At Home This Morning: Recent Episodes
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At Home This Morning is a fortnightly programme for older listeners based in Brighton and Hove broadcast on RadioReverb.
Each edition contains interviews, features, music and memories. Covering topics such as neighbourhood care, older drivers, and lunch clubs, and highlighting other facilities and sources of support available to older people.
We’ve looked at a newly-formed amateur dance company whose members are all over the age of sixty, and examined the suitability of sports such as tennis and bowls for older people. We’ve also heard reminiscences of life in Brighton and Hove in the earlier parts of the twentieth century.
“Panoramic” anti Covid drug trial; Blue Cross - 125th anniversary; Macular degeneration; Rise in popularity of Fishing as a hobby
The Fabrica Gallery; New drop-in for victims of Domestic Abuse; How to lose weight painlessly;
Older, wiser, still working; Celebratory bench for local hero (repeated from Aug 2021)
Age UK - services over Christmas & New Year; School for Santa’s helpers; Charity single - “Music will live in our hearts”; Move into Christmas - Rocking around the Christmas tree; Veteran cars
New WRVS Booklet: “Stay safe, warm and well”; Brighton & Hove Arts Council - Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts; Save your real fire; The Menopause
Veteran Car Run 2021 - preview; “Help for Heroes” - November fundraising campaign; RSPCA “Adoptober” campaign; Joanna MacGregor, new Musical Director for Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
Ageing Well Festival; Women Over Fifty Film Festival; Sue Ryder Remembrance Walks; Wooden toothbrushes, etc.; Cat psychology
Cave paintings & a new computer game; The return of AGE UK Cream Teas; 40 years of PCs & e-waste; New regulations for wood burning stoves; The Max Miller appreciation society
Ageing well festival; The “Preston Twins” and the “Secret Garden”; Ethical banking; E-biking
“Local hero bench” award - Emily Kenward, “Time to talk befriending”; Crypto currencies (Bitcoin, etc.); New Gov. campaign to keep up Covid precautions; “Strong Customer Authentication” (= Two factor authentication); Gardening - the therapeutic effects
Covid update - the importance of getting vaccinated; Brighton & Hove Arts Council Annual Exhibition; Cataracts; Age UK - update on services provided at present; Rottingdean Arts festival
“Buy one, give one” scheme - Trussell Trust & Vodafone; Covid update - Dr. Sarah Jarvis; “Music for Connecton” - Bela Emmerson; Online scams - Bighton & Hove CAB
Restoration of the Brighton Hippodrome; "Adorable Dora" - a tribute to Dora Bryan; The cost of Being A Grandparent; Children & Psychology; The forthcoming production of "South Pacific" at the Chichester Festival Theatre
Smart technology - the future of the home?; Survey - How people would like to be remembered; Online music tuition from B&H Music Services; Rise in the popularity of angling during pandemic
Retirement planning; Gas Safety; Type 2 Diabetes; RSCH Chapel move; One Garden Brighton; Littlest Yak Book
Hedgehog Awareness Week / Hedgehog Street; New Covid 19 vaccination campaign & TV ad; Sue Ryder foundation - “Ambassadogs” project; U3A Portuguese course
B&H Buses - new air filters, & “Above and beyond” scheme; Boatcare Sussex; “Fiver” (musical); The importance of a smile; Mental health and railway safety
Job opportunities in IT for older people; “Help us, help you” - Public Health England Lung Cancer awareness campaign;
RISE domestic abuse charity - funding withdrawal; TV programme - "The architecture the railways built"
The latest on the pandemic; Exercise in lockdown; Railway architecture - 2nd series of TV programmes; Age UK; Colour therapy
Pill-time; Volks Electric Railway Assoc - revised repeat; Funerals - how has Covid affected them?; The Big Butterfly Count - revised repeat; Hyperfoods
