Skip to content

BATH NEWSEUM

  • How to contact

Contact: rich.wyatt8@gmail.com

Month: May 2019

Bath’s dragon boat race is on again for this year!

Something for your autumn diary. It’s been announced that the third annual Bath Dragon Boat Race will take place on … More

Bath, Bath Riverside, charity, Crest Nicholson, dragon boat race, River Avon, Riverside

Go easy on the bees.

The cynic in me says the following story has something to do with cost saving as well, but l am … More

Bath’s new Mayor elected.

Bathonians got a chance to experience an annual display of civic pride today – Saturday, June 1st, – with the … More

Bath, Bath Abbey civic, ceremonial, Cllr Gerry Curran, Cllr Manda Rigby, heritage, hoistory, Mayor, mayor making

Let’s tidy up our park-side railway.

A while back l pointed out how vegetation was beginning to take hold on the retaining wall of the Great … More

B&NES, Bath, Great Western Railway, IK Brunel, Network Rail, Sydney Gardens

Moorland Road library open day

Bath’s Moorland Road Community Library is a great example of what people can do if they come together. In saving … More

Bath, books, Library, Moorland Road Community Library, open day

Climate Change briefing for Bath

Want to know more about climate change and its impact? Bath’s MP, Wera Hobhouse is arranging a ‘briefing’ for residents … More

They’re special AND free!

Want to know more about Thomas Gainsborough’s time in Bath? The Beadeker wartime raids or how the city helped shape … More

Bath, free walks, mayors guides, Pump Room, tourism, tourists

Sunday in the park

I had a brief moment of being proud to be born in this country last night. I wasn’t dancing to … More

art, artisan, bandstand, Bath, blacksmith, Fire Folk, folk, folk music, forging, iron workers, Ironart, Music, Parade Gardens

Summer in the city

A quick look around Bath. Well done to the Genesis Trust and their volunteers for the makeover of the artist-designed … More

Archway Project, Bath, Genesis Trust, hampton row, Holburne Park, Kennet and Avon Canal, london road

A glimmer of hope for Children’s Centre.

There’s hope on the horizon for the previously doomed Parkside Children’s Centre – a building – now surrounded by the … More

B&NES, Bath, Bath Quays North, car park, Cllr Andy Furse, Parkside Children's Centre

We care too – says Council leader.

More affordable housing and cleaner streets – just two of the pledges made to Bath Newseum today when l got … More

affordable housing, B&NES, Bath, business rates, CAZ, climate emergency, Cllr Dine Romero, environment, heritage, High Street, Lib Dems, politics, rents, retail

What a difference a day makes!

Yesterday – down at Riverside’s new Elizabeth Park – the not so pretty sight of dead trees in the middle … More

Subtle – it isn’t!

If you haven’t visited Bath’s Holburne Museum for some time – the new coat of paint in the entrance corridor … More

art, Bath, Dr Chris Stephens, edouard vuillard, Forest of the Imagination, French, gallery, Graham Fagen, Holburne Museum, Lauren Child MBE, video, Work

Conversations with a cushion.

I won’t forget my first ever visit to an annual general meeting of Bath and North East Somerset Council. I … More

B&NES, Bath, Bath Extinction Group, climate, climate emergency, Cllr Paul Crossley, Guildhall, Lib Dems, politics

New cabinet post created to tackle ‘climate emergency.’

A new dedicated cabinet role to tackle ‘climate emergency’ has been created in the list -released today – of the … More

B&NES, Bath, climate emergency, Council, Lib Dems, local authority

Relief for coach park loos.

Bath’s coach park loos have reopened today – thanks to pressure on B&NES and with the help of Bath BID. … More

Bath, coach park, loos, riverside cafe, toilets, tourists

All change in Walcot Street.

So it goes like this. Farpoint has closed in Walcot Street. Its computer and sound system location just happened to … More

Bath, cafe, Genesis Trust, trade, Walcot House, Walcot Street

Coach ban signs go up.

Signs banning coaches from the Circus are finally going up today. My thanks to Richard Brown who is Vice Chair … More

architecture, Bath, coach ban, Georgian, The Circus, tourism, tourists

New Mayor of Bath named.

Combe Down Councillor Gerry Curran has been chosen to be Bath’s next Mayor. He will also serve as Chairman of … More

A sneak look at Bath’s big art show!

It’s the biggest event of the year for members of the Bath Society of Artists whose members and their family … More

art, Bath, Bath Society of Artists, gallery, Painting, preview, Royal West of England Academy, Sculpture, Victoria Art Gallery

Plant power.

  Bath’s floral reputation – it’s one many an award for its displays – is all down to the hard … More

Bath, Gardens, plants, Royal Victoria Park Bath

Top honours for Herschel Museum.

It might not be the biggest museum in the country but Bath’s Herschel Museum of Astronomy can still punch above … More

Bath, Bath Herschel Museum, bath preservation trust, museums

A Bath ‘treasure’ still to be fully revealed.

Why is it – when l step down the basement stairs at the Assembly Rooms –  l always get a … More

Bath, Fashion, Fashion Museum Bath, gloves, history, mode, Museum, Rosemary Harden, wedding

United in song.

One of Bath’s oldest choral groups – The Silver Ring Choir – has just come back from representing the city … More

Aix en Provence, Bath, Bath Festival, choir, choral, France, Philip Draisey, Silver Ring Choir

Bath to lead way on later-living scheme.

With more than 12 million over-65s in the UK – and figures due to increase by 50 per cent over … More

Bath, Bath Quays North, Guild Living, Homebase, Legal & General

Posts navigation

Older posts

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 4,803 other followers

Archives

Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • BATH NEWSEUM
    • Join 4,803 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • BATH NEWSEUM
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

You must be logged in to post a comment.