BHCC - Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce

The ‘Brighton Past and Present’ Breakfast

Rose Collis is a critically-acclaimed writer and historian who has lived and worked in Brighton since 1997. Her work includes biography, journalism, short fiction, website content, exhibitions, radio, literary talks and her own brand of historical guided walks, ‘Walkie Talkies’.  

Since 1985, Rose’s journalism has appeared in over 30 publications on both sides of the Atlantic, including The Mail On Sunday, The Independent, The Times, TV Times, Gay Times and Time Out.
Rose’s books include Coral Browne: ‘This Effing Lady’, Brighton Boozers, Colonel Barker's Monstrous Regiment: A Tale of Female Husbandry and A Trouser-Wearing Character: The Life and Times of Nancy Spain.

Her latest book, The New Encyclopaedia of Brighton, has been an enormous success, with a reprint being ordered within a fortnight of publication. Rose will be talking about the making of the book, and specifically about Brighton's economy, employment and shops & businesses – past and present.