Chichester Festival Theatre's plans for the future; The Samaritans - how Covid has affected their work; Neil Rankin on Christmas dinner; 12 days of giving; Chestnut Tree House Christmas tree disposal service
Rottingdean Scarecrow Competition (repeated from Aug); Age UK food and games parcels; Help our kelp - Sussex Wildlife Trust (repeated from Mar); Brighton Housing Trust;
Team Domenica (repeated from Sep)
Buses - Community Champions scheme; Heart Valve Voice; Project Wenceslas - (Brighton Lions); “Kindred” scheme; B’ton & Hove Arts Council Annual Show (online this year)
Pain relief; Royal Mail offers service to collect parcels from your home; Covid fraud hotline (Crimestoppers); Co-Op Community Support Fund; Age UK Warm Homes scheme; Is your cat suffering from stress because of Covid?; Life coaching; The electronic Stethoscope
The new Covid Test-and-trace app; "Stoptober" - stopping smoking this month, and Flu vaccination; Small businesses and Covid19Job/pension security for older employees; TV theme tunes; The effect of facemasks on communication
The value of saying "Please" and "Thank you"; The effects of the Coronavirus crisis on children's mental health; Migraine; The Government's new "Hands, face & space" campaign; Dome cafe reopeoning; BHOS
Heritage open days; Taking pets on holiday; Smart radios; Cyber security during the pandemic
“The Bevy” - community pub - re-opening; Community roots - mental health & well-being support in Brighton & Hove; Cream teas from Age UK
The Bluebell Railway - reopening to passengers; The end of free TV licences for the over 75s - Age UK; The Big Butterfly Count; Care homes - are they safe?; Are we heading for a chocolate shortage?
Time to talk befriending; The Alzheimer's society; The Hop 50+; Going out again after the Lockdown
Charity cash shortages; Mushrooms are magic! -The UK & Ireland Mushroom Producers group; Loneliness - Red Cross helpline; A new solution for cat allergy; he Lockdown - how it's affected men's mental wellbeing; New rooftop café and bar for Hove seafront
Boating after the lockdown; How to sleep better; Brighton "Scrub Hub"; Starting using your car again after lockdown; BrightonTheatre Group; Campaign to save local pubs
Southern Water - Priority Services Register; Age UK telephone befriending; The Samaritans - update; Digtal Brighton & Hove
Specsavers - emergency service during Covid; Chestnut Tree Children's Hospice; Homeserve; The Good Things Foundation - We want a world where everyone benefits from digital; The architecture the railways built - TV series
Review of a new book about the wartime Bletchley Park codebreakers; The Martlets' Hospice new "Earthworks" scheme; A new blog run by The Sussex Wildlife Trust; "Rainbow" T-shirts being sold in aid of the NHS.
Pets and Covid-19; The Bluebell Railway during lockdown; Time management; Covid-19 scams; Roy Hudd interview
Age UK merger; Colin Johnson, Quiz Deviser; Women over 50 & the menopause; Brighton Gin
"Silver Spitfire" round-the-world flight; Brighton Theatre Group's performance of "Chitty-chitty-bang-bang" at the Theatre Royal; Animals in the heat; Changing your mobile phone contract; Rottingdean village fair
Brighton Beach Access Group - update; How to survive a heatwave by the Radio Doctor; Planning the Brighton & Hove Pride procession; "Wavelength" - combatting lonliness by technology
Wiston Steam Fair; Old but Gold TV channel; Hippodrome update; Wine; 150th anniversary of Heinz
Saltdean Lido - update; "Little Miss Sunshine" at the Theatre Royal; Beach hut made from plastic waste; Rottingdean Festival
Sussex Wildlife Trust; Trust for Developing Communities; Brighton Beach Access Group; Hidden Stories
Brighton Theatre Group's forthcoming production of "Chitty chitty bang bang" at the Theatre Royal; The Jill windmill; Food waste; The Stroke Association
Brighton & Hove Food Partnership; The "Well child" awards; Digital Brighton and Hove; Brighton Festival shows costing under £10.
