The People’s Palace Open Day
Royal Pavilion
Sunday 22 January 2012
Open 10am–5.15pm (last admission 4.30pm)
The Royal Pavilion opens its doors for the annual People’s Palace Open Day on Sunday 22 January 2012.
There will also be another chance to experience Johanna Hällsten’s sound installation, A Regency Utopia commissioned for White Night 2011. The installation explores the hidden human histories of the Royal Pavilion through a series of soundscapes played in rooms throughout the building. These sounds celebrate the individuals and activities that have sustained the life of the palace from the time of George IV up to the present day.
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We’re trying to bring together all Irish fans of Brighton and Hove Albion, aka the Seagulls.
Do you support the Seagulls? Have you got a season ticket to see them regularly at the new American Express Community Stadium?
If you do, please drop us an email so we can create a meetup group for the Brighton Irish Seagulls’ Supporters!
Creative writing courses in Brighton this May
Two new creative writing courses from novelist Bridget Whelan starting in May
Bridget is an experienced creative writing tutor and University lecturer.
She is also writer in residence at Brighton Unemployed Centre.
Bridget’s first novel, A Good Confession, available from Brighton and Hove libraries (can also be found at Amazon here), is set in 1960s London and Ireland and was described by Miriam Stoppard as ‘unputdownable’.
CREATIVE WRITING – an introduction
Always wanted to write? Join a Monday evening course that will stretch your imagination.
In a gentle and supportive atmosphere we will experiment with different genres and styles of writing, finding inspiration and new ways to defeat the blank page along the way. Absolute beginners very welcome.
Where? Portslade Community College in Chalkey Road – on the 1 and 1a bus route and there’s lots of car parking space too.
When? Monday evenings 7 pm to 9 pm for ten weeks starting on May 9
Find out more: Call 01273 422632 to enrol by phone, pop into the College or visit the website.
TOWARDS PUBLICATION
For writers with some experience. A short summer course on Friday mornings in Central Brighton.
Explore different areas of imaginative writing (including non fiction) and find your own direction through idea generating activities, writing exercises and assignments. Advice will be given on how to progress your writing life and produce work that’s ready to be published.
Where? The Friends’ Centre in New England Street, a minute from Brighton Station
When? Friday mornings 10am – 12 noon for six week starting on May 6
Find out more: Friends Centre 01273 810210. Email the centre or look at the website
Bridget is secretary of Brighton Irish Society.
Visit Bridget’s blog: Connecting (the Poetry and the Prose)
Buy a copy of A Good Confession
With the deadline for purchasing Olympic tickets looming, and so many events to choose from, looking at where Ireland might be in with a strong chance of winning a medal is one potential strategy for choosing events.
This article has listed five Irish Olympic hopefuls, covering swimming, boxing, athletics and showjumping.
Irish food blogger, writer and musician Donal Skehan was on ITV’s “This Morning” earlier this month making an Irish seafood chowder.
You can watch the video here.
Food blogs are fast becoming the new recipe books – if you haven’t visited one before we’ve shared some recommendations here. The sites typically include recipes in text and visual form (photos and video). There’s also usually a diary format to the blog which makes it very easy to check back for seasonal recipes using food currently available locally.
Best of all food blogs tend to be free!
Some Irish food bloggers worth checking out are:
Donal Skehan
Bibliocook
EatLikeAGirl
Obama to visit Ireland in May just after the Queen – there is a YouTube video here:
Studying In Ireland
According to a recent news article in The Irish Times , more and more English students are applying to Irish universities because of the increase in tuition fees.
English students will pay £3,375 per year in September 2011 compared to €2,000 (£1,740) in Ireland while for the 2012/2013 academic year those figures will jump to £6000 (and up to £9000 for some courses) in England but look like staying the same in Ireland.
Citizens from any of the European Economic Area countries (that’s all the EU states plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein) have the right to study in any of the group’s member states.
The Story of Ireland is a fascinating TV series presented by Fergal Keane. It was first broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland and RTÉ.
The programme is currently available to watch for free on BBC iPlayer, but episode one is only available until this Sunday, March 27th, so you’ll have to hurry!
Click here to access the programme on the BBC iPlayer.
Éire Óg, the new Gaelic football club of London Irish Centre, is gathering steam. The club is looking to expand the management team, the squad, and network of supporters. Anyone interested in getting involved should email culture@irishcentre.org.
