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Shindig Festival stands firm on Bob Vylan booking despite licencing pressure

Could antisemitism row spell the end for much-loved festival?

Adam Quarshie Priyanka Raval
Adam Quarshie, Priyanka Raval and Sam Kinch

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Damien Egan school visit: Anatomy of a faux scandal

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins

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Illustration of a woman in a headscarf holding a miniature family engulfed in flames on their hand.

‘Your soul dies but your body stays alive’

Roshan De Stone
Roshan De Stone
Three people standing in front of a jet wing hold white signs in front of their faces

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On the road in Filton – Bristol’s arms trade quarter

The Cable tours the weapons factories of north Bristol, encountering endless aviation memorabilia, indifferent locals and aggy security guards

Michal Grant
Michal Grant

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How to interfere with jury trials, and lose

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison
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‘Find your people, find your space’: Lawi Anywar on Bristol’s arts scene

Fran Pope

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Bristol’s Kurdish community rallies for Rojava

As attacks intensify in northern Syria, Kurdish Bristolians Tara and Tanya speak to the Cable about betrayal, resistance and why the women-led revolution must be defended

Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson

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The Sudanese Bristolians using art to cope with displacement

In the shadow of a brutal civil war, a collective of Sudanese women in Bristol are bonding over coffee and creativity

Amira Klute

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Two women lean against metal banisters in a stairwell

In conversation with Rising Arts Agency

For the past five years, Euella Jackson and Jess Bunyan have co-directed Rising Arts Agency, an organisation empowering young creatives from underrepresented backgrounds. We sit down with them to talk about leadership, innovation, and the challenges of the cultural sector

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

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A smiling woman in a red jacket works in a greenhouse surrounded by plants.

‘Children are totally different here’

Since the pandemic, interest in outdoor learning has surged. We visit Bristol’s city farms and Forest Schools to explore why these alternatives to mainstream education are thriving

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

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Protest outside Bristol arms firm as major prison hunger strike continues

In the face of the biggest hunger strike in a generation led by Palestine Action prisoners, Bristol campaigners call for action while mainstream media remains silent

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

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Illustration of a hand drawing a white fighter plane on an orange background.

Revealed: How the arms industry is targeting Bristol’s secondary schools

From ‘colour your own F-35’ to missile simulators, arms companies are promoting STEM careers in schools, but obscuring their role in the bloody global arms trade. Teachers, union reps, and campaign groups are pushing back

Michal Grant
Michal Grant
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