culture

Features

Image of Vix Leyton performing at the People's Comedy in Bristol, June 2023 (credit: David Griffiths)

A class act: how the People’s Comedy is shaking up the circuit

Beyond the laughs, comedy can be an unforgiving, unequal environment. An award-winning night in Bristol is trying to level the playing field.

Arvind Howarth
Arvind Howarth

Voices

Image of jerk barbecue as St Pauls Carnival returns

Carnival returns to St Pauls, with a homage to its heritage

After a three-year hiatus, St Pauls Carnival will return next month. The director of a recent documentary on this colourful, vital celebration of Caribbean culture reflects on its historical importance.

Keziah Wenham-Kenyon

Features

‘I am the only artist I know with this niche’: the platform supporting Bristol’s Asian creatives

WOW Asia is celebrating the work of Asian creatives in the city. The Cable went to their first fair to speak to the organisers and the artists involved.

Harri Knight-Davis
Harri Knight-Davis

Features

Image of performers on stage with Hartcliffe's Brave Bold Drama organisation (credit: Clare Stott)

Inside the Hartcliffe theatre and creative arts organisation giving a lifeline to south Bristol families

Brave Bold Drama breaks down the financial and geographical barriers south Bristolians face in accessing theatre and the creative arts. But its stability is under threat as one of its founders faces eviction.

Emma Blackmore
Emma Blackmore

Voices

How to escape the coronation farce? Celebrate King Charles’s ex at a Big Gay Diana Party

London right now is a hellscape of coronation doughnuts. Thankfully in Bristol this weekend you can escape the royal wankfest – and instead embrace the Princess of Wales, hearts and gays

Daisy Steinhardt
Daisy Steinhardt

Features

Image of Iain Aitchison of Longwell Records at his shop in Keynsham (credit: David Griffiths)

‘Trust in the grooves’: how Bristol’s independent record shops are navigating an uncertain world

The vinyl revival has provided an unlikely bright spot amid a bloodbath of UK high street closures. Bristol’s indie music retailers explain how they are keeping locked, innovating and creating communities to help them survive and thrive.

Jim Ottewill
Jim Ottewill

Photography

PHOTOS: Hundreds gather for Grand Iftar meal on College Green for first time

As Bristol Muslims break their fast during Ramadan, the event usually held on St Marks Road, this year came to the centre to celebrate Bristol as a city of sanctuary.

Julian Preece
Julian Preece

Edition 32

‘When you dance with other people, amazing things happen’: The value of Bristol’s nightlife

Bristol's nightlife isn't just about escape and excess, research shows nightclubs can have beneficial impacts on mental health and wellbeing.

Jim Ottewill
Jim Ottewill

Features

Turbo Island got tarmacked, was there a better alternative?

An outpouring of posts eulogising the wonders of Turbo Island poured forth on social media, bemoaning the loss of a “cultural icon”. But what does it mean for Stokes Croft?

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Features

Image of actor Paterson Joseph in Turning Point, a four-part video installation by Tony T (credit: Sweet Patootie)

‘Ordinary people do extraordinary things’: exploring Caribbean history with director Tony T

Turning Point, a video installation showing at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, uses personal stories to paint an immersive picture of Caribbean life during a pivotal period in the early 20th century.

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

Reports

Image of Save Redfield Cinema campaigners and UWE students presenting plans at a public meeting (credit: Alex Turner)

Campaigners seek new community asset listing for pub with hidden cinema in bid to stop flats plan

Save Redfield Cinema group members say they’re throwing the 'kitchen sink' at blocking redevelopment plans for St George's Hall, as they urge locals to object and present alternative proposals.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

This Week in Bristol

The exterior of Channel 4's Bristol offices

This week in Bristol: Channel 4 u-turn a ‘victory’ for Bristol

The government's u-turn on Channel 4 privatisation indicates more jobs to come to its Bristol hub, and good news for the city's creative sector as a whole.

Eliz Mizon
Eliz Mizon
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