FractureFirst Edition

Prefacethe Editors Letter

Welcome to the very first edition of Fracture Magazine. A magazine to celebrate all things British, from then to now. In an attempt to represent the progressive and astonishing parts of from where you and I are living. Inside this first issue anticipate lots of features of fashion, music and travel all inside the British Isles. In more depth there is a considerable amount of content focusing my home city of Birmingham. Exploring the old, the new and the changes(Page ). I have concentrated a lot of my recent time on the lack of individuality in Birmingham in the past few years to contrast it with the upcoming creative scene that is current generating for example new bands and our very own Fashion Lab students. Moving away from Birmingham quite literally when I was fortunate enough to have a mini holiday away to what I believe is England's hidden gem on the coast in Eastbourne (page 44). I was able gain a perspective on the way of life in a much quieter town with Tea Rooms apposed to several Starbucks. But be-ing so close to Eastbourne it is crime not to visit the colorful city of Brighton (Page 46). Both equipped with an array of flavors of rock. I hope you enjoy reading Fracture magazine as much as I enjoyed producing it.

Eve Adamson, the Editor

Magazine Contents,

Spring Summer Trends for 2013

Flora and Fauna

Nowhere Fast

The Second City

Pretty Girls Make Graves

Peace & Love

DUMB

These Things Take Time

Seaside Stranger

A City by the Sea

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springFlora and Fauna Not so surpirisingly the florals pints are back in bloom just in time for the arrival of Spring. On the Spring/Summer 2013 catwalks the array of flowers were blossoming in many different forms. There was vibrant hues displaying flowers on acid at Morchino and House of Holland. But more sutle prints were contrasted with sheer fabrics and lace at the likes of Preen and Erdem.

Preen

Summer

Peter Pilotto

Get Graphic Phscheldela covered the Spring/Summer 2013 runway. There was a glamour mix of hal-lucingenic and abstract prints from Peter Pilotto and House of Holland. Designers like Holly Futon and Mary Katranzou concentrated on daring Pollock like patterns for those less brave. Either way this trend isn't for the wallflowers.

20Future Sixties As a trend the 60's never seems to die off, and it is showing no signs of aging. The new take on the trend has encoorperated our modern styling with classic 1960's cuts. The linear lines and sillhou-ettes keep it all clean and smart but the childlike spots and stripes keep it fun and young. And most importantly it is all wearable for an kind of occassion.

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13Topshop Unique

Clean Grunge There was an odd take on the 90's trend for Spring/Summer 2013 as designers took out the dirt, the typical black eyeliner and plaid. They counteracted the masculinity we assume the 90's were all about and have made the clothing feminine and in some cases sporty. Teaming loose layers and skirts with tight crop tops, all which looked comfortable and something women would want to wear.

Denim Dungarees : TopshopFloral Shirt : Zara

Floral top and Candy Stripe Shorts : All Vintage

Floral Dress : Asos

Prefer to shop elsewhere

Nowhere Fast

To gain perspective on the subject I went forth and asked a group of 50 with ages rang-ing from 17 to 24 on their perception on Bir-mingham, its construc-tion, progression and

changes.

30% Male 70% Female

50% were born in Birmingham, 50% were not

Work Shopping

Social

Study

Reasons for visting the City Centre

Views on the Construction;Its an eye saw

Birmingham is be-gining to look more

modern Seems like it is

never ending and been there forever

90%Prefer to shop in Birmingham city Centre

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How would you change Birmingham;

More Independent storesMore places to simply sit and relax

Shop variation

60% do like living here

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40% don’t like living here

Construction has been a big part of the Birmingham scenery in the past couple years, From the large scale production of the new London Midland trams to the relocation of the bus stops, you can't be far away from drilling and scaffolding when visiting Birmingham. The Question is though is it worth it. There has been plenty arguments for and against this change to the city centre. None of which has changed the government's deci-sion. In attempt to bring more people to our city in the end, I believe that while the build of all these improves as taking place is driving tourists away and even Birmingham born shoppers and workers are taking their business else where.

