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  • The Hiccup Project urge you to embrace vulnerability

    Merging theatre, dance and comedy, Brighton-based duo The Hiccup Project explore mental trauma and vulnerability. By EDWIN GILSON. WE CAN all relate to the sinking feeling of being met with an awkward response in conversation. Call it oversharing

  • Play explores the lasting impact of colonialism in India

    Playwright Siddhartha Bose used historical research and his own experience growing up in India when he wrote his new play, No Dogs, No Indians. He told EDWIN GILSON about the lasting legacy of British rule in his home country. THE past is the present

  • Handful of People asks: how do we define happiness?

    Velo Theatre’s object theatre piece centres around ideas of individuality, recognition, belonging, and what it means to be truly happy. C. DIAMOND found out more. NEAR the end of the Brighton Festival, the Brighthelm Centre will be filled with

  • Feminism to the fore in hit comedy podcast

    The wildly popular show, founded in 2015, is being recorded live at Brighton Festival. CHARLOTTE TUXWORTH-HOLDEN talks all things feminism with its founder Deborah Frances White. I’M A feminist but...” is the line that opens each episode of The

  • Death does not have to be the end

    IN ENDINGS, Australian performer Tamara Saulwick meditates on death and the desire to connect with loved ones once they are gone. In doing so, she makes use of turntables, tape players, recorded interviews and live music from folk singer Paddy Mann

  • An intense encounter with Judy Garland - sort of

    IMAGINE someone singing Judy Garland’s Somewhere Over the Rainbow to you while holding your hand and staring straight into your eyes. Oh, and there’s a noise-rock band playing at the same time. Sounds uncomfortable, right? Maybe, but Scottish performance

  • Music the best medicine for social epidemic

    An artistic response to the crisis of loneliness in the modern age, this musical performance came about through a meeting of minds. EDWIN GILSON found out more. IN 2014, journalist George Monbiot wrote an article for The Guardian pronouncing this

  • Kojey Radical shows power of the spoken word

    Spoken word artist and musician Kojey Radical tells EDWIN GILSON about the influences behind his dynamic work before headlining Lyrix Organix. AT THE end of the video for Kojey Radical’s single Gallons, he holds his four-year old nephew in his

  • If you go down to the woods tonight...

    For the Birds Secret woodland location, Saturday, May 6 to Sunday, May 28, All days except Monday and Tuesdays, time slots from 8pm – 11.40pm, shuttle bus from Asda Hollingbury ASK anybody what they’re looking forward to in the Brighton Festival

  • Former US presidential candidate set for talk in Brighton

    The former Democratic candidate for the President of the United States Bernie Sanders is heading to Brighton in June. The politician will speak about his new book Our Revolution at a special event as an extension of Brighton Festival. The talk 

  • 'Marine A' Alexander Blackman released from prison

    Royal Marine Alexander Blackman, who had his sentence for shooting dead an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan reduced, has been released from prison. The commando, who spent more than three years in jail for killing the insurgent in 2011, left

  • Tough field for Konta at Eastbourne

    Eastbourne tennis ace Johanna Konta will face stiff competition in her home tournament, the Aegon International, this summer. Fellow top ten players Dominika Cibulkova, Agnieszka Radwanska and Karolina Pliskova have all entered the Devonshire Park

  • You have been warned! Police to crack down on drugs users

    POLICE are cracking down on drug dealers and drug users over the bank holiday.  Officers in Crawley will be targeting drug supply and use in the town in a weekend-long operation aimed at deterring and combatting drug offences. Throughout the

  • Man punched in face in pub car park attack

    A man was taken to hospital after being punched in the face outside a pub.  The incident took place around 11.30pm on Sunday April 16 in the Prince Albert pub car park in High Street, Eastbourne. The 40-year-old victim was approached by three

  • Students working with food business

    STUDENTS at Chichester College have teamed up to create a sensational array of images for a local food manufacturer. They have been working on a project for Midhurst-based firm Pan’Artisan, helping to showcase their products for a range of promotional

  • Zoo park chooses hospice to support

    DRUSILLAS Park at Alfriston is supporting Demelza as its charity of the year 2017. Demelza is a children’s hospice charity that provides essential care to families who have children with a life-limiting illness across East Sussex, Kent and South

  • Nostalgia: The music legends who wowed Sussex audiences

    WE make no apology for repeating today a photograph we printed earlier this week (see Update column, right, for everything you could ever wish to know about today’s main image).The rest of the pictures, however, are far more recognisable and should require

  • 60 seconds with... Julia Christmas

    Julia Christmas is one of the three women who organised the protest against Donald Trump’s travel ban in January. She is a student at the University of Brighton studying English literature. What is your favourite place in Sussex? My favourite

  • Pub Spy: A warm welcome, lager and a sea view for just £2

    Fans of Bar Revenge will already have their own thoughts about this seafront drinking establishment but, as a first-time visitor, three things occurred to me as I walked in. Firstly I couldn’t believe I’d just bought a pint in Brighton, overlooking

  • Picture and warning issued in hunt for rape suspect

    The public has been warned not to approach a man detectives want to speak to in connection with a rape. Joseph Warren, 36, is wanted in connection with the rape of a woman at an address in the Broadwater area of Worthing last Sunday. Warren

  • Albion confident of holding on to in-demand Stockdale

    Albion boss Chris Hughton has played down speculation surrounding the future of his No.1 David Stockdale. The promoted Seagulls are still in new contract talks with the influential keeper and Hughton is optimistic Stockdale will be wearing the

  • Argus archive of photos launched

    AN ECLECTIC archive of The Argus photographs will be revealed to the public today after 137 years of covering Brighton and Hove and the rest of Sussex’s history. The launch event at The Grand in King’s Road will give visitors the opportunity to

  • More help is needed

    LET’S be clear that today’s story on the front page and pages four and five talks about allegations about Michael Lane which were made after he was charged with the murder of Shana Grice.That point needs to be made for two very important reasons. The

  • Picture of the Day: Rainbow in Piddinghoe

    J Hentschel took this lovely rainbow picture in Piddinghoe late on Wednesday afternoon. For the chance to see your photograph here, email it to picture.desk@theargus.co.uk and include your name, address and some details about the picture

  • Hospital trust is more than £68m in the red

    A HOSPTAL trust has ended the financial year £68.5 million in the red. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has revealed the figure, which is more than four times higher than the £15.6m originally planned. The trust was placed

  • Dog owners should get punished more

    A SENIOR MP has called for tougher punishments for dog owners whose pets attack other dogs as it emerged there had been hundreds of incidents in Sussex. Former education secretary Nicky Morgan led calls for irresponsible owners to face the same

  • Military hero aims to conquer USA challenge

    A TEAM of eight wounded, injured and sick military personnel and veterans - including Joe Townsend from Eastbourne - are taking part in the Race Across America Challenge. The group aim to raise £100,000 for Help for Heroes as a way of giving back