Too many hotels.
Plans to turn the Allen Building – at one end of the City of Bath College’s Milk Street campus – … Continue reading
Breaking news.......
Clean Air Day
People across Bath and North East Somerset are being encouraged to get behind Clean Air Day and pledge to help … Continue reading
This summer’s ‘selfie’ spot.
Whatever you think of Bath’s annual Christmas Market the one thing l always look forward to is the Abbey Hotel’s … Continue reading
‘Mr Clean’
The city our millions of tourists briefly visit is not the same as the one Bathonians have to live in. … Continue reading
Welcome, Mr Mayor!
It’s an odd little ceremony which took place in the city’s Abbey on Saturday morning. A 500-year-old building which was … Continue reading
Day by Day
Abbey clearance continues.
The east end of Bath Abbey is now clear of pews as Emery Brothers – the local builders with the … Continue reading
All fired up!
The fires are lit – so let the forging begin! Bath’s first-ever Festival of Ironwork has got underway today – … Continue reading
No more plastic & looks fantastic.
Congratulations to Garfunkels Restaurant at The Empire in Bath! True to their word the horrible plastic flowers – that were … Continue reading
Bath hosts national walk.
The 2018 National Samaritans Walk is taking place this Saturday, June 9th, around Bath – and hundreds of Samaritans and … Continue reading
Heritage & History
MBE for Heritage Chief
Congratulations to Stephen Bird – Head of Heritage Services for Bath and North East Somerset Council – who is … Continue reading
Abbey’s hidden floor revealed.
You cannot fail to notice that the east – and most of the north side of Bath Abbey – are … Continue reading
The Eagle has wings!
Things have been looking up recently for one of Bath’s most unusual but well-loved green spaces. Hedgemead Park was laid … Continue reading
Blooming lovely – but no bridge?
Good to see a mass of bright red poppies and blue cornflowers blooming on part of the reshaped riverbank opposite … Continue reading
Landscape
Bath Quays gets the bird
An interactive ‘DigitOwl’ has landed at Bath Quays as part of a major public art sculpture trail featuring a flock … Continue reading
Shame about the Saw Close.
Am l alone in being very disappointed by the recently ‘re-imagined’ Saw Close – an historic open space which lies … Continue reading
Set in stone.
Almost a year ago l paid my first-ever visit to the Ralph Allen Cornerstone Interpretation Centre – the place that … Continue reading
On the trail of Nelson
Bath’s World Heritage Enhancement Fund has been working with The Nelson Society to create a Walking Guide (entitled “Nelson Trail”) … Continue reading
Over to you
Rats in Hedgemead
Joy Roberts writes: ‘This is the entrance to Hedgemead Park – just off the London Road. Somebody keeps dumping their … Continue reading
Back to school for the grown-ups!
Adults living in Bath are being given the chance to return to the classroom with the arrival of a series … Continue reading
Search for Mayor’s Young Citizen
The Mayor of Bath (Councillor Patrick Anketell-Jones) is launching a search for his ‘Mayor’s Young Citizen’. The Award began 24 … Continue reading
Hot off the press.
Not long to go now before 25 blacksmiths’ forges are installed in Bath’s Parade Gardens ready for the launch of … Continue reading
The Gallery
Making Art Matter
The work of Bath-based artists Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, whose artistic partnership spanned more than five decades, will be celebrated … Continue reading
Hooray for the red, white and blue!
Almost time for Americans everywhere to say ‘Hooray for the red, white and blue’ as July 4th and Independence Day … Continue reading
Biography in Cloth
In Milsom Place this morning for breakfast at Cote Brasserie and noticed banner flags fluttering outside an empty shop unit. Turns … Continue reading
Colour sensation
Bath’s parks are at that changeover stage. The last of the spring flowering is fading and it will soon be … Continue reading