Rottingdean Drama Society - latest production; "American idiot" at the Theatre Royal, Brighton; "Bank to the future"; Holiday cruising
Brighton & Hove Community Kitchen; Preston Park Demo Garden; The Silver Strings project; Theatre review - Club Tropicana
60th anniversary of the Bluebell Railway Society; Gas Safe; Yachtsman of the year; Shirley the middle-aged siren; The Brighton Belle - latest update
National Disabled Access Day; Cats and dogs; Brighton & Hove Carers' Hub; Theatre review - "Ghost"
"Ghost" at the Theatre Royal; Royal Sussex County Hospital re-development project; ‘Standing Up 4 Sitting Down’ campaign; Brighton Theatre Group's production of "Chicago"
Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre; Preview of 2nd half of Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra's concert season; Review of "Abigail's party" at the Theatre Royal
Brighton housing trust; "The full monty" at Theatre Royal, Brighton; Action on elder abuse; Brighton health and wellbeing centre; Sarah Milner, violinist
BHOS; Brighton Gay Men's Chorus; "Sensotra" project; Reviews of "Evita" and "Fame"; Brigton Marina developments; New production of "Dr. Dolittle"
The Cockleshell Endeavour; Brighton & Hove Arts Council Drama Competition; The Theatre Royal; Brighton & Hove Older People's Festival; Dirty Dancing
Heritage Open Days; Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra new season preview; Southampton Boat Show preview
AgeUK; Search 7's charitable activities; Healthwatch Brighton & Hove; The Maiden Factor - update
This edition is entirely devoted to an extended tour of the Regency Town House in Hove.
Martlets Hospice - "Snailspace" project; Queen's Park Books - Backyard Brighton; Saltdean Lido update; Bluebell Railway - "Atlantic" project - building a full size replica mainline steam locomotive from scratch
"The Maiden Factor" - round-the-world race yachtswoman Tracy Edwards talks about her project to restore the yacht she used, "Maiden"; Dementia UK; The restoration of Brighton's Tram No.53; Interview with two of the stars of "Crazy for you", Claire Sweeney and Tom Chambers
Dusty Bluebells project; Rottingdean diary; Daredevil charity abseiller; Brighton Festival - events costing under £10
Chichester Festival Theatre; British Rail's "Sulky" service on the Bluebell Railway; The Brighton Belle - an update
Update on Brighton Hippodrome; Boat trips to the Rampion windfarm; Preparations for Summer on the seafront
Yachtsman of the Year & Young Sailor of the Year; Bluebell Railway "sulky" service; Brighton Theatre Group production of "Hair"; The early days of BBC Radio Brighton
Concert in aid of 'The Samaritans'; Phil Grabsky - My life as a film-maker; Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra concert season, Part 2
New Brighton lifeboat station; "Great Art" TV series made by local filmmaker; Update on ST "Challenge"
Brighton Belle - the bus (from Oct); Neighbourhood care (from May); "Silver" magazine (from July); Saltdean Lido re-opening (from July)
Brighton & Hove Older People's Festival; Buses - Helping Hand scheme; Letter to Britain; Brighton & Hove Archeological Society; Hen Power
The "Save the Madeira Arches" campaign; Galvanise BH - a scheme to help rough sleepers; Brighton Toy & Model museum
Volks Railway re-opening following major overhaul; Online fraud; Forthcoming one-day poetry festival
In this edition:- "Brighton Belle" - the bus My life as a freelance orchestral musician - John Bradbury
On this edition of At Home This Morning :
- we look ahead at events coming up in the Brighton and Hove area over the next few weeks including Brighton's 2nd Annual Old People's Festival.
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On this edition of At Home This Morning :
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we hear about a film festival taking place in Brighton in September
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we talk to a cast member of the touring production of Mama Mia! who learned his craft as a member of the Brighton Theatre Group
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we find out more about the opening of a new community centre for older people near Preston Park Station
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On this edition of At Home This Morning :
- we hear about a series of open days taking place across Brighton and Hove at historic properties
- we find out about a scheme run by Brighton and Hove Council to keep us healthy
- we look at a poetry competition organised by the Brighton and Hove Arts Council