Charleston Festival

The 23rd Charleston Festival sets the mood for this year‚s celebrations, anniversaries and landmarks – Dickens bi-centenary; Captain Scott‚s centenary; Alan Turing‚s 100th; the Jubilee and the Olympics ˆ with a bountiful list of speakers and performers, many tying in with public events and preoccupations, both national and international.

PILGRIMAGES: Annie Leibovitz reveals her most personal collection of images; David Wilson discovers the lost photographs of Captain Scott; Wade Davis mourns Mallory‚s doomed attempt on Everest; Andrew Motion returns to Treasure Island; Robert Macfarlane and Ronald Blythe explore rural landscapes; Michael Frayn escapes to Skios.

THE WORLD AT WAR: Alan Hollinghurst invents a legendary WW1 poet; Matthew Hollis follows Edward Thomas to the trenches; Ian McEwan and Asa Briggs commemorate Alan Turing and Bletchley Park; William Boyd fictionalises World War 11 intelligence; Max Hastings conveys the terror and the pity of the Second World War.

REVOLUTIONS: Andrew Miller evokes pre-revolutionary Paris; Ahdaf Soueif and Jon Snow bear witness in Tahir Square; Paul Mason wonders why it is kicking off everywhere; John Lanchester and Robert Skidelsky question how much capital is enough.

ART: Brian Sewell remains an outsider; Fiona MacCarthy re-evaluates Edward Burne-Jones.

CELEBRATIONS: Claire Tomalin congratulates Dickens; Michael Pennington, Tim Pigott-Smith and others perform Simon Gray‚s Little Nell; Chad Harbach considers whether sport illuminates the human condition; Andrew Marr analyses modern monarchy.

PLUS: Joanna Lumley, Ruth Rendell, Hannah Rothschild, Kate Summerscale, Jeanette Winterson, Marina Warner, Edmund White and many more.

AND ALSO: BBC Radio 4‚s Start the Week comes from Charleston; Faber Academy taster workshops; Annie Leibovitz Exhibition in the Charleston Gallery.

„Follow the vibe at the Charleston Festival: from Tahir Square to the Square Mile; the English rural idyll to the New York Jazz scene; revolutionary Paris to Bletchley Park; Ab Fab to Accrington; sensuous art to pioneering photography; heroic explorers to A list novelists‰. Diana Reich – Artistic Director

Events take place in a traditional marquee in the grounds of Charleston, which nestles under the South Downs between Brighton and Eastbourne. Shuttle bus service from Lewes Station to/from all events.

Tickets available from Monday 27th February: Brighton Dome Ticket Office: 01273 709 709 www.brightonticketshop.com

www.charleston.org.uk

FULL LISTINGS
Friday 25 May 3.30 pm Absolutely:  Joanna Lumley with Colin McKenzie
Friday 25 May 6 pm Tahir Square:  Ahdaf Soueif and Jon Snow
Friday 25 May 8 pm Going Viral: Paul Mason with Caroline Lucas

Saturday 26 May 12 pm A Sense of Place: Robert Macfarlane and Ronald Blythe
Saturday 26 May 2.30 pm The Good Life?: John Lanchester and Robert Skidlesky
Saturday 26 May 5 pm Pure: Andrew Miller with Kate Williams
Saturday 26 May 7.30 pm Roads to France: Matthew Hollis with Marcel Theroux

Sunday 27 May 12 pm The Invention of Adultery: Kate Summerscale with Judith Flanders
Sunday 27 May 2.30 pm Mistress of the Plot:  Ruth Rendell with Peter Kemp
Sunday 27 May 5 pm All that Jazz:  Hannah Rothschild with Bonnie Greer
Sunday 27 May 7.30 pm Feats of Endurance: Wade Davis and David Wilson with Sara Wheeler

Wednesday 30 May 3.30 pm Pilgrimage: Annie Leibovitz with Giles Waterfield
Wednesday 30 May 6 pm States of Play: Chad Harbach and Anthony Quinn with Ed Emith
Wednesday 30 May 8 pm The Stranger‚s Child:  Alan Hollinghurst with Rachel Cooke