The Second CityChapter Four

The Second City

I live in England’s second largest city, Birmingham. I have for the whole 18 years of my life, since I was a child I would be in the city centre near enough every weekend whether it was shopping and a coffee with my mom or being one of those teenagers in Pigeon Park. Though as I have gotten older my visit to ’town’ have lessened. It may have something to do with my college located just right next-door or more likely the fact that I have travelled to more impressive cities. Keeping within the British Isles I have had regular trips to Manchester and London. I am sure you are aware that London is our biggest city, our capital. Comparing Birmingham to Manchester I would have assumed that Manchester would be our second in running.

If you have not been in Birming-ham recently I'll paint you a picture. On our high street we have a Boots, a W H Smith, two or three pound stores and a Marks and Spencer's. It is fairly easy to navigate yourself around. Now step in to the Bullring, you can consider this shopping centre the savour or the killer of our high street. I personally love the bubbly building, maybe that's because of a Topshop and a Selfridges. However when in the likes of London or Man-chester, yes I have a Topshop and a Selfridges but I also have these wonderful independent boutiques or other quirky stores. Where is my peculiar shoe shop or vegan falafel cafe in Birming-ham? There is one place I love to take a walk to in my city and that is Digbeth, our mini creative hub. There is vintage clothing and furniture and further independent stores. It is quite a jour-ney from the main centre but dependable on the weather I will always go. I can’t help but be curious to why there isn’t more of this in Birmingham? We have more than enough of the right people who would gladly spend their time and money in this kind of place. Despite the bitter weather I went down to Digbeth to get a second opinion on the minimum creativity here. And not much to my surprise it’s the price and loca-tion. Digbeth is at a lower price than the main city centre but it’s a vicious circle. If these boutiques were a shorter walk more people would shop, bringing in more money to create a demand for more quirky shops in the pricey sections of the city. Reflecting back upon the point of creativity in Birmingham we have a handful of outlets. My college is bursting at the seams with artistic, imaginative people but most of us will move away for University come one September to the likes of Lon-don and Manchester. Just as I hope to be near London come this September. Who stays and makes Birmingham work for them?My tutor that’s who. Mr Jacob Kimmie, an African born wo-menswear designer located in no other than good old Digbeth. I wanted to know why Birmingham? Why not London like the rest of them? And it boils down to one thing, the cost it is cheaper for the designer. It is cheaper for his studio and other general living costs. Price aside though I wanted to know if it was possibly and less pricey would he move down to London and his reply was simply no. “

“Birmingham does not have the rat race of London. Been there and done that. ” Being a Birmingham based artist perhaps would set you apart from the hundreds in London. Despite his answers Jacob is persistently to push us to London for University and our lives, so I wanted to know why he doesn’t push himself to London. Because we still have to launch ourselves as individuals and make our name mean something. It’s the international centre for all things including fashion. This is we can find the best internships and opportunities with new people. As students we still have a lot of experience to gain. Countless amounts of my peers will not be studying within the West Midlands, few are. Travelling to places such as Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham and of course London to learn. Many of these places just simply offer more opportunities. Not to mention the excitement of a new city to roam free. For the students who have moved to Birmingham I wonder if they find Birmingham more exciting then my friends and myself. Are we just fed up? 18 years is an exceeding long time to be in one place.Interrogating a close companion of mine who come September will be going away to study Event Management in High Wycombe, which is a conveniently close to London on a short train journey. I wanted to know the main reason on his relocation and that was because it’s something new, somewhere shiny and exciting, which is very similar to my decision to move.

The Custard factory because its one of the few creative places in Birmingham. The food in Paradise Forum is especially food like the Crepe and Ice Cream parlour. And independent caf’ ’Six/Eight Kafe’ does the best hot chocolate I have ever tasted.” Isabelle sees Bir-mingham with new eyes considering it so be a vibrant city at the moment and is developing very quickly in an exciting way. I do like Birmingham, I really do. I’m sure I’d be more appreciative f I had been living here a year apposed to 18. I like to judge myself as a moderately creative person just like people I enjoy to be surrounded by day to day. But I think that’s just it, its not the death of the high street, or the lack of creativity produced in locally. We have taken as much as we can out of Birmingham at the moment, but more will come soon. The music scene is more prominent, bands like Peace and Swim Deep are dominating the NME, with better things to come. Perhaps in years to come I will return to find Birmingham more energetic, bursting at the seams with more exhilarating outcomes. We can most certainly hope so.

