Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
THE UNDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Mrs. May has ordered that members of the cabinet remain locked in the headmistress’s office at Chequers until a ‘solution’ to the insoluble question of the Dog’s Brexit has been reached. This has allegedly produced, thanks to…
Our Man in Moscow
John Cole and Simone Witney Many of us know John Cole’s iconic photos of Hastings fishermen, a product of his close relationship with them, but his sympathies are international. This no doubt comes in part from the two years he…
Sausage Life
The column which thinks that tired, worn-out cliché is the elephant in the room READER: Football’s coming home! And on top of a glorious heatwave to boot! MYSELF: I assume you’re referring to plucky little England’s first ever penalty shoot-out…
Let’s All Keep Bees to Win the “War on Drugs”
Gareth Stevens If you are like me, you have probably noticed an indisputable correlation between a downturn in your mental wellbeing and incessantly cruising the internet and repeatedly checking your social networking apps. Come on - hands up if you…
Learning to Change the World – Learning to Think
The common link between my time working at a hotel that subsequently burned down, interviewing Basil Brush and spending ten weeks walking backwards around Sussex with a stop-go lollipop and a walkie-talkie radio behind four 25-ton vibrators is the town…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
PAINTING THE TOWN GOLD According to Adam Stephens and Finbarr O’Connell, of Heritage Lottery Fund-appointed administrators Smith & Williamson LLP: “After careful assessment of all offers received for the pier, the successful transfer to Abid Gulzar, the owner of Eastbourne…
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The column that won’t shoot until it sees the whites of your eggs READER: I see there were riots at the Poundland closing-down sale. MYSELF: I’m not surprised. There was 10% off everything. READER: So what happened? MYSELF: Apparently the…
ADVERTORIAL: Babies Can Teach!
Alison Waterhouse In my work as an Educational Psychotherapist, I’d been concerned for many years about the way poor mental health can affect children’s long term ability to learn from a very early age. So I devised a way in…
Sausage Life
The column which thinks that a cambio is as good as a siesta READER: You know what’s missing from this column, don’t you? MYSELF: A crossword? READER: Wow! How did you know I was going to say that? MYSELF: Oddly…
The Future of Energy
This supplement, the first in what we hope will become a bi-annual publication, reviews the future of energy: how its generation, supply and demand is undergoing rapid revolution along with incredible technological innovations and inspirational initiatives, some of which are…