderful
He ls slmply one ot my tavourlte artlsts. We went to
see blm ln concert last year a great entertalner.
2. Snow Patrol Chasing Cars
You can ll up your oay wltb lots ot 'stutt ' ano
sometlmes get lost ln all tbe actlvltles ano sometlmes
olstractlons tbat we are taceo wltb. For me, tbls song
tocuses on one slmple message ot 'love', leavlng all tbe
olstractlons beblno.
3. Dina Carroll Perfect Year
Wbat we all strlve tor ln tbese cballenglng tlmes.
Davlo jolneo 8rewln Dolpbln ln September 2009 as beao
ot lts new 8rlgbton otce atter 6 years at U8S Wealtb
Management ano 12 years at Cazenove. 8rewln Dolpbln ls
one ot tbe UK's largest lnoepenoently owneo prlvate cllent
lnvestment managers wltb approlmately L26bn lnvesteo on
bebalt ot more tban 130,000 cllents, cbarltles ano penslon
tunos trom 40 reglonal otces.
Outsloe ot work Davlo ls a keen '|ronman' trlatblete ano
cycllst.
Julia Chanteray recommends...
the best business networking events in town
Here are some of the upcoming highlights, the business events where youll learn
the most, meet the most interesting people and do the best business. Ill see you
there.
10th January WriteClub at Small Batch on Jubilee Street at 9am. For all
copywriters, creative writers, bloggers, and people who like to use just the right
amount of commas. Free, just turn up.
15th January Brighton Curry Club From 6pm at Sussex County
Cricket Club. No membership required. Register at brightonbusinesscurryclub.
co.uk. Costs 17.50 including the curry and a drink.
18th January Juice Breakfast Club. Informal networking at a
sociable time. No need to set the alarm clock as it doesnt start until 8am. No
membership required,. Register at juicebrighton.com/info/breakfast-club. It costs
10 and this month is being held at Bohemia 54-55 Meeting House Lane.
18th January DIY Filming course with Larchmont Films. A great
opportunity to network while learning some new skills. I did this course in
November, and had a fantastic day. Book in advance, through Larchmont Films
23rd January ;E]RHIV'VSWWVSEHWWIWWMSR. Not a Brummie
soap opera, but the chance to get together with other business owners who are
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owners and managers. Highly recommended.
Book at www.businessinbrighton.org.uk
24th January 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.
24th January How to be a Productivity Ninja, Chamber Rooms at
9.30am. A chance to get a 350 course for just 25, and learn how to be mega
productive so your business soars. And if you ask nicely, Graham Allcott might
give you a free copy of his book. www.businessinbrighton.org.uk
Julia Chanteray helps businesses to make more money and have more fun through
her business consultancy The Joy of Business.
She does a lot of networking in Brighton.
business
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where?
The Grand Hotel, Brighton
why?
Monthly networking meeting of
The Platinum Club
fact.
The Platinum Club is the citys
leading premier networking forum
in partnership with The Grand Hotel
Brighton. Last months meeting was
a lively affair with a very diverse
selection of Sussex business leaders.
who?
92 ABSOLUTE
guestlist
1. Stephen Wade (Santander), Robert Wakeford
(Bank Leumi), Maarten Hoffmann (The
Platinum Club) and Cheryl Johnson (Sussex Air
Ambulance)
2. Alan Prior (The Pinnacle Group) and
Anatasia Meldrum (Absolute Magazine)
3. Maarten Hoffmann (The Platinum Club),
Amelia Stone (Overline Network Consultants)
and Karim Mohamed (MayoWynneBaxter)
4. Amanda Menahem (Hastings Direct
Insurance) and David Waddell (Harvey John
Recruitment)
5. Kylee Charles (Mindseye Management) and
Steven Wilson (Wilson Design)
6. Sabiha Choudhury (Copywriting) and Amelia
Stone (Overline Network Consultants)
7. David Cuff (Latest Television), Sarah
Edmunds (Legal) and Nick Tong (Tzuni)
8. Troy and Charles Belliere (BSW Building
Services) Maarten Hoffmann,
Alan Prior (The Pinnacle Group) and
Ulrich Hoffmann (Hoffmann & Rathbone)
9. David Waddell (Harvey John Recruitment)
and Sally Peake (Rix & Kay Law)
10. Dean Orgill (MayoWynneBaxter) and
Leter Stewart (Baker Tilly)
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where?
South Lodge Hotel
why?
The Sussex Business Awards
who?
guestlist
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1. Zoe Peate and the Sussex Harmonisers Choir
2. Vicky French, Tweet and Gemma Francis
of Park Resort
3. Mark Mc Parland from BITC with Frances
Borrer from Legal and General
4. Poppy Atkins and Helen Allan from Sussex
County Cricket Club
5. Clear Computings Carly Will
6. Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex Peter and
Margaret Field, Rachel Hughes from Green Mop
