Brighton
Joy Schaverien obituary
May 22, 2025The Jungian psychoanalyst and art psychotherapist Joy Schaverien, who has died aged 82, will be remembered beyond her professional world for her book Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the “Privileged” Child (2015). It became a bestseller for the publisher Routledge: among its readers were adult boarding school survivors who found that it described […]
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Helena Bell obituary
May 4, 2025From 2016 until her death, at the age of 64 after being diagnosed with cancer, Helena Bell was the artistic director of Kali Theatre, a company founded by Rita Wolf and Rukhsana Ahmad in 1991 to encourage writing by south Asian women, and now based at the Albany theatre in Deptford, south London. Helena believed […]
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London Marathon 2026 ballot opens today – here’s how to take part
April 25, 2025As runners gear up for this year’s London Marathon on Sunday, the have ballots opened today for next year’s race. Anyone keen to take on the 26.2 miles challenge around the capital in 2026 has until Friday, May 2 to sign up. A world record-breaking 840,000 people entered the ballot for this year’s race, making […]
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Brighton Pier owner to delist from London stock market and go private
April 2, 2025The leisure group that owns the 126-year-old Brighton Palace Pier is planning to delist from the London stock market and return to life as a private company, in the latest blow to the capital’s junior market. Brighton Pier Group, which also owns several bars and mini-golf sites around the country, told investors it intended to […]
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Map of UK’s disposable income shows exactly how rich your neighbours are
December 5, 2024Sarah Hooper Published December 5, 2024 8:36pm Updated December 5, 2024 8:36pm New data has revealed the UK Cities which have the most – and least – disposable income. It’s good news for those who live in Brighton. The coastal city has the highest amount of disposable income, with the average household spending just 45% […]
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Surprising city named one of UK’s party capitals
April 16, 2024It won’t surprise many people that Brighton has been named the party capital of the UK. However, one of the runners up may catch you off guard. Newcastle was ranked second best, according to a new survey. Both the Bigg Market and Quayside are well known hot spots for nightlife entertainment. It is also the […]
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Seaside town on London’s doorstep named the best place to live for wellbeing
February 29, 2024London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, but with its constant, bustling lifestyle and increasingly extortionate rents, the capital can be somewhat overwhelming. Fed up of the Big Smoke but don’t want to be too far away from work, friends or family? A charming seaside town on London’s doorstep, the free-spirited […]
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Jury shown horrific video of police finding Constance Marten’s baby in Lidl bag
February 14, 2024The moment a baby girl was found dead amid rubbish in a Lidl supermarket bag has been shown during the trial of Constance Marten. Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, refused to tell police where their baby daughter Victoria was when they were tracked down in Brighton, in February 2023. The baby’s body […]
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4 places for the perfect ‘day-cation’ just an hour from London
February 6, 2024Long weekends are out, day-cations are in. It seems we’re looking for shorter yet sweeter trips when it comes to our travel plans, as – according to new research – less really is more. ‘Day-cations’ are set to be a top trend for 2024, according to research from London Luton Airport (LLA), as we’re turning […]
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This town has been crowned the UK’s top trending destination for 2024
December 13, 2023Already looking to plan a 2024 getaway? For all those eager beavers who want to get things in the diary ASAP, this seaside town has already been crowned the UK’s top trending destination for next year. In analysing search data from Brits, travel experts at Airbnb determined the trending hotspots across the UK for 2024. […]
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