Monthly Archives: September 2020

That Be Bristle: The Bristol accent according to Bristolians

By Karen Garvey, engagement officer for events We’re exploring all things Bristolian for #BrizzleWeek. Bristol people are often proud of who they are and how they sound. Home-grown speakers in these clips recorded for the opening of M Shed dis…

Preserving wildlife corridors to climate activism

by Natasha Machin, Visitor Assistant at Bristol Museums Despite the roar of the M32 driving into the heart of Bristol, an altogether greener route delivers bird song and the buzz of bees, frogs, badgers and urban foxes. Bristol is home to local acting a…

Being Bristol. Being British. Being Black – by Roger Griffith

by Roger Griffith MBE – Author, Lecture Consultant and recipient of Bristol Lord Mayor’s Medal I first arrived in Bristol with my Mum in 1974, post her divorce from London and lived in a street that still bears the name of a slave-merchant: Co…