It is always a pleasure to welcome school groups to Brighton History Centre, as we have many resources that can be used to support local history projects. Year 7 students from Cardinal Newman School have been coming for the past … Continued
I’m not just any old beechwood chair, Plonked any old where. I was donated by the Design Council of Great Britain, 1979 To Brighton Museum. I sit five feet in the air On a plinth (me thinks), surrounded by other … Continued
Earlier this year Htein Lin, one of Burma’s leading contemporary artists, visited Brighton Museum & Art Gallery to demonstrate his printmaking techniques. The event – Freedom from Within – was organised by the Pansodan Gallery (Yangon) in partnership with the … Continued
Tomorrow, Madeira Drive will be taken over by the roar of motor engines and the pursuit of speed. Brighton & Hove’s National Speed Trials is one of Britain’s oldest motor racing events, and can trace its history back to 1905. … Continued
On 8 September 2011, we hosted a Question and Answer session for our Twitter users. This was a chance for people to learn more about Radical Bloomsbury, our exhibition at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, and the lives of the … Continued
As a poet, socialist, animal-rights campaigner, feminist, mystic, and gay man, it may seem unsurprising that Edward Carpenter’s childhood was spent in Brighton and Hove. Born in 1844, son of local magistrate Charles Carpenter, he grew up at 45 Brunswick … Continued
Brighton has enjoyed the reputation of being a ‘Cyclists Mecca’, mainly due to the popularity of the route to and from London with successive generations of cyclists. This trend was begun by John Mayall, who in 1869, cycled from London … Continued
Tufts of ‘seaweed’ on rocks on the seashore and beneath the waves are often not what they seem and are in fact animals. They can form such a dense covering that the growth is known as ‘animal turf’. Included in … Continued
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