If you’d have gone down to the woods at Three Cornered Copse in Hove last month, you’d have been sure of a big surprise as you might have come across the New Note Orchestra dreaming up a brand new piece … Continued
Welcome to the start of this year’s Heritage Open Days, England’s largest festival of history and culture, 11 – 20 September. This year we have moved our activities online so get ready for a week of stories, music, art and … Continued
Today’s 100 Pioneering Women of Sussex blog celebrates Sophie Cook. Sophie’s website introduces her as ‘a former Labour Party Parliamentary candidate, RAF veteran, Premier League Football photographer, self harm and suicide survivor…and transgender.’ This is the tip of the iceberg. … Continued
Today’s 100 Pioneering Women of Sussex blog looks up to the awe-inspiring mountaineer and journalist, Rebecca Stephens. Sussex-based Rebecca undertook her summit attempt to the roof of the world on 17 May 1993 and became the first British woman to … Continued
This evening (3 April) was to be the showing of Banff Mountain Film Festival at our neighbour, Brighton Dome. Postponed due to current events, we thought it would be a good opportunity to highlight and celebrate one of the 20th … Continued
‘My mum was the best, absolutely the best person to take. I called my mum and said, can you come and bring more teabags.‘ Sally Kettle. Today is Mother’s day and today we are celebrating a mother and daughter team. … Continued
It’s a special combination when a pioneering woman in her own right does a talk about another trailblazing woman. Yesterday’s Bitesize talk at Brighton Museum saw Shoreham-by-Sea based Odaline de la Martinez, the first woman to conduct a BBC Prom, … Continued
Today is a celebration of ALL women, across the world. Curator Jody East reflects on the ‘Pioneering Women of Sussex‘ blog series so far and the women whose achievements may never be told. Today we are not publishing a singular … Continued
Curator Jody East spends a week installing the new exhibition 100 First Women Portraits at Brighton Museum. On my first glance at the striking photographs of women who are the first in their respective field, I wasn’t sure whether I … Continued
I was a teenager once. Although it feels like a long time ago. It was definitely before mobile phones, Facebook and emojis. And I remember having to use books for school research rather than the internet. In reality it was … Continued
When I was a student in Brighton 25 years ago I became very used to seeing the iconic Royal Pavilion building during my everyday life in the city. I then discovered the story of this former royal palace being used … Continued
In advance of her bite-size talk at Brighton Museum tomorrow, War Stories curator Jody East discusses one of the untold stories she discovered during her research for the exhibition. The exhibition War Stories: Voices from the First World War focuses … Continued
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