Brighton

Not for the faint hearted

19/08/2010
By Globalism
Not for the faint hearted

In order that I don't spend my entire life in the classrooms at work or in front of a screen at home and as a way to network occasionally with the likes of local writers, I joined the Brighton-based Write Club last year. It's an informal network of local writers that...
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Daphne is a swinger

29/06/2010
By anna

Friend X has a proposition for me: do I want to be a supporting artiste on a short film being made in Brighton? I’m to play ‘mature lady at a dinner party’. Any opportunity to show off, thinks I although I’m not sure about the ‘mature’ bit. When I learn there’s nudity and tomfoolery...
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My Weekend in Pictures

21/06/2010
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My Weekend in Pictures

Caroline of Brunswick was one of the few pubs where you could escape the football Friday ...Saturday night and ready to go to the Are you sitting comfortably? Pyjama Party event (more pics below)The actor Gareth Brierly is reading my story Relax Johnny...
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Loxdale Centre Re-Visited – England or Sweden?

18/05/2010
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Loxdale Centre Re-Visited – England or Sweden?

Today I time-travelled. I was back at Loxdale Centre in Portslade, the place where I studied English for three months when I first arrived in Brighton back in 2001.I was invited to do a talk/lecture that I called "Life after Loxdale". I talked about m...
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REVIEWS // Noughties, But Nice (2010)

04/04/2010
By pateswritings
REVIEWS // Noughties, But Nice (2010)

This review was initially slated to appear online at the beginning of the year. Other commitments got in the way and it got pushed back. I later started writing it for my general blog ‘Postings From An Edge’, but ended up being such a lengthy piece that I felt it would go better here....
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