and Hugh and Tessa Burnett DL
7. The team from Red Seven
8. Midnight Communications
Caraline Brown and Fiona Graves
9. Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex Peter Field
with Caroline Huggett and Nicki Perry
10. The group from Park Resort
11. Mike and Jennifer Mendoza with Peter
Latham and Neil Parkin
12. The Marlin Group Ltd
13.Rugby Player Martin Bayfeld
14. The group from The Grand Hotel Brighton
15. From Clear Computing, Carly Will with
Barney and Kelly Hall
16. Michael Yeomans and Mike Holland
17. The group from Hilton Brighton Metropole
18. Lucy Mc Crickard and the group from
Active Solutions Group
19. Soozie Campbell of Sharp Media Group with
Carl and Soheila Jones from Moshi Moshi
20. The group from Qualifa
21. The girls from Qualifa
22. The group from Sussex County Cricket Club
Pictures: Graham Franks
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Sussex Business Awards 2012
THE WINNERS
The Award for Innovation in Business Sponsored by Sussex Innovation Centre
WINNER: Systagenix
Sussex Businessperson of the Year Sponsored by Morgan Sindall
WINNER: Kevin Byrne, Checkatrade
The Most Awesome Use of Digital Media Sponsored by Wired Sussex
WINNER: Boing Splash Media
The Award for Leisure & Tourism Sponsored by Sussex Life
WINNER: The Grand Hotel
The Healthiest Workplace Award Sponsored by Active Solutions
WINNER: RSPCA
The Responsible Business Award Sponsored by Checkaprofessional
WINNER: Clear Computing Ltd
Sussex Company of the Year Sponsored by Deloitte
WINNER: Marlin Financial Group Ltd
Greatest Contribution to Sussex Charity Sponsored by Absolute Brighton
WINNER: Kathy Gore, Friends of Sussex Hospices
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Sussex Business Awards 2012
THE WINNERS
T
he winners of the twenty fourth Sussex Business Awards
were announced on 6th December at South Lodge Hotel,
nr Horsham. The Sussex Company of the Year (sponsored
by Deloitte for ten years now) was presented to Marlin Financial
Group Ltd, the 5th fastest growing PE-backed company in the UK, as
featured in The Sunday Times Buyout Track 100, 2012.
Peter Field, Chair of the Sussex Business Awards judging panel and
Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex commented:
For 24 years the Sussex Business Awards have recognised some
of the most successful individuals and businesses in Sussex. If the
South East is emerging as the recovery engine of the UK economy,
then Sussex surely must be its spark plug creating the innovation to
make it all happen. Where better to recognise the best in our two
Counties than at the Sussex Business Awards.
This year was no exception with many excellent entries and I hope
you will agree that our winners are very worthy of these Awards.
Absolute Brighton sponsored the award recognising the Greatest
Contribution to Sussex Charity.
The deserved winner was Kathy Gore from the Friends of Sussex
Hospices. Look out for an interview with Kathy next month.
The International Business of the Year Sponsored by HSBC
WINNER: Qualifa
The Small Business of the Year Sponsored by Deloitte and Sussex Enterprise
WINNER: South Downs Solar Ltd
Best Place for Business Entertaining Sponsored by Juice 107.2
WINNER: Sussex County Cricket Club
The Boss of the Year Sponsored by The Argus
WINNER: Cate Searle, Martin Searle Solicitors
The Most Promising New Business Sponsored by Morrisons Solicitors
WINNER: Classic Consulting
The Entrepreneur of the Year Sponsored by Federation of Small Businesses
WINNER: Rob Hill, The Eventa Group Ltd
The Award for the Best Customer Service Sponsored by Domestic & General
WINNER: Systagenix
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In 2013 I will...
We asked local business people and personalities for their personal
and business resolutions. We will be checking to make sure they
keep to their word!
Jim May
Chairman, Sussex County Cricket Club
Personal: Make every day count!
Business: On the feld. Having come so close in three
competitions in 2012, to win a trophy in 2013.
Off the feld. Having won The Best Place to Entertain
your Clients at the 2012 Sussex Business Awards, to
attract more people to our great facilities at the County
Ground.
Michael Wilkins
Senior Manager - Corporate Business, AIB Group
(UK) Plc
Personal: I am aiming to undertake another charity fundraiser
which will replicate the success of the Brighton to Paris Cycle
completed in 2012.
Business: To achieve the demanding new lending target set by
the bank for our business in Brighton and the surrounding
area for 2013.
In doing so, it
will tangibly
demonstrate a
committment
to our loyal
customer base
and support
to the wider
business
community.