But knowing both his courses and mine can be very specific to a certain university, so given the choice of doing the exact same course at the likes of Birmingham City University or Aston University, would you choose to study here instead? ’No, nothing exciting ever seems to happen, no events go on.” We are lucky if decent artist and bands perform at the Academy. Not many students will even move back home once tasting a life of somewhere new and foreign so will Birmingham be full of non Brummy citizens? If it’s possible I will not be moving home after University. I hope to launch myself into the world of journalism, a much harder task than I would like. Though moving back to a city where’s there is only one Topshop and Zara might be even hard. It’s not even just the shopping we are missing. I can’t remember the last time an exciting exhibition was in town, with the minimal galleries we obtain. Once in a blue moon we can have a good show, perhaps the ballet is in town or the pre festival bands are touring the country. But imagine this, your new to the city coming from a little place called Wrexham. This is what it was like for 2nd year BOA student Isabelle Crowther. Her initial impressions were of feeling overwhelmed by the concrete structured everything. A regular visitor of the city centre. Which parts to you visit the most and why? “

“Birmingham does not have the rat race of London. Been there and done that. ” Being a Birmingham based artist perhaps would set you apart from the hundreds in London. Despite his answers Jacob is persistently to push us to London for University and our lives, so I wanted to know why he doesn’t push himself to London. Because we still have to launch ourselves as individuals and make our name mean something. It’s the international centre for all things including fashion. This is we can find the best internships and opportunities with new people. As students we still have a lot of experience to gain. Countless amounts of my peers will not be studying within the West Midlands, few are. Travelling to places such as Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham and of course London to learn. Many of these places just simply offer more opportunities. Not to mention the excitement of a new city to roam free. For the students who have moved to Birmingham I wonder if they find Birmingham more exciting then my friends and myself. Are we just fed up? 18 years is an exceeding long time to be in one place.Interrogating a close companion of mine who come September will be going away to study Event Management in High Wycombe, which is a conveniently close to London on a short train journey. I wanted to know the main reason on his relocation and that was because it’s something new, somewhere shiny and exciting, which is very similar to my decision to move.

The Custard factory because its one of the few creative places in Birmingham. The food in Paradise Forum is especially food like the Crepe and Ice Cream parlour. And independent caf’ ’Six/Eight Kafe’ does the best hot chocolate I have ever tasted.” Isabelle sees Bir-mingham with new eyes considering it so be a vibrant city at the moment and is developing very quickly in an exciting way. I do like Birmingham, I really do. I’m sure I’d be more appreciative f I had been living here a year apposed to 18. I like to judge myself as a moderately creative person just like people I enjoy to be surrounded by day to day. But I think that’s just it, its not the death of the high street, or the lack of creativity produced in locally. We have taken as much as we can out of Birmingham at the moment, but more will come soon. The music scene is more prominent, bands like Peace and Swim Deep are dominating the NME, with better things to come. Perhaps in years to come I will return to find Birmingham more energetic, bursting at the seams with more exhilarating outcomes. We can most certainly hope so.

But knowing both his courses and mine can be very specific to a certain university, so given the choice of doing the exact same course at the likes of Birmingham City University or Aston University, would you choose to study here instead? ’No, nothing exciting ever seems to happen, no events go on.” We are lucky if decent artist and bands perform at the Academy. Not many students will even move back home once tasting a life of somewhere new and foreign so will Birmingham be full of non Brummy citizens? If it’s possible I will not be moving home after University. I hope to launch myself into the world of journalism, a much harder task than I would like. Though moving back to a city where’s there is only one Topshop and Zara might be even hard. It’s not even just the shopping we are missing. I can’t remember the last time an exciting exhibition was in town, with the minimal galleries we obtain. Once in a blue moon we can have a good show, perhaps the ballet is in town or the pre festival bands are touring the country. But imagine this, your new to the city coming from a little place called Wrexham. This is what it was like for 2nd year BOA student Isabelle Crowther. Her initial impressions were of feeling overwhelmed by the concrete structured everything. A regular visitor of the city centre. Which parts to you visit the most and why? “

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This did not stop me and sneaky friend of mine. With the performance due to begin at 10pm we arrived at the venue at 8.30pm. Expecting the worse of being turned down I was quite Happy at The Sunflower Lounge, a bar I had not yet had the pleasure of being in. It’s bohemian floral wallpaper and the hip crowd was a flawless setting for the likes of The Cure playing out of the Jukebox.

