Bath’s Herschel Museum of Astronomy is no stranger when it comes to winning awards, but two on the same night is something of a record. As staff took to the stage in Bristol to collect […]
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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.
Book a present
Here’s a way of spreading a bit of Christmas cheer and making some room on your bookshelves. Libraries in Bath and North East Somerset are inviting book donations which will be gifted to people in […]
China on a plate
Some people may be surprised to learn that many of the objects on display at Bath’s Museum of East Asian Art were actually made for use in a Chinese kitchen or on a dining table. […]
Award ‘hat trick’ for Roman Baths.
It’s a hat-trick success being celebrated by the Roman Baths and Pump Room which has won three Gold awards at the Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards. They have scooped Large Visitor Attraction of the […]
Saving a crane that helped build Bath.
A group of industrial history enthusiasts are hoping the citizens of Bath will get behind the restoration of what is believed to be the oldest crane – made at the city’s famous Stothert and […]
Staring Back.
Come face to face with many different faces at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution this month. Local artist and street photographer David Lewis-Baker is currently exhibiting seventeen works selected from a collection tin of […]
Looping the hoops.
Lots of you have been expressing support for my concern at the loss of cycle hoops in the High Street and outside the Guildhall. It seems, every time they are temporarily removed for the Remembrance […]
Saved Parkside Centre to get new use.
Yesterday came the news the Parkside building in Bath had been saved from demolition. Today we hear what B&NES want to use it for. They have started a consultation about turning it into a new […]
Oh yes, he does.
Ever wondered where one of our festive season entertainment favourites came about. The Arts Society Bath Lecture for December takes us into the magic world of pantomime. Oh yes it does! Lecturer Ian Gledhill knows […]
Dress of the Year selector chosen.
This year’s selector of Dress of the Year 2019 – for the The Fashion Museum Bath – is to be Donna Wallace, Fashion and Accessories Editor at British Vogue. Each year, the Fashion Museum invites […]