Tim Fenton
Senior Partner at Quality Solicitors Howlett Clarke
Business: Our resolution is to make 2013 a year of growth for
Howlett Clarke by cementing our relationships with Brighton
based small and medium sized companies. One key area will
be to help clients take on the challenges of deregulation within
legal services, the so-called Tesco law.
Well be launching a number of new products including
a package for start-up companies to help them navigate
the many hurdles associated with opening a new business,
and we will be looking to capitalise on the power of the
Quality Solicitors network with more national advertising
and marketing.
Together with
growth in fxed
fee work were
determined to
make 2013 a
superb year for
the oldest law
frm in Brighton as
we celebrate our
240th anniversary.
Tim Cobb
Cobb PR
Personal: Try a bit harder to get the work/life balance
sorted; get out more on my mountain bike; devote more
time to my wonderful wife; fnd time for fun stuff with
my three teenage sons; be available for selection if Albion
cant fnd a supporting striker in the January transfer
window.

Business: Be open to new
opportunities; allow my team
to take some of the bigger decisions;
grow the business by 15-20% during
2013; be selective about which
networking events
to attend; treat people as you
would like them to treat
you.
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Stuart Dorn
Brighton Racecourse
Personal: Train for the Brighton
Marathon (frst ever marathon)
and hopefully complete it, and
then keep my training up for
another challenge - yet to be
confrmed! Make more time for
family and friends this year.
Business: Remind people how
much fun horse racing is and
come and experience it with
us at Brighton Racecourse.
Keep the reintegration of
the Racecourse with the city
developing - still work in
progress despite the fact it
has been part of the city since
1783! Enjoy the social side of
the work more with the friends
of the Racecourse. Getting
more involved with community
projects in the city.
Dave Bridges
Managing Director, Fruit
Design
Personal: To counterbalance my love
of Harveys beer with a strict ftness
regime that keeps me in shape.
Business: To not moan about the
amount of tax the business has to
make in order to bail the banks out.
Stephanie St James
RSVPR
Personal: To stop working at three in the
morning - and get some sleep at night! Can I
have 2 resolutions? Why not? I am the Queen
of Brighton. If so, take more holidays each year
- fve days is not enough!

Business: To continue to grow but to include
international contracts that have been
hovering on the horizon for the past year. My
ambition is for the business to return to more
of its specialist areas of PR, for which it is best
known: charities, hotels, sport and for me to
learn to delegate! And make the most of all
those who want to be a part of RSVPR.
Stephen Grant
Comedian
1. Do not shovel crisps into my mouth. Take one at a time.
At the very least I should get a tiny cardiovascular exercise of
repeatedly lifting saturated fat into my face. Just because I can
put 15 Pringles in at once doesnt mean I should.

