Author: John Silverton

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  • Born 1945, A Man of Kent (i.e. born south of the Medway) a resident of Eastbourne since 2002. I am a former freelance journalist, newspaper columnist and magazine features writer. Published my first novel, A Pearl Amongst Oysters, a passionate and suspenseful inter-racial love story, in 2022. The novel is partly set in Eastbourne and culminates at Beachy Head. A second novel, A Murder of Crows, a crime thriller set in the art world, is in progress. I am winner of the Anderida Writers' Short Story and Poetry competitions. I am also an artist and published photographer and have exhibited throughout Sussex and Kent and galleries in London. Currently a selection of my paintings can be viewed at the Sussex Fireplace Gallery, Polegate.
    Leisure interests are numerous, including cinema, music, art, chess, table tennis, travel and cafe culture.

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Eastbourne, History, Sussex

Eastbourne’s International Workers Mural

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This exceptional and unique artwork, a fourteen-panel painted frieze, measuring 27.2 x 1.1 metres (89’1″ x  3’7″) in total, depicting the... Read more.
Eastbourne, Sussex

Glittering Piano Recitals in Eastbourne

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Three finalists of Norah Sande Award. L – R We Cherry Ge, Radu-Gabriel Stoica, Erica Sin U Sou.   Fourteen brilliant young classical pianists on the brink... Read more.
Art, Celebrity, Eastbourne, Entertainment, Sussex

Sussex Modernism Towner Gallery Exhibition, Eastbourne

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By John Silverton Crying Girl (2023) by Jennifer Binnie (1958 – From the mid-1950s, Towner Gallery was instrumental in bringing modernist and abstract art... Read more.
Celebrity, Coastal, Eastbourne, History, Sussex

The Lure of the South Pole.

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By John Silverton Blue Plaque, 14 Milnthorpe Road, Eastbourne. The first Blue Plaque to be erected in Eastbourne was at 14 Milnthorpe Road, Hampden Park, from 1916... Read more.
Coastal, Eastbourne, Entertainment, Sussex

Brilliant Young Pianists in Eastbourne Birley Centre 5th & 6th July

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By John Silverton Birley Centre permission to use both photographs from the organiser, Norah Sande Award (ref. Victoria Henley The Birley Centre, Carlisle Road,... Read more.
Art, Celebrity, Eastbourne, Historic Buildings, History, Sussex

Art of Berwick Church

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If you drive west from Eastbourne along the A27 you descend a hill approaching the roundabout turn off to Alfriston. In the distance on the left poking up through... Read more.
Art, Historic Buildings, History, Kent

John’s Favourite Article of 2024 The Jewel of Kent

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By John Silverton Dear reader, a question. Who connects the following event and places: a fatal sailing accident off the coast of Rye, a parish church in the Kent... Read more.
Coastal, Eastbourne, Entertainment, History, Sussex

Beachy Head – Death and Directors

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Moving from London to the south coast, I decided the tempo of Eastbourne agreed with my intended andante lifestyle of retirement, but persuaded to work part-time... Read more.
Art, Coastal, Eastbourne, Historic Buildings, Sussex

Today’s Coastline Will Not Be Tomorrow’s

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In 1993 the Grand National was cancelled and a hotel in Scarborough toppled into the sea. These two events were included to great effect in a speech by Labour Party…... Read more.
Celebrity, Coastal, Eastbourne, Historic Buildings, History, Sussex

Eastbourne Blues   

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By John Silverton Alan Bennett’s filmed story of The Lady in the Van (2015), related the saga of Miss Shepherd, the eponymous ‘Lady’ of the title, who for... Read more.
Eastbourne, Entertainment, Sussex

Eastbourne Hosts Brilliant Young Pianists

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One of the best undiscovered secrets of Eastbourne is the Birley Centre, Carlisle Road, opposite Towner. Opened in 2011 this modern art-deco styled exhibition and... Read more.