culture

Features

Is Bristol a ‘beacon’ for Black culture? We speak to 5 Black organisers in the city

Is the opportunity for real racial change in Bristol getting lost in “changing names and toppling statues”? We ask Black Bristolians.

Eliz Mizon
Eliz Mizon

Bristol History Podcast

Bristol History Podcast: West Country Counterculture in the 1960s and 70s

Explore 'the artistic, radical and experimental communities that flourished at the time.'

Tom Brothwell
Tom Brothwell

Coronavirus in Bristol

Bristol hospitality sector under threat pleads for rent help from council and government

Job losses of ‘tens of thousands’ are possible as independent venues struggle to pay their bills and Bristol enters tier 3.

Jess Connett
Jess Connett

Edition 23

Bristol filmmaker Michael Jenkins is ‘wreaking the best kind of havoc on the city’

A gentle giant of our city, filmmaker Michael Jenkins is quietly yet firmly shaking up the creative industries and giving Bristol’s Black community a stake in their own stories.

Euella Jackson
Euella Jackson

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Trinity Centre CEO on fighting for arts and grassroots culture in the time of Covidc

Emma is at the forefront of the struggle to defend and champion the sector as a whole, and stick up for grassroots community culture.

Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media Rosa Eaton Adam Cantwell-Corn
Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media, Rosa Eaton and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Krazy, the local hip-hop heavyweight who punched a racist

As a white man he has been accused of cultural appropriation, despite growing up in the scene.

Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media Rosa Eaton Adam Cantwell-Corn
Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media, Rosa Eaton and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Reports

Rastafarian Culture Centre sale set to go ahead, despite community objections

The prospective buyer says thay are committed to ensuring the community can still use the building, says Bristol City Council.

Amanda Cameron (Local Democracy Reporter)

Herd Community

Watch: Early doors – A story of the pubs reopening

In this short film, we follow a pub manager and punters as the pubs emerge from coronavirus lockdown.

Aphra Evans Adam Cantwell-Corn
Aphra Evans and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Opinion

‘Bristol museum’s ‘Do You Believe in Magic?’ exhibition risks disappearing colonised people’

Deya Mukherjee examines Bristol Museum's recent 'visually stunning' but problematic 'Do You Believe in Magic' exhibition.

Deya Mukherjee

Bristol History Podcast

Bristol History Podcast: Graffiti and Street Art in Bristol

Nowadays Bristol is internationally known as a centre of graffiti and street art culture. I met with John Nation – pioneer and promoter of graffiti...

Tom Brothwell
Tom Brothwell

People's History

Time flies by when you’re smashing teeth on concrete: Dean Lane Skatepark through the ages

Archive photos from a recent film about Bedminster's beloved skatepark, as the filmmaker reflects on why it still means so much to local people today.

Daniel Higginson

Edition 21

Local rapper Kilaze talks hip-hop, art and life

Rapper Kilaze is a stalwart of the city’s music scene both through his own releases and his support of homegrown talent. Two decades into his career, he’s still got ‘so much to talk about’.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn
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