Category: Brighton
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The second Brighton LibTeachMeet
There’s to be a second Brighton LibTeachMeet! Melanie Davies and Joseph Norwood, aka @DreamingEntity, whose presentation at the first #btnlibtm is still talked about in the Sussex cafés and bars that the intelligensia of the profession frequent, have taken over the baton. CILIP Sussex has thrown its weight behind the venture.The TeachMeet will be on the…
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On the buses
I am indebted to Karen Blakeman who discovered that Brighton and Hove bus information may now be had through an iPhone app. My iPhone having settled down after the excitement of the upgrade to 3.1, I downloaded the app. My first impressions: it’s very good. It works on data from the GPS gadgets on each…
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On the quality of indexes
I have just started reading Julie Burchill and Daniel Raven’s Made in Brighton, for its topographical interest and because an excerpt so outraged Guardian readers in that town. First impressions are not good. I have skimmed some of the text, but went first to the index, complied, it seems, after a long gin-and-cocaine session in…
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Patrick Hamilton event
There’s to be a Patrick Hamilton week (or five days) at Brighton’s Jubilee library from 17 to 21 March, with showings of Rope, Gaslight and a panel discussion with Laura Wilson, Peter Guttridge and Richard Crane, chaired by Faynia WilliamsI’ve listed the panel discussion in Upcoming (see the sidebar).The week is jointly organised by the…
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Burning the clocks
I went to Burning the Clocks last night. More photos here. Technorati Tags: burningtheclocks
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Brighton Nightwalk
This sounds interesting (from the SCIP list) “The Brighton Nightwalk is a live audio journey through the heart of the city taking you, the listener, along Brighton seafront and through the city centre at night. Anyone who walks the night knows that streets after dark have their own unique pulse, an atmosphere missing in the…
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Brighton and Hove libraries in Update
The latest issue of Update is a theme issue on library architecture and includes (in dead tree only, I’m afraid) articles on the Brighton Jubilee library and the refurbishment of Hove library.
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Flea pit
I tried to book some seats at the local branch of a chain of cinemas through their web site. It wouldn’t work, at least not in Firefox. I tried Safari too, with no greater success. I fired off an e-mail, and received the following reply about 24 hours later, the interpolated comments being mine: "Please…
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Brighton Jubilee library’s first birthday
Hot on the heels of Ariadne’s 10th comes news that the prize winning Brighton Jubilee library is to celebrate its first birthday with a programme of birthday events. They are compiling a public scrap book and you can send birthday greetings to be included by e-mail to: royalpavilion@brighton-hove.gov.uk
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Burning the clocks
I left a pub on Wednesday evening to find the most extraordinarily exciting procession, Burning the Clocks. I took some photos on my mobile which are awful, but there are better ones on Flickr
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Brighton Jubilee library
Brighton Jubilee library wins another award: CILIP | Public Library Building Awards.
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A search engine for Brighton and Hove
I stumbled upon this:p2b.net, the search engine for Brighton and Hove. Very good, though it doesn’t cover Seaford. The universities are involved but seem to have kept quiet about it.
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WiFi in Brighton
See the Guardian on wifi in Brighton. Seaford next (though we can’t even get digital TV at the moment)