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Happy birthday, hip-hop! 50 years ago today (August 11), DJ Kool Herc dragged two turntables and a sound system – which he’d brought with him from Jamaica – to a block party in the Bronx. As he mixed records...
It would have been unthinkable to cut meat or dairy from our diets ten years ago. At least for many of us. Nowadays, however, all supermarkets stock meat alternatives and most restaurants cater to veganism. Often withou...
We’ve had more than our fair share of Old Fashioneds in our time. We’re sure the mixologists of Bristol have made enough to fill the River Avon too. But we doubt anyone’s attempt to make (or drink) one this big. As&hell...
Today might be a washout in Bristol and pretty much every other day too recently. But we have high hopes that the weather will improve before summer ends. (We’ve got one on the weather app at all times.) When it does, w...
As a nation that truly loves football, we watch with bated breath as England progresses through the Women’s World Cup tournament in Australia and New Zealand. After a ridiculously tense game against Nigeria yester...
If you were down at Bristol Harbour Festival in July, you might have spotted something a little odd on the water. No, we’re not talking about cardboard boat races or jetpack stunts – we’re pretty used to those the...
With it raining constantly and the mammoth meme Barbienheimer conquering the internet, all anyone’s thinking about at the moment is the cinema. From the luxury of Everyman on Whiteladies Road to the fiercely independent...
Is this really summer? The month of July has been a complete washout in Bristol, while the rest of Europe has faced some (quite worryingly) scorching weather. It’s hard to imagine that we were having heatwaves in this c...
Every Bristolian has a few memories of Castle Park. It’s been the backdrop to sunny days spent chilling, playtime as a child, deep chats and fun times (and not-so-fun times). In the hustle and bustle of modern life, thi...
There’s plenty of water in Bristol, seagulls and salty air too. But as hard as we try to imagine, it’s not quite the same as living by the sea. Thankfully, we’ve got some amazing coastal towns, so we’re only…...