It’s taken a few years and a lot of effort to get to this stage but finally – the transformation of the old bandstand in Bath’s Parade Gardens is getting underway. Last year the riverside […]
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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.
Deckchair view of Royal Crescent.
Bath may not have a beach to its name but that hasn’t stopped one enterprising company from deciding to invest in deckchairs – and rather posh ones at that. Forget those stripey little numbers you […]
The Sound of Silence.
Sad to see another established business closing down. Farpoint – Apple and Bose agents in Walcot Street – are going to shut up shop at the end of April. Meanwhile, why are some city centre […]
Pastor Kenny joins Parkside campaign.
Two neighbouring Bath establishments have joined forces in an effort to save the nearby Parkside Children’s Centre from demolition. B&NES wants to knock it down to make room for additional vehicles on the Charlotte Street […]
Focus on Georgian ‘selfies.’
Bath’s premier period house – No 1 Royal Crescent – is currently showing its visitors that the whole social media thing is nothing new. While we – in this age of Instagram – are […]
Bench marks.
A brunch-fuelled morning in Bath where – even with your eyes closed – you would know it’s Sunday. It’s where you can watch – and hear – the rumble coming from the week-end suitcases the […]
Nat Cross – Urban Farmer
It started out as just as a few fruit trees and a vegetable patch – but Nat Cross’s years of effort – have now turned a former horse-grazing field – that nestles between main line […]
Claverton makes the grade!
Some good news in from Peter Dunn who is Group Volunteer leader – representing a group of people who give their time to keep a unique piece of canal machinery in working order. To […]
Clean up for York Street arch.
Members of the public will have a chance to see building conservation in action in May, as conservators clean and repair the decorative arch over York Street in Bath, which runs beside the Roman Baths. […]
Check your art in – online – and hurry!
This year’s Bath Society of Artists annual exhibition will open at the Victoria Art Gallery on Saturday 18 May and run until Saturday 29 June 2019. This year – for the first time – submissions […]
