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Robert Stuart Nemeth: The man with a keen eye on our area’s architecture

Bring her to the Duke’s – it’s fit for a Duchess; was the motto. And it’s easy to see why.

Situated on one of Brighton’s busiest junctions with a dancer’s legs protruding from its roof, the Duke of York’s is hardly inconspicuous. It was designed by the theatre architect CE Clayton in an Edwardian baroque-style and its proprietor was a former actress, Mrs Violet Melnotte-Wyatt. She also leased a Duke of York’s in London; hence the name. It cost £3,000 and opened in September 1910 making 2010 its 100th birthday. A letter to the Duke from the Queen perhaps? Read the rest of this article »

Sussex business supports local food and drink producers

Knill James, the Lewes-based accountancy firm currently celebrating its 100th year in the county, has joined the sponsors of the Sussex Food & Drink Awards. It will champion the Sussex Farmer of the Year category in the 2009/10 Awards which were announced today. Read the rest of this article »

A move into lettings and the appointment of Anthony Whitehead as team leader are set to strengthen the Oakley brand

Oakley are a strong presence on the Sussex property scene, working in the area of property sales and commercial property. But in August last year Chris Oakley decided it was time to move into the field of residential lettings. After a good start he quickly recognised the potential and knew that this was the way forward to strengthen the overall Oakley brand.
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Diana Frangi meets the multi-talented musician Rory Cameron

Rory Cameron is a founder member of the Brighton Beach Boys, and a highly successful composer and performer in his own right, often in partnership with another Brighton Beach Boys original, Steve Wrigley. Their film credits include the film score for A Small Miracle, which was shown two years running on Christmas Day on ITV, and various musicals and plays, including Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Small Island.
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Latest Interiors has plans underfoot to liven up your home

The right rug can transform a room. Rugs can be used to add a highlight of colour, pattern, texture or even make a bold design statement in an otherwise neutral space. They’re also very versatile – rugs provide a quick facelift for tired carpets and sound insulation for wood or stone floors, they protect against wear in high traffic areas, and don’t forget the much-needed underfoot warmth.
If you just can’t live without a statement rug, allow Latest Interiors to help choose the right rug for you.
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Malone considers getting a job so she can take a break from parenting

As a parent, there are a few beautiful times that make one feel great. One is that first time you go out on your own dancing after nine months of pregnancy. The second is once every few months, just sitting on the lav in peace (without someone asking you what you are doing and crying for something they can’t reach). The third is probably returning to work and remembering your old personality. I have put off getting a job because it just seemed silly to pay someone else to look after my child and miss her growing up.
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Richard Hearn has been driving some hard bargains

Firstly, an admission: this column doesn’t normally offer parenting advice. It may be you end up learning something, but only in the same way you do when watching You’ve Been Framed. (Don’t stand too close to someone playing cricket, don’t spin around a pole when you have a pond in your garden, etc.)
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The landlady welcomes the horse dentists and sets off to meet her Cuban counterpart

I am writing this column on the eve of my departure for Cuba.
To say that I am a little excited is an understatement of huge proportions.

My French horse dentists are here for the weekend and therefore I’m cooking a risotto, which is possibly not the best thing to be cooking while writing a column at the same time. I have to keep getting up and adding stock to said dish, which is very distracting.
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Andrew Kay says goodbye to his large collection of books

From the age of 22 onwards I have in some way been connected with books and publishing. I did for a short period have an affair with the theatre but it proved to be all excitement and no income, so I ditched that and shifted to magazines and then, along the way, from designing them to writing for them.
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Robert Stuart Nemeth: The man with a keen eye on our area’s architecture

“All through this hour
Lord be my Guide
That by Thy Power
No foot shall slide”

The chimes of the planet’s most famous clock are set to the above verse from the aria ‘I Know that My Redeemer Liveth’ in Handel’s Messiah. But ‘Big Ben’ is not the name of the clock (the Great Westminster Clock) or, indeed, its tower (the Clock Tower) but is actually the nickname of the Great Bell – the largest of the five bells. Weighing in at 13.76 tonnes, it wasn’t the original bell either. The first was a 16.3 tonne beast that cracked beyond repair during testing.
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