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He’s more used to singing into his hairbrush than a microphone. But an estate agent is in the running to win £25,000 worth of prizes including a recording contract.
Lee Cooper, a sales negotiator for Tingleys Hove, has made it through to the regional final of Idol 2008. On 27 September he will compete in front of an audience of 1,000 at the Hove Centre for a place in the national final of the music and dance competition.
A friend said to me recently that he had experienced a huge sense of déjà vu while walking up Vere Road, here in Brighton. He was making a familiar journey and decided to take a different route, with no reason in mind other than novelty and the unexplained vagaries of human decision-making. He looked up as he walked and was drawn to wall, alongside which was a line of parked cars.
“My grandad looked and dressed like Richard Attenborough’s Pinkie Brown from the film Brighton Rock“
He stood and stared at the wall and was overwhelmed by a feeling of being there as a child and of his dad parking the car and lifting him out of the back seat. It made me wonder how many people have had that experience as they walk around Brighton? So many of us have come to live here by choice as adults.
I do like the odd drive out into the country at the weekend, a run with the dog, maybe a farm shop or even a stately home, but above all there has to be somewhere for lunch. On the whole that will mean a little advance planning, a skip through the pages of one of the pub guides that litter the floor of the Noddy car, or a surf on the web.
‘‘The idea of watching my mother sauté frogs legs does put a wide smile on my face’’
Last weekend I persuaded my mates M&J to join me for a jaunt into the country and after a little deliberation we settled on The Green Man at Partridge Green. It was a fairly easy journey, but not one of the prettiest routes around and I have to say Partridge Green is a bit drab when the sun isn’t shining, and it wasn’t.
The pub itself is a handsome red brick Edwardian job, solid and dependable. Read the rest of this article »
The show stars Lynda Bellingham, Patricia Hodge, Siân Phillips, Gaynor Faye, Brigit Forysth, Julia Hills and Elaine C Smith as members of the WI who create a nude calendar to raise money for charity.
Written by Tim Firth, who co-wrote the screenplay of the 2003 Miramax film, the story is based upon true-life events. Calendar Girls follows the fortunes of a group of extraordinary women, all members of a very ordinary YorkshireWomen’s Institute who persuade each other to pose for a charity calendar with a difference.
Calendar Girls opens at Chichester Festival Theatre on 5 September and runs until 27 September. Tickets £11-£33 available form the Box Office on 01243 781312 or online at www.cft.org.uk
Our new programme for thelatest.tv sees Juice FM presenter Guy Lloyd investigate all manner of things. He starts off with chart-topping band The Hoosiers who were mega-successful a couple of years ago, were dropped by their major label and have become fashionably independent. Their chart-topping album cost £1 million to record, their new album £100 and we reckon it's just as good. We have exclusive footage of this new record. Guy does crazy-golfing with them, checks out their sound-check and witnesses the fans' adoration of the band at Audio in Brighton. In future shows Guy will be doing waxing, Dot Cotton, air guitar and needs your suggestions for more crazy things (or people) to do. Send to bill@thelatest.co.uk
AOH Special: It’s Festival time in Brighton & Hove, which means the Artists Open Houses have opened their doors for another year! Maps of all the trails can be picked up across the city. We love nothing better than browsing and buying arts and crafts, and there is so much going on throughout May that we’ve made it easier by bringing the Artists Open Houses to you! We have 11 special programmes, featuring artists in their own houses. So here’s your chance to go ‘through the keyhole’ so to speak as we visit the artists in their own environment.
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