Civic Life · 3 min read
Density by the Sea, Open Downland to the North
Use small-area census evidence to show how settlement density varies sharply within the local-authority boundary.
Read the storyIndependent city recordBrighton · Hove · PortsladeEdition 001 / 2026
THE ARCHIVE
The complete city collection
History, neighbourhoods, civic explainers and environmental stories — independently researched and organised for unhurried reading.
Coast & Environment · 3 min read
Heat, Drought, Flood and Storm: The 2024 Climate-Risk Assessment
Summarise the hazards, exposed communities and infrastructure risks identified for the city.
Read the storyTransport & Infrastructure · 3 min read
Where the 2026/27 Local Authority Bus Grant Is Going
Account for the city’s announced allocation across supported routes, fare measures and service improvements.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
Alcohol, Drugs and Multiple Compound Needs: How Services Connect
Describe the public-health and safeguarding response to overlapping substance use, homelessness, trauma and mental ill-health.
Read the storyPeople & Culture · 3 min read
Brighton and Hove’s Campaign for Women’s Suffrage
Map local organisers, meetings, tactics and opposition within the national struggle for political rights.
Read the storyNeighbourhoods · 3 min read
Bevendean: Valley Farms to Post-war Estate
Show how topography and housing policy transformed a rural valley into a planned neighbourhood.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
Portslade in Domesday Book
Begin Portslade’s documented story with its land, population, resources and Norman-era ownership.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
Groynes, Sea Walls and the Defence of Brighton Beach
Explain how successive coastal-engineering schemes attempted to retain shingle and protect the expanding town.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
The Hove Roman Coin Hoard
Ask why hundreds of Roman coins were buried and what their dates reveal about insecurity, saving and exchange.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
How Brighton & Hove’s Ethnic Mix Changed Between 2011 and 2021
Present census change using comparable categories while acknowledging that identities and questions evolve.
Read the storyCoast & Environment · 3 min read
Six Air-Quality Management Areas and the 2022–2027 Action Plan
Explain why the areas were designated, which pollutants are monitored and how progress is reported.
Read the storyTransport & Infrastructure · 3 min read
Making Bus Travel Accessible: Stops, Boarding and Information
Examine how infrastructure, vehicle design and passenger information affect independent travel.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
Adult Social Care: Assessment, Eligibility and Personal Budgets Explained
Guide readers through needs assessments, national eligibility rules, financial assessments and care-planning choices.
Read the storyPeople & Culture · 3 min read
How LGBTQ+ Communities Helped Shape the Modern City
Build a careful archive-led history of meeting, organising, visibility, discrimination and civic recognition.
Read the storyNeighbourhoods · 3 min read
Hollingbury Beneath the Hillfort
Connect prehistoric high ground, interwar housing and later industrial and residential expansion.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
St Nicolas Church and Medieval Portslade
Use the parish church’s fabric and setting to illuminate the community that grew around it.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
The Royal Pavilion as an Indian Military Hospital
Examine medical care, religious provision, photography and imperial propaganda during the First World War.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
Roman Roads, Farms and Fields Around Brighton and Hove
Assemble scattered archaeological evidence for the Roman landscape beyond the better-known villa sites.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
Migration, Country of Birth and Languages Spoken
Use official statistics to explain the city’s international population without treating birthplace, nationality and ethnicity as interchangeable.
Read the storyCoast & Environment · 3 min read
How the City Plans for 100 Years of Coastal Change
Explain shoreline-management policy, defended frontage, maintenance and long-term adaptation under sea-level rise.
Read the storyTransport & Infrastructure · 3 min read
Concessionary, School and Socially Necessary Bus Services Explained
Distinguish commercial networks from publicly funded concessions and services maintained for social need.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
Prevention, Reablement and Hospital Discharge: Why They Matter
Show how short-term support and joined-up discharge planning aim to preserve independence and reduce avoidable readmission.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
Why Brighton & Hove Is a Unitary Authority
Explain which local-government responsibilities sit with the city council and how that differs from two-tier areas.
Read the storyNeighbourhoods · 3 min read
Hollingdean’s Roads, Railways and Housing
Explain how transport infrastructure and municipal development formed an unusually enclosed neighbourhood.
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