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I’ve been using it hard for over a decade now and all sorts needed replacing around the new year. I got halfway through doing a proper job when lockdown kicked off and I made do with running instead. Finally got it finished a few weeks ago and it’s brilliant. Familiar but working perfectly now. (read more...)

Residents from Brighton and Hove have been patient. There have been several attempts to redevelop the King Alfred Leisure Centre in Hove over recent decades – without success. (read more...)

The MV Royal Daffodil (1939) was one of the "Little Ships". According to the list of participating vessels on Wikipedia, it evacuated a total of 7461 people over 5 crossings. (read more...)

When Dorothy returns to the Wizard of Oz, she discovers that everything she's been working for is a charade. There's no magic wizard, just a guy who knows how to pull a few levers to give the right impression.   (read more...)

The Circumlocution Office as imagined by Dickens in "Little Dorrit" is so enjoyed by many because the parody is rooted in reality. (read more...)

One of the thorniest issues facing the Little Ships idea is what to do when the 'owners' of the publicly owned land don't want to sell their land (to us or anyone). For years, I've kicked this problem around until the solution came to me in a WW2 film recently. (read more...)

Apart from the Y-chromosome and neck-tie, there's a few pairings: Charles and Boris are both public school educated, Ken and Peter (Peter Kyle, local MP) are both state school educated. Ken and Boris are both ex-London mayors, Charles and Peter are known for their advocacy of the environment. (read more...)

Two of your biggest recent residential schemes in the Coldean countryside and Sackville industrial estate tell me you might be lost. (read more...)

PR said not to blog too much. (Twice a year OK, Jo? :-)   So, we think an entire blog post dedicated to administration. is what you all need. Summary of what's been happening in 2019 so far:

It took a mighty 5 months to get the CIC formed. Long and boring story. (read more...)

A lawyer friend of mine pulled me up the other day during a discussion about public land being under utilised (. . . he was yawning now I come to think about it. . . ). I said that "The Great British Public" want their land to be used properly. (read more...)