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‘He was our godfather’: Bristol musicians remember Mark Stewart

It’s a year since the Pop Group singer, a revered figure of the post-punk era, died aged 62. Beyond the uncompromising legacy of his own releases, his influence remains etched into his home city’s musical DNA.

Michal Grant
Michal Grant

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External shot of a boarded-up Wetherspoons in Bristol, which contains the remains of an art-deco cinema.

Owner of ex-pub and cinema should up his landlord game before developing more flats, say tenants

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

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‘We can move the dial’: can Massive Attack set a new benchmark for low-carbon live music?

Jim Ottewill
Jim Ottewill
A woman with a face covering sits behind a placard marked 'Free Palestine'

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‘Speaking is a political act’: Bristol artists push Arnolfini for action over Palestine controversy

The prominent gallery has apologised for cancelling two events from the Palestine Film Festival in November – but an emerging artists-led campaign says it doesn’t go far enough.

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Ruth Pitter on the role of the charity sector, pioneering Black theatre and her recent MBE

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Neil Maggs, George Colwey and Priyanka Raval

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Watershed CEO Clare Reddington on cinema, class and council cuts

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Neil Maggs, George Colwey and Alex Turner

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An image of Darin J Sallam, director of Farha

Darin J Sallam on what shaped her creative life, her film Farha and the controversy it sparked from the Middle East to Bristol

Sallam’s film has been praised for its bravery in choosing to tackle the events of the Nakba – one of very few films to do so – but was also heavily criticised by Israeli authorities and prompted a boycott campaign

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

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Protesters in Bristol's Arnolfini following its decision to cancel a screening of Farha

‘Silence is complicity’: director of landmark Palestinian film slams Arnolfini for cancelling screening

In a move that sparked outrage and protest, the Bristol gallery claimed hosting the showing of Farha would risk breaking charity rules on political activity.

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

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Comedian Jody Kamali on his homecoming show about identity, family dynamics and growing up in Southmead

Best known for his Bristolian caricature Terry the Odd Job Man, the comic from Southmead is bringing his new one-man show home after a hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

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Three women standing with arms folded across their naked bodies, heads not visible.

Meet the Bristol artist casting nipples to celebrate bodies 

Ellen Downes’ pioneering bodycasting project aims to help women, trans and non-binary people 'connect to' their bodies, while challenging hypersexualisation and sexual harassment.

GIgi El-Halaby
GIgi El-Halaby

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Adult woman wearing headscarf, standing in front of open door.

Racial justice charity handed lease to create ‘new kind of community space’ in St Paul’s

Black South West Network successfully secured the long-term management of the Coach House, near Brunswick Square, via a community asset transfer. Now it can raise funds for an ambitious plan to turn it into a ‘centre for Black enterprise and culture’. 

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

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Bristol’s Imperial Tobacco is profiting from farmers trapped working for suppliers, film reveals

A new film by the Tobacco Control Research Group exposes how the company, with its HQ in Bedminster, is benefiting from a modern form of exploitation.

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Louis Laurence (Tobacco Research Control Group) and Roy Maconachie
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