Features

Bristol’s literary talent talk inspiration, day jobs and their break out successes

Bristol is a hotbed of literary talent. Katharine Orton spends time with three Bristol writers: YA award-winner, Stefan Mohamed, romantic novelist Rosemary Dun, and popular...

Katharine Orton

City

Local NHS staff resist plans to charge migrants for healthcare

Health workers claim cuts and privitisation threaten NHS, not migrants – and they’re not willing to act as ‘border guards’.

Genevieve Ross

Features

The legal case that could shape part of the housing crisis

We caught up with a Bristol lawyer to explain the significance

Jenny Stringer

Features

Subverting the City: the ad takeover

In Bristol and around the world, groups like Brandalism are using subversive tactics to confront outdoor advertising in our everyday life.

Hannah Vickers and Alec Saelens

Features

A rendering of Bristol as it appears on the Marks Out Of Tenancy website, with letting agencies and different neighbourhoods highlighted

Levelling renting’s uneven playing field

A new Bristol-based service, Marks Out Of Tenancy, is giving landlords and letting agents the TripAdvisor treatment.

Alex Turner

City

Nazis behind Saturday’s far-right rally

Some neo-Nazis are expected to be in Bristol city centre this Saturday. Anti-fascist groups have called a counter-demonstration.

Jacob Wells

City

Hate crime: Bristol’s survivors and statistics

“It’s a sign of the times,” Tariq* said to his daughter, trying to explain to the 12-year-old why her school mates won’t sit next to...

Jenny Stringer

Features

Bristol headteachers confront DfE over school cuts “disgrace”

Bristol heads speak out over “national disgrace” school funding cuts that will see SEN pupils with reduced support and classrooms stripped of teaching staff.

Lorna Stephenson

Bristol and Beyond

Bristol’s role in arming the world

Fighter jets with engines manufactured in Patchway are dropping missiles designed in Filton on Yemen. But can the defence sector be re-shaped to provide real security?

Jo Baker

Features

Bristol projects breaking down borders

What do Bristolian social workers, herbalists, and circus performers have in common? Using their skills to to provide direct aid to refugees, in border zones...

Amani Omejar

City

Not business as usual

Bristol’s small and medium-sized business sector is ethnically diverse – but BME-led businesses face barriers to growth and success. Could 2017 be the year when the city finally starts to celebrate its diverse business community instead?

Lorna Stephenson

Features