Viva Brighton Issue #65 July 2018

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Illustration by Mark Greco WILDLIFE ........................................... Stinging Nettles Ouch! In the shadows under the oak trees my enemy awaits. There are hundreds of them, huddled together in a silent, ferocious mob. With its drab green leaves and insignificant flowers the stinging nettle is a joyless plant, infamous only for its ability to inflict pain. I can almost hear these nettles straining at their roots, desperately trying to reach me because I am in possession of something they crave: a pair of bare legs. When I started writing this article I realised that I hadn’t been stung by a stinging nettle for so long that I had forgotten what it felt like. So, dear reader, just for you I am wading into a nettle patch in a pair of shorts. And now I remember. It hurts like hell. As my legs brush the underside of the nettles’ leaves I break the fragile tips off hundreds of hollow hairs and I’m injected with histamine, serotonin and acetylcholine (with a splash of formic acid). This volatile cocktail acts like napalm on my knees – my skin itches and blisters and that familiar fiery, tingling pain sears up my spinal cord. The plant does not inflict this agony as some sadistic vendetta against schoolchildren and <strong>Viva</strong> writers. Its hairy, hurtful suit of armour is a defence mechanism against hungry herbivores. Despite our hatred for the nettle we have found many uses for it over the centuries as cloth, medicine and food. Seventeenth-century Sussex herbalist Nicholas Culpeper claimed nettles - which “may be found by feeling in the darkest night” - cured everything from nosebleeds to leprosy. Celebrity chefs extol the virtues of vitamin-packed nettle soups, risottos and spanakopita. And the caterpillars of our most impressive butterflies enjoy munching on nettles too. Red admirals, peacocks, commas and small tortoiseshells all depend on them. Halfway through the nettle patch all this is offering me little comfort. Yet if I focus my mind I can rise above it and the waves of pain can start to feel invigorating, even… pleasurable. But just before I consider booking myself into some S&M dungeon in darkest Hove I crack and start frantically searching for a cure. Rubbing mashed dock leaves on my legs has soothed my stings since I was a schoolboy so I was surprised to read that it’s all a ruse. Scientists claim dock leaves are simply a placebo – and the searching and rubbing is just a distraction that numbs the pain. Beyond the nettle patch I stumble across an amazing glade of orchids, vibrant and stunning in the sunshine. In an instant the stinging stops. Maybe it was all in my mind after all. Even when we are in our darkest night we need to keep pushing through the painful patches. There’s something surprising and soothing awaiting us on the other side. Michael Blencowe, Senior Learning & Engagement Officer, Sussex Wildlife Trust ....97....
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VIVA B R I G H T O N THE TEAM .....
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CONTENTS ..........................
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THIS MONTH’S COVER ARTIST .......
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BITS AND BUSES ....................
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CURATOR’S CITY ..................
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St. Johns is a school and college f
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ADVERTORIAL Harney & Wells SPECIALI
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BITS AND BOBS .....................
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ADVERTORIAL The easy way your Brigh
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BRIGHTON PHOTOGRAPHY You won’t fi
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Photo by Adam Bronkhorst, adambronk
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'Fantastic place, full of beautiful
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PHOTOGRAPHY .......................
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THE BIG PLANT SHOP Big Plants, Big
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PHOTOGRAPHY .......................
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SPECIMEN PLANTS, TREE FERNS, OLIVES
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Where could Masters study take you?
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Visit Brighton or Crowborough • B
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the sussex ox milton st Nr. polegat
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MUSIC .............................
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AN IMPRESSIVE RIVERSIDE DEVELOPMENT
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Page 48 and 49: Lydia Leonard Gerald Kyd Jean St Cl
Page 50 and 51: COMMUNITY .........................
Page 52 and 53: Independent 3 screen cinema Restaur
Page 54 and 55: ART ...............................
Page 56 and 57: AT ALTITUDE AN ARTS COUNCIL COLLECT
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Page 60 and 61: New Paintings of Newhaven Recent wo
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Page 64 and 65: Contemporary British Painting and S
Page 66 and 67: DESIGN ............................
Page 68 and 69: BRIGHTON MAKER ....................
Page 70 and 71: BRING THE STADIUM TO YOUR HOME. PER
Page 72 and 73: THE WAY WE WORK Kate Scott, The Bri
Page 74 and 75: THE WAY WE WORK Jenny Hipkin, Hove
Page 76 and 77: STOP AT BUS STOP & LET US TAKE YOU
Page 78 and 79: RECIPE ............................
Page 80 and 81: 1 Hove Place, Hove, East Sussex BN3
Page 82 and 83: THE BLUEMAN RESTAURANT Open for Lun
Page 84 and 85: LOWDOWN ON... .....................
Page 86 and 87: CNM Training Successful Practitione
Page 88 and 89: MY SPACE ..........................
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Page 94 and 95: A wild weekend of workshops, hands-
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