Viva Brighton Issue #58 December 2017
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BITS AND BOGS<br />
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MAGAZINE OF THE MONTH: PLEASURE GARDEN<br />
Ah, the kith and kin issue. ‘Kith’<br />
comes from a German word<br />
meaning ‘known’; ‘Kin’ comes<br />
from another German word<br />
meaning ‘give birth to’; hence<br />
friends and family, often put<br />
together but not always equally<br />
rated. (In his recently published<br />
autobiography, Armistead Maupin<br />
talks about his logical family -<br />
his friends - and his biological<br />
family - the people who gave him<br />
life. Maupin’s always found himself much more<br />
comfortable with his logical family.)<br />
But it’s the time of the year when hopefully (and<br />
notwithstanding all our differences) for a few days<br />
most of us are lucky enough to surround ourselves<br />
with and enjoy the company of both kith and kin.<br />
What magazine can we recommend that might<br />
appeal to everyone over the holiday season?<br />
We’ve chosen to highlight Pleasure Garden this<br />
month. It feels special for a start. It’s a super large<br />
format and can’t be missed if you leave it around the<br />
house. It screams out ‘pick me up and look at me’. It<br />
deserves to be looked at.<br />
It’s primarily visual and uses the<br />
large format to great effect. You’ll<br />
find simply stunning images from<br />
the last fifty years at Copenhagen’s<br />
Tivoli Gardens; the work of<br />
ceramicist Bjorn Wiinblad; amazing<br />
photographs of winter flowers by<br />
Jo Metson Scott; photographs and<br />
poems of a Budapest winter; the natural<br />
and supernatural paintings of<br />
David Harrison, and so much more.<br />
There are plenty of words as well, including a wonderful<br />
piece about the gardens of Capability Brown<br />
and a marvelous conversation about Los Angeles’<br />
cult perfumery, Regime des Fleurs.<br />
It’s hard to describe just how much of a pleasure<br />
garden Pleasure Garden is. Let’s just say that at this<br />
time of the year, when the table groans with a richness<br />
of food and drink and we provide something<br />
that appeals to all our kith and kin, Pleasure Garden<br />
will simply add to the choice and won’t seem a page<br />
out of place. It’s deliciously beautiful.<br />
Martin Skelton, Magazine<strong>Brighton</strong><br />
TOILET GRAFFITO #35<br />
This month’s graffito isn’t technically in a toilet (more an al fresco pissoir), but we all need a friend who’s<br />
got our back. But where did we find this back-street Basquiat?<br />
Last month’s answer: Pavilion Gardens public toilets<br />
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