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Dani admits to being petty but won’t go too far, unlike some people

I will be the first to admit that I can be very petty. But I am generally only petty with things that I feel are really unfair.

Being petty for the sake of being petty is a waste of time and energy. But all day long, all year round we all encounter one or two people who thrive on this. I don’t understand it. You may have family members, friends, colleagues or all of the above (as I think I do) who grab hold of something really small like, for instance, a molehill and then through the power of negative thought turn it into, let’s say, a mountain.
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Zara Baker visits Brighton Laser Clinic and finds out how to stop the winter weather taking its toll on skin

The cold weather can be harsh on our skin. Bracing winds to indoors central heating affects us, especially our faces, as we greet the elements head on. In the summer we protect our skin with SPF. The winter can be more of a challenge.

I met Sandie Stockham, an Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner at Brighton Laser Clinic to find ways to rejuvenate and rescue the skin from environmental damage, particularly from the winter weather. The result? Soft, supple and fresh faced.

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Patti Smith talks to Stephen Dalton exclusively about radiating youth and the film of her life showing during the Cinecity festival

Patti Smith

You can feel Patti Smith’s crackling energy before she even sits down to talk. All sharp angles and wiry energy, there is still something vaguely feral about this one-time Bohemian queen of New York’s downtown punk scene. Even at 61, beneath a ragged haystack of greying hair, Smith is bursting with ideas about art, poetry, politics and music. She seems less like a rock star than an untamed force of nature.
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Seven stars have been born into the Brighton drag and cabaret scene and the graduates of Dave Lynn’s Cabaret Academy are now available to take bookings for professional gigs.
This year’s output include: Welsh rocker Violet Venom, whose act blurs the line between alternative comedy and drag. At the industry showcase, Venom wielded a bottle of vodka, pogoed her way through a Blondie number; and confessed to waking up face down in a urinal and details of her hedonistic student lifestyle in Lewes Road.
Buxom Auntie Robbie told an outrageous story about an exploding toilet and innocently pouting Tammy Tinkle closed the night with belting songs and Gaydar gags.
The event was sponsored by REALBrighton.com and compered by Dave Lynn and Pat Cruise. It raised money for the Sussex Beacon.