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Sussex stage for key leaders' visits

Prime minister Harold Macmillan and his wife Lady Dorothy entertained world leaders at their Sussex home

3:23pm Monday 22nd September 2008

A quiet country house in Sussex was at the centre of world attention during the early 1960s and this resulted in bizarre scenes.

City's churches up for re-assessment

St Peter's, c1906, was passed over by the new Pevsner guide in favour of All Saints Hove, St Bart's Brighton, and All Saints Brighton

2:48pm Monday 15th September 2008

St Peter's is probably the most prominent church in Brighton, with its handsome setting in the middle of the Valley Gardens.

Man with a unique vision for Brighton

Among other things, Sir Herbert Carden saved the Downs

3:38pm Monday 8th September 2008

No man had a greater influence on Brighton during the last century than Sir Herbert Carden, a councillor who matched his fine words with decisive actions.

Ups and downs of Brighton's fun pier

The lucrative fun fair on the pier was initially disapproved of

1:05pm Wednesday 3rd September 2008

The Palace Pier in Brighton has avoided most of the disasters which led to its rival, the West Pier, becoming no more than a forlorn wreck.

This grisly trunk is never fully closed

Acquitted after a brilliant defence, Tony Mancini confessed years later to murdering Violet Kaye

3:08pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

Even though they took place more than 70 years ago, the two trunk murders of 1934 are among the most famous crimes ever to have been committed in Brighton.

Towns by the sea made their mark

Towns by the sea made their mark

1:59pm Monday 11th August 2008

Bold new buildings, many of them a delight to the eye, studded seafronts in Sussex during the 1930s and some still survive.

Future’s bright for well-planned town

Future’s bright for well-planned town

10:02am Wednesday 6th August 2008

Eastbourne started life as a hamlet by the sea where the principal occupations were fishing, farming and smuggling.

Two fine churches in an ancient town

St Nicolas Church

10:09am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Many centuries ago, when Brighton was still nothing but a poor, windswept fishing village, neighbouring Shoreham-by- Sea was a substantial town.

Literary giant with a taste for motors

Rudyard Kipling being driven in his Lanchester  although he loved cars, he never drove

3:16pm Monday 7th July 2008

One of the biggest attractions at Bateman's, the house near Burwash in East Sussex, where writer Rudyard Kipling lived for many years, is the great man's Rolls-Royce.

Still standing and serving the county

Royal Sussex County Hospital, originally built in 1828, has a long and fascinating history

1:47pm Tuesday 1st July 2008

Who would have thought, 180 years ago, when a new hospital was built in Brighton, it would still be in the same place today?


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