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Excerpts from the recently-published book

Miss Southern Belle was transmitted on ITV in the Brighton andHove area.Two months earlier saw a plea for more young ladies toenter the Miss Brighton competition. As an incentive, potential entrants were informedthat first prize was 20 cash. Other carrots included a pair of shoes, a swimsuit oftheir choice, and a haircut for their appearance on television. Jackie Peterson won andwent on to represent the town at the Miss Southern Belle competition.

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The online campaign has more than 8,000 signatures

much-valued support andhow it has changed theirfamilys lives.There are fears by

members of staff, that aredesign, which could seea decrease in specialistteacher roles but anincrease in teachingassistant roles, willchange the service forever.Brighton and Hove City

Council is determined thatthe high-standards of themuch-valued service willremain.It issued a letter this

week to parents, whichsaid there would bean extension to theconsultation about thechanges, to January 2016.The council said it

had no plans to reducespecial needs services for

children in the city.Whatever the result of

the consultation, it is clearspecial needs supportfor children is hugelyimportant to the familiesthat benefit from it.Lets hope whatever

decision is made on thefuture of the service isthe right one, for the

sake of the children whodesperately need it.

See pages 28-29 for aspecial feature on theSpecial Educational Needsservice, with a report onthe campaign, statementsfrom the council, and thestories of those who usethe service.

An exhibition of stilland moving images willcelebrate the history ofthe Circus Street Market,just weeks after it wasdemolished.The exhibition, at the

Onca Gallery from theNovember 13-28, is entitledHawkers Pick Over FruitHere, and is part ofCINECITY 2015, Brightonsannual film festival.Commissioned by

Brighton-based danceorganisation South EastDance, the exhibition isa collaboration betweenphotographer Zoe Manders(whose work is pictured,left) and filmmakers,straybird.It will explore the

generations of Brighton-based families whose livescentred around CircusStreet Market in decadesgone by.The exhibition will

allow visitors to explorethe images, sounds, andstories of the CircusStreet Fruit and VegetableMarket, which was athriving workplace formany Brighton families.As the market hall is beingdemolished, this exhibitionof still and moving imageryis a celebration of a way oflife that will soon be lost.Zoe Manders, exhibition

photographer, said: Withsuch a fascinating history,I knew it would be short-sighted not to look backover the colourful pastof the Market, and alsocelebrate it in all itscurrent derelict glory.Circus Street Market hasthat effect on people itinspires a potent mixtureof both nostalgia and awe.Becky Edmunds,

filmmaker with straybird,said: I loved interviewingthe men who have workedin different ways at the oldmarket site.Whether as market

traders, porters andbarrow boys, or as graffitiartists or past control,everyone we spoke to had aunique relationship to theextraordinary space thatwas Circus Street Market.The work will remember

the history of the sitewhereSouth East Dance will soonbuild The Dance Space - anew home for dance inBrighton and Hove.The Dance Space is part

of the Circus Street Marketdevelopment, a mixed-use regeneration projectby developers CathedralGroup PLC and partnersBrighton and Hove CityCouncil, University ofBrighton, and South EastDance.

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The Uber app

The city councils licensingpanel announced it wouldgrant a licence for taxi appUber to operate in Brightonand Hove for one year.The licensing panel

announced the decisionlast Friday, four days afterit met to consider theapplication.The company can now

operate its private hirevehicles in the city - but hasto abide by the rules set outin the councils Blue Book- which sets out regulationsfor taxi firms in the city.There were concerns

from taxi companiesoperating in the city thatUber could undercut them,and would not operate bythe Blue Book, but Uber

said it would ensure itsdrivers stick to the rules.But Jason Kitcat, micro-

business ambassador atCrunch Accounting, said:Were really pleased thatthe council have made theright decision on Uber.Brighton is home to somany innovative digitalbusinesses it would havesent the wrong signal touse outdated laws to banUber.New digital platforms

likeUberareanopportunityfor new and existingbusinesses to prosper in thecity and we hope regulatorscontinue to support thoseopportunities.In a statement, Uber said

more than 85,000 people inthe Brighton and Hove areahad downloaded the app.

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Review of sixth-forms and collegescould result in mergers or closures

Brighton and Hove CityCouncil is to carry out areview of the citys sixth-form education, aftermembers of the councilschildren and young peopleand skills committee votedunanimously to examinethe post-16 educationprovision.The Sussex Coast area

review - commissionedby the department forBusiness, Innovation andSkills and referred to as arestructuring of the furthereducation sector - couldsee the merging or evenclosure of colleges in thearea.The governments review

will include: BrightonHove and Sussex SixthForm College; City CollegeBrighton and Hove;Central Sussex College,Crawley; ChichesterCollege; Northbrook College;Plumpton College; SussexCoast College, Hastings;Sussex Downs College,Eastbourne; Worthing

College; Bexhill College;and Varndean College,Brighton.The Sussex Coast is one

of seven areas nationwidewhich will be reviewed.Thefirst began in Septemberand they will be carried outevery three months untilDecember 2016.A report laying out

the governments plansstated major reform ofpost-16 education andtraining institutions wasnecessary to addressthe significant financialpressures on institutions.The report said there had

been a decline in the 16-19population and a need tomaintain very tight fiscaldiscipline in order to tacklethe deficit.It added: We will need to

move towards fewer, oftenlarger, more resilient andefficient providers.Councillor Tom Bewick,

chairman of Brighton andHoves children and youngpeople committee, said:We want to make surethat our post-16 educationand training offering is thebest it can be for the young

people in our region.This is about balancing

the economic needs withthe education and trainingoffering.While the governments

reviewwill focus on furthereducation and sixth-formcolleges, Brighton and HoveCity Council will includeschool sixth-forms.Mr Bewick added: We

believe the justificationfor the inclusion of schoolsixth-forms is because theyare part of the family ofprovision, a proportion oflearners in the city attendthese schools and it is

important to include allproviders in the debate anddialogue.On top of this, post-16

provision and outcomes areone of our administrationsfour priorities.One of my actions

since election has beento establish an EmployerSkills Task Force to explorenew approaches whichincludes increasing thenumber of apprenticeshipsand considering waysto improve engagementbetween the city employersand our schools andacademies.

