Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy, peaceful 2025!

Just a reminder – my book about the wonderful women who have played key roles in Brighton & Hove’s history is still available. Last minute gift idea? Treat yourself?

‘The first British woman to swim the Channel, a Ladies World Speed record breaker, an African princess, a Soviet spy-cum-antiques dealer, a woman who started a rogue all-women police force, the first celebrity chef, a woman who ran a suffragette guest-house, the queen who ‘wasn’t amused’ by Brighton, and the brilliant doctor whose story is so shocking the British Army tried to repress it for 100 years.

The streets of Brighton are packed with links to women who made great strides in Law, fashion, sport, politics, education and more. Bringing together these stories, this book guides you around the streets of the city, showing you the hidden corners where history was made by a cast of fearless and fabulous woman who, in their own ways, did things that changed the world.’

The book is available in the shops at The Royal Pavilion and Brighton Museum –https://shop.brightonmuseums.org.uk/

Also at the city’s independent book shops:

the Kemptown Bookshop (https://www.kemptownbookshop.co.uk/), – Brighton’s oldest book shop with a great range of events. Also a great place for a coffee.

Hove’s City Books (https://www.city-books.co.uk/) – some great events here too.

and local cafe in the Ditchling Road/Fiveways area, The Green Room (https://www.thegreenroombrighton.co.uk/) Ever-changing brilliant menu and I don’t think they ever intended to make the best cup of tea in Brighton but they always do.

Cost – £14.99

I also have copies that I can send out by mail order. Apologies it’s not available online but if you send me an email to historywomenbrighton@outlook.com I will get right back to you with costs and payment options.

Thank you all, and festive greetings!