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Homesick for the Superbowl

2:45pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Student Carl Sommer is sharing his experiences during a six month exchange from Purdue University in Indiana USA to University of Sussex. Superbowl Sunday was quite the culture shock

Film Diary 2012 - The Muppets

Jason Segel, Amy Adams and a car full of Muppets

11:25am Tuesday 14th February 2012

The first theatrical Muppets film in 12 years finds the Muppet theatre in tatters and the gang broken apart, it's up to two life-long Muppet fans to help get them back together...

Film Diary 2012 - Chronicle

Michael B. Jordan, Dane DeHaan and Alex Russell in Chronicle

1:20pm Friday 10th February 2012

A found footage take on the superhero genre sees three high schoolers develop telekinetic abilities.

Film Diary 2012 - The Grey

Liam Neeson in The Grey

2:13pm Thursday 9th February 2012

An oil-drilling team finds themselves in the Alaskan wilds being preyed upon by a pack of wolves.

Sussex Innovation Centre's unexpected rap song

10:30am Wednesday 8th February 2012

How saying something unexpected, simple and concrete can make your message memorable.

I don't believe in ghosts... but I used to live with one

PRESTON MANOR: Not my student house

5:57pm Monday 6th February 2012

Last Halloween my husband and I went on a tour of the ‘Haunted’ Preston Manor, billed as a Ghost Tour we thought we’d certainly get to see or sense something spooky. But despite being conducted in the dark on the night of the year the veil between the living and the dead is supposedly at its thinnest the only scary thing that happened was the fact the pubs were already shut by the time it was over.

Film Diary 2012: Shame

Michael Fassbener in Shame

10:31pm Sunday 5th February 2012

Steve McQueen's stark drama stars Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in a pensive and critically acclaimed look at sexual compulsion.

Shoreham Beach Boardwalk Farrago

Shoreham Beach Boardwalk

9:47pm Saturday 4th February 2012

A bit is missing from the Shoreham Beach boardwalk.

A Snowy,Seedy Sunday for you?

The Seed Swap Scrum

1:15pm Friday 3rd February 2012

How will you keep warm on Sunday , if it’s a cold, snowy, seedy Sunday? Who will you keep warm with?

THE BRIGHTON BUG...

4:25pm Monday 30th January 2012

When I left the call-centre with my prize-winning bottle of white wine, little did I know that I'd never be back...and apropos my previous post and Christopher Hitchens, a thanks to 'anubis'.

Lottie and Stephen Hester

A bonus fit for 2800 people for 6 years

8:30am Sunday 29th January 2012

The bonus for Stephen Hester, RBS, on his basic –yes basic compensation of £1.2 million -is worth £963,000. Interestingly this bonus would fund the cost of allotment rentals for all 2,800 tenants for 6 years. It certainly is a rich man’s world.


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Opinion, Satire and Whimsy

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Alison Thomson - Great Train Blogger

Alice Wright - Reluctant Housewife

Jo Chipchase - Letting off steam

Lulu Devine - Devine Inspiration

Maggie Gordon-Walker's Pet Peeves

Mel Nowocin - Memories of 80s Brighton

Quentin Delahunty - Brighton. Liberal. Creative.

Eivind Nerberg - Walk a Pavement Once Again.

Health and Wellbeing

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Stevie Cooke - weightloss guineapig

Ron Sharratt - Blue Badger

Jody Raynsford - Desert runner

Karen Macmillan - More to Life

Women

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Sarah Sharp - Brighton Fashionista

Claire Banks - Contented Mummy

Amy Lavelle - No sex in the city

Film

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Popcorn Double Feature

Owain Paciuszko - Seat 13

Music

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Laura Johnson - Girl about town

Television

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Emma Cave - Telly Belly

The Great Outdoors

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Alan Phillips - Life with Lottie

Making a Difference

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Lisa Rodrigues - Pedal Power for Pakistan

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Julia Chanterey - small business advice

Melanie Farmer and Mike Herd - SINC

Football

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Tim Hodges - Put Those Floodlights Out!

Jim Stewart - Eastbourne Borough

Kieran Ridley - Lewes FC

Colin Bowman - World Cup Fever

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