Creem Cheeze and White Poppies

By Caroline Osella|October 26, 2017|Is Worthing the New Brighton?, The English Seaside Town and Whiteness, Worthing|0 comments

We’re in The Orchard cafe for their vegan tea event.  There’s 7 of us, in a chock-full cafe (tickets sold out weeks ago), and we look around in wonder, interested to know who are the vegan-or-vegan-curious of Worthing, then? There’s an all-ages crowd, including some very glamorous young folks, a sprinkling of beard-and-tattoo dudes, at least one person who has been vegan since the 1970s – and a baby whose

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A Family 50th Birthday: Mystifying Table Magic and an Unexpected Dance.

By Caroline Osella|October 10, 2017|Is Worthing the New Brighton?, The English Seaside Town and Whiteness, Uncategorized, Worthing|0 comments

There’s about 40 of us hiding, crammed into the dancefloor area at Rustington Manor Hotel Hotel (yes – stretching the ‘Greater Worthing’ concept to its limit, but the family are Worthing folks). We’re trying to hush the over-excited and primped up children but not setting much of an example ourselves. The DJ (dandyish – red trousers, pink waistcoat) is not helping. “She’s left the house! She’s just 2 minutes away

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