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Brunel’s SS Great Britain has a new botanical installation celebrating the Australian roots of the English Garden. Living plants have...
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Andrew Swift explores the often-forgotten history of spa culture in Georgian Bristol, uncovering a time when Bristol’s Hotwells rivalled the...
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This year marks the 650th anniversary of Redcliffe’s transfer from Somerset to the newly-formed county of Bristol. On the face of it there may seem little – apart from the church of St Mary Redcliffe – to show for such an august history. Bombing and demolition have taken a terrible...
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In recent years, the name Sarah Guppy has emerged from obscurity as it has become increasingly clear that she was...
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Since it was established in 2015, the Bristol Civic Society’s Blue Plaque scheme has recognised several people involved in global...
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By the 1860s, Bristol was growing fast. New factories were springing up around the city, but, faced with a lack of adequate public transport, those who worked in them had to live within walking distance. This was a problem not only for the factory owners, who needed to recruit workers...
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As Bristol’s first new train station recently opened in almost a century, Andrew Swift takes a closer look at the...
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This month, Malcolm Ravenscroft, a member of the Bristol Civic Society’s Blue Plaque panel, explains how to have a blue...
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This year, Bristol Ferry Boats announced the refurbishment and relaunch of one of its oldest vessels, nearing 100 years old. Here, Andrew Swift looks back at the history of Bristol’s beloved water network… Bristol today may be a city of bridges, but it was once a city of ferries. Until...
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While most people are vaguely aware of blue plaques, they remain something of a mystery. Where are they? What are...
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Stephen Lansdown CBE – co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown and owner of Bristol Sport – has built an ever-lasting legacy in...
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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...