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Brighton Life, Environment, Features

Vive La Difference?

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Justin Simpson, a familiar face around West Hill in general and the Duke of Wellington in particular, lived in Buckingham Road and has been going back and forth between the UK and Australia for donkey’s years as he’s a dual passport holder. He left Brighton recently for Sydney but fears Brexit might finally end his love affair with the Poms! We may or may not see him back again on these shores, but, in the meantime, he has sent us this observation of life in Sydney vs Brighton.

Sydney Street Art

Sydney is totally different to Brighthelmstone – or is it? Continue reading Vive La Difference? →

Features

What are Flowers?

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Peter Batten thinks about flowers . . .

In January 2017, with my wife Nikki, I made a resolution. We decided that we would always have flowers somewhere in the house. So far, we have maintained that resolution.

As I write, the latest bunch is in a vase on the kitchen table. They are open and thrusting their heads forward like a group of excited children. Their colour is very subtle. I would describe it as orange with a hint of brown, plus some darker flecks. Their effect in the house is to introduce something unique, challenging, mysterious. What are flowers? Where do they come from? How did they come to exist – so many, so different? Continue reading What are Flowers? →

Features, The Arts

Little Mustard Shop

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Little Mustard Shop is a small independent boutique selling the work of artist Sam Toft. Sam, who lives locally, is an internationally recognised artist whose work is widely published. You may recognise her characters, Mr Mustard, his dear lady wife Violet, and grumpy, portly Jack Russel terrier, Doris, as her prints and posters have graced the shelves of Ikea, Next, Home Sense, B&Q, as well as hundreds of outlets across America, Europe, Australia and Japan. Her annual one-man solo shows at Pall Mall, Battersea and in the Cotswolds are keenly anticipated. Continue reading Little Mustard Shop →

Brighton Life, Features

Introducing the WHCA Trustees – Part 2

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Over the next few issues of The Whistler we introduce the current members of the West Hill Community Association Management Committee (the Trustees) to give you a flavour of who they are, what they do and maybe to inspire you to become one yourself. Be assured, it’s quite painless. In this issue we meet . . .

Sarah Taylor

I’m a working mum of two teenage daughters. Originally from Kingston-Upon-Thames, I’ve lived all over London, and travelled a fair bit but Brighton, specifically Seven Dials, has been my home longer than anywhere else. Likes: going to the cinema, walks on the Downs, a good pint of I.PA. or an amaretto sour, marzipan, curry, genealogy, tulips, social history, exploring new places, taking photos, Ryan Gosling. Dislikes: unpunctuality, Eamonn Holmes, fruit on pizza, narrow mindedness, action movies. Continue reading Introducing the WHCA Trustees – Part 2 →