Viva Lewes Issue #130 July 2017

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VIVALEWES 

EDITORIAL 

Your friends are on holiday, you’re bored of all your toys, you haven’t got a book to read, your 

mum’s too busy to take you to the swimming pool. I can still remember that feeling of ennui 

during long summer holidays when all I could think of to do was to watch kids’ TV. And there 

was one show which rubbed it all in: Why Don’t You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go Out 

and Do Something Less Boring Instead? The producers were obviously hoping you wouldn’t take 

them literally until the end of the programme, during which spruced-up kid presenters suggested 

all manner of activities you could take up to pass your time in a more creative manner. 

Most of us, sadly, aren’t so time rich nowadays, but we can still take that worthy message to heart, 

which is why we have used its title as our theme this July issue. In a way it encapsulates the ethos 

we’ve always had here at Viva: our remit is to encourage people to go out and do some of the 

stuff that’s being put on or offered by the movers and 

shakers of the community, whether that’s a trip to 

the new cinema, an art class, a political talk, a session 

in the spanking new skate park, a nature walk on the 

Downs, or whatever. The more people go out, the more 

stuff will be put on for their benefit, and so on, in a 

virtuous circle of get-up-and-go-ness. A simple message, 

but an easy one to follow, and within these pages are a 

host of possibilities. Enjoy the issue... 

THE TEAM 

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EDITOR: Alex Leith alex@vivamagazines.com 

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CONTRIBUTORS: Jacky Adams, Michael Blencowe, Sarah Boughton, Mark Bridge, Emma Chaplin, 

Daniel Etherington, Mark Greco, Anita Hall, John Henty, Mat Homewood, Paul Austin Kelly, 

Chloë King, Lizzie Lower, Carlotta Luke, Richard Madden, and Marcus Taylor 

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THE 'WHY DON'T YOU' ISSUE 

CONTENTS 

Bits and bobs. 

8-25. Marc Greco explains his binocular cover, 

multicolour-fingered Mary Sautter’s Lewes, 

Carlotta Luke gets out and about, Viva Lewes 

at No. 10, and the usual array of books and pubs 

and bits and bobs. 

Columns. 

27-31. David Jarman at the movies, Chloë King 

in Kent, and Mark Bridge on his no-springchicken 

cat. 

On this month. 

33. Dreadzone play Lewes Live. 

35. Ruth Kerr on the Paddock Singers, about to 

noisily enjoy their 10th anniversary. 

37. Commedia dell’arte on a village green near 

you soon… yes, the Rude Mechanicals are back. 

39. Iby Knill, 93-year-old Holocaust survivor, at 

the Lewes Speakers’ Festival. 

41. Art: Aure, one of an atelier-full of French 

screen printers exhibiting in Rue des Pecheurs. 

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43. Art. Neil Gower’s extraordinary new 

artwork for the just-published book As 

Kingfishers Catch Fire. 

45-49. Art and About… A fine Summer Show 

at Martyrs’ Gallery, Sussex Downs artists at 

Pelham House, and the Chalkies head down 

the A27. Plus what’s on the gallery walls from 

Hastings to Chichester. 

51-55. Diary dates. What’s on where and when 

including annual classics the Patina Parade, 

and the Raft Race. 

57. Classical music round-up, with Paul 

Austin Kelly. 

59-61. Gig guide. This is getting silly… The 

Dickies are playing at the Con Club. 

63-72. Free time. More stuff to do for the 

U16s, including fêtes, fairs and Patina. 

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THE 'WHY DON'T YOU' ISSUE 

Food. 

75-81. A superb salad at the Back Yard 

Café… and we try a Big Daddy's burger. 

Plus green chutney made by Chloe from 

Seven Sisters' Spices. 

The way we work. 

82-85. Aiste Saulyte, keeping as safe a 

distance as possible, points her camera at 

some of the region’s bee keepers, and asks 

them: do you have an unusual use for 

your honey? 

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Features. 

86-99. Another jumble of features, as we 

get out and about: Todd’s latest uphill 

adventure, Michael Blencowe on moths, 

Henty's heavenward hollyhocks, we 

try facing a bowler called BOLA, the 

new skateboard park and Middle Farm 

director Helen Marsh’s trade secrets. 

Inside left. 

114. The Brighton Boys Brigade at Glynde 

Swimming Pool, 1932. 

VIVA DEADLINES 

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advertising/copy deadline. Please send details of planned events 

to admin@vivamagazines.com, and for any advertising queries: 

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Remember to recycle your Viva. 

Every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of our content. 

Viva Lewes magazine cannot be held responsible for any omissions, errors 

or alterations. The views expressed by columnists do not necessarily 

represent the view of Viva Lewes. 

Love me or recycle me. Illustration by Chloë King 

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THIS MONTH’S COVER ARTIST: MARK GRECO 

This month’s cover was created by artist and nature 

enthusiast Mark Greco. “It’s quite different from the 

other covers I’ve done,” he says. “I initially played 

around with a few ideas but decided on this simple 

design as the image of a pair of binoculars epitomises 

everything to me about being outside. I also wanted 

the cover to have a ‘field book’ sort of feel to it - a 

manual of what’s going on in and around Lewes.” 

Mark uses a mixture of digital and manual techniques 

to create his illustrations: “This design is purely digital 

- all my screen prints start digitally anyway. Once I do 

have my final design I print the final pieces by hand 

which normally take one or two days to complete”. 

Nature and wildlife have long been a source of inspiration 

for his work. “In my spare time, I’ll often go 

out walking with Watson, our Border Terrier, and I always 

keep an eye out. The reason I love nature is that 

it connects you with the environment as well as the 

changing seasons.” His series A Natural History, and 

the initial exhibition in 2011, sparked a collaboration 

with local wildlife expert Michael Blencowe, and the 

duo have been writing and illustrating our monthly 

wildlife column since – even after Mark’s adventurous 

move to south-west France 20 months ago. 

“We settled in a beautiful place called Saint Antonin 

Noble Val,” he says. “We chose it because it reminded 

us of Lewes. It’s a very creative enclave and the 

village is also surrounded by limestone plateaus so 

we were really spoilt for wildlife too.” Mark joined 

a printmaking atelier called ‘Hors Cadre’ and now 

back in Lewes for the summer, he is bringing over a 

selection of work from the association to exhibit at 2 

Fisher Street. 

“It’s really exciting because it’s going to be their first 

show outside France. The work is a mixture of being 

quite eccentric, challenging and funny. It’s going to 

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e a very interesting exhibition and I’m looking forward 

to getting people’s reactions to it. One main reason for 

curating it was that following some of the negativity 

around the EU Referendum I wanted to do something 

positive - something that was actually celebrating Europe. 

So I thought, wouldn’t it be great to showcase 

some of the fantastic work that I’ve seen from the people 

I’ve been working with in France to celebrate both 

our differences and our similarities? 

“The idea of the atelier is about celebrating culture, 

promoting artistic practice and working collaboratively. 

The ethos is quite anti-elitist so it’s important that the art 

produced is affordable and accessible. What we’re hoping 

to do is to recreate the spirit of the atelier in the heart 

of Lewes. None of the prints will be framed butsimply 

hung. It starts on Bastille Day – the 14th of July – and 

it’s only a three-day exhibition, but I think people might 

be surprised at what they’ll see!” 

markgrecodesign.com 

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FESTIVAL OF THE GARDEN: 

THE CULTURE OF PLACE 

FRI 28 & SAT 29 JULY 

Curated by 8 times Chelsea gold medallist, Tom Stuart-Smith 

Speakers include: Fergus Garrett, Tom Coward, Kim Wilkie, Rachel Warne, 

Alys Fowler, Charlie Burrell, Peter Owen-Jones, Darren Clark and Mark Divall 

Photo by Marcus Harper 

10 wonderful events to choose from in the stunning setting of Charleston 

£12 per event 

£10 Friends and concessions 

Plant stall and 

free demonstrations 

BOOKING NOW charleston.org.uk/festivalofthegarden 01323 815150

Photo by Alex Leith 

MY LEWES: MARY SAUTTER 

VOLUNTEER GARDENER 

Are you local? I was born in Rottingdean, but I 

loved coming to Lewes as a child. My father’s business, 

Taylor’s of Rottingdean, had horse boxes and 

worked a lot with the trainers in Lewes, so I would 

often come over to see the horses. 

So you rode? My mother wanted me to go to ballet 

classes, which didn’t suit me, but as soon as I 

got on a horse I never looked back. I used to compete 

in gymkhanas with my friends, and of course 

never really won much because our ponies weren’t 

thoroughbred. So we started our own: we ran Rottingdean 

Gymkhana for a few years, making our 

own rosettes and trophies from egg cups. 

When did you move to Lewes? In 1962. My late 

husband Michael and I bought four derelict cottages, 

which we converted into a house and a garden. 

At the time I was a teacher and spent three years 

teaching in Crawley. Around the same time I discovered 

Julian Dawson’s Monday market in Lewes 

and went about furnishing our house. This got 

me into refurbishing pine furniture, and I realised 

there was a business in it. I then opened a shop on 

Station Street in what had been a Methodist chapel. 

That went on for 30 years, from about 1973. 

You’re running the garden project on Lewes 

Station. How did that start up? I’d been fundraising 

for the Friends of Lewes Victoria Hospital 

for 45 years. I then retired and in June 2013 I heard 

Ruth O’Keeffe was looking for volunteers to help 

with the gardening at the station. It proved not to 

be as simple as she thought - they wouldn’t give 

lots of people access to the station all the time - so 

I ended up running the project, first with Stephen 

Catlin, and now with Jane Tyrer. 

How do you fund it? As well as the 40 metres 

of herbaceous border on Platform 3, we have 24 

planters, and 10 troughs, which are all sponsored 

by local businesses in the town. We have a lot of 

support from local gardeners; Wyevale’s have been 

very generous with compost and planting. We’ve 

collected quite a lot of equipment; we’re lucky to 

have a potting shed. 

Where do you enjoy going out? I like Aqua, and 

The Hearth. I regularly have lunch at the Lewes 

Arms, which does good food. And I’ve been going 

to the Panda Garden for many years. 

Where would you live if not in Lewes? I love 

Venice and go with a friend every year, but I 

wouldn’t want to live there. Lewes is perfect for 

me: you meet so many interesting people here. My 

daughter lives round the corner from me, she is a 

great cook and makes dinner every Sunday, so I get 

to see a lot of her and my grand-daughters. I always 

bring the pudding and a bottle of wine. Alex Leith 

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CHARITY BOX #16: CIRCLE OF LIFE REDISCOVERY 

Tell us about Circle of Life Rediscovery. Access to nature is beneficial 

for all of us and we want to make this available for everyone. So we 

provide innovative nature immersion and outdoor learning in the form of 

nature-based days and training. We do this in a beautiful ten-acre woodland 

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Who do you work with? From nursery age through to adults. Our 

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PHOTO OF THE MONTH 

ENCHANTED GARDENS 

Nigel French took this picture of Southover 

Grange, from near the Eastport Lane 

entrance, using a DSLR camera, which he’d 

had converted to infrared. “It’s a process a lot of 

photographers go through when they upgrade 

and they want their old camera to be useful 

for a different purpose,” he says. Cameras have 

infrared filters, he tells us, to make the images 

they produce similar to what we see with the 

naked eye. “You can have this filter removed 

– the process costs about £250 – to produce 

strange colours. Green is particularly affected; 

foliage gets a very radiant look to it.” The image 

produced is generally rather an unattractive mix 

of hues, until it is converted to black and white, 

in Photoshop – to demonstrate this Nigel sent 

us the original, which certainly wouldn’t grace 

this page. “Turning it black and white gives it 

this snowy, ethereal quality,” he says. “I then 

added a touch of sepia to it for the final effect.” 

Nigel, an artist and photographer (you may 

have come across his work during Artwave) 

recently upgraded from a Canon 7D to a Canon 

5DS, and had the former converted to infrared 

mode. “The trouble is, I’m enjoying the effects 

I’m getting with the old camera so much I’m 

using it more than the new one,” he says. 

Please send your pictures, taken in and around 

Lewes, to photos@vivamagazines.com, or tweet 

@VivaLewes, with comments on why and where 

you took it, and your phone number. We’ll choose 

our favourite for this page, which wins the photographer 

£20, to be picked up from our office 

after publication. Unless previously arranged, 

we reserve the right to use all pictures in future 

issues of Viva magazines or online. 

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BITS AND BOBS 

TOWN PLAQUE #28 

Part in one hemisphere and part in the other, the grassy area between 

Bell Lane and the Winterbourne stream is a real bonus for those living 

at the western end of the town. It attracts dog-walkers, fans of a good 

football kick-about with jerseys as goalposts and children (of all ages). 

Occasional flooding has kept its grass lush and the tree belt opposite 

offers some shelter. Easy access and its informal nature mean it can be 

pretty much what you want it to be. The plaque tells us that we owe it 

to the widow of an eminent Lewes magistrate, and that this land, gifted by her to the town before WW2, 

is protected as a green space. Recent upgrading of the children’s play facilities makes it a regular stop for 

many on their way home from school, but few know to whom they should be grateful. Marcus Taylor 

LEWES IN NUMBERS: LEWES PRIORY 

Lewes Priory was built over 200 years, lasted for 450 years and has remained a ruin for the last 480 years. 

It was part of the Cluniac order, of which there were over 1,000 dependent houses in Europe, and was 

the 1st in England. Building started in 1077 and continued under 16 successive priors until the church 

towers were finally completed in 1268. These towers were 200 feet tall and topped a church larger than 

Chichester Cathedral in size. At its peak there were around 100 monks at the Priory though by the end 

of the 14th century the number had reduced to 24. The monks attended 8 church services daily as well as 

providing hospitality for travellers, education for nobles’ sons and nursing care. Lewes Priory was razed to 

the ground as a result of Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries in 1537, when a demolition team of 

18 completed the job in under 9 days. Sarah Boughton 

GHOST PUB #32: THE ANCHOR, 101 SOUTH STREET 

The Cliffe area was teeming with pubs during the nineteenth century. Much 

trade arrived along the Ouse from Newhaven, and many beershops and inns were 

opened up to wet the whistles of those arriving in their vessels. South Street had 

seven pubs at one point, most with nautical names, and one of these was the Anchor 

beershop, later known as the ‘Anchor Inn’. The Anchor had recently been 

established when Edmund Levett arrived there from the Railway Inn at Hailsham 

in the early 1860s. This was not a full-time job, however, and he also worked as 

a farm labourer for John Crosskey at Southerham. William Blaber took over the 

Anchor in 1874. He had been an ostler at the Swan Inn at Southover, and married 

Martha Best in the summer of that year. Together they ran the pub for almost 

twenty years. The Anchor’s last landlord was John Brooker. A man not to be messed with; when Edward 

Tugwell assaulted John and his wife in 1901, John knocked Tugwell ‘out of the room with his fist’. Yet another 

victim of the 1907 Lewes pub cull, the Anchor was one of two South Street pubs to go that year. John Brooker 

took over the Fox Inn at Southerham, and the Anchor became a residential property. Just a few doors away 

from the Snowdrop, the house is now called ‘The Old Anchor’. Mat Homewood 

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Lewes Speakers 

Festival 

2017 

21st -23rd July 2017 

at the All Saints Centre, Lewes 

Listen to talks and ask questions of: 

Polly Toynbee and David Walker, Terry Waite, 

Kate Adie, Roy Hattersley, Jenni Murray, 

Iby Knill, Jim Hoare, Coline Covington, 

Lynn Knight, Peter Clark, Paul Beaver, 

Tom Mangold, Alan Munro, Caroline Paige, 

Harry Mount, Peter Conradi and Jonty Driver 

Single Tickets: £12.50 for each individual talk 

Early Bird Price: £9.50 if purchased before 20th of June 

2017 Day/Festival Passes Available 

Tickets/Info at:www.lewesspeakersfestival.com 

Call the Box Office on: 0333 666 3366 

In association with: The White Hart Hotel Lewes

BITS AND BOBS 

LOCAL LITERATURE 

If you haven’t been to the new Depot cinema yet, we urge you to go. 

