Culture
Sussex Life
TAKE YOUR TIME
Dean Edwards’ new cookbook features delectable recipes that you can slow cook or stick in the oven. Here’s a selection of the best
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November 2020
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Decorative art
Not simply functional, treat your walls like an extension of your personality
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November 2020
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ON THE FRONT FOOT
The rugby legend took the reins at Sussex County Cricket Club in 2017, rekindling his love for a sport that first won his heart on the village cricket fields of North Yorkshire
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November 2020
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NAKED AMBITION
In the 1980s, Christine and Jennifer Binnie partied with Boy George and Marilyn and bared all as performance art collective The Neo-Naturists. Now they are working together to gain the recognition they feel they deserve
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November 2020
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ROCKET MAN
Astronaut Tim Peake has come a long way since growing up in Westbourne and attending Chichester High School for Boys: 248 miles above Earth, to be precise. But, he says, life on the International Space Station has a lot in common with family caravanning holidays
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November 2020
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Revolution man
Lewes’ most famous resident Thomas Paine may be the greatest propagandist who ever lived. But how did a humble customs and excise officer ignite the touchpaper for revolution in not one but two countries?
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November 2020
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THE DIARY
17 exciting things to do this month in East and West Sussex
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November 2020
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All in a day's work
Meet Tim Dummer, who has helped keep Midhurst’s Cowdray Estate shipshape for an impressive five decades
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November 2020
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My favourite Sussex
Bruce Fogle is an author and a vet with a practice in London who has lived in West Sussex with his wife, the actress Julia Foster, since 1989. He recently became president of RSPCA Mount Noddy near Chichester
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November 2020
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10 OF THE BEST Meat-free restaurants in Brighton and Hove
Brighton is often rated one of the most vegan-friendly cities in the UK. What these restaurants prove is that plant-based food doesn’t have to be puritanical – at all of these places you’ll find big flavours and a desire to push the envelope
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November 2020
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Living With The Past
Natasha Williams is English Heritage’s head of historic properties for Sussex, meaning she oversees the site of one of the best-known events in our history
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October 2020
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Love And Death In The Long Grass
A lifelong arachnophobe, I’ve had my head turned by this brightly patterned arachnid
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October 2020
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RECIPES for SUCCESS
From Eliza Acton to Elizabeth David, some of the UK’s most influential food heroes have made their home in Sussex
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October 2020
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Release the bats
A WORD ABOUT WILDLIFE
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October 2020
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NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Many of us are choosing to look closer to home for our holidays. Sussex boasts an array of accommodation to enjoy
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October 2020
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Pattern and print
To mark the centenary of his birth, Eastbourne printmaker Robert Tavener is being celebrated with a hometown exhibition
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October 2020
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A-Z of Sussex produce
Here in Sussex we have the good fortune to live in a prolific food-producing county. In celebration of British Food Fortnight from 19 September-4 October, we hail some of our finest local delicacies
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October 2020
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Gathering in the harvest
The priest, author and ecological thinker on his deep love for the countryside
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October 2020
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Landscape of a lıfe
West Sussex-based John Hitchens has been making art his entire life. Far from scaling back in his 80th year he has just staged a major retrospective exhibition
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October 2020
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A President at the Royal Pavilion
In 1877, Ulysses S Grant became the first former American president to visit Britain. His tour included three days in Brighton, where his speech foreshadowed the notion of the ‘special relationship’
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October 2020
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Mellow fruitfulness
Growing your own fruit is achievable whatever the size of your garden, producing a harvest of delicious wholesome tastes
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September 2020
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THE SOUNDS OF DOWNS
Rose Elinor Dougall was a founding member of girl band The Pipettes before going solo and working with superproducer Mark Ronson. So how did lockdown in Lewes inspire her creativity?
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September 2020
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Safe harbour
Director and harbour master of Chichester Harbour Conservancy Richard Craven oversees an area providing habitat for 55,000 birds – and more than 10,000 sailors
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September 2020
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War and peace
Watercolour artist Gordon Rushmer’s Sussex landscapes are a far cry from his previous career as a war artist
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September 2020
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REBUILDING HISTORY
How a revolutionary idea dreamed up 50 years ago in Singleton became one of our best-loved heritage sites
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September 2020
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All things BRIGHT and Beautiful
Illustrator Camilla Perkins lives in Ringmer with her husband and two daughters. Her home features in a new book, Bold British Design, showcasing the living spaces of British creatives
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September 2020
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LOCAL HEROES
Seven generations of Rottingdean’s Copper Family have kept the spirit of traditional English folk alive. Here young musician Andrew Millham examines their legacy
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September 2020
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Age is just a number
You’re never too old to learn – and doing so might just improve your health
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September 2020
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60 YEARS OF STEAM
The volunteers who run the Bluebell Railway weren’t going to let a pandemic spoil their diamond anniversary celebrations
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September 2020
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24 HOURS IN Worthing
The vibrant seaside town of Worthing has long been a lure to tourists – among them Oscar Wilde, who lived here for a season and struck up a liaison with a local youth. So enamoured was he of both that he named the lead character in his most famous play, The Importance of Being Earnest, after the town.
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