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The above set is a gallery of pictures shot today at the Brighton Heroes Run on Hove seafront. The event has been going since 2005 and is organised by the charity Passing It On, in aid of schools in Africa.
It was good to see so many people getting…
Doctor, my sides are splitting! This is reality tv as you’ve never seen it before, baroque, brightonesque and utterly bonkers. The cakes are magnificent and the characters are extraordinary – especially Christine the creative director and Dave, the head chocolatier. Add to the mix supercool cook Jim and “ambitious assistant” Tom, stir, stand back and [...]
It’s been in the pipeline for a few months now, was initiated before winter began and is coming out now that winter is ending – the latest short from Globalism Films.Titled ‘Station To Ocean’, this short film was produced in response to a call for vide…
A good thing about the end of the year is getting to clear out all the stuff you’ve been meaning to do for much of the rest of it. It’s rare to satisfactorily finish everything, but good to at least make some moves towards it. Having gotten a little mo…
Here’s a brief post on Christmas Day to wish all readers and visitors of this blog the best of the season to you, wherever you are or whatever you celebrate over the Winter break.Yes, I’ve rather neglected this space of late, what with moving house, fi…
Photo: Nikki AcottLast night I returned to the boards upstairs at Three and Ten for a reading at Sparks 11, my second appearance at the event. I read a (slightly condensed) version of ‘Branded By The Bush’, a short story I wrote a few years back which …
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 loc…
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 with [...]
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…
