Course cancelled after 4 sessions 24/9, 1/10, 8/10, 15/10

We study the late Georgian/Regency era and its social, domestic, cultural and working life, as well as the arts, medical matters, distinctive architecture – and many coffee houses!

The latter served as public social places where the Stock Exchange, Lloyds of London and auction houses were spawned. The period was also a time of great poverty, disease, illness - and vice in the notorious Regency underworld. 

Brighton is much associated with this period: the extravagances of the Prince Regent (the “Regency”) and his remarkable palace at a time when the fashionable visited the seaside town to take the waters and be entertained.  Brighthelmstone was growing rapidly as a place of pleasure, entertainment and residency.

Illustrated with colourful powerpoint slideshows.

Formerly an Associate Tutor for CCE at the University of Sussex, Sarah Tobias is an experienced and sympathetic adult education tutor who started her teaching career 24 years ago at Rottingdean Whiteway Centre. She has a Diploma in European Humanities; BA Hons in History and European Humanities; Master’s Degree in Histories and Cultures and Certificates in Further Education Teaching. Sarah is a social, cultural and local historian and an established, experienced university lecturer, college tutor, public speaker (over 30 subjects), tour guide and writer. She is also an occasional dramatic narrator, costumed role player, playwright and filmmaker. https://sarah-tobias.blogspot.com/