Brightons Jubilee Library – Award Winning Architecture!
Anyone remember the old library in Brighton? I always loved the building, and whilst Im an avid library user, and would regularly drop in, somehow it didn’t really inspire me to take books and cd’s out on loan. Fast forward to 2005, and the opening of the new Jubilee Library and the experience is a [...]
Brighton to hold first ever all-female parliamentary election
Brighton Short Break sees Brighton and Hove demonstrating its credentials as the most Right On city in the UK this week with the fact that it is the first time a parliamentary election has seen an all-female list of candidates.
20 years after Mrs Thatcher broke political ground by becoming the first ever female Prime Minister [...]
Christmas Artists Open House Festival for 2009!
Brighton Short Breaks takes its hat off to the organisers of the seventh Christmas Artists Open Houses festival is this year opening, which has expanded its openings to three weekends in the run up to Christmas.
The event has been so successful over the last six years of it existence, gathering such a strong level of recognition [...]
Brighton Short Breaks Celebrates The Duke of York Picture House
Brighton prides itself on having the oldest cinema in the UK and one of the oldest in the world! The Duke Of York’s cinema opened on 22 September 1910 and recently celebrated 95 years of entertainment!
Built on the site of the Amber Ale Brewery, and slightly outside the town centre, the cinemas fortunes have varied [...]
Brighton Welcomes Budding Artists!
If you believe you have an innate artistic skill which just needs a outlet or some training then the Dupont Art Club could be just the organisation for you!
Operating from the Adult Education Centre, Connaught Road in Hove they offer a free first session to allow everyone to see if its the right club for them! [...]
Oska Bright Proves Learning Difficulties Dont Need To Stand In Your Way!
One of the really inspiring events in Brighton this November is the Oska Bright Film Festival from the 17th to the 19th! Showcasing short films made by people from around the world who share learning difficulties .
Not only are the films made by people with learning difficulties – but the whole festival is managed and [...]
Lewes Bonfire – Probably Best You Stay At Home
The amazing event which is the Lewes Bonfire festival, is, sadly, a victim of its own success – and this year people are being requested to stay away!
Anyone who has ever attended the famous bonfire night celebrations knows just how well organised they are, as well as what great fun it can be. And that’s [...]
Do the Movie Tour of Brighton
Brighton has been the sparkling and highly charged backdrop to a number of major movies and www.visitbrighton.com’s audio tour lets you in on the background to this fascinating subject.
If you’re anything like me then knowing that your home town is featured as the setting for a film always generates a much greater level of interest [...]
London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
November sees the ever welcome return of the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. An event of many years standing now, it never fails to please the crowds as the hundreds of entrants proudly display their lovingly maintained and restored veteran cars.
Culminating in a grand park off down on the sea front the event provides [...]
Brighton Celebrates The Sussex Land Girls
November brings a new exhibition to Brighton Museum, focusing on the county of Sussex and the land girls who were trained, lived and worked on the Sussex Downs and surrounding areas.
Told through personal stories of the war years, using memories, paintings, posters, photographs and other objects, especially the distinctive uniform,the Land Girls exhibition gives a [...]