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Yashar Bish

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Yahar Bish sell quality imported rugs from all over Asia. Family run, a perfect place to browse or kit your house out.

5 alternative things to do in New York

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

An alternative guide to New York, listing some of the hippest bars, some unusual days out and some of the more underground stuff to do that doesn’t involve climbing the Empire State.

Explanation of temporary absence

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Just a quick note to let any regular readers know that we’ve been snowed under with other work and commitments for the past 4 weeks hence the lack of reviews and updates. We have seen the excellent Spiritualized and My Bloody Valentine in this time, and hoped to review them, but time was against us.
In [...]

5 reasons to buy Nicaraguan coffee in Brighton

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Cafe Nica’s Nicaraguan coffee tastes great and gets the producers a good price. We tell you why its so good, and how to buy it.

Brighton Pride 2007 review

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Whilst its lots of fun, there is a serious side to pride, Brighton’s premier gay festival, and its one I experienced first hand this year.

Sirens at The Candy Bar Brighton

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

Last Sunday I accidentally ended up going to Lesbian topspot The Candy Bar to watch girls pole dance for other girls. Was I made to feel welcome? Or did I end up looking like a misplaced pervert…

The Manicolo Eurovision Party Brighton 2007

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Local Brighton eccentric Daniel Manicolo hosts a little publicised annual Eurovision party and last week was his 2007 entry. Read my review of the chaos right here!

Cirque Surreal review

Friday, May 11th, 2007

Cirque Surreal is a new circus from the same people who operate the Chinese State Circus and the Moscow State Circus and is currently in Preston Park, Brighton for the month of May. I was able to get hold of some guest tickets and went along last week to see what all the fuss [...]

Babelspeak review

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Last Wednesday I was invited to see a preview performance of the Brighton Fringe Festival play Babelspeak. The play was written and performed by students on Northbrook College’s degree course in Performance and Production and was a modern day retelling of the biblical story The Tower of Babel.
On the whole the play was [...]