You’ll soon be back: we reckon it’s the best thing that’s happened round 

here for years. 

Funny to think that 83 years ago Lewesians were similarly excited about 

an equally hi-tech state-of-the-art cinema opening its doors for the first 

time. The story of the opening of the Odeon, on Cliffe High Street, is told in Screen Stories (£8.99), by Ruth 

Thomson, alongside everything else you might care to know about the history of cinema in Lewes. 

Subtitled ‘Lewes Goes to the Pictures’ it’s the fruit of years of research and tells of Lewes’ first cinema, the 

short-lived County Theatre, opened in 1913, and its successor, the De Luxe on School Hill, which soon belied 

its name, becoming a notorious flea pit. It’s a fine read, and beautifully illustrated: you can pick up a copy at the 

Depot, the Tourist Office or from leweshistory.org. 

Unicorn are taking us back in time, too, with three publications from the 30s and 40s reprinted in conjunction 

with the Ravilious & Co exhibition at the Towner (all £10). Fifty-four Conceits, by Martin Armstrong, is a collection 

of epigrams and epitaphs illustrated with Ravilious wood-engravings. The Pigeon Ace (1943) and The Little 

White Bear (1945) are children’s picture books, set during WW2, written and illustrated by Ravilious’ Royal 

College of Art colleague and good pal Enid Marx, whose work is also included in the Towner exhibition. 

(For an interview with Neil Gower, well known to Viva readers and the graphic artist responsible for the lavish 

images in the new Little, Brown book As Kingfishers Catch Fire, see pg 43.) 

SUMMER 

EVENTS AT 

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BIRDS & BOOKS 

Book launch and art exhibit 

With Alex Preston and Neil Gower. Celebrate the publication of 

the gorgeous new book As Kingfishers Catch Fire – an exploration 

of birds and literature, highlighted by Neil’s paintings. The evening 

includes talks by Alex and Neil as well as a show of original art 

painted for the book. 

6:30 for 7pm on Thursday 13 July, at Deans Place Hotel, Alfriston 

Tickets - £5, including voucher for £5 off the price of the book 

CRIME WRITERS IN CONVERSATION 

Join Lesley Thomson (The Dog Walker, featuring Stella Darnell) 

and Elly Griffiths (The Chalk Pit, featuring Ruth Galloway) 

discussing their best-selling books in conversation with Lisa 

Holloway. 

4pm, Sunday 30 July at Old Chapel Centre, Alfriston. Tickets 

£10, including refreshments and £5 off purchases at the event 

Learn about other upcoming events at www.muchadobooks.com

Dine out this Summer 

Enjoy the warm summer days & nights 

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la carte menu. Come & sample our salads 

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PHOTOGRAPHY 

CARLOTTA LUKE 

OUT AND ABOUT 

We gave Carlotta Luke our theme of ‘out and 

about’… which pretty accurately describes her 

photographic modus operandi. Here’s what she 

came up with (clockwise from top left): Robert 

Senior, Martin Freeman and Carmen Slijpen 

at the grand opening of the Depot cinema; 

refurbishment in progress at the Corn Exchange; 

colourful armchairs in front of an open fire in 

Southover Grange; the orangey cliffs as the sun 

prepares to set at Birling Gap; and the newlyrefurbished 

Ainsworth Room, back in use now 

for wedding receptions at Southover Grange. 

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CLOCKS OF LEWES #8: RINGMER MILLENNIUM CLOCK 

Mid-cricket season, and Ringmer 

Green rings with the sound 

of leather on willow. Look over 

the Lewes Road and you'll find 

another defining aspect of the 

heart of the village: the millennium 

clock. 

There were various suggestions 

for how to mark the big year. 

Andrew Cooper, who had the 

old Potters Field scrapyard and 

now runs Ringmer Business Park, 

proposed a clock. 

Mr Cooper organised all the permissions as 

well as coming up with ideas for a design, which 

he discussed with artist Jim Tiller. The designs 

were then used by brother Christopher Cooper 

to make a wooden mock-up and also printed on 

2,000 postcards, to sell to raise 

funds. The total cost was £5,800. 

Mr Cooper dug the footings by 

hand in wet wintry weather at 

Christmas 1999, with "one old 

boy helping me", before pouring 

the concrete for the footings. A 

local bricklayer built the tower, 

while Dennis Leister, a 60-year 

veteran of Harper and Eede, 

made a weather vane. Inside the 

structure are "millennium secrets 

in a little box". 

If you stop to rest or check the time, you'll see 

the four benches around the base memorialise 

other locals. Even though it's less than two 

decades old, the tower is a quintessential Ringmer 

landmark. Daniel Etherington 

Photo by Daniel Etherington 

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BITS AND BOBS 

SPREAD THE WORD 

First up, James McAuley took 

this picture on June 9th outside 

No 10 Downing Street, while 

waiting to snap Theresa May 

making her first post-electionresult 

speech! 

Meanwhile Jane Lee, of Church 

Row, heeded our recent call to 

participate in more extreme 

sports. Having read her copy on 

the plane, cover to cover, here 

she is 1250m up a mountain 

on a riding holiday in Kupres, 

Bosnia. Her horse, Vana, she 

reports 'struggled with the 

language but was impressed by 

the taste!' 

Wendy Vince, from Horsted 

Keynes, was taking it somewhat 

easier and catching some shade 

under her Viva in Corsica. 

And finally, as if turning 30 

wasn't exciting enough, Carly 

Moorman took her copy of 

VL129 with her to the Trevi 

Fountain in Rome. Happy 

Birthday Carly! LL 

Going on hols this summer? 

Don't forget to pack your 

Viva! Send your pics to hello@ 

vivamagazines.com 

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BITS AND BOBS 

WHERE DID YOU 

GET THAT HAT? 

The appearance of the sun and long 

awaited warm weather means the end 

of beanies, hoods and umbrellas and the 

emergence of the sun hat. Irena and her 

daughter Olivia were off for a day at the 

Pells and looked wonderfully coordinated 

in their straw fedoras (though in Olivia’s 

case not so keen to show them off for 

the camera). Both hats have travelled all 

the way from Poland, from where Irena 

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COLUMN 

David Jarman 

Cinema days 

‘There were years when 

I went to the cinema 

almost every day and 

maybe even twice a 

day, and those were the 

years between ’36 and 

the war, the years of my 

adolescence. It was a 

time when the cinema 

became the world for 

me’. 

That’s how Italo 

Calvino begins his 

A Cinema-Goer’s Autobiography, one of his five 

‘memory exercises’, published by his widow in 

1990 under the title La Strada di San Giovanni. 

There have been similar times in my life. At 

Cambridge there was the Arts Cinema and every 

college seemed to have its own film club. There 

was even a society devoted solely to showing 

the films of the Marx Brothers. It was the only 

society I joined. And so I could easily have seen a 

couple of films a day; quite often I did. I came to 

recognise other lonely cineastes as they emerged 

from a showing, blinking in the daylight 

to which they were becoming increasingly 

unaccustomed. 

When I started working in London in 1976, I 

lived in Oakley Street. (In his autobiography the 

journalist Michael Wharton, of ‘Peter Simple’ 

fame, describes Prince of Wales Drive, Battersea 

as ‘one of those London streets, like certain 

streets in Chelsea, Oakley Street or Redcliffe 

Gardens, of which it is said that everybody has 

lived there at one period of his life and some 

people twice, once on the way up and once on 

the way down’.) I used to walk over from Oakley 

Street to see the frequent double features at 

the Paris Pullman that started at eleven o’clock 

in the evening. The Everyman Cinema in 

Hampstead now 

seems to show only 

blockbusters, but 

in the seventies the 

programme was 

far more diverse. I 

remember trailing 

up to Hampstead 

four weeks running 

to do justice to an 

exhaustive Greta 

Garbo season. The 

Academy Cinema 

in Oxford Street was another favourite. Marcel 

Carné’s Les Enfants du Paradis seemed to come 

round there every year. I saw it every time, but 

recently my wife and youngest son watched 

it on DVD. They both thought it was utterly 

ridiculous. 

And yet at other times of my life I’ve spent 

months, even years not going anywhere near a 

cinema. Early indications at the Depot suggest 

this is going to change again. Six films I’ve seen 

in the first seventeen days! And it was seeing a 

new print of Fellini’s La Strada at the Depot that 

prompted my rereading of Calvino’s essay which, 

as the author admits, ‘Fellini himself recently 

convinced me to write’. 

Calvino and Fellini both grew up in seaside 

towns, Fellini in Rimini, Calvino in San Remo 

on the Ligurian coast. Their cinematic fellowfeeling 

flourished, as Calvino explains, ‘because 

behind all the wretchedness of the days in the 

café, the walk to the pier, the friend who dresses 

in women’s clothes and then gets drunk and 

weeps, I recognise the unsatisfied youth of the 

cinema-goer, of a provincial world that judges 

itself in relation to the cinema, in a constant 

comparison between itself and that other world 

that is the cinema’. 

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COLUMN 

Chloë King 

Delighted of Tunbridge Wells 

Sometimes I need help getting 

out of a rut, that’s why Mr, tired 

of my pacing, writes me a list. 

“You need to get out and do 

something,” he says. 

So he writes some stuff on 

the back of an unopened bank 

statement and leaves it on my 

desk. I take this to be a hugely 

romantic gesture. After all, if 

you love someone, set them free. 

‘1.’ he writes. ‘Get on the bus 

going the wrong way.’ 

“What’s the wrong way?” I ask, as he sidles out the 

door. Surely no direction is wrong if the purpose 

of the trip is entirely open-ended? 

“I don’t know,” he says, getting impatient. 

“Tunbridge Wells?” 

The 29 bus to Royal Tunbridge Wells stops on the 

sunny side of the street. I’m waiting here, gazing 

enviously at the Brighton passengers in their 

comfortable shade. Still, I’m impressed my bus 

pass takes me all the way to Kent. 

According to Wikipedia, RTW is by reputation 

the ‘archetypal conservative Middle England 

town’. This makes it the ideal destination for 

anyone worried that Lewes is going too far. I 

haven’t been for years; I have only dim memories 

of pale facades. 

I downloaded several episodes of 99% Invisible 

before I left, in preparation for ‘2. Listen to a 

podcast and gaze out of the window.’ The first is 

on Unpleasant Design, about spaces deliberately 

adapted to deter people or behaviours. 

What aspects of Lewes or Tunbridge Wells are 

purposefully hostile, I wonder? This bench is 

uncomfortable. An elderly lady asks if the bus is 

due and I remove my headphones. 

I am irritated by the interruption, but she 

continues: she’s off to buy herself a treat, and her 

enthusiasm is catching. 

I realise my earphones are an 

Unpleasant Design, offering 

to spare me the inconvenience, 

or pleasure, of unplanned 

conversation. 

On the bus now, rolling 

through High Weald, listening 

to Unseen Cities, about 

species that thrive in urban 

environments. The man in 

front with his shirt off drinks 

luminous green pop. 

Did you know that pigeons secrete nutritious fluid 

from a pouch in their throats, for their young to 

suckle? I make note of ‘Pigeon Milk’, in answer to 

‘3. Confuse me.’ 

Arriving in RTW, I walk from the station to the 

Pantiles: a pedestrian street trimmed with Union 

Jack bunting and lined with red-and-white striped 

gazebos. The superficial attractiveness of an area 

designed purely for spending: Middle England 

characterised by its subtle form of segregation. 

Brasseries serve al fresco classics to summery 

ladies with immaculate highlights. 

I read a Deborah Levy story recently, about a 

woman who undergoes surgery to become a ‘lighthearted 

woman,’ ‘a pretend woman,’ who looks 

well and doesn’t say challenging things. ‘4.’ tells 

me to indulge myself. Buy make up, chocolates. 

Instead, I purchase a new lemon squeezer. I buy a 

watermelon quarter, bread and salami and make 

my way back up the hill to picnic in Calverley 

Grounds. Friends sit in pairs with beer cans and 

iPhones; a group gathers in memory of Jo Cox; 

kids play games and eat ice cream. 

‘5. Draw where you want to be’, says my list, 

conveniently, and I take out my sketchbook. Did 

he know I’d feel so fortunate, just to be outside, 

being me? 

Illustration by Chloë King 

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Life is en suite 

"Oooh", says our grandson. At two years old, he's 

not a man of many words. Fortunately, he imbues 

his vocabulary with an amount of exaggerated 

enthusiasm that would make even Kenneth Williams 

blush. As a result, my wife and I know exactly 

what he's talking about. All three of us have heard 

an unexpected release of pressurised water. "Is 

that the washing machine, grandpa?" asks my wife. 

A quick investigation reveals the hissing to be of 

animal rather than mechanical origin. Rupert the 

cat has emptied his bladder onto a plastic bag in 

the corner of the room. Don't tell me cats have no 

sense of humour. I can think of no possible reason 

he would’ve chosen a plastic bag except for the 

comedic sound effect. 

Young boy and old cat have become unlikely companions 

in the past year. Not best friends - the disparity 

in energy levels is too wide - but definitely 

something warmer than tolerance. "Miaow" is one 

of the more-used words in our grandson's lexicon, 

usually accompanied by the presentation of a cat 

biscuit. Yet the last few months have shown this 

may not be a long-term relationship. These days 

the cat often takes several seconds to stand up, before 

walking like a badly operated remote-control 

toy. Veterinary visits include talk of 'management' 

rather than cure. And now it appears as though 

Rupert's walnut-sized brain is also suffering the 

effects of age-related problems. It seems likely that 

he's forgotten his cat latrine under the hedge and 

wants an indoor alternative. This could be the beginning 

of a sad decline. My mother's told me that 

I should hit her over the head with a rolling pin if 

she loses her mental faculties. (I probably ought 

to start wearing a rolling pin holster whenever I 

visit, just in case she's ever confused about who 

the Prime Minister is.) However, that sort of treatment 

seems a bit harsh for dear little Rupert. 

