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Martin gets a lift!

Now this was not a pretty sight. One of the most famous faces of Bath reduced to thumbing a lift … More

Bath, German Embassy, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Centre, London, Martin Salter, Mayor of Bath, Mr Bennet, spa, World Heritage Site

March for Europe

As a paid journalist l had to remain neutral and reflect both sides of any event or argument but now … More

Bath, Bath for Europe, Brexit, EU, London, march, protest

A brush with 18th Century entertainment.

One of Bath’s former resident artists comes under the spotlight at the Holburne Museum in an exhibition that features Thomas … More

18th century, Amina Wright, art, artist, Bath, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Entertainment, Holburne Museum, London, Music, painter, theatre, Thomas Gainsborough

Bath presence on the Thames.

Cranes made by Stothert and Pitt of Bath turn up in places all around the globe. Bath Newseum follower, Neil … More

Bath, Battersea Power Station, cranes, industrial, London, Stothert and Pitt

Local artist makes shortlist for major prize.

Bath artist Charlotte Sorapure, has been chosen from over 1,000 artists to be shortlisted for a prestigious national art prize … More

art, Bath, Charlotte Sorapure, Holburne Museum, London, Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2018, Mall Galeries, Victoria Art Gallery

Working on water.

If you are a regular user of the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath through Bath you may have noticed a group … More

Bath, Canal and River Trust, canals, heritage, history, Ian Herve, john rennie, Kennet and Avon Canal, London, narrowboats, Severn, Sydney Gardens, Thames, volunteers, water

Taking Bath underground.

London’s newly re-opened Postal Museum – http://www.postalmuseum.org – now includes the ‘thrill’ of a ride on the capital’s Mail Rail … More

Bath, London, Milsom Street, Postal Museum, Robert Draper

Bath Spa’s platform extensions

Well the Government may have slowed things down on the electrification front but that hasn’t stopped Network Rail engineers getting … More

Bath, bath spa station, Bristol, GWR, hitachi, London, Network Rail, platforms, rail

Bath students help with London’s history

Researchers at Bath Spa University have created a new interactive app that explores the historic origins of London’s streets. ‘London … More

Bath Spa University, Centre for Creative Computing, London, London Streets

New dressing for Kingsmead Square tree

New lights now adorn the landmark tree in the middle of Kingsmead Square thanks to a jointly funded project between … More

Bath & North East Somerset, Christmas, Council, Kingsmead, Kingsmead Square, Liberal Democrat, Lights, London, Tree

Sweet Sixteen.

An award-nominated film created by staff and students from Bath Spa University is going to be screened as part of … More

Bath Somerset, Bath Spa University, BFI London Film Festival, Film festival, Internet Movie Database, London, Robert Brown, Screen Award

The very real message of the ‘ghost’ bike

Bath is a World Heritage city with a major traffic problem. Anything that can be done to encourage people to … More

Bicycle, Bristol, cycling, Death, Ghost bike, London, Roadside memorial, United States

Banking on memories

Popped into the High Street branch of National Westminster Bank today to do some business and walked past a touching … More

Bank of England, England, High Street, London, National Provincial Bank, National Westminster Bank, Remembrance Day, World War I

Behind the scenes

Bath’s Fashion Museum is fifty this year and what a little gem we have tucked away in the basement of … More

Bath Somerset, Fashion Museum, Laura Ashley, London, Roy Strong, Strictly Come Dancing, Thomas Gainsborough, Virtual Museum

A club for all!

You may think the sun had set on the last of the British Empire but you’d be wrong. There’s one … More

Bath, BBC, British Empire, London, Queen Square, The Bath and County Cub, Virtual Museum, World Heritage Site, York

Bath studios open week-end.

Bath Artists Studios are opening up their workspaces this Saturday and Sunday so the public can come in and look … More

art, Bath, Bath Somerset, England, London, Saturday, United States, Victoria Art Gallery

Northumberland Place restoration underway

The boards were coming off the fire gutted premises of Nicholas Wylde the Jewellers in Northumberland Place today (Tuesday) and … More

Bicycle, cycling, Guildhall, Guildhall London, London, Nicholas Wylde, Northumberland, Virtual Museum, World Heritage Site

Peggy Seeger talks Folk.

   Peggy Seeger, one of the USA’s finest female folk singers, is coming to the American Museum at  Claverton Manor, Bath.  In … More

Alan Lomax, American <Museum, BBC, Ewan MacColl, London, Peggy, Peggy Seeger, Radio ballad, United States

Meet the Bouchards!

It’s certainly an unusual setting in which to meet a father and daughter duo of artists – with very different … More

Bath, Bath Somerset, Bristol, England, Guildhall London, London, Turner Prize, Victoria Art Gallery

Musical memories

A pile of concert programmes has come into my possession and it’s an opportunity to share them with you in … More

Anatole Fistoulari, BBC, Eduard Van Beinum, London, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Beecham, YouTube
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Nothing cheap about Bath

Bath has just been declared the second most expensive destination in the UK. A new survey fromCheaprooms.co.uk made this announcement after … More

Bath Somerset, Edinburgh, Hotel, London, Scotland, Scotsman Hotel, Shanklin, TripAdvisor

New Chairman for Friends of Bath Abbey

Retired engineer Professor Jeffrey Jupp has been appointed as chairman of The Friends of Bath Abbey. Professor Jupp recently took … More

Abbey, Bath Abbey, Bath Somerset, Friends of Bath Abbey, London, Parochial Church Council, Professor Jeffrey Jupp, Roman Baths, Royal Aeronautical Society, Wroughton

Making life safer for cyclists & pedestrians

Measures to help free-up traffic flows and improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists at Windsor Bridge junction will be carried … More

Business, cycling, Lane, London, Pedestrian, Pedestrian crossing, Transportation and Logistics, Windsor Bridge

Sack of Bath – revisited.

Forty years since first publication of The Sack of Bath, its author Adam Fergusson revisits our city and appeals again … More

Adam Ferguson, Bath, bath preservation trust, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, London, Preservation Trust, Queen Square, Sack of Bath

Council ‘pruning’ hits flower displays.

Whilst l have been singing the praises of the floral displays in Bath’s Parade Gardens – seems council cut-backs are … More

Bath, Bath in Bloom, Bath Somerset, Kennet and Avon Canal, London, Milsom Street Bath, Network Rail, Roman Baths, Sydney Gardens

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