Don’t miss the boat with Saltford Library’s free “story ship” event on Tuesday 19 March – part of Bath & North East Somerset Council’s “After Hours” campaign to promote the wider use of libraries. Professional […]
Web access for all and news of a temporary Central Library closure!
Each year Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Library service reviews its fees and charges and it looks like some good news is in store for 2013/2014: People’s Network – All customers will now get […]
The good, the bad and the ugly!
Another cycle ride through parts of the city of Bath and this time in glorious early spring sunshine. I have mentioned the serious laurel pruning that has been done around the edges of Sydney Gardens […]
Don’t ignore our river!
B&NES councillors met recently to thrash out its growth strategy for the coming years – including how much of the green belt would have to be sacrificed to the new housing quota. However, it wasn’t […]
Bringing science to life at the Roman Baths.
The world of science will come to life with a series of fun and fascinating events at Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Roman Baths this month when – to celebrate National Science & Engineering […]
Hidden doors, street art and a ‘king’ gets his sign back!
I often cycle in from Larkhall along the Kennet and Avon Canal and down into the city through Sydney Gardens. I had pedaled past two clumps of bushes – across the road from the entrance […]
Talking history!
Every museum needs volunteers but at the American Museum in Britain, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011, it is the visitors’ encounters with these unsung heroes that literally bring the rooms to life. It was the intention of […]
Wasn’t it grand!
Who amongst our Bath and district readers remembers the department store called Colmer’s which graced Union Street for over a hundred years! My thanks to Mr John Sartain for coming across ‘The Colmers Story’ – […]
Moore for Bath
A touring exhibition of Henry Moore’s inspirational work from the Arts Council Collection will make its only stop in the west of England at Bath & […]
Goodbye to the old ‘Destructor’ and hello to a new Victoria Bridge.
Bath’s old Destructor Bridge – which links the Upper and Lower Bristol roads into the city – is due to close for demolition, as part of the Western Riverside. It is going to be replaced […]
