I know todays strong and gusty winds have not helped but there’s a section of Walcot Street that was looking very depressing this morning. If fag ends and chewing gum wasn’t bad enough we have […]
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Month: March 2015
Tai Chi on the Terrace.
Come and clear your minds at some early morning T’ai Chi sessions that once again this year, are being organised at the Roman Baths from April – offering the opportunity to start the day with some gentle […]
Bedding down at the Gainsborough
The opening of the city’s five-star Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel cannot be too far away. The new General Manager has told the Virtual Museum it will be during the summer but your Director saw bed […]
110th annual Bath Society of Artists Exhibition
This year’s Bath Society of Artists Annual Exhibition will run at the city’s Victoria Art Gallery from May 16 – June 27, 2015. Now in its 110th year, this hugely popular exhibition is the highlight of […]
2014 Dress of the Year unveiled.
Bath Fashion Museum has announced that the Dress of the Year for 2014 is by Gareth Pugh, one of the most celebrated fashion designers working in Britain today. Chosen for the museum by Katie Grand, […]
Loos ends!
Bath & North East Somerset Council’s plans to improve public toilets across the district is nearing completion. New toilets at Henrietta Park were re-opened for use on March 13 and those in the Royal Victoria […]
Say hello to Bath College!
The name of Bath and North East Somerset’s merged multi-campus college has today been announced to mark a new era of education. City of Bath College and Norton Radstock College will move forward under the […]
A ‘shot’ of colour!
The latest in a series of Arts Council England sponsored contemporary installations opened at Bath’s Holburne Museum today (Saturday, March 21st.) It’s called Nicholas Rena: After Matisse and features the work of an artist famous […]
Abbey gets into hot water!
Excavation work is taking place in Kingston Parade (outside the Visitor Information Centre) as part of a joint initiative by Bath Abbey’s Footprint project and Bath & North East Somerset Council to determine the feasibility […]
Oh you ‘beautiful’ gulls.
It took a tourist visitor to Bath to point out to me that there is no such thing as ‘a seagull’ while l was performing my duties as a Mayor’s Honorary Guide, and apologising to […]
