After an exhausting, but very successful year serving as Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Cllr Mohammed Asaduzzaman and Most Ara, his wife and official Consort, this week stepped back from their mayoral duties.
Mohammed will of course continue as a councillor for Hollingdean and Fiveways, while managing “Mohammed Spice of Life” in the Market. Over the past year, the couple have had to carry out a difficult balancing act, fulfilling mayoral duties while continuing to run the business. Throughout, we can attest that Most has continued to make some of the best samosas in the city.
Mohammed has long supported a statue for Mary Clarke and was delighted when Mary was posthumously granted the Freedom of the City, the only woman so honoured. He has now suggested a portrait for her, inside the historic Brighton Town Hall.
Cllr Asaduzzaman said:
“Mary was so important for democracy. I would like to see a portrait of her inside the Town Hall among all the others. We gave her the Freedom of the City, but it isn’t enough that her name is listed on a board. She should have a portrait.”
A portrait of Cllr Asaduzzaman was recently unveiled at the Town Hall, painted by art student Lucy Dixon.