For over a year Sussex publisher Snake River Press has produced a much-loved regular feature for the weekend Argus. Entitled Sussex Bookends, A Weekly Celebration of the Sussex Character, this page has featured a rich mix of topical news, eccentric facts, up-coming events, excerpts from Snake River titles and a popular Saturday quiz. Sadly this weekend sees the publication of our last Bookends.

We would like to thank the Brighton-based Argus newspaper for providing this opportunity to promote the county we love so much, and to send a special thanks to all the loyal readers who have emailed us with their Sussex anecdotes, dialect words, quiz entries and compliments. It's been fun.

All fans of Sussex Bookends and Snake River Press books should visit the Snake River website regularly as we will continue to provide a lively mix of information about forthcoming events, news and items of interest to Sussex enthusiasts everywhere. And don’t forget to look out for the quiz and your chance to win Snake River Books.

Sussex Bookends, our weekly feature in The Argus.

 Quiz Answers

1 Eccelstone Glen is in which Country Park? Hastings Country Park

2 What is the common name of the bird Luscinia megarhynchos? Nightingale

3 Is Burton Pond near Petworth or Pyecombe? Petworth

4 What type of creature is a stonechat? A bird

5 Name the important Sussex wetland site close to Storrington. Pulborough Brooks

The winner was Andrew Smith of Brighton. He wins a copy of Sussex Wildlife by David Mortimer. If you missed this competition, enter the next one featured every Saturday in the weekend magazine that accompanies The Argus.

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Sussex Bookends, our weekly feature in The Argus.

 Quiz Answers

1 Which artist is associated with Petworth House? J.M.W. Turner

2 Name the writer whose mother was housekeeper at Uppark. H.G. Wells

3 Which Sussex town was the fictional home of Miss Mapp? Rye aka 'Tilling"

4 Wich novel features the fictional Sussex village of Howling? Cold Comfort Farm

5 Where was Daisy Ashford living when she wrote The Young Visiters? Lewes

The winner was Pat Manser from Hove. She wins a copy of 20 Sussex Walks by Pat Bowen. If you missed this competition, enter the next one featured every Saturday in the weekend magazine that accompanies The Argus.

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Sussex Bookends, our weekly feature in The Argus.

 Quiz Answers

1 Which Lewes house was home to John Evelyn? Southover Grange

2 Did Christopher Lloyd garden at Great Dixter or Wakehurts Place? Great Dixter

3 Which fruit is the Gage family associated with? The greengage

4 What type of fruit is a Crawley Beauty? An apple

5 Who wrote The Glory of the Garden? Rudyard Kipling

The winner was Barry Render from Shoreham. He wins a copy of 20 Sussex Gardens by Lorraine Harrison. If you missed this competition, enter the next one featured every Saturday in the weekend magazine that accompanies The Argus.

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Sussex Bookends, our weekly feature in The Argus.

 Quiz Answers

1 Name the author and gardener who lived at Batemans. Rudyard Kipling

2 Which Sussex garden is home to wallabies? Leonardslee

3 What material does Coade immitate? Stone

4 Who designed the famous pergola at West Dean Gardens? Harold Peto

5 Where is the Syvia Standing Garden? Horsham

The winner was Margaret Millyard from Portslade. She wins a copy of Inspiring Sussex Gardeners by Lorraine Harrison. If you missed this competition, enter the next one featured every Saturday in the weekend magazine that accompanies The Argus.

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Sussex Bookends, our weekly feature in The Argus.

 Quiz Answers

1 What are 'hollards'? Dead branches of trees

2 What were first shown to the public at Brighton's Pandora Gallery? Films

3 Which poet lived at Felpham? William Blake. What are 'hollards'? Dead branches of trees

4 Name the architects who designed the Brighton Pavilion. Henry Holland and John Nash

5 Which actress lived at 18 Lewes Cresecnt in Brighton? Dame Anna Neagle

The winner was Gill Bradshaw from Portslade. She wins a copy of The Shaping of the Sussex Landscape by Peter Brandon. If you missed this competition, enter the next one featured every Saturday in the weekend magazine that accompanies The Argus.

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Sussex Bookends, our weekly feature in The Argus.

 Quiz Answers

1 What is the name of Ben Nicholson's artist father? William Nicholson

2 Which art movement is Lee Miller associated with? Surrealism

3 As well as sculpture and printmaking what else is Eric Gill best known for? Typography

4 Which patron lived at West Dean? Edward James

5 The two Nash brothers were both artists, what are their first names? Paul and John

The winner was Chris Lowe of Brighton. He wins a copy of Sussex Writers & Artists by Edward Lucie-Smith. If you missed this competition, enter the next one featured every Saturday in the weekend magazine that accompanies The Argus.

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Sussex Bookends, our weekly feature in The Argus.

 Quiz Answers

1 Where are the Fitzgerald Almshouses? Seaford

2 Where is Brighton's Victorian Extra-Mural Cemetry? Lewes Road

3 What is the name of the debonnair former convalescent home on Brighton seafront? The French Convalescent Home

4 Which Sussex town hall was designed by Henry Ward? Bexhill

5 Which great Victorian architect designed St Mary Magdalene in West Lavington? William Butterfield

The winner was Mrs Peel from Bexhill. She wins a copy of What The Victorians Did For Sussex by Roland Lewis. If you missed this competition, enter the next one featured every Saturday in the weekend magazine that accompanies The Argus.

Click here to read this issue of Sussex Bookends in Adobe PDF format. To view and print it you may first need to download a free copy of the Adobe® Reader® software.

Sussex Bookends, our weekly feature in The Argus.

 Quiz Answers

1 Which Sussex church claims to be the smallest? Lullington

2 Where is the mouth of the River Ouse? Newhaven

3 Name the architect of Eastbourne pier? Eugenius Birch

4 Is Breaky Bottom a vineyard or a brewery? Vineyard

5 Which Sussex town boasts its own version of the Sistine Chapel ceiling? Goring by Sea

The winner was Stella Agha from Hove. She wins a copy of A Sussex Miscellany by Sophie Collins. If you missed this competition, enter the next one featured every Saturday in the weekend magazine that accompanies The Argus.

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Sussex Bookends, our weekly feature in The Argus.

 Quiz Answers

1 Does a humble-cow have horns or not? Has no horns

2 Are all the fish caught at one tide known as shooked or siever? A siever

3 Is a greyhound sometimes called a long-dog or a fast-dog? Long-dog

4 What bird will you find in a henrip? A hen

5 What creature is caught in a clam? A rat

The winner was Dave Churcher from Littlehampton. He wins a copy of A Dictionary of Sussex Dialect by the Reverend W. D. Parish. If you missed this competition, enter the next one featured every Saturday in the weekend magazine that accompanies The Argus.

Click here to read this issue of Sussex Bookends in Adobe PDF format. To view and print it you may first need to download a free copy of the Adobe® Reader® software.