Playwright Pinter's links with Worthing revealed

Tributes have been paid to the world-renowned writer, who died on Christmas Eve aged 78 and who lived in Ambrose Place from 1963 to 1964 with his then wife, Vivien Merchant, and their son, David.

While living in the house he wrote The Homecoming '“ one of his most popular plays '“ in only six weeks. "It kind of wrote itself," he later said in an interview.

For the full story, see the West Sussex Gazette issue dated December 31, 2008.