With a few kind yet persuasive words and a very kind door man we were let in with an odd scribble on our hands. Dot on 10pm Peace emerged on stage setting it off, beer was flying as for the second time that day Follow Baby kicked off. There’s nothing quite like that pushing crowd where no one managed to fall.

The second but perhaps my favourite song was played ’Lovesick’. I had heard the song merely once before at the NME tour a few weeks back, and I was guilty enough to say I was one of the few singing along to all the words. A slightly more peaceful California Daze followed next giving everyone breathing space (as there was not space) to get ready for the long one. 1998 is 9.42 minutes of pure genius; it has its slow moments

and the upbeat ones, ideal for jumping, moshing and quite frankly getting crushed.Nothing beats their finale though, Bloodshake got the crowd going like I had never seen. The explosion from the confetti cannon sent everyone into absolute delight chaos.

’ The crowd echoed a chant of “Peace” as its members floated into the joyous bunch of fans making it a night to never forget. Within an a day later the band were flying off to SXSW festival in Texas and then also announced to play at Reading and Leeds 2013 ensuring that the dust certainly isn’t going to settle on Peace’s hype.

And P.S the frontman Harrison Koisser was wearing the best and only fringe tassel jeans I had ever seen.

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This did not stop me and sneaky friend of mine. With the performance due to begin at 10pm we arrived at the venue at 8.30pm. Expecting the worse of being turned down I was quite Happy at The Sunflower Lounge, a bar I had not yet had the pleasure of being in. It’s bohemian floral wallpaper and the hip crowd was a flawless setting for the likes of The Cure playing out of the Jukebox.

With a few kind yet persuasive words and a very kind door man we were let in with an odd scribble on our hands. Dot on 10pm Peace emerged on stage setting it off, beer was flying as for the second time that day Follow Baby kicked off. There’s nothing quite like that pushing crowd where no one managed to fall.

The second but perhaps my favourite song was played ’Lovesick’. I had heard the song merely once before at the NME tour a few weeks back, and I was guilty enough to say I was one of the few singing along to all the words. A slightly more peaceful California Daze followed next giving everyone breathing space (as there was not space) to get ready for the long one. 1998 is 9.42 minutes of pure genius; it has its slow moments

and the upbeat ones, ideal for jumping, moshing and quite frankly getting crushed.Nothing beats their finale though, Bloodshake got the crowd going like I had never seen. The explosion from the confetti cannon sent everyone into absolute delight chaos.

’ The crowd echoed a chant of “Peace” as its members floated into the joyous bunch of fans making it a night to never forget. Within an a day later the band were flying off to SXSW festival in Texas and then also announced to play at Reading and Leeds 2013 ensuring that the dust certainly isn’t going to settle on Peace’s hype.

And P.S the frontman Harrison Koisser was wearing the best and only fringe tassel jeans I had ever seen.

It saddens me that not many people will have heard of the band Peace, although that did not stop thousands of ardent fans applying away for their secret show on the 8th of March at the Sunflower Lounge at Bir-

mingham with a minute capacity of 120 bodies. Peace is the type of band that sneaks up out of nowhere and is then plastered everywhere for the world to see. It has been a while since Birmingham have been at the for front of the music scene but Peace however maybe our key back. The quartet’s album In Love will be packed full of catchy rock melodies just like their

previous Delicious EP, which I first fell in love with. I was one of the many who signed up to be in with a chance of having my name on the guest list, within 3 minutes exactly of it being on twitter. The waiting was the torturous part. 24 hours onto the following day at 3pm I would have the email saying my success. Shopping a way the time in Topshop when Follow Baby began to play at 10 minutes past three. The grunge bass line kicked in reminding me of the time. I was

unsuccessful as were my friends that also applied.

