Food, Days Out and Travel stories from Brighton, London and the Rest of the World

On a recent trip to London to see the Da Vinci exhibition, which we didn't get into as a result of lack of planning, ie we didn't ha...
The nights are closing in fast in the run up to the shortest day of the year and with it the annual winter solstice celebrations with Bright...
With the proliferation of coffee shops continuing at a pace through Brighton, another one is just about to open in village Kemptown, the q...
Absolutely bonkers, more bonkers than Alice in Wonderland, a book inextricably linked to Brighton and also bonkers, but White Night beats it...
Beyond Retro , 42 Vine Street, Brighton, BN1 4AG 01273 671937 It’s no wonder Brighton has become known as Brick Lane by the sea...
Covet 37 Ship Street Brighton East Sussex BN1 1AB Tel: 01273 770407 Having recently travelled back along Western Road from Hove...
We see nothing truly until we understand it . John Constable Saturday morning and unable to wait any longer I head to the Pavilion bright ...
Owing a huge debt to Nigella Lawson, Domestic Goddess and Culinary Sage in my eyes, this recipe is taken from her How to be a Domestic Godd...
  Strawberries and cream cupcake In celebration of National Cup Cake Week I thought it only right I recommend the best place ...
What with the revving of engines, smell of black leather and burly looking men lugging helmets under their arms, the annual motorbike meet u...
As part of the Brighton Digital Festival, Paragraph Planet, Grit Lit and Story Studios, are collaborating on an evening that is experimental...
As an established Kemptown resident I like to keep my ear to the ground for anything exciting to post about and this latest gig of Soul Cass...
With my own commitment to cake baking beginning when I saw the iced cup cake on the front of Nigella Lawson's recipe book, which made me...
With summer on its way and temperatures on the up, in UK terms, it's time to grab an ice-cold quencher at one of the smoothie making st...
Ushering in four days dedicated to audio related new commissions, collaborations, performances and experiences, the Soundwaves Festival, is ...
By strange coincidence my mother discovered a news article that had been kept for sixty two years on the very day the article would have gon...
Having just gone to Kew gardens for the annual Burney Society meet up I can't help but put up a post in celebration of this great journ...
Saturday morning in mid-June with the annual Queen's Park Picnic in the Park 26th June almost upon us I am resolutely ignoring the wind ...
Glynde Place, Glynde, near Lewes, East Sussex Tel: 01273 858224 Saturday 16th July – Sunday 17th July 2011 Doors open 10am – 5pm...
The Haunt 10 Pool Valley Brighton, BN1 1NJ This Sunday 5th June, the day after the Kemptown festival (when the sun always shines)...
There's a great free sharing event happening today from midday til three, if you can make it Brighton Youth Centre 64 Edward Street...
The Fringe Pop-up Restaurant Whitecross Street BN1 4FA Tel: 07553 819342 There's nothing like falling out with the person you w...
Going Out for some wall art With May upon us, how quickly did that happen?  Visitors to Brighton will be bombarded with art and culture li...
The Borlotti Bean  Wedding Brunch  ~  When it comes to Royal Weddings, I find it best to enjoy with family.  As my sister, heavily...
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