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REGULARS ZEITGEIST

ROYAL HONOUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Highlights for the month ahead

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Catch up on local news and meet founder of The Beauty of Caring, Natacha Sullivan

BARTLEBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ... looks back at our changing times

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Book your tickets! Our selection of interesting things to do and great happenings across the city

ARTS & EXHIBITIONS

We celebrate the Principal of The Bristol School of Dancing Angela Redgrave as she receives the Bristol Empire Medal

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Harbour Festival celebrates 50 years – find out who’s coming to the party

ART OF CONNECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 We catch up with artist Jasmine Coe as she prepares to launch the UK’s first Australian Aboriginal-owned gallery

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Andrew Swift explores the wonders of Priddy Pools

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What’s showing, and at which of our local galleries you can see it

FOOD & DRINK NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Plate expectations from the city’s foodie scene

SUMMER FUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Discover the best things to see and do with the family this month

BRISTOL UPDATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

FUTURE FIGHTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Vice President at Leonardo Cyber and Security Max Wigley explains how this Bristol company is creating futuristic cyber protection

HABITAT SUMMER SOIREE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Turn your garden into a holiday destination with some stylish accessories

GLORIOUS GARDENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

News and views from the city

Lindy Booth – owner of Eco-friendly Garden Solutions – shares her top tips on how to make your green space wildlife-friendly

ADE WILLIAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

GARDENING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Fight the fever – Ade talks way to reduce the symptoms of hay fever

Elly West on the beauty of potted plants

FEATURES A PIRATE’S LIFE FOR ME

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Heritage Participation Producer, Harriet Wilson, takes us back through the archives to Treasure Island’s first production in 1946

ON THE COVER Rising star: The Outlaws’ Gamba Cole.

METEORIC RISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Bristol-born actor Gamba Cole on The Outlaws, pursuing dreams and learning from the greats

Photography: Lee Malone Styling: Michael Miller @ Stella Creative Artists Grooming: Nadia Altinbas

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Little Amal, the giant puppet of a young Syrian refugee child who captured the hearts of the world, arrived in Bristol on 24 June, seen here walking across the city's iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge

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ith Bristol-born rising star Gamba Cole taking centre stage as our cover star this month, we’re celebrating extraordinary Bristol talent. Since the second series of locally-filmed BBC comedy The Outlaws hit our screens just a few weeks ago, Gamba is becoming a household name. We had the pleasure of chatting to Gamba, who plays Christian Taylor (Benjamin Eastfield) in the series, on p.18. Read all about his time on set, working with a hugely talented cast – including director Stephen Merchant and Hollywood legend Christopher Walken – and his meteoric rise to stardom.

Elsewhere in the arts, Bristol Old Vic is welcoming the popular nautical tale Treasure Island back to the stage this month. The play has an illustrious history at the theatre and so we delve into the archives with the theatre’s Heritage Participation Producer, Harriet Wilson, on p.14, discovering fascinating details about Treasure Island’s first performance in 1946 and finding out why Bristol has always had a taste for maritime fiction.

From there to a new art gallery, where we catch up with artist and founder Jasmine Coe on p.32, who is set to launch a pop-up Coe Gallery at The Vestibules this month. Coe Gallery will be the UK’s first Australian Aboriginal-owned gallery dedicated to supporting emerging Australian Indigenous artists and it’s indeed an honour to have it open its doors in the city this month.

As always, our July issue is brimful of brilliant Bristol wonders – we hope you enjoy the read...

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Get together With eight concerts taking place across four days at Ham Farm Festival on 28 – 30 July, visitors can expect to hear all kinds of music with all kinds of performers for all the community.

Daytimes offer open rehearsals and educational workshops by top professional musicians. Evenings offer two concerts, with a mix of local community ensembles, and headline concerts by stimulating professional groups, all selected for their creativity and collaborative approach to music making.

Sit back and relax in a private garden in Emersons Green, and be inspired by music and nature.

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On 17 July at St George’s Bristol, enjoy an evening with the powerful and dynamic vocalists from Vocal Works Gospel Choir as they perform a set bursting with soulful and uplifting songs.

Expect to hear VWGC’s incredible arrangements of hits from artists such as Beyonce, Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye and Whitney Houston. The choir will also be performing tracks from their brand new album, which was recorded in Real World Studios this year.

VWGC, with musical director Tim King, have established themselves as one of the top gospel and soul choirs in the UK. Performance and recording credits include work with Take That, Reef, The Heavy and Mary Wilson. Their unique crossover repertoire incorporates gospel, soul and pop – which can be heard on their latest album Choired Up. • stgeorgesbristol.co.uk

Enjoy On 13 and 14 July, Bristol Beacon presents one of music’s greatest living legends, Nile Rodgers and CHIC at The Amphitheatre, Bristol Harbourside.

Since co-founding CHIC in 1976, Rodgers has built an unrivalled back catalogue of hits.

His collaborations with fellow boundary-breakers David Bowie, Diana Ross and Madonna have sold over half a billion albums worldwide. In more recent times, his work with Daft Punk, Disclosure, Sam Smith and others demonstrates Rodgers’ ability to transcend all styles of music, across every generation. His musical prowess truly knows no bounds.

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Rediscover Get involved Taking place on 30 – 31 July, the Portishead Summer Show is a combination of a traditional flower and produce show and a country fair.

This year, there will also be 85 fantastic trade stands for visitors to enjoy.

The Summer Show is a great day out for all ages in the community. Look out for sheepdog shows, flowers, music, entertainment, traditionally made ice cream, hot pizza and so much more.

Cinema Rediscovered returns for its sixth edition in and around Bristol UNESCO City of Film from 20 – 24 July, celebrating the return of the big screen experience with a line-up of movie magic, from brand new restorations and rediscoveries to film curiosities.

Screening at cinemas including 20th Century Flicks, Clevedon’s Curzon Cinema and Arts, Arnolfini and Watershed, the festival will launch a UK wide tour of highlights (Aug – Oct 2022), and an online offer via MUBI, the global streaming service, production company and film distributor.

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BRISTOL Meet social beautician and founder of The Beauty of Caring, Natacha Sullivan I’m originally from Paris but my connection to Bristol is through my English husband, who has lived here and been a part of the city’s music scene for many years. What makes Bristol unique for me is its very distinctive art, music and food scene, and the beautiful countryside close by. I find people here are very friendly and interested in what I do so the longer I stay, the more it feels like my city.

The Beauty of Caring is the name of my project that was set up with the purpose of bringing ‘social beauty’ to the local community. A social beautician is a trained professional who works with vulnerable, physically and/or mentally ill people in hospitals, prisons, charities and care homes. We offer beauty treatments such as manicures, massages and facials, but, most importantly, we bring empathy to our work and provide people with an opportunity to speak about their lives. In my country, a social beautician is a recognised profession, but in the UK it’s relatively unknown. The motivation to launch The Beauty of Caring started while I was applying for jobs. It became clear that all the qualifications I had while working as a social beautician in France weren’t valued here. It made me realise that I either had to give up the job I loved, or I had to work hard to bring it to the UK via the city I love – Bristol.

BRISTOL OLD VIC ANNOUNCES NEW FREELANCE BUDGET Bristol Old Vic’s Ferment programme is set to triple its commissioning budget for new work as part of a revamped commitment to freelance and independent artists across the South West, expanding strands of support and collaboration for artists and companies.

After two years of conversations with artists across the region, the revamped Ferment model, marking its tenth anniversary, has responded to the urgent and evolving needs of the industry’s freelance and independent creative sector.

Ben Atterbury, Bristol Old Vic’s New Work Producer explains: “Put simply, we believe that the best way to support artists and companies is to trust their ideas, guide their development, back their ambition and commit to presenting their work. We’re enormously grateful to the John Ellerman Foundation, whose support over the next three years contributes to the delivery of the biggest commissions for artists and companies that we have ever awarded. We’re also indebted to other organisations who have broken ground and tested their own models, blazing a trail in supporting new work that inspires us to go further and deeper than we have before.”

Caring about others is the key point of my job.

Kindness and a non-judgmental perception are so important when the world feels as though it is falling apart. A beauty treatment is an incredible way to connect with others – it’s an amazing way of communication like dance or music therapy.

When I do the treatments, even in France with various vulnerable people, I always see the positive impact it has on them. Accepting others the way that they are and understanding who they are and what they have is so important – it encourages me to do my best when I sit down with them. What I love about being a social beautician is that you see real life and see the world through other perspectives.

As ‘social beauty’ is an unknown concept in the UK, I work on a voluntary basis. Volunteering with Bristol Outreach Services for the Homeless (BOSH: @boshoutreach) and Eddie’s Street Cuts (@eddiestreetscuts). I meet them in St James’s Park one Sunday per month. I do 1-1 sessions where I cut people’s nails and do a hand or a head massage – they choose what is best for them.

These treatments encourage people to talk to me about anything and everything. I check in with them and find how they are and how their month has been. Once we have an inside space, I am looking forward to creating a therapeutic hygiene

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program and launching workshops with our street friends. I also volunteer with One25 (@one25_charity), who reach out to some of Bristol’s most marginalised women. For them it’s an occasion to rest and relax. Many regain selfesteem and learn new things – I am learning a lot from them too. There is mutual respect surrounded with kindness.

If I could give a shout-out to anyone this month, it would be Julie Dempster at BOSH and Eddie Ilic who gave me a chance to be part of their team.

Julie is such an incredible woman who’s doing so much for our street friends. Eddie dedicates his time to doing haircuts for various homeless charities in Bristol and Bath.

Japan has a special place in my heart and I love to eat at Izakaya in the city centre – I love their Takoyaki. The Watershed is one of my favourite places to go for a drink. I also love to go to the Arnolfini to see an exhibition and spend time at their incredible library. They have a cool range of Japanese design books – don’t forget to stop at their café bar too!

If I could have dinner with anyone from any era, I would love to spend time with all my family members who are not here anymore. Having them would be such a special and beautiful moment, especially with my Spanish grandparents, I would love to tell them about my English life.

My philosophy in life is: if you have an idea, a project, anything that makes you happy, do everything you can to make it real – persevere and always believe on yoursef.

• Follow Natacha Sullivan on Instagram and Facebook at: @thebeautyofcaring_uk and keep up to date with The Beauty of Caring at: thebeautyofcaring.wixsite.com

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BOTTLE YARD STUDIOS’ SECOND SITE SET TO OPEN Bottle Yard Studios, which sit at the heart of Bristol’s thriving TV and film industry have announced the name of their brand new second site, which opens this Autumn.

TBY2 is The Bottle Yard Studios’ state-of-the-art second facility, offering three premium quality sound stages, now available for advance booking from September 2022 onwards.

Less than half a mile from the main Bottle Yard site, TBY2’s fully sound insulated and acoustically treated stages offer 20,000, 16,500 and 7,000 sq ft of clear span studio space.

More than 40,000 sq ft of ancillary space is also available, including serviced production offices, prop stores, construction workshops, costume/ makeup and break out areas. All supported with up to 10GB secure connectivity and 24/7 site security.

Sustainability has been placed firmly at the heart of TBY2’s development, from concept to delivery. The studio has been designed and built with premium insulation in mind and boasts a sophisticated building management system that optimises energy conservation at all times.

• thebottleyard.com

RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW WINNER ARRIVES AT HARTCLIFFE CITY FARM Bristol charity Mothers for Mothers won a Silver Medal plus a People’s Choice Award at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, for its specially designed garden created to raise awareness about maternal mental illness.

Plants from the garden have now been relocated to Hartcliffe City Farm, allowing members of the local community to experience the garden for themselves. This includes two trees that will form part of The Queen’s Green Canopy – a special project inviting people around the UK to plant a tree for the Jubilee. The trees were planted by Bristol Lord-Lieutenant, Peaches Golding OBE. First established in 1981, Mothers for Mothers supports women and families affected by maternal mental illness and emotional wellbeing needs across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The charity provides a range of services including a helpline, group trips, one-to-one support and home visits, and has seen demand for its services double since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden was titled ‘This too shall pass’, with design and planting to echo the road to recovery for mothers experiencing mental health challenges. Created by designer Pollyanna Wilkinson, the garden was inspired by the theme of hope and reassurance.

