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Brighton Science Festival
Brighton Science Festival is a yearly science festival held in Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ..., on the UK's South Coast since at least 2007. The festival is the brainchild of organiser Richard Robinson. Traditionally the festival has been held in February, but since 2017 the festival has been split across the year, with one set of events held in February and another set in September. External links Brighton Science Festival, homepageThe Argus, 2017: Explore everyday wonders at Brighton Science FestivalThe Argus, 2017: Different format for Brighton Science Festival’s February returnCulture 24: Science That Makes Your Eyes Pop! Brighton Science Festival 2007The Guardian: If festivals are supposed to educate the general public about science, they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Festival
A science festival is a festival that showcases science and technology with the same freshness and flair that would be expected from an arts or music festival and primarily targets the general public. These public engagement events can be varied, including lectures, exhibitions, workshops, live demonstrations of experiments, guided tours, and panel discussions. There may also be events linking science to the arts or history, such as plays, dramatised readings, and musical productions. The core content is that of science and technology, but the style comes from the world of the arts. History The modern concept of a science festival comes from the city of Edinburgh in 1989. The choice of Glasgow as European Capital of Culture for 1990 took Edinburgh by surprise and stimulated it to rebrand itself as a city of science, building on the success of a series of big urban developments led by its Economic Development Department. A senior member of the development team, Ian Wall, proposed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located 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. In the Georgian era, Brighton developed as a highly fashionable seaside resort, encouraged by the patronage of the Prince Regent, later King George IV, who spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Robinson (puppeteer)
Richard Robinson (born 1953 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is an actor, writer and puppeteer. He is also the Director of the Brighton Science Festival. Puppetry As a puppeteer, Robinson is best known for building and voicing puppets for the television series ''Spitting Image'', ''The Riddlers'', ''Dizzy Heights'', and ''Puddle Lane''. In ''The Riddlers'', he built the puppets Mossop, Middler, Glossop, Eesup, and Tiddler (Tiddlup), also voicing Mossop and Middler. On ''Dizzy Heights'' he played Victor Gristle, and on ''Puddle Lane'' he played Toby the Dragon and other puppets. He also played Bungle in the 1994-1995 revival of the children's series ''Rainbow (TV series), Rainbow''. Before his puppeteering career, Richard was a busker. In the mid-1990s, after years taking his children to the Science Museum, London, Science Museum and related educational events he found a new outlet as a science busker, visiting schools and festivals with sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
