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MAJOR NEW WORKS ANNOUNCED FOR BRIGHTON FESTIVAL 2022

MARK STEEL GOES FRENCH • Brighton Komedia on Sun 23 Jan. London’s The Museum Of Comedy on Fri 28 Jan.

LLOYD CORPORATION COME TO BRIGHTON ACCA • Fri 28 Jan – Sat 2 April

KOMEDIA SHAKES UP WEEKEND COMEDY • EVERY FRI AND SAT, FROM FRI 21 JAN

DAME VERA LYNN: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE • Sat 8 Jan – Mon 18 April Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

INDEPENDENT VENUE WEEK HITS WORTHING • 2 Feb onwards

BRIGHTON COMMUNITY HELPS RAISE OVER £40,000 FOR LOCAL HOMELESSNESS CHARITY

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SCREEN AND FILM SCHOOL BRIGHTON

PENELOPE ISLES

TRIPTYCH CELEBRATES ITS FIFTH YEAR AT THE HOPE & RUIN

BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A BATCH OF CURATED SESSIONS! • Hand picked by the South Lanes crew, these carefully curated bands from Brighton and London perform their songs in the awesome South Lanes Studios. Uploaded to Youtube on the first Sunday of the month, here is the rundown of who you’ll be able to catch on the sessions released from February onward:

Sussex Underwater’s First Year - A Wave of Awareness • Sussex Underwater is run BY local people, FOR local people.

ABI RIGBY - STYLIST

JUST BOSH IT! BN1 CHATS WITH KERRY GODLIMAN

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS RETURNS TO THE STAGE

HEALTHY VEGAN RECIPES

CHINESE NEW YEAR: THE YEAR OF THE TIGER

BRIGHTON & HOVE • Culture Picks

LONDON • Culture Picks

LEWES AND EASTBOURNE • Culture Picks

HORSHAM, CRAWLEY, HAYWARDS HEATH • Culture Picks

SHOREHAM, WORTHING, CHICHESTER • Culture picks

PHOTOGRAPHY SPOTLIGHT Robb Banks

Make 2022 the year of you!

NEW YEAR NEW YOU • 2022 is here and many of us will be thinking about the new and exciting things we would like to add to our lives. Whether you’re already built like Arnie or have never put a pair of trainers on in your life, picking up a new sport or fitness regime is a great way to meet new people and get the blood pumping. So, rather than looking at the same old sterile gym chains, why not check out these independent fitness companies for a health kick with character.

VOICES OF OUR CITY SEA WITH SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE • My name is Stu Davies, and I am one of your RegionalRepresentativesfor SurfersAgainst Sewage, a marine conservation charity writing for ‘Voices of our City Sea Column’.

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FILM LIST 2022

LOCAL SPOTLIGHT • BN1 catches up with Caroline Murdock who lives in Lewes and has captured these lovely pictures on her early morning jogs.

A Hermit’s Guide to New Year’s Resolutions

NATURAL FIT

BRIGHTON FOR FREE! • January can be miserable enough, even worse if you overspent on Christmas presents and £5 cups of mulled wine. Luckily you live in Brighton, where there’s plenty of amazing things to do, all for free!

UNHOLY CHEAT DAY RECIPES

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LOCAL HEROES: LUCY PINTO AT THEBOX

QUICK CROSSWORD