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Pride in our city, all year roundCommunity groups arebeing invited to bid for agrant to put Pride in ourcity.For one weekend every

year, the city is taken overby a sea of rainbows.The message is clear:

whoever you are, whereveryoure from, whatever youdo; it does not matter.What matters is coming

together with friends andfamily and celebratingthat beautiful but rarelyachieved concept -equality.From the parade

watched by tens ofthousands through tothe festival in PrestonPark through to the streetparty in St James Street,the whole city comestogether to mark the LGBTcelebration.The addition of other

events such as TransPride, the Pride Arts andFilm Festival, the PrideDog Show, and DiversityGames means that now,more than ever, BrightonPride is more inclusivethan ever.But the celebration of

our citys LGBT communitydoes not end after that one

weekend in August; its apermanent fixture.The organisers of Pride

know this - and thats whysome of the money raisedat the event has been setaside as a social impactfund to do good in our city.The aim is to support

those groups ororganisations which needa little helping hand inmaking a difference intheir community.They do not have to be

LGBT related; they donteven have to be directly-linked to Pride (althoughapplicants directlyimpacted will be favoured).The impact just has to be

positive.It might be a residents

group that wants tocreate some planters for acommunal area.It might be a sports club

that wants a new bag ofballs.It might be a community

organisation that wants toput on an event.However big or small,

the only criteria is that itwill brighten up peopleslives by the time Pridecomes round again nextyear.

How to apply

The Social Impact Fundhas been set up to providesmall grants for communalgood. Grants are awardedannually to organisationsor groups within the citywith particular emphasison areas directly affectedor in the footprint ofBrighton and Hove Pride.Submissions should be

a maximum of 400 wordsmapping out how themoney will be spent andwhy the cause is deserving.Please note the maximumaward will be 1,000.Thereis no lower limit.There is no restriction

on numbers of entriesby individual groups.However, the emphasis ison supporting communityand grassroots groups,rather than individuals.Please submit it by

midday on November30 by email [email protected] will be

considered by a panel oflocal media editors withsuccessful applicantsinformed by the end ofDecember.Any money distributed

needs to have had a visibleoutcome by the start ofPride 2016.

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Members of the HomeSweet Home campaign wentundercover in Brighton andHove last Saturday to findthat 80% of letting agentsare potentially in breach ofconsumer rights law.The team of local

campaigners covered a totalof 67 letting agents, andfound that 55 offices maynot be complying with the2015 Consumer Rights Act,which came into force onOctober 1. Letting agentswho do not comply with thenew requirements run therisk of council action and a5,000 fine.Home Sweet Home

campaigners assessedthe letting agents on theirmembership of recogniseddeposit protection anddispute resolution schemes,while checking their officesfor the proper display of afull fee schedule.Of the 67 offices visited,

only 12 were seen to becompliant on all three

counts.The biggest cause offailure related to fees, withonly 15 of the 67 officeskeeping a full list of fees ina place where it is likely tobe seen.With such a high number

of letting agents underquestion,Home Sweet Homemembers intend to maketheir next contact by letter- clarifying the changes tothe law, and recommendingbest practice in regard to theprominent display of fees.The letters will be hand-delivered on their secondround of visits in mid-November, along with HomeSweet Home certificates forthe 12 agents who passedall three checks.Summer Dean, campaign

leader, said: Our aim is touphold the letting agentslegal obligation to providetransparency to tenantsregarding the often hiddenfees they have to pay. Ourlonger-term goal is tocreate a more open andaccountable renting culturein Brighton and Hove, sothat people can start to seerising standards here.The Home Sweet Home

campaign includes local

councillors, Labour partymembers, and concernedtenants seeking to help thecause of private renters inBrighton and Hove.They aresupported by the broaderorganisation Movement forChange, which empowerslocal leaders to campaignon the issues most vital totheir communities.Delegates from both

Students Unions have alsobeen active in the campaign,and are working to producea comparison table of theagency fees collected.TraceyHill,leadcouncillor

for Private Rented SectorHousing, said: The CitizensAdvice Bureau reportsthat housing is the secondbiggest issue they deal with- especially regarding theprivate rented sector, which

is growing as fewer peoplecan afford to get onto thehousing ladder. Poor livingstandards, rising rentsand housing scarcity leaveprivate tenants extremelyvulnerable to the housingmarket.With nine million private

renters in England andan estimated one-thirdof private rented homesfailing to meet the DecentHomes Standard, HomeSweet Home taps intothe momentum gatheringnation-wide.

To get involved withthe campaign, contactJack Madden on [email protected] can also follow#HomeSweetHome and#StickItUp onTwitter.

Undercover survey by housing campaigners finds80% of letting agents in the city dont display fees

An ambitious plan hasbecome reality for the RoyalSussex Hospital - aftera 484m redevelopmentscheme was approved.Brighton and Sussex

University Hospitals NHSTrust has been celebratingafter hearing the treasuryis funding two replacementbuildings.Matthew Kershaw, chief

executive of Brighton andSussex University HospitalsNHS Trust, said: Thisredevelopment is a once ina generation opportunityto build on the excellentcare we currently provideto our patients and trulyimprove acute health carefor patients in Brighton andHove and across the region.A great deal of work has

gone into bringing us to thispoint and there is still muchmore to be done.The result though,

having a better hospital forall our patients and staff inthe years to come, is worthall this effort and more.Building work is set to

start in January 2016 and is

scheduled to finish in 2024.All clinical serviceswill be

available on site throughoutthe redevelopment, althoughsome will be giventemporary accommodationon site.Simon Kirby, MP for

Brighton Kemptown, saidhe was delighted at theannouncement.He said: This

redevelopment will enablethe hospital to provide thevery best facilities that thepatients and staff deserve.This is great news for ourcity and the wider area.I would again like to pay

tribute to the hard workingstaff at the hospital forputting together such astrong case.Warren Morgan, leader

of Brighton and Hove CityCouncil, said: The finalagreement on fundingis very welcome, butincredibly overdue.We began work on this in

2008, and granted planningpermission in January 2012,so it is a shame that patientshave been made to wait anextra three years beforeseeing the end of wards thatwere built before FlorenceNightingales time.

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AWeek in theCityUniversity

Womens careers

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Homelessness

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More than 2,000 wasraised by supporters ofthe St John AmbulanceBrighton Homeless Serviceduring the Cardboard CitySleep Out on Friday.A total of 14 people

took on the challenge tosee whether they couldsurvive until sunriseby sleeping overnight inBrighton. Joining themfor the overnight stay inthe grounds of PatchamHouse School was specialguest James Bowen, authorof A Street Cat NamedBob. He gave a talk on hisexperiences as a homelessbusker on the streetsof London and how hisadopted cat Bob helpedhim turn his life around.As well as hearing

James story, theparticipants then had tobuild their own cardboardshelter for the night andsleep out under the stars.Markie Barratt, Sussex

Homeless Service Manager,said: It really doesbring home to you whatstruggles homeless peopleface and how importantit is to provide supportto some of the mostvulnerable people in oursociety.