So, with the cat not going out, it's time for us 

to make the effort. A trip to Ringmer's pet shop 

yields a couple of low-tech plastic trays and a sack 

of high-tech German cat litter. Apparently it's ecofriendly 

and flushable, although Rupert won't be 

doing the flushing himself. 

That evening, my wife and I are sitting with 

Rupert on the sofa. He's wedged himself between 

us; a blatantly divisive act that would call for 

the intervention of a cat psychologist in other 

circumstances. After a while he tries to stand, but 

without success. His eyes widen with distress. My 

wife and I turn to look at each other. In her face I 

see a mixture of emotions: love, sadness... and an 

expression that looks more like frustration than 

anything else. Eventually she speaks, not to the cat 

but to me. "You're sitting on his tail." 

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ON THIS MONTH: MUSIC 

Dreadzone 

Founder Greg Roberts 

You famously teamed up with Mick Jones, formerly 

of The Clash, in Big Audio Dynamite. 

Were you influenced by punk music? I can’t 

say that I was at all, although Mick Jones turned 

out to be the biggest influence in my life. He remains 

a good mate… we recorded the new album 

in his studio, and we aim to collaborate again 

soon. I grew up playing funk and reggae music, 

that’s why I got the gig with Big Audio Dynamite; 

he liked my groove. 

Reviewers have found it difficult to pigeonhole 

Dreadzone. The last I heard was ‘Dub/ 

reggae/trip/house/electronica’. Is this anywhere 

near accurate? That’s as good as any I’ve 

heard: on Wikipedia it even uses ‘folk’ as one of 

the terms. The simplest one is to say ‘dub dance’. 

We just call what we do ‘dread music’, like it’s our 

own genre. 

Tell us about the new album Dread Times… 

It’s an album that explores a more dub and reggae 

approach. It goes back to our roots but looks forward 

as well. All the tracks work together well as 

an album rather than just separate tunes. It’s also 

a ‘top 40 album’ thanks to everyone who bought 

it. I think it’s one of our best. 

Pop music was more overtly political when 

you started out, in the 80s, than it is now. 

Would you call Dreadzone a politically 

motivated band? Maybe in the beginning… I 

was a lot younger and felt we had a duty to say 

something. I realise now that is not always the 

best approach: we still write stuff that is about 

the social aspects but keep it ambiguous. An 

instrumental track can be political just by using a 

couple of samples. 

John Peel was very inspired by your music. 

Were you inspired by much of the music he 

played? I did enjoy his shows. I loved his eclectic 

approach and how he embraced dub and techno. 

But his favourite band was The Fall which goes 

right over my head, I must admit. 

You are playing, as ever, in a lot of festivals 

this summer. Do you get tired of the festival 

circuit? Does the thrill of performing ever 

wane? The thrill never wanes, because we always 

try to keep it fresh, even though we’ve been playing 

the same songs for the past 20 years. I like 

spending the summer in fields with lots of people 

connecting, dancing to music and being high. 

What’s not to like? 

Dublin, Manchester, Amsterdam… Lewes? Do 

you know anything about the town? I know 

nothing about it...*looks at Wikipedia* …hmm 

best place to live in Sussex apparently. AL 

Dreadzone are headlining day two of the Lewes 

Live Festival, on Saturday 29th July. Ska band 

Chainska headline the Friday bill. Other acts 

include Gaz Brookfield, Cousin Avi, Karl Phillips 

& the Rejects, The Dead Reds and Sam Walker. 

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ON THIS MONTH: MUSIC 

Paddock Singers 

Conductor Ruth Kerr 

Photo by Katie van Dyke 

Congratulations on your tenth anniversary! 

What kind of music do you feel the Paddock 

Singers excel at? I like to think we're incredibly 

flexible. The great thing about the Paddock 

Singers is that we can turn our hands to singing 

choral evensong at Chichester Cathedral one 

week, and flashmob style performances the next, 

plus presenting our own themed concerts and 

singing at local community events and concerts. 

We sing an eclectic mix of repertoire, including 

full works such as Vivaldi's Gloria and Pergolesi's 

Stabat Mater, contemporary pop arrangements, 

19th/20th century part-songs, plus new music 

written specially for the choir by local composers. 

How did you come to be involved? I originally 

became involved as an accompanist and to cover 

an occasional rehearsal for the previous conductor, 

John Hancorn. John and I ran it jointly for a 

while, and then John passed the baton solely to 

me in 2012. 

What are the advantages of an all-woman 

choir as opposed to a mixed one? From a musical 

perspective I particularly enjoy the close harmony 

possibilities which an all-woman choir affords 

and the sheer range of musical opportunities 

which present themselves to a choir of this type 

and size, but there's no doubt that there's a very 

special atmosphere of engagement, fun, learning 

and support in the Paddock Singers, which is 

perhaps due to its all-woman demographic. 

Does being a singer give you an advantage 

conducting a choir? Yes, a huge advantage! 

Being able to demonstrate how to sing a phrase 

- including where to breathe, how to shape a 

particular vowel, and just simply how to attach the 

correct syllable to the right note - is enormously 

helpful. I'm also particularly interested in helping 

people feel more confident about singing, so being 

able to sing along with them can really help 

with this. 

Do you find there are young composers today 

writing well for female choirs? There are lots 

of good people out there, but writing for a good, 

amateur, women's choir is a pretty niche area - in 

fact sourcing music for the choir is a never-ending 

challenge and I'm very particular about the arrangements 

and the repertoire we use... which is 

why I've recently written some music specifically 

for the choir myself. My skills were a little rusty 

at first, but I've really enjoyed the creative process 

and the Paddock have responded brilliantly. 

What music do you relax to? Relax? What's 

that? Only joking. It depends on my mood - I 

mainly listen to classical music, but sometimes 

only 1980s pop power ballads will do… PAK 

The Paddock Singers perform ‘Vivaldi’s Gloria… 

and other girls!’ on Sun 9th, at the All Saints Centre, 

4.30pm, £10 (under 14s free) 

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ON THIS MONTH: DRAMA 

The Commercial Traveller 

Pete ‘Rudes’ Talbot 

The Eastbournebased 

Rude Mechanicals 

outdoor theatre 

company was founded 

in 1997. Their annual 

tour of the south of 

England ends at 

Michelham Priory on 

14th August. They will 

be performing their 

new play The Commercial 

Traveller, set in 

1924. We speak to the 

man who wrote it, creative director Pete Talbot. 

What can we expect from The Commercial 

Traveller? As always, it’s a comedy, although there 

are serious issues involved too. It’s a story about 

love and money, but it’s also about the relationship 

between the empowered and the disempowered. 

We make fun of people in power and want people 

to think, so there’s a political element. I studied 

the very physical Italian commedia dell'arte, and 

Rude Mechanicals productions are a contemporary 

version of that. The Commercial Traveller is scripted 

rather than improvised, although the script is always 

in flux and can change during rehearsals. All six 

actors are also musicians, and we have a principal 

musician, so there’s lots of music. Instruments 

include a double bass, clarinet, accordion, drums, 

guitar, violin and a banjulele. 

How did you come to be involved with open 

air theatre? I was an English/Drama teacher for 

21 years. I loved it, but left because I wanted to 

start a theatre company. My approach to directing 

is very similar to teaching; it’s all about getting the 

best out of people. I toured in America with some 

youth theatres, saw some commedia dell'arte on the 

streets of New York and wanted to learn more, so 

went to Italy to study 

that. When we began 

as a theatre company, 

we did some Shakespearean 

comedy for 

a while to build up an 

audience. Now I write 

new plays every year. 

How many times 

have you performed 

in Lewes? Twice every 

year for 18 years, so 

that’s 36 times now. 

What’s the Grange like as a venue? It’s terrific. 

We always get the biggest audiences in Lewes, we 

have a great following. It’s the only place we put on 

two shows. Lewes people are sophisticated - they 

appreciate and understand what we do. 

What’s the biggest challenge of your work? It’s 

important that we get the right team together for 

each tour. We spend a lot of time together, and not 

everyone is available every year. 

What do you enjoy the most? We’re rehearsing a 

lot at the moment and I love working with people 

who are creative, involved and on-the-ball. 

Do you like being on the road? I love it. 

How do you deal with the unintentional interruptions 

of open air theatre in public spaces; 

bell ringing, ambulance sirens… We don’t get 

many problems with noise when we're performing 

in Lewes. And once the audience is drawn into the 

story, they don’t really notice. 

Interview by Emma Chaplin 

Sat 22nd, Sun 23rd, picnics from 6pm, performances 

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various locations including Barcombe, Alfriston and 

Plumpton Green) £16/15/12/9, family ticket £40, 

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ON THIS MONTH: LITERATURE 

Iby Knill 

Holocaust survivor 

Iby Knill, 93, wrote her memoir about her traumatic 

wartime experiences - which included a spell in 

Auschwitz-Birkenau - in her seventies. She married 

a British Army officer after the war, and moved to 

England. She supressed her memories: it was only 

after her husband died nearly 40 years after the end 

of the war that she decided to write the Holocaust 

testimony The Woman Without a Number. She has 

also written a memoir about her post-war years, The 

Woman with Nine Lives. 

Why did you decide to tell the story of your 

ordeals during WW2 so late in your life? I 

wanted a new life - without the traumas, although 

they haunted me. My late husband knew about it 

and was very supportive. Also, I did not want any of 

my children to be under the threat of anti-semitism. 

They only found out when they were adults - I 

never told them any details. 

Do you read other accounts about the Holocaust? 

I never read about the memories of other 

survivors, I want to be certain that what I write or 

talk about contains only my own memories. But for 

anybody wanting to read factual, unbiased accounts 

I would strongly recommend any books by Ian 

Kershaw. 

Did writing about your experiences help you 

overcome them? I don't think it helped. I write 

and talk about them as if they had happened to 

someone else [The Woman without a Number is 

written in the third person]. Writing the book was 

a long process: it took me three years and I had 

support from my tutor on the MA course I was on, 

and my friends. Writing the second memoir was 

much easier. 

You also write fictional short stories. Were you 

ever tempted to turn your story into a novel? 

No, because I had promised to only tell the facts. 

Do you feel any bitterness about what has happened 

to you? No, no bitterness. I have had a rich 

and fulfilling life. My experiences and the way I 

have dealt with them, the friends I have made, have 

shaped my life. I’ve always tried to live one day at a 

time and feel thankful that I can do that. 

Other Holocaust survivors talk of ‘survivor’s 

guilt’, is that something you have felt? Yes, I did 

a long time ago. But I try not to do any harm and to 

live in a way... I cannot really explain… I can justify 

my survival? 

What have you learnt from your wartime experiences 

that you can pass on to the young people 

today? That under the skin we are all the same, 

that we need to accept and value diversity and that, 

ultimately, each one of us can make a difference. 

Interview by Alex Leith 

Iby appears at the Lewes Speakers Festival, All Saints 

Centre, Sun July 23rd, 1.30pm. Tickets £12.50. £70 

weekend passes allow you to watch all 17 speakers, 

including Roy Hattersley, Jenni Murray, Terry Waite 

and Kate Adie. lewesspeakersfest.com 

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ON THIS MONTH: ART 

Focus on: Au-delà des Etoiles, by Aure 

Screen-print, 49 x 69 cms, £30 

Is this image influenced by any 

particular sci-fi film/story, or is it 

completely from your imagination? 

Yes, this image is a stylistic 

representation of a film where the 

extra-terrestrials attack the humans. 

The alien is a mix of spider and 

octopus, or devil fish. The world of 

the cinema is part of my art. 

What sort of process did you use? 

The poster was screen-printed in 

the workshop Hors Cadre, using 

three specially mixed colours. 

Can you tell us about your choice 

of colours? The choice of colours 

was inspired by comic books from 

the era of Doctor Strange, Strange 

Magazine, Magazine Pilot 1980, etc. 

That’s why I often use tram lines 

and halftones in my posters. 

Did you use any digital packages 

to generate the image or 

is it hand drawn? No. It is drawn 

by hand. I draw using fine pencils 

because I like when there is a lot of 

fine detail. 

There’s a strong tradition of print 

posters in France… which artists 

have influenced your style? From 

time to time, I like to draw inspiration 

from old cinema posters, science 

fiction and horror for example. 

It looks like graphic novels have 

been an influence too? I like most 

of the underground graphic scene 

for example: Dernier Cri (Marseille), 

PaleFroi (Berlin), Arrache Toi un 

Oeil (Paris), Presse Purée (Rennes), 

Hors Cadre (Villefranche de Rouergue), 

Le Cagibi (Lille), l'Imprimerie 

Trace (Concots) etc... 

Which decade is your 

favourite for illustrations and 

design, and why? I think that 

the 50s were very well known 

for graphic art. I think that a 

lot of films were influenced by 

science fiction novelists such as 

Philip K Dick, Aldous Huxley 

and Arthur C Clarke... 

What’s your favourite art 

gallery? The Arts Factory gallery 

in Paris. 

What artwork would you 

take to your desert island? I’d 

build a huge UFO in sand. 

How do you feel about 

exhibiting in Lewes? Are you 

coming to the show? I feel 

like a small grain of sand on 

a vast beach. I would love to 

come to Lewes but I don't have 

a flying saucer! 

Interview by Alex Leith 

Aure’s print will be on show at 

Art Without Borders, 2, Fisher 

Street, Fri 14th - Sun 16th 

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Find us on High Street, Lewes 

Call 01273 473 543 

Or visit visionexpress.com 

Conditions apply, ask in-store for details.

ART & LITERATURE 

Neil Gower 

As Kingfishers Catch Fire 

Graphic artist Neil Gower 

has to be one of Viva’s undisputed 

favourites. His 

portfolio includes work for 

all the greats: Faber & Faber, 

Penguin, Random House, The 

New Yorker, Vanity Fair... and 

yet the Brighton graduate’s 

international success has not 

deterred him from being the 

most prolific cover artist for 

Viva Lewes... so far he has 45 

under his belt. 

Neil’s latest project is by far 

his most ambitious yet. As 

Kingfishers Catch Fire is an illustrated 

‘literary ornithology’ 

written and compiled by Alex Preston and published 

by Little, Brown Book Group this July. 

The delectable hardback volume contains 21 colour 

plates, 50 monochrome illustrations, and a bespoke 

endpaper design that would look just as slick on shirt 

or tie. All these are hand-painted by Neil without 

any digital wizardry. 

“It’s for people who love birds,” he tells me over coffee. 

“It’s for people who love beautiful writing, and 

people who love beautiful books.” 

As Kingfishers Catch Fire sits among a recent boom in 

quality nature writing and unconventional memoir. 

Author Alex Preston was a keen bird spotter as 

a teen, but “when he realised that was not a way 

to impress girls,” Neil says, “he kind of drove it 

underground”. 