As well as raising awareness around maternal mental illness, the project is aimed at drawing attention to the need for improved funding to support maternal mental health.

• mothersformothers.co.uk

PLASTIC FREE JULY

COMBATTING PLASTIC POLLUTION To support and protect the Cornish coastline, volunteers from Original Cottages and Beach Guardian have launched the first of a series of beach cleans due to take place this year. From plastic bottles to abandoned buckets and spades, a team of over 20 participated in the first beach clean session.

In collaboration with the Beach Guardian, a Cornish father and daughter duo who drive action through organised community beach cleans, the ambition of the scheme is to ensure Cornish wildlife and ecosystems are protected for residents and holidaymakers alike.

The beach clean is also recognised as part of the Million Mile Beach Clean, a scheme operated by Surfers Against Sewage.

Original Cottages have previously worked with the marine conservation charity, who are currently the biggest clean volunteering service in the UK, to clean up litter on beaches across the UK. The launch of the initiative coincides with the 30th anniversary of Original Cottages, the national holiday let company with the local touch. To mark the milestone, the team in Cornwall are dedicating 30 hours to local community projects, including this series of beach cleans.

• For more information about Original Cottages visit: originalcottages.co.uk. If you are interested in staying in a property with Original Cottages, please visit the website or call 03332 020 899. For more information about Beach Guardian and to see what they’re doing to support the local community visit: beachguardian.org For more information on the Million Mile Beach Clean and Surfers Against Sewage visit: sas.org.uk About Plastic Free July: Plastic Free July is an annual global movement that encourages people to reduce their plastic consumption for the month. What started from humble beginnings in 2011 has since attracted the attention of millions around the world. By inspiring people to consider their everyday plastic usage and make small lifestyle changes, the campaign shows how we can help to reduce the impact of plastic on our planet. Plastic doesn’t biodegrade. Five trillion pieces of plastic are already floating in our oceans, and scientists have estimated it to outnumber fish by the year 2050.

Supermarkets in the UK have pledged to go plastic-free by the end of 2023, with some committing to making sure all ownlabel packaging is recycled, reusable or home compostable by this date. So, for the month of July (at least), why not get out your reusable bags, re-fill your bottles and recycle as much as possible.

• For more information about the campaign, visit: plasticfreejuly.org

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top the World – I Want to Get Off! Back in the far-off days of the 1970s there was a vogue for mugs, t-shirts and so on bearing mildly philosophical musings. I’m a Lost Sock in the Laundrette of Life! That sort of thing. I was too young at the time to understand how or why this penchant for wise words evolved, but it was probably a sign of the times. The 1970s, as we’re constantly being told by today’s newspapers, were chaotic. An energy crisis led to high inflation, strikes, etc. On Wimbledon Common a new species evolved to deal with the escalating problem of litter. The Wombles could carry a tune too.

What the newspaper headlines suggest is that the 2020s are taking on characteristics of that dreadful decade. The Seventies had Vietnam; we have Ukraine. The Seventies had a major oil crisis; the petrol in my tank is now worth more than the car. The Seventies saw industrial action on a scale not seen since that previous Decade of Doom, the Twenties; we seem to be heading the same way. Inflation is now at its highest since – you guessed it – the Seventies.

The way things are going we will soon be seeing young people roaming the streets with shaggy hair and enormous trousers. Netflix and Prime will be switched off and the only source of entertainment for anyone under the age of 30 will be Top of the Pops and Tony Blackburn on Radio One. Wombles will be spotted in the green spaces of south London, and here in Bristol the city council will revive their old plan of paving over the Floating Harbour and turning it into a highway. The Good Life will be returning to our screens…

Of course most of the above is unlikely to happen, although I’d be very surprised if boffins aren’t hard at work in a secret lab somewhere, trying to engineer a Womble. One of the many differences between Now and Then is the fact that Then we had a TV programme called Tomorrow’s World, which entertained us with fanciful ideas such as home computers and phones you could carry around in your pocket, and Now these things are real. Human beings live in space. Doctors miniaturise themselves and explore our bodies in tiny submarines – oh hang on, I don’t think that’s happened yet.

From the perspective of an older generation one of the frustrating things about contemporary life is that our extraordinary technological advances have failed to solve some of our most deep-seated problems. Today I can enjoy a video call with a friend or colleague anywhere in the world, yet there are people living just down the road from me who don’t have enough to eat. In fact there are proportionally more people living in poverty Now than there were Then. Meanwhile I can buy artisan sourdough bread from several different bakeries… in Bedminster.

My mother loves to tell the story of feeding our neighbours’ kids spaghetti in about 1974, and the hilarity that ensued. Previously they had only experienced spaghetti hoops, in tins, and the long strands of pasta – part food, part plaything – filled them with mirth. I wasn’t really old enough at the time to be a good social scientist, but I think that ignorance of the world and its wealth of food was shared by all but the wealthiest or most sophisticated. Since then horizons have expanded massively for many, but shrunk for some, to the extent that people living only a few hundred yards from one another can have unimaginably different lives.

This may be our great failure of the past half-century, but let’s not forget our successes. A youngster who took a time machine for a spin back to 1975 would be horrified by the many kinds of prejudice on open display. We could imagine mobile phones, but could we imagine gay marriage? Times do change. ■

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Bloom & Wild pop up shop, Liberty House, 30 June-3 July For the first time ever, Bloom & Wild are hosting a series of pop-up shops in London, Edinburgh – and Bristol. The shop will allow customers to browse and purchase botanical treats and homeware.

With the concept ‘Bloom & Wild at home’, it will be full of exclusive plants (starting from as little as £2), best-seller dried flowers and a range of vases and pots.

In addition, a team of experts will be on hand to chat through and share sneak peeks of the upcoming bouquets within Bloom & Wild's new fortnightly flower subscription. This subscription will introduce customers to new, impact-making stems for only £25 per delivery.

And as a bonus, Bloom & Wild will also give everyone who arrives at any of the pop-up shops with a free ticket the chance to win a year of flowers.

The Bristol Bloom & Wild pop-up shop will be at Liberty House, 11-13 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3PY from 30 June-3 July. To get your free ticket, visit bloomandwild.com

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Chop around 600g ripe tomatoes into quarters or bite-sized chunks depending on size (use really, really good, flavoursome, roomtemperature tomatoes for this recipe, as they're the co-stars of the show). Put the tomatoes into a bowl, sprinkle liberally with salt and set to one side for 10 minutes before adding 1-2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and gently tossing with a couple of spoons. Arrange the tomatoes on a big flat platter and spoon the juices from the bottom of their bowl over the top. Tear 250g room-temperature buffalo mozzarella into chunks and dot hither and thither over the tomatoes.

Drizzle with a little more extra virgin olive oil, a sprinkling of salt and a liberal scattering of torn basil leaves. Serve immediately.

RESTAURANT REVIEW Coffee, pancakes – repeat. Coppa Club’s new brunch menu ticks all of the classic boxes, and more.

Words by Daisy Game.

Crushed Avocado, Buckwheat Pancakes; a Garden Breakfast of grilled halloumi and mushrooms; Shakshuka with baked feta and chorizo – and that’s just a few of the options on Coppa Club Clifton’s new brunch menu.

I go for the Crushed Avocado and Eggs on toast – spicing things up a little with the addition of some kiln smoked Severn and Wye Salmon – whilst my companion is kept sweet by Coppa’s Buckwheat and Rye Pancakes, the great, golden stack of which arrives topped with a generous pile of fresh berries and lashings of coconut yoghurt...

Read the full review on our website: thebristolmag.co.uk

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Treasure Island is Le Navet Bete’s seventh collaboration with one of UK theatre’s leading comedy directors and writers John Nicholson.

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A pirate’s life for me

As Bristol Old Vic prepares to welcome Treasure Island back to its stage this month, we sit down with the theatre’s Heritage Participation Producer, Harriet Wilson, who takes us back through the archives and explains why Bristol audiences have always favoured maritime fiction...

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With a real sense of anticipation filling the auditorium, Bristol Old Vic is preparing to welcome back this month a beloved Bristolian tale – a production that always seems to arrive at times of great change, inadvertently marking a new beginning.

Performed with a cast of four in their own inimitable style, the multi-award-winning physical comedy company, Le Navet Bete, will bring Robert Louis Stevenson’s legendary Treasure Island to Bristol audiences from 19–30 July. Laced with a whole host of contemporary comedic twists, including an unusual motley crew of pirates, a parrot called Alexa (straight from the Amazon), and a certain white bearded fish finger tycoon, it’s set to be a Treasure Island that’s never been seen before.

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through the history of the oldest continuously-working theatre in the English speaking world; delve into the newly-digitised archives of previous productions; and discover why Bristol audiences have always had a taste for nautical tales.

“Treasure Island has always been associated with rebirth at the theatre,” Harriet begins. “The most important production of Treasure Island was in the winter of 1946. This was a really important period for Bristol Old Vic. The theatre went bankrupt in 1943 and was sold off at auction for £10,500 to the owner of a metal company, who was going to turn it into a warehouse.

However, in the wake of the public outcry that followed his decision, he agreed to hold it in a trust if the people of Bristol could raise enough money to save it.

“If this was a Hollywood story, I would tell you that the local people managed to do it, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. It’s important to clarify that this was during the Bristol blitz, so tens of thousands of people didn’t even have homes. You can understand why they couldn’t raise the money.

“Instead, the precursor to the Arts Council, the wartime Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) agreed to save the theatre. They established an offshoot of the London Old Vic

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company – the company led by Sir Lawrence Olivier, which went on to become the first National Theatre Company.

“When they established the Bristol Old Vic Company, Treasure Island was part of the company's first season. It was really the show that kicked off the era. Not only did it show that Bristol Old Vic was back, but it illustrated that the theatre will always put stories about Bristol and the South West first.”

In 2016, Bristol Old Vic received a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which allowed the theatre to work closely with Bristol Archives, the University of Bristol Theatre Collection and an assortment of historians, designers and creative talent to shine a light on 250 years of remarkable storytelling. What’s more, the heritage fund provided an opportunity to digitise the most complete archive of any 18th, 19th or 20th century theatre in England. In doing so, fascinating discoveries were made.

“We now have a beautiful set design from 1946 digitised, which shows that audiences coming into the theatre would have been greeted by a backing cloth that showed King Street,” Harriet explains. “They could see the Llandoger Trow, they could see the Old Duke, they could see the theatre with the ships in the background.

We know this is a real hallmark of Bristol Old Vic productions right back to 1766. We can see from our archives that Bristol audiences liked seeing Bristol reproduced on stage.

“In the 19th century, you wouldn’t go to the theatre to see one thing, you would go to several shows almost like a variety show – a comedy, a drama and maybe a musical act. Our first female manager,

that the theatre will always put stories about Bristol and the South West first

Sarah M’Cready, who is also our theatre ghost and haunts the theatre to this day, would go down to the Welshback and persuade the drunken sailors to perform a hornpipe or a sea shanty in return for beer. We know our audiences really wanted a nautical flavour. They were really interested in authenticity.

“We also know that some of our earliest technicians worked as sailors. They might have gone to sea in the summer and come to work for the theatre in the winter. The productions needed people who could stitch canvas back drops, who knew how to rig, work hoists and were comfortable climbing ropes.

“The sailors are also the reason why it’s bad luck to whistle backstage to this day. The way sailors used to communicate on ships was by using different whistles for different hoists. They brought that into the theatre and it was a really effective way of communicating when you couldn’t shout backstage. Although today we use radios, there is still that superstition that, if you ever whistled backstage, someone might drop a metal bar on your head.

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Set design by Alan Shepherd showing King Street from Bristol Old Vic’s 1947 production of Treasure Island

found that this member of the Harwell family, who were carpenters and sailors, celebrated their maritime heritage by drawing a little ship, which you can still see today.”

Interestingly, the last time Treasure Island came to the Bristol Old Vic was in 2012 – a year which saw the theatre closed for major works. “It was during a big point of change for us,” Harriet explains.

“Tom Morris had only just started; he was only three years into his time as artistic director. We built a temporary stage on King Street and we performed Treasure Island outside the theatre. It felt like, in 1946, we brought the street into the theatre and, in 2012, we took the theatre out on to the street.

