The Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) has been awarded a grant to help it research ways to widen its appeal. It’s been given £36,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund which will enable […]
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Author: Richard Wyatt
Freelance Journalist, broadcaster and local historian. Director of Bath Newseum - formally known as The Virtual Museum of Bath. Married and lives in Bath.
Interested in local history, architecture and visual display in museums and urban spaces.
The air that WE breathe.
B&NES may have declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ but the Bath branch of Extinction Rebellion are out to remind them it’s all about action rather than words. They are planning an anti-pollution procession this Saturday – […]
No more neglect says ‘Mr Clean’.
It pays to complain it seems as B&NES announces it’s to spend an extra £40,000 in Bath city centre ‘for a major clean up of our streets.’ For the next six weeks, the Council’s cleansing […]
House record for Aldridge’s
Local auctioneer Ivan Street’s routine visit to a property just outside the city came up with an object which has just broken house records for Aldridge’s of Bath. A Yongzheng celadon ‘flowers and fruit’ bowl […]
History costs!
Bath’s former Mayor and Council ‘Heritage Champion’ Bryan Chalker is on the commemoration war path once again. He’s speaking up for Stothert and Pitt – once the city’s biggest industrial employer. Not content with persuading […]
Reward scheme launched
Residents across Bath and North East Somerset can pick up reward vouchers to spend in high street stores as part of a new scheme to encourage recycling of small electrical items. Bath & North East […]
Star line up for Children’s Festival
Some of the biggest names in children’s books, along with a host of well-known faces from TV, are coming to Bath Children’s Literature Festival this autumn. The 13th annual celebration of the written word – […]
One of our roundels is missing.
I am currently relying on my partner – or a taxi – to get around on four wheels. I have a brand new electric bike ( from Take Charge) that l haven’t been able to […]
My pain and Bath’s gain.
Well l am back from our South American travels but have to apologise for not yet being back to full Bath Newseum steam. Seems l have torn ligaments in my knee and – having been […]
Does our home town make us happy?
Our city of festivals is about to welcome a new one. This time exploring how our home town can be better designed and managed as a city for well-being. How can we make a city […]
