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Issue: 578
22 May 12 - 28 May 12

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» Mama Malone

Malone feels like breaking out the jelly cubes

I’ve just eaten a Wagon Wheel for lunch. My breakfast was also one Wagon Wheel. I know this is not a balanced diet. I know I need another two to make a whole wagon! I spend my whole life trying to get the four year old to eat healthily yet I seem to have forgotten what fruit and veg are today. Read the rest of this article »

» Distracted Dad

Richard Hearn on his son’s perambulatory skills

In the same period that I learn to run (see this column, issues 514 and 519), Youngest™ has learnt to walk. Just like when he started crawling, this is another cute stage. Read the rest of this article »

» Building opinions

Robert Nemeth gets excited about the Open Market

It is rare in Brighton and Hove for a planning application to really excite. More often than not, schemes are approved because “they are better than what is there currently” or the powers that be are simply not powerful enough to stop them. Read the rest of this article »

» The landlady

The Landlady on the joys of home improvement

Hurrah! Spring is very much in the air, the beach is full and, as usual, Brightonians seem to be grasping it like a precious jewel, knowing full well that it could be snowing again next week. I am certainly launching myself into the spirit of things… Read the rest of this article »

» Kay Town

Andrew Kay is mourning the demise of the fairy cake in favour of the cup cake

Kemp Town is about to get a new shop, a patisserie, and a real one if I am to believe what I hear. I love cakes. I like the cakes of my childhood, the blackcurrant tarts and choux buns, the vanilla slices and Eccles and Chorley cakes and the mysterious wet Nelson cake, or wet nellie as we fondly called it. Read the rest of this article »

» New Homes: Location, location

Berkeley Southern’s Mill Field development in East Grinstead has a successful launch

Purchasers were already queuing up to make their appointments to visit the brand new show home at Berkeley Southern’s (Ltd) new development, Mill Field in East Grinstead. Read the rest of this article »

» A firm foot on the property ladder

Emma Bailey is the youngest manager in the Winkworth estate agency group

Emma Bailey’s rise at Winkworth has been fast if not meteoric. Still in
her early twenties, she is their youngest manager. She joined Winkworth only five years ago, and before that she was studying at college and paying her way by waitressing in a country club. Read the rest of this article »

» The Golden Ticket

Brighton & Hove Estate Agents Association, The Brighton Centre and Latest Homes join forces to raise funds for The Chestnut Tree House

Each year the Brighton & Hoves Estate Agents Association (BHEAA) raises money for a variety of nominated charities. One of their main fundraising events is at the annual dinner held at Brighton’s Grand Hotel. Read the rest of this article »

» Brices Dream Home: Double Deal

Enjoy double the impact in this fabulous Brunswick Square apartment from Brices

Photographs: Charlotte Macpherson

Brunswick Square is one of the jewels in the crown of Brighton’s Regency seafront. Its grand houses, painted uniformly in a rich cream, have the look of a fabulous wedding cake, and the central landscaped and fenced square is a quiet idyll for its residents. Read the rest of this article »

» Traditional charm

Garden designer and landscaper Oliver Borrow welcomes the revival of the proper English garden

With a revival in ‘Englishness’, traditional gardens are experiencing a renaissance. Modern gardens may become the old fashioned: slick lines and minimalistic planting still look stylish but can it warm the heart like a beautiful flowering border full of colour and perfume? Read the rest of this article »