“This summer is another big transition for us. We feel like we’re firmly back on our feet after the pandemic, we’ve got our new artistic director starting in the spring, we are so excited for this new beginning.”

As Harriet impressively recalls the highs and lows of Bristol Old Vic, one thing is abundantly clear – the theatre has always worked hard to entertain, to provide an escape for the people of Bristol. “We were founded on this site in 1766 and since that day we’ve been open on King Street and been a part of Bristol. We’ve had times where we were at the centre of Bristol’s bustling life – everyone from the Duke of York to domestic servants would come every evening – and periods where the theatre went into decline and almost went bankrupt, but we’ve always soldiered on through.

“We are so proud that we have survived for so long. We’re a cutting edge theatre, we’re a source of inspiration, we want to generate new work for the South West, we’re not a relic, we’re very much alive. Our heritage inspires everything we do and it’s really nice to have things like Treasure Island to really look back on our history and see the similarities between then and now.” n

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• Treasure Island is showing at Bristol Old Vic from Tuesday 19 July – Saturday 30 July. For more information and to book tickets, visit: bristololdvic.org.uk.

If you’re interested in learning more about the people, performers and players who have walked the boards through Bristol Old Vic’s two-and-a-half-century tenure, head along to The People’s Tour, led by expert guides. The perfect morning for anyone with an interest in 18th–21st century theatre and the people behind the theatre’s rich history. Visit the website for more details.

Did you know?

Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish sailor who spent four years marooned on a desert island in the South Pacific Ocean as a castaway (1704–1709). He was eventually rescued by English privateer Woodes Rogers, who lived on Queen Square. When Selkirk came back to Bristol, he immediately set up shop in the Llandoger Trow [a pub situated directly opposite Bristol Old Vic] and would often tell people his story in return for a beer and a plate of food. One of those was writer Daniel Defoe, who was inspired by Selkirk's story when writing his fictional novel, Robinson Crusoe.

“The Llandoger Trow also inspired the Admiral Benbow Inn in Treasure Island. It is filled with so much history. It is meant to be the most haunted building in Bristol. I love the idea of all of these pirates knowing it,” says Harriet.

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Meteoric rise

As the second series of the BBC hit comedy The Outlaws returns to our screens, we chat to Bristol-born Gamba Cole about pursuing dreams and learning from the greats...

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resh off the screen, rising star Gamba Cole is fast becoming a household name. Having recently starred in Stephen Merchant’s The Outlaws, alongside Hollywood royalty Christopher Walken, Cole’s meteoric rise is showing no signs of levelling off.

After The Outlaws became the BBC’s biggest comedy launch of 2021, season two has attracted millions of views since its release in June. This month, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the Bristol-born actor to talk all about his time on set, his extensive résumé, learning from the greats, and his love for the city.

Growing up in St. Paul’s before moving to London to complete his schooling, Cole spent “every single school holiday” in Bristol, where most of his family still reside. “That’s where Christmas always was; you knew you were going to be with your cousins and your aunts during the holidays,” Cole recalls. “The city was so fun when I was growing up. It’s a real special place. Slowly now it’s getting gentrified in certain areas but I feel like the essence of Bristol is still there.

Every time I go back, it feels like home to me.”

I remember having conversations with Idris Elba when we were doing Guerrilla and we would sit down and talk and it makes you feel like you’re on the right path. It’s been the best learning experience, I feel like I’m so blessed to have worked with them

A keen footballer, acting was never Cole’s focus until the age of 16 when he decided to pursue a BTEC in Performing Arts at Richmond on Thames College. “Even though I was good academically, I wanted to do a practical subject; I wanted a change,” he says. “When I saw the BTEC in Performing Arts, I wanted to give it a go. Once I tried it, I loved it. Actors always say you get the bug, and it’s true.”

As Cole begins to talk of his first times on stage, it is clear these moments had a profound impact on his life. “Once you start exploring self and script and sitting down with a group of people and turning it into something, there’s just something magical about that. I fell in love with that aspect – for me it was escapism. I was able to forget about everything that I was going through at the time.

I could be somebody else – experience emotions that I didn’t normally get to feel. I was allowed to be happy and stress-free – I was able to adopt those characters’ lives; I knew it was exactly what I wanted to do.”

After finishing college, Cole chose not to go on to drama school and began working full time: “For me personally, because of my circumstances at the time, I didn’t think going to drama school and taking out student loans would have been beneficial to me. I ended up working for a security company and it was good at first because you get familiar with working life but I always knew that I wanted to act. When you’re working day and night shifts, it’s hard to keep your eyes on the prize. I remember I wrote a list of everything that I wanted to achieve and the first thing was ‘I want to get signed’ and the second thing was ‘I want to get a professional acting job’.”

While attending a play rehearsal in London shortly after, Cole met renowned director and Deputy Artistic Director of The Royal National Theatre Clint Dyer, who spotted his talent and invited him to audition for a play he was working on, Kingston 14, which was set to appear at Theatre Royal Stratford East a few weeks later. “I went down and I got a recall,” Cole explains. “About half an hour later he calls me and says, ‘You’re booked for the role and I’ve called an agency; they want to meet you’. I couldn’t believe it.

“It was definitely nerve-racking but I felt like I was spoilt because of the cast – everyone took me under their wing. I think that’s probably why to this day I’m not afraid to ask questions because during rehearsals the cast made sure that I felt comfortable and felt safe enough to explore. It kind of snowballed from there.”

From Kingston 14, Cole’s IMDb page is packed full of productions starring some of the most well-respected actors of our time, many boasting decades-long careers and multiple Academy awards. The likes of Samuel L Jackson, Michael Keaton, Matthew Goode, Idris Elba all appear in the credits and Cole certainly likens his time working with them as his drama school.

“I like to observe when I’m in a room with people of that ilk. I like to be quiet and watch them get into character. I was able to spend time with these actors who have been to the top of the mountain and ask them how to get there. They’ve all been normal people, very approachable, very kind, they are more than happy to spend time with you; that is the most special thing. I remember having conversations with Idris Elba when we were doing Guerrilla and we would sit down and talk and it makes you feel like you’re on the right path. It’s been the best learning experience. I feel like I’m so blessed to have worked with them.

“I hope one day, if I manage to forge a career half as good as any of them, that, when I get to work with people that are up-andcoming, I am able to give to them what was given to me.”

The Outlaws saw a slew of compelling performances from a cast of talented actors. What’s more, it provided Cole with an opportunity to explore a more “three-dimensional” role in Christian Taylor. “The show is so funny but it’s also got real dark elements. I remember Stephen [Merchant] saying that’s a reflection of real life, you can have these moments of fun and joy but it can always be met with moments of darkness and tragedy. To make such a realistic show and make it work the way he does is what drew me immediately.

“The character that I play is one that I can identify with, especially being from Bristol. Christian’s a bouncer at a club, I was doing security before I started acting. He’s an older brother, I’m an older brother. In the first season, there was talk of the Brooke Hill THEBRISTOLMAG.CO.UK

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Gamba Cole and Rhianne Barreto, who plays Rani Rekowski in The Outlaws, first met while filming Hanna for Amazon Prime Video in 2019

Working with Christopher [Walken] was amazing. Everyone sees how funny he is and he is like that off screen as well – he always came to sit with us and he’s got so many stories

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crew and there’s a road in Montpelier called Brooke Hill – my Grandma lived just off there. It just felt like there were so many similarities, it felt like the stars were aligned, it just made sense.

“With my character it’s very easy to just be the stereotype and leave it there but what I love about Stephen’s writing is that he wanted to take it further. In season two, you start to see what Christian’s dreams are, what he wants to do and how he’ll do anything possible to get himself and the one he loves away from their sort of lives.

“The show is seen as a comedy and a tragedy but, for my character, it’s so much more than that – it’s a love story too, there’s so many different elements and being able to play that is super special. I’m really grateful to Stephen.”

As for working with the cast, Cole described it as “so much fun.”

“You can see how incredible the cast is. When we were working together, we had so much fun. Jessica [Gunning] is incredible – she’s a scene stealer. When it was her, Stephen and Christopher [Walken] improvising, it was just magical. There are probably hours of bloopers where we’ve come out of character because it’s been so funny.

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“Because we were filming during the pandemic, we couldn’t see anyone else. I was living in Bristol, my family were down the road and I couldn’t even see them. The people on set became family. The crew as well, we all sort of leant on each other and that made us closer in a way. Working with Christopher was amazing. Everyone sees how funny he is and he is like that off screen as well – he always came to sit with us and he’s got so many stories. I definitely took something from each of those actors that I can implement into future roles for sure.”

The Outlaws was very much a Bristol production, from spotlighting Bristol talent on screen to welcoming the next generation of aspiring directors, producers and camera operators off screen. The series certainly celebrates Bristol and its people.

“They hired a lot of young Bristolians and they all got to see how a show gets put together. From the set department to camera operating, they were just absorbing and learning. The creators made a conscious effort to teach; it was great to have them there.”

When asked about his advice for aspiring actors, Cole keeps it simple: “My advice is to figure out what you love doing and pursue

it. If you don’t have anything that you love and will fight for, then you can sometimes end up in an endless loop of eating, sleeping and working and before you know it your golden years have passed.

“I just want people to be happy so I always say figure out what it is you love. I wasn’t able to go on set when I was younger so my exposure to the industry was through acting. It’s not until you’re on set and you get to see all these different things and you think ‘wow, where do you even study for that role?’. There are so many people that might be fantastic directors but don’t know how to get into it.

But by doing what you love, doors open and you’re able to say yes. I love acting and would also love to explore different avenues within the business. It’s good to grow and evolve; so just go with it.”

As our conversation draws to a close, it becomes abundantly clear that Cole is grateful for the opportunities he’s had, eager to help young people find their way into a competitive industry, passionate about what he does, but most of all, brimming with great promise; it seems the best is yet to come. n • Watch seasons one and two of The Outlaws on BBC iPlayer now THEBRISTOLMAG.CO.UK

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atching Queen Elizabeth II with 70 remarkable years of public service is Bristol dance teacher Angela Redgrave, 104, who recently received the British Empire Medal for her services to Dance in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Miss Redgrave has run The Bristol School of Dancing – the oldest established dance school in the city – since 1970 and continued to teach her students until March 2020. She now runs the school with her daughter, Felicity Redgrave.

This month, we had the pleasure of speaking to Miss Redgrave about her life’s work, learning not only of her incredible passion for dance but her extraordinary attitude towards life.

“All my life I never expected anything like this but I am so proud and so honoured to receive the British Empire Medal,” she says. “It’s lovely to have so many people – people I haven’t spoken to for years – ringing up and congratulating me.”

Born in London in 1917, Miss Redgrave began dancing at the age of 10. She enrolled in the Watford Academy of Dancing before transferring to what was then regarded as the leading performing arts school in London – run by Miss Euphen Maclaren, a member of the Pavlova Company. Here, Miss Redgrave mainly focused on classical ballet but also learned musical comedy and tap. She soon began to appear in highly acclaimed shows at some of London’s most illustrious venues, including the Royal Albert Hall, where she performed in 22 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE

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Hiawatha. The musical, which is now too expensive to stage, most notably featured renowned conductor and composer Sir Malcolm Sargent, who is to this day regarded as Britain’s leading conductor of choral works.

“It was a wonderful time,” Miss Redgrave recalls. “We had some of the most prestigious singers appear in the production. If I close my eyes, I can still hear them singing.”

When the Second World War broke out in 1939, Miss Redgrave continued to work and dance at venues in the capital, often having to take shelter at the nearest underground station during air raids. After the war, she relocated to Somerset where she restarted her teacher training at The Maddox School in Bristol – the only Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) school in the area. The RAD is a UK-based examination board specialising in dance education and training, with an emphasis on classical ballet. The RAD was created with the aim of improving the standard of ballet teaching in the UK and a new teaching method and dance technique was devised. The RAD is one of the largest and most well-respected dance organisations in the world with over 14,000 members in 79 countries.

