Viva Brighton Issue #62 April 2018

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BITS AND BARS ............................... Painting by Jay Collins PUB: THE WEST HILL In the James Gray collection of photos there is only one of the ‘Belle Vue Inn and Tavern’, taken in 1872, 20 years after the purpose-built pub on Buckingham Place, just up from the station, first opened its doors. But there are plenty more taken from outside the pub, and for good reason. The photo shows the words ‘The Finest View in <strong>Brighton</strong>’ emblazoned on the pub’s façade: ‘belle vue’, of course, is French for ‘beautiful view’. In the noughties, the pub was given a new name ‘The West Hill Tavern’ (after the name of the hill it sits on) after one of many changes of hands: it seems to have gone through more transmogrifications in recent years – as one online critic has noted – than Dr Who. Now there is a different message on the front, aiming to draw you into the building, rather that look out from it: ‘Local ales... Home Cooked Food.’ Many will remember the pub for its licensing hours; as it has traditionally been a live music bar it used to be one of the places to go after you were kicked out of all the others. Others remember it for its bar billiards table: a fine game where the holes are in the middle of the slate and you knock the black peg down at your peril. Sadly that game is long gone, but there are plenty more reasons to visit the pub’s latest reincarnation. The new owners – at the helm since <strong>April</strong> 2017 - are husbandand-wife team Ben and Heather Pistor; Heather used to be the creative director of the bar and events company Mothership Group, so she knows what she’s doing. Every day, in fact, there seems to be a different reason to visit, whether that’s a quiz night, piano bingo, DJs, Fipsaw (French radio and jigsaws), jazz, live bands, and, strangely enough, a meat raffle. The night I pay my latest visit is a Tuesday, which means it’s open mic night. I haven’t been for a few years, and my first impression is that it’s much less tatty than it used to be. It’s warm, and cosy, and there’s only one table free, at which I gratefully park myself, waiting for my companion with a pint of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. When she comes we each order one of the 13 gin-and-tonic variations on offer – mine’s a ‘Saffron’, very dry, very French - and a burger from their imaginative menu. I go for a ‘Westie’ with Sussex cheddar, which turns out to be plump and succulent, and comes with chips and slaw. And live music, of course: first up, an angsty Spanish man with a jangly guitar... Alex Leith thewesthilltavern.com ....27....
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Page 9 and 10: CONTENTS ..........................
Page 11 and 12: Photo © Penelope Fewster HOUSE GAR
Page 13 and 14: FILTHY MEDIA ......................
Page 15 and 16: BITS AND BUSES ....................
Page 17 and 18: JOE DECIE .........................
Page 19 and 20: CURATOR’S CHOICE ................
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Page 24 and 25: ADVERTORIAL Harney & Wells SPECIALI
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Page 30 and 31: Photo by Adam Bronkhorst, adambronk
Page 32 and 33: LIFE’S A RIDE, DISCOVER BRIGHTON
Page 34 and 35: PHOTOGRAPHY .......................
Page 40 and 41: Poetry Competition ‘People usuall
Page 42 and 43: 吀爀愀渀猀昀漀爀洀
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Page 46 and 47: Independent 3 screen cinema Restaur
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Page 50 and 51: Image by Katarzyna Perlak and Jack
Page 52 and 53: L-R: Georgia, Maya and Sergio THEAT
Page 54 and 55: MUSIC .......................... Ge
Page 56 and 57: ART ........................ Gilber
Page 58 and 59: Photographic & Giclée Printing Onl
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Page 68 and 69: Peter Rabbit goes wild Enjoy garde
Page 70 and 71: THE WAY WE WORK Rob Maile, Rottingd
Page 72 and 73: THE WAY WE WORK Alison Moon, Jubile
Page 74 and 75: CNM Training Successful Practitione
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P I C K U P A V I V A L E W E S C O
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FOOD .................... Patty and
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MY SPACE ..........................
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DISCOVER EXPAND EMPOWER Viva Bright
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LOWDOWN ON... .....................
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INTERVIEW .........................
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Illustration by Michael Blencowe WI
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BRICKS AND MORTAR .................
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