Simon Lightfoot - Writer and Sub Editor

• 6th September 2021

Pier Pressure Escape Rooms

Christmas seems a long time ago. Scratch that – Christmas was a long time ago. Since then, so much has happened: the Olympics almost didn’t happen but then did, but then it would’ve been better if it didn’t because it sucked...

• 23rd June 2021

Dawn to Dusk

Following in illustrious footsteps, and echoing the likes of Turner in her own distinctive, dynamic style, is multi award-winning, Brighton-based landscape artist, Lucy Marks...

• 27th January 2021

Cold-Water Swimming

Is the increasingly popular cold-water swimming the new panacea for both our physical health and our mental wellbeing?

• 5th February 2020

Happy F**king Valentine’s

An ode to the worst day of the year

• 16th July 2020

The Ivy in the Lanes: A Post-Lockdown Review

It’s not often I dine out at a fancy restaurant, so I was all but licking my lips when I donned my best shirt-that-doesn’t-need-ironing, and tucked it into the smartest trousers I could still fit into post-lockdown...

• 13th April 2021

Damian Barr's Literary Salon: It's a Sin to Miss It

As something of a bibliophile and self-appointed TV critic (book nerd and couch potato), it is always a thrill to hear writers discussing their books and shows

• 24th November 2020

Joseph Toonga

Confronting racism through dance

• 23rd April 2020

Lockdown Diary

On Sunday evening my other half, G, came down with a fever. Following government advice, we set about self-isolating – G for the subsequent seven days, myself for the following 14. This is our story

• 13th May 2020

Carry On Confusing

After the laughably baffling master plan presented by Boris Johnson on Sunday, complete with his “please let me be the new Winston Churchill” OTT hand gestures...

• 5th January 2021

Janus

A few months from now and, all being well, we’ll wistfully remember, That strange and eerie Christmas we all shared last December

• 4th June 2020

A Grave New World

The 1st June saw the first stage of the government’s plan to ease the lockdown...

• 28th July 2020

Seagulls Soar to Success

Think back. Back to the opening day of the 2019-2020 Premier League season which, if my memory serves me correctly, was actually mid-2016...

• 8th September 2020

BN1 Talks to... Damian Barr

Glasgow-raised, Brighton-based, much-celebrated, further-hyphenated author, journalist, and presenter, Damian Barr is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Maggie & Me

• 18th January 2020

BN1 Chats With... Catherine Bohart

It must be a surreal moment when you’ve watched a TV panel show since your teenage years, and suddenly you’re not watching it but actually on it

• 6th March 2020

640 East – A Review

Upon arrival, and being told I was to indulge in an 8-course feast, my first thought was one of regret: why had I chowed half a pack of Jaffa Cakes that afternoon?

• 24th September 2020

Face Masks Facts

It’s fair to say that Boris and his circus, I mean government, no, I mean circus, haven’t done a great job in preventing the rampant spread of COVID-19...

BN1 Magazine • 26th May 2021

Paris in the Spring

One thing that becomes apparent when you listen to Paris Lees talk is that she’s a survivor. In fact, what am I talking about? Lots of things become apparent: her love and knowledge of literature, her intelligence, her vulnerability, her strength...

• 6th October 2020

Photoworks Festival

This year’s festival is entitled Propositions for Alternative Narratives

• 20th October 2020

Glitch/Giselle

Ballet like you've never seen it before

• 10th December 2020

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