The result was dozens of notebooks littered with 

bird references collected while reading, and over 

time, the concept for As 

Kingfishers Catch Fire. Says 

Neil: “It’s Alex’s life that is the 

constant thread”. 

The pair met when Neil was 

asked to design the endpapers 

for Alex’s novel In Love and 

War. Alex knew he’d found 

the person to make his next 

book the art object it needed 

to be. “It was a big leap of faith 

for both of us,” says Neil. “I’d 

never painted birds and he’d 

never collaborated with an 

artist.” 

“Ornithological art is a noble 

discipline with a long history,” 

says Neil. “I knew I was walking into a minefield 

in that regard… to do it properly, you need to get 

everything technically right.” 

Instead, Neil cast aside self-doubt and took an imaginative 

approach. “I hoped that by concentrating on 

how writers portray the bird, I’d come to something 

accurate and faithful to its spirit.” 

Neil’s final paintings represent each chapter’s ‘visual 

centre of gravity’, which, he says, is revealed through 

reading “in first gear”. I ask if there’s one quote that 

sums up the book as a whole. 

“My instinct leads me to the Snow Geese chapter,” 

he says, “assuming it might be some heart-stopping 

description of vast distance…” It isn’t, however. “It’s 

a brief line from Mary Oliver’s Snow Geese - ‘Oh to 

love what is lovely, and will not last.’” 

Chloë King 

neilgower.com 

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ART 

ART & ABOUT 

In town this month 

Lily Pichon Un avion dans le jungle 

From the 5th, Pelham House will be 

exhibiting work by young artists from 

Sussex Downs College. Works by 

up-and-coming creative talents who’ve 

been studying for A-Levels in Fine Art, 

Textiles, Graphic Design, Photography 

and the Art & Design Double Award. 

Until the 15th of August. 

From the 17th, Chalk Gallery turn their focus coastward. 

Brighton in Chalk is an exhibition of works inspired by 

the seaside city. Everyone is welcome to join them on 

Saturday the 22nd for a celebratory ‘seaside special’ from 

12-4pm. The show continues until the 27th of August. 

[chalkgallerylewes.co.uk] 

This month’s cover artist Marc Greco, 

formerly of Lewes and now of the south west 

of France, is back for the summer with some 

creative friends in tow. Art Without Borders 

is a show of original, affordable, hand-made 

screen-prints from Atelier Hors Cadre, a 

printmaking collective based in Villefranche 

de Rouergue, where Mark now does his 

printing. Their first ever exhibition outside 

France will recreate the unique collaborative 

spirit of the Atelier at 2 Fisher Street. It 

opens on Bastille Day - Friday 14th – and 

continues until the 16th. See pgs 8 and 41. 

[horscadre-impressions.com] 

From the 8th, Martyrs’ Gallery 

present their early Summer 

Show, with a cross-section of 

contemporary two and threedimensional 

artworks selected by 

a panel (including Viva’s editor) 

and curated by gallery owner Alex 

Grey. Of particular note is an 

animation by Stewart Grainger, 

in collaboration with Ray 

Burnside, accompanied by works 

from Shakespeare's Cymbeline, 

set to music by Carol Sloman. 

It’s about the displacement of 

refugees into Europe, and it’s 

strikingly powerful. Until the 

30th, 12 noon–5pm, Thursday to 

Sunday. 

Lindsey Smith 

Stewart Grainger (detail) 

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ART 

Just down the road 

What is it like to live with a hidden disability? 

In the Hidden Project, a group of artists with 

‘invisible disabilities’ like ME and autism have 

been working with local arts charity Roots Experience 

to articulate their reality. The result is 

The Hubbub – a multi-sensory installation that 

invites you to ‘touch, talk, think and feel’ your 

way to a better understanding of what it’s like. 

Find it at the Founders Room at the Dome 

on the 8th and 9th. [brightondome.org] 

I dream of icebergs by Adele Gibson Hollywood by Richard Denne 

‘Seeing comes before 

words’, is a quote 

from the opening 

words of John Berger’s 

groundbreaking 

1972 book Ways of 

Seeing. It’s also the 

title of, and ethos 

behind, this year’s 

MA Postgraduate 

Fine Art Show at the University of Brighton. Open 

to the public from the 8th until the 16th, the show 

features painting, installation, photography, sculpture, 

textiles, performance, video and sound-based work. 

Open 10am–5pm every day, with an artist-led tour at 

11am on Saturday 9th. 58-67 Grand Parade. 

On Sunday the 9th, the Brunswick 

Town Art Fair returns to Brunswick 

Square Gardens in Brighton. Now in its 

sixth year, this summer’s show features 

affordable work by more than 50 local 

artists and makers. The Regency Town 

House will be open all day with an exhibition 

of local landscape photographs by 

Finn Hopson (curator of the Brighton & 

Hove calendar) and the bold and graphic 

pop-art images of Richard Denne, who 

juggles traditional print-making processes, 

digital technology and mixed media. 

Open 11am–6pm (with afternoon teas 

served in the dining room from 1pm). 

Admission is free. 

Out of town 

© Sheila Donaldson Walters, 2017 

Infinite 

Spirals and 

Joie de Vivre 

continues 

at Farleys 

Gallery 

featuring the 

paintings of 

Sheila Donaldson Walters, who was 

a close friend and colleague of Roland 

Penrose at the Institute of Contemporary 

Arts. Sundays only until the 13th 

August. [farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk] 

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Letting your house 

is plain sailing with 

Ashton Burkinshaw 

Dedicated to lettings. 

Open 6 days a week. 

47 High Street, Lewes, 

East Sussex, BN7 2DD 

01273 471 477 

lewes@ashtonburkinshaw.co.uk 

www.ashtonburkinshaw.co.uk

ART 

Out of town 

The highly acclaimed Eric Ravilious exhibition continues at Towner 

Gallery. Marking the 75th anniversary of his death, Ravilious & Co: The 

Pattern of Friendship explores his relationships and collaborations with friends 

and affiliates. Works by contemporaries including Paul and John Nash, 

Enid Marx and Peggy Angus hang alongside pieces by Ravilious, telling a 

chronological story of their overlapping and interweaving careers. Continues 

until September. 

Also at the gallery from the 22nd, Now, Today, Tomorrow and Always is the 

second exhibition curated by Towner from the Arts Council Collection. 

Selected pieces by 12 internationally renowned artists explore how popular culture has influenced recent 

contemporary art. Film, photography, sculpture and installations focus on the ‘liberating, provocative and 

seductive power of music and film’, and investigate themes such as subculture, fandom and individual, 

collective and national identity. And the 2017 Sussex Open, with selected works from established and 

emerging artists from both East and West Sussex, also opens on the 22nd. [townereastbourne.org.uk] 

'Summer', 1926–7 © Estate of Tirzah Ravilious 

Whilst Hokusai’s Great Wave is on show at the 

British Museum, A Sussex Wave from Japan is at 

Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, with prints of 

Eric Slater featuring alongside those of his littleknown 

mentor Arthur Rigden Read. Japanese 

masters like Hokusai and Hiroshige inspired the 

simpler arts and crafts woodcuts of Slater and 

Rigden Read, as well as other British artists who 

practised the craft between the wars. Until September 

3rd. [hmag.org.uk] Meanwhile The Only 

Way to Travel continues at Jerwood Gallery in 

Hastings, where Sir Quentin Blake has had complete 

freedom to explore themes that concern him. 

His thoughts on mental health, the ‘squeezing of 

creativity’ and the refugee crisis fill the walls of the 

entire ground floor, totalling upwards of 100 works. 

Until October. [jerwoodgallery.org] 

Rough Sea 1929, colour woodcut by Eric Slater 

‘John Minton painting resurfaces after 

years spent in owner's shed,’ a Guardian 

headline proclaimed last year. Minton, 

a talented-but-troubled neo-romantic 

who died aged 39, had given the painting 

to a friend, who’d apparently ‘struggled 

to find a wall large enough to hang it’. 

The painting, Jamaican Village, went on 

to sell for £293,000. Pallant House has 

announced that it’ll be featured – its 

‘first showing in a public institution since 

1951’ – in their 

new exhibition of 

Minton’s paintings 

and illustrations, 

which marks the 

centenary of his 

birth. Until 1st Oct. 

[pallant.org.uk] 

Book illustration by John Minton 

John Minton, Children by the Sea, 1945, oil on canvas, 94 x 76.1 cm, 

Tate, London © Tate, London 2015 / Royal College of Art 

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Saturday 9th September 7pm 

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Join us beneath the stars as we take a walk to remember 

this September. Enjoy a 4km sponsored stroll through 

Wakehurst’s beautiful botanic gardens, and add to a 

stunning sea of glistening lanterns as you pause halfway 

to remember and celebrate the people you love. 

Entry is £15 before 1st August and £18 thereafter. 

Under 16s £5. Register at www.stpeter-stjames.org.uk 

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Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of the Surrealists 

Lee Miller and Roland Penrose whose friends and guests included Picasso, 

Leonora Carrington, Man Ray and Miró. We open to visitors on Sundays offering 

50 minute guided tours, exhibitions in our gallery and a sculpture garden to explore. 

Farleys House & Gallery 

Muddles Green, Chiddingly 

Cream Teas & Cake 

East Sussex, BN8 6HW 

Available from Sunday 9 July 2017 

Tel: 01825 872 856 

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11am - 4pm Sunday 23 July 2017 

10.00 am - 3.30 pm 

Keith Pettit Sculpture Carving Demonstration 

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JULY listings 

SATURDAY 1 

Positive Birth Meet-up. Free, monthly discussion 

group helping parents-to-be to get informed, 

and become positive and confident about birth. 

Wickle, 10.30am, free. 

SATURDAY 1 & SUNDAY 2 

Film: Fences (12). Oscar winner starring Denzel 

Washington and Viola Davis. All Saints, 5.45pm 

(1st) and 7.30pm (2nd), from £5. 

Film: 20th Century 

Women (15). A single 

mother raises her 

son in the summer of 

1979, with the help 

of some unlikely role 

models. All Saints, 8.30pm (1st) and 5pm (2nd), 

from £5. 

SATURDAY 1 – SATURDAY 8 

Rise and Fall of Little Voice. Lewes Theatre 

Club’s production of the 1992 play by Jim Cartwright. 

Lewes Little Theatre, lewestheatre.org. 

TUESDAY 4 

The Group. Club for people aged 50+. A pub in 

Lewes, 8pm, see thegroup.org.uk. 

WEDNESDAY 5 

How can we really change stuff? Transition 

Town Lewes celebrates its 10th birthday with a 

night of inspiring speakers, debate and live music. 

The Depot, 7.30pm, £10 (£5 concessions). 

THURSDAY 6 

Comedy at the Con. Hal 

Cruttenden and Dominic 

Holland warm up for the 

Edinburgh Fringe. Con Club, 

7.30 for 8pm, £12. 

Service of traditional choral evensong. Marking 

the completion of Cliffe Church’s successful 

restoration appeal. Thomas à Becket, 6pm. 

FRIDAY 7 

SUNDAY 2 

Nevill Open 

Gardens Trail. Opportunity 

to explore 

over a dozen private 

gardens, community 

allotments and 

'Lewes Little Gardens'. All proceeds to Lewes 

Victoria Hospital. 2pm-5pm, programmes available 

from Mount Harry Stores (£3). 

MONDAY 3 

After the election what future for our 

children's schools? Kevin Courtney, General 

Secretary of the NUT, joins a Lewes Labour 

Party event with teachers and parents discussing a 

funding crisis affecting Primaries and Secondaries. 

Phoenix Centre, 7.30pm, free. 

Patina ‘Moving On’ parade. Procession of 

sculptures, costumes and music created by primary 

school children to mark their transition to 

secondary school. See pg 69-72. 

FRIDAY 7 – SUNDAY 9 

Othello. Shakespearian tragedy performed by 

SISATA Theatre. Lewes Castle grounds, 7pm- 

9pm, £8/£10. 

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JULY listings (cont) 

SUNDAY 9 

Glynde, Firle and 

Beddingham Garden 

Trail. Over 12 gardens to 

explore, with refreshments, 

plants, produce 

and sculpture trail. 

11am-4pm, contact 

01273858554 for info. 

Lewes to Newhaven Raft Race. Theme: Britannia 

Rules the Waves? 3-6pm. Contact lewesraftrace@gmail.com 

for more info. 

of birds and literature, featuring Neil’s paintings 

(see pg 43). Deans Place Hotel Alfriston, 6.30 for 

7pm, £5. 

FRIDAY 14 

Boys Beyond Borders. A cabaret performance 

for Enthum House, a supported residence for 

refugee boys. All Saints, 7.30 for 8pm, £10/£12 

available from Lewes Live Literature, 

07972037612 / leweslivelit.co.uk. 


MONDAY 10 

Thomas Paine in Lewes. Lewes History Group 

talk on Lewes’ internationally famous resident. 

King’s Church building, 7 for 7.30pm, £2/£3. 

TUESDAY 11 

An Evening with Laurie Penny. Reading and 

Q&A to celebrate the launch of her new book 

Bitch Doctrine Essays for Dissenting Adults. Waterstones, 

7.30pm, £5. 

WEDNESDAY 12 

Peggy Angus and British Women Artists. Talk 

with author and curator Carolyn Trant in relation 

to her forthcoming book Voyaging Out; British 

Women Artists 1910–1960. The Keep, Moulsecoomb 

2.30pm, £3. 

Punch and Judy. Illustrated talk by Bertie Pearce 

on the famous puppet character Punch. Uckfield 

Civic Centre, 2.15pm, free. 

THURSDAY 13 

Comedy at the Con. George Egg and a special 

guest star warm up for Edinburgh Fringe. Con 

Club, 7.30 for 8pm, £12. 

Birds and Books. Book launch and art exhibit 

with Alex Preston and Neil Gower to celebrate 

new book As Kingfishers Catch Fire, an exploration 

Classic Vehicle Show. Classic domestic, agricultural 

and military vehicles. Dogs welcome. 

Michelham Priory, 10.30am-5pm, normal admission 

applies. 

THURS 13 – WED 23 AUGUST 

Don Pasquale. Mariame Clément’s production 

of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, first seen on the 2011 

Glyndebourne Tour returns. Glyndebourne, 

times and prices vary, see glyndebourne.com. 

SUNDAY 16 

Family BBQ. Good food and music for all. Con 

Club, 12pm-4pm, £5/£10. 

THURSDAY 20 

Comedy at the Con. 

Katy Brand and Charlie 

Baker warm up for the 

Edinburgh Fringe. The 

Con Club, 7.30pm for 

8pm, £12. 

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JULY listings (cont) 

FRIDAY 21 

Thomas Cromwell and the Dissolution of the 

Sussex Monasteries. A talk by Helen Poole. Anne 

of Cleves House, 7.30pm, £5. 

