As l had assumed, the fountain in Laura Place has been turned off while engineers try to deal with the latest foam attack on this – the only real celebration of Bath’s waters in this […]
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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.
New life for London Road planters
Bath’s London Road planters appear to have been given a reprieve AND a new lease of life. The metal troughs – artistically decorated and designed to had an oxidised (rusty) surface – were planted with […]
Young Carers Concert.
Bath Newseum follower, Tony Howell writes: “Richard, would you, could you, do me a big favour? Under the aegis of Bath Philharmonia there will be a concert given by the Bath YOUNG CARERS, from 6.00 […]
Bath Camerata’s new CD
Not all of Bath’s ‘fame’ lies with Roman ruins or Georgian architecture, in the world of music it happens to be home to Bath Camerata – an award-winning chamber choir which – although based in […]
What’s that in your window?
This year’s Bath Festival – a celebration of music and literature featuring more than 120 events over ten days – gets underway on Friday, May 17th with Party in the City. It’s a popular opener […]
Clean sheet for laundry.
It might just be a building housing the city laundry, but that didn’t prevent the craftsmen who erected this 19th century utility in York Street from decking it out with some of the best ornamentation […]
Enough’s enough.
I am sick to death of seeing this. It must be the least original ‘student’ prank that one could carry out in our heritage city. The fountain in Laura Place is the best example we […]
Taking the lead to victory?
When B&NES holds its annual council meeting on May 21st they will be electing a new leader to a new ruling party – after Lib-Dem candidates decimated a Conservative majority and took control of the […]
Bath in Bloom entries
You’ve got until the end of the month to fill out an entry form if you want a chance to be a green-fingered winner in this year’s Bath in Bloom Garden Competition. There are categories […]
Petals on parade
City retailers are joining Bath BID in funding more than two hundred hanging baskets which will now be put up across the city – using water-saving containers. They’ve been created using plants grown in greenhouses […]
