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Andrew Marr, Corn Exchange, Brighton, Sunday
12:50pm Wednesday 23rd May 2007
If this insightful talk was anything to go by, Andrew Marr's new book and television series A History Of Modern Britain (BBC2, Tuesdays, 9pm) will be the sort of landmark stuff to make Simon Schama worried.
Chris Riddell, Jubilee Library, Brighton, Saturday
12:48pm Wednesday 23rd May 2007
It came as a surprise to me to discover Brighton-based illustrator and author Chris Riddell was so prolific: around 30 books to date.
Neil Bartlett, Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, Friday
1:44pm Monday 21st May 2007
Though better known as a breathtaking theatre-maker and artistic director at the Lyric Hammersmith for ten years, Neil Bartlett is an occasional, important writer of potent literature. His second book, Mr Clive And Mr Page, was published in 1996, so it's about time we got at his new one, Skin Lane.
Harry Hill, Old Market, Hove, Saturday
10:56am Monday 21st May 2007
The bonce may have been barren but the brain sure was fertile as that purveyor of hysterical flights of fancy and doyen of slaphead slapstick, Harry Hill, took to the stage to talk nonsense and children's books.
Vic Reeves, Theatre Royal, New Road, Brighton, Wednesday
12:33pm Thursday 17th May 2007
Vic Reeves in conversation made you wonder why he wasn't doing stand-up. He may wish to be called Jim Moir nowadays but comedy props of a funnel and a paint brush were suitably Reeves and Mortimer.
Tony Harrison, Old Courtroom, Brighton, Thursday
9:41am Wednesday 16th May 2007
When Ted Hughes died, Tony Harrison's name was bandied about as a Poet Laureate contender. A staunch republican, the appointment would have horrified him.
Nick Kent, Old Courthouse, Brighton, Saturday
9:39am Wednesday 16th May 2007
Nick Kent played guitar with the Sex Pistols, shared drugs with Keith Richards and delved behind the masks of countless rock idols.
Nick Kent, The Old Courthouse, Brighton
10:29am Monday 14th May 2007
Nick Kent played guitar with the Sex Pistols, shared drugs with Keith Richards and delved behind the masks of countless rock idols.
Joan Bakewell, Grand Hotel, Brighton
11:36am Thursday 10th May 2007
Joan Bakewell must be very tired of answering questions about how she feels to have been described as "the thinking man's crumpet" in the Sixties. Now in her 70s, she said the crumpet "must be a bit stale" by now.
Liberace of Baghdad, Old Market, Hove, Sunday
5:34pm Monday 7th May 2007
As Iraq's foremost concert pianist, Samir Peter earned the equivalent of 10,000 dollars a month.
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