Brighton and Hove CityCouncil has received33,750 funding from theArts Council to provideand enhance free Wi-Fi tolibrary users.The funding will

upgrade the current publicWi-Fi in all libraries tofibre broadband andalso bring the WirelessAccess Points (WAPs)up to the new standard.These improvements willincrease the speed andcapacity of the Wi-Fiin each library so thatlibrary users get a betterservice. The work will takeplace before March nextyear.Councillor Alan Robins,

deputy chair of theEconomic Developmentand Culture Committeesaid: Over the years ourlibraries have evolvedfrom places to borrowbooks to providing adoorway to the WorldWide Web. Id like to thankour library officers forsecuring this money whichwill help us to updateand improve our servicesand continue to offer highspeed internet access,which is valued by somany of our library users.

Community

Show cancelled

The newly refurbishedauditorium inTheBrighthelm Church andCommunity Centre wasunveiled on Friday.Thenew lighting and soundsystems have brought thebuilding back up to date,as a modern conferencingspace, theatre, church, andconcert venue.Speeches were made

by Councillor PeteWest,and Sally Barnard, formertrustee, whose father wasinvolved in the originalconstruction of theBrighthelm Centre.

The University ofBrightons Schoolof Pharmacy andBiomolecular Scienceshas received an awardfor its commitment topromoting the careers ofwomen. It has receiveda bronze medal from theEquality Challenge UnitsAthena SWAN Charter,which encourages effortsto advance womenscareers in science,technology, engineering,maths, and medicineemployment in highereducation and research.

A thief who broke into aBrighton charity shop tosteal a safe containing 350was not entirely withoutconscience.For in place of the cast

iron strongbox, they had lefta drawing of a safe bearing the words: I O U anything Itook and really am sorry.The safe was discovered missing from the British

Heart Foundations shop in London Road last Saturday,and police believe the thief struck overnight on Friday(October 23).PC Lucy Goering, of the Brighton Neighbourhood

Response Team, said: This was an unusual burglary inthat the offender left an apologetic note, but this wasnevertheless a significant loss for the charity concernedand we still need to trace the person responsible.Anyone with information should call 101, with the

reference 325 of 24/10.

Were on the rocks and the tides coming inEvery day, along our coastline stretching from

Brighton Marina toWorthing, people make 999 calls toHer Majestys Coastguard.Whether its someone out oftheir depth in the sea, or who has fallen off a cliff or isstuck in the mud and unable to free themselves, its theCoastguard Rescue Team at Shoreham that will be onhand to help. But HM Coastguard needs volunteers forits rescue teams. Ordinary people doing an extraordinaryjob, called into action any time, day or night.Graham Easton said: If you live in a coastal

community, youll know how vital the Coastguard RescueTeam is to the area.These are people who are preparedto react day or night - often in matters of life and death.What they do matters. And we need more people likethem to join.Members of the Coastguard Rescue Team will be in

Shoreham town centre on Coronation Green, each dayfrom November 2-5, between 11am and 1pm, to talk topotential volunteers.

A Reeves and Mortimer show at The Brighton Centrehas been cancelled after comedian Bob Mortimerunderwent a triple bypass operation.The pair were set to perform in the city on

December 4, as part of a tour, but it was announcedon Wednesday that the comedian would need to restfollowing the operation.

A spokesperson for Bob Mortimer, said: Bob wouldlike to thank his consultant and all the nursing staffat the hospital for looking after him so well.He now needs several weeks to fully recover, so

unfortunately the first leg of the UK tour will becancelled. Bob very much hopes to be fit and wellenough to perform the second leg in January nextyear.Ticket holders should contact their point of

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As well as hearing James story, the participants then had to build their own cardboard shelter for the night and sleep out under the stars.

Markie Barratt, Sussex Homeless Service Manager, said: It really does bring home to you what struggles homeless people face and how important it is to provide support to some of the most vulnerable people in our society.

Brighton and Hove City Council has received 33,750 funding from the Arts Council to provide and enhance free Wi-Fi to library users.

The funding will upgrade the current public Wi-Fi in all libraries to fibre broadband and also bring the Wireless Access Points (WAPs) up to the new standard. These improvements will increase the speed and capacity of the Wi-Fi in each library so that library users get a better service. The work will take place before March next year.

Councillor Alan Robins, deputy chair of the economic development and culture committee said: Over the years our libraries have evolved from places to borrow books to providing a doorway to the World Wide Web. Id like to thank our library officers for securing this money which will help us to update and improve our services and continue to offer high speed internet access, which is valued by so many of our library users.

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Catherine Bearder, a Liberal Democrat MEP for the South East, is demanding that tougher EU tests on emissions from diesel vehicles are urgently put in place to cut deadly pollution in places like Brighton and Hove.

Ms Bearder, said: Some diesel cars are now emitting four times more pollution than a bus. This is having a disastrous impact on air quality and peoples health in places like Brighton.

The newly refurbished auditorium in The Brighthelm Church and Community Centre was unveiled on Friday. The new lighting and sound systems have brought the building back up to date, as a modern conferencing space, theatre, church, and concert venue.

Speeches were made by Councillor Pete West, and Sally Barnard, former trustee, whose father was involved in the original construction of the Brighthelm Centre.

Geoff Raw was confirmed as chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council at last Thursdays full council meeting.

He was recommended for the appointment of chief executive with the unanimous endorsement of the cross party recruitment panel. Mr Raw said: Its a real honour and privilege to take on this role, I promise to give it my all over the coming years. I dont underestimate the challenges ahead for us all but I remain excited and ambitious about the enormous potential of the city and the important role of the council in offering civic leadership.

Mr Raw joined the city council in November 2010 and has been acting chief executive since May. He was previously executive director of environment, development and housing for the local authority. His experience includes working for the Mayor for London as director of design, strategy and planning. He has also worked for the Housing Corporation as assistant director of investment, and national housing investment programme manager at HM Treasury. Mr Raw is married with one daughter and his interests include martial arts, Shiatsu massage, cooking, and gardening.

The University of Brightons School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences has received an award for its commitment to promoting the careers of women. It has received a bronze medal from the Equality Challenge Units Athena SWAN Charter, which encourages efforts to advance womens careers in science, technology, engineering, maths, and medicine employment in higher education and research.

A thief who broke into a Brighton charity shop to steal a safe containing 350 was not entirely without conscience.

For in place of the cast iron strongbox, they had left a drawing of a safe bearing the words: I O U anything I took and really am sorry.