After finishing at The Maddox School, Miss Redgrave ventured out on her own, opening a successful school in Nailsea, where she taught the RAD syllabus. It was while she was in Nailsea that she heard that the influential Bristol School of Dancing was up for sale.

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“Bristol School of Dancing came about by sheer chance,” Miss Redgrave explains. “I wanted a singing teacher for my school in Nailsea so I applied to a lady I knew. Talking to her, I discovered The Bristol School of Dancing was shutting down. Immediately, I made arrangements with Lynn Britt [who was running the school at the time] and I took over. But, of course, we had no premises as they had already been sold. I remember going up and down Whiteladies Road from one hall to another, sometimes with a queue of children after me. Eventually my son found premises on Lansdown Road, which is the area we naturally had to be in because that was where the school started.”

The Bristol School of Dancing was founded in 1947 by Mary Hoskyn and Muriel Carpenter and originally occupied numbers 55-57 Pembroke Road. It has been teaching dance to the students of Bristol for over 70 years. From the beginning, classical ballet was a strong feature of the school with many senior students winning the annual Espinosa Scholarship to The Royal Ballet School. What’s more, The Western Theatre Ballet, now The Scottish Ballet, was founded in Bristol with students from the The Bristol School of Dancing.

When Miss Redgrave took over 52 years ago, unbeknownst to her at the time, she had moved the school to the former premises of The West of England Academy – a dance school founded by the twentieth century’s first British ballerina, Bristol-born Miss Phyllis Bedells. Miss Bedells, together with a small group of eminent dance professionals, went on to establish the Association of Operatic Dancing in Great Britain. In 1935, it became The Royal Academy of Dancing, now known as the RAD. The Lansdown Road studio was built in 1893 by Theodora Johnson and stands in the garden of 20 Vyvyan Terrace, where she once lived.

Miss Johnson taught the Ling method of physical training that was started in Sweden, which explains why on either side of the main entrance the words “Swedish Gymnasium” are carved.

Today, The Bristol School of Dancing carries on the strong tradition of classical ballet with fully-qualified teachers registered with both The Royal Academy of Dance and The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. The studio still houses the original barres that Miss Bedells herself had fitted as well as a music stand. The standard of training at the school is such that many students are avidly considered for places at major academies like Bird College, Performers College, Laine, Urdang, Elmhurst Ballet School, Tring Park and The Royal Ballet School.

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Angela Redgrave performing in the pantomime, Principal Boy , in London

will go on doing so,” says Miss Redgrave. Most notably, one former student now performs regularly on Broadway and has become a major choreographer in America. Other former pupils are due to appear in major roles in both Mamma Mia and Legally Blonde in London’s West End. After working in Bristol for over half a century, Miss Redgrave describes it as a “wonderful city”. “There are so many chances and opportunities for the girls and boys. It really is a super city,” she continues.

The school’s ethos is “to preserve and nourish individuality and spirit that will last a lifetime” and Miss Redgrave is clearly committed to helping and including children of all backgrounds and abilities. Our conversation ends on an inspirational note: “We need to encourage more children to dance. It does give confidence and it does give happiness. I’ve had parents say to me – especially the father of one child who had a disability – you have made her life. What more could you ask for?” n • thebristolschoolofdancing.co.uk THEBRISTOLMAG.CO.UK

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On Sunday, the Amphitheatre will come to life with Makala Cheung – Bristol Happiness Champion and self-proclaimed Knowle Wester who will open the show with her song Boombox, inspired by stories of Filwood and Knowle West residents.

On Centre Stage at Cascade Steps, acoustic music will once again be at the heart of the Floating Harbour as Jelli Records hosts a multitude of great local acts. With the stunning backdrop of the harbour, the stage will open on Saturday with Bass Choir, Brian Inglis, The Mighty Shinkickers, Maaike Siegerist, Jaz Reza, Harri Mason and Bristol’s very own faux-French trans-Balkan folk band, Frome en Feu, headlining Saturday evening with their pan-European dance tunes.

On Sunday expect afrobeat rhythms from Lebo Montshiwa, oldschool reggae from Onika Venus and folk and roots from Barry Walsh – who incidentally was also responsible for naming ‘Castle Bridge’ in Bristol.

For the first time ever, there will be free entry to the Albion Dockyard at Hanover Place throughout the weekend, where staff and volunteers from the SS Great Britain Trust will welcome guests to the 540ft-long Grade-II listed dock for unique views of the working shipyard and harbour. Tall Ship Fridtjof Nansen will be in the dry dock with the crew inviting people aboard to hear about the work of 24 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE

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youth development charity, Seas Your Future.

On Brunel Square, a new year-long outdoor photography exhibition is set to open, showcasing the theme of discovery and Bristol’s global connections through the Albion Dock and the SS Great Britain.

The world premiere of The Hamlet Voyage, a one-of-a-kind theatrical critique of the very beginnings of British colonial ambitions, is also coming to the festival – performed on Bristol’s famous ship, The Matthew, which will be docked at Underfall Yard Cafe for this special event. Limited first-come, first-served seats will be available aboard, with plenty more on the shore of Underfall Yard Cafe.

Showcasing the city’s incredible maritime heritage, the historic floating harbour takes pride of place during the weekend, celebrating its rich history with free, family-friendly activities programmed on the water’s edge. Eight visiting Tall Ships will join a host of vessels for the weekend, all decorated for the occasion.

What’s more, Daredevil stunts, high quality circus, comedy street theatre and creative workshops for children and families will be on offer in Queen Square thanks to Bristol’s own Cirque Bijou.

Trinity Community Arts will present Bristol Dances in Millennium Square. Nine performance areas will feature familiar favourites and new attractions, filling one and a half miles of the city with music, vessels, food markets, circus acts, live music and performers this July.

Ebb & Flow, an inclusive programme showcasing community collaborations and emerging and established creative voices will also be entertaining audiences throughout the weekend.

• For more information and to see the full line-up, visit: bristolharbourfestival.co.uk, or see @Bristolharbfest on Twitter and @BristolHarbourFest on Instagram

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Saturday 30 & Sunday 31 July 2022 The Flower Show Field, Clevedon Road, Portishead, BS20 7RA

Arena • Horticultural • Handicrafts The Hogg Show • Shetland Performance Display Team • Mobile Farm • Aldabra Tortoises Companion Dog Show & music from Chicken Teddys, Micky Finn & Barnacle Buoys with lots more...Trade Stands, Refreshments, Horse Box Bar & Stone Baked Pizzas Advance Tickets: Adults £7.50: Weekend Tickets £11.00 Children under 17 Free

FREE CAR PARKING www.portisheadsummershow.com

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Bristol College of Massage and Bodywork n Throughout July Bristol College of Massage and Bodywork offers high quality training in the heart of Clifton. Founded in 1986, it runs a variety of different courses including: monthly holistic massage introductions for beginners; professional training in holistic, remedial and sports massage and Indian head massage; varied CPD workshops for qualified therapists; and a low cost graduate massage clinic every Thursday. bristolmassage.co.uk Van Gogh: The Immersive Experienc n Throughout July, Propyard Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience invites visitors to step into more than 300 of Van Gogh’s sketches, drawings, and paintings by using floor-to-ceiling digital projections, made possible by state-of-the-art video mapping technology. vangoghexpo.com River Town n Throughout July, at various venues Saddle up as River Town returns for the first time in three years for a summer programme of roots and country music. Presented by Bristol Beacon, River Town brings an unparalleled programme of country, blues and roots music, performed by global icons and rising names. So pull up a chair and settle in for some whiskey-soaked, barnstorming live music mined from the rich 26 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE

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seam of the American roots tradition.See the full line-up at: bristolbeacon.org Summer Lates Series n Throughout July, SS Great Britain Brunel’s SS Great Britain is delighted to present a series of Summer Lates. Step on board and relax as the sun sets over the iconic views of Bristol Harbour. Enjoy a pop-up bar, a special signature cocktail, Bristol beer from Dawkins Ales, delicious food and local musicians. ssgreatbritain.org City of Bristol Choir: Songs of Celebration n 2 July, St Mary Redcliffe Church A celebratory concert marking City of Bristol Choir’s 30th anniversary season, as well as HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, featuring music with royal connections including Handel’s Zadok The Priest, and dramatic works for choir and organ. Tickets £18 including a glass of fizz (£5 for students in full time education/under 18s) from cityofbristolchoir.org.uk St Paul’s Carnival n Events running until 2 July Bristol’s annual celebration of African and Caribbean culture, St Pauls Carnival returns this summer to in-person events with the launch of its St Carnival Presents ‘Back A Yard’ event programme. Back A Yard is a traditional Jamaican phrase that typically

means back home or where I’m from.

Playing on this definition, the Back A Yard programme takes the carnival back to its roots, celebrating the St Pauls Community, history, and legacy, and this year will mark the 60th anniversary of Jamaican independence. The programme focuses on bringing the key elements of carnival, food, music, arts, and community to St Pauls. stpaulscarnival.net Football Festival n 3 July, Lockleaze Sports Centre Bristol Rovers Women’s FC in partnership with Bristol Pride is launching an inaugural Football Festival. The event will consist of a gender diverse 7-a-side friendly tournament, welcoming all LGBTQ+, Transgender, NonBinary, Intersex Players and Allies to take part. Spaces for teams will be available on a first come-first first-serve basis. Register at: bristolroverswomensfc.com The Queen's Baton Relay and Adaptive Surfing Open n 5 & 7 July, The Wave On 5 July, The Queen’s Baton Relay will be visiting The Wave. Entrance to The Wave to see the baton and to be part of its journey is free of charge. To celebrate being an official venue, The Wave will be giving away 1,000 free surf lessons as part of its Royal Wave campaign, an initiative to share the positive benefits of water and waves.

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Carly Rae Jepsen is set to headline at Bristol Pride

Nevertheless, it’s truly Cage’s movie, as he gives one of his finest performances in years as a drug-addicted detective going off the rails during a particularly disturbing investigation. bristolfilmfestival.com Les Misérables n 12 July – 6 August, Bristol Hippodrome After nearly a decade since the last sell-out UK tour, Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed Broadway production of Boublil and Schönberg’s musical Les Misérables is touring the UK. This brilliant new staging has taken the world by storm and has been hailed ‘Les Mis for the 21st Century’. With scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo, the magnificent score of Les Misérables includes the songs: I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own, Bring Him Home, One Day More, Master Of The House and many more. atgtickets.com

What’s more, on 7 July, adaptive surfers from across the world will meet at The Wave to compete in the 2022 English Adaptive Surfing Open. Head down to The Wave to watch the event: thewave.com/spectator-pass Omid Djalili: The Good Times Tour n 7 – 9 July, The Redgrave Theatre Intelligent, always provocative, entertaining, Omid Djalili’s legendary stand-up performances are a captivating comedy masterclass. His credits range from Hollywood films to the West End stage.

Appearing at The Redgrave Theatre this month with a new show, Omid is certainly bringing back the Good Times. redgravetheatre.com Pride Day n 9 July, The Downs One of the largest free Pride events in the UK, Bristol Pride is welcoming thousands of people back to The Downs on 9 July. Pride Day starts with the Pride Parade followed by a massive outdoor multi-stage festival with music and performances, community and family areas, silent disco, bars, food, markets and lots more. Headlining the festival this year is Carly Rae Jepsen. bristolpride.co.uk Gin Garden Sessions n 10 July, St George’s Bristol Gin Garden Sessions are back this summer.

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During the pandemic, St George’s Bristol moved their summertime gigs outside into their beautiful gardens – and they liked it so much that they’re back for more. The Gin Garden returns in partnership with 6 O’Clock Gin, and across July, it’ll be welcoming brilliant local artists for free weekend afternoon sessions.

You don’t need a ticket – just go along, order a delicious Omid Djalili at The summer drink, and soak up Redgrave Theatre the music. stgeorgesbristol.co.uk Bristol Film Festival n 12 July, Averys Wine Merchants Bristol Film Festival’s third Screening Room selection is the gloriously wild collaboration between director Werner Herzog and actor Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans. Surreal, dark and tragicomic, Bad Lieutenant subverts the ‘crooked cop’ trope, offering a wry and sometimes pointed commentary on American society, and includes a host of brilliant actors in supporting roles including Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Brad Dourif and Alvin ‘Xzibit’ Joiner.

