A while back l pointed out how vegetation was beginning to take hold on the retaining wall of the Great Western Railway cut through Sydney Gardens. This was constructed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his […]
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Moorland Road library open day
Bath’s Moorland Road Community Library is a great example of what people can do if they come together. In saving the library for local residents, the facility’s trustees are inviting all members of the local […]
Climate Change briefing for Bath
Want to know more about climate change and its impact? Bath’s MP, Wera Hobhouse is arranging a ‘briefing’ for residents on the topic – given by Dr Jo House from the Uni varsity of Bristol. She […]
They’re special AND free!
Want to know more about Thomas Gainsborough’s time in Bath? The Beadeker wartime raids or how the city helped shape the postal service? These are just some of the subjects covered in a special series […]
Sunday in the park
I had a brief moment of being proud to be born in this country last night. I wasn’t dancing to the jingoistic tunes of the likes of Nigel Farage but foot tapping to home-grown folk […]
Summer in the city
A quick look around Bath. Well done to the Genesis Trust and their volunteers for the makeover of the artist-designed metal troughs on the London Road. Sensible planting and you can now read the messages […]
A glimmer of hope for Children’s Centre.
There’s hope on the horizon for the previously doomed Parkside Children’s Centre – a building – now surrounded by the Charlotte Street car park – and originally constructed as a British Restaurant during World War […]
We care too – says Council leader.
More affordable housing and cleaner streets – just two of the pledges made to Bath Newseum today when l got to meet – and chat to – the leader of the Lib Dem administration which […]
What a difference a day makes!
Yesterday – down at Riverside’s new Elizabeth Park – the not so pretty sight of dead trees in the middle of a grassy-green sward which was being mown. Today – the withered branches are […]
Subtle – it isn’t!
If you haven’t visited Bath’s Holburne Museum for some time – the new coat of paint in the entrance corridor isn’t the only thing you’ll notice that has changed. Director, Dr Chris Stephens has put […]
