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Dive right in, the water’s fine… you’re never too old to learn to swim, writes Zara Baker

When film director Rowan Joffe came down to Brighton (and Eastbourne) to film the remake of Brighton Rock, he said that as a Londoner the biggest shock was coming to the coast and realising the island we are living on is forever shrinking. For those of us who do live in Sussex, cliff erosion is not something we dwell on, but with the sea on our doorstep, water safety is one thing to think about. With unpredictable weather and freezing sea water that looks a lot less desirable than the clear Caribbean seas, many of us are put off doing anything other than tentatively dipping in our toes.
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Mark Brailsford on Spurs, Harry Redknapp, new signings, & his fantasy football wish list

Now that the League One trophy has been safely placed in the boardroom cabinet after surviving the open top bus parade without being run over by the bus, thoughts turn to Albion’s close season signings. I will be keeping an eye on this for the summer and reporting back intermittently on the comings and goings as they happen.
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Matt Whistler is challenged by artist Julie-Anne Gilburt to take on the world’s largest pom-pom

With the spirit of celebration still in the air following Brighton and Hove Albion’s recent open-top bus parade (8 May), Matt decided to channel his inner cheerleader for this week’s challenge.

Julie-Anne Gilburt of Saltdean set the latest task: to stand on the world’s largest pom pom, and then add all your clothes to it!

Matt was initially befuddled by the first part of the challenge, before he learnt that Brighton Fashion Week (BFW) was already attempting this feat of ingenuity.
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It is a shame that a play that is supposed to be about maintaining your desired identity struggled so much to create, yet alone develop, its own. While it had a promising premise the confusion over genre and period slowly stifled the enjoyment out of a performance that stretched awkwardly to an hour. Sparks of humour did raise a surprised chuckle and Arielle Grieco put in a rating saving performance. However, too many punchlines lacked any sort of originality, or indeed humour, and the inclusion of the news team should have been left on the drawing board. A real shame, I just hope the characters of the play do not take on their fictional roles when they read this…

Brighton Media Centre, 17 May
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Ben Scott