Features

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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

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with police and crime commissioner Clare Moody on fixing force culture, and the government axing her role

Just 18 months into her term, the Labour politician in charge of police scrutiny in Avon and Somerset has, along with peers across the country, been told she represents a 'failed experiment' that will end in 2028. Neil asks Clare Moody how that feels, and what she aims to achieve while still in o...

Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media
Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media

Area in Focus

Play, a risky business: A tour of Bristol’s Adventure Playgrounds

The Cable's community organiser explores the history and enduring spirit of the city's Adventure Playgrounds, where children are trusted, challenged and free to play

Begonya Miranda
Begonya Miranda

Edition 42

Beats, bars and belonging at ACE

Aspiration Creation Elevation (ACE) offers creative support and guidance to young people. With them, Adam explores the complex realities young people face today - and reflects on his own journey along the way

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

Edition 42

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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

Edition 42

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

Hope Is Around The Corner

Giving a shit is just the beginning

Reflections on the film ‘Steve’, the power of youth services and what we can all do for the young people of our city

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Temple Quarter chair Lyn Garner – can regeneration be inclusive?

The Temple Quarter redevelopment will transform a huge area of inner-city Bristol. What will it do for the city's big issues – housing, transport, jobs and education – and who will benefit?

Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media
Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media

Features

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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

Photography

A young girl with a blindfold points to the right in front of a stream

Photo essay: Kitchen Table Photo Club

Children with analogue cameras explored the waterways of east Bristol over the summer. Here’s what they captured

Esther May Campbell and Chiz Williams

We've Got Your Boy

We’ve Got Your Boy: Episode 3, Doli Capax (Capable of ‘Evil’)

At 10 years old, England and Wales has one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in the world. In the third episode of this investigative series, we challenge the ideology of punishment over prevention.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked – taking wealth redistribution into your own hands, with Bristol Redistro’s Frances Howe

Wealth taxes are in the news just now – but how much money is too much, what is DIY wealth redistribution & what difference can it make? Neil Maggs asks Frances Howe of Bristol Redistro.

Alex Turner Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media
Alex Turner and Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media
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