Surely the architects who so lovingly redeveloped the old Debenham's building on Western Road, Hove, must be despairing now Blockbuster Video has been allowed to dominate with its noxious storefront.

They might as well have bulldozed the building and put up a prefabricated retail shed.

Did we ever really stand a chance to be named Capital of Culture?

-Lynne East, Aldrington Avenue, Hove