Although a graduate of art school, I have very little knowledge or even interest in the work of romantic landscape painter JMW Turner, let alone his life. I also usually baulk at the sight of a top hat on TV.… Continue Reading
Ahead of his two night run at Colston Hall later this week, we caught up with comedian, journalist, novelist and activist Rob Newman about his latest show ‘New Theory of Everything’, Top Cat and Anthropophobia. Hi Rob. In your own… Continue Reading
‘World Music’ is in many ways an entirely meaningless concept, used to describe anything that features a tap on a bongo or a dreadlocked frontman. However, the way that Ohio’s Ahmed Gallab, alias Sinkane, effortlessly fuses the Sudanese pop of… Continue Reading
Following on from last year’s incredible Book Hive, Bristol Central Library is again hosting a thought-provoking exhibition. German artist Kerstin Schultz’ new work, Penvolution, is intended to ask how communication has changed in an age when young people are more… Continue Reading
What: An Elephant in the Garden // Where: Tobacco Factory // When: Tues 04 – Sat 15 Nov (7.30pm) // Cost: £10/8 conc. If the recent film adaptation of Yann Martel’s “Life Of Pi” was anything to go by, fantastical tales of metaphorical zoo animals are very much to… Continue Reading
In a Halloween treat, the SS Great Britain opened it’s creaky doors after dusk for Spooky Ship. Working in collaboration with Bristol Old Vic, brave visitors were invited to creep beneath deck to explore the macabre underbelly of Brunel’s triumphant… Continue Reading
“Is everyone in here taking refuge from the zombie apocalypse?” It’s a valid question that sprightly bassist, Eddie Myer, poses. Although, whilst that heady brew of drunken ghouls and giddy pumpkins are invading the pavements outside, inside Bristol’s Fleece most… Continue Reading
Review by Abby Render – On a Saturday night in Bristol the scope and variety of things to do are huge, especially when it comes to live music. Yet in the intimate upstairs room of The Lousiana, Manchester’s The Travelling… Continue Reading