Karen Goodwin

As part of Channel 4’s Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast, the chef visited the Good Things Brewing Co farm in Eridge, East Sussex, last September and the episode was aired on Friday (February 1). Co-founder of Good Things Brewing Co. Sam Robinson said: “We want to be the world’s first self-sustaining brewery. One thing that isn’t really tackled in the beer industry is spent grain.” According to the celebrity chef’s website, for every pint of beer made in the UK, two porridge bowls worth of

BROADCASTER Sir Trevor McDonald was the face of News At Ten and is well loved by the nation. Now he has written his autobiography An Improbable Life. Argus weekend caught up with him ahead of his talk at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Wednesday Speaking to him as he was en route to a Cambridge reading, I wondered why it was so improbable. “Because I could never have predicted that it would work out like this,” he said. “The media is not a place where you can plan a career with any deg

Toyah Willcox, the high priestess of punk, is looking forward to returning to the “hot steamy” gigs of her youth. She is playing a gig at Brighton’s Chalk Live – formerly The Haunt – on November 2 and thinks it will be a blast. “I’m very fond of Brighton,” she said. “When I came here in the Sixties it was a quiet sleepy seaside town, slightly invaded by hippy culture. “What I like about the venue we’re playing is it goes right back to the punk days, it’s a hot, steamy, stand-up venue, it goes

When Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar closed their doors on New Year’s Eve, the live music scene was vitally affected. The impact of this loss is still being felt, as new acts and upcoming artists struggle to get a foothold. Now, the city is fighting back with a grassroots music festival to launch across 19 venues in Brighton from 22 April – 5 May. Gary Prosser from Fightback Brighton (Music Venues Trust) said: “These venues are the backbone of the live music scene in Brighton, providing spaces where ar