28th August 2016 After the defeat of the British army in Northern France and their subsequent retreats from the beaches of Normandy in 1940, it would be another four years before Britain – this time with her US allies in… Continue Reading
6th August 2016 “He was a little man, about five foot five, in his 60s, rather tubby.” These opening words to World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel, paint a clear picture of Josef Stalin’s unlikelihood as an… Continue Reading
7th May 2016 Compared to the most famous of the late, great musicians who have the eternal misfortune of membership to the now infamous 27 Club, fairly little seems to be widely known about Janis Joplin. While the passing of… Continue Reading
24th April 2016 One third of the way through his film, French born Australian director Philippe Mora ponders “How do you make a film about the Holocaust?” It’s a very good question, the most devastating genocide in history having been… Continue Reading
20th March 2016 Hailed as the “grandfather of modern dance music”, a “maverick, genius outsider” and “one of the most important people of 20th century music”, the sense of hagiographical terrain is abundantly clear in the earliest moments of Volker… Continue Reading
26th October 2015 We’re in the cosy event space at Hamilton House. It’s the first ‘Hot Pot Cinema’, so we’ve eaten food lovingly prepared by the Coexist Community Kitchen and have now turned our chairs towards the stark light from… Continue Reading
25th October 2015 Look at the mural pictured above. Now look at those red bricks at the top of it. Those red bricks have such appeal don’t they? Could you imagine if that mural wasn’t there and instead we, the… Continue Reading
18th October 2015 Our photographer Stef Formica has been out and about in Bristol this week armed with her camera and capturing life throughout the city. Here’s a few shots of everyday Bristol life being lived by some of the… Continue Reading