Explore unusual things to do in Bristol: we reveal the secret places to visit, quirky sights to see, cool neighbourhoods to try, and guides to making the most of the city all year round. It’s your must-read guide to Bristol, for visitors and locals alike.
is here, and Bristol’s free, family-friendly music festival is ready to take over the historic Old City once more on Saturday, August 23. The free one-day festival, Old City Sounds, returns to fill 13 iconic venues in...
It is often wrongly believed that humans worshipped cats in Ancient Egypt. We sometimes wonder if our future ancestors will look back at our relationship with dogs and think something similar - but would they be wrong?...
Go back 500 years, and no one in the Old World knew what a dahlia was. It’s been almost 300 years since this native Mexican flower landed on European shores. Today, it’s the most popular flower in the UK. There’s nowher...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is the these English shores have produced. Her enduring legacy has lasted more than 200 years, with the likes of Pride & Prejudice, Emma and Mansfield Park ad...
Queueing up on a cold, rainy night waiting and shivering to get into the , you hear the thump of the bass reverberating out into the street and sober up bit by bit as the showers continue to pour. You're finally inside...
We’re over halfway through , but we’re sure many of you are wrapping up your collections already. From the Wednesday-inspired Feathers McGraw at Temple Meads to the extraterrestrial Gromit, Beagle 3 at Aerospace, the sc...
For nearly five decades, Bristol International Balloon Fiesta has been one of the greatest celebrations of hot-air balloons in the UK, if not the world. But it’s never seen anything like this before. Fiestagoers will fi...
If you haven’t been paying attention, there’s currently a nationwide celebration underway in the UK to mark the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Bristol being Bristol, however, we had to do things a little diffe...
If you were a child when the ‘Blue Peter’ badge was introduced, you could well be a grandparent, or even a great-grandparent, today. Generations have now coveted these iconic blue-and-white pin badges—either awarded for...
“If I were a rich man…” There’s no argument: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ is one of the greatest musicals of all time. “….Ya ba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dum.” The iconic 1964 musical, which spawned a beloved 1971 f...