FRIDAY 21-SUNDAY 23 

Lewes Speakers Festival. With guests including 

Polly Toynbee, Iby Knill (see pg 39), David Walker, 

Terry Waite, Kate Adie and many more. All Saints, 

see lewesspeakersfestival.com for details. 

The Wind in the Willows. 

James Weisz (former Artistic 

Director of 88 London Road) 

directs this family musical. 

Lewes Castle grounds, 7pm, 

from £10. See pg 65. 

Summer Serenade. Ringmer Flower Club Festival. 

St Mary’s Church Ringmer, 10am-4pm daily, free 

(donations welcome). 

SATURDAY 22 

Brighton in Chalk Seaside Special. Public event 

as part of the Brighton-inspired exhibition. Chalk, 

12pm-4pm. 

Evening of Music in aid of St Peter and St James 

Hospice. St Mary’s Church Ringmer, 7pm, free 

(donations welcome). 


The Commercial Traveller. New play by the Rude 

Mechanicals Theatre Co. See pg 37. Southover 

Grange, 7.30pm (picnics from 6pm), £16 + conc. 

SUNDAY 23 

Flower Festival Choral Evensong. St Mary’s 

Church Ringmer, 6.30pm, free. 

WEDNESDAY 26 

Step Back in Time – A History of the Argus. 

Talk with local historian Paul Green. The Keep, 

5.30pm, see thekeep.info. 

WED 26 – SAT 26 AUGUST 

La Clemenza di Tito. The third and final new 

production of the season will mark the Glyndebourne 

debut of the prominent German director 

Claus Guth. Glyndebourne, times and prices vary, 

see glyndebourne.com. 

FRIDAY 28 

Lewes Friday Food Market 7th Birthday. Food, 

drink, music and a hamper raffle. Market Tower, 

9.30am-1.30pm, free. 

FRIDAY 28 & SATURDAY 29 

Lewes Live. Two-day music festival with headliners 

Chainska and Dreadzone. See pg 33. leweslive.com. 

Festival of the Garden: The Culture of Place. 

Series of talks addressing the question ‘What Makes 

a Place?’ Charleston, see charleston.org.uk. 

SATURDAY 29 

Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad 

Viola recital. With 

piano accompanist Daniel 

Lebhardt. Glynde Place, 

7pm, £30 (under 16s £15). 

Vintage Jazz Evening. Dr 

Bone and the Surgeons of 

Swing play. Newhaven Fort, 

7pm-10pm, £10. 

SUNDAY 30 

Crime Writers in Conversation. Lesley Thomson 

(The Dog Walker, featuring Stella Darnell) and Elly 

Griffiths (The Chalk Pit, featuring Ruth Galloway) 

discuss their best-selling books in conversation with 

Lisa Holloway. The Old Chapel Centre Alfriston, 

4pm, £10. 

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LEWES 

FESTIVAL OF 

SONG 


July 7th to 9th 

A weekend of five concerts 

St Anne’s Church, Lewes 

Friday 7th July - 7.30pm 

BANALITÉS - a French song recital 

Saturday 8th July - 1pm 

AN ENGLISH GARLAND - 

Songs for a summer afternoon 

Saturday 8th July - 7.30pm 

NORDIC NOIR - a Scandinavian feast 

Sunday 9th July - 1pm 

SCHUBERT’S DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN 

SUNDAY 9th July - 7.30pm 

TWO TALES, TWO TURNING POINTS 

Mahler and Janacek 

FESTIVAL PASS £60 

ticket prices £15 (Saturday 1pm £12) 

Under 16s half-price 

BOOK ONLINE 

www.lewesfestivalofsong.co.uk 

or from Lewes Tourist Information Centre 

01273 483448 lewes.tic@lewes.gov.uk 

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017) 

PG 129mins 

Saturday 1st 3pm 

Live-action re-telling of the fairy-tale classic. Follow the 

fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and 

independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a 

beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the 

castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the 

Beast's hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and 

soul of the true Prince within. 

FENCES 

12 139mins 

Saturday 1st 5.45pm & Sunday 2nd 7.30pm 

OSCAR, BAFTA & GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER 2017 – 

Best Supporting Actress (Viola Davis). 

Also nominated for Best Film, Best Actor & Best 

Screenplay. Denzel Washington directed and stars in this 

adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, 

about a black garbage collector named Troy Maxson in 

1950s Pittsburgh. Bitter that baseball's colour barrier was 

only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues, 

Maxson is prone to taking out his frustrations on his 

loved ones. Both Washington and co-star Viola Davis 

won Tony Awards for their performances in the 2010 

revival of the play. 

20TH CENTURY WOMEN 

15 116mins 

Saturday 1st 8.30pm & Sunday 2nd 5pm 

During the summer of 1979, a Santa Barbara single 

mom and boarding-house landlord decides the best way 

she can parent her teenage son is to enlist her young 

tenants - a quirky punk photographer, a mellow 

handyman and her son's shrewd best friend - to serve 

as role models in a changing world. 

To keep up to date follow us on Twitter and Facebook! 

www.lewesfestivalofsong.co.uk 

Info & advance tickets from the All Saints 

Centre Office, the Town Hall, High Street, 

or www.filmatallsaints.com 

All Saints Centre, Friars Walk, Lewes, BN7 2LE 

01273 486391

CLASSICAL ROUND-UP 

SATURDAY 1 ST 

East Sussex Bach Choir will perform Rossini’s 

Petite Messe Solennelle with soloists Yvonne Patrick, 

Briony Lambert, Andrew Mackenzie Wicks and Ed 

Hawkins. The conductor is John Hancorn (below). 

7.30pm, St Anne's Church, £15 & £10 

SATURDAY 8 TH 

Brighton Festival Chorus’s summer concert comprises 

Elgar’s Serenade for Strings, Vaughan Williams 

An Oxford Elegy Bennett’s Letters to Lindbergh, Barber’s 

Adagio and Gjello’s Sunrise Mass. The conductor 

will be James Morgan. 

7.30pm, Attenborough Centre, University of Sussex, 

£18.50 or £12 for under 16s 

Musicians of All Saints will perform Beethoven’s 

Romance in G, op40, featuring violin soloist James 

Wicks, John Hawkins’ Another Orpheus, Grieg’s Two 

Elegiac Melodies and Haydn’s Symphony no 43 in E flat. 

7.45pm, All Saints Centre, £12, concessions £9 (under 

18s free) 

East Sussex Community Choir’s programme will 

feature John Rutter’s Requiem and Mozart’s Exultate 

Jubilate, with soloists Catrin Woodruff, David Chapman 

and Andrew Robinson. The band is the Corelli 

Ensemble led by Maeve Jenkinson and conducted by 

Nick Houghton. 

7.30pm, Town Hall, £12 

SUNDAY 2 ND 

Baritone Andrew Robinson and pianist Nick 

Houghton will perform music by Josquin des Prez, 

Handel, Brahms, a bit of Papageno from The Magic 

Flute and some Bernstein from On the Town. 

3pm, St Michael’s Church, free 

The Baroque Collective Singers will offer Tudor 

madrigals and French and English part-songs by 

Eric Whitacre, Britten, Hindemith and Janequin. 

6.30pm, St Michael’s Church, £10 (under 16s free) 

FRIDAY 7 TH - SUNDAY 9 TH 

Lewes Festival of Song, brainchild of pianist Nancy 

Cooley, is in its third year and will offer five concerts 

over three days, featuring music by Schubert, 

Mahler, Grieg, Janacek, Britten and others. Find 

complete concert and artist information on their 

website: lewesfestivalofsong.co.uk. 

St Anne’s Church, £15, £12 or £60 for all 5 

SUNDAY 9 TH 

The Paddock Singers perform Vivaldi’s Gloria.... 

and other girls! See pg 35. 

4.30pm, All Saints Centre, £10 (under 14s free) 

SUNDAY 16 TH 

Tenor Timothy Wilcox will give a recital of music 

by Vaughan Williams, Holst, Rebecca Clark, Purcell, 

Handel, Biber and Telemann. He will be accompanied 

by violinist Toby Hawks, cellist Ethan Merrick 

and harpsichordist Nick Milner-Gulland. 

5pm, Hamsey Old Church, Offham 

SATURDAY 22 ND 

Lewes Chamber Choir’s workshop will explore 

Purcell’s Funeral Music for Queen Mary and Singet 

dem Herrn of Heinrich Schütz. Their accompaniment 

will be provided by a brass quartet led by 

Malcolm Warnes. Nick Houghton presides and 

music will be provided. 

10am to 5pm, St Michael’s Church, £20 

THURSDAY 27 TH 

London-born guitarist and composer Matthew Sear 

will present a recital. No programme information is 

available at this time. 

1.10pm, St. Anne’s Church 

Paul Austin Kelly 

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MUSIC NIGHTS 

@ The Con Club 

MUSA M’BOOB & XAM XAM 

SHOWCASE OF WEST AFRICAN MUSIC 

ELEVATORS BIG BAND 

50’s INSPIRED RnB & BLUES 

ZION TRAIN 

MULTIMEDIA ACID-DUB COLLECTIVE 

AYU FUNK PARTY 

TIGHT HEAVY RHYTHMS & 70’s FUNK CLASSICS 

CURST SONS 

BLUEGRASS BLUES ROCKABILLY & A DASH OF HELLFIRE 

LOOSE CABOOSE 

WITH DJ’s RACHELLE PIPER AND MARTIN JACKSON 

DICKIES 

RED RAUCOUS & CHURCH OF EDEN 

SAVOY FAMILY BAND 

A CAJUN BARN PRESENTATION 

SEE WEBSITE FOR ENTRY AND DETAILS 

LEWES 

FARMERS’ 

MARKET 

A SLICE OF SUSSEX 

1ST & 3RD SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH 

CLIFFE PRECINCT 9am - 1pm 

www.commoncause.org.uk

GIG GUIDE // JULY 

GIG OF THE MONTH: THE DICKIES 

Veterans and self-proclaimed ‘clown princes of punk’ The 

Dickies are coming to the Con Club this July as part of their 

40th anniversary tour. Most probably know them for their 

catchy melodies, comical panache and (all too underrated) ability 

not to take themselves too seriously. Formed in early 1977, 

the group were amongst the first LA punk bands to score a 

major label, and despite punk’s fluctuating popularity, they have 

stood the test of time. Since the emergence of music streaming 

services such as Spotify, the band now feel their energy is better 

spent touring live than in the studio recording. This makes for a 

show that is jam-packed with old time favourites, and a venue full of people who can sing (or shout) along to 

the lyrics. Altogether now: “La la la…” Sun 23, Con Club, 7.30pm, £16.50 Kelly Hill 

SATURDAY 1 

Musa M’Boob & XamXam. West African 

music. Con Club, 8pm, price TBC 

Beergut 100. Rock covers. Lamb, 8pm, free 

Discovery. Folk. Elly, 8pm, £6 

Musa M'Boob & XamXam, Saturday 1st 

SUNDAY 2 

English Dance Tunes Session. Folk. Lamb, 

12pm, free 

The Market Street Band. Blues/jazz covers. 

John Harvey Tavern, 3pm, free 

MONDAY 3 

Imogen Ryall. Jazz. Snowdrop, 8pm, free 

TUESDAY 4 

English Dance Tunes Session. Folk. John 

Harvey Tavern, free 

THURSDAY 6 

Zoot Zazou. Vintage hot swing. Pelham Arms, 

8.30pm, free 

FRIDAY 7 

Elevators Big Band. 50s Rythm ‘n’ Blues. Con 

Club, 8pm, £5 

The Mofos. Rock covers. The Lamb, 8pm, free 

SATURDAY 8 

Jim Glover & Chris Skinner. Folk. Ellie, 8pm, £6 

Zion Train. Acid-dub duo. Con Club, 8pm, £13 

Jacquemo. Ska. Lamb, 8pm, free 

My Darling Clementine: In-store signing and 

acoustic set. Union Music, 3pm, free (first come, 

first served basis) 

Zoot Zazou, Thursday 6th 

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GIG GUIDE // JULY (CONT) 

Summer Extravaganza. Full House, rock and pop 

covers band, supported by senior Starfish bands. 

Nevill Green, 6pm-10pm, £4/£5, more information 

at njbs.co.uk 

SUNDAY 9 

Terry Seabrook (piano) & Geoff Simkins (sax). 

Jazz. Depot café, 11am-1pm, free with brunch 

MONDAY 10 

Terry Seabrook Piano Trio. Jazz. Snowdrop, 

8pm, free 

The Savoy Family Band. Thursday 27th 

FRIDAY 14 

Ayu Funk Party. 70s funk. Con Club, 8pm, free 

SATURDAY 15 

The Reform Club. Pop/rock originals and covers. 

Snowdrop, 9pm, free 

Sally Ironmonger & Brian Carter. Folk (modern). 

Elly, 8pm, £6 

Groovestew. Mystery rock. Lamb, 8pm, free 

SUNDAY 16 

Jim Lauderdale & Angaleena Presley Double 

Bill. Americana. All Saints, 7.30pm, £20 (£16 

advance) 

MONDAY 17 

Simon Savage. Jazz sax. Snowdrop, 8pm, free 

FRIDAY 21 

The Curst Sons (right). Bluegrass/Blues. Con 

Club, 8pm for 9pm, free 

Toots & The Maytals. Ska/Reggae. De La Warr, 

7pm, £29.50 

SATURDAY 22 

Unison Bends. Blues. Lamb, 8pm, free 

Loose Caboose. DJs Rachelle Piper & Martin 

Jackson. Con Club, 7.30pm-12am, £5 

Bob ‘War Horse’ Fox. Folk (Newcastle Trad). 

Elly, 8pm, £10 

SUNDAY 23 

The Dickies. US bubblegum punk. See Gig of 

the Month 

MONDAY 24 

Alan Barnes & Alex Eberhard. Jazz. Snowdrop, 

8pm, free 

THURSDAY 27 

The Savoy Family Band (above). Cajun. Con 

Club, 7.30pm, £12 

Bayou Seco. Cajun/Zydeco. Westgate, 8pm. 

01273 478124 for tickets 

Feral Fiddles (practice session). Folk. Royal 

Oak, free 

FRIDAY 28 

KOLO. Pop-rock. Lamb, 8pm, free 

SATURDAY 29 

Bif Bam Pow! Pub Rock. Lamb, 8pm, free 

Peter Collins. Folk & Misc. Elly, 8pm, £6 

SUNDAY 30 

Terry Daniels. More mystery rock. The Lamb, 

4pm, free 

MONDAY 31 

Triversion. Jazz organ, guitar and drums, with 

Terry Seabrook. Snowdrop, 8pm, free 

The Curst Sons, Friday 21st 

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Journey 

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co-ed Nursery and Prep School in 

Lindfield, Sussex 

For a private tour please call our registrar on 01444 483528. 

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FREETIME UNDER 16 êêêê 

SATURDAY 1 


Film: Beauty and 

the Beast (PG). 

