Bath’s world famous Fashion Museum could well be homeless in a couple of years but any thought of parting with the collection would be’ like selling the family silver.’ That’s according to the newly-elected cabinet […]
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All change at Bath Abbey.
It wasn’t only Pentecost being celebrated by the congregation at Bath Abbey at the weekend but the fact that they were back in the east end of the church for the first time since […]
High Street home for Carnival team.
Bath Carnival has got itself a temporary home on the High Street with a former vacant shop unit in Twerton being transformed into a community-led pop-up creative space and workshop for the team. They will […]
Giving pollution an airing
Our local authority is hoping that roads around the district will be a lot quieter on Thursday, June 20th. That date in the calendar has apparently been nominated asGiving pollution an airing national “Clean Air […]
Last post in Broad Street.
Behind the covered first floor windows of W H Smith’s Union Street shop, contractors are busy getting things ready for a transfer of postal facilities from the city’s main post office. That’s due to close […]
Debussy on the Fringe
There’s a Saturday invitation – in Bath – to join composer-pianist Edward Bettella and cellist Jonathan Stabler for a performance of Debussy’s late masterpiece, Cello Sonata in D minor. Composed in 1915 this sonata displays Debussy’s […]
Just the ticket
The spotlight – in Bath – is very much on England’s maritime hero Admiral Lord Nelson at the moment with a free-to-enter exhibition in Queen Square which features a very unusual link with the man […]
Oh Peroni!
First – the good news. The Council’s Parks Department and Bath BID have come together to help brighten up our streets this summer – for locals and tourists alike. Caught a couple of floral displays […]
The fame game.
Bryan Chalker is an ex B&NES councillor – and former Mayor of Bath – who is now getting used to the sound of silence. Let me explain. He has had a ‘bee in his bonnet’ […]
Highway horrors
Fed up with Bath’s pot holes, paving stone trip-hazards and lack of anywhere to leave your bike? Then keep your fingers crossed you are one of the three thousand odd locals who will be given […]