The safe was discovered missing from the British Heart Foundations shop in London Road last Saturday, and police believe the thief struck overnight on Friday (October 23).

PC Lucy Goering, of the Brighton Neighbourhood Response Team, said: This was an unusual burglary in that the offender left an apologetic note, but this was nevertheless a significant loss for the charity concerned and we still need to trace the person responsible.

Anyone with information should call 101, with the reference 325 of 24/10.

A project to boost numbers of butterflies and chalk grassland in the South Downs National Park near Brighton has unexpectedly seen the return of the silver-spotted skipper butterfly, once close to extinction across the county.

The Brighton Blues project aims to improve and increase areas of rare chalk grassland, which several species of butterfly including the Adonis blue and chalkhill blue, depend on to thrive.

Neil Hulme, who works for project partner Butterfly Conservation, said: In the 1970s the silver-spotted skipper was so rare that its last two locations were a closely guarded secret. Its wonderful to see them now flying amongst the iconic blue species of the South Downs. Sightings at Anchor Bottom near Upper Beeding, Mill Hill in Shoreham and at Benfield Hill and Waterhall in Brighton and Hove show the first expansion in its range for nearly ten years.

Weve seen many other insects and plants benefitting from this work, showing that decades of decline in this rich and unique habitat can be reversed with good management.

Were on the rocks and the tides coming inEvery day, along our coastline stretching from

Brighton Marina to Worthing, people make 999 calls to Her Majestys Coastguard. Whether its someone out of their depth in the sea, or who has fallen off a cliff, or is stuck in the mud and unable to free themselves, its the Coastguard Rescue Team at Shoreham that will be on hand to help. But HM Coastguard needs volunteers for its rescue teams. Ordinary people doing an extraordinary job, called into action any time, day or night.

Graham Easton said: If you live in a coastal community, youll know how vital the Coastguard Rescue Team is to the area. These are people who are prepared to react day or night - often in matters of life and death. What they do matters. And we need more people like them to join.

Members of the Coastguard Rescue Team will be in Shoreham town centre on Coronation Green, each day from November 2-5, between 11am and 1pm, to talk to potential volunteers.

A Reeves and Mortimer show at The Brighton Centre has been cancelled after comedian Bob Mortimer underwent a triple bypass operation.

The pair were set to perform in the city on December 4, as part of a tour, but it was announced on Wednesday that the comedian would need to rest following the operation.

A spokesperson for Bob Mortimer, said: Bob would like to thank his consultant and all the nursing staff at the hospital for looking after him so well.

He now needs several weeks to fully recover, so unfortunately the first leg of the UK tour will be cancelled. Bob very much hopes to be fit and well enough to perform the second leg in January next year.

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Peter Kyle, MP for Hove, visited Studio Loo, as part of Eco Homes 2015 - which showcased a dozen eco-homes and properties.

Once a disused, public toilet on Portland Road dating from the 1920s, interior architect Claire Potter has transformed the space into a fully functional office and studio which she now uses as her workspace.

Ms Potter said: We really believe that industrial buildings, especially small ones, should be reused and saved for the future, and our conversion brings together this ethos with our belief that eco construction and design is the only way forward.

Mr Kyle said: Everyone knows that Im a fan of innovation and entrepreneurial ideas as well as creating more housing with lower energy bills and less carbon footprint. So its been brilliant to be able to see all these things in action over the Eco Open Houses weekend.

Dozens of affordable homes will be built on the former site of Whitehawk Library in east Brighton, following permission being granted at planning committee on Wednesday.

The development, by the city council itself, is part of its New Homes for Neighbourhoods programme, which is building 500 much-needed new affordable homes on council-owned land.

The library has relocated to new premises at the Whitehawk Community Hub in Whitehawk Road. Plans feature two blocks providing 57 flats, including: 10 one-bed flats, 33 two-beds and 14 three-beds.

Brighton College was granted permission to build its 40 million sports and science building, by city planners on Wednesday.

The proposals, for the Eastern Road school, include a swimming pool and roof-top running track in the new four-storey building.

The existing Sports Hall, Chowen and Blackshaw buildings, and the Pavilion, will be demolished to make way for the new building, which will also include a car park, lecture theatre, and classrooms.

Construction is scheduled to commence start next summer, with completion in 2018.


My name is Louise Peskettand I celebrate womenshistory in Brighton andHove by running walkingtours, looking at the manybrilliant but overlookedwomen in Brightons past.There are so many in fact,Im going to attempt tosqueeze four women intothis, my first columnAt the bottom of

Islingword Road is amodest end-terraced housethat wouldnt especiallyturn your head. In 1899,however, it was one of themost pioneering medicalcentres of its time and a

real life-saver for localwomen.The all-women staffed

Lewes Road Hospital andDispensary for Women andChildren, as it was called,was set up, according toits 1905 annual report, toafford to poor women ofBrighton the opportunityof free consultation withDoctors of their own sex.In these pre-NHS days,

access to healthcare wascostly. Charitably financeddispensaries filled the gapby offering cheap treatmentto societys poorest. Butwith its focus on womenand its all-female staff, thisone was radical indeed.An act allowing women to

qualify as doctors had onlybeen passed in 1876.Femaledoctors were few and far

between. In the modesty-ridden Victorian days ofkeeping your legs coveredand your head down, manywomen let symptoms gounchecked and illnessesuntreated, rather than beexamined by a male doctor.The Dispensary managed

to unite four of Britainsmost pioneering femaledoctors. Its co-founderwas Dr Helen Boyle, who,arriving in Brighton afterworking in Londons east-end, was particularlyinterested in the role playedby poverty in womensmental health.At first hand shed seen

how nervous exhaustionand depression wereexacerbated by insanitaryconditions and financialhardship. She describedthe lot of the woman livingin working-class areassuch as Hanover/ElmGrove as being neglectedand maltreated untilthey were turned into thefinished product - lunatics.Only a stones throw from

the Dispensary, at the topof Elm Grove, was BrightonWorkhouse - now BrightonGeneral Hospital - withits austere asylum block

looming over thetown.Dr Boyles aim

was to step inbefore the femalepatient ended upthere, leaving yetanother householdin ruins andchildren deprivedof their mother.The Dispensary

was so successful,space was found in1905 for in-patientsat a premises inRoundhillCrescent.This lead, in

1920, to furtherpremises in New ChurchRoad, the eventual LadyChichester Hospital forWomen and Children withNervous Diseases. This isnow the Aldrington DayHospital where a few weeksagoDrBoyles achievementswere recognised by theunveiling of a blue plaque.Dr Boyle went on to

become the Royal SussexHospitals first femalepsychiatrist and co-founderof mental health charity,MIND.The Dispensarys co-

founder was Dr MabelJones, whod opened a GPs

practice in Hove with DrBoyle in 1898.Brighton-based GP,

Dr Louisa Martindale,among whose many otherachievements includedpioneering the use of X-raysin cancer treatment - was avisiting medical officer.Vice-president was none

other than Dr ElizabethGarrett-Anderson, thefirst woman to qualify asa surgeon in Britain andfounder in 1872 of LondonsNew Hospital for Women,now named after her.Today most of us dont

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the doctor we see is maleor female. But, for women,the struggle to enter themedical profession washard-fought. The LewesRoad Dispensary withits help for poor localwomen proved the hugecontribution that womencould make.

