Emojis of the day
The Keep archives in Moulescoomb hold many treasures. But perhaps none which reflect violence and political conflict as vividly as The Paris Commune Archive. Caroline Marchant-Wallis, University of Sussex Special Collections Supervisor at The Keep, has written this guide to the history of the Commune and to the collection. Continue reading
At the beginning of the first week of May 1968, French universities closed their admin. departments. On 3 May, the students made their objections very clear. By the end of the week, 20 000 of them were rioting in central Paris. A few days later, the barricades were up. By the end of the following week, 2 million workers were on strike. France was paralysed and stayed so until the beginning of June. What were Brighton and Hove doing at the time?
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Alexander Holroyd, seen here with his suppléante (substitute) Laure Philippon, is the newly elected député who will represent French nationals living in north-west Europe but outside of France. M. Holroyd beat his Socialist rival by a massive 70% to 30%. But he himself has something to say about that. Continue reading
This is Alexandre Holroyd, potentially the new M.P. (député) who will represent French nationals living in Brighton and Hove – as well as those across a vast swathe of north-west Europe. Continue reading
Last month (May 2017), this stencilled message (The National Front shall never pass in Brighton) adorned the pavement around the Mercure Hotel on Brighton seafront. The hotel had just been used as the polling station for the French presidential election. Next Sunday (4 June) will see the same hotel used for the parliamentary elections for French nationals in Brighton and Hove. Continue reading
French voters living in the United Kingdom came down firmly in favour of Emmanuel Macron as their next President. The French community in Brighton and Hove did not buck the trend.
No official separate figures exist for the Brighton bureau de vote (polling station) held in the Mercure Hotel on Brighton seafront on 7 May 2017. However, the Honorary Consul for Sussex, le commandant François Jean, is reassuring that the Brighton figures reflect those of the UK as a whole. Continue reading
On the 4th June (premier tour) and the 18th June (deuxième tour), French voters in the Brighton area will converge on the Mercure Hotel to vote, not for their president, but for their M.P. (député).
In France, a constituency (circonscription) is formed of an area with about 125,000 registered electors. French nationals who live overseas, do not have quite such a fair crack of the whip … but at least, since 2012, they can now vote for an M.P. of their own. Continue reading
Consul François Jean (left) and John Loveridge.
(c) Cercle Français de Brighton et Hove
Sunday 23 April 2017 will be an important days for French nationals in Brighton. Under the aegis of the French Honorary Consul, Captain François Jean, they will be going to vote in the first round (premier tour) of the French presidential elections. Their ballot boxes (urnes) will be at the Mercure Hotel in Brighton. Continue reading
Prince Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord stayed at 9 Old Stein in 1831. True. But for how long? Was this information any more than a piece of nineteenth century PR by a lodging-house keeper? Continue reading
French Brighton 