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When it’s cold outside and the garden is dormant, it’s a great time to stay indoors and find some inspiration...
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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away… (well, if you happen to turn left just past the...
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Katy J Pearson’s face greets you on an led screen as you enter the SWX. If you had any confusion about who’s show this is, seeing that let’s you know exactly what you’re here for. Dana Gavanski led the audience into a dreamy, soft space. Starting with piano, she immediately...
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Bristol’s favourite duo Wallace & Gromit are serving heaps of family fun and holiday cheer at Cabot Circus, where Wallace...
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Options for Yuletide viewings are vast. Whether you’re a self-professed film buff or a lover of Hallmark-style flicks, watching with...
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Wallace & Gromit are back. And so is everyone’s favourite, deadly silent, feathered evil mastermind. Their creator Nick Park and Aardman creative director Merlin Crossingham spoke to Rosanna Spence ahead of Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl crash landing on our screens on Christmas Day – the first feature-length film...
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This month, our friends at Gloucester Road Books share non-fiction they’re particularly excited about… A note from the team: “Our...
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Rosanna Spence meets Mark Wilson of Rockaway Park (a subversive DIY cultural haven for people seeking art, music, food, nature,...
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A gripping new adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s international best-selling novel Never Let Me Go arrives at Bristol Old Vic in November, so we caught up with Suzanne Heathcote ahead of the world premiere telling the heart-breaking ‘near-fi’ tale about love and loss to find out more about her creative process....
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We visit a former organic farm on the outskirts of Bristol, which has morphed into Bristol Fungarium, a fungi powerhouse...
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Carol Vorderman has something to say about the state of the nation. So much, in fact, that she’s channelled her...
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Singer-songwriter Elles Bailey is Bristol born and bred, and is currently touring the UK and Europe. Here, she takes the opportunity to reflect on Bristol’s music scene as we approach a major music event on 14 November. The event is being hosted by PPL – the company which pays royalties to musicians...