Entering its fourth year, FORWARDS Festival is quickly becoming an end-of-summer staple in Bristol. Well, it does help when you’ve got Team Love (Love Saves The Day, Love International, Silver Hayes) behind you. Taking...
Look, I’ve never seen a single episode of The Great British Bake Off, so I’ve no idea why a TV show about amateur baking became the nation’s 15-year obsession. What I do know is that it’s not going anywhere. And, with a...
‘Strawberry Thief’ is one of William Morris' most enduring patterns. And, originally made at the Edward Everard building in Bristol, still adorns the walls of this Broad Street bar around the corner—also called The Stra...
Predicting the is never easy, but the clever people over at the Met Office try their best—and they’re saying the chance of a hot summer is higher than normal this year. That’s straight after the warmest and sunniest sp...
‘The need for blood never stops.’ Those were the words of Gerry Gogarty, Director of Blood Supply at NHS Blood and Transplant, back at the start of May. But now, more than ever, there is an urgent plea for blood donors...
Tove Jansson’s Moomins are among the most recognisable cartoon characters in the world. Appearing in books, comic strips, TV shows and movies, as well as on countless memorabilia, since their creation in 1945, they’re s...
The real Filthy Thirteen were a group of American WWII paratroopers known for drinking and fighting, wearing mohawks and warpaint, and a general disregard for military discipline. Despite their unorthodox ways, they wer...
This city has always been a , but it's just become a lot better. Pickle Street—described as Bristol’s first immersive role-play village for children up to seven years old—has opened in the heart of Bedminster’s East Str...
You may need to add 'thorough leg warm up' to the top of your pre-flight checklist, as some of Europe's low-cost airlines could be introducing a new standing-only seating option as early as next year.
The new seating o...
Where the built-up shopping centre Broadmead now stands, once stood a wildflower meadow and woodland. Now, two Bristol-based artists are taking the city centre back to its past by making it its future. Sylvia Rimat and...