Live-action re-telling 

of the classic fairytale. 

All Saints, 3pm, 

from £5. 

story of the Princess and the Pea, with dressing 

up and hands-on craft activities. Anne of Cleves 

House, 1pm-4pm, price included in admission. 

WEDNESDAY 26 

Archaeology Day. Historical hands-on activities 

for all ages. Michelham Priory, 8am-5pm, see 

sussexpast.co.uk. 

Kew Science Festival. Researchers from Kew 

Gardens and Wakehurst showcase a week of 

workshops, shows, tours and activities for all the 

family. See pg 67. kew.org/wakehurst. 

SUNDAY 23 

Sunday Stories. Afternoon with a storyteller and 

the opportunity to handle some artefacts, all ages 

welcome. Lewes Castle, 2pm-4pm, price included 

in admission. 

MONDAY 24 – THURSDAY 27 

Intrepid Theatre Summer Camp. Exploring 

children's own story threads and then weaving 

them together to create a play. Focus is on 

performing arts and creative arts & crafts for 

5-10 years. Times and prices vary, contact 

intrepidrichard1@gmail.com. 

MONDAY 24 – SUNDAY 3 SEPT 

Wild Kids. Wide array of 

woodland activities, where 

children can immerse 

themselves in nature. 

Wakehurst, see kew.org/ 

wakehurstkids for more info. 

TUESDAY 25 

The Princess and the Pea. Drop in to hear the 

Fêtes & Fairs 

SATURDAY 1 

Southover School Summer Fair. Southover 

School, 12.30pm-3pm, £1 (kids free). 

Kingston Village Fête. Behind the Juggs, 

1pm-5pm, free. 

South Malling Summer Fête. South 

Malling Primary, 11.30am-2.30pm, £1. 

SATURDAY 8 

Summer Extravaganza. Nevill Green, 

12pm-4.30pm, free (programme 30p). 

SUNDAY 16 

Lewes Borough Bonfire Society Fête. 

Malling Playing Fields, from 12pm, £3. 

SATURDAY 22 

Summer Fun Day at Chailey Green, 1pm- 

4pm, free. 

SATURDAY 29 

Lewes Kids and Family Summer Festival. 

All Saints, various shows from 9am-4pm, see 

lewesspeakersfestival.com. 

Westmeston Summer Fayre. Westmeston 

Parish Hall, 2pm-5pm, £2.50 (kids free). 

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FREETIME UNDER 16 

êêêê 

YOUNG PHOTO 

OF THE MONTH 

We liked this picture, by Lauren Eade, so 

much that we decided to change the rules 

of this competition to allow her in. Lauren, 

you see, is 16 years old and while previously 

we drew the line at that age, we thought 

we’d change it to ‘sixteen or under’. “It’s a 

picture of a deer I took on a trip to Knole 

Park, the National Trust property in Kent, 

for my dad’s birthday,” she tells us. Either 

she had a very long lens, or that was a 

more-than-averagely trusting deer; the 

picture wins Lauren a £10 book token she 

can claim, with proof of identity, at Bags of 

Books. Sixteen or under? Send in your pictures to photos@vivamagazines.com, with a few words 

saying when, where, and why you took it, and you, too, could feature on this page! 

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WIND IN THE WILLOWS êêêê 

Kenneth Grahame's wonderful tale of Mole, Ratty, Badger and Mr Toad is coming to 

Lewes Castle. We talk to director James Weisz. 

How are you creating all those different locations plus Ratty's boat and Mr 

Toad's car? In plenty of theatrical ways! That is always the most exciting challenge 

in performing open air. 

Are the actors wearing animal heads or make-up? Our cast all definitely need 

make up. No-one wants to see them without, believe me. 

How much of the famous picnic will there be? Well, Ratty does love his picnic and he'll definitely be 

bringing one. The other animals don't get any of his scrummy food, but who knows, he might just share 

some with his friends in Lewes. 

Who in real life is most like Mr Toad would you say? Donald Trump? Richard Branson...? Let's keep 

politics out of this, but I am sure everyone will recognise traits of certain well-known people. 

Should people bring picnics, rugs and cushions? Absolutely, we love outdoor for its relaxed and welcoming 

nature, but beware we have some very hungry animals on the prowl, those Weasels will eat anything and 

never ever say "please". 

Is it suitable for any age? Absolutely any age, the show is filled with music, comedy, slapstick, adventure 

and a moral or two - something for everyone. EC 21st - 23rd July, 7-9pm with interval. Gates open at 6pm for 

picnics. £12 / £10 U13s, student or senior / family £40 from ticketsource.co.uk/willows2017 or Castle ticket office 

A summer of wonderful 

woodland adventures 

24 July – 3 September 

Weekly woodland events and wonderful play spaces 

For details visit kew.org/wakehurstkids 

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SHOES ON NOW: NEWHAVEN FORT êêêê 

‘You’ve been here before you know,’ I tell my four year old as we head into 

Newhaven Fort. He can’t remember it of course, which is just as well as he 

was in utero at the time. But I digress… 

There is much to like about Newhaven Fort, a Sussex heritage site which 

aims to bring to life historical events, with an emphasis on World Wars I 

and II. My children enjoyed looking behind the casement doors to discover 

artefacts such as old unexploded bomb cases, menacing looking gas masks 

and several displays of naval uniforms. For those who want, there’s a quiz to 

complete, which sharpens the children’s attention as they try to locate the items on their sheet. 

Another attraction of the Fort is the simulated Blitz experience which successfully recreates some of the 

fear and uncertainty felt by people who lived through an air raid - great for my 11 year old but too scary 

for my youngest who refused to go in. Instead he and I explored the underground tunnels, speaking in 

creepy voices to scare one another. 

Outside there’s plenty of space to run around in as well as field guns to look at on the cliff tops and the 

working port to admire below. The playground, café and giftshop are all worth a look too. Parking is easy 

and free and at only 20 minutes or so drive from Lewes, the Fort is definitely worth a visit. Jacky Adams 

Further details can be found at: newhavenfort.org.uk. Price for a family of two adults and up to three children 

is £19.99. Well behaved dogs are free.

STEFAN GATES: GASTRONAUT 

êêêê 

What is a gastronaut? A gastronaut is someone who finds 

adventure in food - who sees their lunch not as fuel, but a source 

of stories, science, morality, history, love, death and emotion. 

Are you more scientist or chef? I’m a gastronaut! No, really 

- the thing is that every cook is a scientist, even if they don’t 

know it (or even if they don’t like the idea). Every time you 

fry an egg you are dealing with extraordinarily complex protein-denaturing, every time you bake a cake 

you are deploying some wonderful chemistry. 

Can you tell us some of your wackier experiments? Frying eggs in hydrochloric acid (to mimic 

what happens in your stomach), having liposuction to extract usable food additives from my body 

matter, creating a real fart-producing machine in my kitchen (wife not happy), visiting Chernobyl to 

investigate radiation and food (wife really flippin’ mad). 

What’s your message? If you make food fascinating people will care more about it, and then they will 

eat better. That’s why insects are an amazing tool for discussing food - and the issues around it such 

as ecology, land use, water load, CO 2 

load etc. Kids especially couldn’t care less about nutrition if you 

tell them what they should and shouldn’t eat. But blow up 40 calories of milk powder in an enormous 

fireball, and suddenly they care big time. AL 

Stefan is appearing at the Kew Science Festival at Wakehurst, 22nd-23rd July, kew.org/wakehurst 

With its excellent and imaginative approach, the Steiner Waldorf curriculum has 

gained ever-widening recognition as a creative and compassionate alternative to 

traditional avenues of education. 

But just how does it feel to be a child in this environment, soaking up this 

stimulating and rewarding teaching? 

Find out for yourself... 

Open Morning 

Thursday 12th October 2017 - 08:30 - 13:00 

www.michaelhall.co.uk 

Kidbrooke Park, Priory Road, Forest Row. East Sussex, RH18 5JA 

Tel: 01342 822275 - Registered Charity Number 307006 

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L ewe s 

Kids and Family 

Festival 2017 

Where the whole family can enjoy: 

Yoga for Kids and families, Brillo the Clown, The Fun 

Science Show, The Family Magic Show with Robbie 

Mills and ‘Magic’ the live bunny and a Family Disco with 

party dances, games, competitions and prizes 

29th July 2017 at the All Saints Centre 

Single Tickets: £9 for each individual event 

Early Bird Price: £8 if bought before 3rd July 2017 

Day/Festival Passes Available 

Tickets/Info at: 

www.leweskidsandfamilyfestival.com 

Call the Box Office on: 0333 666 3366 

In association with: The White Hart Hotel Lewes

LIVE 

Lewes High Street, School Hill, Cliffe Precinct, School Hill, 

Market Street, Market Lane, Mount Pleasant. 

Party in The Paddock from 1.40pm - 3 pm. Everyone welcome. 

Involving over 700 children, parents, carers and teachers every year since 2002, Moving On is 

Lewes’ unique and much-loved way of celebrating local children’s transition from primary to 

secondary school and into adolescence. 

This year’s “Wonders of Our World” theme is set to be a spectacular celebration of connections with 

people and places around the globe, with the children’s interpretations of extraordinary natural 

phenomena, iconic architecture and festivals from around the world. 

Each school in the parade will represent one of the most popular and exciting places suggested by 

the children and our local community. In May, after exciting presentations in each school of all the 

destinations in the parade, there was much excitement as children found out which wonder of the 

world had been picked at random for their school. Ever since, the whole area has been a hive of 

activity, working with Patina artists on this mass arts project, learning carnival arts and creating the 

costumes and sculptures for all to enjoy when the Moving On Parade comes to town on 7th July.

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The Moving On Parade is very generously supported by the following organisations: 

Congratulations to all our excellent primary schools and enormous thanks to our 

wonderful Patina artists, Maia Eden, Michelle Martin-Dufaur, Nikki Gunson, Sandrine 

Case, Sally Miller, Katie Griffiths, Dorothy Rosser. 

Huge thanks to Emma Carlow, Michael Blencowe and our many dedicated volunteers, 

especially our school reps, year 6 teachers, parents and carers, and Patina 

trustees, the parents of Wallands School for fundraising above and beyond to help 

others’ participation, Lewes New School for use of their premises for masterclasses, 

the Lewes Railway Lands Wildlife Trust, The Rotary Club of Lewes, Artists Advisory 

Panel, Peter Earl and his team of stewards, Starfish, Intersport, Lewes.co.uk for help 

with our website, Viva Lewes, the Sussex Express, East Sussex Highways and East 

Sussex Police, Martin Elliott, everyone who helped at Ditch the Detox and our Dream 

Team football festival, Michelle Wilson of www.artofdance.co.uk and Collette 

Goodwin of www.adultballet.org.uk and 

everyone who helped at Dance Your 

Socks Off, King’s Framers, Si’s Sounds, 

Hannah’s Van, the staff at Lewes 

Town Hall and Lewes Tourist Office, 

the staff and pupils of Sussex Downs 

College, John Harvey Tavern, 

Waitrose and Tesco. We’d also like to 

say a very big thank you to everyone 

who hired our Christmas lanterns, 

donated prizes for our raffles, helped 

us to fundraise and participated in 

our events. 

Patina is an arts charity for young 

people, co-ordinated by Caroline 

Croft and Raphaella Sapir. To find out 

more visit www.patinalewes.com 

or come to see what we do on 

Sunday 9th July at our post parade 

exhibition. 

PATINA 

parents and teachers in the arts 

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Backyard Café 

When is a pie a pie? 

“You’ll have to wait 15 

minutes if you want 

salad,” says the wellmannered 

young guy 

at Back Yard Café, the 

new coffee-and-food 

company that’s taken 

over the café space in 

the Needlemakers. 

“Lunch isn’t served till 

midday, and they’re 

still making it.” 

I say that’s no problem, 

and tell him, mostly because all the tables 

inside are full, that I’ll be sitting outside. I ask 

for a flat white while I wait. 

I’ve had their coffee before, and it’s good. They 

roast their own, in Ditchling, and are planning 

to set up a roaster on-site. They also do food: 

a blackboard tells me of a number of different 

panini on offer, as well as Higgidy pies of 

various flavours. I choose bacon and cheese. 

With the salad, that’s £8.95. “The salad better 

be worth it,” I think. And the pie too: Higgidy 

are a Shoreham company and I’ve heard people 

enthuse about their wares, though I’m yet to try 

one out. 

They’ve dolled up the seating area outside, with 

six new pub-style wooden tables, and three walls 

of plants and trees screening you off from your 

surroundings: it’s a yard in a car-park basically, 

but they've done a good job of disguising 

that. I manoeuvre myself into a spot in the sun 

facing Wallis & Wallis, and wait. It’s election 

day, there’s plenty to occupy me on my phone, 

and anyway my brother rings, and Terry the 

Needlemakers’ handyman’s at another table and 

he’s always good for a bit of banter. 

The coffee comes, plus a carafe of tap-water I’ve 

asked for and, at 

noon on the dot (I’m 

an early luncher) the 

main act arrives. If 

I’d been with anyone, 

no doubt the 

old ‘when is a pie 

a pie’ conversation 

would have broken 

out, as this one has 

no top, and looks 

more like a quiche. 

The salad, though, 

looks amazing. It’s abundant, taking up the rest of 

the plate, and looks super healthy, too. 

I come to the conclusion that the pie is a quiche: 

the cheese is creamy and mild, and the pastry 

of the soft, crumbly variety. It’s nice, without 

being spectacularly nice. A tentative thumbs up, 

I guess, to the guys in Shoreham. 

The salad, though, is something really special. 

I write down the ingredients in my notebook: 

cherry tomatoes, plum tomatoes, peas, broad 

beans, carrot, feta cheese, bulgar, courgette, nuts, 

lemon zest, shredded cabbage, red onion, coriander 

and sesame seeds. Unless there’s something 

else I’ve forgotten about. Thirteen ingredients 

in a salad? I’d never do that at home. 

I’ve left half my coffee for afterwards. My 

palate isn’t up to telling whether it’s washed 

or Typica or whatever, but it’s strong and its 

not-overwhelming bitterness is tempered by the 

frothy milk. I decide to buy a bag of their beans 

– they’re stacked up on some shelves in nice 

brown bags – to grind at home. Though when 

I get back to the office I rave about the salad, 

rather than the coffee: it was well worth waiting 

15 minutes for. 

Alex Leith 


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Photo by Alex Leith

RECIPE 

Green chutney 

A versatile ‘flavour bomb’, from Chloe 

at Seven Sisters’ Spices 

Green chutneys are such a common feature 

in a lot of cuisines. You could almost classify 

pesto as a green chutney, with the traditional 

basil, pine nut and parmesan. In India 

they can be made with all sorts of different 

ingredients, but my Indian-influenced one 

is made using 100g coriander, 50g peanuts, 

½tsp turmeric, 2tsp ground coriander seeds, 

three cloves crushed garlic, one green chilli 

and the juice and zest of one lime. Place all 

of the ingredients into a small food processor 

and blitz to a coarse paste. You can freeze it, 

or you can keep it in your fridge for about a 

week to ten days. 

