 Recorded as the tiny fishing village
of Brithelmeston in the Domesday Book, BRIGHTON seems to have slipped
unnoticed through history until the mid-eighteenth-century sea-bathing
trend established a resort that has never looked back. The fad received
royal approval in the 1770s when the decadent Prince Regent, later
George IV, began patronizing the town in the company of his mistress,
thus setting a precedent for the "dirty weekend", Brighton's
major contribution to the English collective consciousness. Trying
to shake off this blowsy reputation, Brighton now highlights its Georgian
charm, its upmarket shops and classy restaurants and its thriving conference
industry. more..
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