Viva Lewes Issue #134 November 2017
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134<br />
VIVALEWES<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
Every year we are faced with the same problem. It’s pretty clear what the main event is in <strong>Lewes</strong><br />
in <strong>November</strong>, but as all that is over by end-of-play on the 5th (the 4th this year, of course) we<br />
don’t want to produce a magazine that looks out of date when less than a sixth of the month has<br />
elapsed. This time we’ve sorted that problem by making the theme ‘Noir’ which, while nodding<br />
to the moody film genre, was chosen to reflect everything that happens at night. And by that<br />
we don't just mean THE night. So our wonderfully semi-abstract cover, by Alexander Johnson,<br />
calls to mind the fireworks that are let off all over town at the climax of <strong>Lewes</strong>’ biggest event.<br />
But by the very nature of its abstraction, it can be read in more ways than one, and thus retain<br />
its relevance as the month goes on, and the nights draw in.<br />
We’re particularly pleased with our The Way We Work section, which reflects a good deal of<br />
very hard graft by photographer Tom Reeves, who asked a member of each bonfire society to<br />
go to work in their bonfire costume, so they could be snapped going about their daily tasks in<br />
all their processional finery. The subtext? Bonfire incorporates people from all walks of life; it is<br />
the social gel that binds this town together, like no other town. And bonfire people are bonfire<br />
people all year through.<br />
We also discover about night-time football photography, stargazing with your kids, and how to<br />
deal with insomnia, as well as why the nightingale is so called. With the clocks going back on<br />
the 29th October this year, <strong>November</strong> is the time when you can really start enjoying those everlonger<br />
nights. Wrap up warm and indulge in them, then… enjoy the issue.<br />
THE TEAM<br />
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EDITOR: Alex Leith alex@vivamagazines.com<br />
SUB-EDITOR: David Jarman<br />
DEPUTY EDITOR: Rebecca Cunningham rebecca@vivamagazines.com<br />
ART DIRECTOR: Katie Moorman katie@vivamagazines.com<br />
ADVERTISING: Sarah Hunnisett, Amanda Meynell advertising@vivamagazines.com<br />
EDITORIAL / ADMIN ASSISTANT: Kelly Hill admin@vivamagazines.com<br />
PUBLISHER: Becky Ramsden becky@vivamagazines.com<br />
DISTRIBUTION: David Pardue distribution@vivamagazines.com<br />
CONTRIBUTORS: Jacky Adams, Jacqui Bealing, Michael Blencowe, Sarah Boughton, Mark Bridge, Emma Chaplin,<br />
Daniel Etherington, Mark Greco, Anita Hall, John Henty, Mat Homewood, Chloë King, Lizzie Lower,<br />
Carlotta Luke, Richard Madden and Marcus Taylor<br />
<strong>Viva</strong> <strong>Lewes</strong> is based at Pipe Passage, 151b High Street, <strong>Lewes</strong>, BN7 1XU, 01273 434567. Advertising 01273 488882
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