Great to see The Square restaurant, fronting onto Abbey Church Yard, has ditched the plastic flowers in favour of the…
Shaping dementia care
With dementia prevalence in B&NES projected to rise by 36% by 2030 – amongst those aged 65 and older –…
Do you care?
A special and important environmental event is coming up early next month, as I am hearing from Gillian Risbridger via…
Record response
The consultation offered to ratepayers to comment on Bath & North East Somerset Council’s new Local Plan proposals brought the…
Pic of the day. Friday, March 20th
Amazing the effect a new lick of paint can have on a place. The Crystal Palace public house looking radiant…
Our environment – a top priority
[Photo credit: West of England Mayoral Combined Authority / Freia Turland.] That long talked about tidal energy barrier in the…
Jolly’s well worth waiting for
[The signage on the hoarding will have to be changed] You heard it here first! I told you weeks ago…
At last!
Good to see that, finally, that terrible fencing around the entrance to the Roman Baths shop has been dismantled. It…
Pic of the day. Thursday, March 19th
Couldn’t resist lifting the smartphone over the hoarding to see how work was proceeding on refurbishing Rebecca at the Well.…
Culture for all
[Revenue from the Roman Baths supports vulnerable people across B&NES] Here’s a press release from B&NES that takes some reading,…
He’s back!
[Glenn Brown, Drawing 1 (after Bloemaert), 2018. Photograph by Mike Bruce] Â Forty years after studying in the city, contemporary artist…
More control of our future.
[Helen Godwin, Mayor of the West of England Photo credit:West of England Mayoral Combined Authority / Freia Turland.] Plans to…
Curtain up!
[Image grabbed from YouTube item] Bath’s ‘Mr Music’ Matt Finch – the musical director of many city choirs – writes:…
Could the Larkhall club close?
A bit of sad news from my home patch. Bill Shaw writes: ‘Please see the attached. As a Larkhall resident,…
Pic of the day. Wednesday, March 18th
Isn’t Nature wonderful.
Smashing!
My good friend Ruth Wishart – a journalist at ITV – very kindly pointed me towards this old piece l…
A balanced performance
[Images Credit: Beata Cosgrove] I wasn’t able to witness it for myself, but l am pleased to hear that this…
Life before Private Godfrey.
What gorgeous weather to warm today’s city-based walk down to the Rec. I was on my way to meet Nicolas…