The Brighton Seagull

The Brighton Seagull

Brighton
Mar
22
Whitehawk FC: The Remarkable Story of a Brighton Football Club Doing Things Differently

Whitehawk FC: The Remarkable Story of a Brighton Football Club Doing Things Differently

Fred Garratt-Stanley takes a look at the history, community, and culture of Whitehawk FC, ‘where football's for all’.
6 min read
Mar
15
Childhood Memories: Black Rock, Brighton rock, and falling through the slats

Childhood Memories: Black Rock, Brighton rock, and falling through the slats

Rosy Gee recounts her fond childhood memories of family visits to Brighton in the 1960s.
5 min read
Mar
01
The Personal, Political, and Poetic: an interview with FemFest

The Personal, Political, and Poetic: an interview with FemFest

Lydia Wilkins interviews the team behind FemFest, Brighton's only fringe theatre arts festival that advocates for and showcases the work of women, trans and non-binary performers.
4 min read
Feb
22
"This was the place I wanted to be": Why three international students chose Brighton

"This was the place I wanted to be": Why three international students chose Brighton

Lilly Gentner speaks to three international students about what drew them to Brighton and Hove.
5 min read
Feb
15
How the Home Office Failed Asylum-Seeking Children

How the Home Office Failed Asylum-Seeking Children

Olivia Kelly writes for Seagull on the failings of the Home Office to protect 136 asylum-seeking children.
3 min read
Feb
08
Under the Same Sky: an interview with the organisers of Burning the Clocks

Under the Same Sky: an interview with the organisers of Burning the Clocks

Paul Williams chats to Same Sky about organising large-scale community events in post-pandemic Brighton.
3 min read
Jan
25
Queer and Christian in the Most Godless City in England

Queer and Christian in the Most Godless City in England

Roosa Herranen interviews the founder of Queer Christians on Brighton's queerness, lack of religion and how they intersect.
7 min read
Jan
18
Brighton Past… The Lost St Margaret’s Church

Brighton Past… The Lost St Margaret’s Church

Roosa Herranen looks into the history of St Margaret's Church, the lost church formerly on the site of Sussex Heights.
4 min read
Dec
14
The birdyman, a white man wearing glasses, an orange jacket, binoculars and holding a pole adorned with signs advertising h

A profile of... Birdyman

Roosa Herranen interviews The Birdyman on his career, his whistles and crucially to find out: why birds?
5 min read
Dec
07
A profile of... Sarah Saeed

A profile of... Sarah Saeed

Lyia Wilkins speaks to Sarah Saeed on neurodiverse comedy, accessibility, and her show Lava Elastic.
4 min read