Category: Hove

Landscapes behind glass. The movements are repetitive and the body is drifting. 

Walking around Hove in June and July, 2015, taking photos of my neighbourhood. Deep summer shadows shaped the quiet streets The first image shows Blatchington Road reflected in the tiles outside of the Co-op. I like how the speckles in the tiles appear to pattern the shop fronts. 

I’ve been walking along a ribbon of land called The Three Cornered Copse. Hove Council bought it from the Marquis of Abergavenny in 1935, having borrowed £1,524. The copse rises up the Northern slope of the Goldstone Valley, passes between the back gardens of the big houses on Woodland Drive and Woodland Avenue, and emerges near […]

Portland Road stretches from Sackville Road in Hove to Boundary Road in Portslade. You could pick up most things you need along here. Heading towards Boundary Road, Portland Road becomes more residential until nearer Portslade Railway Station. The traffic can be heavy sometimes. Commercial enclaves like Portland Road keep neighbourhoods alive. 

Summer grasses against a wall in Stoneham Park; a window in Poets Corner; curtains inside a camper van; a toy in Book Nook; a laundrette on Blatchington Road and a doll in a charity shop on Portland Road.

Meeting up at St Andrew’s Church to sing together and be inspired by each other—without the religion.

The friends of St. Ann’s Well Gardens is a registered charity. It was formed in 2007 in order to assist with the planning and delivery of the 2008 centenary celebrations of the park’s official opening to the public. The friends of St. Ann’s Well Gardens have continued to put on events, raising money for improvements […]