Tag: Bristol
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24 Hours in Bristol, making the finals
I forgot to post that I was a finalist in the 24 hours in Bristol photography competition. This was my shortlisted entry: “Warehouses on the Welsh Back” taken between 4am and 5am.
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Who feeds Bristol and what can we do about it?
Did you know that 10 in 35 Bristol wards don’t have a greengrocer? According to where you live in the city, this may or may not surprise you. I live in the city centre and while I hear of people selling fresh fruit and vegetables in the Bear Pit on Pero’s Bridge and on North…
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The Best Sunday Roasts in Bristol
Looking for the best Sunday roast in Bristol is probably one of the loveliest past-times but it’s not really a Summery sunny-day kind of activity. For a while we used to go to the St Werburgh’s Sunday roast pop-up which not only made for a good walk from the city centre but was one of…
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Breakfast at Wallfish Bistro in Clifton
Two days ago, I had some black-looking thick and ugly mushrooms on toast at River Cottage Cafe. They were most unpleasant to look at with the grimy streaks they left on my place and weren’t exactly exploding with flavour. A week before that I had been served the most beautiful looking girolles on toast served…
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Bristol book tournament
In Progress: last updated 09 August, 2013 07.58am And the best ever Bristol novel is … (the list so far) LA Weekly have been running a 32-book tournament to discover the best LA novel ever written and it got me thinking about the best Bristol book and how to find it. Bristol has a long…
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The Cube cinema in Bristol is raising money to buy itself
The Cube cinema in Bristol is a hub of community action and culture but it is now threatened with closure as the lease on the building is about to expire. The lease was the only privately-held component to the multiplex which has been run by volunteers for nearly 15 years. The plan now is to…
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The Severn Project at Temple Meads
The Severn Project is a Community Interest Company (07253111) founded by Steve Glover in April 2010 with the aim of creating a more effective and person centred model of drug and alcohol recovery. The Project is designed to bridge the gap between treatment and social reintegration though a process of education, training and employment. You…
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Top five places for breakfast in Bristol, 2013
With great sadness, we say goodbye to Lahloo Pantry which has closed down. It takes with it some of our loveliest memories. Since my last post on breakfasts, a year ago this time, there have been some changes and updates in the breakfast situation. 40 Alfred Place is now mainly used for pop-ups and the…
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The big city read along with the Universe Versus Alex Woods
I picked up a free book at the library this afternoon and I don’t need to return it because it’s part of a Big City Read sponsored by publishers Hodder and Stoughton, the Reading Agency, Bristol City and Somerset Council’s library services and local bookshops. This is a giveaway with one thousand copies of Gavin…