The thing I love about this is that you can use 

it as a curry paste, you can use it as a marinade, 

you can mix it with yoghurt to make 

a dressing – there’s just a million different 

things you can do with it. You can use it as a 

chutney, just as it is. It’s really versatile. It’s 

also nice as a vegetarian option if you crumble 

some feta in with it, because the lovely zing of 

the coriander and lime goes really nicely with 

the feta cheese. Sometimes I put fresh mint 

leaves in as well. It really is just one of those 

recipes that you can sort of wing around, 

depending on your flavour preferences. 

I think there are some ingredients which 

people think they’d only ever buy from a shop 

and they’d only ever use in one way. If you 

start to take ownership of things like this and 

just use them how you want, you can break 

that limitation of thinking that a chutney 

is just a chutney, or a paste is just a paste. 

They’re all amalgamations of flavours that 

you can just sort of riff off. If you know you 

like the basic flavour you can just start to play 

around with it. 

That sort of thinking is increasingly quite a 

big component of the workshops that I teach. 

Yes, you’ve made a mango chutney, but you 

can do this, this and this with it. It can be 

quite labour-intensive in the first instance, 

but then once you have a stock of these lovely, 

quite complex flavour bombs in your fridge, 

you can stick them in all sorts of things. 

I’m teaching three different workshops at 

the moment on a rotation: ‘The Alchemy of 

Spice’, which looks at working with spices 

in all their different manifestations - curries, 

dal, flatbreads, spiced rice, chutneys; ‘Spiced 

Salads and Sugar-free Treats’, which is about 

fresh, raw and ‘clean’ eating; and ‘Pickles 

and Condiments’, which very much focuses 

on what I’ve just been talking about with the 

green chutney. 

This month I’ll be doing a cookery demonstration 

in Inglis Hall’s new test kitchen. 

They’re really keen to have people coming in 

and just using it, so I’m hoping to teach some 

courses in there and maybe do some stuff for 

Octoberfeast too! 

Interview by Rebecca Cunningham 

Upcoming workshops are on Sat 8th, Mon 17th 

and Sat 29th July, 10.30am-2.30pm, £45 per 

person. sevensistersspices.com 

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FOOD 

Big Daddy's 

8-ounce burgers... at a price 

Lewes hasn’t had a dedicated burger place open up since the 

early eighties, when the Beefeater came on the scene. I guess 

I didn’t know much about burgers in those days: there was a 

Wimpy in Brighton, but they toasted their buns, which wasn’t 

cool. I loved Beefeaters as a 16 year old; I often used to spend my lunch money there. 

Nowadays it’s hard to find a food joint which doesn’t sell burgers. If you want a ‘world famous’ one with 

garlic sauce, go to the Elly. If you want a cheap one, go to the Charky. If you want a gourmet-style one, 

with hand-ground meat and house-made sauces, go to the Pelham Arms. If you want one served with 

Stilton, go to the Dripping Pan. 

It’s curious, then, that another dedicated burger store should open up now - and in the same building as 

Beefeaters was, on Fisher Street. It takes me three visits to Big Daddy’s before I find it open (they decided 

not to do lunchtimes in the week). Happy to be there, I choose a ‘New Yorker’ (‘8oz burger with cheese, 

pickles, tomato, lettuce, traditional burger relish, mustard & onion rings)’ from 13 choices. I chat to the 

owner during the ten or 15 minutes I wait; he’s the brother of the guy who runs the Spice Merchant. 

And? It’s a pretty good burger, solid and tasty, juicy without being sloppy, and full of different textures, 

from the softness of the brioche bun, through the chewiness of the meat, to the crunch of the onion ring. 

Though at £9.50 (including 50p card charge) it’s probably beyond the pocket of most 16 year olds. AL 


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FOOD 

Edible updates 

OctoberFeast has done much to bring 'pop-up suppers' to Lewes and it’s great to 

see regulars offering events outside the festival. The ‘In Residence’ supper club on 

South St is offering both grown-up events and children’s dining on the first Saturday 

of the month all summer. [facebook.com/InResidenceSupperClub] Kabak are hosting a 

special ‘Feast in the Forest’ on the 15th, promising more outstanding Middle Eastern food in 

Laughton’s picturesque Lower Vert Wood, see tabl.com. Café du Jardin are enjoying their new wine cellar, 

and will continue their ‘Regions of France’ series with a three-course menu on 22nd July. The Feature 

Kitchen team up with Pestle & Mortar to offer tantalising Thai takeaway on 14th, 21st and 28th July. 

Next up, birthdays. Birthday wishes to Cheese Please and also to the newly-named Lewes Friday Food 

Market, turning seven this month with a special edition on the 28th. They’re bringing more new traders in 

including, this month, The Sweetarian and Picnik Brighton, and will soon be the place to pick up your 

favourite Tina’s Kitchen lunches. Tina is stopping her café trade this month to focus on workshops and 

nutritional therapy come September. 

In other news: Ouse Valley Foods are relocating to Barcombe and raw milk dairy Hook & Son have 

launched a crowdfunding campaign to replace grazing land they are losing to development: gofundme. 

com/grazing-land-for-our-cows. Street Food Rocks are looking after the grub at Ouse Day (Sun 9th); 

The Snowdrop Inn welcome new head chef Charlie Jackson; The Giant’s Rest pub in Wilmington is 

under new management and Guido Lounge is taking residence next door to Aqua, as part of the Loungers 

chain. [thelounges.co.uk] Chloë King 

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THE WAY WE WORK 

This month we asked ‘photographer, writer & illustrator, feminist, 

permaculturist & post-colonialist, urban gardener’ Aiste Saulyte to 

capture some of the Lewes area beekeepers at work. And she asked them: 

have you got an unusual use for honey? 

aistesaulyte.co.uk 

Ian White 

"It can be taken a spoonful at a time as just a tonic, to add some additional vitamins and minerals. 

Or, some say, local honey can be taken to help alleviate the symptoms of hay fever."


John Clayton 

"Well, I suffer from hay fever, so I use it to help me with that!"


Hilary Osman 

"I used to work as a nurse. There was a time when we'd tried all we could to heal a patient's 

wound, but nothing worked. I used honey on it and it's the only thing that worked!"


Norman Dickinson 

"We have a boxer dog called Zoot. He has Cushing's disease. I ran out of ham to wrap his pills 

in and tried coating them in honey instead - it worked, he loved it!"

HEALTH 

Health from the hive 

Honey bee good… 

Visit any artisan market and you’ll probably find a 

stall selling honey and related products — but we 

are far from the first to utilise the healing properties 

of everything bee. In fact, apitherapy — to 

use the proper term — was practised centuries 

ago in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, while 

honey was still being used to fight infection in the 

early twentieth century. 

As our ancestors knew, raw honey is anti-inflammatory, 

anti-fungal and anti-bacterial. The key 

word, though, is raw, as filtered or pasteurised 

honeys do not offer the same benefits. Even raw 

honeys vary in potency, with medically licensed 

Manuka one of the best known. 

As well as eradicating over 250 strains of bacteria, 

raw honey has been found to heal wounds and 

can be used on mild burns and sunburn. It’s a 

natural cough syrup, and can also treat cold sores, 

herpes and dandruff. 

And it’s not the only bee product with healing 

powers. Bee pollen, which bees make to feed their 

young, has equally impressive credentials. With 

a protein content of around 40 per cent, a single 

teaspoon takes a bee a whole month to gather. 

Containing nearly all the nutrients we require, 

bee pollen has been used to speed recovery from 

chronic illness, reduce cravings, stabilise weight, 

improve digestion and fight infection. Most commonly, 

though, it is an effective hayfever remedy 

— although it must be made locally and taken for 

at least six weeks before the season begins. 

Propolis is a waxy resin manufactured by bees 

from leaf buds and used to disinfect the hive, 

repair cracks, and even to embalm intruders. It is 

the most powerful natural antioxidant known, and 

is also antimicrobial, analgesic, anaesthetic and 

anti-inflammatory. Used for thousands of years, it 

can help prevent dental plaque, heal tumours and 

ulcers and soothe sore throats. 

Royal Jelly is another well-known bee product. 

All bee larvae are given some, but only one is fed 

exclusively on it, becoming queen and going on 

to live four times longer than the others, laying 

up to a million eggs. 

Containing a wealth of vitamins, minerals, amino 

acids and enzymes, it has anti-bacterial and 

anti-fungal properties, and, perhaps because of its 

association with the queen bee, is often taken to 

boost fertility. It is also the only food known to 

contain 10-HDA, a fatty acid associated with enhanced 

learning abilities and improved memory. 

Finally, for those feeling brave, there is a sting in 

our tale. As the name suggests, bee venom therapy 

involves being repeatedly stung, and has been 

used to treat MS, Lyme disease, and arthritis. The 

venom entering the body increases red blood cell 

levels, and delivers an anti-inflammatory, which 

stimulates the immune system, relieving pain and 

promoting healing. 

Anita Hall 

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WILDLIFE 

Moth trapping 

The light of my life 

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they 

tire of the fleeting distractions and amusements that 

our modern society has to offer. That day came to 

me at the age of five. So I became a naturalist and 

discovered an alternative universe of endless fascination 

and wonder. While my peers sat indoors with 

their Action Men and Ataris I’d be found on some 

desolate, windswept estuary scanning the mudflats 

with my binoculars. But, brothers and sisters, I have 

a confession: I fell into a life of sin. My humble local 

ramblings turned into an obsession and soon I was 

travelling all over Britain just to get my fix of rarer 

and rarer species. But then… I saw the light. 

My first encounter with a moth trap was a religious 

revelation. I remember flicking the power switch 

and standing bathed in that blinding mercury 

vapour glow, baptised by the bulb, as moths swirled 

like cherubs around me. Next morning I raced down 

to the trap at 5am, as excited as a child on Christmas 

Day, and opened my box of surprises. Pink 

elephants, carpets, brocades, tigers and emeralds. 

A fantastic wealth of wildlife. I was immediately 

converted. A strange new world was revealed every 

evening right there in my own back garden. It’s a 

thrill which has never left me. 

We all know that moths are attracted to light. We’ve 

all seen them battering against the bedroom window 

or flying laps around a lightbulb. Yet we don’t know 

why they do this – there are many theories. It bugs 

me but if the moths ever start talking it’s going to be 

the first thing I ask them. This attraction can be exploited 

by naturalists to allow them to study moths. 

Moth traps have many designs (but they’re basically 

a bulb, funnel and bucket) and are packed with egg 

boxes offering a cosy one night’s accommodation 

for the moths which can be identified, recorded and 

released unharmed the following day. 

For a whole year my neighbours assumed my 

nocturnal light signals were attempting to call occupants 

of interplanetary craft (and they seemed to 

find the fact that I was trapping moths even more 

eccentric). I’ve travelled with my trap all across Sussex 

lighting up our remote coombes and woodlands 

like Las Vegas (which sometimes also attracts passing 

ravers in search of a wild night out). 

I’m never happier than when I’m stood in front of 

the lights, cables and buttons of my moth trap like 

Tom Baker at the control panel of his Tardis. Every 

night I’m transported to another time and place. So 

if you want to see a middle-aged man get overexcited 

I’ll be firing up my mercury bulb for a moth 

trapping evening at St John sub Castro Churchyard 

at 8.30pm on 14th July. Michael Blencowe, Sussex 

Wildlife Trust, illustration by Mark Greco 

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COLUMN 

Walkies 

#5 Rodmell & Breaky Bottom 

It’s mid-June and the colour palette in the countryside 

around Rodmell has been turned up to maximum 

volume. There’s barely a cloud in an electric 

blue sky, the trees and the grass have turned Robin 

Hood green in their midsummer glory, and the 

hedgerows are popping with elderflowers. When a 

light breeze blows over the Downs, the wheat fields 

look like rippling silk. 

There’s also a hint of romance in the air. Todd, the 

handsome Bordoodle belonging to friends, who my 

wife, Sarah, and I often take for a walk, has been 

joined by Daisy and Ruby, two high-energy spaniels 

belonging to yet more dog-owning friends. 

As we head off up the hill towards the Downs along 

the small road opposite the Abergavenny pub, Cordelia, 

Sarah’s niece, is in danger of having her arm 

pulled out of its socket by two year-old Ruby, the 

youngest of our canine escorts. Todd, meanwhile, 

has decided to play the mature elder statesman. 

When we reach the top and meet the South Downs 

Way, we plunge into the brave new world that opens 

up in front of us. We are soon snugly ensconced in 

one of the many folds of the Downs which remain 

largely deserted even in the height of summer. “Bottoms!?” 

giggles Cordelia mischievously, when I tell 

her the technical term for this hidden topography. 

Our route takes us up onto Highdole Hill and back 

down again along the edge of the six acres of vineyards 

cultivated so successfully by Peter Hall since 

1974. It was back then that he had his Eureka! moment 

and realised how similar the soil and climate 

here are to the Champagne and Loire valley regions 

in France. After producing a series of elegant white 

wines, he has now turned exclusively to méthode 

champenoise, high quality sparkling bruts, which 

have become the stuff of local legend. 

By now we are making the final push up Mill Hill 

from the south on the way back to Rodmell. To 

listen to Cordelia, you would have thought it was 

the North Face of the Eiger. But then, she is only six 

and I’m not sure I’d made it out of the back garden 

at that age. 

“Do you know the name of the vineyard we’ve 

just passed?” I say jauntily, trying to take her mind 

off the pain. “It’s called Breaky Bottom.” Cordelia 

puts her hands on her hips and looks at me sternly. 

“More like Never-Ending Stinky Bottom,” she huffs 

grumpily. “I suppose it could catch on,” I nod sagely. 

Richard Madden 

Map: OS Explorer: OL25. Distance: 3 miles. Terrain: 

They call them Downs, but they’re mostly Ups. 

Directions: Take the road opposite the pub to the 

top of Mill Hill, down into the valley and up Highdole 

Hill. Turn right where the next footpath meets 

and then right again, down around Breaky Bottom 

vineyard and back to the top of Mill Hill. Head back 

down to the pub. Start/End/watering hole: Abergavenny 

Arms. 

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TRADE SECRETS 

Helen Marsh 

Director, Middle Farm 


I’m from many generations of farmers, on both 

sides of my family, but out of 18 cousins, I’m the 

only one still left in the business. It’s hard to farm 

in this country. That having been said, it is a privilege 

to live and work here; look at all the space we 

have around us! 

My parents came here in 1960, as tenants of 

Firle Estate. The land’s not great here because the 

rainfall on the Downs seems to drain onto Middle 

Farm! So my mother started a shop selling eggs 

from the farm, as well as homemade jams, preserves, 

cakes etc. Mum and Dad taught themselves 

butchery from a Reader’s Digest ‘Cookery Year’. 

