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From art exhibitions and theatre to music, literature and creative movements, this category explores the people, places and ideas shaping Brighton’s cultural life — celebrating both grassroots creativity and headline events across the city.

Brighton resident Nick Cave has announced an 8-week European tour alongside his band The Bad Seeds. In an effort to fight exploitative touts Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are using Twickets as the official re-seller for all UK dates. Twickets is a fan-to-fan ticket resale site that only sells...
Raya Rose is a south Coast ROCK AND ROLL girl, born in Chichester, raised in Littlehampton, Worthing. Why did you move to Brighton? "I would visit Brighton almost every weekend to meet friends/family, and just fell in love the the city." How long have you been in Brighton? "I've lived here officially since...
Brighton Observation Tower
Brighton's 162 metre-high i360 opened last August after 2 years of construction, but it was not the city's first attempt at an observation tower. Black and white Pathé footage from the '60s reveals a proposed project which bears an uncanny resemblance to the tourist attraction. The structure would have...
Brighton based band 'Levity' gets ready for their EP launch on the 11th of Febuary at The Brunswick! The band is made up of the joined forces of George Challiss, lead vocalist, David Duce, guitarist, George Marino, bassist and Dan Slater, Drummer all 22 years old. I had the privilege of...
Attila the Stockbroker
A short film has been released telling the story of Sussex's legendary punk poet Attila The Stockbroker. The 20 minute film features Attila talking about his 35 year career, living in Sussex, and supporting Brighton and Hove Albion. Attila is politically active, writing a bimonthly column in The Morning Star and...
Jane Austen
People say that Jane Austen dreaded coming to Brighton, but the academic behind a new display at the Royal Pavilion exploring Austen’s relationship with coastal towns say that is simply not true. Jane Austen by the Sea will mark the bicentenary of her death, and look at the seaside context...
Philippe Nash, 27 from Salisbury, Wiltshire, moved to Brighton to study Illustration in 2010 and then BAM he found himself playing snazzy music with all sorts of delightful personages, and doing it jolly well! Currently, he's joined forces with Oliver Chapman, Will HIlliard and Harvey Herman to make the reflective and ingeniously...
Lucy, 22, originally from Haywards Heath, just moved back to Brighton after university in Exeter but before that, had lived here since she was about sevenish. When did you start to play music? What were your influences? "I started gigging professionally when I was about 15 but have been playing music...
Additional writing by Adam Heppell The huge £2 million restoration project on Volk’s railway, which runs between Palace Pier and Black Rock, is on schedule despite the scathing winter weather. Works financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund are on target for their late spring completion when the oldest electric railway...
A temporary display at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery explores the birth of UK punk through 40 photographs by Kevin Cummins and Ian Dickson, as the movement celebrates its 40th anniversary. The 40 images are on display until 5 March are document the phenomenon’s early years from 1976-79, in London,...