Viva Lewes Issue #150 March 2019
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150<br />
VIVALEWES<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
‘Make do and Mend’ is the phrase we held in mind as we put together this –<br />
<strong>Viva</strong> <strong>Lewes</strong>’s 150th – issue. It proved a rich seam. The main thing that emerged,<br />
for me, is the importance of commitment. Of real care. To make things better. So,<br />
Michael Ryan of Furniture Now explains how the charity has been transforming lives<br />
for the last quarter century – and how, to him, dignity is central.<br />
There are, of course, other things that need fixing. Plastic waste awareness is top<br />
of the agenda at the Railway Land Wildlife Trust, who suggest a three-pronged<br />
approach to environmental damage. Meanwhile, actor, theatre designer and weddingdress<br />
repairer Nicky Blackwell is already engaged in trying to meet one of these, by<br />
making her own Nevill home plastic-free.<br />
“It’s about effort”, is the view of W.F. Bruce – Bill – who spends his days immersed in<br />
one of the most extraordinary dens of care in <strong>Lewes</strong>: the antique-clock restorers in<br />
North Street. “We should look after and cherish things that people have made with<br />
care”, he says.<br />
Care goes for art too, of course. This month’s cover was painted by fine artist Lewis<br />
Chamberlain who explains how he’s stuck to his palette, and pursued certain themes,<br />
since the 1980s. While therapist Mark Vahrmeyer, who operates in <strong>Lewes</strong> out of The<br />
Barn, explains how psychotherapy “works to repair attachment damage”, and help<br />
people learn, perhaps for the first time, “how to hold on to new relationships”.<br />
This issue is devoted to people who care.<br />
THE TEAM<br />
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EDITOR: Charlotte Gann charlotte@vivamagazines.com<br />
SUB-EDITOR: David Jarman<br />
PRODUCTION EDITOR: Joe Fuller joe@vivamagazines.com<br />
ART DIRECTOR: Katie Moorman katie@vivamagazines.com<br />
ADVERTISING: Sarah Hunnisett, Amanda Meynell advertising@vivamagazines.com<br />
EDITORIAL / ADMIN ASSISTANT / HAND MODEL: Kelly Mechen admin@vivamagazines.com<br />
DISTRIBUTION: David Pardue distribution@vivamagazines.com<br />
CONTRIBUTORS: Jacky Adams, Michael Blencowe, Sarah Boughton, Mark Bridge, Lewis Chamberlain,<br />
Daniel Etherington, Mark Greco, Anita Hall, John Henty, Robin Houghton, Jo Jackson, Chloë King, Dexter Lee,<br />
Alex Leith, Lizzie Lower, Carlotta Luke, Nione Meakin, Anna Morgan and Galia Pike<br />
PUBLISHER: Becky Ramsden becky@vivamagazines.com<br />
<strong>Viva</strong> <strong>Lewes</strong> is based at <strong>Lewes</strong> House, 32 High St, <strong>Lewes</strong>, BN7 2LX, all enquiries 01273 488882
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