Womens Hospitals ofBrighton and Hove byVal Brown, published byHastings Press, goes intothe numerous womenshospitals in the city inmore detail and is agreat read.

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Sites around the city couldbecome rubbish tips aslocal councils set out plansfor future waste treatmentsites around the county.Two sites in the city,

Hangleton Bottom andSackville Coal Yard, arebeing considered aspotential locations for newwaste facilities.While no decisions have

been taken to put wastefacilities on either site theyare considered as suitableareas and have been savedfor waste use since the2006.Cllr Gill Mitchell, lead

member for environmentand sustainability atBrighton and Hove CityCouncil, said: Along withevery local authority inthe country, Brightonand Hove is planning forthe citys potential wastemanagement needs overthe next 20 years.Wastemanagement is an

area where technology isimproving all the time and,where waste facilities are

required, this is helping tohugely reduce the impacton sites and surroundingareas.The move comes as East

Sussex County Council,Brighton and Hove CityCouncil, and the SouthDowns National ParkAuthority say the countyneeds to build five newmajor sites or 15 newsmaller sites to addressa shortfall in its wastetreatment services.Areas near Bexhill,

Crowborough, Eastbourne,Hailsham, Hastings,Heathfield, and Newhavenare also being consideredas potential sites undernewplans to beput forwardto government next year.The councils say sites

on the list have beenchosen to avoid impacts onenvironmentally-sensitiveareas and none of them fallwithin the South DownsNational Park.None of the sites are

being considered forlandfill.Sites on the list have been

chosen to avoid impacts onenvironmentally sensitiveareas and none of them fall

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Space-age solar-powered binscausing problems in the Deans

Rottingdean residentshave taken to online forumStreetlife to voice theiranger at the increasinglitter problem.Brighton and Hove City

Council spent the summertackling ground pollutionby installing solar-poweredBigBelly bins that useenergy to compact waste toan eighth of its size.Neighbours on Streetlife

suggest the unorthodoxbins are being passedunnoticed and areinfrequently emptied.There are also fewer binsthroughout the village sinceBigBellys were installed.Tracy Holland, owner

of MadWaxCandles in theHigh Street, said: We usedto have a big bin oppositeoutside the old NatWestbuilding, but now we justhave one small bin which isuseless, as everything justflies out of it, and a space-age thing which doesnteven look much like a bin.Ms Holland has

personally witnessed

people littering outsideof her shop but added: Ithink people will use binsif theyre available but theones weve got are not veryobvious or too small.Councillor Anthony

Delow of RottingdeanParish Council said: Wewere not consulted at allby Brighton Council aboutthe solar-powered bin inthe High Street and it wasput in the wrong place, asbuggies are now unable topass.Brighton and Hove

City Council respondedby saying: There aremore than 1,000 litterbins located throughoutthe city, which makes itimpractical to consult oneach ones location. But wewill conduct a site visitto Rottingdean and movethe bin if it is causing anobstruction. The controversial

BigBellys are causing asimilar issue for businessesin Longbridge Avenue ofnearby Saltdean.Alan Pockney, owner

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removed from this stretchand replaced by an all-singing, all-dancing solar-powered bin.People often sit and eat

on the bench just outsidemy shop but they dontuse the solar-powered binafterwards and just chucktheir rubbish on the ground.So, every morning I am theroad sweeper outside myshop.The city council has

defended its decision andsaid: More rubbish canbe held in a BigBelly binthan a standard receptacle,which necessitates fewercollections and thereforemore time for our staff toperform duties includinglitter picking and streetcleansing. The BigBellybins are marked as litterbins and they have beenused successfully in otherareas of the city.

A series of drop-insessions are being heldacross East Sussexto allow people tofind out more aboutpotential sites for wasterecycling and recovery.The Brighton and Hovesessions are:Wednesday, November11 - 10am-2pm,Brighton CustomerService Centre,Bartholomew House,Bartholomew Square

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Street (formerly Hedkandiand Tru Nightclub) and 79West Street (Walkabout,Smart Brighton Beachand Backpackers Hostels),have master-planned thetransformation of semi-derelict block close to

the seafront in BrightonsOld Town. London andRegional Properties andSmart Space unveiled plansto build new hotels at thesite, with the ground floorarea spanning between 78West Street and 7/8 MiddleStreet including a hotelreception and high qualityrestaurant.The disused nightclub

at West Street, anotherderelict night-club, and

a former hotel on MiddleStreet, will be replaced byhigh-quality buildings.The proposals are set

to transform South Streetinto a safe and attractivesecondary thoroughfare,with entrances andwindows to a new hoteland a small block of fourapartments.The architect firmbehind

the proposal is MorganCarn Partnership, whichmasterminded the recentlyapproved HanningtonsLane, Pugets Lane, andBrighton Square proposalsto regenerate The Lanesand North Street.John McLean, director at

Morgan Carn Partnershipsaid: This is tremendouslyexciting for our city.West Street is a hugedisappointment and lostopportunity. Thousandsof visitors and localresidents flock to theseafront from the stationand their first impressionis an inhospitable, cardominated street spoilt bysome awful buildings.

West Street suffersfrom a tacky image andmany of the current usesare a magnet for antisocialbehavior, with the deadfrontages created by thenightclubs and amusementarcades contributingnothing to the quality ofthe public realm.This is the primary

route between the station,seafront and the eagerlyawaited i360 and shouldbe Brightons equivalent ofthe Ramblas in Barcelona,a wonderful, vibrant, tree-

lined avenue with streetperformers and alfrescodining, an attraction initself. We are hoping toupgrade the pavements andintroduce trees and streetfurniture as part of theproposals and encourageneighbouring landownersto do the same.Afshin Foulad, director

at Smart Space, said:This is a burningaspiration that we havebeen working towardssince our acquisition ofthe site and we hope will

provide a catalyst for thefuture enhancement ofWest Street and the OldTown. We look forward todiscussing our ideas withlocal stakeholders andthe general public in duecourse.For more information,

and to get involved withthe consultation process,a public exhibition isto be held in the formerHedkandi bar to the southof West Street, openingtoday (Friday) from middayuntil 2pm, Saturdayfrom midday until 2pm,Wednesday (November 4)from 4pm until 7pm, andThursday (November 5)between 8am and 10am.

