culture

Ideas and Action

St Pauls Carnival to return next year…but not all is well

St Pauls Carnival organisers has announced the return of Carnival for its 50th anniversary in 2018. But not all is well.

Jacob Wells

Voices

Discussing the ‘Age of Anger’ with author Pankaj Mishra

What are the roots of current global crises, and how can we find hope in an age of instability and rage?

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson

Ideas and Action

St Pauls’ Carnival set to return next summer

In a sign of brighter days to come, community organisers have announced the revival of the St Paul’s Carnival for the 1st July 2017.

Shaun Clarke

Bristol and Beyond

A mission: ‘to inform, represent, educate and entertain’

This July, Bristol’s Ujima Radio is eight years strong

Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley

Edition 8

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...

Lorna Stephenson Dean Ayotte
Lorna Stephenson and Dean Ayotte

Visuals

Street artists talk shop

Vandals? No, professional artists. The Cable talks to Bristol artists making a living from their spray cans.

Shaun Clarke and Amani Omejar

Voices

Talking St Pauls Carnival: from words to action

The rewards are self-evident: a return to the splendour and beauty of Carnival. But is the event going to make a comeback? On Ujima radio...

Shaun Clarke

City

MC Idren-Natural’s life in a sound system culture

An evolving UK movement through the eyes of a musical warrior.

Shaun Clarke

City

A people’s history of St Pauls

St Pauls is a famous neighbourhood. But newcomers to Bristol are most likely to have heard of it for one of two reasons.

Michele Curtis

People's History

It’s not all strikes and marches: Bristol’s struggle for fun, leisure and knowledge

Our city has a history of politically involved communities who love to walk, sing, and dance. All with a sharp sense of social justice, mind...

Colin Thomas

City

Can We Move Beyond Black History Month?

Storyteller from South Africa challenges the limits of this yearly event and speaks to local actors proposing initiatives to expand learning about global cultures

Kabbo Ferdinand

Reports

Dutty v. (Goliath) Dutti

Bristol bred clothing shop loses court case to Spanish mega brand and is made to rebrand. Dutty, an independent business set up in Bristol that...

Alec Saelens
Alec Saelens
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