HOVErheard*: The Tattoo
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:40:11 +0000 - Two very reasonable parents discuss the tattoo their student son has just got on his arm. You get the sense the parents have had some wild days themselves and are hardly prudish. Mother is doing most of the talking. Mum: It is very big though, isn't it? B...
Book review: A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:08:55 +0000 - A Witch in Winter is Ruth Warburton's debut novel and the first of a trilogy centred around the reluctant teenage witch Anna Winterson as she struggles to discover her heritage and the nature of her mysterious, magical powers. Anna and her father have mov...
Book Review: Just Boris: The Irresistible Rise of a Political Celebrity by Sonia Purnell
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:57:12 +0000 - Never has a political assassination in print been so delicious, detailed, elegant and comprehensive. Having read Just Boris: The irresistable rise of a political celebrity it is almost impossible to like the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. John Bright's a...
Brighton?s Indian Gate at the Pavilion and the Wounded Soldiers
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:52:43 +0000 - Plenty has been written about the astonishing tale of the wounded Indian soldiers who were cared for in Brighton, often at the Pavilion, during the First World War. It was a gesture recognised by the Indians themselves and in this week 90 years ago (Octob...
A bridge below: the Ouse Valley Viaduct at Balcombe
Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:49:37 +0000 - I tramped across a cornfield to take a proper look at something I've travelled over countless times. The beautiful and stately Ouse Valley Viaduct, just outside Balcombe, is largely unknown by the people who use it every day. Many a London/Brighton commut...