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Jan 25, 2025 | 
bristol247.com | Ursula Billington
A student graduating from the University of Bristol’s Society, Politics and Climate Change course used the opportunity to stage a protest against the university’s ongoing relationship with fossil fuels companies.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
bristol247.com | Ursula Billington
Experimental guitar trio Waldo’s Gift, known for their wild, intense and masterfully-crafted improvisations, released their full-length debut on Friday. The trio has been celebrated all week on BBC 6 Music, where their Classic Waldi Anthem was named Near Future Track of the Week by Jamz Supernova.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
bristol247.com | Ursula Billington
A collaboration of some of the biggest and best in Bristol music has issued a call out to the city’s emerging talent to step up and make themselves known. Headed up by Bristol Beacon and Big Team – a Team Love spin-off that works to improve representation in the creative industries – Next Level is on the hunt for solo and duo artists creating original music to apply for its comprehensive artist development programme.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
bristol247.com | Ursula Billington
The council is backing a Bill seeking to inscribe nature’s recovery in legislation that has its second reading in parliament on Friday. Liberal Democrat Sarah Classick, councillor for Hengrove and Whitchurch Park, brought a Motion to support the Climate and Nature (CAN) Bill which was approved by Full Council in December 2024. The CAN Bill is designed to reverse the damage to the natural world by 2030.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
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For seven days at the end of January a national campaign will encourage people to seek out and support the grassroots spaces that form the backbone of the city’s music scene. Independent Venue Week (IVW), the annual celebration of the UK’s independent music venues and the people behind them, runs from January 27 to February 2.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
bristol247.com | Ursula Billington
Following controversy around Bristol Airport’s publication of its ‘masterplan to 2040’ which revealed its ambitions to expand to 15 million annual passengers, an alternative long-term plan for the airport has been floated. Residents and longstanding campaigners have produced an Alternative Master Plan which presents a different vision for the airport’s future.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
bristol247.com | Ursula Billington
After announcing its tenth edition as its last, the Bristol-born festival that comes recommended by Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has not only announced its surprise return, but also that it will move to a location well known by festival fans. Shindig, which intended to go out with a bang last year after saying it was forced to fold due to economic pressures, announced at the end of 2024 that it would, in fact, return.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
bristol247.com | Ursula Billington
Awards are like buses, says Deborah Tomkins. After being in the writing game for nearly 20 years, she’s been awarded not just one but two prizes in the last year. “I’m absolutely delighted and amazed!” she laughs, sharing that after several rejection letters she believed her novella Aerth to be unpublishable until it was chosen as joint-winner of the inaugural Weatherglass Novella Prize by acclaimed author Ali Smith.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
bristol247.com | Ursula Billington
Music is a craft that performers dedicate their lives to and avid fans spend countless hours and pounds on. But with the digital age in full swing, live venues and performances are in direct competition with streaming platforms and virtual events. Music is now available for free whenever and wherever fans want, to be heard or viewed on screen via the click of a button. So is the extra effort and expense it takes to see performers in the flesh really worth it?
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
bristol247.com | Ursula Billington
Elliot Ellison-Holder is clearly dedicated to his art. The musician, vocalist in Bristol’s jazz-influenced psych-pop act Cousin Kula, created a garden from living grass in his own house. It took 24 hours and 250kgs of turf to create the set that forms a dreamlike, dystopian backdrop to the latest release from his solo project Tamasene. Ellison-Holder sings of memories, tears and loss surrounded by the grass and plants adorning his worktops, floor and surfaces of his kitchen and living room.
