A lawyer, celebrant, and publican walk into a bar—in fact, it’s St Leonards YMCA, and despite the setup, it’s not a joke.

This September, artist Sophie Barber opens her show, Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, never long wet, never long dry at Hastings Contemporary. Like many great stories, this is a journey that starts here, travels the world, sort of, and returns home triumphant. Born in 1996, it has taken less than thirty years to have a museum show of international importance in the town of her birth.

Rob shares his signature dish of beef rendang. Let’s face it, it will almost certainly be better to experience it at the pub, but this will be a hit at home too!