Bath Abbey welcomed 420,000 visitors during 2012 and that’s an increase of 25,000 over the previous year. Plus – despite the wet and windy summer – even the ‘Tower Tour’ increased sales and contributed £27,000 […]
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Month: May 2013
BRLSI at 20
Bath’s Royal Literary and Scientific Institution in Queen Square is currently celebrating 20 years of promoting the Arts and Sciences in Bath. It was founded in 1824 and occupied a grand building on Terrace Walk […]
Making light of it.
Work on converting the ornate chandelier lamps lining each side of the nave at Bath Abbey has been completed – as part of the ‘Footprint Project’. Financial support from Business West and the Friends of […]
Rebecca is gurgling again!
After the sunshine – some more good news today. Rebecca at the Well – the sculpture in white marble also known as Rebecca’s Fountain which stands on the north side of Bath Abbey – has […]
Bath Abbey buskers
Just recently l was suggesting that Bath Abbey – with a fine reputation for musical events – might like to invite some of the young and talented street buskers to give a combined concert INSIDE […]
Champers and Frocks
Champagne tasting and Georgian dancing are on offer for one night only at Bath‘s Fashion Museum this month. To celebrate Museums at Night 2013, the popular attraction is offering special tours of its 50th anniversary […]
Summer Diary
Bath Preservation Trust has just supplied the Virtual Museum with its Summer diary running through to August. This covers events at No 1 Royal Crescent, the Building of Bath Collection and the Herschel Museum. May […]
Three in One – The Bath Store with a difference.
A exhibition on one of Bath‘s most important retail businesses – Cater, Stoffell and Fortt – has just opened at the Museum of Bath at Work and will continue throughout the summer. By the end of […]
Bath’s aqua-power!
Bit of a buzz at the Guildhall this afternoon for the Second Bath Conference which has invited the people of B&NES to go along and have their say on what is good and bad about […]
Council clean up.
Bath and North East Somerset Council is getting tough on businesses that are ignoring trade waste presentation times and contributing towards litter being strewn across city centre streets. Not a very attractive addition as […]
