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REVIEW: Little Elephant

REVIEW: Little Elephant

When you’re away from home seeking a refuel at lunchtime, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to avoid ‘smashed avocado’. This culinary totem of Britain of the 2020s possibly started when people realised that the chances of getting neat slices out of a slightly over-ripe avocado were slim to zero.

REVIEW: Where the grass is always greener

REVIEW: Where the grass is always greener

There is one modest oasis of green among the baked yellow-brown lawns which lie dormant under the relentless sun. The grass at Motcombe Gardens is still the correct English summer green. It is a startling sight to drought-weary visitors as a hosepipe ban comes into force. I only noticed this

REVIEW: Old Town Recreation Ground, Eastbourne

REVIEW: Old Town Recreation Ground, Eastbourne

‘The Rec’ means, as we all know, a recreation ground. And ‘the Rec’ also often means a rectangle of bare ground, tufts of grass, maybe a climbing frame, possibly some crooked goal posts, often a weed-spattered stretch of tarmac which may be meant for ball games. It frequently connotes an

REVIEW: The Sovereign Centre, Eastbourne

REVIEW: The Sovereign Centre, Eastbourne

A large part of Eastbourne’s charm is that it doesn’t trouble itself with any more of the 21st century that it absolutely has to. So there is an airy new extension to the shopping centre and pale-brick pavement and road combo, but still plenty of very English cafes

REVIEW: Top deck of the 12X bus from Eastbourne to Brighton

REVIEW: Top deck of the 12X bus from Eastbourne to Brighton

By Rebecca Maer There are three main reasons to travel by bus to Brighton rather than drive: 1. The ability to gaze lingeringly at rolling downland, a coastal panorama and the skyscape without a head-on collision 2. The voyeuristic frisson from the top deck with a grandstand view of other