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As well as a lifetime of food expertise Jay Rayner has jazz in his bones, too. Melissa Blease chats to...
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It’s the Age Old Debate: can the film ever be as good as the book? Whether you’re a die-hard-book-believer, or a...
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We can all strive to offset the environmental crisis and urban pollution in small ways. Some, however, such as Bath-based landscape architects Grant Associates, have a more measurable impact. The environments that they design and create are defined by sustainability, ecological diversity and a soaring imagination, and they recharge people’s...
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Writer and photographer Jane Gifford remembers the life that swarmed around the River Avon at Batheaston just 30 years ago....
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The 21st century has seen the resurrection of gleaning – the age-old practice of harvesting unwanted crops. We spoke to...
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Emma Clegg visits ‘the smallest garden centre with the biggest heart’ and finds a collaborative social enterprise that offers a host of plants and garden products, but also has the power to boost emotional and physical wellbeing. Gardening is uplifting, restorative and full of heart. But there are times when...
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It was the year that Marilyn Monroe serenaded President Kennedy on his birthday, when Marvel’s Spider-Man superhero made his first...
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Geoff Ellis thinks back to his time as a photographer at The Bath Evening Chronicle from 1957 to 1968 and...
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Founded in 1904, the Bath Society of Artists is well known for its annual exhibition which is open to members and non-members and held at the Victoria Art Gallery. This year the exhibition is back in physical form, running until 20 November. Here we share some of the prize-winning artworks...
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In her debut book, Amy Jeffs reimagines the myths of Britain that once served a more profound purpose in ancient...