My thanks to a Bath Newseum follower for these images. He writes: “We thought this might interest you. Great Stanhope St and Nelson Place were resurfaced just over a week ago, but this car on […]
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Goodbye Woods.
David Kernek writes: “Might be of interest. Yesterday was Woods’ (the stationers) last day – I made my final purchase there!”
Psssst! It’s a Poussin.
Nicolas Poussin’s masterpiece The Triumph of Pan is touring the UK this year and its first stop will be Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery, where it will be on show from 11 April 2019. As part […]
No Easter at the east end.
Sorry to say Easter won’t be celebrated at the east end of Bath Abbey this year after all. It’s proving to be more time consuming in relaying restored and repaired ledger stones and so […]
Taking a boat to work.
Just spent a very pleasant morning with a bunch of enthusiastic volunteers on the city end of the Kennet and Avon Canal. It’s an 87 mile long, late 18th century marvel – surveyed by engineer […]
Trying something different.
Traders on the High Street are having a tough time – as we know. Elsewhere on Bath Newseum is a Bath BID story about some of its members are getting involved in a new ‘special […]
There’s a new branch near you?
I hate seeing them chopped down so it is good news to hear that hundreds of trees have been planted across Bath in a series of community tree planting events. Over the winter Bath & […]
Fingers crossed for the Herschel.
Congratulations are in order – and fingers are crossed – regarding Bath’s Herschel Museum of Astronomy being shortlisted in a national competition. The Museums and Heritage Awards celebrate best practice within museums, galleries and heritage […]
It ‘pays’ to be a local!
You can’t blame some of our locally-sited city businesses for banding together to produce a bonus scheme to attract more local support during hard times on the High Street. The Bath BID has announced a […]
Keeping fit at Riverside
Good to see more retail space – built into the multi-storey apartment blocks at Crest’s Riverside development – being filled. Personal training specialist firm, HEALTH, have opened a boutique fitness studio at Sovereign Point following […]
