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
On George Street: the tattooist
AI looks set to finish off many high streets across the UK, but for now George Street in Hove remains a refreshing 'blast fom the past', attracting shoppers from Brighton and beyond. In (hopefully) the first of a series on the thoroughfare's traders, The Babbler chats to local biker Matthew English (pictured, standing in the doorway), the driving force behind one of the street's more characterful shopfronts – tattoo studio Nine Lives – alongside his younger brother (apprentice and fellow biker) Ash... and starts by asking them to describe a typical day in the shop...
Produced by Martin Shelley... contact: bysshebash@gmail.com... intro/outro music courtesy of www.purple-planet.com