Confession time: I once (stupidly) moved to London. I didn’t learn a lot in my time spent out in the capital, but one thing I did was that people in the UK have some strange stereotypes about Bristol. Of course, most of...
Everyone in Bristol is a DJ, or nearly everyone at least. (As we know, Bristol was recently identified as the UK city with the highest concentration of DJs, bands and musicians.) So of course we’re all more than ready f...
During the 18th century, it was very fashionable to have your own grotto in your garden – which is believed to have represented the descent into the underworld. Few are as mesmerising as the one found in William C...
As avid stargazers, I’m sure we all dream of discovering our very own comet. But how about three? Japanese space photographer, Hideo Nishimua lends his name to a trio of discoveries, Comet Nakamura-Nishimura-Machholz (C...
It’s fair to say that Bristol, and the South West in general, has a connection with nature like nowhere else in the UK. Few have tapped into this better than Wake The Tiger, the mythical ‘amazement park’ in St Philips....
Picture this: It’s a Friday night. You and your mates have spent the evening drinking, but the pub is closing. What? It’s only 11pm! That’s way too early to go to bed. Bristol is hardly London (which is hardly Berlin),...
If you love steak, Bristol is slowly carving out a niche as a haven for sizzling steakhouses. But what makes the city’s steak offerings truly exceptional? It’s not just the succulent cuts or the perfectly co...
Despite the fact that England’s rugby team were pretty meh at the Six Nations this year, we’re still rugby-mad in Bristol. So, of course, we’re excited about the Rugby World Cup 2023 kicking off in France this Friday (S...
If you love reading books like us, there are so many beautiful literary spots to discover in Bristol. From the pirate stories of The Llandoger Trow to the gothic tales of the city’s 60s counterculture in Angela Carter’s...
From specialist cider spots to the whole of King Street, there are few places better for pubs than Bristol. Whether you’re looking for a traditional boozer or something more akin to a trendy bar, there’s no end to the b...