The full programme for Lyra – Bristol Poetry Festival 2025 has now been announced, with the festival set to make a welcome return on April 25 and run until May 4. As an organisation, their aim is “to ...

To me, a Better Bristol means that the benefits of a creative, entrepreneurial, vibrant, and wealthy city are felt by all the people who live here. Bristol has a thriving collection of neighbourhoods ...

Megan del Carmen has launched Great Bear, a streetwear brand celebrating “home,” after leaving her childhood home following personal tragedy.

It’s sad and I’m shocked the way it happened. We’ll see in six months time what will happen. This is an opinion piece by Fadumo Farah, a resident in Barton Hill and campaigner.

Two historic pubs in Bristol that have been empty for several years could both be turned into shops. The Armoury Tavern in Easton and the Giant Goram in Lawrence Weston are likely to become the latest ...

A Bedminster book shop has been voted the best in the South West in a competition held by The Book Trade. Since 2018 Storysmith Books at 236 North Street, Bedminster, has been serving book lovers new ...

Fadumo Farah explains what she went through when contractors and police turned up at 4am in Barton Hill to install the liveable neighbourhood ...

A musician of many guises, Lawi Anywar has mastered the art of maintaining a singular drive while embracing a panoply of projects. He’s toured with The Heavy, performed at the Beacon’s Housewarming, ...

Esme Lower, aka Melo Murals, is a multimedia artist working across mural, illustration and sometimes animation. She says that her work “explores themes of liveness, musicality, the body, strength and ...

And amongst the cast, it is the titular characters who shine brightest. Romeo (Kyle Ndukuba) and Juliet (Mia Khan) bring an enlivening and frenetic emotionality. Ndukuba captures so well the thrill ...

A Bedminster bookshop has been named the best in the South West in the British Book Awards 2025 Independent Bookshop of the Year awards. Since opening in 2018, Storysmith has become a staple on North ...

Making one of their rare appearances, the post-rock Slate Trio's clever and original music left their audience wanting more ...