culture

Features

‘Drill music can be used for positive change’

For 35 years, Bristol has been home to a charity which lets prisoners create music on the inside. Now, a sister record label is supporting them to launch music careers after release.

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Tom Morris, artistic director of Bristol Old Vic

Neil Maggs kicks off a new podcast series with a chat on theatre, who ‘the arts’ are for and what role the Kings Street institution plays in the city.

Aphra Evans Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media Adam Cantwell-Corn
Aphra Evans, Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Edition 29

Homegrown radio station launches second record label and social enterprise

The world of community radio is a challenging one, but Noods is going from strength to strength.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Edition 29

‘You don’t win at this’: the ongoing battle against sexual harassment in Bristol’s nightlife

Money is being poured into providing venues with training and resources against the crime, but it's just the start of a process of creating cultural change, explains the Trinity Centre’s Aysha Tailor-Whyte.

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Edition 29

Moses McKenzie: The new talent from ends

The debut novel from the 23-year-old Bristolian is an acclaimed coming-of-age story set in Easton, which paints a melting pot of cultures and moral codes.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Features

Bridging cultural divides in a global city, one meal at a time

In a city which speaks 91 languages, this week saw the launch of a cook book that shares recipes, stories and memories from Bristol's many different communities.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Music

Taking back control in a male-dominated industry

Bristol’s Saffron Records continues to break barriers for women in the music industry.

Eliz Mizon
Eliz Mizon

Reports

Bristol pub landlord speaks out on Thatchers boycott that put him at centre of culture war storm

Lemmy, who runs the Chelsea and the Lion pubs, has received a backlash to their announcement, but wants the focus to be on the Merchant Venturers.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Interviews

Grief, violence and faith: Bristol filmmaker’s award-winning new short film

Hartcliffe's Paul Holbrook talks about his new film set in Bristol and the importance of telling working class stories.

Eliz Mizon
Eliz Mizon

Interviews

Turning down an MBE? ‘It was one of the quickest decisions of my life’: Interview with author Nikesh Shukla

Award-winning Bristol-based writer Nikesh Shukla talks refusing an MBE, going from rapper to writer and returning to community activism.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Features

Gloucester Road Wetherspoons: a chain changing Bristol’s fiercely independent high street

After seven planning applications, a derelict building in Bishopston will become a Wetherspoons. Opponents say it will damage the independent ethos of the old-fashioned high street; others say that utopia has already gone.

Jess Connett
Jess Connett

Local Elections 2021

‘We need a ‘Bristol Beacon’ in every community’

As Bristol pours money into the Bristol Beacon refurb, it’s time to ask for more for our independent music and arts venues.

Emma Harvey
Emma Harvey
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