Category Archive:   Features and Interviews


The South Coast Design Forum was  founded in  2004, and has now various branches along the coast, including but not limited to; Chichester, Portsmouth, Brighton and Southampton. The SCDF is a non profit organisation of design creatives existing to support designers, artists and creatives from all disciplines within the South Coast area. The aims of [...]

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Introducing Rita McDonald Damper; Chichester-based 40-something midget, model, mother and wife, but not necessarily in that order. Her passions are many and varied, including the Transition Movement, classic Citroen cars and ethical food. Rita and I have been chatting via Twitter and Facebook for some months now and I recently spent some quality time with [...]

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ARTEL is an artists group based in Chichester who exist to support each others practice, meet and exhibit regularly across the area. “In January 1999 three artists from Chichester called an open forum meeting of artists to meet together and discuss whether or not an artists group would be viable. Out of this initial meeting [...]

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Val Sainsbury is the mother of a fellow Etsian, and indeed has her own shop on Etsy.  I felt I really must bring her to the attention of  my friends and readers because this woman really needs more recognition than she has thus far received. A very talented needle woman, Val makes amongst other things, [...]

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