Art Open 2022 Exhibition n 15 July – 11 September, Black Swan Arts The Open exhibition is the highlight of Black Swan Arts’ annual programme. It aims to attract thousands of visitors to Frome over the summer. This year’s show features cutting-edge work from established art practitioners through to avant-garde young graduates. 190 artworks are on display covering a variety of mediums, including drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles, photography, sculpture, ceramics and video. Every piece is for sale, with a top price set at £1,000 to encourage collectors and first-time buyers to snap up works they love and investments for the future. blackswanarts.org.uk Sea Power n 17 July, Trinity Centre Originally known as British Sea Power, the group reintroduced themselves to the world

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Andrews Massey Duo

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All kinds of music with all kinds of performers for all the community

4 days and evenings 8 concerts (folk, world, classical, pop, rock ’n’ roll)

2 kids shows (Nutty Noah and Bubble Bach)

3 free workshops (percussion workshop, violin/viola masterclass and musical games and storytelling) Outdoors in beautiful gardens.

Bring picnic and drinks for concert intervals.

Come and be inspired by music and nature

www.hamfarmfestival.com @HamFarmFestival @HamFarmFest @HamFarmFest

Bill Smarme Trio

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Thursday 28th July 4.30-5.10pm “Bubble Bach”: Bach and bubbles, perfect for families.

Tickets £5 under 12 FREE 6.30-8pm “Stolen Serenades”: Classical flute and guitar concert with Andrews Massey Duo. Tickets £15/£12/£5 8.30-9.30pm Bristol Pops Orchestra: pop and rock covers. Tickets £8/£6/£3

Friday 29th July 4-5pm Musical games and storytelling workshop (KS2). Tickets FREE 6-7.45pm “Dracula in Space” with Bowjangles: a string quartet like no other.

Tickets £15/£12/£5 8.30-9.30pm Bill Smarme Rock’n’Roll Trio - come and dance!

Tickets £8/£6/£3

Saturday 30th July 1.30-3pm “Violin Masterclass”: with Alix Lagasse LSO. Tickets FREE 3.30-4.30pm Percussion workshop (all ages and abilities). Tickets FREE 5-6pm “Aranjuez”: Classical concert with guitar and mandolin ensembles, soloist:Francisco Correa. Tickets £8/£6/£3 7-9pm “Paco y Julian”: virtuosic Latin-American guitar and violin concert with LSO leader Julian Gil Rodriguez. Tickets £15/£12/£5

Sunday 31st July 10-11am “Nutty Noah”: Family entertainer, music, magic and comedy for ages 3-8 especially. Tickets £10/£5 5-6pm “Misa Criolla”. Concert in St James Church for 800th centenary: South American classical music with choir, orchestra and soloist.

Tickets £10/£8/£4 7-9pm “Clube do choro Bristol”: informal Brazilian music concert. Dance, picnic, enjoy theatmosphere. FREE

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contemporary acts such as MGMT and Tame Impala. thelouisiana.net Factory Tapes n 22 – 23 July, Tobacco Factory Theatres Performed by Tobacco Factory’s community choir, Factory Tapes is a presentation of stories and memories from the lives of the choir members, woven together with songs.

Taking inspiration from the well known BBC Radio 4 programme, Desert Island Discs, the Factory Tapes seeks to explore the powerful connection between song and story with a rich repertoire featuring the music of Elbow, Van Morrison, The Beatles, The Cure, Eurythmics and more. tobaccofactorytheatres.com

Medusa Ceramic by Jane Yarnall, Creating Spaces 2022

as Sea Power in 2021. Sea Power are now a conceptual indie band, with elements of post-rock and art rock experimentalism with an uncommon degree of imagination and dynamicity. While the tempos of their sound are sometimes spiritless, their use of dynamics and the classical aspirations of their melodies give their work an

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unmatched impact. trinitybristol.org.uk Twin Arrow n 19 July, The Louisiana Originally formed in Bristol in 2017, Twin Arrow describe their sound as Synth infused Alternative rock, following in the footsteps of The Cure, New Order and more

Creating Spaces 2022 n Until 31 July, The Gardens at Miserden In conjunction with the owners of Miserden, members of the Cotswold Sculptors Association – professionals, semiprofessionals and keen amateurs from as far afield as Northumberland, London and Cornwall – are showcasing their work at an exhibition at The Gardens at Miserden.

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Art of connection

As Bristol celebrates the launch of the UK’s first Aboriginal-owned gallery this month, we speak to founder Jasmine Coe all about the highly anticipated Coe Gallery...

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his month, Bristol will welcome the UK’s first Australian Aboriginal-owned gallery dedicated to supporting emerging Australian Indigenous artists. Gallery founder and curator Jasmine Coe – a Wiradjuri-British artist and the daughter of Aboriginal justice and land rights activist Paul Coe – will be launching Coe Gallery with a group pop-up exhibition at The Vestibles on 12 July.

Supported by Bridging Histories and the University of Bristol, the exhibition entitled Our Stories, Our Journey will comprise of works from nine emerging artists exploring themes of continuation and identity through connections with land and culture.

Having struggled with race and self-identity growing up, Jasmine’s work focuses on harmonizing internal conflicts that arise from having two lines of heritage, which together hold a traumatic history. In an attempt to heal self, painting became a restorative process whereby the understanding of self-identity was given space to develop, while at the same time the work continues to celebrate the beauty of the natural world. Ahead of the exhibition this month, we caught up with Jasmine to find out more...

How does it feel to be launching Coe Gallery in July? When did you first have the idea for the gallery?

It’s so exciting to be putting on a pop-up exhibition for Coe Gallery.

The event will be at the Vestibules for three weeks from 12 – 28 July, celebrating emerging Aboriginal art and artists.

At Coe Gallery, we felt it important for Aboriginal people to have a space in the UK that contributes towards Aboriginal artists regaining control of the narrative and how their stories are told. As far as I am aware, all galleries that exhibit Aboriginal art here in the UK are nonAboriginal owned. As important as these galleries are in providing visibility and supporting artists, having a space that is artist-led is a step towards providing fairer representation and is self-determination in action, allowing for meaningful cultural exchange with the hope for healing opportunities.

Bristol is a diverse city and I have found the people here to be embracing of many different cultures. The art world can, at times, feel elitist. It would be great to have a space that breaks down these barriers and feels inclusive and welcoming to all cultures and people.

Why did you choose to launch Coe Gallery in Bristol?

Bristol is a progressive city in terms of its activism and ability to raise important conversations surrounding change. I believe that in these times of change where colonial narratives are being questioned, there is space here for the Indigenous experience to be heard. In my experience, Bristol is a place that celebrates cultures, inclusion and diversity.

Bristol also has its own connections with Australia, being home to the SS Great Britain. During the 1800s this ship alone was responsible for carrying more than 15,000 people from Liverpool to Melbourne and according to sources, the descendants from this ship alone now average around 500,000. Today, because of the on-going effects of colonialism, the total Aboriginal population averages at around 800,000, which when compared to the general Australian population (25.6 million), these two figures are dramatically close in comparison.

Colonialism has continuous effects on the Indigenous community in Australia. I feel it important to have a space in Bristol that is dedicated to Aboriginal art and Aboriginal artists which focusses on a sense of belonging, visibility, identity and respect.

Can you tell us about when you started to explore your heritage through your work, how it became a restorative process and how your style has changed over the years?

When I came back from Australia, I found that painting was a place where I could process some of the things I had learnt. It allowed a space to develop self-identity and enabled a continuous connection to the values I now use in my work which celebrate the natural world.

Can you tell us more about your Wiradjuri heritage and what you have learned about it over the years?

Wiradjuri country is the biggest language group in New South Wales.

Wiradjuri people are also known as ‘people of the three rivers’. The Kalare, also known as the Lachlan, is one of three main Rivers that run through Wiradjuri country along with the Murrumbidgee and the Macquarie.

The Kalare runs through the town where my family are from. Being able to spend time on the river and where my father grew up allowed me to connect to my heritage and understand how important it is to maintain this connection to our natural world.

Due to climate change and irrigation systems that are used for cotton farm production, the rivers face over extraction. The stagnant water that is left behind soars to high temperatures. In 2019, over a million fish died because the water became deoxygenated.

What I have learnt from connecting to my Wiradjuri heritage is to ‘care for country’. There is a balance of life that has existed for over 60,000 years where everything has its purpose. It is in keeping with the land.

What do you hope Coe Gallery does for emerging Aboriginal artists in the UK? I hope Coe Gallery will provide emerging Aboriginal Artists with a safe space to exhibit their work and share their stories; how they feel comfortable. I hope one day we can offer artists the chance to come over here and participate in meaningful cultural exchange. n • See more of Jasmine’s work at: jasminecoe.com. Find out more about the exhibition at: artspace.uk/venue/vestibules THEBRISTOLMAG.CO.UK

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STATE OF THE ART Cara Romero Photography, Rainmaker Gallery, 7 July – 30 September This month, Rainmaker Gallery opens its new expanded exhibition space on Whiteladies Road with two concurrent shows of contemporary Native American art.

Minimalistic oil pastel drawings by Potawatomi artist Jason Wesaw are juxtaposed with narrative photographic portraits by Chemehuevi artist Cara Romero.

In the drawings of Jason Wesaw we find carefully chosen single colours that describe simple shapes with deeply personal references to nature, healing and ceremony.

Romero, whose photography is currently on show at both MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art, NY) and The Met (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY ), says of her work: “My photographs explore our collective Native histories, and the ways in which our indigeneity expresses itself in modern times.”

• rainmakerart.co.uk; 140 Whiteladies Road, BS8 2RS Image: Shameless by Cara Romero

Earth: Digging Deep in British Art 1781 2022, Royal West of England Academy (RWA), 9 July - 11 September

Black Sky City, F4 Photography gallery, throughout July In Black Sky City, Esmé Lloyd FRPS presents a cinematic storyboard, illustrating her song of the same name. A transient musician is tracked on his night odyssey across 1960s America. Shot entirely from Esmé’s Dorset studio, the collection of photographic images display an extraordinary reality, perfectly capturing the mood and feel of night time America.

Limited edition 50, a selection from the 20 images that make up Black Sky City will be on display and available to purchase. Entry is free. The gallery is open every day except Tuesdays.

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The final instalment of the RWA’s elements series, Earth: Digging Deep in British Art 1781-2022 tackles the most expansive and urgent of subject matters, bringing together important modern, historical and contemporary artworks, co-curated by artist Emma Stibbon RA RWA, art historian Professor Emerita Christiana Payne (Oxford Brookes University) and Nathalie Levi (Head of Programme – Curator of Exhibitions, RWA).

The exhibition examines how attitudes towards the landscape have evolved over the centuries and how artists’ approaches have changed over time; from the pastoral idylls of the 18th century, through representations of the Romantic Sublime, to present-day confrontations of the climate emergency.

Encompassing depictions of the natural world from geological, spiritual, industrial, cultural and scientific perspectives.

• rwa.org.uk Image: Rodney Harris MRSS (b. 1966), A Delineation of Strata of England and Wales with parts of Scotland, Ireland and France, based on the original geological map by William Smith in 1815

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Forest: Wake this Ground, Arnolfini, 9 July – 2 October This summer, Arnolfini welcomes visitors to celebrate what lies above and below the forest floor with Forest: Wake this Ground, a major group exhibition including artists, writers, filmmakers, and composers from across the globe: Rodrigo Arteaga, Mark Garry, Alma Heikkilä, Eva Jospin, Jumana Manna, Zakiya Mckenzie, David Nash, Maria Nepomuceno, John Newling, Rose Nguyen, Ben Rivers, Ai Weiwei, and Hildegard Westerkamp.

With works that recycle, reuse and repurpose resources, discover the forests’ ancient rhythms and explore stories, myths, and folktales passed down between people over centuries.

The exhibition is accompanied by a programme that includes live performance, film, family events and creative workshops inviting you to share and create your own ‘forest tales’ and to very gently encourage us all to take a look at the impact the changing climate has on nature and the world around us.