We think it might have been the first farm shop in 

the country. 

We’ve never had large amounts of money for 

development, so every change round here 

has been incremental. The milking parlour, the 

butcher’s shop, the tea room, the cider shop, the 

open farm. Every bit depends on all the others, 

like parts of a jigsaw. My passion is the plant sales 

area. If I wasn’t a farmer and shopkeeper, I’d love 

to run a nursery. Oh, and we’re just trialling our 

new ice-cream bike: that’s very exciting. 

My husband Rod and I wake up at about six 

in the morning, not too early. We’ll sometimes 

have a director’s meeting before we get up, deciding 

on the day’s priorities. We have to hit the 

ground running, there’s so much to achieve in the 

day. We’ll be back in bed by 9pm, exhausted… 

The earliest riser on the farm is William, 

who milks our 110 Jersey cows. He gets up at 

4.30am. Some of the milk goes into our delicious 

ice-cream. 

I wouldn’t do this if we weren’t a real farm. 

The farm is 625 acres, and 620 of that is still a 

working farm. But we only get about 10% of our 

income from agriculture. The rest is from the 

other enterprises. Mind you, we wouldn’t be able 

to do what we’re doing if we weren’t next to a 

main A27 road. 

We champion locally produced food and drink, 

and have endeavoured, over the decades, to build 

good personal relationships with small producers. 

The price we all pay to supermarkets for food 

and drink does not reflect the true price, either 

of production, or of the often disastrous environmental 

consequences of intensive food production 

to reduce price to the consumer. Someone, or 

something, is always exploited… 

It’s very rewarding when customers and visitors 

praise what we do; it makes all the hard 

work worthwhile. 

Of the 55 people who work here 25 are fulltime 

and nine live on the farm. It’s a real community 

and it’s nice to know everyone’s near in case of 

an emergency. The least hard-working member of 

the team is Bob, our dog. He’s not a working dog: 

he’s a family dog... 

As told to Alex Leith 

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WE TRY... 

Photos by Guy McQueen (left) and Alex Leith 

Cricket Nets 

The batsman’s Leith, the bowler’s BOLA 

So I slope the ball in, at about 60mph, and it 

bounces just outside off stump, and angles in. Imran 

Khan, who’s thwacked everything else I’ve sent at 

him straight past me, scoops at it rather, and hits it 

in the air, straight to silly mid-off… 

Unfortunately it isn’t THE Imran Khan, it’s his 

compatriot namesake, who joined Lewes Priory CC 

as overseas pro in 2008. We’re in the club’s brandnew 

£30,000 nets at the Stanley Turner Ground, so 

there is no fielder to make the catch. And, while it is 

me who’s responsible for sending the ball down to 

Priory’s opening bat, I’ve been given a good deal of 

help by BOLA, the club’s new bowling machine. 

And it’s a splendid machine, spaceship-shaped, and 

perched so high on three spindly legs that you have 

to climb up a little step ladder to operate it. Inside 

its body, visible through the little hole you drop the 

ball in, are two rubber wheels which can be adjusted 

to change its direction and speed. It can’t spin the 

ball, but it can swing it, and can hurl it down as fast 

as 99mph. Pow! 

On Thursdays (at 6pm) Priory are offering free 

practice sessions for anyone who wants to turn up, 

so as well as getting a go on BOLA, I’m here to get 

some batting tips from Imran. I get padded up (for 

the first time in about 25 years), slip on a box, don 

a helmet, visor and all, pick up a bat and head down 

to the wicket to face BOLA, operated by a fellow 

called Harry. 

The first ball whizzes past my flailing bat, and 

Imran, looking rather worried, approaches me. I 

never made the first team at school, I just made 

the first team laugh. And batting was never my 

strong point; I eventually became reserve wicket 

keeper, and scorer, for the Seconds. He has a 

whole list of instructions. “Loosen your batting 

arm,” he says. “Your head is at the wrong angle. 

Look straighter down your shoulder. Lift the bat 

in the air before the ball comes to you. And don’t 

follow through so much.” 

After every two or three balls he gives me pretty 

much the same information again, but it must be 

sinking in, because soon I start connecting with 

the ball, albeit usually off the edge of the bat. I ask 

Harry how fast he’s set the machine, and am rather 

upset to find that it’s down as low as 40mph, which 

is about the speed Joe Root lobs down his spin for 

England and Yorkshire. 

No matter, Imran’s tips are starting to bear fruit. 

On my penultimate ball, I watch it bounce, put 

a straight bat down to it, connect with it right in 

the meat, and send it straight down the pitch, past 

BOLA and Harry. “I’ve got it now,” I think, and 

then get straight bowled. Damn. 

Alex Leith 

Lewes Priory Cricket Club are grateful to sponsors 

Veolia for helping to fund their new nets. 

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Sam Roberts 

Lewes Skate Park 

I moved to Lewes from 

Brighton four years ago, 

and as a skater I was horrified 

to find the terrible 

state the skate park on 

Malling Rec was in. It was 

dangerous, and outdated. 

I decided to get in touch 

with the local council to 

see if something could be 

done about it. 

These things take time, 

and I learnt a lot about 

the planning process! 

We needed to raise around 

£200,000 and we did it 

by getting funding from 

the District Council, and 

Veolia, and various other 

building developers who 

needed to invest money 

in a community project 

in order to get planning 

permission - what’s 

known as a Section 106. 

Chris Bibb from the 

LDC was enormously 

helpful. 

We put together a user 

group of local skaters 

who were interested in 

having a say in the development. 

We did a lot 

of sketches of obstacles, 

and put them out as part 

of a tender brief. The 

park companies came 

back with three different 

skate park designs, 

which we put out to 

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MY SPACE 

public consultation. The winning design 

was from Wheelscape from Bristol. We 

worked very hard with Wheelscape to 

come up with something unique. The 

results, I believe, are spectacular. 

There are plenty of features, including 

a volcano, a doorway and a DIY-esque 

spine. There’s a back wall feature that was 

inspired by a DIY skate park in Sweden. 

There’s a Harvey’s beer barrel embedded 

in one of the walls. There are other little 

nods to Lewes town, too. There’s a wall 

inspired by mathematical tiles; the tile 

finishing and colours make it reminiscent 

of Pells Pool; there’s an ammonite feature 

like Brian the Snail. 

I reckon it’s one of the best parks 

for miles around. Most parks are very 

forward-backward, so if you hit something 

wrong, you have to start all over 

again. Here if you hit something wrong, 

you’ll end up hitting something else – it’s 

extremely ‘flowy’. 

A lot of old local skaters have come 

out of the woodwork since it was 

completed, reenergising the skate scene, 

and we’ve had visitors from miles around. 

There was a minibus full of guys from 

Bournemouth the other day, and there’ll 

be plenty more in the future. A new park 

this original gets talked about all over the 

country – and people will travel to use it. 

We’re not finished yet - we’ve got 

a wish list of extra features. Floodlights 

would be a nice addition; a water 

fountain would be good; I’d like to build 

a barbecue in the shape of a quarter pipe 

for summer evening feasts. 

My day job is as a graphic designer; I 

work for the Sussex Wildlife Trust. It’s 

great to be able to come somewhere like 

this for a skate after work. It’s been well 

worth all the hassle - I’m stoked, to be 

honest. As told to Alex Leith 

Photos by Alex Leith 

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Despite Henty’s hollyhocks heading heavenward to 

achieve new heights this summer and my deadheading 

activity causing a stir in Southover, it is true 

to say that I am no latterday Monty Don. 

I have been to the Chelsea Flower Show on two occasions. 

Once as a quasi-representative of the Eden 

Project in the early days of the Cornish attraction 

and secondly, as a reporter for hospital radio. 

In one remarkable day, I interviewed Sir Harry 

Secombe, Cilla Black, Jimmy Greaves, Penelope 

Keith and, bizarrely, weatherman Michael Fish. 

Keen amateur gardeners all, and happy to share 

their enthusiasm. Sir Harry joked about not having 

green fingers, unlike his wife, Myra. 

Of course, in Lewes we are blessed with some 

delightful public and private gardens. On a journey 

by rail into Brighton recently, I checked out 

the stunning floral display along a good length of 

Platform 3 opposite. 

This has been created in the past four years by 

a couple of determined women who live in the 

town but do not have gardens of their own, Jane 

and Mary (also see pg 11). Jane, who you can 

see in my picture, told me that when Mary approached 

the people in charge of the railway station 

in June 2013, the area they have transformed 

was over grown and in a very poor state. 

Today, with contributions from small businesses 

and local individuals offering seedlings and 

cuttings, the herbaceous borders are a delight. 

“Some people have even been known to miss 

their train admiring the plants,” Jane told me. 

I’m not surprised. They are a joy and certainly 

the whole area around the station is beginning 

to come alive – especially with the Depot cinema 

having opened at the end of May. 

Like so many people, I visited the new complex 

on the opening weekend and had one of my brief 

encounters with cheery bar manager, Nicola, who 

told me she lives in Denton. She recommended 

that I should watch the free film in the studio 

telling the fascinating story of cinema in Lewes. 

I did and how I wish I could have met usherette, 

Queenie Page, who was known to regulars at the 

De Luxe cinema on School Hill. According to 

Ruth Thomson’s new book Screen Stories – Lewes 

Goes to the Pictures (£8.99), Queenie was nicknamed 

‘Flit-gun Lil’. 

‘She wore a uniform and a pill box hat. Her left 

leg was shorter than her right, so she had a four 

inch elevated boot. She was very fast and nimble 

nevertheless’. I like the sound of Queenie and she 

probably needed to move fast in her battle with 

marauding kids and those troublesome fleas. 

Finally, on the theme of getting out and about. 

An early warning to girlfriends and wives of 

Seagull fans about to experience the ‘joy’ of 

Premiership games away in Manchester, Liverpool 

and South Norwood. Don’t expect much 

tourist information on their return! “How was 

Norwich?” the innocent question, last season. 

“Decent pies but the referee was crap!” came the 

answer. Hardly mind broadening. 

John Henty 

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It went up, then, before 

you could say ‘oldest pub in 

Lewes’ it went down again. 

Did anyone else notice the 

scaffolding on the Crown 

Inn, by the War Memorial, 

raised over a weekend in 

May? Nothing seemed to 

happen underneath it, but 

it got everybody talking. 

It’s only a rumour at the 

moment but we’ve heard 

the pub has gone for a good 

price to a pubco, starting 

with ‘W’. 

Just down the road, Bon 

Ami, a shop which always 

proved difficult to pigeonhole, 

has closed down but 

is being replaced by Goods, 

a homeware store. We called 

round during their refurb, but 

no-one was home, though there 

were some rather nice ceramic 

pots already on the shelf, and a 

subtle street sign was protruding 

from the wall. 

For those who used to enjoy 

sitting on the seats outside 

Waterstones, sipping coffee, 

never fear. The tables and chairs 

might have gone, but they 

shouldn’t be gone long: it’s a licensing issue, apparently, 

which should be sorted soon. 

Over the road we noticed a colourful space 

upstairs in the Riverside, between TashTori 

and the café, which is being offered as a for-hire 

pop-up space. £15 for four hours, £25 for the 

day, ring 01273 473577/470705. 

And round next to the Library, some awning has 

gone up with an architectural render of the new 

development of 25 homes (in 15 houses) called 

‘Styles Field’. Oakley are handling the sales. 

Charity corner now, and we 

bumped into Sarah Clowes, 

as we were going to press, 

who gave us a leaflet about 

St Peter & St James’ latest 

fundraising initiative… a 

lottery! There’s a £2,000 

prize up for grabs every 

week, as well as a rollover 

prize that can get as high 

as £25,000. And all for £1 

a week. 

In this space last month we 

suggested that Back Yard 

Café were to open Lewes’ 

first roastery. Two readers 

have written in to point 

out there have been at least 

two before: Flint at the top 

of St Nicholas Lane, and another 

on School Hill, where Tizz’s 

now trades. 

Last but one, we’re proud to be 

one of the judges of the fourth 

edition of the Lewes District 

Business Awards. Our category, 

Culture, Leisure and Tourism, 

received an unprecedented 11 

entries, which, after much research, 

discussion, and consultation 

with other judges, we whittled 

down to four finalists: (in 

alphabetical order) Bluebell Railway, Ditchling 

Museum, Newhaven Fort and Pells Pool. The 

winner of this and the other 13 awards will be 

announced at a grand black tie event in the Town 

Hall on July 13th. For the full list of finalists see 

lewesdistrictbusinessawards.co.uk. 

And finally… Grace Gasson, who formerly 

worked for Cooper & Son, by the War Memorial, 

is setting up her own funeral director service, 

simply named Grace. Got any business news? 

Send it in to us at alex@vivamagazines.com 

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INSIDE LEFT 

A BIGGER SPLASH 

It’s summer 1932, and the Brighton Boys’ Brigade are enjoying a dip in Glynde Swimming Pool while on 

their annual camping expedition in a field near the village. The week-long camp had become a regular 

fixture in the BBB calendar, having been run since 1919. The Boys made quite a splash every year: the 

villagers used to turn out to see them arrive en masse at the train station, and march, accompanied by 

their band, to their camp field. 

Perhaps one of the lads in the water is Ernest Albert Smith, member of the 26th Boys’ Brigade Brighton, 

based in Queen’s Road Presbyterian Church. ‘We were a very poor family,’ he later wrote, of his visit to 

Glynde that summer. ‘As my mother was unable to work and father suffered from an incurable disease, 

finances were at rock bottom. Mr Charles Hitchings, who was my Company Officer, visited my mother 

and agreed to pay for me to go to Glynde Camp for a week.’ ‘Chas’ Hitchings was a CO at the BBB for 

many years; he is also on record as playing many times for the BBB Officers in their annual cricket match 

against Glynde’s First XI. 

We love the variety of swimming togs (some of them look woollen), the way some of the chaps are wearing 

raincoats as bathing gowns, and the manner in which the leather ball appears to be stuck to the head 

of the chap in the bottom left of the picture. The Brighton Boys’ Brigade still hold their annual camp in 

Glynde, and still get access to the pool while they’re there. 

The pool was built in 1902 on the orders of Thomas Seymour Brand, owner of Glynde Place. Originally 

the water used was the cooling water from Glynde Dairy, en route to Glynde Reach. It has had its ups 

and downs – a major fundraising drive in the 70s saved it from closure, and another refurbishment took 

place in 2005. In 2011 the filter system was completely replaced. The pool is open to residents of Glynde, 

Beddingham and Firle, and their guests, but there are a couple of opportunities to try it out this summer. 

Love Supreme revellers can enjoy a ‘Secret Swim’ on July 2nd and 3rd; everyone else will have to wait 

until the 5th of August, when the 149th edition of the Glynde & Beddingham Flower Show and Fete 

takes place (12-5pm), and the pool is open to visitors for a 50p charge. AL 

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