The Brighton Paradox Episode One: THE EDGE Summary: In this episode, we look at how the city of individual creativity, spirit, otherness and personal missions - is also the city of collectives, co-operatives, networks and community cells. And we try to answer the following questions:

• Why did Brighton & Hove want to be a city?
• Was 1995 - 2008 really a 'golden age' for Brighton?
• Why did Brighton AND Hove happen?
• Where is the city centre?
• Brighton or Bristol?
• What sort of person landed in Brighton in the 90s/00s?

Featured contributors:

• Simon Fanshawe // (https://simonfanshawe.com)

• Kevin Grist // (https://electricmedway.co.uk)

• Sarah Ticho // (https://hatsumi.co.uk)

• Katherine Courtney // (https://primaryspace.org)

• Donna Close // (https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnaclose/)

• Jenni Lloyd // (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennilloyd/)

• Ian Trevett // (https://www.rubixvt.com)

• Darren Fell // (http://crunch.co.uk)

• Claire Mason // (www.manbitesdog.com)

• Boogaloo Stu // (https://boogaloostu.co.uk)

• John Varah // (https://samesky.co.uk)

• Andy Budd // (https://www.andybudd.com)

• Rob Jones-Mantle // (https://magpie.coop)

• Ian Elwick // (https://www.werksgroup.org.uk)

Useful links: // Burning The Clocks // "How Brighton and Hove became a city 20 years ago" // MILLENNIUM CITY STATUS COMPETITION - WINNING CITIES ANNOUNCED // The Zap Club // Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT) // Brighton Fishing Museum / Seafront Heritage Trust // "Brighton's come a long way from Skid Row-on-Sea" // "This is what readers miss most about Brighton in the 1990s" Credits: An always possible podcast (www.alwayspossible.co.uk) In collaboration with Lo Fi Arts (https://twitter.com/lofiarts) and Plus X Innovation Hubs (https://plusx.space) Supported by Brighton & Hove Albion FC (https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com) Written and presented by: Richard Freeman Produced and edited by: Chris Thorpe Tracey Production support by: Ian Lauder Project management by: Stephanie Danvers, Molly Boyer, Annie-Marie Page and the always possible team Podcast artwork by: Meg Fenn Project partners: UnitedUs (https://unitedus.co.uk) The University of Brighton's Help To Grow Management programme (https://www.brighton.ac.uk/business-services/help-to-grow.aspx) Silicon Brighton (https://siliconbrighton.com) Alirity (https://alirity.com) Media and communications by: Sussex Business Times (https://www.thebusinessgroup.co.uk) Fox & Bear (https://foxbear.co.uk/services/website-optimisation/search-engine-optimisation/) Original music by: Fatboy Slim (https://www.fatboyslim.net) Noraay (https://noraay.com) Chris Thorpe Tracey (https://christt.com/music/)