I’m happy to see that The Greys, the pub where I had lunch, is a sponsor of the Hanover Art Trail. It’s a nice place with an adventurous menu ranging from hairst bree (“Scottish potage – vegetarian version available without the lamb”) via Gressingham duck to cow pie, and serves an extensive range of Belgian beers. My crab pancakes were filling and delicious, while the bodyguard pronounced her hake fillet “as good as you could ask”. With only one chef cooking from fresh, there was a bit of a wait, so we had to forego the lavender ice cream to set off for Kemptown.

But are we in Kemptown? My pedantic bodyguard insists that we’re actually in Queen’s Park, but what do I know? The terraced houses are bigger than in Hanover, and there seems to be a pub facing a church on every corner.

At 232 Freshfield Road, husband and wife Pongtarin Bejrachandra and Aksorn Rukpong have a small flat with great views over a sloping garden and out to sea. They are particularly welcoming. Their paintings are inspired by Brighton’s cityscape and are complementary: hers warm, with the light turning to sunset, while he, a former architect, paints perhaps the same scenes in a geometrical, almost abstract style. Their catalogue shows a high proportion of well-deserved, red “sold” stickers.
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