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Sussex Downs in bid to become first British UNESCO biosphere reserve for 35 years

Nature nurturers in Sussex are being urged to get involved in a council-backed bid to win biosphere status for the South Downs, drawing funding and support for the area.

Black and white film still which shows a rock singer collapsed on a stage

Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard explore audience dynamics in solo show at Lighthouse

The film and live art duo bring three pieces to Brighton: File Under Sacred Music, Do you Love me Like I Love You and Performer. Audience. F*** off.

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Thirty feet of memories to tour south-east as Cultural Olympiad sees The Boat Project off

The Boat Project, the floating "collage of memories" collected from locals across the south-east, will spend three months travelling after being launched from its boatyard.

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Brighton Festival pushes the boat out for Invisible Flock trio's Sea of Voices adventure

With vintage seaside telescopes and "augmented realities" in an Arts Council-backed trail, Yorkshire trio Invisible Flock create a mythological seafront walk for the Brighton Festival.

a sketch of a boat at sea looking towards a built up seafront of Georgian buildings with a pier in the foregroound.

Newly acquired Turner painting of Brighton unveiled at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery

A Turner painting of Regency Brighton goes on public display for the first time in over a century at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery on March 31.

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Brighton's Ink_d gallery goes Into the Light with new paintings by Jake Wood-Evans

Up-and-coming painter Jake Wood-Evans visits "the innocence of youth and the beauty of doom" in a set of new oil paintings at the Brighton gallery.

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Intuition and Ingenuity explores digital legacy of Alan Turing at Lighthouse Brighton

Artificial life, God complexes, fibonacci numbers and science art are explored through ten artists inspired by the genius who played a crucial part in Britain's wartime efforts.

A photograph of a girl skating with a penguin skating aid in front of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton.

The Culture24 Guide to Winter Ice Rinks 2011

If you're hankering after the winter weather that hasn't appeared yet this year, why not visit one of the seasonal ice rinks popping up across the country for a fix of the white stuff? This is......

Brighton Swimming Club, 1863

Archives of England's oldest swimming club unearthed in Brighton library

Artefacts dating back to the 1860s go on display at Brighton's Jubilee Library, examining the heritage of the Brighton Swimming Club.

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Semiconductor offer new vantage points on solar system with film show at Phoenix

Duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt stage three works (Black Rain, Heliocentric and Out of the Light) in a major new show at the Brighton gallery.

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Brighton Digital Festival inspires month of innovation

Brighton's digital festival offers interactive heists, flights to the sun, subsonic submarines and blockbuster films during an innovative month-long programme.

Original poster for the Ministry of Technology's mobile cinema

Vintage Mobile Cinema launches Screen Heritage UK programme in Brighton

Screen Heritage UK is celebrating the digitalisation of its archives with a special show in a customised Bedford van in Brighton's Jubilee Square

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John Russell brings animated madness and praying mantises to Grey Area in Brighton

Basement venue stages London artist's film Vermillion Vortex with posters, graffiti and commissioned publication.

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Kutluğ Ataman's Mesopotamian Dramaturgies at Brighton's Old Municipal Market

Mark Sheerin enjoys Kutluğ Ataman's atavistic fascination with water in his Brighton Festival film installation.

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Our Art project opens up its studio for a look into the creative world of marginalised artists

Our Art, a platform for marginalised artists in Brighton, celebrates its work with an open studio on Saturday May 21.

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