If it weren’t for our dogs, most of us wouldn’t find good excuses to leave the house most days. But over three-quarters (77%) of owners and their pooches are bored with doing the same walk. That’s according to , the onl...
Since anti-racism protestors toppled the statue of Edward Colston in 2020, how to handle his controversial legacy has been a huge question for Bristol. The Bristol-born philanthropist and trans-Atlantic slave trader has...
Festival season is fast approaching. But one of the South West’s best is missing from the party calendar this year. Valley Fest is taking a fallow year, so instead, the team is launching a more intimate, laid-back festi...
If, like me, you grew up obsessed with Hanna-Barbera’s Wacky Races, then this is going to be right up your street! Krazy Races is revving up to bring “the UK’s largest touring soapbox derby event” to Bristol this Septem...
Everything from swans and geese to flamingos and kingfishers calls WWT Slimbridge ‘home’ throughout the year. And now you can too. The Wetland Centre is one of the South West’s best opportunities to catch a glimpse of w...
There’s no ‘Upfest Presents…’ this year, and it’s not expected to return until 2026. But that hasn’t stopped Bristol from being a street art haven. This May, the homeless charity Help Bristol’s Homeless is hosting its v...
Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. We all know who they are. They’re Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. And I couldn’t imagine anyone else as them, could you? But, hate it or love it, HBO is pu...
Did you know that Bristol is named after a bridge? Its original name was Brigstow, which literally means “the place by the bridge”. That’s long before the city’s iconic landmark, Clifton Suspension Bridge, was built, an...
Look, I don’t want to scaremonger, but it’s a scary world out there. All I see in the news is war, stock market crashes, and, what’s that, more war? I’d feel a lot safer cooped up in a bunker somewhere rather than feeli...
It’s always this time of year that the English countryside looks its best. Waking up from a winter slumber, flowers bloom, trees bud, and all sorts of animals and insects spring into life. And there’s no better place to...