Article Archive for February 2009
If you’re a book lover you probably occasionally browse the table of second hand books outside Colin Page Antiquarian Bookshop in Duke Street, but have you had a good look inside this fascinating treasure trove? …
This is an article which I wrote some months ago in another local magazine on the history of the communal bin scheme. I thought it might prove of interest for some residents in the area …
Snow today, gone tomorrow
Large parts of the country are still shrouded beneath a white blanket of snow, but here in Brighton the lovely fall of snow barely lasted a day. Who knows, maybe we have …
As I took a stroll in the Lanes on a Saturday afternoon I heard the cry of “P*ss off, why don’t you p*ss off, yeah?”. I turned to see a rather irate looking Josh Arghiros …
Police are still trying to identify a woman whose body was found on the beach at Western Esplanade, Hove, on 12th January. The woman was white, aged between 35 and 50 with short wavy auburn …
A suitcase abandoned on the road close to Roedean School on the A259 caused a bomb scare which closed roads in both directions and caused traffic chaos. This comes shortly after another bomb scare in …
After the new Crawley store is on hold, a victim of the economic downtown, many in the city are hoping this means a chance to get our paws on Sussex’s first John Lewis department store. …
TV chef Jamie Oliver’s new restaurant is set to open its doors at the end of March. Located in Black Lion Street, the restaurant is now in the process of hiring staff.
Plans are expected to be announced to convert the disused Sussex Ice Rink near Churchill Square into a 6-storey hotel. Brighton and Hove City Council, the owner of the dilapidated site, is said to be …
Authorities across Sussex have come under fire for spending large amounts on management. A total of 170 managers, each earning more than £50,000, were employed by Brighton and Hove City Council in 2006/7, costing the …
