Latest 7 magazine

The 70s birthed a new generation of surfers, with a new language, new attitude and – with the advent of the short board – a new way of surfing. Staff photographer with Surfer magazine, Jeff Divine made 35 trips to the North Shore, documenting the decade of hippies, long hair, Mexican wedding shirts, bell-bottoms, Santana, Grateful Dead, Rolling Stones, hallucinogenic drugs, free love, post-Vietnam disillusioned youth, and garage-made surfboards – the pride and joy of these surfers.

Divine used the wonderfully saturated and warm Kodachrome slide film to capture the era before it dived headlong into the mainstream.

Jeff Divine: Surfing’s Golden Age: The 70s Kodachromes
Crane Kalman, until 29 July

Map

Bespoke jewellers Ring design and make jewellery tailored to the individual, as well as ensuring that all their gemstones are ethically sourced

Nowadays the public are asking (and quite rightly so) about where precious stones are sourced. With the movie Blood Diamond and demonstrations by the stars at last year’s Oscars, consumers are now wondering if a girl’s best friend may be someone else’s worst enemy.

Ring is a bespoke jewellers in the heart of Brighton’s lanes that takes the issue of conflict gemstones very seriously. At Ring all the jewellery is new and is made either especially for the customer to their design, or for stock.

This means that as there is no second-hand jewellery, the origin of the stones can be traced, thus ensuring the stones are conflict-free. To make our customers feel even more secure, Ring has just launched a range of diamond engagement rings that have accompanying documentation to reassure clients that the diamond they have purchased is conflict-free.

Read the rest of this article »

The city council has backtracked over plans to ban dogs from all beaches during the summer.

Following a long campaign against the proposals and a petition which was signed by 2,500 people, the council’s new cabinet voted not to go ahead with the scheme.

The city will retain its dog friendly beaches, while dogs will continue to be banned from the busiest beaches for the summer months as they are already. Dogs are allowed on any beach in winter.

Read the rest of this article »

Councillors are organising a public meeting to discuss concerns about Falmer School being turned into a city academy.

Brighton and Hove City Council’s Green Group are fearful that allowing a private company to sponsor the Moulsecoomb school could mean fewer choices for parents and allow the school to veer dangerously away from the national curriculum. Consultation over the plans is open until 4 July.

Businessman Rod Aldridge, former chairman of the Capita Group, is leading the bid and the school, which is near to the proposed Brighton and Hove Albion football stadium, would have a sports and entrepreneurship specialism.

Read the rest of this article »