Jessica Hope discovers the extraordinary mind behind one of history’s greatest engineers following the opening of Bristol’s newest museum, Being Brunel
The y...
Local author Jane Duffus has a new book out this month, cataloguing more than 250 fabulous females from Bristol's past. Here, we’re introduced to a few of the&n...
Andrew Swift has been out hunting for signs of the city’s commercial history.
Those faded advertisements for long-forgotten businesses – otherwise known as gho...
The most famous Bristol attraction you’ve probably never heard of, and what’s changed there during 2017
How much remains today of what went on in Bristol dur...
To mark its 130th anniversary, Jessica Hope delves into the history of the Bristol Dogs and Cats Home
By the late Victorian period, the number of stray dogs an...
As part of its 150th anniversary celebrations, Colston Hall is calling on the Bristol public to share their special memories of the iconic venue
Whatever your ...
A £19million industrial heritage museum is soon to open in Bristol – telling the story of more than a century of aviation history in the West, through insight i...
It's 20 years since round-the-world solo yachtsman Tony Bullimore survived six days trapped in freezing waters under his capsized boat. Emily Horton finds him r...
Jessica Hope explores the stories of those who once sailed on Brunel’s ss Great Britain and discovers what it was really like to be a passenger
When the ss Gre...
The beloved Bristol landmark is 150 years old this year, and to celebrate, we took a look back through the Colston Hall archives – which make for some fairly su...
Jessica Hope visits Glenside Hospital Museum to discover how the Bristol Lunatic Asylum underwent significant change during the First World War
While war...
