St Pauls

Two individuals smiling at the camera, standing close together. One is wearing a 'Bristol Cable' branded T-shirt and the other a plain green T-shirt. The text 'PEOPLE JUST DO SOMETHING' is displayed across the front. In the background is a grainy image of high-rise buildings.

People Just Do Something

Listen: People Just Do Something, with Bristol Apartheid Free Zone’s Matt and Sasha on building a boycott for Palestine

Faced with shrinking support for Palestine, St Paul’s residents Matt and Sasha set up Bristol Apartheid Free Zone – a neighbourhood boycott of Israeli produce. This week’s episode, the last in the season, offers a hands-on lesson in how to push for change from within your community.

George Colwey Priyanka Raval
George Colwey, Priyanka Raval and Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins

Features

St Paul’s residents call for action on ‘upsetting and depressing’ fly‑tipping in their neighbourhood

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Reports

Image of people protesting against the closure of dental care services in St Pauls, Bristol in June 2023 (credit: Alexander Turner)

Campaigners say St Paul’s dentist could have reopened sooner, after enquiry went unanswered

Alex Turner
Alex Turner
A woman and a man stand smiling in the hall of a community centre

Area in Focus

How St Paul’s residents fought to make the Malcolm X Centre a space for the community

The Malcolm X Centre on Ashley Road is one of Bristol’s most well-known and treasured community venues. What’s less well remembered is the struggle local people went through to lay the foundations for that status.

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins
Before the Second World War, Castle Street, where Mary Burridge took from Woolworth’s was one of Bristol’s main shopping streets

People's History

How a media backlash led to a St Paul’s woman’s dramatic release from prison

David Hewitt
David Hewitt
Reverend Palmer

Area in Focus

St Paul’s, through the eyes of the reverend patrolling for peace

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Reports

Deal to reopen crucial St Paul’s dentists could be ‘sorted soon’, campaigners say

Hopeful messages emerge at community event hosted by campaigners, with dental care provider in detailed contract discussions with local health bosses that could see services return.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

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

City

Developer withdraws planning proposals for ‘grim’ and ‘Stalinist’ St Pauls flats

Controversial plans for a four-storey block of flats in St Pauls have been withdrawn. The boss of developers Clayewater Homes says they spent “a lot...

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Photography

Photos: St Pauls Carnival in all its glory

The overcast skies could not dampen the vibes and colours of arguably Bristol's most important cultural event.

Norberto Fernández Soriano

Photography

Carnival is back – just in time to celebrate its 50th anniversary!

Since starting in 1968, St Pauls Carnival has become recognised as one of Bristol’s most iconic and culturally significant events. After three years off, Carnival is now back thanks to the hard graft of many in the local community.

Beezer and Mark Simmons

Voices

Memories, challenges and the future of St Pauls Carnival

The Cable talks to some of the organisers about St Pauls carnivals' past and what’s new this year

Joe Skirkowski
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