Arundel Castle, however, will have to wait for another time, as it’s in the wrong direction betwixt Brighton, London, and Heathrow (both my airport and the location of the 2nd event: EasterCon). As I’ve a grand total of five days spare in a period only just longer than a fortnight, and I’m single-handedly responsible for selling, displaying, and shipping of books between events, those three locations are the only places for me. Besides, I find what a country is today rather more interesting than “here’s where we did cool things about eight centuries ago”. Some day I will return to England without business so firmly in mind that all days must justify themselves as ‘profitable’. Granted, as a dirt-poor sole proprietor, this will likely be about the same time one can flap one’s wings and fly to the moon…

The “Indo-Saracenic” architectural style is just crazy… Sort of an idealized interpretation of Asian architecture by people who never left Blighty.

Nearby in the Sussex countryside is Arundel Castle (bloody Papists).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundel_Castle

It’s an easy train ride from Brighton.