Experience the genius of Henri Matisse's final years at ‘Matisse: Drawing with Scissors’ - featuring the iconic The Snail & Blue Nudes. Opens 4 May at Hove Museum of Creativity. bit.ly/3vWNOt

The friends and family of the late Alan Hayes, fisherman, gathered together to lay flowers on the sea at Brighton following the scattering of Mr Hayes' ashes by the RNLI. #RNLI

Last Sunday Brighton's small fishing fleet gathered together to say goodbye to their colleague, Alan Hayes, fisherman of this parish. The RNLI were on hand to scatter the ashes. RNLI

And it's done. I have written my book about Brighton's pleasure dome, the Royal Pavilion. Now I need a break from Xanadu for a short while, before the editing begins. Standing on the shoulders of giants, obviously.
Brighton Museums #nolongerwriting

The Wolsey Room is a hidden gem for local historians Brighton & Hove Libraries 🧡

Tudor to early Georgian Brighton - c.1540-1780.
Sue Berry will lead five seminars on this ever changing town. Friends’ Meeting House in Ship Street at 10:30-12:30 on Tuesday mornings from 11 June to 9 July 2024. Five two-hour seminars £25. More info: regencysociety.org/tudor-to-early…

111 years ago today, Mary Clarke’s sister, Emmeline Pankhurst, was sentenced to three years in prison

The Royal Pavilion Brighton Museums in 1809:'though true in architectural proportion and chaste in effect [it] does not give... even a faint idea of the magnificence which is so admirably displayed within: the latter never fails to excite the most rapturous astonishment' (Attree)

Well done to the children and good luck to the appeal. MaryClarkeStatue

Brighton is gearing up for Easter and the glorious summer weather that is to come! Brighton Palace Pier

What gives the age of a drawing away? Design for a Chinoiserie glass panel in the Royal Pavilion Brighton Museums . Is this
A) by John or Frederick Crace, ca. 1815, or
B) by Roy Bradley, ca. 1950?
#museumarchives #Regency #Chinoiserie

'Self-build housing in Brighton' Wed 13 March, 7pm at Hove Club, Fourth Ave, BN3 2PJ. A guest speaker will explore this approach to housing need in Brighton. Free event. All welcome. Image: self-builders at The Diggers, Brighton © Chisel.org #CHISEL #HedgehogHomes

'Self-build housing in Brighton' a panel discussion on Wednesday 13 March, 7pm at The Hove Club, Fourth Ave, BN3 2PJ. Guest speakers will explore the past present and future of this DIY approach to housing need. Free event. All welcome. #WalterSegal

Our next exhibition ⁦Brighton Museums⁩ … coming soon bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

With the help of these little signs, you should never lose your way in the Edward Street Quarter.

21 and 22 March. There will be light and delight as well as the darkness that fell on the life of Carry van Biema.

Thanks to the Regency Restaurant who have restored this BFI plaque. It commemorates the showing of the first moving pictures outside London. The ‘cinématograph’ presentation took place on Wed 25 March 1896. BFI Regency Restaurant

William IV did not leave such an impression on Brighton as did his wayward brother George IV. Not far from the pub in Church Rd which bears William’s name, look for this lamppost with his royal cipher. #WilliamIV

George IV never did get on with his wife, Queen Caroline This 1820s cartoon from the Royal Pavilion sums up the situation well. Dr Katie Carpenter will be examining this relationship at her talk on Wed, 14 Feb, 7pm at The Hove Club, Fourth Avenue, Hove. Free event, all welcome.

It was of course George IV who despised his queen. The people loved her. #CarolineofBrunswick