2. Make the bed before getting in it. I still havent learnt that its
harder to tuck sheets in when youre actually lying on them.

3. Unfriend anyone on Facebook who invites me to some sort
of digital farming game. Im assuming you only win these by
selling all of your land to property developers at an over-
infated price.

4. Unfollow anyone on Twitter who tweets pictures of their
lunch. Unless theres a rat or a wedding ring in it.

5. Drink less bottles of wine.

6. Remember the difference between less and fewer.

7. Dont write extra stuff for magazines that you probably
wont get paid for.
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Keith Hall
Cardens Accountants
Personal: To get ftter as I plan to cycle to Paris with some
business contacts as part of a charity cycle ride next
Spring/Summer time.
Business: Using another cycling theme, adopt the
approach of Dave Brailsford, head of Team GB Cycling
and Team Sky. He is constantly looking to get small
improvements in many areas. Our clients seem to already
like what we do as we get recommended by them but we
are using this philosophy for all areas of what we do for
them. Our aim is to improve in small ways on the service
we are already providing to them.
Continue with our charity initiative 1% makes a
difference .We aim to donate 1% of our turnover to
charity each year by either direct donations to charities
or indirectly in support of fundraising undertaken by our
clients and contacts.
Peter James
Writer
Personal: To try everything that comes
my way once, except for incest and folk
dancing.
Business: To complete my world tour of
visiting all of the countries in which I am
published in 35 languages.
Gary Peters
Chief Executive, ICPGroup
Personal: To carry on working hard, ensuring that
Brighton & Hove continues to be the best place
to live, work and play in the UK and I also want to
spend much more time with my family -- life is far
too short and goes way too quickly! #worktolive
Business: My targets and ambitions for my business
are simple; to continue doing what we are
doing -- working hard, inspiring others, creating
opportunities and enjoying what we do!
Victoria Regan
Dawson Hart Solicitors
Personal: To get myself mentally and physically ft to
face the challenges of the Tough Mudder assault
course, which is hailed as being the toughest event
on the planet. This will really test my strength,
stamina and mental grit!
Business: When I am not running through mud,
fre, ice water and 10,000 volts of electricity, I aim
to place my energies into demystifying the raft of
Government ideas, initiatives, speculations and
consultations surrounding Employment Law. My
goal is to provide clarity to Companies, Managers
and HR advisers alike by advising them on how
to avoid potential legal pitfalls and offering them
direction for the successful running of their
businesses throughout 2013.
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One Liners...
Sinan Kalan
Sylvan Oak fne dining, Findon Village
To sell snow to the eskimos.
Simon Darcy Abbott
Darcy PR - Design & marketing solutions
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
Mike Gorgeous
DJ Tokyo stereo / Motel
Onwards and upwards always.
Fatosh Kalan
Brightons next hot model
In 2013 I want to fnd Brightons next hot models and see them become Britains
next top models.
Hakan Kaptan
My food book Brighton - New guide to home dining
Living life, all in baby.
Alex Anderson
Brighton property developer
What doesnt kill you can only make you stronger.
Lucinda Kennard
Feathered fantasy designer, bespoke headwear
Not to disappoint myself by making resolutions that I will most probably break.
Louise Chavannes
Artist / Painter
Paint, Live, Love, Exercise.
Peter Chavannes
Bafta Award winning Film Maker
Capture the image, live for the moment.
Richard Wheeler
Angel & Curve London Headphones
To bring more great sounds and cool designs to the streets.
Keep it
realistic
Matt Russell offers some timely
advice on avoiding the pitfalls of
New Year resolutions
The festivities are over. Congratulations!
The forced familial fun of Christmas is but a
distant memory. The Eve of New Year for most
Brits - due to our bacchanalian tendencies a
mere smudge on the cortex. Like a bemused
criminal misunderstanding their bail conditions,
the festive period has given us just a smidgen
too much access to freedom, and the crippling
acceptance of going back to work/jail has
imposed itself upon us. Baffingly however,
something that still limps on into the month
of February is New Years Resolutions. More
specifcally. People failing them.
If like me, you have the tendency to adhere to