• arnolfini.org.uk Image: Soil unsoiled, 2020. A collaboration between Zakiya McKenzie and Khady Gueye

Imagined Landscapes, Paintworks, 23 - 26 July A free festival of contemporary art and music from Expressions and Milestones Trust.

Themed around the ‘Imagined Landscape’, this exhibition explores the ways that landscape is understood and imagined, both individually and on a collective level. Through the work, audiences are invited to consider the landscapes they experience, to explore our shared and individual imaginings and to respond to these as witnesses and collaborators.

Themes that have been explored in the making of the exhibition include human connection, influence of the landscape, active and passive understanding of nature and the landscape, as well as geology and the climate emergency.

Exploring: New Collections

by Nancy Pickard and Ellie Preston, Clifton Contemporary Art, 2 July – 20 August For summer, the gallery is focusing on two artists who pursue their own unique exploratory paths. Not from A to B, but into the personal, the archetypal, the instinctive and emotional.

Nancy Pickard’s inscrutable mixed media paintings are rich with ideas and symbolism. Blurring the borders between animal and human, they are also inspired by the concept of migration that has defined and driven our culture for millennia.

In Ellie Preston’s layered, contemplative abstracts, the creative process is a material exploration that begins with a formative underpainting onto which she builds depth and harmony. Each gesture, form and colour contributes to the whole, where the balance of thoughtfulness and spontaneity creates presence and power.

Complementing Nancy and Ellie’s work will be a selection of pieces by gallery artists including: Masako Tobita, Tom Hughes, Elaine Jones, Andrew Hood, Carl Melegari, Sally Stafford and Lynne Cartlidge.

• cliftoncontemporaryart.co.uk Image: All at Sea by Nancy Pickard

• expressions-arts.co.uk Image: Collaborative piece by Expressions art group

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Expert opinion Our regular columnist Chris Yeo is away but Clevedon Salerooms report on yet another successful specialist sale.

Bristol Valuation Days, a flyaway success Clevedon Salerooms held their Summer Specialist Fine Art Sale on Thursday 9th June. Having generated a great deal of interest in the lead up to the auction, lively bidding was in evidence throughout the day, with consistently strong prices and a sale total well over expectations from over 540 lots on offer.

With Clevedon Salerooms now holding monthly valuation days in Bristol, it was gratifying to see a number of items with a solid Bristolian provenance amongst the day’s top performing lots. An Italian glass ‘Pulcino’ bird in an eye-popping shade of bright orange had been bought as a birthday present from the Bristol Guild on Park Street in 1963 for the sizable sum (for the time) of £12. Looking rather like an Outspan orange on two spindly legs, it had subsequently been named “Fred” by its owner. Now a much-coveted example of mid-century modernist design, Fred flew away to his new home having sold for £2,500.

Also found on a Bristol valuation, a small album containing a collection of 1950s and ‘60s autographs, the standout of which was a 1963 John Lennon autograph which came with a photograph of the Beatle taken at the time with the young autograph hunter. The focus of an intense battle between two online bidders from the United States, it sold for £2,600.

We also found out that it’s not just fairies that we need to look out for in the bottom of the garden. A back garden in Belgium had been the unlikely resting place of a pair of carved limewood recumbent lions, which had then travelled to an address in Stoke Bishop. Their owners, believing them to be of little value, had contemplated painting them gold. Fortunately, they decided against this rather drastic course of action as Clevedon’s valuer on a home visit recognised their lions as rare survivals from the 16th century which, despite their weathered condition, went on to sell for £2,200 – one of the day’s many roaring successes.

Clevedon Salerooms next Quarterly Specialist Sale, for which entries are now invited, will be on Thursday September 1st. Free valuation days are held at the Saleroom every Monday (except Bank Holidays). Free Bristol valuation days are held every month, please visit the website for more information www.clevedonsalerooms.com. ■ • clevedonsalerooms.com; @chrisyeo_antiques (Instagram)

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“Whether you come in search of industrial archaeology or of flora and fauna – or simply of great views – there can be few sites which are so unlikely to disappoint”, says Andrew Swift. Here, he delves into the fascinating history of Priddy Pools – a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Mendip Hills...

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ne reason the Romans were keen to invade Britain in AD 43 was so that they could get their hands on its mineral deposits. Lead, in particular, was highly prized. The Romans used lead for making water pipes and cisterns, lining baths and aqueducts, and, less advisedly, making cooking and storage vessels. Even more alarmingly, they used it to produce lead acetate, with which they sweetened food and wine.

Almost as soon as the Romans arrived in Britain, the Second Legion was ordered westward to establish a fort on Mendip, where lead was abundant. Lead had been mined here on a small scale for centuries, possibly since the late Bronze Age, but the Romans swiftly ramped up production. They established a town, which grew to be bigger than Roman Bath, with an amphitheatre to keep the workers entertained, and built roads to ports on the south coast and the Bristol Channel. The area covered by their mine workings extended over several miles, and lead ingots from Mendip were soon being sent to the farthest reaches of the empire.

When the Romans departed, over 350 years later, leaving vast mounds of slag behind, the industry collapsed as Britain entered the Dark Ages. By the 12th century, however, lead was being mined again, albeit on a far more modest scale. The area where lead was most plentiful was now controlled by four major landowners – the Lords of the Manors of Harptree, Chewton and Charterhouse and the Bishop of Bath and Wells. They issued licences to free miners, took 10% of the ore they dug from the ground and administered minery courts.

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have been possible if steam engines had been installed to pump out the water that would flood in. This, though, would have needed a major injection of capital, and none was forthcoming. Revival was, however, to come from an unexpected source.

The legacy of over two thousand years of mining was a slew of colossal slag heaps. In 1807, when some of them were assayed, they were found to have a high lead content. Mining technology had moved on and what earlier smelters had abandoned as worthless could now be profitably resmelted. And so, in the 1820s, two resmelting works were built – at Charterhouse and the old Chewton Minery near Priddy. Another was later set up at Smitham, above East Harptree. The most ambitious resmelting project, though, was at Priddy, on land formerly held by the Bishop of Bath and Wells.

In 1857, a Cornish mining engineer called Nicholas Ennor acquired the rights of the Priddy Minery and set about building a state-of-the-art resmelting works. Almost immediately, he ran into trouble. The nearby Chewton Works sabotaged the operation by robbing Ennor of the water he needed for resmelting. The courts eventually ordered the supply to be restored, but no sooner was Ennor’s operation up and running than the owners of Wookey Hole Mill sued him for polluting the water they used for making paper.

Faced with these setbacks, in 1862 Ennor sold his rights to the newly-formed St Cuthbert Lead Smelting Company, under the direction of the improbably named Horatio Nelson Hornblower.

The prospectus boasted that the company had been established ‘for the purpose of working the rich deposits of Lead Ore and Slag occurring at the Priddy Minery … where an accumulation of leadproducing debris, estimated at 600,000 tons, has been discovered and which is calculated to contain at least £900,000 worth of that metal’. Shares were snapped up, five furnaces were built and over 40 men hired to work them, but only five years later the price of lead slumped and the company went into liquidation.

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Several subsequent attempts were made to revive the works, most notably in 1897, when, in response to a rise in the price of lead, new equipment was purchased, electricity installed and a three-quartermile tramway built. In 1908, however, the price of lead tumbled again and the last of the Mendip leadworks was finally abandoned.

Today, the site of what was for over two millennia an industrial hub is managed as a nature reserve known as Priddy Pools, where, because of the high concentration of lead in the soil, rare plants and animals thrive. Its habitats range from open water and valley mire to swamp, tall fen and spoil heaps. On my most recent visit in late May, the ponds brimmed with newts and tadpoles, damselflies darted, warblers warbled in the reeds and butterfly spotters scoured the heath in search of fritillaries. At such a time, it is a magical place, but, on a misty autumn afternoon or a cheerless winter’s day when rain sweeps horizontally from the south-west, it assumes a less benign character. It is also as well to be aware that, although Priddy Pools is a great place for dogs, adders can also be found, so caution is needed.

A visit to Priddy Pools As it lies far from bus routes, to get to Priddy Pools you need to drive or cycle. There is a large free car park at Stockhill Wood (BA5 3AS; ST 549513), on the Old Bristol Road four miles south of West Harptree. Although it may not be immediately apparent, the wood lies in the middle of the area once mined for lead. It was planted in the 1940s on ‘gruffy ground’, pockmarked by old workings, which gives its recesses a cavernous, enchanted air.

The pools which give the reserve its name lie on the other side of the road, where few trees grow. The largest of them, Waldegrave Pond, which lies a little way to to the north, was built in the mid19th century as a reservoir for Chewton Works. A path runs round much of its perimeter, and the number of online views of it testify to its photogenic nature and range of flora and fauna.

Across the road from the car park, access to the reserve is along a level path built as a tramway around 1897 to carry slag and ore to the smelters. A raised area on the right, 300m along, marks the site of Chewton Works, abandoned in 1883. Photographs of its ruins show massive sheds and two tall chimneys, but today virtually nothing survives above ground.

After another 350m, you pass a leat on the right. This is the site of the medieval Fair Lady Well, which marked the boundary between Chewton Minery, owned by the Waldegrave Family, and the Priddy Minery, which belonged to the Bishop of Bath & Wells. Over to your left is Mineries Pool, built to supply St Cuthbert’s Works with the water which gave Nicholas Ennor such problems.

Standing here today, with nature in such abundance, it is hard to appreciate how contentious this stretch of water once was. Hard, too, to imagine the scene of devastation that surrounded it or the toxic fumes that blew on the Mendip breeze.

Beyond Mineries Pool, the track runs along an embankment to the site of St Cuthbert’s Works. Here again, there is no sign of the tall chimneys and furnaces that towered above the glittering slag heaps.

If you stray off the track, however, you can find remnants – a broken-down wall here, the foundations of a structure there, with sinister-looking flues disappearing into the ground, and one surviving building, now a cavers’ hostel.

There is, though, much more to discover, and whether you come in search of industrial archaeology or of flora and fauna – or simply of great views – there can be few sites which are so unlikely to disappoint.

Finally, after all that fresh air, no visit to Priddy Pools is complete without calling in to one of the most unspoilt pubs in Britain – Hunter’s Lodge, three-quarters of a mile to the south, with photos of the old leadworks on its walls. It’s open from noon to 2.30pm Wednesday to Sunday; dogs are welcome, as are children (in the family room), but mobile phones aren’t and you can only pay in cash. And, if you’re puzzled by what looks like an oversized wishing well in the car park, it’s actually the entrance to a caving system.

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FOOD & DRINK TASTY TIDBITS FROM THE CITY’S RESTAURANTS, CHEFS AND PRODUCERS

RESTAURANT OPENING

AFTERNOON TEA AT KIBOU Award-winning KIBOU Japanese Kitchen & Bar has unveiled a new afternoon tea menu with a Japanese twist.

The menu features a range of sushi, sashimi and traditional Japanese sweets. There is also a vegetarian afternoon tea menu available.

Beautifully presented, KIBOU’s afternoon tea arrives on an eye-catching three-tiered stand, and includes tasters of many of the group’s most popular dishes. These include dishes such as tempura prawn California roll, salmon tataki with mango salsa and sea bream nigiri, followed by signature yuzu cheesecake and Japanese garden tartlets, mochi ice cream and traditional custard dorayaki with strawberry compôte.

Priced at £19 per person for the vegetarian version and £21 per person for the classic, this elegant afternoon tea is served as standard with a choice of Japanese teas and infusions – such as delicately fragrant jasmine or the sweet and nutty notes of genmaicha – green tea with toasted brown rice.

A stylish way to spend the afternoon and a great gift idea, KIBOU’s afternoon tea must be pre-booked and is available from 2.30pm to 4.30pm Sunday to Friday.

A much-anticipated neighbourhood café bar and restaurant from a brand new Bristol hospitality group is now open in Staple Hill.

The Forge & Fern occupies the 19th century site, which was previously home to the Red Lion on Broad Street, and provides family-friendly, all day dining and drinks to the site.

The Forge & Fern is the first venue for The Forges hospitality group, and has a strong environmental and sustainability focus. On site, rooftop beehives have been installed, which provide local garden and community pollination as well as honey which will be used on the menu.

