I read with interest that the Open Market has been shortlisted for best tourism/leisure awards along with other various accolades.

I doubt they visited early to midweek, where I have noticed that the majority of mobile stalls stand empty, but the local How It Should Be shop is seemingly thriving.

Or, perhaps they did try to visit but were stuck in traffic for hours trying to reach Viaduct Road, and were rendered speechless by the apparition of the planter (less) pots, that when they reached the top of Viaduct Road decided to turn left and hot foot it back to their normal sanctum and are now devising a new shortlist for the most uselessly mismanaged city on the south coast.

Marina Clarke Address supplied