Steve Keegan co-founded a new beer and soft drinks business just before the first lockdown was announced. He explains how a focus on community was its salvation

January can be a noisy month, winter storms battering the windows. But it’s also a time when the skies can seem alive with shifting clouds, mists and fog

Since the advent of the moving picture all corners of our county have changed considerably. Through these classic videos we can take a look back at how our ancestors lived in Sussex

Eartham man Tristan Gooley has made a career out of sharing the secrets of the natural world. But in the COVID era, even explorers have had to change their working practices

Clive Collins has been growing trees for Sussex Christmases for more than a quarter-century. He talks to Duncan Hall about his year. Article first published in December 2017

This Hungarian-born chef loves slow-cooked comfort food and his guilty culinary pleasure is walnut and raisin bread

Still only 23, the Brighton artist has completed a number of large-scale commissions in urban environments around the world

The Brighton musician sings the praises of Patti Smith and shares her worries for live music venues in the city

How much of our county’s unofficial anthem can you remember? You’ve got 10 minutes to recall as much as you can!

CFT’s executive director doesn’t like sitting still and loves paddleboarding, sailing – and a good pub lunch

The nature charity’s chief executive lives in Lewes, where her family have been for generations. Her favourite local night out involves a moth trap in Brede High Woods

For those of us confined to our homes, what better way to escape reality than in the pages of a book? Here we present a comprehensive Sussex reading list, with selections from novelists Peter James, Simon Brett and Lynne Truss

Sussex was very much on the frontline during World War II, playing a key role in the Battle of Britain and hosting large numbers of British and Canadian troops

These intrepid adventurers are showing off their penny farthings before setting off on a day’s ride

The legendary Hastings-born folk singer reveals a taste for Richmal Crompton’s Just William books – and a film that quite literally changed her life

This Hove-based fashion expert wears Fifties clothes every day and has a passion for hand-embroidered Mexican jackets

Painter Sophie Wake was suffering from physical illness and creative block when she discovered a new way of working that transformed her life

The boy who never grew up may have lived in Neverland, but his origins are in Sussex - Rustington, near Worthing, to be precise

The Rotherfield painter has sold out every one of his 12 solo exhibitions so far. But his route to artistic success has been unconventional and far from easy

Why were paintings of working class life attractive to aristocratic collectors like the third Earl of Egremont?