Category: Bristol
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Students, speak now or forever hold your peace
A property developer has taken a sledgehammer to a 400-year-old Jacobean ceiling [ref]This is a metaphor –he, Mr Baio– probably had his construction workers do it for him. Ephemeral Digest does not claim that the owner of Midas Properties caused the destruction himself.[/ref] in a conservation area of Bristol in order to devalue the property and convert it…
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Less tax for landlords in Bristol?
Should the Bristol City Council be accepting sponsorship from a company whose stated purpose is for landlords to pay less tax? In October 2016, Mr Rees warned cuts of £92m would have to be made to Bristol City Council’s budget by 2022, with further savings of £33m before the end of the the 2016-17 financial…
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Life Chances, a novel that traces Broken Britain, from the University of Bristol
The University of Bristol team, Productive Margins, have not only produced a novel but have also set up an Etsy shop to sell the products they have created. The novel is called Life Chances and it tracks the journey of an aspirant journalist as she explores ‘Broken Britain’, uncovering the personal stories of refugees, migrants, and…
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Bristol Book events coming up in February
11 February – 14:30 Waterstones, The Galleries Children’s author Maz Evans talks about her book Who Let the Gods Out? Waterstones, Broadmead, Bristol, BS1 3XD T: 0117 925 2274 W: http://www.waterstones.com 11 February – 11:00 to 16:00 Waterstones, The Galleries Walker and travel writer Christopher Somerville will be at Waterstones signing copies…
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Elizabeth Blackwell, born in Bristol, a doctor in New York
From the Writer’s Almanac for 3 February. “It’s the birthday of the first woman to graduate from medical school, Elizabeth Blackwell, born on this day in Bristol, England, in 1821. She wanted to become a doctor because she knew that many women would rather discuss their health problems with another woman. She read medical texts…
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London to Bristol route a success for James Attlee
James Attlee’s book Station to Station, about the London to Bristol route, is on the shortlist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year. Station to Station is a tale of journeys unlike those of the commuters who “lifting their eyes momentarily from an e-reader or pausing in their perusal of a newspaper to…
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Libraries are not wishy-washy cultural ‘love of books’ havens
Updated: New plans by the local council now suggest that 17 libraries will be closed. See one petition . I wrote this a few months ago when I was Books Editor at a regional magazine. I thought it was pretty strong in terms of its wording so was reluctant to publish but now re-reading it, it doesn’t…
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The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds and how men get to speak while women stay silent
The following are some thoughts after seeing the show: I have just watched the Secret Life of 4 Year Olds which is based on observation over two weekends, each six months apart, observing children. The men with PhDs, who said they had never been able to listen to children like that before (this group of…
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Week 7: Clever Girl vs Things Unborn
Two things are unavoidable in Bristol novels: slavery and the suspension bridge. I’m now almost certain that a reference to Bath Spa University will have to be added to that list. Tessa Hadley would have walked alongside C.J. Flood, Nathan Filer and Anna Freeman at Corsham Court in Bath as she lectured and still lectures…
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Week 6: Eye Contact vs Airship Shape and Bristol Fashion
Airship Shape and Bristol Fashion is published by Wizard’s Tower Press who also produced the tribute Colinthology. They are a curious publisher who specialise in science fiction and fantasy but don’t want submissions and won’t read them if you send any. This isn’t the only reason they have become a firm favourite, they are also…
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