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What’s your connection to Bristol and what makes the city so special in your opinion? I forged a dual connection...
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This month, Andrew Swift explores Thornbury’s history, its heritage and the debate surrounding “one of the best-preserved and most vibrant...
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Meet the new Bristol City Poet, Kat Lyons. I first moved to Bristol in March 2013 and I lived in a pop-up tent in my mate’s concrete yard in Easton until I got myself sorted out. I love how easily you can escape out of the city to green places,...
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“Whether you come in search of industrial archaeology or of flora and fauna – or simply of great views –...
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Meet social beautician and founder of The Beauty of Caring, Natacha Sullivan. I’m originally from Paris but my connection to...
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Marvin Rees has been the Mayor of Bristol for six years. This month, a referendum to decide whether the city continues with the mayoral system is due to take place. Ahead of the vote, Simon Horsford sits down with the Bristol-born politician to discuss his career so far, and what’s...
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As the Royal West of England Academy – Bristol’s oldest art gallery – prepares to reopen its doors after many...
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Meet Vivek Gurav: founder of the environmental group, Bristol Ploggers. What’s your connection to Bristol?I am in love with this...
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Some 12 years after the government dashed plans to build a 10-mile energy-generating barrage across the Severn estuary, which has the second largest tidal range in the world, the proposals are back on the agenda. Andrew Swift investigates… On the evening of 28 November 1881, when electricity was still a...
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Meet the Volunteer and Member Coordinator at The Bristol Bike project, Lucia Thompson. I have to be honest, I’m not...
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“Some [green corridors] are well-trodden, while others are well-kept secrets. All of them, though, can lead the way to inspirational...
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As we approach the centenary of the closure of Bristol’s unlikliest railway station – which would have seen passengers travel under Clifton Suspension Bridge – Andrew Swift takes a closer look at the city’s (very serious) plans to build a Grand Central Station in Queen Square. When the SS Great...