Stokes Croft

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

Features

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.

Stokes Croft Riots: 10 years on

Ravers rejoice as Blue Mountain re-opens pending major development

Reports

Bristol City Council to look into buying Hamilton House

Social enterprise Coexist were evicted in December, but this could be a lifeline for the Stokes Croft hub.

Photography

Photoessay: Coexist’s last 48 hours at Hamilton House

City

BREAKING: Artist exodus from Hamilton House as Coexist resist eviction

Hamilton House: Temporary replacement for Coexist confirmed

As Coexist say they are now under threat of closure, the new manager has been targeted by campaigners.

“This isn’t over”: Hundreds march to save Hamilton House

Coexist’s Hamilton House adventure appears to be up but a new opportunity for community ownership is on the horizon.

Hamilton House owners shut out Coexist after decade of managing building

Following a year of fraught negotiations, evictions and uncertainty, the building’s owners are also submitting a full planning application for flats.

Latest eviction threat by Hamilton House owners rebuffed by council

After having two planning applications blocked, Hamilton House's owners aim to keep development plans alive by stopping it being given community centre status.

Council blocks second planning application to redevelop Hamilton House

After 200 tenants were recently evicted, the future of Stokes Croft's cultural hub hangs in the balance as plans to redevelop are blocked yet again by the council.

Hamilton House evictions begin as controversial development looms

Around 150 tenants forced out, in the latest chapter of the long dispute over the future of the Stokes Croft cultural hub.