The Brighton Paradox

The Brighton Paradox: THE FIFTH SUPERCITY

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Description

In this episode, we consider how the city that is on the map for experiences, festivals, culture and tourism - is also the city that for years was overlooked for investment, long-term funding and capital infrastructure projects

And we try to answer the following questions:

Why did an HSBC report consider Brighton & Hove to be one of the UK's five 'supercities'?
What has put Brighton on the map since 2000?
What is the impact of the city's biggest business conferences?
How does the Children's Parade happen?
What is notable about some of Brighton's buildings?

Featured contributors:

Katherine Courtney (twitter.com/kcourtneybis)
Norman Cook (fatboyslim.net)
Sarah Springford (brightonchamber.co.uk)
Donna Close (twitter.com/donna_close)
Naomi Alexander (brightonpeoplestheatre.org)
John Varah (samesky.co.uk)
Phil Harris (podexperiences.co.uk)
Rifa Thorpe-Tracey (rifa.co.uk)
Declan Cassidy (intogames.org)
Kelvin Newman (brightonseo.com)
Jenni Lloyd (twitter.com/jennilloyd)
Joseph Young (artofnoises.com)

Useful links:

// "Study reveals Brighton to be one of the most gamer-friendly cities in the UK"

// "Brighton among most expensive UK cities to be a student"

// "'Never Normal' is the resounding campaign message to boost Brighton during uncertain times"

// The Brighton Summit

// Big Beach Boutique II

// Brighton Festival: guest directors

Credits:

An always possible podcast (www.alwayspossible.co.uk)

In collaboration with Lo Fi Arts (https://twitter.com/lofiarts)

and Plus X Innovation Hubs (https://plusx.space)

Supported by Brighton & Hove Albion FC (https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com)

Written and presented by:

Richard Freeman

Produced and edited by:

Chris Thorpe Tracey

Production support by:

Ian Lauder

Project management by:

Stephanie Danvers, Molly Boyer, Annie-Marie Page and the always possible team

Podcast artwork by:

Meg Fenn

Project partners:

UnitedUs (https://unitedus.co.uk)

The University of Brighton's Help To Grow Management programme (https://www.brighton.ac.uk/business-services/help-to-grow.aspx)

Silicon Brighton (https://siliconbrighton.com)

Alirity (https://alirity.com)

Media and communications by:

Sussex Business Times (https://www.thebusinessgroup.co.uk)

Fox & Bear (https://foxbear.co.uk/services/website-optimisation/search-engine-optimisation/)

Original music by:

Fatboy Slim (https://www.fatboyslim.net)

Noraay (https://noraay.com)

Chris Thorpe Tracey (https://christt.com/music/)

Some audio used from Jak Hutcraft's documentary 'Right Here, Right Now' for Sky Documentaries (https://www.jakhutchcraft.com)

Archive interviews with Andrew Comben and Lemn Sissay from The Possibility Club podcast by always possible (www.alwayspossible.co.uk/podcast)