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Authentic Italian cuisine with a modern twist awaits at Leone restaurant and oyster bar

Leone restaurant has re-opened its doors and is already proving a popular choice for many. This restaurant offers Italian dining at its finest. Romanesque surroundings with a modern twist, the food takes the same approach.

Oriental Pleasure, Getting Fresh and Ostriche Leone, are just a taste of what’s on offer at Leone’s Oyster Bar.

The restaurant boasts freshly made pasta, seafood specialities and an extensive wine list.

Whether it’s a quick lunch, a romantic dinner for two, or a large party, Marcello, Leone’s restaurant manager and owner, together with partner, head chef Rossario, are always on hand to take care of it.

Leone restaurant caters for weddings, parties and other special occasions.

• Succulent food… great atmosphere… live music every saturday
• Leone is now taking bookings for Xmas and New Years Eve.
• Come and see us at Leone

Leone, 8 Third Avenue, Hove BN3 2PX, 01273 778558 / 07796 867785 www.leones.co.uk

Sample Menu

Starters

Carpaccio di Manzo £7.95
(Beef capriccio with parmesan shavings and
horseradish dressing)
Zuppa di Pesce £9.50
(Classic fish soup)
Fegatini del Colosseo £5.95
(Pan fried chicken liver with pancetta and brandy)

Il Pesce

Mille Fogile di pesce spada £14.95
(Slices of swordfish staked with carrots
and courgettes)
Branzino Pilato £16.95
(Pan fried sea bass on a bed of
spinach and lobster)
Grigliata di Spartaco £18.95
(Mixed grilled fish)

Le Carni

Filetto alla Leone £ 16.95
Noce di Vitello £16.95
Veal top side wrapped in Parma ham
with shallots and dry sherry sauce)

Oyster Bar Menu

Oyster Three Sauces
Hot Stuff – Tabasco lemon juice, lemon zest
Getting fresh – cucumber, lime juice,
dill and Castor sugar
Oriental Pleasure – red chilies, ginger,
coriander, garlic and brown sugar
Exotic Prawns £8.95
(with apple, pear, mango and brandy)

Pasta Dishes

Ravioli al Granchio £10.95
(crab and ginger ravioli in
tomato and basil vinegrette)

Leone, 8 Third Avenue, Hove BN3 2PX, 01273 778558 / 07796 867785 www.leones.co.uk

Sandra Omo on the importance of versatility and confidence

After my ordeal of last week, I saw an amazing upturn in my modelling career this week. Sitting at home all day, expecting a miracle to happen – as I really needed one to get on the move again – I got a call from an unknown number. Oh yes, I always do. I am a model you remember? Yeah, there goes my arrogance again – I need it once in a while. It helps me keep my focus.

“I can look like the pretty girl next door and the next moment like that sexy diva in your dreams”

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Jo Brooks checks out the Brighton art scene and discovers a South American version of Banksy

Design bible Elle Decoration recently voted Brighton as the UK’s new style capital. Praise indeed, but the accolade will have come as no surprise to Sussex residents, who are well aware that they are living in a county that commands worldwide respect for its contribution to style via the arts. The list of headline-grabbing exhibitions that Sussex’s stylish residents will be flocking to this month include some of the art world’s biggest celebrities and many of the latest names to drop. Do not miss:

• Pallant House Gallery. The Chichester gallery has just been awarded the coveted 2007 Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries and its exhibits are praised in the Daily Telegraph as being ‘the finest collection of British art outside of the Tate’. The current exhibition, In Camera: Snowdon and the World of British Art is a not-to-be missed retrospective of Snowdon’s photography, which includes iconic shots of British artists Lucian Freud and Peter Blake and the first opportunity to see his portraits of BritArt’s new generation, including Damien Hirst, Rachel Whiteread and Chris Ofili. www.pallant.org.uk
• O Contemporary. This newcomer to the Sussex art-scene has fast established itself as a magnet for the world’s best contemporary urban artists. Hot exhibit Cor da Rua features the work of Brazilian street artist Titi Freak who is being hailed as South America’s Banksy. The Times have already tipped this as one to see – decide for yourself between 6 October and 9 December at 80 Trafalgar Street, Brighton www.ocontemporary.com
• Crane Kalman. Their latest exhibition, Anthology : The Rockarchive Collection chronicles some of the best known rock celebrities from the last 50 years. This collection of rare and unseen moments, features shots of Sussex residents Nick Cave and Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour. 26 September – 11 December , 38 Kensington Gardens www.cranekalmanbrighton.com

Clearly Elle Decoration know their stuff, Sussex really is the most stylish and artistic county in the country – so go out and have a look and if you’re feeling flush, invest – you could make a fortune!

Jo Brooks is director of Brighton-based PR company JBPR Ltd,
01273 622555, www.jb-pr.com

Katie unashamedly uses her column to score her next literary fix

This is not a column. It is a cry for help. I have run out of books to read – and the situation’s getting serious.

It’s fair to say I’m a pretty obsessive reader. In fact I’m one of those stupidly obsessive readers, so romanticised by words that I’ll start scanning the back of a box of Sugar Puffs just to get my fix.

I may have cut down my fags to five per day, but if I don’t get 20 chapters I can’t function.

When I did my degree and was forced to borrow £15,000 so I could spend three years sitting on the beach reading a list of recommended novels, I was in heaven. But since then I’ve been living off the morsels of friends’ bookshelves and the odd tip from Waterstones’ staff. And as I tear through pages like a Rottweiler on heat, I’m finding it harder and harder to get the same kick that I used to.

Like a sixties stoner I find myself wondering where all the good stuff’s gone? And why the buzz isn’t what it used to be.

I’m frantically chasing the literary dragon. And that, dear reader, is why I really need your help.

I’ve told you the symptoms and now I need your prescriptions, but first let me tell you a bit about this patient’s past history.

I’ve rinsed the beats: Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Cassidy. The bits with the drugs were fun, some of it was a bit too surreal, then too much of it got boring…

If everyone’s heard of it I’ve probably read it. But I loved Clockwork Orange, Brave New World, 1984, Of Mice And Men,Catcher in the Rye, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, The Wasp Factory, The Colour Purple, Lolita, American Psycho, Doors Of Perception and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.

I went through a modernist phase. Joyce, Fitzgerald, Woolf, Eliot, Forster. And Jean Rhys is still my favourite writer.

On holiday I read crap: from Liz Jones’s diary to Jilly Cooper. I’m a massive Ian Rankin fan and Irvine Welsh too. Bukowski was good til I burnt out the best bits. And I’ve dabbled in Hollenbeck, Borges and Henry Miller.

I hated Catch 22 and can’t finish a Kurt Vonnegut. Hemmingway makes me want to fall asleep and anything pre 20th century makes me scared.

The last six books I read were, Choke (which I hated), The Gorse Trilogy (Patrick Hamilton), Lullaby (Chuck Palahniuk), A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainia by Marina Lewycka and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe.

Now, obviously that list’s not exhaustive but it might give you an idea of where I’m at. And now I’m begging you – please help! I’m desperate for something new that’s gonna make it as good as it was the first time.

Is this column indulgent? Yes, but us addicts are a selfish breed. But if you hit me back with your best bet I’m planning to pay handsomely. I’ll owe you for life. I’m willing to do anything. But as a starting shot, whoever recommends the writer I love the best, I’m willing to send an entire shelf of my back catalogue to to say thanks.

Not good enough? Then just tell me what you’re craving instead… My contact address, as always, is letters@thelatest.co.uk.