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  • AboutEphemeral -> short-lived, lasting but a day. These posts are a collection of fleeting thoughts about my life in Bristol and my travels, adventures, experiences and general hobbies. The name is a pleasing reminder of the Greek word for newspaper, efimerida, although what I write isn’t always news. Also, please check out the Ephemeral Food map of the restaurants I have visited. I am involved in the blogging competition TH!NK3 and posts on development will be posted here as well as at the site http://development.thinkaboutit.eu. The following posts are more reflective pieces and perhaps add a little more information about me: June When Can You Manicure The Lawn? Eating: yes; Blogging: Sporadically; Critiquing: ?. You can write to me at joanna@ephemeraldigest.com.
  • Books2010 December The Bristol Book Review, 27 December 2010
  • Food, DiningThis section lists all the food related items I have posted: See the ‘Ephemeral Food, Bristol’ map for all the locations http://bit.ly/cBJLWI
    August Nando’s, Not Bad Dil Se, Horfield Tantric Jazz, Gone July Source At St Nicholas Market, Breakfast Dynasty: quick and inexpensive lunch No Reservations With Anthony Bourdain Capers and City Living Wagamamas, Restaurant Review Pancakes, in Bristol Giraffe, Restaurant Review Fork 50: Restaurant Guide June Used To Be: The Market Place, Now: The Elephant Cathay Rendezvous, Restaurant Review Toptable Offers, Zen On Millennium Square Grillstock: BBQ Festival In Bristol Stoneground Cafe, Bristol Central Library Eating: yes. Blogging: sporadically; Critiquing: ? Thali Cafe, Clifton Fishers, a seafood restaurant in Clifton May Swinky’s Sexy Cupcakes Boston Tea Party, Time To Linger Turquoise, Clifton Triangle The Glassboat, Mildly Unimpressed Bath Coffee Festival, South West Tomtom coffee, London Bath, Coffee Festival Bristol Beer Factory, Cheese Taste Off The Hope & Anchor, Bristol Bordeaux Quay & Manos: lunch, coffee and art Folk House Cafe, Bristol April All the lunches I never had, Bristol Thai Classic, Whiteladies Rd The Lido, Bristol Duck Confit Scotch Eggs Grain Barge, Chocolate and ale March Grain Barge, Beer and Chocolate The Adam and Eve, Hidden Away…
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  • Movies / TheatreThis section lists all the movie related items I have posted: August Inception, A Follow-Up Post Inception, A Review May Bad Lieutenant, a reflection Kings of Pastry, a reflection April Dogtooth, a reflection Treme, a thought Juliet and Her Romeo, a reflection March 1234, a reflection Asyle, a reflection NON-KO, a reflection MicMacs, a reflection Girls on Film at the Arnolfini Xizao (Shower), a reflection Banksy: Exit Through The Gift Shop February Ponyo, just magical Face To Face With Mark Kermode Brothers, a reflection Everybody’s Fine, a reflection Murdoch Mysteries in Bristol Girls on Film Mugabe and the White African, a reflection Precious, a reflection January Review: Lovers on the Road
  • MusicThe following section lists the posts about music: June Dot to Dot: the high, and low, lights Dot to Dot: The Crookes May Dot to Dot, The Beginning Bear Pit, Stokes Croft Streetfest April Alphabeat, Bristol Vashti Bunyan and The Cedar, reflection March The Random Family Two Door Cinema Club: Under Water Blood Red Shoes: rocking Thekla Passion Pit: … February Update: Midlake playing in Bristol January Midlake: the Courage of Others
  • RunningThe following links are to posts related to running: May Running, not so much April London Marathon, how many miles? Marathon Jitters? Donate for a chance to win Long run, 29km around Bristol March Marathon, a bit of a panic Bath Half Marathon, March 7 2010 February Taking the fun out of hard work Irritated, not damaged 5km: a nice distance
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  • October 23, 2018

    Renewal coming up for litter police that only fine smokers in central ward

    90% of all fines issued by Kingdom are issued in Central ward. The private company that is cost neutral to the council was brought in as part of the mayor’s clean streets initiative. Picking up litter costs the city £6 million a year, according to the council. What Kingdom say: They were brought in “as […]

  • October 19, 2018

    If Cats Disappeared From The World, Genki Kawamura

    There’s a sparse and young, almost delicate sense to Genki Kawamura’s writing that cheered me up no end even though this was a book about death. The lightness to life and what we hold too close is really what this book is about. Kawamura is 39 and is now the author of three books; If […]

  • October 19, 2018

    Bristol gin [tonic optional]

    On international gin and tonic day, we’ll undoubtedly be drinking some Psychopomp tonight, which is an incredibly good Bristol gin made right in the city centre on St Michael’s Hill. It was at the owner Danny Walker’s gin club that I first heard that each city used to have its own gin-making process. In 1789, […]

  • October 16, 2018

    Sophie Hannah, The Mystery of Three Quarters; a Poirot mystery

    The Mystery of Three Quarters is Sophie Hannah’s third Poirot mystery following the Monogram Murders and the Closed Casket. As with any ‘revisiting’ of such characters, the first thing to note is the tone and how believable the new Poirot is; it is unfortunate that the storyline only comes second in these cases. There are […]

  • October 9, 2018

    Why climate deniers exist and spend $0.5 billion doing so

    The extent of the climate denial industry created by the polluters. Pollution would cost these industries £200 billion A YEAR so instead they pay half a billion to create this network of denial. A bargain. February 4, 2014 – In this speech, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse reveals the “carefully built apparatus of lies” constructed to deceive […]

  • October 4, 2018

    Urban geography reading list – Tom Slater’s top 10

    The following article was first published by ex-University of Bristol academic, Tom Slater, in the Urban Geography Journal in 2013. The article no longer exists at that link and the author has kindly given his permission for me to reproduce it here. Bristol is in line for some big changes to its landscape — tall […]

  • October 2, 2018

    1000 Books to Read Before You Die, a Bristol perspective

    1000 books is an incredible number to find and write about but the essays and sections feel like they have had individual attention rather than just being quick summaries, in this collection. From King to Kafka and the Quran to Nora Ephron, the book selections must fit most moods as they are incredibly varied. It […]

  • August 9, 2018

    Book review, The Psychology of Time Travel

    This is the debut novel from Kate Mascarenhas who is a part-Irish, part-Seychellois midlander. Since 2017, Kate has been a chartered psychologist. Before that she worked as a copywriter, a dolls’ house maker, and a bookbinder. She lives with her husband in a small terraced house which she is slowly filling with Sindy dolls. This […]

  • July 11, 2018

    Review, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (not!)

    In this tale, which seems like the female and slightly less funny but more sinister version of The Rosie Project, Eleanor Oliphant is ‘weird’ and fine with being alone and with her routine until she decides she’s in love and is going to do something about it. The narrative proceeds then to follow someone pursuing […]

  • June 17, 2018

    The last days of Bristol’s libraries

    A year from now, Mayor Marvin Rees will begin campaigning for his next term of office and the number of libraries open in Bristol will be down by 63%. Most libraries will only open for three days a week. There are now 27 funded by the Bristol City Council but after the horrific Conservative austerity […]

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