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► About Brighton
SO WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES BRIGHTON SO UNIQUE?
Maybe it is the vast array of entertainment, the sea breeze, the cosmopolitan nature, the shopping. Whatever prompted you to choose Sussex, you will not regret your decision to spend your student years here. In fact, you could not have made a better choice! For if home is the place to which one feels the most indebted - be it for friends, for personal growth, or for the memories - then it should not take long for Brighton to become the quirky little locale that you call home.
A little bit naughty and a little bit nice, Brighton rocks. Nestling between the South Downs and the Channel on the south coast, Brighton is a rich mix of Regency heritage, eccentricity, diversity, boutique shopping, arts, beachfront cool and year round events, it’s a pulsating, jumping city disguised as a seaside resort… we really do have it all!
Brighton isn’t all jellied eels and candyfloss, you know. Originally named Brighthelmstone, it emerged as a fishing and farming community of some significance during the 11th century. The Domesday book of 1086 records how one landowner paid his annual rent with 4,000 herrings.
Brighton’s reputation as a resort grew with the development of the Pavilion back in 1783 by the then Prince of Wales, the future King George IV. By 1811, John Nash enlarged the building to create the Indian style palace as we know it today. Nash was sacked for blowing the budget but, decked out like a playboy’s bordello, it became the place for aristocratic hangers-on and the Prince’s arty entourage to spend their spare time.
In the post-war years Brighton became a byword for notoriety. From Graham Green’s book ‘Brighton Rock’ to the infamous seafront clashes between the Mods and Rockers., Brighton was seen as shabby and seedy. Not somewhere to take your mother. The violence reached a peak on a weekend in 1964 with the “Battle of Brighton” – an event immortalized in the 1979 epic ‘Quadrophenia’.
In the 20th century, Brighton cemented its reputation as the civic equivalent of someone you wouldn’t want your daughter to marry, and the famous have flocked here, drawn by the attraction of a town that believes in live and let live.
Famous residents past and present include:
Richard Attenborough, Zoe Ball & Norman Cook, Cate Blanchett, Tim Booth (lead singer of the band James), Raymond Briggs, (artist and writer of Fungus the Bogeyman), Julie Burchill, Nick Cave, Julian Clary, Steve Coogan, Chris Eubank, Eric Gill, Sally Gunnell, Rudyard Kipling, Vivien Leigh, Ken Livingstone, Des Lynam, Paul McCartney and Heather Mills, Annie Nightingale, Sir Laurence Olivier, Patsy Palmer, Jordan and Peter Andre, Amanda Redman, Captain Sensible, Jimmy Somerville, Dusty Springfield, Mark Williams and Emma Bunton.
As well as the usual tourists and visitors, Brighton also acts as a magnet for lesbians and gay men from all over the UK and abroad who are attracted by its bohemian atmosphere, easy going attitude and raffish air. This has led to one of the largest populations of lesbians and gay men in the UK.
With 20,000 plus students studying at Brighton and The University of Sussex forming 10% of the population, this is a place that could have been designed for students. The facilities in the town have been created with students in mind and it means that the atmosphere of the place is liberal, cosmopolitan and relaxed.
