Booze Island: Rocky Times At Pleasure Beach

Not content with sticking solely to saturated, emaciated, and over enunciated urban centers, W4 is sending its minions to the far reaches of the globe, which may as well be the far reaches of Booze Island (England). We are packing them off like misbehaving boarding school children and shipping them to the British seaside in balmy, tropical September. St. Tropez, very much two months ago. Southampton/East Hampton, an August detour. Blackpool and Brighton, early autumn distraction.

Over the course of the next three weeks W4 correspondents will be flopping around Booze Island's rocky beach blankets to places with dubious / kitchy names such as Pleasure Beach and Devil's Dyke to test the North Atlantic waters. Fearful of sending our correspondents to the 180 proof seaside alone we are surrounding them with the likes of Tony Blair and the British political establishment in a sad attempt to excavate some vaguely academic and possibly even thoughtful discourse from them. But who are we kidding – we've headed over to Ladbrokes and wagering that they will end up at some lager chugging, champagne swilling, fondue spinning, pill popping, after hours rave at Fatboy Slim's house in Brighton. The outcome should hopefully be worth reporting. Keep refreshing.
+W4: Fuckin' Summer 2005: Plage: St. Tropez.
+W4: Southampton, En Vacances.
+Labour Party Annual Conference, Brighton, 25th to 29th September.
+Ladbrokes, tax free online betting.
+Brighton Resident: Fatboy Slim, wikipedia.
+Germans Hate Rocky Beaches Too: Rocky Beach Club.