The Brighton Babbler
Picking up on the everyday social and political issues – and historic ones too – that impact on lives across Brighton and Hove, the Babbler aims to generate greater awareness of those issues, at a time when existing news coverage in the city sometimes seems to be in retreat. The podcast name may hint at whimsy, but the intent is unashamedly serious.
The Brighton Babbler
Latest Episodes
On Islingword Rd: a funeral company that's part of the community
Taking a natural, community based approach to funerals has been the founding principle of Arka since it was set up in Brighton's Surrey Street more than 20 years ago. Now happily relocated in Islingword Road, we talk to Cara Mair, its founder a...
Out-take/1: a very impatient cat
For our first (and possibly last) 'out-take', here's a passing cat's somewhat rude interruption during Cara Mair's recent interview with the Brighton Babbler. Photo by
The Brighton General site – for the community, not developers
The fate of the Brighton General Hospital remains uncertain, seemingly destined for redevelopment as housing. But a re-energised community campaign is determined to keep the site in public hands, incorporating social housing and living rents as...
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Asylum tales, forgotten lives
The bodies of 4000 mental health patients are buried, mostly in unmarked graves, in the grounds of St Francis Hospital, formerly the Sussex County Asylum. The last known address of nearly half of those patients was in Brighton. In this episode ...
From Hove to Havana, fundraising for Cubans' health
The ongoing US economic blockade of Cuba rarely makes the headlines these days, but a dedicated group of Brighton activists is still raising funds to help this Central American country, as they have been doing since the 1960s. Ann Hallam (pictu...