This is tremendously exciting forour city.West Street is a huge

disappointment and lost opportunity

Three Sussex street foodvendors were announcedas grand finalists in theSussex Food and DrinkAwards 2016 at a specialevent held in Lewes onSunday.The Trolls Pantry from

Brighton was declared afinalist, alongside BocaLoco from Arundel, and JahJyot Punjabi Street Foodfrom Southwater.Hilary Knight, co-director

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organisers of the awards,said: This is the first everSussex Street Food of theYear competition, whichwe created to celebrate ourtenth birthday - but it hasproved so popular with thepublic and our brilliantSussex street food vendorsthat we will continue it aspart of the annual awardsnext year.The Sussex Food & Drink

Awards is held on January28, 2016.

Trolls Pantry is grand finalist inSussex Food and Drink Awards

The future looks brightfor local football clubMontpelier Villa aftersecuring a three-year sponsorship andpartnership deal withOptaNet, Brightons localinternet services provider.OptaNet will use this

platform to raise awarenessof its business data andtelephony products andservices.The OptaNet logo will

appear on all match daykit, until the end of the2017/2018 season.Nicholas Sheppard, sales

and marketing managerat OptaNet said: Weimmediately recognisedsimilarities between ourtwo organisations in termsof growth ambitions.Montpelier Villa FC have acompelling vision, and as alocal business we are onlytoo happy to assist them in

achieving their goals.Gary Pleece, Montpelier

Villa FC chairman, said:We are delighted to havesigned this deal withforward-thinking localbusiness OptaNet.This is the first season

in the county leaguefor both the first andyouth teams and the clubare really pleased thatsuch an innovative andrespected local business issupporting The Villa at anexciting time of expansionand growth.Founded in 1991,

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The second phase ofimprovement works arenow underway to thefaade of Churchill SquareShopping Centre.H&M and Sole Trader are

undergoing refurbishmentto bring the appearance ofthe stores in line with therest of the frontage.H&M is closed for trade

to allow for the shopfrontimprovements and anextension to the store to bebuilt.Sole Trader remains open

while undergoing majoralterations to the front ofthe store.Last years refurbishment

works saw new double-height glass shopfronts onthe Western Road frontagefor existing stores BHS,Burtons, and DorothyPerkins, and the creation ofa 32,000 sq. ft Topshop andTopman.

Mark Buchanan-Smith, centre director forChurchill Square said:,New work to the front ofthe centre is progressingwell. Once finishedChurchill Square will havea smart new look fitting fora city like Brighton.The scheduled

completion dates for theworks are November 2015for Sole Trader and Spring2016 for H&M.

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Breast of turkey cooked with garlic, tomato, white wine, oregano, capers & parsleyScaloppine alla Milanese

Veal escalope fried in breadcrumbs served with spaghetti pomodoroPetto di Pollo al Funghetto

Breast of chicken in a garlic, mushroom and white wine sauceMedaglioni di Filetto al Pepe Verde (5 supplement)

Medallions of Scotch Fillet Steak served with a green pepper sauceSalmone alla Griglia con Salsa a lAnetoGrilled salmon llet in a cream and dill sauce

All of the above (except Scaloppine alla Milanese) will be servedwith a selection of vegetables and potatoes

*Tagliatelle alla SicilianaRibbons of pasta with aubergine, green peppers, garlic, olives, capers, tomato & parsley

Rigatoni alla CarbonaraTubes of pasta with cream, bacon, egg & parmesan

*Melanzane alla ParmigianaAubergine baked with tomato, mozzarella, bchamel & parmesan

Ravioli con CarnePasta with a meat lling in a tomato sauce

*Canelloni Spinaci e RicottaRolled pasta lled with ricotta cheese and spinach in a tomato and bchamel sauce - baked

*Pizza Quattro FormaggiTomato & four cheeses

Pizza PaesanaTomato, mozzarella, aubergine & Parma ham

Pizza GattusoMozzarella, tomato, salami, ricotta & black olives

Pizza LeonardoTomato, mozzarella, ham, sausage & herbs

*Pizza CapricciosaTomato, mozzarella, artichokes, mushrooms, egg & peppers

All pizza and pasta dishes are served with a side salad

********************************************************Panettone con Crme Anglaise

A slice of Italian cake with custard sauceTiramisu

Donatello specialityMacedonia di Frutta Fresca

Fresh fruit saladTorta al Tartufo

Chocolate trufe gateauDolce Latte

Italian blue cheese

10% service will be added

Our menus are availablefrom 10 to 20


Coggings &Co is all about great burgers, madewith local ingredients sourced with care,

prepared with skill and served with warmth.

Monday Saturday12noon to 11pm.Sunday 12noon to 7pm.

0127322022087-93Dyke Rd, Brighton, East Sussex BN13JE

www.coggingsandco.com

The Regency Restaurant is the oldest seafoodrestaurant on Brighton seafront.The Restaurant is a Grade II listed building andwas originally build as the palatial seasidehome by Thomas Coutts the founder of Coutts Bank in the early part of the 18th century,so that his wife could eat her favourite dish of King Prawns looking out at the sea.WhenMr Coutts died, leaving his wife Harriet the richest woman in Europe, she remarriedthe Duke of St Albans and they lived at the house throwing lavish parties by the seaside.It was turned into a restaurant in 1930. The building still maintains all its original features.

THE REGENCY RESTAURANT, 131 Kings Road, Brighton BN1 2HH For reservations please telephone: 01273 - 325014Email: [email protected] www.theregencyrestaurant.co.uk

ALL MAIN COURSES SERVEDWITH POTATOES & SEASONAL VEGETABLES SERVICE CHARGE 10% EXTRA

MENU-ATwo Courses 9.95Three Courses 12.95

STARTERS Garlic Bread

Prawn Cocktail Minestrone Soup Calamari Fritta

Houmous & Pitta Bread

MAIN COURSE Fish and Chips and Mushy Peas

Roast Sussex Turkey Traditionally Garnished Grilled Haddock in a Sesame and chilli sauce

Roast Beef Spaghetti Mussels

Spaghetti Bolognese Spaghetti Napoletana (veg.)

