Brighton
About Brighton
Brighton is a seaside resort in the unitary authority area of Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex, England, 47 miles (76 km) south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the Domesday Book (1086). The town's importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed, but it languished in the early modern period, affected by foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population. Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to London and becoming a boarding point for boats travelling to France. The town also developed in popularity as a health resort for sea bathing as a purported cure for illnesses.
On the show — 61 mentions total
I was walking in Brighton in late July. I tried a little experiment, walking along the almost deserted beach with a cone of yellowish vanilla ice cream held inside my jacket. I then held it out and timed how long it took to become completely submerged in ladybirds.
from No Such Thing As A Human Wind Turbine, 2023-08-31 at 00:47:29 · read transcript
Other times Brighton came up
It was that in 2015 a group of friends tricked a taxi driver out of a 140 pound fare by leaving a mannequin in a hat in the back seat and pretending it was their sleeping friends oh really they went from Brighton to London which is about 50 miles it's a very long journey lucky cabin and they were like oh no you need to take Derek here up to Manchester and they just they got the two of them they got out and.
222: No Such Thing As A Warmongering Pigeon, 2018-06-22 · listen
Do you know, some other car that drove from Brighton to London were it was such a pointless link it's about taxis I mean were the world's first fleet of electric taxis and these were in 1897 so electric cars came along and most cars were taxis then and so in 1897.
No Such Thing As A Warmongering Pigeon, 2018-06-22 · listen
I might be wrong about this. I think they used to have like GPSes of those today. Yes, they did. I met the guy who owns loads of them. I borrowed some from him. You put a wristwatch on exactly like James says, like London to Brighton. You just load in the cartridge for London to Brighton. Then as you're driving along, you just wind on a bit. Clever. Crawly.
No Such Thing As The Ken Ages, 2022-05-06 · listen
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Coordinates: 50.8208, -0.1375