Seagull Recommends 16/09

Hello and welcome back to Seagull Recommends! A band our editor loves, Welly, is in Brighton today but it's for a freshers event. She's very sad. So sad that she's considering going to Lewes to see them at the end of the month instead...

She's also trying out Beach Box Spa's sauna today: we'll report back!

If you come across anything coming up in the city that you think we should know about, let us know!

🎶Gigs: Me Lost Me, 'a beguiling mix of soaring vocals and atmospheric electronics, is at The Prince Albert on Tuesday (tickets); London indie-rock newcomers, Heavy Wild, are at Green Door Store on Thursday, combining post-punk, chill-wave, and grungy lo-fi (tickets); Team Seagull are very excited for Jamie xx's sunset DJ set down at the seafront this Sunday in celebration of his new album, In Waves, it's sold out but always worth getting yourself on the waitlist (tickets).

🤣Comedy: Forge Comedy Club returns to Ironworks Studios this Friday and Saturday, with comedy from Marcus Brigstocke, Harriet Kemsley, Caroline Madds, Michael Irish McMahon and Adam Beardsmore on Friday (tickets), Suzi Ruffell, Tiffany Stevenson, Joe Sutherland, and Jarred Christmas on Saturday (tickets).

🚶‍♀️Historical walk: This Saturday, experience the glamour and excitement of Regency-era Brighton with a guided walking tour. With an in-character guide, you'll feel as though you've stepped back in time to a golden age of Brighton, experiencing the sights and sounds of the city as they were 192 years ago (tickets).

🥐Baking: Stoneham Bakehouse is running a workshop this Tuesday (and again on Tuesday 5th November) to teach people how to make Swedish cinnamon buns (kanelbullar), and Finnish cardamom rolls (korvapuusti) (tickets).

🌊Martha Gunn: The Martha Gunn Trust has now been set up, and the group behind it, Celebrate Brighton's Martha Gunn, is looking to raise money to commemorate her. Martha Gunn, a woman from the 1700s who set up a successful business dipping people into the Brighton sea to improve their health. There's a meeting for people interested in finding out more this Tuesday, at The Sussex Arms, from 6:30pm to 9:30pm.

☕️Drink: We recommend hitting up Alcampo Lounge's LGBTQ+ coffee morning on Saturday from 11am, where this week's theme is 'how to recognise the ones that got away'.

🍱Food: Friends of The Seagull, James and Laurel, visited Brighton last week and went to, among other places, Cibo Italiano on Western Road:

So first of all they were super accommodating when we let them know we were running a bit late, the staff were so friendly, and the food was just amazing. The classic Italian recipes were really well done and they had some of the more traditional Italian recipes which you don't often see.

On request they can make any of the pasta dishes gluten free which is a huge win for us!

We shared a starter of a burrata caprese which was so fresh and well presented. For a main Laurel had the penne al fileto, and I had the penne all puttanesca, both of which were amazing, I don't think I've tried capers before and that was just a cracking way to try them!

Then for dessert we shared a tiramisu, and oh my gosh let me tell you, quite possibly the best one I've ever had, unlike most tiramisu it was quite subtle in the liquor, giving it a much lighter and sweeter way to finish off the meal!