Littlehampton Gazette - Lifestyle Feed

Arundel Lido stokes up new boilers for summer opening

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:39:51 GMT

ARUNDEL Lido has taken the plunge and installed its new boilers, which will be stoked up as the site opens to the public on Saturday for the summer season, with heated water in both pools.

Reviews from the Brighton Festival

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:14:49 GMT

Beowulf by Banana Bag and Bodice, Spiegeltent, Brighton Festival

Scarecrows make their bow at East Preston Festival

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:48:56 GMT

EAST Preston is about to be invaded by an army of scarecrows. . .

First Brown Owl returns to celebrate Rustington Brownies’ birthday

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:32:11 GMT

RUSTINGTON’S 4th Brownie unit has celebrated its 40th birthday with a special meeting.

FILM: Beware of Mr Baker (15)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:45 GMT

Best known for his work with Eric Clapton in Cream and Blind Faith, London-born drummer Ginger Baker famously brought African rhythms back from Nigeria to the West in the 1970s, many years before other musicians.

FILM: The Liability (15)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:34 GMT

A young man discovers his deadly calling in this darkly comic road trip directed by Craig Viveiros.

FILM: The Great Gatsby 3D (12A)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:34 GMT

At every great party, there is that inescapable moment when the music stops, the lights go up and all of the imperfections, which have been concealed so deliciously under a cloak of darkness, are suddenly thrown into sharp relief.

FILM: The Stoker (15)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:34 GMT

Not to be confused with Park Chan-wook’s erotically charged thriller Stoker, which was released in March, Alexey Balabanov’s 2010 tragi-comic drama paints a vivid portrait of life in 1990s St Petersburg.

FILM: Fast & Furious 6 (12A)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:33 GMT

Blockbuster sequels are not judged on directorial verve, ingenious plots or award-winning performances, although they certainly help.

Plundering pupil pirates invade Arundel primary

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:11:41 GMT

“AHOY there, me hearties!” was the chant that rang out at an Arundel school last week as plundering pirates invaded.

Web kindles new chapter for Rustington’s Barbara

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:35:23 GMT

EXPERIENCES travelling the globe have helped to inspire a Rustington writer to pen a series of electronic books.

Brighton Festival reviews

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:54:45 GMT

Picablo - Presented by Tam Teatromusica at The Old Market

REVIEW: Billingshurst Choral Society, Brighton Festival Fringe

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:44:27 GMT

The Brighton Festival Fringe annually prides itself on varied, unusual and sometimes controversial events. Last Saturday was no exception – a UK Premiere of a musical masterpiece that graphically describes the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis during WW2.

FILM: Star Trek: Into Darkness (12A)

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:40:15 GMT

In the captain’s log from the 1960s TV series, James Tiberius Kirk brazenly split an infinitive as the crew of the Enterprise embarked on a five-year mission “to boldly go where no man has gone before”.

FILM: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (15)

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:39:56 GMT

Adapted from the 2007 novel by Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a taut drama directed by Mira Nair about a conversation between a Pakistani professor and an American investigative journalist that might in fact be a battle of wits between a terrorist and a CIA operative.

FILM: Mud (12A)

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:39:56 GMT

Following strong performances in Killer Joe, Bernie, Magic Mike and The Paperboy, which garnered several awards, Matthew McConaughey’s renaissance continues with an eye-catching central turn in Jeff Nichols’s tender coming-of-age drama set in rural Arkansas.

FILM: Deadfall (15)

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:39:54 GMT

Set largely during a blizzard along the Michigan-Canadian border, Deadfall sends a chill of disappointment down the spine.

It’s Chichester’s Abigail as we’ve never seen her before

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:23:05 GMT

And now for something completely different...

Picnic in the Park offers a musical feast at Littlehampton

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:17:29 GMT

THEY’VE played in Germany, Belgium and France in recent years, but members of the Littlehampton Concert Band will be very much on home territory when they celebrate its 25th anniversary next week.

REVIEW: Leona Lewis at the Brighton Centre

Mon, 06 May 2013 09:01:45 GMT

IF you thought a Leona Lewis concert would involve the pop powerhouse belting out song after song, then you would be right.