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A room with a view: The history behind the American Museum

Jessica Hope discovers the history of Claverton Manor before it became the site of the American Museum in Britain For more than 50 years, the American Museum...

The Corridor: Bath’s original shopping arcade

Historian Catherine Pitt uncovers the story behind The Corridor in Bath Paris. London. Bath. The city’s new Southgate centre has seen a resurgence of shoppin...

Thomas Gainsborough: Making ugly people beautiful

A new biography of Thomas Gainsborough sheds fresh light on the artist’s years in Bath. Georgette McCready spoke to its author, art historian James Hamilton ...

Jane Austen’s connections with Bath

Catherine Pitt traces Jane Austen’s associations with Bath to mark the 200th anniversary of the novelist’s death July 2017 sees the bicentenary of Jane Auste...

More tea, Vicar? – The history of tea

Jessica Hope explores the vast history of Britain’s love affair with tea It has instigated wars, it has boosted morale in times of conflict, become a nationa...

We knead you: Bathampton’s history of plasticine

On the 120th anniversary of the invention of Plasticine, Eirlys Penn explores its history and looks forward to this month’s community celebrations in Bathampto...

The perfect curve: 250 years of the Royal Crescent

Jessica Hope discovers the stories of some of the Royal Crescent’s most fascinating residents in celebration of the 250th anniversary of its construction Wit...

Remains of the day: Medieval Bath

Historian Catherine Pitt takes a look at what remains of a neglected side of Bath’s history – and shows us where we can find vestiges of a much older city Ba...

15 little known facts about Bath Abbey

The Bath Magazine reveals fifteen facts about Bath Abbey and its 1,200 year history 1. There has been a place of Christian worship on the site of Bath Abbey ...

Shaping Victorian Bath

Charles Bayer’s corset factory opened in Bath 125 years ago. Eirlys Penn tells the undercover story A Bayer corset was a thing of wonder. Finely engineered u...

Alas! Poor Romeo: Bath’s worst actor

Historian Catherine Pitt tells the story of a man considered to be the worst actor in history, yet Bath audiences queued to see him perform Bath, 1808 – gent...

The famous visitors of Bath’s past

Jessica Hope delves into the archives and discovers some of Bath’s most illustrious visitors from centuries gone Bath attracts all kinds of famous and notabl...

FOOD & DRINK

Recipe: Summer cocktails

Chef talk: Dan Moon

Silver Swift: Summer Drinks

CULTURE

Review: Switzerland at Ustinov Studio

Bath Abbey volunteers

Trailfinders:
A Caribbean Crush

CITY LIFE

Two senior promotions at Dorothy House Hospice Care

A walk of ancient haunts

Bath @ Work: Mehmet Aydin, Tailor

EDUCATION

Millfield hosts 32nd ECB David English Bunbury Cricket Festival for the first time

DEMUTHS COOKERY SCHOOL

ACTING & MUSICAL THEATRE

HOME & GARDEN

Gardening: Dealing with Drought

Clair Strong Interior Design: Small Spaces

The Art of Tree Selection

SHOPPING & BEAUTY

Frontlinestyle: the Footlogix treatment

TR Hayes

Southgate Bath

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