Miller fight

Trouble is brewing in Brighton, where a temporary re-siting of Max Miller's statue "during roadworks" has given the current manager of the Dome Theatre an excuse to try and send him into permanent exile. Apparently Nick Dodds thinks a bronze figure of a comedian and singer is a risk to people:

"It is entirely on health and safety grounds.

"The idea was to put it back outside the box office door area on New Road.

"We really didn't want to have that obstruction because it's a very busy part of the Dome box office."

Mr Dodds also thought it was not appropriate to place the statue outside a building Max Miller had no association with and suggested a site closer to the Palace Pier or the Hippodrome.

Mr Dodds, of course, is the manager of an old stable block which has been converted - at great public expense - into a theatre. It probably pains Dodd that when he and his waving of "health and safety" concerns have long since been forgotten, Miller will still be remembered as one of Brighton's greatest sons. Perhaps Dodds should consider moving his box office to the end of the pier instead.