Ideas and Action
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Turned away: “I don’t know where that magic middle ground is”
Students say support is lacking for severe mental health needs, as Zoe found out.
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Bristol Uni needs to do more on mental health, students say
Despite investment in services this year, students are increasingly concerned about mental health.
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WATCH: Searching the natural world for new antibiotics
Could the deep sea help us fight antibiotic resistance? Sam Williams, Phd student at the University of Bristol’s School of Biochemistry, explains how his work...
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Memories, challenges and the future of St Pauls Carnival
The Cable talks to some of the organisers about St Pauls carnivals' past and what’s new this year
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Rising up to open opportunities in the arts
Rising Arts Agency is helping young people of colour to break into the cultural sector.
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Watch: Do mandem need feminism?
MANDEM are an organisation led by men of colour making moves and taking on important issues. In their latest event they explored how and why mandem need feminism.
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Among the trauma and the bullshit: Thoughts of a black social worker
The candid voice of someone on the sharp end of personal and institutional racism.
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WATCH: simple steps to fight fake news
How can we fight fake news? Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, cognitive psychologist at Bristol University, spells out some simple steps.
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Community action around the city
Funding cut, services cancelled, staff laid off, but it’s not all bad news. We look at positive community stories from all corners of Bristol.
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Watch: An event to tackle the pale, male and stale media
‘Chat, meet, and action’, an event organised by the Cable is forging a new network to tackle the the lack of diversity in media together.
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‘Low impact’ advertising in parks to be considered despite public opposition
Advertising is likely to be allowed in parks, with the possibility of billboards appearing in the future.
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Watch: Drag Queen Story Time – sequins, glitter and messages of inclusion
Drag queens performed to their toughest audience yet at Parson Street Primary School for World Book Day.
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Students occupy Bristol University in support of striking staff
Students have occupied the management floor of University of Bristol’s Senate House, demanding that the Vice-Chancellor supports striking staff
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Features Banner Home Page Edition 14
Baling out the housing crisis
Could straw and timber houses on street corners be the future of urban development?
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Edition 14 Banner Home Page Features
Being black at Bristol’s universities
Bristol is the New Black is a group of students creating media that tells their own stories as young people of colour in Bristol.
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One protest, two outcomes for Bristol anti-arms activists
Two activists, one act of protest, two different outcomes. The Bristolians campaigning against UK arms sales.
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Edition 14 Banner Home Page Interviews
Member spotlight: the Bristol activist battling Big Pharma
The Just Treatment campaign challenges the pharmaceutical companies charging the NHS rip-off prices for vital drugs.
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Cultivating futures at the Severn Project
“Being part of the Severn Project I’m part of society. I was detached from society for a long time. A long, long time.”
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‘In Our Hands’: Sowing seeds of change in farming
A new film made in Bristol about the Land Workers’ Alliance showcases producers “taking back control” from the industrial food system.
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Watch: Mandem don’t cry. Right?
A Bristol based platform offers a unique space for young men of colour. MANDEM is a Bristol based independent online platform for men of colour, spawned through conversations on the lack of diversity in the media.
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Another victory for campaigners on Bristol’s slavery legacy as momentum builds
Momentum is building in the struggle for how Edward Colston, and slavery itself, should be remembered in Bristol in 2017.
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Banner Home Page Edition 13 People's History
The Bristol Reform Riots
October 1831 saw a blaze of anger and thirst for change in the city Over three days in October 1831, Bristol saw arguably the most important riot in British history.
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Victory for campaign as mayor scraps council tax changes
The plans would have hit 16,000 of the poorest households.
