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You don't have to go the second hand route. Don't ignore the handful of home shops, such as Roost in Kensington Gardens. Then there are shops that seem to have the slightest possible raison d'être. Take Revolution, a small shop dedicated to Mexican and South American gifts, like pink flamingos and fighting nuns. Or Pussy, the intriguingly named store selling kitsch gifts, some of which have a sexy theme - SEX shower curtains, for instance, and nude Biros (click to reveal all).

It's all here: shops dedicated to beads or bikes; healthy food shops (like Infinity Foods on North Road) and unhealthy food shops (Audrey's in the Lanes is the most brilliant old-fashioned chocolate shop). If you end up in Brighton on a Sunday, the market next to the station is a must for second-hand knick-knacks and furniture.

Last but not least is the New Age shopping. Greenwich Village on Bond Street sums it up. The dark and cavernous interior is packed with tie-dies, ethnic knick-knacks, African masks, incense sticks and so on. A relatively new addition to the scene caters for the Mystic Meg in us all - the aforementioned Hocus Pocus. Here you can change your life with books and tapes, get a little help from destiny with tarot cards and buy all your paraphernalia for smoking strange substances. It's fab. So what do we say to shopping in Brighton: here we come, here we come, here we come!
Julie Aschkenasy

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