Thursday 31 May 3.30 pm The Outsider: Brian Sewell
Thursday 31 May 6 pm All Hell Let Loose: Max Hastings
Thursday 31 May 8 pm Special Relationships: Asa Briggs and Ian McEwan

Friday 1 June 3.30 pm Resurrections:  Andrew Motion, Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya and Francesca Segal with Jenny Uglow
Friday 1 June 6 pm The Diamond Queen:  Andrew Marr
Friday 1 June 8pm Best Friends:  Edmund White and Bethan Roberts with Damian Barr

Saturday 2 June 12 pm The Call of the Wild: Tim Jeal and Christopher Ondaatje with Sigrid Rausing
Saturday 2 June 2.30 pm Skios:  Michael Frayn with Lynne Truss
Saturday 2 June 5 pm Waiting for Sunrise:  William Boyd with Virginia Nicholson
Saturday 2 June 7.30 pm Mothers and Daughters:  Jeanette Winterson

Sunday 3 June 12 pm High Society:  Jessica Fellows and Juliet Nicolson
Sunday 3 June 2.30 pm Myths and Magic:  Fiona MacCarthy and Marina Warner with Frances Spalding
Sunday 3 June 5 pm The Inimitable: Claire Tomalin with Michael Farthing
Sunday 3 June 7.30 pm Festival Finale ˆ Little Nell by Simon Gray

Friends of Saltdean Lido, Fun Day, Oval Park, Saltdean (behind the lido)

The fight to Save Saltdean Lido is far from over and the Friends of Saltdean Lido is still campaigning ceaselessly to protect the country’s only Grade II* listed lido from residential development.

Following the amazing success of last year’s Fun Day – which was named Community Event of 2011 by The Argus newspaper – the Friends have decided to do it all again in 2012: Only this time bigger and better!

The day is now an official part of the Brighton Fringe Festival and this year none other than the Fab Four themselves will be playing in Saltdean.

Friday 25th May: Proceedings kick off at 7pm in the Lido Park Marquee with Rob Roy, an amazing comedian, escapologist and acrobat who will be wowing with his antics.  Then the South Coast Soul Revue will get people dancing with “the very best Motown and Soul hits including The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5 to name just a few.

Saturday 26th May 11am-4pm: A day of fabulous free fun and exciting entertainment for all the family. Starting with music from the Brighton Male Voice Choir, followed by skateboarding lessons and a competition, a zumba class, swing dance lesson, bingo, more live music and street entertainers.

There will also be a children’s zoo, a dog show and dog agility course, mini-golf, Orb on Water, Go-karting and lots to do for everyone. There will also be a large arts and crafts market along with many food stalls and a fully licenced bar with local ales, ciders, wines and other goodies to keep you going throughout the day.

Saturday night: For the headline act this year we welcome Paul, John, Ringo and George to Saltdean! The brilliant Vox Beatles  will be playing all the greatest hits from the Fab Four. We’re expecting it to be a truly Hard Day’s Night with Rob Roy again opening proceedings.

Don’t miss out: Tickets for both evening concerts are £12 each or £20 for both (aged 18 and over) and are on sale now at HR Hardware in Longridge Avenue, David Shoebridge on Lustrells Vale and Pebbles in Rottingdean.  Alternatively you can buy online at www.wegottickets.com

There is limited capacity at both evening concerts.  Last year tickets sold out quickly so please buy early to avoid disappointment.

My Favourite Toy exhibition at Hove Museum

Everyone has a favourite toy. They inspire our imaginations and our play, and in later years hold cherished memories and make us nostalgic for times gone by. This family friendly exhibition at Hove Museum & Art Gallery celebrates toys of all kinds from across the eras.

On display will be toys from Hove Museum’s very own Wizard’s Attic gallery along with some popular favourites and others that have not been loved for some time!

Children and young people from Brighton & Hove have helped to curate the exhibition with exciting displays of their own favourite toys.

Hove Museum & Art Gallery

Hove Museum & Art Gallery
• 19 New Church Road, Hove BN3 4AB • 03000 290900
www.brighton-hove-museums.org.uk
Open Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat 10am-5pm, Sunday 2-5pm
Closed Wed