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SCIP Digital Inclusion Event at Labour Conference

SCIP Digital Inclusion Event at Labour Conference

Sometimes the mark of a good meeting or debate is that you emerge with more uncertainty than when you arrived. SCIP Digital Inclusion event hosted by NixonMcInnes and WiredSussex last evening on the Labour Conference fringe certainly left me with more questions than answers. There was a clear ... Read more »
The Great Escape Festival 2009, Brighton. Day 1.

The Great Escape Festival 2009, Brighton. Day 1.

The Great Escape is an annual music festival held in Brighton. It’s not really like a festival (in the sense of Glastonbury) because it’s not communal: we all go elsewhere to shit, shower and shag*. The City doesn’t really notice The Great Escape is happening. I think of it as an un-festival. ... Read more »
Estate Agents: hope springs eternal.

Estate Agents: hope springs eternal.

Do you remember the hyperbole that estate agents used to pop through the door? Times have changed. This amused. Translate as: "People keep saying the housing market has collapsed. It's not true, we've actually sold a flat on your ... Read more »
iPod Accessory for the Ladies

iPod Accessory for the Ladies

I spotted this in a Brighton gig guide. It's an intersting little iPod accessory. Just plug it in and, well, just plug it in. It's all reasonably ... Read more »
Southern Railway Passenger Playlist

Southern Railway Passenger Playlist

Southern Railways usually do a pretty good job of running trains to and from London and Brighton. But the past few weeks have been horrendous. I'll forgive snow disruption reluctantly (although not the website being down due to demand as people were desperate to get info) but signal failures, ... Read more »
Brighton Scenes #3

Brighton Scenes #3

Waitrose on Western Road. The checkout lady asks me if I'll need some bags. I ask for two. The woman in the queue behind me, the sort of forty-something social worker type who puts the 'right on' into Brighton tuts. She then chides me for not bringing reusable bags: 'we all need to make small ... Read more »