Eugene Byrne
Author and Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Author, journalist, barrack-room lawyer, historian of British Isles in general and Bristol in particular.
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1 week ago |
reactormag.com | James Davis Nicoll |Eugene Byrne |Kim Newman
Dissatisfaction with the state of the world is common. Far rarer are the drive and ability to do something about it. That’s why energetic visionaries, determined and able to reshape the world according to their desires, make fascinating figures around whom to build narratives. Here are five works that feature visionaries. A sultana finds herself strolling through city streets. To her discomfort, she is unveiled. However, no men use this as a pretext to pester her.
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Jan 8, 2025 |
bromsgrovestandard.co.uk | Eugene Byrne
A £1,000 cheque from a holiday park at Shobdon in Herefordshire proved to be the perfect gift for Bromsgrove Men in Sheds as they were having to find new premises and funding to continue their vital work. The charity, which comes under the umbrella of Age UK and has 45 members in the Bromsgrove, Redditch & Wyre Foreset group, tackles social isolation engaging with older men & women in activities supporting health and wellbeing.
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Dec 3, 2024 |
bristolbooks.org | Robin Askew |Eugene Byrne |Melanie Kelly |Amy O’Beirne
Walk 1: Commerce and Public Life by Melanie Kelly Walk 2: Bristol and Romanticism by Melanie Kelly and Amy O’Beirne Walk 3: Brunel’s Bristol by Melanie Kelly Walk 4: Art and Culture by Melanie Kelly Walk 5: Nature in the City by Melanie Kelly Walk 6: Bristol’s Rock Music History by Robin Askew Walk 7: Bristol’s Urban Myths by Eugene Byrne Walk 8: Unbuilt Bristol by Eugene Byrne Walk 9: St Pauls by Melanie Kelly Walk 10: Hillfields by Melanie Kelly Walk 11: Sea Mills by Melanie Kelly Walk 12:...
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Nov 23, 2024 |
bristolpost.co.uk | Eugene Byrne |Mark Taylor
The summer Harbour Festival is an important diary date for Bristolians each year, pulling in crowds of around 250,000. It also continues a long tradition along the city's harbourside - the forerunner of the Harbour Festival, the Bristol Water Festival, which first took place in 1971. The origins of the event, though, date back to the dark days when the council wanted to pave over and fill in bits of the City Docks. By 1971, the docks were no longer a working port in any meaningful sense.
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Nov 9, 2024 |
somersetlive.co.uk | Eugene Byrne
Nowadays when people think of the history of the city of Bath, its rich heritage and lucrative tourism industry, they probably think of Jane Austen, and a side-order of the Romans. It never used to be like this.
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Journalists in Victorian Bristol simply didn't *do* what we'd call investigative reporting, until the great 'Gentleman James' Crosby decided to have a go. https://t.co/ZtRKM3gZHb
RT @Bristol_Times: BT is in today's Bristol Post with: Swindon's postwar sex symbol; the back-story of the lightship in Bristol's docks; a…