Leaving the EU – ten years on
A personal response to leaving the EU and hopeful signs of closer ties again
Read moreDetailsViv Griffiths is a retired teacher and academic, specialising in gender and education research. Over the years, she’s also worked as an actor, gardener, librarian and wholefood shop partner. She is Emeritus Professor of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Viv is now a volunteer gardener in Brighton's Preston Park, a Friend of Hollingbury and Burstead Woods and singer with Brighton Voices. A regular writer for Sussex Bylines, she is also a member of the editorial team.
A personal response to leaving the EU and hopeful signs of closer ties again
Read moreDetailsFollow the old Roman road across the South Downs, from the stunning mosaics at Bignor Villa down to Chichester
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Read moreDetailsSome EU citizens have recently been prevented from returning to their homes in the UK: one woman tells Sussex Bylines...
Read moreDetailsInnovative texts which foreground women writers and artists link two new exhibitions at Charleston in Firle
Read moreDetailsPallant House opened its doors for an art-filled day of discovery and creativity – all free
Read moreDetailsThe Green Party’s first and newest women MPs are authentic voices who offer much-needed optimism in a fractured Britain
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Read moreDetailsThe renowned art critic’s lesser known work as a painter is foregrounded at Charleston in Firle for the first time...
Read moreDetailsMaking asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
Read moreDetailsThe ground-breaking work of Scottish artists Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde shines in a new exhibition at Charleston in Lewes
Read moreDetailsDespite denouncing Farage’s views, there’s little difference between the rhetoric of Labour and Reform UK
Read moreDetailsAn exhilarating guided walk of Devil’s Dyke with National Trust rangers to see the restoration of chalk grassland
Read moreDetailsA plea to ditch the family visa income rules
Read moreDetailsExperiencing the ancient pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain – and the community of the Camino
Read moreDetailsIn a stunning new exhibition at Charleston in Lewes, Bell’s skills as an artist and designer come into their own
Read moreDetailsDespite Trump's tariffs, No.10 is still opposed to joining a customs union
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Read moreDetailsFilming deportations and reducing access to citizenship: the government’s desperation to appeal to Reform voters is appalling
Read moreDetailsOur first article of a new series in which our writers discuss the books that have shaped them
Read moreDetailsPunitive income requirements for overseas partners are splitting families and children are bearing the brunt
Read moreDetailsA remarkable new exhibition at Pallant House Gallery brings to life this neglected artist’s work and life
Read moreDetailsTaking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of...
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Read moreDetailsTwo of our regular writers discuss the impact of Trump's victory on immigrants and Ukraine
Read moreDetailsWhat does the US election result mean for women’s rights and for an increasing gender divide?
Read moreDetailsShocking testimony by Kevin Fong and others brings home the pandemic’s huge impact on hospitals and healthcare workers
Read moreDetailsAs brave Afghan women defy the Taliban’s new ban against their voices in public, international condemnation must turn words into...
Read moreDetailsA new pond in Hollingbury Woods marks the end of six months’ collaboration between wildlife charity Froglife and a local...
Read moreDetails“Fatal strategic flaws” in pandemic planning led to thousands of avoidable deaths, says inquiry lead Baroness Hallett
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