Brighton Road Dissidence?

By Caroline Osella|November 30, 2017|Is Worthing the New Brighton?, The English Seaside Town and Whiteness, Uncategorized, Worthing|0 comments

Wandering along Brighton Road, I overhear a leisurely but intense and highly detailed conversation about Worthing events. I gauge probable friendliness and interrupt the pair, explaining that I’m intruding because they sound like real insiders who know Worthing well, are passionate about it, and probably have informed opinions about The Question. Whoa! I’ve opened a tinderbox. Worthing is not the new Brighton. Brighton is culturally diverse and it meets all

Pilates and Pounds: grey ones, pink ones.

There’s no official lgbtq network, no meetups, no Worthing pride (yet?), but there’s loads of queer folk. This has been true since very long back. These days, the – sometimes quite genteel – discreet older queer crowd has new company. Is this elder flight from youth-worshipping Brighton, white crawl from London? It might be evidence of a generational later-life shift in priorities and needs – less clubbing, more gardening. Naturally,

Martina Ziewe

Brighton Road Dissidence?

Pilates and Pounds: grey ones, pink ones.