In May of 2011, Councillor Bill Randall found himself centre stage in the first Green Administration in the country. As Leader of Brighton and Hove City Council Bill now spends his days making those big decisions for the city, his time is no longer his own, and people want to speak to him at all hours of the day and night.

In his professional life Bill is a freelance writer and commentator who has written about housing, community and environmental issues, and the arts for national newspapers and magazines since the 1970s. He acts as a media advisor to three housing associations outside Brighton and Hove. Bill is also a trustee of Same Sky, a community arts organisation in the city, and is a Governor of Elm Grove Primary School.

With such a full and hectic schedule what have been the challenges and the highlights? What does he like and not like about this complete and unexpected change of life? And how does he stay the relaxed, positive and friendly man we have got to know?

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