Albion are one home win away from Wembley after battling out a 0-0 play-off draw at Crystal Palace tonight. But they had to endure some nervous second-half moments in the first leg of their Championship semi-final. The sides will settle the
I was, of course, delighted to read Duncan Hall’s glowing review of my talk about my book, Fanny And Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England, which opened the literary events of Brighton Festival (The Argus, May 6). But when Mr Hall
I hear there is going to be a £90 fine for texting at the wheel – big deal! First the police have to observe and charge the culprits, which they rarely do. I have seen so many drivers doing this and speaking on mobiles while driving that I’
Sussex bounced back from defeat in their opening game of the YB40 to comfortably beat Northamptonshire by 61 runs on D/L at Wantage Road. Chris Nash (95) and Ed Joyce (90) put on a partnership of 173 for the fourth wicket as the Sharks recovered
A gang of youths robbed a schoolgirl of her mobile phone on May 9. Police are seeking witnesses to the incident which happened in the Brighton Marina Asda car park. The 13-year-old local girl was approached by the three girls and two boys at
In the past few weeks, Nick Clegg has been banging on about pensioners’ benefits. He seems obsessed with pensioners who, he says, are too well off. He talks about the multi-millionaire pensioners. I don’t know any multi-millionaire pensioners
Trust is the root of circus troupe Casus’s work. The four performers from the Australian group live together in Brisbane, which, along with Montreal in Canada, has become a centre for the circus world. Jesse Scott, one quarter of the quartet with
The team behind Brighton’s road markings and double yellow lines had a slightly unusual remit last week – to create a lifesize outline of a Reaper drone on Brighton’s Madeira Drive. The giant image – which crosses the pavement, cycle track and
Council officials say they are in “positive discussions” with church leaders after a popular park was closed because of a celebration. Hundreds from the Coptic Christian community in Hove gathered in Stanmer Park in Brighton on Bank Holiday Monday
I write in response to the article “A Large Serving Of Violence” (The Argus, May 8) about a survey carried out by Brighton and Hove City Council into workplace violence. The article stated I had not provided a comment at the time of going to print
Benin-born Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo may not have been where she is today without the support of her father. He was a man who refused to kowtow to tradition or family pressure to marry off his daughter young. So
Mercury Music Prize-nominated folk singer and archivist Sam Lee admits part of his obsession with collecting the long-forgotten songs of the British Isles was to stick it to “the grey beards”. “I was using the Cecil Sharp House library [home of
More than 70% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. The news might shock Britons, who have traditionally viewed the city as a place of ills. One man campaigning for a reappraisal of our relationship to the city is Leo Hollis.
It is one hundred years since a group of 100 women from Brighton Suffragettes marched to London to support the call for votes for women. “Brighton has always been very politically active and an interesting, progressive place,” says Karen Antoni
The Croydon Advertiser described their Kraftwerk-style tribute to the city’s tram system as the town’s answer to international YouTube hit Gangnam Style. “Croydon has such low self-esteem,” says Susi O’Neill, better known as Ms Hypnotic, the theremin
On behalf of myself and my cousin Sue, we are trying to trace or locate Mrs Audrey Beavis (Kay), possibly last heard of in Eastbourne after the death of her husband, William H Beavis. It would be lovely to get in contact with her again, or with
Six years to the day that Tony Blair announced he was standing down, Brighton-based writer Chris Henry’s one-man show was given its first outing. Set in the office of newspaper editor Andrew Harding (played by Matt Cotton) it followed the hack’
Those of us privileged to have seen Robert Cohen in The Trials Of Harvey Matusow earlier in the year know of his writing and acting skills. Both were again on display during the Festival in this study of a man’s obsession and paranoia. Quint is
It isn’t very often a show makes me laugh out loud and holds my attention for the whole performance. This one did. Bernadette Byrne and Victor Victoria are true cabaret creatures of innuendo and hilarity with (occasional) hints of darkness. The
Alcohol and drug-free club nights aren’t just for the under-18s. In Argentina, the alternative club night for adults, Yoga Rave, was launched – which replaced artificial stimulants with the power of yoga. Now having been taken across the world,
