At 10am this morning the full programme for the Brighton Festival was revealed, and Bjournal were lucky enough to attend the launch. Brighton Festival is the largest and most established curated annual multi-arts festival in England and is this year celebrating its 50th Anniversary. The Guest Director this year...
There’s some exciting news from Theatre Royal and it involves a great American classic. Of Mice and Men is coming to Theatre Royal this Spring and it’s set to be one of the best shows in Brighton!
Set in America during the Great Depression, this classic play tells the story...
The idea of six degrees of separation has been around since in the 1920s and the idea is that everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world. In 2008, researchers at Microsoft found that the theory was...
Valentine’s Day is loved, and hated, by many and regardless of our feelings on the matter, it still happens every year. It seems that presents have become more extravagant each and every year. Sometimes, it’s nice to stray away from the huge teddy bears and get your loved one...
It seems that more and more music festivals are taking place in our wonderful seaside town this year and whilst it’s easy to get carried away amongst the line-up announcements and ticket releases, Sussex Police have warned today about a festival that is supposedly being held in Brighton this...
Doreen Valiente was born in 1922 and died in 1999. In 2013 she made history by being awarded a blue plaque on her tower block home in our wonderful Kemptown. Why did she make history? Because she is the first witch to ever receive the commemoration. Yes, Doreen Valiente...
Recently, The Photography Club called for their first submission of the year, which just happened to be around the theme of our beloved Brighton. ‘What Brighton Means to Me’ will be showcased in February, and contains photography by local Brighton photographers.
The Photography Club exhibitions feature photocopied/Xerox photography from photographers...
While none of us won big at the lottery this weekend, the Royal Pavilion certainly did as it has just been announced that they have been awarded nearly £5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The money will help to pay for the major refurbishment of the Brighton Dome...
It seems that the news is always talking about global warming. Yesterday it was announced that the Doomsday clock was still stuck on three minutes to midnight due to the threat of global warming (and nuclear war obviously) and the horrendous floods and storms around the world have been...
Oscar Wilde once said “life imitates art far more than art imitates life” and for the most part, we agree with him. However, after discovering this Tumblr account, we can safely say that in this case, art is definitely imitating life. The Gluten-Free Museum is a Tumblr account in...
