We’ve published the 2021 #TheatresAtRisk list - 31 architecturally and culturally important theatres under threat of demolition, redevelopment or permanent closure that could be real assets to their communities theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/14…

Let’s never forget this, eh?

Glad to have joined in the Queen's Green Canopy with the half dozen fruit trees we've planted.

The next Regency Society lecture: Wednesday 19 October, 19:00 at the Hove Club.

Only drips believe in #trickledown economics.

I've said I;d like to have Wish Me Luck at my funeral.

The next Regency Society lecture:

Exhibition of George IV Coronation at the Royal Pavilion Brighton Museums is well worth seeing. Cleverly laid out though several rooms, it includes splendid artefacts—a painted scroll of the procession, costumes, print items and a bust of the king on loan from Regency Society.

Thanks to Alexandra Dr Alexandra Loske for showing me round the George IV coronation exhibition on Friday. Much appreciated, both the tour and the content.

Thanks to Brighton Chamber for inviting me to speak at their breakfast last week.

Great fun researching a 'well-known Brighton character', Colonel George Gouraud, an American Civil War hero, who lived in a house in Marine Parade and his son next door in a house where I lived once. Read the story at brightonhistory.org.uk/people/people_….

Regency Society lecture in the Music Room, Royal Pavilion: Alexandra Loske Dr Alexandra Loske, Chloe Tapping and Rob Boyle talk about the gardens' evolution and plans to reconfigure them following John Nash's 1826 design. Wed 13 Sep 7pm. All welcome. Book at regencysociety.org

How will the Pavilion Garden change? The Regency Society lecture next Wednesday will tell you. All are welcome but book now at regencysociety.org.

Today is national poetry day, so let's get those national poems out there.

I've completed #ThePerceptionCensus - a pioneering research study into how we see the world. Together, we can contribute to scientific progress and learn more about perceptual diversity. You can take part here: perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world/certificate/da…

Tonight 15 Nov. 7pm. Historian and research consultant Karen Averby will be sharing her extensive knowledge of the grand seaside hotels she loves. The Hove Club, Fourth Avenue, Hove. Free event. All welcome. Image from the Society’s Brighton Prints Collection. #KarenAverby

What do pending and forthcoming developments in the city mean for the future of the city? Come along to the Society's forum discussion followed by Q&A. Wed. 13 Dec. at 7pm. The Hove Club, Fourth Ave. BN3 2PJ. Free event, all welcome. Image: Royal Albion site © Regency Society

Regency Society lecture about self-build housing, speaker: Alice Grahame, co-author of Walter Segal: Self-Built Architect. Wednesday 13 March, at 7:00pm at the Hove Club, 28 Fourth Avenue. Admission free, open to all, no need to book.[Image from RS James Gray Collection]

Mercedes Gleitze, the subject of the newly-released film 'Vindication Swim' was born in Freshfield Road, Brighton. As well as long-distance swimming, she also raised money to house the destitute. (brightonhistory.org.uk/people/people_…)