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“From street copper to bouncer to bodyguard for the President of Haiti”, reads the front cover of Chris Nott’s memoir, Call...
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One miscarriage of justice is bad enough, but 738 is more than we’re capable of comprehending, says Nick Wallis. Emma...
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The sibling bond is a powerful one, but it’s not always straightforward. Emma Clegg talks to The Guardian’s chief theatre critic Arifa Akbar, who is coming to the Bath Festival in May, about her moving memoir about sisterhood, grief and art. Sibling relationships can be complex and challenging, but often...
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Bath Abbey will reopen its shop to the public on Monday 15 November revealing a totally refurbished interior and a...
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Celebrating music and books in a beautiful city, this year’s Bath Festival will run from 13–21 May – here we...
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This West Country boy might have settled down amid the bright lights of London, but comedian, musician and actor Bill Bailey still belongs to Bath. He’s hitting the headlines at the moment, part of the Strictly Come Dancing cast for 2020, and he has a new book out, Bill Bailey’s...
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Great Western Railway (GWR) is supporting World Book Day 2019 by bringing the Famous Five to life and launching a...
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Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize of Fiction, Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet imagines the short life of William Shakespeare’s only son. Millie...
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As technology takes a major leap forward, archaeology and genetics have been set on a collision course. Bearing messages from the ancient world – some buried in mistruths for millennia – scientist and writer Professor Alice Roberts reaches right back in time with her new book Ancestors, as she tells...
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Gerie Herbert finds some wintery reading reading classics that are as popular today as they ever were – from Winnie the...
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Black Lives Matter has seen public statues coming under frontline debate. This hit close to home as Bristol’s Colston statue...
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Geoff Ellis thinks back to his time as a photographer at The Bath Evening Chronicle from 1957 to 1968 and treats us to a few of his memorable pictures, including ones of the floods of 1962 and meeting jazz pianist Earl Hines in 1965. The pictures are supported with excerpts...