Unknown Kent and Sussex

06/02/2025

Celebrating recognised talent in the magazine today:

Awards galore for some of our previously featured music artists and a chance to see two of them in one gig in a historic Sussex venue

06/02/2025

https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/awards-galore-for-our-featured-artists-and-a-special-upcoming-concert/

Awards galore for some of our previously featured music artists and a chance to see two of them in one gig in a historic Sussex venue

04/02/2025

https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/rainbow-roast-using-fresh-vegetables/

By Lyn Funnell The seven colours of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Do try this colourful dish of Rainbow Roast Vegetables. It’s a great success…

03/02/2025

Catch this incredible trio at The Star Inn, Eastbourne Old Town on Sat 8 Feb from 8:30pm

29/01/2025

https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/traditional-sussex-bacon-pudding/

I was a bit worried about this recipe as it had no liquid addition, or nothing juicy like tomatoes.

28/01/2025

https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/heroic-dads-ironman-challenge-after-deth-of-son/

A HEROIC father from Sussex has completed the epic Barcelona Ironman Challenge with his three brothers in memory of son Theo who died aged five.

27/01/2025

Gareth's latest Carticle!

One of the cars I was most keen to drive in 2024 happened to have been one of the cheapest

26/01/2025

https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/a-360-degree-immersion-with-coldplay/

Catch a screening of the limited run of Coldplay's 360 degree immersive 'A Film For The Future' in London or Manchester: review here.

25/01/2025

It's Burns Night!

Address to a Haggis
By Robert Burns

Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang ‘s my arm.
The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o’ need,
While thro’ your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.
His knife see Rustic-labour dight,
An’ cut ye up wi’ ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like onie ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin, rich!
Then, horn for horn, they stretch an’ strive:
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive,
Till a’ their weel-swall’d kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
Bethankit hums.
Is there that owre his French ragout,
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi’ perfect sconner,
Looks down wi’ sneering, scornfu’ view
On sic a dinner?
Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As feckless as a wither’d rash,
His spindle shank a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit;
Thro’ bluidy flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!
But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread,
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He’ll make it whissle;
An’ legs, an’ arms, an’ heads will sned,
Like taps o’ thrissle.
Ye Pow’rs wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o’ fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu’ prayer,
Gie her a Haggis!

24/01/2025

Lovely Malta Historic Hotels

The renowned and highly influential US journal/gazette “The Wall Street Journal” has just listed the five top areas throughout the world to visit during 2025, and Malta is one of those areas.

22/01/2025

https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/the-bachelors-were-bigger-than-the-beatles/

The Bachelors were once bigger than The Beatles. Read how one member of the group, Dec Cluskey, still performs, keeping their music alive

20/01/2025

https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/gareth-butterfield-tests-suzukis-important-new-supermini-the-swift/

You could be forgiven for not noticing, but small cars are starting to disappear from the automotive landscape.

18/01/2025

https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/the-enchanting-world-of-fairies/

Fairies are now considered the province of children’s tales, but as an adult when fairies are mentioned my imagination still soars

17/01/2025

Beautiful!

Our Malta correspondent takes a look at the beautiful designs of tiles produced and used within buildings in Malta & Gozo

15/01/2025

https://unknownkentandsussex.co.uk/the-original-spain-that-is-toledo/

Toledo, the ancient capital of Spain, imbibes Jewish, Muslim and Christian vibes.

14/01/2025

I'm a really busy /Journalist & there aren't enough hours in the day to do everything that I want to do.
www.unknownkentandsussex.com
But my house needs dusting, so what's more important?
As an old of mine said,
The house is empty.
I'm alone once again.
What should I pick up-
The Hoover or the Pen?

What about artists, sculptors, craft workers? Time passes, so should we ignore paltry tasks & concentrate on the things we love doing?