Chefs also use herbs from The Forge & Fern’s very own herb garden in the seasonally changing dishes on the menu.

Food at The Forge & Fern is served all day, every day, with a range of locally sourced cakes and coffee, brunch dishes, small plates and signature pub classics. In-keeping with their environmental and sustainable commitment, much of the produce used at The Forge & Fern is sourced from local suppliers, including Buxton Butchers, Hobbs House Bakery, Marshfield Ice Cream, Arthur David, Mevalco and many more.

The Forge & Fern also houses its very own Gin distillery in the pub’s basement, which is visible to customers through a glass floor, with in-house Gin very much featuring on the bar’s drinks menu.

• The Forge & Fern is open from 8am all day through Monday to Sunday; theforges.co.uk

• To find out more and to book your afternoon tea, visit kibou.co.uk

BEST IN BRITAIN If you haven’t yet heard, Mollie’s Motel & Diner, which opened in 2021 at Cribbs Causeway was recently listed in The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Stay.

A modern all-day hang-out, Mollie’s Diner serves up contemporary, seasonal cooking for solo travellers or families, friends and lovers. With interiors designed exclusively by Soho House, the setting hints at a classic diner style, but is reinvented with elegant vintage inspired lighting, sleek tiling, comfortable banquettes, warm wood and chrome fittings and lots of natural light.

Early-riser or late-nighter, Mollie’s all-day diner culture has guests covered. From build-your-own breakfast waffles and pancakes to downright decadent burgers and rotisserie chicken; from healthy salads and plant-based options to a wildly extensive dessert menu and bottomless cups of Mollie’s own

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JAMAICAN SUPPER CLUB As Bristol celebrates St Pauls Carnival with a series of activities and events, join Harvey Nichols Bristol for an evening of traditional Jamaican street food.

Hosted by Glen’s Kitchen, enjoy a welcome cocktail followed by three courses packed full of flavour.

The Second Floor Restaurant Thursday 21 July, 7pm Three courses and a cocktail £35 per person* *10% of the profits from the evening will be donated to St Pauls Carnival For further information or to book please email reception.bristol@harveynichols.com or call 0117 916 8898 @hnbristol_secondfloor @glenskitchenbristol

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For all the family As the summer holidays loom ever closer, why not keep the kids entertained with a meal out at one of Bristol’s best independents...

PIZZAROVA 289 Gloucester Road, BS7 8NY; 2, 4 Park Street, BS1 5HS; Museum Street, BS1 6ZA; 39–46 Feeder Road, BS2 0SE; pizzarova.com If you’re looking for a place to take family and friends this summer, Pizzarova is the place to go.

Pizzarova likes to keep things simple, using locally sourced ingredients and a 70 year old sourdough starter to make delicious no fuss food for everyone.

Offering a range of ‘Rova Specials’ and the option to build your own, the perfect pizza IS possible. They cater for meat eaters, veggies, vegans and gluten free. Their kids menu offers free fruit for the little ones too.

They also have a selection of soft and boozy drinks sourced from local suppliers including Wiper and True and Nania’s Vineyard.

These pizza pros have a few spots around Bristol including their brand new North Street location opening this summer. You can also find them at Gloucester Road, Park Street, Wapping Wharf and Propyard. Did we mention they are dog friendly too? Join the pizza party.

TOBACCO FACTORY CAFÉ BAR Raleigh Road, BS3 1TF; tobaccofactory.com Located on Southville’s bustling North Street, Tobacco Factory Café Bar is a hub for great food, drink, art and music, and is the perfect spot to relax with family.

Its vegetarian menu is all made on the premises using locally sourced ingredients, with as much as possible coming from its own farm in Backwell. The menu includes breakfast classics every morning, with small plates, mains, sides, pies and desserts served from lunch until late, with a kids menu available too.

Children are welcome in both the Café Bar and outdoor spaces at Tobacco Factory. High-chairs and baby changing facilities are available.

NO.1 HARBOURSIDE 1 Canon’s Road, BS1 5UH; no1harbourside.co.uk Down on the harbourside with hungry little ones in tow? No.1 Harbourside is an independent gem, right in the city centre. All produce is sourced from as close to the venue as possible, minimising their carbon footprint and bringing fresh, delicious dishes to you.

Tasty, nutritious lunchtime treats for everyone (big and small), served from 12-3pm, a beautiful waterside setting and lots of local loveliness.

The kids menu is full of family-friendly dishes, from Seitan's Fingers to The School Green veggie breakfast. Fit for princes, princesses, super heroes or anything else they want to be. Check Instagram @no1harbourside for the most up to date opening hours and to book a table. n 42 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE

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PREPARATION TIME 15 minutes, plus 4 hours setting COOKING TIME 15 minutes INGREDIENTS (serves 4-6) For the base: 225g digestive biscuits 115g butter 55g sugar For the filling: 4 large lemons 340ml condensed milk 285ml double cream METHOD 1. Preheat the oven to 180°c. Crush the biscuits. Melt the butter in a pan and then add the sugar. Stir in the biscuit crumbs until well combined. Press the base into a small, greased flan dish, then bake in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. Set aside to cool.

2. Zest and then juice both the lemons. Whisk the condensed milk until smooth, stir in the lemon zest and then slowly blend in the cream and lemon juice.

3. Pour the lemon mixture gently into the flan dish over the base and chill for 4 hours, or until set.

Lemon Flan

Yvonne Cobb’s recipe (My Mum’s Lemon Flan) as featured in Eat, Share, Love by Kalpna Woolf

Kalpna Woolf is an acclaimed food writer and founder of the Bristol-based charity 91 Ways, which works to unite the 91 languages spoken in the city and connects disadvantaged communities through the sharing of food. Kalpna published her latest recipe book, Eat, Share, Love earlier this year. Brimming with Bristolian stories, Kalpna tells us all about the myriad of food cuisines that make this city thrum with life and love. Here, we look at Yvonne Cobb’s story behind her recipe ‘My Mum’s Lemon Flan’...

From Eat, Share, Love: BSL is one of the 91 languages spoken in Bristol. I was so delighted that Yvonne, who loves food, agreed to share her story and a handwritten recipe from her mum with us.

“My name is Yvonne, also known as the Deaf Nigella, and I am a bubbly businesswoman, food and lifestyle vlogger as well as an amazing cook; I am known among my friends as the queen of soup and salads! In my other side job, I am a TV presenter for the BBC’s See Hear and have presented TV cooking segments in sign language.

I was born Deaf, and in fact there are three generations of Deaf people in my family. It was my mum, Davina Momber, whoreally inspired my love of food and cooking. It was fantastic growing up with a Deaf mum who was a firstclass cook and hostess; we always had a house full of people and mealtimes were always the times that we felt most connected. I was inspired by my mother to be able to carry on these traditions with my own family. I am married with three children, and we love to cook together and welcome guests as a family.

In 2016 I decided to set up my own catering business, Yumma Food, which seeks to educate the Deaf community about the importance of nutrition and the impact that food has on our wellbeing and general health. I have a very holistic attitude towards wellbeing and the importance of using food to promote wellness.

Sadly, some Deaf people haven’t previously had opportunities to learn about nutrition, so I have been busy creating vlogs, in both British Sign Language and English, to share some of this knowledge.

I am really proud of what I have managed to achieve with Yumma Food. It has definitely boosted my confidence and I have really learned a lot about myself. My passion is for TV cooking, but I would also love to train as a life coach and inspire others to use food in the way that my mother inspired me. My mother is now 89, but still lives independently and is still cooking. She has been a phenomenal role model, not just for me but for the whole of the Deaf community.” ■ • Eat, Share, Love by Kalpna Woolf can be purchased at: 91ways.org, mezepublishing.co.uk and local bookshops; £22

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Whether you’re packing for a far-flung holiday or opting for a British staycation, discover some of the best beauty products to pack this year. All products are available at Harvey Nichols Bristol; harveynichols.com

COLOR WOW Dream Coat Supernatural Spray 200ml, £26 Color Wow's Dream Coat Supernatural Spray is an awardwinning humidity sealant that stops hair from becoming a hot mess in even the highest humidity.

Activated by heat, it lasts up to three shampoos.

ICONIC LONDON Radiance Booster, £32 Iconic London’s first ever sheer full-face base combines filter-like properties for selfie-worthy skin. Radiance Booster is all you need for a flawless, fresh-faced, and radiant complexion – let the beauty of your skin shine through. The Radiance Booster contains a cocktail of innovative ingredients such as Oleo-Gel complex, that works to smooth and even out your complexion and Luminizer Peptides to maintain flawless transparency. Skin is left polished and plumper looking.

Stress Check Breathe in 8ml, £19 Stress Check Breathe In is a soothing rescue remedy to help you breathe more easily, calm your senses and reduce tension from the moment you wake. Small and compact, it is the perfect companion to guide you through your day. Simply glide onto wrists and pulse points at any time to relieve feelings of stress, or roll into the palm of your hands and take five deep breaths.

FENTY SKIN Cherry Treat Conditioning Lip Oil, £19 Fenty Skin’s ultra-hydrating lip oil goes on clear and cushions lips with decadent fruit oils and vitamin-rich cherry extracts. It leaves lips’ moisture barrier replenished. It conditions, softens, and smooths lips while leaving a subtle sheen for a naturally juicy pout. The clear, non-sticky formula effortlessly glides on lips with the plush doefoot applicator and features a fruity, cherry-inspired scent for the ultimate treat.

SOL DE JANEIRO Brazilian Crush Body Fragrance Mist 240ml, £33

JEROBOAM Gozo Extrait De Parfum 30ml, £110 The fragrance radiates floral facets tinged with subtle hints of spices, starting out with top notes of saffron, tuberose and bergamot. A heart of geranium, violet leaves and cedarwood then gives way to a drydown of white musk, patchouli and ambroxan that rounds out this sensual Floriental-Spicy extrait de parfum. For the first time, Jeroboam swaps its traditional black and gold bottle for one dressed in orange and gold to evoke bright, joyful memories.

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Brazilians use all their senses to attract and that's what Sol De Janeiro’s Coco Cabana Body Fragrance Mist captures.

It opens with a smooth, decadent coconut cream top note. Rich, warm vanilla and tropical orchid give the fragrance a sweet, clean mid-note. Classically creamy and woody notes of sandalwood give the fragrance a rich, satisfying lingering scent that merges with the rich nuttiness of toasted praline.

PATCHOLOGY Resting Beach Face, £18 Give your post-sun skin a treat with Patchology’s little box of paradise. Designed to soothe, hydrate and renew beachslapped skin, this sheet mask and lip gel Resting Beach Face duo packs a powerful punch of nature’s best skin de-stressors.

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ZIMMERMANN patch paisley printed cotton sarong, £220 • harveynichols.com

LOEWE X Paula's Ibiza Pochette sand raffia shoulder bag, £550 • harveynichols.com

Fabric rope slides, £17.99 • hm.com

Spring leaves headscarf, £45 • jasminecoe.com

PACO RABANNE eight nano gold-tone drop earrings, £259 • harveynichols.com

Saphura summer bloom mandala dot silk square scarf, £65 • tedbaker.com

LOEWE X Paula's Ibiza 125 sand raffia platform mules, £695 • harveynichols.com

JACQUEMUS Le Porte Pichoto green leather card holder, £215

Leah Alexandra Selena moonstone ring in gold, £105

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Summer is here!

Looking for things to schedule now the holidays are stretching ahead? We’ve got a selection of ideas here for a summer of family fun, including a musical journey, theatre schools, action packed days out and rocket fuelled adventures.

PEPPA PIG – MY FIRST CONCERT

AEROSPACE BRISTOL – SUMMER OF ROCKETS

St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR stgeorgesbristol.co.uk

Hayes Way, Patchway, Bristol, BS34 5BZ aerospacebristol.org

Peppa and her family invite you on a musical journey at their first classical concert at St George’s this July. Join Peppa as she discovers an orchestra for the first time in this accessible and exciting concert specially designed for the youngest audience members.

Sing and dance along with Peppa in her favourite songs, watch as Daddy Pig learns how to conduct an orchestra, explore all the different sounds that the instruments make and enjoy familiar tunes as well as discovering some exciting orchestral pieces perfect for little ones. A wonderful first concert experience. 25 July: 2 showings. 26 July: 3 showings.

