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This month marks 62 years since The Beatles came to Bath. Just as Beatlemania was reaching its peak, John, Paul,...
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We live in an age of cosmetic surgery, ‘tweakments’ and product-pushing instagram influencers, but in terms of caring for our...
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Few objects combine practical ingenuity and timeless appeal quite like the Anglepoise lamp. Instantly recognisable for its articulated arms and...
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It was the biggest gold bullion robbery in British history. Central to the Brink’s Mat heist of 1983, John ’Goldfinger’...
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This month’s walk by Andrew Swift follows the river through Bath and includes a celebratory stroll across the city’s newest...
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The Hop Pole Inn in Limpley Stoke is a building with a past that represents a microcosm of a broader...
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From revenge-seeking Roman curse tablets to Jane Austen’s witty, acerbic letters, writing messages has long been a powerful way of...
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Bath’s long-standing passion for tennis takes centre stage this summer in a new exhibition at the Museum of Bath at...
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Bath Abbey’s collection of monuments is on a par with those in Westminster Abbey, and its wall tablets and ledgerstones...
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Think of Jane Austen and you might imagine a solitary literary icon writing her books and penning letters in her...
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Why is everyone so obsessed with Jane Austen? She only wrote six books, after all, so what’s the big deal?...
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As Halloween approaches, we thought it apt to explore Bath’s darker side. From chilling crimes to stories of early deaths,...