My inspiration by Rob Shepherd

My inspiration?

A rusting, hulking, burnt-out iron wreck we still lovingly call a Pier

Not far from a hulking pleasure temple we all call the Palace Pier
Though it changed its name years ago

People who paddle round the pier

People who swim round the pier daily in arctic seas 

The Laine that isn’t a Lane

Norman Cook ... Steve Coogan ... Nick Cave ... Caroline Lucas

Katie Price?

Biancaaaaaaa ?

The shouty Irishman at the station, too early on a commuter morn

Britain’s only charity pub

Marocco’s ice cream in August

The doom and gloom of the Argus

Dingy Western Road ...
... opening out into the majestic, regency sweep of Brunswick Square: the wide ocean glistening across its horizon

Bongo drummers on the beach

Fireworks over the sea

A thousand zombies marching to Beach of the Dead

2am on White Night

Devil’s Dyke

The only city that could install a nudist beach in a place called Duke’s Mound

First Capital Connect?

Seafront parking charges?

The legend of the i360?

I got that in Dockerills ...
... from Terry Garoghan

More Deans than Pearl could ever dream of

Buses named after people we’ve never heard of

The Downs

The Amex

Infinity Foods and Veggie shoes

Couples of all persuasions, walking openly, hand in hand, with pride

Pride

50 business people playing kazoos in Jubilee Square

The World Naked Bike Ride

Hove, actually? ...                                

... Brighton ...

By Rob Shepherd, Press Dispensary

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