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The column which thinks that averting the eyes is the new staring BRAINWAVEFollowing his innovative scheme for replacing the seeds in raspberry jam with shredded bus tickets, Hastings inventor Gordon Thinktank’s ingenious new idea is to line overcoats with bear…
The Anatomy Of The Zine
An East Sussex College graduate tells the story of how an interest in medicine, art and a quirky sense of humour created an unusual start to her career. By Charlotte Rose Love at First Sight End Pages How it all…
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The column which thinks that buffoonery is the last refuge of the failed dictator READER: Did you see the Eurovision Song Contest? We came last!MYSELF: No. I was busy watching some drying paint. READER: You don’t approve, I take : As…
Passion Wins Over Process
The reconfiguring of open on grand parade Rossana Leal, whose award of Woman of the Year at the Women on the Move ceremony was featured in HIP issue 123, has exciting plans for ‘Open’ on Grand Parade, St Leonards. Rossana…
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The column which is both charming and offensive at the same time READER: Goodbye spring, hello summer!MYSELF: Really? Where?READER: Weren’t you out celebrating Jack in the Green?MYSELF: If, by celebrating, you mean sneaking up on Morris Men and stealing the…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
DUMB AND DUMBERAccording to some polls, Nigel Farage’s hastily arranged Brexit Party is set to clean up at the EU election. Ghastly superannuated windbag Ann Widdecombe has come out of her woollen-lined cocoon to support the beer-swilling Frog King’s latest…
‘The Attorney General Of Her Majesty’s Lunatics’ – An Early Campaigner For Mental Health Patients
By Robin Holtom In 1831 John Thomas Perceval, son of the assassinated Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, was incarcerated in Ticehurst Asylum. He later wrote an account of his experiences. At that time Ticehurst took only the wealthiest lunatics and though…
Politikal Pokes By Lobbytroll
I’M A POLITICIAN, VOTE ME OUT OF HEREFollowing the announcement from Nissan that they are pulling out of their agreement to produce the X Trail car at their Sunderland factory, batty Eurosceptic MP John Redwood has come up with a…
Sausage Life
The column which says you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose READER: You should be : About what?READER: Issue 125. Picking on Nigel Farage : You mean the bit…
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The column which believes that in the country of the bland, the one-idea’d man is king READER: Did you see the amazing photo of the black hole?MYSELF: I saw it. A very good : Oh come on, don’t pretend you’re…