Jane Austen – ‘a truth universally acknowledged’
Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 October
11am-4pm

What was it like to be young, female and single in the town? Was it all soldiers, dancing and assemblies, or was Brighton truly disreputable? Meet the characters tempted by fashionable Brighton. Free with admission to the Royal Pavilion

Lunchtime Lectures

Lectures take place from 1-2pm, tickets cost £4.50 (£3.50 concessions) per lecture and are available on the door or telephone 01273 292797 to book in advance.
Thursday 2 October
The Grand Tour: the 18th century gap year
The Grand Tour, ancestor of the gap year, was part of a young Englishman’s education. Find out what they saw, what they ate and the people they met.
Adrien Joly Brighton & Hove Museums
Thursday 16 October
Faking the Dead
Discover more about spirit photography, the strange practice which convinced many in the 19th and early 20th centuries of the existence of an afterlife.
Kevin Bacon Curator of Photography Brighton & Hove Museums
Thursday 30 October
The Preston Manor Ghost Story
Having a resident ghost was considered fashionable in Victorian high society, as was dabbling in spiritualism and séances. Find out why the Victorians were so fascinated by ghosts.
Paula Wrightson Brighton & Hove Museums

SUFI DROP-IN SESSION

15, 16, 17 Oct, 11am-12noon Brighton Unitarian Church. Sheikh Ahmad Dede and his Whirling Dervishes invite you to drop in and find out more about the Sufi path. Free

SUFI WHIRLING WORKSHOP

15, 16 Oct, 2-4.30pm, 18 Oct, 10am-12noon, Brighton Unitarian Church, £12/£9. Whirling is an active meditation and an ancient Sufi technique. An opportunity to learn to whirl and understand the seven steps to love, healing and inner peace.

KALA CHETHENA KATHAKALI

16 Oct, 7.30pm The Old Market, £15. Kathakali – meaning ‘story play’ – originated in South India more than 500 years ago. With extravagant costumes & elaborate make-up singers and drummers tell universal stories through gesture, emotion & expression.

SHICHISEIKAI

Japanese Buddhist Chanting 17 Oct, 8pm St George’s Church, Kemptown £15/ £12/ £9. Shichiseikai perform sutra chanting and enact rituals that are usually performed only in secluded monasteries.

Brighton Early Music Festival, main concert programme Oct 24th – Nov 9th. Further information and tickets (no commission) from www.bremf.org.uk.

Halloween Ghost Tour

Thursday 30 & Friday 31 October
Halloween Ghost Tour. 7.30-9pm £12
Celebrate the spooky season by visiting Brighton’s most haunted house on this special Halloween costumed guided ghost. To book tickets for the ghost tours and events telephone 01273 292770

Saturday 1 November
Twilight Tour of St Peter’s Church and Graveyard. 4.30-5.30pm £4.50. See inside this 13th century church and hear tales of the infamous Brighton Trunk Murder of 1831, the apparition of the White Lady and other spooky tales of old Preston village.

Saturday 1 November
An Evening of Victorian Ghost Hunting. 7.30-9.30pm £20. Preston Manor has been famous for its tales of hauntings since Victorian times. articipate in a special in-depth ghost tour and discussion with resident expert guides plus special guests, Sussex ghost hunting team, The Spirit Parlour.