Its wasn’t the first book to roll off the local Akeman Press but Andrew Swift and Kirsten Elliott’s ‘Ghost Signs of Bath‘ was an important and unusual addition to local history when it was published […]
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It’s electrifying!
Never mind the ‘Beast from the East’ we had our own ‘monster’ to help chill us in Bath earlier this week.. On the 200th anniversary of its publication, we had gathered in Abbey Church Yard […]
Turning the pages at Chapter One
Michael and Emma Heap at Chapter One Pub on the London Road – once upon a time the Hanover Hotel – have now extended their opening hours to Wednesday evenings as well. So co-founder of […]
Get out of Bath!
Christmas excesses and New Year resolutions could both lead you to consider a late stocking filler which offers you fourteen different scenic and historic walking routes out of Bath to help you feel both fresher […]
The writings on the wall
Ghost signs – those faded advertisements for long forgotten businesses – found on the walls of old buildings – are among the most potent reminders of a bygone age – and nowhere are they found […]
Bath and the Battle of the Somme
With July lst marking the first day of the terrible ‘Battle of the Somme’ – during the First World War – local author and historian Andrew Swift has given Bath Newseum access to an extract […]
Pieroni’s Fountain
Readers looking for something local and original as gifts should check out the website of Bath-based publisher Akeman Press. Run by writers and historians Andrew Swift and Kirsten Elliott, the company has two new books […]
The canal-side pub that vanished.
I often cycle into town along the Kennet and Avon Canal tow-path and out through Sydney Gardens. My way onto the waterway is via Grosvenor Meadows and across the River Avon on a horrible concrete […]