Musical memories have come flooding back for one Argus reader and ex-Brighton postie. Ray Metcalfe recalled how postal uniforms were specially delivered to Brighton from across Europe for his colleagues to wear in the run up to the Eurovision Song
The East End comic’s popularity has exploded in the past two years, after more than a decade of stand-up and TV appearances including Mock The Week. A natural at observational comedy, Micky, 50, had the crowd howling at his many anecdotes about
Britten’s Canticles, penned over a lifespan of 30 years, have been reinterpreted for his centenary year celebrations through an ambitious collaboration, conceived and staged by director Neil Bartlett and lighting designer Paule Constable. Onstage
Miranda Kane was a 25-stone call girl who charged £2,000 a night when she worked in the sex industry. Her career lasted for seven years. It was only when she started to lose weight she began to lose clients. “They wanted supersized,” she says
Ricardo Pisano, dubbed the 'artful dodger' has been charged with the murder of Michael Polding. The 35-year-old, of Methuen Street, Southampton, was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning in Southampton following a disturbance in a house
The space outside the famous Spiegeltent is a regular food court, with plenty of options for either fast food or proper sit-down dinners. Alongside the Spiegelpub, stalls selling hot chocolate, popcorn, and Glastonbury favourite Oli’s Halloumi
“It is now obvious a stadium at Falmer is neither appropriate nor likely to happen,” said then-Green Party convener councillor Pete West in The Argus on November 1, 2000. Through all the important lobbying and decision-making on the issue of a
Having launched his career in the 1980s by opening Brighton hip-hop nightclub The Can, Great British Menu judge Oliver Peyton has returned to the city to take over the food contract for Brighton Dome and Museums. And the first real glimpse of what
A home care business is holding its first open day in West Sussex. Home Help UK, which has its Sussex base in Apuldram, has invited clients, care workers and office staff to the event next Friday. It is open to the public and West Sussex county
IT takes a special performer or special material for one man to keep an audience’s attention for nearly an hour and a half. Bigmouth had both. Valentijn Dhaenens took to the Corn Exchange stage with six microphones, five glasses of water and
She’s small, perfectly-formed and, as she proved a few bars into her first track Queen Of Denmark, immensely powerful. That Sinead is not one for trifling with was evident from the off, as she took command of her four guitarists, keyboard player
With a show title of How Bruce Springsteen Changed My Life, I’m sure some of the members of the audience were expecting an hour and half ode to The Boss (the tour shirts were a bit of a giveaway). Instead Sarfraz Manzoor, the journalist, author
One lucky shopper has won a hamper of Herstmonceux’s finest produce. Helen Dale, 45, from Windmill Hill, was picked from more than 60 people who filled in entry forms at local shops to claim the prize after the competition was launched by South
The middle-class dinner party gone askew is a theatrical staple, the obvious example of Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party, the benchmark. Thrust, the company of Middlesex University graduates, offered a youthful take on Moira Buffini’s superior entry in
The prospect of a quartet of farces in one evening was an intriguing one, as a good farce takes time to establish characters, set the plot and carry it through. However, European Arts Company successfully pulled it off with their choice of Victorian
The subject of how patients catch infections such as MRSA in hospitals will be tackled in a talk next month. Dr Martin Llewellyn, a reader in infectious diseases and therapeutics at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, will focus on research currently
The closing of Stanmer Park in Brighton on Bank Holiday Monday could have been avoided if someone had opened the overflow gates so the cars of waiting visitors could park on the grass, as they have done in previous years. When the park gets busy
Wells goes for just 2. Edged Willey to 1st slip. Sussex have said they want to give him a run in the one-day side but he'll need to make some runs soon otherwise they'll have no choice but to drop him. Prior the new man on his last appearance before
Chances at both ends but Albion played the better football and will be much the happier with the scoreline ahead of Monday's second leg at The Amex
A bottle of whiskey was stolen in a burglary. The alcohol and jewellery was taken from a property in South Cliff, Bexhill, at 11.45pm on April 29.