As of late the music industry has had its eye on Birmingham. The B'Town label has been given to a selected few some of which include Peace, Swim Deep, Superfood, and perhaps even too the forth-coming band DUMB. Not however to get mixed up with these bands, Dumb have a grittier sound and it;s getting them noticed as they were the main headliners on BrumNotes promoted evening show-casing all the new talent from our local area such as The Scribbers, Youth Men and Wide Eyed. I was fortunate enough to interview Dylan Williams, the bands lead singer between food and performing; on Birmingham and what's next for Dumb.The pressure must be intense for the young Dumb, rising the fast as the rest. I wanted to know how it feels to be a part of the newly founded Birmingham music scene?“It is cool being part of the Birmingham music scene, there is a lot of spot-light on us at the moment. But I think the whole B'Town thing is damaged. I think when you go and label every band from one area with the same thing people generally expect something from it but when you open your ears to new music you shouldn.t assume anything from it. People seem to have too much of a narrow mind when it comes to music from Birmingham but they should expect a wider range, which is out there. I mean I'm in Dumb and we try and take a raw approach to our music. When people first listen to us they expect us to sound like other Birmingham bands, but they should keep an open mind. We all have completely different influences.”

What and where is your favourite place to play? Is it Birmingham?“I actually prefer playing London, Birmingham is good and it' s great to play here because it where we are from. But with London the crowds are more accepting as I say everyone here expects you to sound more like certain bands so in London I think we go down quiet well. Everyone goes out in London expecting to just have a good time instead of good music, they will just have a good time.

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‘Dive’ the single and video are out now to keep you going until the new music. www.werdumb.com

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I want to also ask about your new video, how do you all come up with the interest-ing idea?“In all honestly we already had all the videos of us playing, we piled them all up and it became quite a drab video. So we just decided to make it a bit weird. So we just threw piles of nostalgic videos and images, whatever we could think of. We literally just sat on Google for 10 minutes and wrote down 30 different things and then combined them all on top. We were less interested in our image as a band which a lot of Birmingham artists focus on, their im-age as people within a band. These bands are in the magazines trying to be as cool as they can be. I hope to make it more about the music. The video was just trying to put a bit more of a quirky twist on things.

Finally what is next for DUMB?“An album would be lovely but we have only just re-corded our second and third single to follow Dive. They are all ready to go, so you can expect more music soon although I don't know when.”

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These things take timeThe final major project is the visionary end to their studys at Birmingham Met-ropolitain College. It is the point where they can present their creation to those already in the industry. Fellow students of mine are producing intriguing collections and a hand full have thankfully gave a few minutes of their hectic production to answers a few questions about their FMP

Fashion Lab is a large part of the Birmingam crea-tive art's movement. Located in Millennium Point alongside FEED studio it is a home to young fashion enthu-siasts with ambitions of becoming designers, taliors , stylists, pro-motors, editors, writ-ers and illustrators.

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FrancisMorellaMorella's collection was the most wearable pieces in the entire Fashion Lab FMP collections, The concept is less visual compared to others but this makes her garments something you could leave the house in feeling comfortable, not under nor over dressed. Inspried by Structure in bulidings it is conveyed through the thick unyielding fabrics and the boxy shapes, prints and accents.

Morella's collection was the most wearable pieces in the entire Fashion Lab FMP collections, The concept is less visual compared to others but this makes her garments something you could leave the house in feeling comfortable, not under nor over dressed. Inspried by Structure in bulidings it is conveyed through the thick unyielding fabrics and the boxy shapes, prints and accents.

Nyla Iqbal . Nylas FMP collections is just as luxurious as her concept of Goddesses. Nyla wanted to reproduce something that has been done in so many different ways, and she has successfully created a collection that is new.

Nylas FMP collections is just as luxurious as her concept of Goddesses. Nyla wanted to reproduce something that has been done in so many different ways, and she has successfully created a collection that is new.

Seaside

My opinion often sways towards cities, the bigger the better. Lots of noise, traffic, fast angry people, I love it. On the other hand I canit say I've ever been a fan of the seaside, sand gets everywhere and it unbearably windy. Although during Easter the lovely quaint town of Eastbourne changed my mind. It was however still briskly

windy but the sand was replaced by tiny pebbles and the copious amounts of flavored rock made up for it all.