Grilled Chicken with lemon and Dill Vegetarian Lasagna

DESSERT Apple pie & Custard Fresh Fruit Salad

MENU-B 14.95STARTERS

Fish soup Melon with Port Pate Mackerel Pate Maison Tzatziki/Houmous/Taramosalata

Scottish Smoked Salmon Prawn Cocktail with Maryrose Sauce

Avocado and Fetta Cheese Salad Garnish

MAIN COURSE Fresh Scottish Salmon in a Lemon and Dill Roast Sussex Turkey Traditionally Garnished

Fish Pie with Mushy Peas Mussels in a wine and garlic sauce Regency Deep Fried Seafood Platter

Chicken in a Cream and Mushroom and Port Grilled King Prawns in garlic sauce

Spaghetti Vongole (clams) Spaghetti Mediterranean

with Fetta and Olives

DESSERT Tiramisu

Profiteroles Fresh Fruit Salad

Chocolate Brownie with ice-cream Christmas Pudding and Brandy

MENU-C 19.95STARTERS

Pate Maison Grilled Sardines Avocado Prawns King Prawns in Garlic Smoked Scottish Salmon

Mussels inWine and Garlic Tzatziki/Houmous/Taramosalata Deep FriedWhitebait and Tartare

Avocado and Fetta Cheese Salad Garnish Crispy Deep Fried Brie with Cranberry

Melon with Drambui

MAIN COURSE Fresh Halibut in a Mornay Sauce

Roast Sussex Turkey Traditionally Garnished Grilled Seabream in a Lemon and Olive Oil

Grilled Skate in a Caper Sauce King Prawns In Garlic

Fish Pie with mushy peas Crab Salad Mussels in a traditional Italian Sauce Grilled Fish and King Prawn Skewer Scottish Salmon Steak Hollandaise

Grilled Fish Medley Regency Traditional Seafood Pasta Grilled Seabass in a Shellfish Sauce Grilled Sirloin steak in a Peppercorn Grilled Aubergines Parmigiano (veg.)

DESSERT Tiramisu Fresh Fruit Salad Apple pie with Custard

Banana Fritti with butterscotch and Amaretto Sauce over Ice-cream Christmas pudding with Brandy Sauce

CHRISTMASCHRISTMASCHRISTMASBOOK EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS

Proudly voted the best burger restaurant in Brighton & Hove

Since opening 18 months ago,Coggings & Co has quicklyestablished itself as the bestburger restaurant in Brighton &Hove. The combination of using thebest local suppliers for both food &drink, coupled with great service,has led to hundreds of dinersocking there every week.With December now just aroundthe corner, Coggings & Co have

been inundated with enquiriesfor their Christmas menu, whichfeatures wonderful burgers withgreat sharing board starters andfantastic desserts, all for 21.95a head. This menu has beenparticularly attractive to groups ofup to 30 who wish to use the semi-private rear area of the restaurantfor their festive get-together. Themenu has proven so popular that

the rst Christmas meal actually takesplace in min-November!Its not only beef burgers which are a hit atCoggings & Co. The menu features free-range chicken breast burgers as well astwo vegetarian options at all times. Glutenfree diners are also well looked with therestaurant using wonderful gluten free bunsfrom The Sussex Bread Co in Worthing.Open from midday -10pm, Monday-Saturday & Midday - 6pm on Sunday,more information, including their Christmasmenu, can be found atwww.coggingsandco.com.


(minimum booking of 30 guests)


CHRISTMASCHRISTMASCHRISTMASBOOK EARLY FOR CHRISTMASChristmas at Crafty ChooksCelebrate the festive seasonat Crafty Chooks, the stylishBar & Rotisserie in Hove.Renowned for its great Free RangeChicken and a choice of CraftBeers the Christmas menu affordsthe venue the opportunity to utilisethe impressive Rotisserie to offersucculent Roasted Free RangeTurkey, with Sussex Chipolataswrapped in Smoked Bacon andserved with all the usual trimmingsamongst many other options.The Christmas Menu presents

a wide range of choices with5 different starters, mains anddesserts to choose from, allcarefully selected using seasonalproduce and fresh ingredients.Bookings are being taken from

the 1st December 2015 until the10th January 2016, on any nightalthough some restrictions mayapply as the season goes on, sobooking early is recommended.There are some party packagesat Bronze, Silver or Gold levelsthat are aimed more specicallyat company/ofce parties thatincludes an exciting festive buffetand various drinks offers. Thereare also two Christmas PartyNights on Thursday 10th & 17thDecember when Crafty Chooks

will crank it up a notch! Speak toa member of the team for a fullbreakdown and for the details ofthe packages.The Craft Beer selection has

been carefully chosen to offerquality and the wine list is wellthought out and complimentsthe menu. A unique cocktail listpromises to have something forthose on a big night out, theresplenty of bubbles on the list too -Cava, Prosecco, Sparkling winefrom Ridgeview and a choice ofChampagnes. And with offerson beer, cocktails and bubblybetween 5pm and 7pm yourevenings are bound to get off to agood start!A couple of the more popular

dates are already lling up so getin there quick!Crafty Chooks,10 Victoria Grove, Second Avenue,Hove01273 [email protected] from midday -10pm,Monday-Saturday & Midday - 6pmon Sunday, more information,including their Christmas menu,can be found atwww.coggingsandco.com.


These three things are what have been drivingthe Shepherd and Dog and her new young,enthusiastic team over the past year and ahalf. The results speak for themselves.The Shepherd and Dog has been revitalised

and reimagined under the leadership of themanagement team into one of the most iconicdestination pubs in Sussex. This team isconstantly breaking new ground and trying totest peoples conceptions of what a countrypub is or should be.Beer is experiencing a bit of a renaissance

at the moment and the pub is riding on thiscraft beer wave. The 12 headed copperbeer tap that dominates the top bar as youenter immediately informs you that this placeis doing something special and that extraattention should be paid to some of these

rare, one off beers that are constantly beingsourced from both the UK and abroad. Evenbeer from as far-ung as New Zealand hasmade an appearance on this alter to hop andgrain!But its not all about the beer - food quality

and choice is just as important. From classicpub lunches to ne cuisine, the Shepherdand Dog has something to suit all tastes. Thepassion and drive in the kitchen comes fromusing locally sourced produce cooked freshto order with an ever-changing seasonallybased menu.The Shepherd and Dog is now taking

bookings for Christmas parties so do nothesitate to call them on 01273857382 andcheck out the menus on their websiteshepherdanddogpub.co.uk

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*Terms & conditions apply. For full terms and conditions, race times and details of the event please visit our website.Booking restrictions and fees may apply. Brighton Racecourse encourages responsible gambling. www.gambleaware.co.uk.Please drink responsibly. www.drinkaware.co.uk

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Have you been Naughty or Nice this year?Either way, if youre looking for a venuefor this years Christmas Party, BrightonRacecourse offer both shared and privateparty nights throughout December. Ourpackages start from just 32.50 +vat perperson and include a traditional threecourse Christmas dinner, a themed roomand evening entertainment.All bookings will also receive a

complimentary admission ticket to ouropening evening race xture on April 192016. Our racecourse benets from plentyof free parking on site and were onlyminutes away from Brighton town centre.For more information on our availabledates or to make a booking, please call ourracecourse on:01273 603580 and ask for Steph or visitwww.brighton-racecourse.co.uk

More than justa racecourse!


