I like Brighton. I enjoy visiting the place. But knowing that I am not welcome in one of its clubs, even though I probably wouldn’t go there anyway, just because of where I live, makes me like the place just a little less. Its not right that I should feel a little bit more hostile […]
Entries Tagged as 'Brighton'
Nightclubs and immigration
November 20th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life, Politics
Tags: Brighton·Crawley·Immigration
Nightclubs – PS
November 20th, 2006 · Comments Off on Nightclubs – PS · Life
The Creation nightclub in Brighton has had a chequered past with more financial crises than Crawley Town FC, but a year ago it was bought up by a company called Luminar, who own many other nightclubs – including the Liquid club next to Crawley station… I would threaten to boycott the Liquid club until Creation […]
Can they do that?
November 20th, 2006 · 7 Comments · Life
Apparently I am banned from a nightclub called Creation in Brighton, but its nothing personal: the other 99,999 residents of Crawley have also been banned, according to a story in The Argus. The door staff at Creation say that banning everyone from Crawley has resulted in less crime and trouble there. This may or may […]
Old Bangers
November 6th, 2006 · Comments Off on Old Bangers · Life, Technology
Today was the 110th London to Brighton veteran car run. The cars set off from Hyde Park in the morning and head off for the coast. Traditionally they stop off in Crawley High Street as it is more or less the halfway point, and it provides an interesting spectacle for the town. In past years […]
Tags: Brighton·Cars·Crawley·London·Nostalgia·Photos·Pink Floyd·Traffic
This Life
September 20th, 2006 · Comments Off on This Life · Life
It should be good news that This Life is coming back – even if it is only for a 90-minute special. Broadast is going to be “later this year”. I have been saving the DVD box set of series 1 and 2 for a rainy day, but it looks like I will have to find […]
Streets of Brighton
May 14th, 2006 · Comments Off on Streets of Brighton · Life
Tonight we went down to Brighton to see the show in Preston Park. There was no lighting in the park, so we had no real idea of the size of the crowd until a few big fireworks went up and you could see the thousands upon thousands of heads. The similar show in 2002 apparently […]
Leading the way in Thatcher-hating
March 15th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Politics
The other day Neil from Brighton Regency pointed out that if you type I Hate Thatcher in Google He comes up as top site. and of course if you type I hate Thatcher into Google and just hit the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button you go straight to this page. Given the stiff competition, I think […]
African soul rebels in Brighton
January 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on African soul rebels in Brighton · Music
I spotted a small story about Amadou and Mariam in the Observer today. They are touring as part of the African Soul Rebels package. Last year this featured Daara J, Rachid Taha and Tinariwen and I am still kicking myself for missing that one. This year the package is Amadou & Mariam, Saoud Massi and […]
Tags: Brighton·Concerts·World music
Bloggers4Labour on the town
September 29th, 2005 · Comments Off on Bloggers4Labour on the town · Life
A photo from last night in Brighton From left to right: Damian, Antonia, Jo, Andrew, Tom, and Jonathan. This was taken just before I disappeared in a panic, having forgotten to make a note of the times of the last train back home. (It was actually 23:37 and I got to the station at 23:22 […]
Faith in human nature restored!
August 24th, 2005 · Comments Off on Faith in human nature restored! · Life
This post on a local news/gossip site has restored my faith in human nature. Our latest local hero, Eugene Sully, came second in the recent series of Big Brother. While just about everyone else who was in the show, from the winner right down to whoever got kicked off first is signed up with Max […]
Tags: Brighton·Heroes·Labour Party·TV
