Reimagining Cathy: “Lots of people are struggling to pay the rent”

A new play responding to Ken Loach's classic Cathy Come Home is coming to the Trinity Centre. We caught up with writer Ali Taylor to discuss displacement, hidden homelessness and inviting audiences to challenge the system.

Who cares for carers?

Dorothy Cook is full-time carer of her husband Malvin. She discusses the ups and downs of caring, but has her life changed since the new...

Bristol’s growing gambling addiction: can anything be done?

Individuals seeking access to treatment for gambling addiction in the Bristol area have seen a steadily increasing rise over the last few years.

Looking out for our wellbeing or spying on us?

The anti-radicalisation Prevent programme in Bristol, debated.

Carillion’s Southmead secrets

The latest on a long-running Freedom of Information Act battle, to try and work out how Southmead hospital will end up costing over a billion pounds. 

Do Bristol schools pass the admissions test?

Local authority oversight raises questions about equality of access to education

Rhymes against the state

Anarchist hip hop duo QELD have been knocking since 2007 but released their debut album, Kush Zombies, earlier this year. We caught up to chat music, politics, political incorrectness and sharing bills with punk bands

Shut the door on your way out

The number of pupils expelled from Bristol schools has surged. Rose White asks if the switch to academies is responsible, and what can be done to reverse the trend

Why you should know about Bristol’s great Hindu reformer

One of Arnos Vale’s most distinctive tombs commemorates a remarkable man

In conversation with Ken Loach

The Cable grabbed an interview with the godfather of political cinema to ask him about his latest award-winning film, I, Daniel Blake, and his famous socialist politics...

A long overdue victory

A story of one Bristolian’s struggle against the giants of the construction industry

Housewarming: Mayor Marvin Rees in City Hall

It’s been two months since Mayor Marvin Rees swept to victory in Bristol. In light of seismic political changes nationally, the Cable interviewed the new mayor to find out what he’s got in store for Bristol.