commitments like a Post-It note to a waterfall,
youll have scrapped the notion of these self-
imposed excitement stranglers a long time ago.
A person bettering themselves is a fantastic
thing, dont get me wrong. Unfortunately, the
majority of us are overwhelmingly destined
to fail. This in turn will most likely annoy us,
defeating the object of the whole concept. The
realisation that youve neglected to succeed at
a situation that you - and you alone - created, is
at best niggling, and at worst, soul-destroyingly
depressing.
Maybe the answer lies in having slightly more
realistic goals...
Want to meet new people? No need for speed
dating; just leave your house more regularly
than the occasional fre alarm. Unless youre
part-time journalist and 2012 Hide and Seek
Champion Julien Assange theres no reason not
to get out there and mingle. Want to increase
your brainpower? Dont hurt your head trying
to read Proust; just stop watching Fox News.
Want to learn to Morris Dance? Dont! There
must be limits people.
All very simple things at which even the laziest
amoungst us has a plausible shot of success.
Roll on next New Year and the start of a New
Years Revolution, in New Year Resolutions.
Richard Wheeler, Fatosh Kalan and
Simon Darcy Abbott
Louise Chavannes, Lucinda Kennard and
Mike Gorgeous
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Stephanie St James launches our new regal column
If I was Queen
of Brighton...
W
ell, I wouldnt line the streets with
gold or anything like that - its a
serious business being Queen!
The frst thing Id do is fnd myself a King. Id
appoint someone who could ensure things
get done and theres only one man in this
city who ever actually does what he says hes
going to do and that man is Mike Holland.
King found... now Im afraid I would have to
make a great many changes with which a
lot of people would disagree. Id start with
cleaning up the city - at the moment it looks
like a shanty town.
I would not tolerate any more scruffness.
Diverse and cultural it is not! When I am
Queen, I wont have time to keep popping off
to Knightsbridge for a fashion fx so I would
need to inject some CHIC into Brighton - If I
absolutely had to accommodate a percentage
of trainers, hoodies, tattoos and piercings I
would contain them in designated areas and
fne people if they roamed out onto my newly
cleaned streets.
Christmas Lights: if we are going to fnd a
triple A star, like Adele, to switch something
on then no more spindly home-made looking
bits of tinsel hanging sadly on one or two
streets. When I am Queen, Brighton really will
be on the map and we will light up the whole
city with a spectacular Christmas festival... just
you wait and see!
I would permit cycles, not on the same street
as the palace, obviously. Only a reasonable
number of them - at the moment Brighton
is infested with them! I would make it law
that they were licensed (no more anonymous
cyclists knocking into animals and children,
running red lights and traumatizing our
motorists). Cyclists would have to be insured
so that when, and I say when not if, they are
caught for committing crimes, they can be
held responsible, like every other road
user!
It would be free for all residents of
Brighton & Hove to park. Only visitors
would face charges. This way, we
could vastly reduce the number
of us who run off to shop in
Kensington and Chelsea where
parking is half the price it is
here.
Id force everyone to read
a book - a new one every
week (or every month
if people are too busy
partying (I might be).... The
best way to start this new initiative would be
to introduce our most famous and greatest
and best, in every way, author: Peter James.
That way I could ensure there would be no
complaints!
II would be very happy to keep the delightful
arrival of Jo Malone in Dukes Lane... I would
make it law that every new retailer must
sit well in my new portfolio of Chic and
Sophisticated. LK Bennett, Gresham Blake,
Hugo Morris... you can all stay!
I would make no changes to our wonderful
array of restaurants. Brighton could
remain the Gastronomic Centre of
Excellence it already is!
I just hope that when I am Queen
and Ive made all these dramatic
changes, Brighton & Hove would
still be the friendliest city in the
UK and Id still have the hundreds
of friends Ive made since living
here!
Finally, bullies - if youre lurking
around the streets of my
city... in the tower
FOREVER!
If I absolutely had to accommodate a
percentage of trainers, hoodies, tattoos
and piercings I would contain them in
designated areas and fne people
if they roamed out onto my
newly cleaned streets.
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