I agree with improving building regulations (Letters, May 3). Personally, I would not like to work above the 12th floor of a building, let alone live and sleep above that height. With respect to minimum sizes, I believe a double bedroom should
Squatters who opened a pop-up “social centre for the disgruntled” in a former solicitors’ office have been ordered to leave by a judge. The activists moved into the vacant building in School Hill, Lewes, on May 1 and turned it into a space for
ALBION boss Gus Poyet has urged his promotion chasers to capitalise on their form advantage over Crystal Palace by landing the first blow at Selhurst Park tonight. The Seagulls have not lost a game after scoring first since a 3-1 defeat at Blackpool
The Conservatives are set to keep control of East Sussex County Council – but they will need the support of other parties. Thanks to the rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) at last week’s local elections, the Tories lost overall control of
Des Lynam has revealed he voted for Ukip in last week’s elections. Speaking today Lynam said: "I was delighted to cast my vote for Nigel Farage's team in Sussex where I live. "I feel they have something to offer the country as a whole, and
A relieved rugby player will have his lost piece of memorabilia from his team’s triumph at Twickenham replaced, thanks to The Argus. Jess Tompsett, 23, who plays loosehead prop for Brighton Blues, helped to take the team to victory at the Rugby
No one likes to see a child badly hurt. They are taught not to run up to strangers in the street and talk to them. It’s sensible to apply that same rule where dogs are concerned. Always ask a dog’s owner first if the animal is friendly. There
It’s a tall order to deliver a monologue for an hour. Yet this is an impassioned solo performance by Jennifer Williams, who also wrote her more than slightly madcap story which contains some neat observations on life and love, and more than a few laughs
The night of explanatorily-titled muso-artiness known as Club Berlin has been an occasional fixture in Brighton for a while, but this Fringe outing for curators Das Fenster was a cunningly-timed relaunch with a number of distinctly Germanic twists.
The first of four weekly writers’ workshops running in May was dedicated to the mastership of plot and character. The brilliant and prolific Wendy Ann Greenhalgh, who is both a published author and a skilled teacher, runs the sessions. Often, workshops
“It’s OK, you can all get a refund,” said Alex McClane after delivering the punchline to his joke in the wrong place. Seeing as this is a free show, though, I’m not sure how he intends to refund half an hour of my life. The rest of his set
It’s too soon to talk about Festival highlights but this was a top-class lunchtime concert. The Busch Ensemble’s first appearance at the Brighton Festival featured a well-balanced and generous programme of three works for piano, violin and cello that
Albion’s back line can make the difference, according to a leading Sky Sports pundit. Peter Beagrie is ready for a hard fought tie but backs the Seagulls to go through. He told skysports.com: “Brighton should have plenty of confidence going
An older people’s campaign group is to close after more than 20 years, after losing its funding. Pensioner Action has helped thousands of elderly people across Brighton and Hove become more involved regardless of their mobility since 1991.
