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‘Your body is a vehicle’: Bristol’s POC-led outdoor groups

From cycling to hiking and school gardens, POC-led groups are widening access to nature in Bristol. But is the wider environmental movement paying attention?

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

Hope Is Around The Corner

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The bravest conversations are with those we love

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

Edition 44

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Humanism in Bristol, where faith no longer defines the majority

Marcus Smith
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Edition 44

‘Come and find a listening ear’: Seeking solace at Bristol’s Rastafari Centre

We visit the Rastafari Community Centre in St Pauls. How is the legacy and learning of a tradition carried forward when its elders are no longer here?

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie
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Edition 44

Charting a new course: How Bristol’s Muslims are mapping their own futures

Muznah Sh Farah
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Hope Is Around The Corner

Being vulnerable is a strength

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

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Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Paul Smith on spending £20m and ensuring Hartcliffe doesn’t get betrayed again

The housing chief and former councillor on helping residents of the neighbourhood where he grew up decide how to spend a decade-long government grant – and making sure that actually benefits locals.

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Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media

People Just Do Something

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Listen: People Just Do Something – Sarah Jaffe on love in the time of fascism

Sarah Jaffe on why intimacy is political — and why your love life isn't just your problem.

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins Priyanka Raval
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and Priyanka Raval

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

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Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Heather Williams – trauma, community and healing in south Bristol

Heather, the CEO of Knowle West Health Park, talks to Neil about the local response to Max Dixon and Mason Rist's murders, intergenerational trauma and her own 30-year journey as a mother and community worker.

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Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media

Hope Is Around The Corner

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Bristol Patriots ‘unity march’ is a sham. We need to come out to oppose it

The far-right group’s latest demo claims to be about ‘religious unity’ but excludes Muslims. Bristol won’t fall for that

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

People Just Do Something

Two individuals smiling at the camera, standing close together. One is wearing a 'Bristol Cable' branded T-shirt and the other a plain green T-shirt. The text 'PEOPLE JUST DO SOMETHING' is displayed across the front. In the background is a grainy image of high-rise buildings.

Listen: People Just Do Something – Veronica Wignall on Bristol’s billboards and reclaiming public spaces

Billboards, inequality, and the corporations selling us problems they helped create.

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins Priyanka Raval
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and Priyanka Raval

People Just Do Something

Two individuals smiling at the camera, standing close together. One is wearing a 'Bristol Cable' branded T-shirt and the other a plain green T-shirt. The text 'PEOPLE JUST DO SOMETHING' is displayed across the front. In the background is a grainy image of high-rise buildings.

Listen: People Just Do Something – Ros Martin on challenging LEGO and the toppling of Colston

Art, activism, and the audacity to speak up. Ros Martin has never stopped.

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins Priyanka Raval
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and Priyanka Raval
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