Transport & Infrastructure · 3 min read
Our City Transport Plan 2035 in Plain English
Summarise the plan’s movement, safety, accessibility, decarbonisation and public-realm objectives.
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THE ARCHIVE
The complete city collection
History, neighbourhoods, civic explainers and environmental stories — independently researched and organised for unhurried reading.
Civic Life · 3 min read
The Health Gap Across Brighton & Hove
Use official evidence to show how healthy life expectancy and outcomes vary between communities without stereotyping them.
Read the storyPeople & Culture · 3 min read
Amon Wilds and Charles Busby: Designing Regency Brighton
Untangle the partnership and individual contributions behind many of Brighton and Hove’s defining terraces and crescents.
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Saltdean and the Dream of the Interwar Seaside Suburb
Examine planning, architectural variety and landscape in a speculative coastal development.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
Hove Under Air Attack
Use incident records and testimony to describe bombing, shelters and everyday endurance in the Second World War.
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The Railway Arrives in Brighton
Explain how the 1841 connection altered population, commuting, goods movement and the physical growth of the town.
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From 277,200 to 283,870: Understanding Population Estimates and Revisions
Explain why Census 2021, mid-year estimates and revised official series can give different population totals.
Read the storyCoast & Environment · 3 min read
Where Brighton & Hove’s Carbon Emissions Come From
Use the latest published inventory to distinguish council operational emissions from the much larger citywide footprint.
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How Local Transport Improvements Are Funded
Explain the roles of government grants, developer contributions, parking income and capital programmes.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Reading the Local Evidence Responsibly
Present trends, risk factors and prevention work with careful context, signposting and no sensationalism.
Read the storyPeople & Culture · 3 min read
George Albert Smith and Hove’s Film Experiments
Explain how Smith’s techniques and local collaborators helped develop editing, close-ups and early colour film.
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Woodingdean and the Plotland Beginning
Trace informal plots, self-building, infrastructure struggles and eventual suburban consolidation.
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Why Early Filmmakers Chose Hove
Explain how local experimenters, gardens, workshops and the coastal light contributed to early moving pictures.
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The Invention of the Brighton Day Trip
Use railway timetables, excursion records and contemporary commentary to examine mass access to the seaside.
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Barrows on the Brighton Downs
Map surviving and excavated burial mounds to show how prehistoric communities marked death, memory and territory.
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A Younger City in an Older Region: Brighton & Hove’s Age Profile
Compare the city’s age structure with regional and national patterns and connect it cautiously to service demand.
Read the storyCoast & Environment · 3 min read
From Carbon Neutral 2030 to the Climate and Nature Action Plan: A Status Check
Assess the current policy framework, reported progress and the difference between targets and delivered reductions.
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The Bus Service Improvement Plan: Fares, Frequency and Priority Measures
Translate the 2025 plan into its principal passenger outcomes and delivery mechanisms.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
Sexual and Reproductive Health: The City’s Public-Health Priorities
Explain prevention, testing, contraception and inequality priorities at population level rather than reviewing providers.
Read the storyPeople & Culture · 3 min read
Magnus Volk and Brighton’s Electrical Imagination
Use Volk’s inventions and public projects to explore Victorian enthusiasm for electricity and experimental transport.
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Moulsecoomb and the Municipal Housing Ideal
Assess how Brighton’s first large council estate translated garden-suburb ideas into public housing.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
The Long Argument Over Brighton and Hove Unification
Trace Hove’s independent identity and the recurring political debates that preceded the 1997 authority.
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Clean Water, Sewers and the Making of a Modern Town
Trace the municipal engineering projects created in response to rapid growth and public-health danger.
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The Roman Villa at West Blatchington
Use excavated finds and plans to investigate Roman farming, status and domestic life west of modern Brighton.
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