I sympathise with the plight of Terrence Heightley (The Argus, May 4), who says he will commit burglaries unless he gets benefits. I do not condone crime and have no personal experience of drug addiction but I think this is a situation which could
Dean Hammond is quietly confident of play-off success – but he has played down talk that Albion are favourites to reach Wembley. The midfielder from Hastings could be a key figure tonight as the Seagulls go to Crystal Palace for the first leg of
It is “perfectly possible” for a free school to be built on a playing field and still have plenty of green space, according to the education secretary. Michael Gove said yesterday the proposed King’s Free School building would only take a “sliver
A bus boss has been made a freeman of Brighton and Hove – and will celebrate with a ride on the top deck. After 30 years helping to keep the city moving, Roger French was awarded the honour by politicians at a special meeting of Brighton and Hove
Three primary schools are set to be taken under the wing of a university to become academies. Three primary schools in St Leonards and Hastings have requested the University of Brighton’s backing as lead sponsor to gain academy status. Dudley
Miriam Binder wrote to The Argus about Whitehawk Football Club, and how it is set to change its name to Brighton City FC (Letters, May 2). Over many years, the Whitehawk estate gained a reputation with many people in the south of England which
A naked man impersonating a character from Are You Being Served has been arrested by police. Startled shoppers saw the six-foot-tall nude male striding down South Street in Chichester at around 1:20pm this afternoon. He went into a shop and
A Fringe show has been resurrected from the grave after a generous undertaker stepped in to help out. Organisers behind the theatre piece Cold Comfort were contemplating pulling the one-man show as they couldn’t find a key part of the set – a coffin
Ian Holloway believes Crystal Palace can atone for their recent defeat at The Amex – by qualifying for the “biggest game on the planet”. Palace host Albion in the first leg of the Championship play-off semi-final tonight. The Eagles lost 3-
Brighton Fringe has entered “unchartered territory” having surpassed last year’s record ticket sales – in just six days. The “gob-smacking” figures come less than a quarter of the way through the event – with flagship shows such as the NoFit State
Have you been using Brighton Station for too long to remember? The Argus has teamed up with Southern to brighten up the station concourse while renovation and development takes place. We’re asking our readers for photos, stories and happy memories
Brighton and Hove Albion are gearing up for the first leg of the promotion play-off this evening. And The Argus will be reporting about the pivotal match live from 4pm. The Argus' sports reporters will be at the match, reporting on every key
Operation: Love Story opened yesterday so my experience of the Fringe was mainly as a participant. Jennifer Williams and I went to the Dukebox Theatre in the morning to run through the technical cues. The Dukebox Theatre is a lovely new space on Waterloo
A heartbroken pensioner who claimed his dying wife’s final days were made “a misery” by the new 111 helpline has criticised health officials after they sent a patient experience questionnaire to his dead wife. Michael Anthony, 84, was still coming
Seeds from the UK's most-loved and threatened trees are to be collected to help tackle pests and diseases, including at the seed bank in Wakehurst Place. Kew's Millennium Seed Bank is establishing the UK's first national collection of tree seeds
A railway line could be reopened more than 40 years after it was closed after Government ministers intervened. With more and more people commuting from Sussex to London on the trains, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has asked Network Rail
Bins remain uncollected with rubbish piling high on the streets after refuse workers refused to go to work again over a pay dispute. For the second day running, Cityclean staff at Brighton and Hove City Council continued unofficial strike action
ALBION have Crystal Palace captain Mile Jedinak on their radar. They could make a move for the Australian international midfielder if they beat Palace in the play-offs and are promoted to the Premier League. Jedinak was named Palace’s player
A man has been arrested after an American Express customer’s account was hacked and more than half a million pounds spent on Rolex watches, wine, diamonds, dinners and designer luggage. The 36-year-old lives in Kingswood Street in Brighton which
Four people were arrested after a row in a flat spilled out into the street. Officers were called to The Strand in Worthing at 11.05am yesterday to reports of men fighting in the street outside the Golden Lion pub. It is believed that a man
A four-year-old boy got his leg trapped in a drain. Firefighters were called to free the lad following the incident outside the Dean Saunders Centre in Palmeira Avenue, Hove, at 1pm on Thursday. An East Sussex Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said
A fire in a barn broke out at midnight – and is still burning eight hours on. An East Sussex Fire and Rescue spokesman said four crews attended the blaze in Little Heaven Farm, New Road, Ringmer, near Lewes. The barn measures 30m by 50m and
Traffic was delayed this morning after horses were spotted on a main road. There were reports of the beasts on the A22 Lewes Road between Priory Road and Wall Hill Road, Forest Hill.
No one was injured in a car fire. The blaze broke out shortly before 2.40pm on Thursday outside Volks nightclub in Madeira Drive, Brighton. Crews used a hose reel to extinguish it. No one was injured.
A bin caught alight outside a Brighton bar. As street sweepers and bin men refuse to work, the bin outside All Bar One in Castle Square caught on fire. Firefighters attended and no one was injured following the fire at about 6.30pm on Thursday.
