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Edition 2

Edition 2 : Winter 2014

Edition 2

Gangs in Bristol: beyond the headlines

Alon Aviram spoke to former gang members, youth workers, the police, and a football hooligan turned vicar to find out about the nature and scale of gang activity in Bristol today.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Edition 2

Victorian Bristol’s radical coffee taverns - Educate, Agitate, Percolate?

Steve Hunt

Edition 2

Taken for a ride?

Bryony Ball

City

Banged up in HMP Bristol

Adam Cantwell-Corn caught up with Governor of HMP Bristol, Andrea Albutt, and ex-con and prison campaigner, Ben Gunn, to find out whether one of society’s...

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Edition 2

Video: Conscious Hip Hop in Bristol

D-red

Edition 2

Strength in Numbers - 2nd Edition

Adam Cantwell-Corn Alon Aviram
Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram

City

An evening out with Bristol City

Wagon Wheels, the East End shed man, and sleet. David Goldblatt gives his take.

David Goldblatt
David Goldblatt

City

Food: From Sudan to Stapleton Road

In the first of a regular column Andrew McCarthy writes about food, community and a sense of home in Bristol.

Andrew McCarthy

City

Exclusive: Green fingers and blind spots

Following controversy over use of public money for Green Capital, Alec Saelens and Joe Smith chatted with people concerned, seeking transparency about how the money...

Alec Saelens and Joe Smith

City

African eyes on Green Capital

Ade Olaiya interviewed members of Bristol’s African and Afro-Caribbean communities to find out what European Green Capital 2015 means for them.

Ade Olaiya

Comics

A true story of a Bristolian fighting workplace injustice

For more info on the Bristol IWW see their website.

Joe Munro

Other

I Wish You Knew How To Say…

by Tessa Gleeson This column promotes niche and lesser-known phrases that you’ll want to adopt. It celebrates the diversity of voices in Bristol by documenting...

Tessa Gleeson

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Truth of ficton by Laurance Ware

Truth or Fiction

Illustration: Laurence Ware / laurenceware.tumblr.com Driving alone, I’m on my way, contemplating what to tell my son, Danny… Hmm… that I never had a Play-station?...

Shaun Clarke

City

‘Stop the Eviction, Start the Repairs!’ Letting agent drops property after asthma protests

Drew Rose reports on a community response to poor housing and its effect on children’s health. Following a protest outside Central Estate Agents (CEA) on...

Drew Rose

City

A worrying trend: The Rise of Luxury Student Accommodation

Alex Rankin looks at the growth of upmarket student accommodation and its effect on the local area. Bristol has always had a strong student presence....

Alex Rankin

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The Eastern Telegraph Co.: System and its general connections. Chart of submarine telegraph cable routes 1901

Global Round Up

A short round-up of interesting events taking place around the world. Australia by Param Berg Lock the Gate Alliance is a non-violent resistance movement born of...

Arvind Howarth
Arvind Howarth

City

Bristol's Housing Crisis Infographic

    A good graphic of a bad situation. See the full data used here.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

Bristol: a cycling city in name alone?

Alfie Lake looks at the potholes in Bristol’s much peddled bike-friendly status to find its infrastructure in need of improvement.

Alfie Lake

Podcast

Round table

Listen: Round Table Discussion: Sexual harassment and violence against women in the city

Listen to the Round Table discussion above or download the sound file. Following a recent high profile case of sexual abuse of girls by men in...

Drew Rose

Edition 2

Politics and Hip Hop in Bristol

Does politics still have a place in hip-hop? D-Red, a local rapper and a selection of Bristol’s other artists mull the question over What is...

D-red

City

Bristol Water: Who is getting what at the watering hole?

Bristol Water is accused of sucking up millions in profits from a natural resource, while over one million customers take the hit. Ben Hickey investigates, with additional research by Adam Cantwell-Corn

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Ben Hickey and Adam Cantwell-Corn

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