What is it about Bath and public statues? Pop down the road to Bristol and have a quick look around College Green and the centre by the Bristol Hippodrome. Take a stroll around Queens Square […]
Category: Heritage & History
Bringing our past to life!
A Keynsham councillor has urged the powers that be to try and find a way of funding a proper archaeological dig on the old Somerdale factory site. It’s where Bristol developers Taylor Wimpey want to […]
Out of place at Laura’s
Is it just me or do others agree that – after the Hilton Hotel – the fountain in Laura Place is the ugliest structure in the city of Bath. At least the Hilton is ‘fit’ […]
Will it be a welcome for that hillside?
News that the National Trust may take over the management and maintenance of Bath’s picturesque Beechen Cliffs site is further evidence of the organisation’s influence in the city. To begin with over 18,000 people are […]
A Hollywood ‘bite’ on the bullets of myth and legend.
Real life and Hollywood legend get mixed together in a major new exhibition coming to Bath’s American Museum in March! Taking centre stage will be the two mythic moments in the history of the United […]
Power to the people.
Nearly two billion pounds is to be spent electrifying one of Britain’s oldest railways and you can be sure the sparks will be flying when those OLE’s (overhead power cables) reach the World Heritage city […]
