In recent years, the name Sarah Guppy has emerged from obscurity as it has become increasingly clear that she was a woman far ahead of her time. Crucial to this rehabilitation has been a play about her, performed to great acclaim by Show of Strength Theatre Company, alerting Bristolians to...
As Bristol’s first new train station recently opened in almost a century, Andrew Swift takes a closer look at the city’s lines and the wealth of new stations set to open in the coming years… The opening of Portway Park & Ride station on the Severn Beach Line on 1...
While most people are vaguely aware of blue plaques, they remain something of a mystery. Where are they? What are they for? Why are they installed? Who puts them up? This month, Malcolm Ravenscroft, a member of the Bristol Civic Society’s blue plaque panel, sheds some light on these iconic...
As Bristol celebrates its 650th year of being an independent county, Andrew Swift looks at the curious way in which the distant event took place… In the past 50 years, redrawing the boundaries of England’s counties – and inventing new names for them – has become a regular occurrence. In...