Bath Literature Festival is in full flow and great to see Jennifer Scott – Director of the city’s Holburne Museum – is down to give a talk on Impressionism at the Guildhall on Friday, March […]
Month: February 2016
Bath’s fallen arches.
The pub sign is a great clue to how this now rather shabby road got its name. Westgate Street once led to one of the four entrances/exits to the medieval and walled city of Bath. […]
Line of Bath’s Roman wall confirmed.
As a member of the Mayor of Bath’s Guild of Honorary Guides, l have been telling groups of tourists for several years that the old city wall ran up through the middle of the Saw […]
Finally – work underway on improving towpath.
Work started this week on the gradual improvement of a length of the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath between Bathampton and Sydney Gardens. Notices have gone up along the towpath – pointing out that this […]
Chopsticks and pizza for The Corridor
Nice to see some new businesses moving into The Corridor – Bath’s historic and late-Georgian covered shopping centre. At the Union Passage end, we’ve got a flavour of the Far East with the Hai Na Oriental […]
River flood works to start soon.
There’s going to be plenty of activity to watch – construction and excavation-wise – on the down river side of Churchill Bridge in Bath this year – and it’s all getting underway very soon. […]
That sinking feeling.
Back from a week’s holiday and surprised to see Network Rail contractors are still busy doing repairs to the rail bridge over the way up to the Kennet and Avon canal from Grosvenor Bridge. That’s […]
Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner Elections 2016: use your vote!
Residents across Bath and North East Somerset are encouraged to have their say in the elections for a new Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the Avon and Somerset Police Area on Thursday 5 May. […]
First impressions
A portrait of Nina Lopez – one of Renoir’s favourite professional models – has been chosen to represent the Holburne Museum’s new Spring and early Summer exhibition. Not only does it appear on exterior banners […]
Corston memorial listed.
Corston village war memorial is one of 27 Somerset war memorials that now appear among hundreds to be listed over the last year through Historic England’s pledge to protect 2,500 memorials by 2018 – marking the […]