My Life Story release brandnew single after 15 years

Onemanswild ride throughsix seasons of BreakingBad

My Life Story head toThe Hope, Brighton, onFriday, October 30, witha new single 24 HourDeFlowerer.The pop group are best

known for its tracks 12Reasons Why I Love Her,Sparkle and Strumpet,which hit the UK top 40charts back in the 90s.The bands music was

described byMelodyMakerat the time as: Satisfyingescapism. Taking lifesmundanities and makingthem magical.After a six-year hiatus,

the band reformed in 2006with a Best Of album andare now bringing out theirfirst new release in 15years.The 24 Hour DeFlowerer

single will be released onSunday, November 1, andwill make its live debut onthis tour, where fans canhear the new track for thevery first time.24 Hour DeFlowerer

is classic My Life Storywordplay with a stylethats similar to their pasthits.Last year, rock magazine

NME cited My Life Storyas one of the greatest lostbands of the 90s.Jake Shillingford, My

Life Story songwriter andfront man, said: In thepast few years Ive movedinto writing for movies and

TV (with My LifeStory tour guitaristNick Evans) and asmuch as it satisfiesmy orchestral andfilmic bent, I donthave much time towrite spikey three-minute pop songsanymore!He continued: So

I sat down with mytrusty old 12-stringand all thesetwisted coupletsstarted to fire out, asort of machine gunof vitriolic socialcommentary. I feltlike Id been reborn.Jake added:

While theorchestral line-up has beenindefinitely rested,I felt desperate toget out and air thenew material, tothe most patientand loyal fans onthe planet. The newsongs and soundcapture the NewWave influencesthat I grew up with.Despite the Baroque Popand Britpop tags that werehung on us in the early90s, the heart of My LifeStory was always the edgypassionate and honestsongwriting of Badfinger,Cheap Trick and Costello.The show starts at

7.30pm at The Hopeand Ruin, Queens Road,Brighton.Tickets for the gig cost

13.20.

For more information,visit: www.mylifestory.uk.com or www.seetickets.com.

LA actor Miles Allen istaking audiences on a rip-roaring ride through oneof the greatest televisionshows ever made.The performer presents

One Man Breaking Bad -The Unauthorised Parodyat the Brighton Domeconcert hall on Friday,November 6 (8pm).Miles aims to smack

the senses with his super-charged, hilariously accurateone-man renditions of allthe iconic characters.Walter White, Jesse, Saul,Skyler, Hank, Walt Junior,Mike, and Gus Fring allappear in this riotousparody.With more than a million

hits on YouTube, andsell-out runs at comedyfestivals in Melbourneand Edinburgh, Milesincredible impersonationsaim to break all six seasonsdown into one exhilarating60-minute production.

He has taken the showacross the US over the pastcouple of months and nowhes at the beginning of amassive UK tour.Tickets cost 20. There

is a 2 per order charge.

Additional postage charges(50p standard or 1.50recorded delivery) apply.

For more information,call 01273 709709 or visit:www.brightondome.org

Jake Shillingford

Miles Allen

box office 0844 847 1515*

www.brightoncentre.co.uk

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BREMF presents the firstsurviving opera by a woman

An imaginative adventureof immense proportions

It wont just be semi-dramatised. It will befully staged - a landmarkproduction for theBrightonEarly Music Festival.We havent done

anything like this before!says co-artistic directorDeborah Roberts who isalso musical director forLa Liberazione di RuggierodallIsola dAlcina byFrancesca Caccini, thefirst surviving opera by awoman composer.Commissioned in 1625

as an entertainment inmusic, dance and dramaby the ruling regent ofTuscany, ArchduchessMaria Maddalena, it isperformed only very rarelynow - an omission Deborahis delighted to make good.Featuring Anna Devin

soprano; Denis Lakeycounter tenor; NickPritchard tenor; and youngartists in smaller roles,it will be staged in TheOld Market on Thursday,

November 5, at 8pm andalso on Sunday, November8, at 3pm and 7.30pm.We do actually know a

good deal about FrancescaCaccini, Deborah says,not about her personalityso much, but about her life.She was the daughter

of Giulio Caccini who wasbased in Florence. I thinkhe had two daughters whosang, and his wife wasalso a singer. Francescawas brought up with a fullprofessional training. Shedidnt just sing, but shecould play just about anyinstrument she tried. Shehad the sort of educationyou would normally expecta boy to get. A lot of girlsactually were educatedmusically by going into aconvent.

Convents were greatcentres of musicallearning, but Francesca

in fact had a very secularupbringing, very much atthe court in Florence. Andwhen she was taken on incourt in her own right, shebecame the highest paidmusician in the court. Shewas paid more than a lot ofbigger names at the time.This piece, La

Liberazione is all thatsurvives of her theatricalwork, but was by no meansall that she had a part in.There were things goingon every week, and themusic would have beencomposed by several courtcomposers, but there werequite a few pieces shewrote herself. She did infact write a large numberof pieces on her own 16stage works.They wouldnthave been called operas at

the time. The wordopera wasnt usedthen. They wouldhave been calledballo in musica,dance in music, andthey would end with

a whole series of dances.A book of Francescas

songs survives, plus La

Liberazione - and thats it.If you look at what

survives more generallyin early music, sometimesworks are published andget into libraries and thenthey survive, but in a lotof cases the music wasntwritten on the kind ofpaper that survives or, ifit was written on better-quality paper, the papermight get used again.There are a lot of casesof sheet music ending upbehind paintings! But LaLiberazione was actuallypublished because itwas written for quite animportant occasion, thevisit of a Polish prince thathad just won an importantbattle.Quite aside from its

historical significance, thepiece commends itself forits extraordinary music:Alcina is this beguilingsorceress who lures allthese men to her island,and when she gets fed upwith them, she turns

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