In memory of Cal Shearer
21st November 2024
30th Apr 2023
Senior Science Writer at Technology Networks, Ruairi J Mackenzie, discusses his time spent in Brighton at the BNA2023 International Festival of Neuroscience.
The Brighton Centre is a stocky, Brutalist conference venue with a dazzling view. Squatting along the waterfront of England’s south coast, the Centre's outlook to the horizon is only broken by the distant Rampion wind farm and the twin seafront stalwarts of Brighton’s Palace Pier – ringing with the clink of slot machines and the whirl of rollercoasters – and West Pier – a burnt-out husk that teems with chattering seabirds in the early morning chill.....