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Finding A Rural Harmony
Sussex Life

Finding A Rural Harmony

The Countryside Code has been an integral part of rural life since the 1930s, yet few of us are aware of exactly what it involves. Here we find out why it remains as important as ever.

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June 2019
Blake's Green And Pleasant Land?
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Blake's Green And Pleasant Land?

On his quest to find the hidden stories of Sussex Clive Agran heads to the coastal villages of Felpham and Middleton-on-Sea.

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June 2019
Civil War Comes To West Hoathly
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Civil War Comes To West Hoathly

Inspired by musket balls lodged in a church door, historian Philip Pavey sets out to solve a 400-year-old mystery.

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June 2019
Spirit Of Sussex
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Spirit Of Sussex

Sussex Heritage Trust’s Person of the Year 2018, Neil Holland, on preserving the county’s beauty as an architect and a landscape painter.

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June 2019
Damsels And Dragons
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Damsels And Dragons

GOING WILD with Charlotte Owen of the Sussex Wildlife Trust

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June 2019
Brighton
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Brighton

TRULY TREND-SETTING, BRIGHTON IS A HUB FOR CULTURE, QUIRKY SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS AND A PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM

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August 2018
Battle
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Battle

THE EAST SUSSEX TOWN IS INEXTRICABLY CONNECTED WITH THE MOST FAMOUS DATE IN ENGLISH HISTORY

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August 2018
Burgess Hill
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Burgess Hill

THIS POPULAR AND FAST-GROWING COMMUTER TOWN HAS FLOURISHED IN THE PAST CENTURY

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August 2018
Eastbourne
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Eastbourne

AN ICONIC COASTAL TOWN, EASTBOURNE IS FAMOUS FOR ITS ATTRACTIVE GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE AND STRIKING CHALK CLIFFS

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August 2018
10 Of The Best Gardens
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10 Of The Best Gardens

EAST AND WEST SUSSEX HAVE A HOST OF INTERESTING AND ICONIC HORTICULTURAL SIGHTS

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August 2018
Good Wood
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Good Wood

TO THE NORTH OF CHICHESTER, THE GOODWOOD ESTATE IS FAMOUS FOR ITS SUMMER PROGRAMME OF EVENTS – AND ITS LONG AND ARISTOCRATIC HISTORY

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August 2018
A City Reads
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A City Reads

Sarah Perry, this year’s City Reads author, explores grief for the millennial generation in her debut novel, as Simone Hellyer discovers

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May 2019
A Space For All
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A Space For All

The country grounds at Holford Manor are home to owners Martyn Price and Jeff Armstrong and a medley of animals

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May 2019
Ice Explorer
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Ice Explorer

Last year Lewes-based artist Adele Gibson travelled to the Arctic to witness the effects of climate change and is now hoping to spark a discussion with her work, as Simone Hellyer discovers

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May 2019
Keeping Secrets
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Keeping Secrets

Bassist-for-hire Guy Pratt talks about his love for Brighton, his passions for food and clothes and his new Pink Floyd-influenced supergroup A Saucerful of Secrets

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May 2019
Secrets Of The Ouse
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Secrets Of The Ouse

Running from Lower Beeding to Newhaven this Sussex river passes through one of the county’s prettiest villages and quirkiest towns

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May 2019
Arresting And Dramatic
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Arresting And Dramatic

Maureen Connett, honorary research fellow at Slade and an expert on Walter Sickert, casts her eye over Charleston’s exhibition In Colour

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August 2019
On The Beach
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On The Beach

Landscape artist Shazia Mahmood has painted around the world, but there’s no place like home when it comes to dramatic seaside scenery, as she tells Simone Hellyer.

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August 2019
Racing Times
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Racing Times

Goodwood’s curator James Peill has published a new history of the estate as its summer season gets into full swing

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August 2019
A Novel Connection
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A Novel Connection

Jane Austen was just one famous visitor to Worthing, as Clive Agran discovers

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August 2019
Worthing's Wilde Past
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Worthing's Wilde Past

It was 125 years ago that Oscar Wilde came to Sussex. Steve Roberts looks at the influence Worthing had on his greatest work

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August 2019
This Old House
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This Old House

Gill and Pete Mills love a project, but when they took on Summerhill House near Polegate they faced an incredible challenge

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August 2019
House Of Ideas
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House Of Ideas

Lamb House has an illustrious literary history, most famously home to writer Henry James. The National Trust has just begun a three-year restoration programme.

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March 2019
Miles On The Brush
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Miles On The Brush

Worthing-based artist Lucy Marks is fast gaining recognition for her abstract landscapes but her success has not come overnight.

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March 2019
Knives Out
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Knives Out

As a black comedy following the disintegration of a TV chef’s family comes to Sussex, star Aden Gillett remembers growing up near Lewes.

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March 2019
Tidal Energy
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Tidal Energy

In the first of a short series exploring four Sussex rivers we are taken on a journey along the River Arun.

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March 2019
Nature For All
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Nature For All

Deirdre Huston explores the easy paths at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

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March 2019
The Keys To Success
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The Keys To Success

Seaford-born musician Maria Marchant is preparing for a busy few months as Shipley Arts Festival’s pianist in residence. She tells JENNY MARK-BELL that her early musical education was very much a family affair…

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April 2018
Bersted Park
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Bersted Park

Berkeley Homes’ latest show home features interior design by John Lewis

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April 2018
Pillars Of The Community
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Pillars Of The Community

As well as being the home constituency of three British Prime Ministers, Seaford can lay claim to a rich educational past and historic naval importance. CLIVE AGRAN met local expert Kevin Gordon to find out more

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April 2018