Author: John V Willshire

  • Lewes Festival of Democracy

    Lewes Festival of Democracy

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    After our brilliant afternoon at Bull House on Sussex Day, we were invited back to Lewes to show the game at the Lewes Festival of Democracy on the 4th July. Starting with a parade through the town, where the Lewes Town crier Jon Borthwick would stop and read key quotes from Thomas Paine’s work at…

  • The spirit of Thomas Paine

    The spirit of Thomas Paine

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    On Tuesday 16th June this week – Sussex Day – we played the new Sussex iteration of Our House‘s Charter building game. We’d tested the main game in Worthing earlier this year, but moving towards Sussex Day we decided we wanted to create a version of our own to fit what we’re trying to achieve…

  • Sussex is a Thing

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    I was invited this week to give a short talk on day one of the Sussex & Brighton Devolution Policy Sprint, which was being held to start exploring requirements for the formation of a Mayoral Combined County Authority for the local government areas of East Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council, and Brighton and Hove City…