Welcome to BrightonGrid
BrightonGrid is a different kind of local Web site. For a start, it's the only online guide for adults and families. That means we have lots of what you want to know about Brighton and Hove - whether you live here, or are just visiting.
Want to know where something is? BrightonGrid shows you its location clearly on a map of Brighton.
Need to have a great value day out? Or reduced prices on a huge range of goods? Look out for our discount vouchers - they appear throughout the site, and because we display the right vouchers on the right pages, you'll find offers that are truly appealing.
Staying in?
Order your meal with Dinners2Go and you might have a surprise! Or get a special fine wine from Quaff. Or if you want to impress your love one with a "no fuss" easy supper from Award winning Sussex in the City - Duncan has some suggestion in this video!
Three of the Brighton Businesses have won Awards in the Sussex Food Awards.
Best Sussex Eating Experience: One Paston Place, Brighton
sponsored by Business Link, helping link the producers with local restaurants, pubs and other outlets
Best Sussex Food Shop: Sussex and the City
sponsored by Strutt & Parker, leading Sussex property agents for land owners and farmers
Best Sussex Farmers Market: Brighton & Hove Farmers Market, Ralli Hall, Hove (first Sunday of the month)
sponsored by the awards creators: Sussex Life – the county magazine; ‘A Taste of Sussex’, part of Sussex Enterprise; JUSTBIZ web solutions; and Priory PR & events.
What's on in Brighton
BrightonGrid shows you what's on in Brighton, and how to find it.
It reflects the rich cultural life of this seaside city, where there's always so much to do and enjoy. We list content that appeals to all cultures and interest groups in Brighton and Hove. And all of BrightonGrid's content is free to its readers, unbiased and so easy to use.
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| Mark Steel - Book Event |
| Fri 08/08/08 |
| The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove |
| Tickets: £6 (includes glass of wine) Steel wrote a column for The Guardian between 1996 and 1999. He was sacked by that newspaper, according to him because The Guardian wanted to "realign towards Tony Blair" - though The Guardian denies this. In 2000 he started writing a weekly column for The Independent, which appears in the Wednesday Opinion Column. The Mark Steel Revolution and Mark Steel Lectures were popular Radio 4 programmes. He also makes regular guest appearances on The News Quiz, Have I got News for You, and has appeared on Room 101, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Question Time. Other books are: Vive La Revolution - A History of the French Revolution. Reasons To Be Cheerful - Autobiography concentrating on political activism. It's Not A Runner Bean - Autobiography concentrating on his comedy career. They say that life begins at forty, but for Mark Steel it started to go pear shaped. Come and hear him reads from and discuss his new book new book 'What's Going On?' is a funny and moving attempt to make sense of his mid life crisis. Presented by City Books at The Old Market |
| Brunswick Festival |
| Sat 16/08/08 - Sun 17/08/08 |
| Brunswick Square, Hove |
| The 27th Brunswick Festival is due to take place on 16th & 17th August in Brunswick Square from 12 noon-6.30pm. As usual there will be live music, bric-a-brac & craft stalls, great food and a host of FREE activities for all the family! We are always looking for volunteers on the day please drop us a line by email brunswickfestival@hotmail.com |
| David Sedaris - Book Event |
| Tue 09/09/08 |
| The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove |
| Tickets: £6 (includes glass of wine) David Sedaris reads from and discusses his new book discussing his book 'When you are engulfed in flames' David Sedaris is quite simply, one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today. A Grammy Award nominated American writer and broadcaster, he came to prominence when his account of working as a Christmas elf at Macys, ‘Santaland Diaries’ was broadcast on National Radio. It became a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. Much of Sedaris’s humour is autobiographical and self-deprecating, often concerning his middle class upbringing, his Greek heritage and his life in France with his partner Hugh. His collection of essays ‘Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim’ lifted the corner on ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His sixth collection of stories ‘When You Are Engulfed in Flames’ is a fresh masterpiece of comic writing, concentrating on his attempts to give up smoking. Presented by City Books at The Old Market |
| Laurence Rees - Book Event |
| Fri 26/09/08 |
| The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove |
| Tickets: £6 (includes glass of wine) Award-winning writer and filmmaker Laurence Rees has spent nearly 20 years meeting people who were tested to the extreme during World War II. He has come face-to-face with rapists, mass murderers, even cannibals, but he has also met courageous individuals who are an inspiration to us all. His quest has taken him from the Baltic States to Japan, from Poland to America, and from Germany to China. His latest book World War II - Behind Closed Doors examines the key decisions made by Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt during the Second World War. The book features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses from the period. It offers a narrative that is a mix of high politics and the dramatic personal experiences of those who bore the consequences of their decisions. Some of his other bestselling books include: Nazis - A Warning from History Auschwitz - The Nazis and the Final Solution Their Darkest Hour Presented by City Books at The Old Market |