The city our millions of tourists briefly visit is not the same as the one Bathonians have to live in.…
Set in stone.
Almost a year ago l paid my first-ever visit to the Ralph Allen Cornerstone Interpretation Centre – the place that…
Too many hotels.
Plans to turn the Allen Building – at one end of the City of Bath College’s Milk Street campus –…
Abbey’s hidden floor revealed.
You cannot fail to notice that the east – and most of the north side of Bath Abbey – are…
Bath hosts national walk.
The 2018 National Samaritans Walk is taking place this Saturday, June 9th, around Bath – and hundreds of Samaritans and…
On the trail of Nelson
Bath’s World Heritage Enhancement Fund has been working with The Nelson Society to create a Walking Guide (entitled “Nelson Trail”)…
Free lunchtime talks
Free lunchtime talks, which complement the Victoria Art Gallery’s current exhibition, A Celebration of Flowers: Kaffe Fassett with Candace Bahouth,…
Those were the days!
Just occasionally l will pop outside the Bath boundary to mention something of interest which l think readers may be…
Tweeting trains
If pop-up outdoor surgeries were not different enough, Bath MP Wera Hobhouse decided to hold her own Twitter consultation on…
The last straws
One of Bath’s big hotels is joining the anti-plastic straw campaign and setting itself up as a water ‘re-filling station’…
The Eagle has wings!
Things have been looking up recently for one of Bath’s most unusual but well-loved green spaces. Hedgemead Park was laid…
Paint it block? Plus – your comments!
Not everything erected as part of last year’s Bath Christmas Market was taken down at the end of the event.…
Welcome, Mr Mayor!
It’s an odd little ceremony which took place in the city’s Abbey on Saturday morning. A 500-year-old building which was…
A broader canvas.
Just back from a trip to Paris. It’s always a pleasure to spend time in the French capital – though…
Crane spotting
Every proud Bathonian should know we used to have an industry that made its presence felt on docksides around the…
Biography in Cloth
In Milsom Place this morning for breakfast at Cote Brasserie and noticed banner flags fluttering outside an empty shop unit. Turns…
Bridge lodges still at risk says councillor.
Following expensive repairs to one of the Cleveland Bridge lodges – and much traffic disruption while restoration work was carried…
Bath MP wants more radical solution to transport and pollution woes.
Bath MP Wera Hobhouse took her ‘surgery session’ out on the streets of the city today in an effort to…