But within his speech Purnell forgets about creativity emerging within spaces and the importance of cities within creative industries. Instead he focuses more on how creativity starts at school talking of the specialist arts colleges in England. One of the issues that I took up with Purnell was that he completely missed out Brighton within his speech and how it has much to offer to the global modeling of creative industries. Below I have highlighted some of the points that i made concerning this issue.
- Brighton has many distinctions and differences
- It is already the most famous seaside resort in the UK.
- There are many different venues within Brighton for the hosting of different events with it's diverse mix of pubs and clubs and Brighton dome and centre.
- Brighton already has a successful music industry with many different diverse genres.
- Brighton is the home of a range of different sporting clubs including football, cricket and rugby.
- Brighton is easily accessible from all over the world with there being a fast service from London.
- There are a high proportion of ethnic minorites and religions within Brighton.
- There have been a number of small independant films that have both been been made and set in Brighton.
- Brighton is a very tolerant city which is an important quality in which creativity can continue to flourish.
These are just some of the points that I mentioned in my letter which are relevant to Brighton. It is all of these things which make me feel enthusiastic and excited about living in Brighton. I have provided a link below to the speech 'Making Britain the worlds creative hub'.