Chapter 9

Stranger

Now if you are planning a trip to the coastal town you will have but no choice to stay in a B&B, not that it would be issue. The entirety of the houses on the sea front are cozy Bed and Breakfast's, ensuring during your time you are a woken by the glimmer from the sun bouncing off the sea water and the peaceful sound of the seagulls. Nothing like the city seagulls that I was previously used to. I would advise your first port of call would be the pier, traditionally there are sweet shops and fish and chips. As an unspoken rule you must go and loose an excess quantity of 2 pence coins in the amusement arcade. It has a picturesque scene of the built up parts of Eastbourne. The mentioned built up parts of Eastbourne is the town centre. To get to the shops you must walk through many enticing chip shop restaurants. But where else is best to get fresh seafood but by the

seaside. If you can make it past the aroma of battered fish you will be lead to a small town centre packed full of charming nick knack stores and tea rooms. As well as shopping centre equipped with a Topshop, Starbucks and other familiar chain stores. One of the thing do envy about small towns is the ability to walk you way to everything you need. And once you have recovered from the all the walking, hopefully you should be ready for a night out. The finest bar I could suggest would be the Belgian Cafe special-izing in oysters and the most bizarre flavored beers you could imagine. A reservation is needed however to have a seat. They offer the finest beers Belgium has to offer; personally my favorite would either be the Cherry or Raspberry that gives of the scent of Starburst. I am not a beer fan unfortunately but if you are I was recommended the Hoegaarden, which is the only beer on the menu that can be purchased elsewhere. If beer doesn't tickle your fancy there are plentiful hotels serv-ing up drinks and food right alongside the sea front. Eastbourne will relax and tire you right at the same time, it is wonderful example of why traveling within Britain is just as delightful as any foreign loca-tion. Granted you can't bet on the weather but does that really matter when you are soaking your own culture. It is one of the many captivating understated towns with the isles.

A City by the Sea.

Being in such a close proximity to the colourful city of Brighton during Easter it would have been difficult not to have a visit. Seeing it from new eyes I can only describe it as a London by the seaside. Packed with the best of both worlds of a city and a town, it is relaxed and busy. A perfect balance.

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ShoppingBrighton has an extensive selection of shops to buy what-ever you could need. The three areas that stood out to me were the Hove, Churchill Square and North Laine. Churchill Square is a charmingly laid out shopping centre with all the shops you would expect; boots, Topshop, Urban Outfitters. Although the chain stores lack imagination they are a strong staple to every city in England. Next on the shopping list was The Hove, the resplendent collection of fancy towns houses that are sneaky shops selling Antique French furniture and fashion boutiques filled with clothes and items I wish I could afford.

To compensate for the price you are never too far away in The Hove from an independent cafe, if organic green tea is your cup of tea. Wondering around you magically stumble upon a whole new district of shops with a completely differ-ent vibe and that's what it was like when I tottered on to North Laine. To me it was the equivalent to pur-chasing bliss. It oozing independence littered with high and low end vintage sellers, sweet shops and funky jewellers. If you can find the North Laines, like I almost didn't you are in for a treat

The Pier

Pavilion

. Brighton Pier was once originally slightly more west of the coast but in 1975 it was severely dam-aged by fires and storms. Today there are still the remains of the sturdy iron structure but it is overshadowed by its counter part the new Pier. It is a Victorian style pier with an array of attractions like the amusement arcade (more 2 pence pieces lost there), sweets shops for more flavoured rock, restaurants leaving the smell of fresh fish and chips and even a fun fair nestling itself near the end of the pier. I you are brave enough to go on a Ferris wheel far out into the sea.

It is just as pleasant through the day as it is in the evening, during the day you can a stroll and soak up the sunshine if you are lucky enough to see any. But as the day progresses to the night it changes to accommodate for the clubs huddled underneath and by the marina. It is the pinnacle of traditional British seaside culture

The Royal Pavilion was built between the late 18th and 19th Centu-ries for King George IV. Taking a heavy in-fluence from the Asian culture and appear-ance even though it was actually designed in Germany.

It is a landmark like no other within the UK yet it fits well with the eccentric iden-tity of Brighton. The spectacular seaside palace is open to the public to view the dazzling interior decor and original pieces of artwork. The interior is quite different to the Indian themed outside, taking influence from China all because of King Georges flamboyant style. Unfortunately I when travelling to Brighton I didn't have enought time to visit the remarkable palace but I know when I next time I will and I'd advise you do to.