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vivabrighton <strong>Issue</strong> 45. <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> EDITORIAL ............................................................................. Is shopping addiction a real thing? This issue, dedicated as it is to all things shopping, gave rise to a debate on the subject in the <strong>Viva</strong> office. I think it is, but our deputy editor, Steve, harrumphed at the idea. A quick search throws up the term ‘oniomania’, describing ‘the compulsion to spend money, regardless of need or financial means’. One suspects that <strong>Brighton</strong> is to oniomaniacs what Las Vegas is to compulsive gamblers. Irresistible. I’m not sure I’m quite a card-carrying oniomaniac yet, but it’s true that I need very little encouragement to go shopping. I blame growing up in this city, where your every material desire is laid out in carefully curated displays by independent traders who have elevated shopkeeping to an art form. If we are, as the saying goes, a nation of shopkeepers, then isn’t it my patriotic duty? That, then, is the theme of this issue: retail as a creative trade, a serious craft, and perhaps even an art. Something which, in a city that does it so well, is well worth thinking about, writing about, and of course, doing. In moderation, though, please. THE TEAM ..................... EDITOR: Lizzie Lower lizzie@vivamagazines.com DEPUTY EDITOR: Steve Ramsey steve@vivamagazines.com WRITER/ACTING ART DIRECTOR: Rebecca Cunningham rebecca@vivamagazines.com PHOTOGRAPHER AT LARGE: Adam Bronkhorst, mail@adambronkhorst.com ADVERTISING: Anya Zervudachi anya@vivamagazines.com, Hilary Maguire hilary@vivamagazines.com, Nick Metcalf nickmetcalf@vivamagazines.com CONTRIBUTORS: Alex Leith, Alexandra Loske, Amy Holtz, Andrew Darling, Ben Bailey, Cara Courage, Chloë King, Di Coke, JJ Waller, Jay Collins, Joda, Joe Decie, John Helmer, Julia Zaltzman, Lisa Devlin, Lizzie Enfield, Martin Skelton, Nione Meakin and Norman Baker <strong>Viva</strong> <strong>Brighton</strong> is based at <strong>Brighton</strong> Junction, 1A Isetta Square, BN1 4GQ For advertising enquiries call 07596 337 828. Other enquiries call 01273 810 259 Every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of our content. We cannot be held responsible for any omissions, errors or alterations.