» Starbucks means higher rent?
Shop rents could shoot up in St James’s Street because of the new Starbucks, the city centre manager has warned.
Soozie Campbell said the presence of a major coffee retailer in the popular Kemp Town street could push higher charges on existing and future stores.
There are already five Starbucks in Brighton and Hove. The company was refused permission to open a shop on St James’s street by the city council’s planning department last week after more than 500 people sent letters of objection. But the American firm opened the store on Saturday anyway as it is legally entitled to until the outcome of its appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. Read the rest of this article »





The need for me to update my portfolio has been screaming at me since I returned. I have had urges to update my portfolio before but it has never presented itself so strongly. Everywhere I go, it’s the first thing I notice. Even my booker has scolded me, saying that if I do not have new photos done in a week he will dump me – sounds like a joke, but he is serious. My friends are flaunting their new books in my face. As if this is not enough, I flip through my portfolio and I think that none of the images represent or even resemble me, and even my column is in dire need of new photos. This has had me wondering what has changed; is it me, my hairstyle, the photos – certainly not. Perhaps it is status: does this show through in photos? I am dying to know.