Get ready to blast off on a rocket-fuelled adventure at Aerospace Bristol, with daily rocket activities to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.

The rocket-themed fun includes launching water rockets, testing your aim on the rocket firing range, and helping to build and decorate a giant rocket.

Plus enjoy fascinating talks and science shows, and learn more about Bristol's amazing aerospace history, before stepping aboard the incredible supersonic Concorde.

Adults £18, children (aged 4+) £10, under-4s FREE. Family discounts available & all tickets include free return for 12 months.

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TOBACCO FACTORY THEATRES’ SUMMER SCHOOLS Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Bristol, BS1 1TF tobaccofactorytheatres.com; 0117 902 0344 School’s out for summer. Join Tobacco Factory Theatres for a week of creativity and perform on the main stage! What to expect? Fun and energising games, craft and art work, puppet and mask making, acting and ensemble movement skill development, trust and team building exercises, dressing up! dressing down! trips to the park for outside games. Each group will create a brand new performance which they will share with family and friends at the end of the week.

Monday 25 – Friday 29 July; 4:6 / 7:10 & 11:13 year olds Monday 01 Aug – Friday 05 Aug; 14:19 year olds FOR ADULTS: 1st of August: A Play In A Week: Working intensively and collaboratively with a theatre Director you will go on a journey of creativity and discovery and perform your work to family and friends at the end of the week.

WAKE THE TIGER, THE WORLD’S FIRST ‘AMAZEMENT PARK®’ 127 Albert Road, St Philips, Bristol, BS2 0YA wakethetiger.com. Instagram / Twitter: @wakethetiger_ The creative masterminds behind the hugely successful immersive festival Boomtown Fair, announce Wake The Tiger, the world’s first Amazement Park®. The brand new, thrilling experience coming to Bristol this summer has been produced by a collection of over 100 artists including storytellers, poets, scenic artists, robotics experts, fabricators, costume makers, architects, videographers and prop makers. The Amazement Park® encompasses interactive environments and daring new experiences blurring the lines between an art gallery, theme park and film set, with a playful psychedelic twist throughout. Step through the secret portal into the amazing world of Meridia; a multi-layered maze of immersive environments, secret passageways, hidden rooms and so many fantastical wonders to lose yourself in. Within the labyrinth many stories are told or untold; all that is known is you will not be the same person you were when you entered, igniting the imagination of all ages.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. INSANE ROOT THEATRE

BRISTOL ZOO GARDENS

Eastville Park Lido, Fishponds Rd, Eastville, Bristol BS5 6XA insaneroot.org.uk

Bristol Zoo Gardens is inviting people to celebrate its 185-year-plus history, ahead of its final opening day on 3 September.

The Zoo is marking its last summer season with the ‘BIG Summer Send-Off’, a collection of fun-filled interactive activities and attractions, open for the duration of the school summer holidays.

The centrepiece of the celebrations is a giant interactive sculpture, Wilder the gorilla, and her baby Monty-Alan.

A collaborative timeline exhibit will evolve as visitors add their own thoughts and memories.

And families can enjoy the fabulous theatre show, starring animal puppets and the audience as conservation heroes!

Summer tickets are expected to sell fast. Book yours now.

Insane Root Theatre's summer show: Shakespeare's is set in the unique location of Eastville Park Lido.

The vibrant open-air performance will present a magical retelling of the Bard's work by transporting audiences into a world of mischief, mistaken identity and mayhem: adapted to a 1hr 40 minute running time and featuring an ensemble of nine professional performers playing multiple roles. The production will be tailored to the site's blend of Victorian crumbling lido, modern graffiti, and community spirit, reflecting themes of love, loss of identity, culture clash, rebirth, and reunion. Action will take place all around and amongst the audience, with integrated a capella harmonies, electronic sound, and dynamic, site-responsive design.

The well-known Shakespearean comedy will appeal to all ages.

Various showings throughout the week. Tickets: from £12.50.

Group and community offers are available as part of Bristol based charity Insane Root's commitment to making theatre inclusive and accessible for everyone. Access tickets can be purchased directly through the company.

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SCALE YOUR BUSINESS Founders who forsake media coverage as a ‘vanity project’ are missing early opportunities to scale, according to the author of a new book, Exposure, which has been welcomed as ‘a must-read for founders, a truly gamechanging guide’ by leading venture capital investor Eileen Burbidge MBE. Author Felicity Cowie, who is based in Nailsea, and started her career as a journalist in the South West, is now a media relations troubleshooter for some of the world’s leading organisations and an award-winning former print and senior BBC News and Panorama journalist.

She said: “Business founders must not shy away from exposure, or news coverage, even in the early days of their company. They, more than anybody else, know what they want to achieve. Being able to articulate this and share it authentically from the start accelerates attracting the talent, customers and investment critical for growth.”

Felicity has already worked with early-stage founders in the region via SetSquared, Techspark and North Somerset Enterprise Agency and is nominated for the Sparkies as Best Mentor/Advisor this year.

Exposure shares Cowie's 25+ years of insights into how businesses can align their processes with newsrooms, to get meaningful news coverage. It includes chapters breaking down how journalists work and the stories they seek. Plus, an extensive Media Toolkit with proven formulae for writing press releases and pitching any story.

• Exposure is available to purchase at Waterstones, £14.99

WELCOME, EVELYN PARTNERS Following the announcement in March that Tilney Smith & Williamson will be consolidating its brands under a new name, Evelyn Partners, the business is pleased to confirm that the rebrand has been rolled out on schedule and is live.

Bestinvest, the group’s online investment platform for DIY investors which recently relaunched as a hybrid digital service now offering free coaching and fixed price advice packages, is retained as a separate brand: Bestinvest by Evelyn Partners.

The new name reflects that the business is now one firm with a single purpose, which enables it to offer a broader, integrated offering to all clients. Recognising the heritage of the combined businesses, the new brand is named after Evelyn Gardens, the 1893 London address of one of the founders of the business, combined with Partners to reflect one of the firm’s core values: partnership.

• evelyn.com

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LET’S TALK ABOUT DEMENTIA A care home in Southmead has launched a free guide to support people whose loved ones have been diagnosed with dementia. A poll of 2,000 adults carried out by Care UK, which operates Trymview Hall, on Southmead Road, found over a third of British adults (35%) have many questions about dementia – but do not know how to get the answers.

The guide, titled Let’s talk about dementia, follows an easy-to-read Q&A format. Tapping into more than 40 years of experience of providing care for people living with dementia, it has been designed by Care UK’s experts, including Head of Nursing, Care and Dementia, Suzanne Mumford, as well as Home Managers and team members across more than 150 care homes.

Aimed at those caring for a loved one living with dementia, the one-of-a-kind guide is filled with answers to the questions care home teams across the country have been asked by relatives or members of the community – from identifying the signs of the condition, and interacting with a person living with dementia, to everyday questions regarding diet changes and sleep patterns.

As part of the launch, Care UK has also teamed up with Alzheimer’s Society ambassador, award-winning journalist and TV presenter Angela Rippon. She commented: “I know first-hand just how families feel when a loved one is diagnosed with dementia. It's often a confusing time and it’s easy to feel powerless and alone.

“There are so many common misconceptions when it comes to dementia, and getting a diagnosis doesn't necessarily mean the end is in sight – it's simply the beginning of a different journey. I strongly believe educating the nation on the signs of dementia and what it's like to live with the condition is essential, which is why I'm delighted to be working with Care UK to launch their new guide, Let's talk about dementia.”

• To pick up your free copy of the guide, contact Customer Relations Manager at Trymview Hall, Nicola Wolff-Donitz, on nicola.wolffdonitz@careuk.com or call 0333 321 8351. You can also download a digital copy at: careuk.com/letstalkdementia

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Summer escape Gloucester Road Books is jam-packed with an overabundance of escapist books this summer. Here, the team suggest five brilliant reads for wherever you may find yourself whiling away the coming season...

Assembly

by Natasha Brown Brown’s debut novel fully justifies the numerous award listings it has received. Set over 24 hours, the pared back style and finely tuned fragments, create a trance like reading experience as the unnamed narrator considers leaving all she’s worked for as she makes her way to her boyfriend’s parents’ anniversary party at their country estate. Brown deftly recounts the exhausting race, class and gender hurdles the narrator has overcome: “Generations of sacrifice; hard work and harder living.” Expertly chiselled, essential reading.

Tokyo Express

by Seicho Matsumoto (translated by Jess Kirkwood) A classic Japanese crime novel, finally available in English. Tokyo Express is very much in the mould of the mystery rather than the thriller. We follow the efforts of two detectives as they doggedly attempt to unravel a deviously clever crime. Despite the crime at its centre, to our contemporary sensibilities this is actually quite a gentle, and in some ways charmingly innocent story.

Sorrow and Bliss

by Meg Mason

Harlem Shuffle

by Colson Whitehead

A very funny novel that quickly hooks you in with the deadpan charm and caustic humour of its protagonist, Martha. Martha receives a mental health diagnosis bringing about a reckoning of her marriage, past experiences, and bohemianupbringing by her two artistparents. The story is plainly-told through Mason’s knack for satisfyingly crisp sentences, complimenting the acerbic witticisms and astute observations of family life by her characters.

Ray Carney (“only slightly bent when it came to being crooked”) is the perfect character to follow through this story of family, crime, changing fortunes and vengeance in 1960s Harlem. In Whitehead’s deft hands we see him sweat out a hard-won place in the world for himself and his family, and then watch as it starts to fall apart. This is a brilliant novel full of utterly memorable characters and a devastatingly beautiful portrait of the breakneck change affecting a city and its people.

The Blackmailer

by Isabel Colegate This is a deliciously dark and funny novel of blackmail, love and control. Originally published in 1958, it’s a welcome new edition from Bloomsbury. Colegate’s characters are expertly drawn, each one wildly flawed yet still somehow relatable. Our expectations of their behaviour are repeatedly confounded in this story that is both improbable and completely believable.

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note from the team: “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Mona Arshi and Preti Taneja to Bristol on Friday 15 July to discuss their recent books. These two authors have produced writing that is richly imagined, beautiful and urgent. Somebody Loves You was one of our favourite books of 2021, and Aftermath is one of the most extraordinary books published so far this year. More information and tickets are available from Gloucester Road Books or on Eventbrite.”

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fighters You may not realise it, but there is a Bristol company right on our doorstep that is creating futuristic cyber protection for a new Air Force capability that will be responsible for protecting British skies for decades to come. We sit down with the Vice President at Leonardo Cyber and Security Max Wigley to find out more...

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ristol-based company Leonardo is one of the UK’s leading aerospace companies and one of biggest suppliers of defence and security equipment to the UK Ministry of Defence, making a significant contribution to the UK economy with revenues of around £2 billion. It has had a presence in Bristol since 2011. Located within walking distance of the UK MoD’s Abbey Wood site, the office is the focal point for Leonardo’s engagement with defence equipment and support and the headquarters for Leonardo’s UK cyber and security team. The office homes around 150 members of staff mainly focused on cyber security, homeland security, automation as well as a small population of simulation and training specialists.

In July 2018 at the Farnborough International Air Show, it was announced that Leonardo would be working with the UK Ministry of Defence, BAE Systems, Rolls Royce and MBDA as ‘Team Tempest’. Together, they will provide the technologies, knowledge, skills and expertise to develop a Next Generation Combat Air System capable of operating in the 2040+ environment.

In July 2021, The Ministry of Defence signed a further contract with the Team Tempest partners worth £250 million for the next phase of the project, which will see Leonardo continue to develop the sensing and communications technologies for the next generation aircraft. This month, we sat down with the Vice President of Capability at Leonardo Cyber and Security, Max Wigley, to understand how their innovation will help keep the UK safe.

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Through our work on Tempest, we are helping to create the next generation of Cyber Security talent, and also creating highly skilled people and jobs in the Bristol area

and its international partners. A lot of work so far has been carried out by a consortium known as ‘Team Tempest’. The programme is an international endeavour, with the UK in advanced discussions with Italy, Sweden and Japan as to the full scope of future collaboration.

The aircraft will enter service from 2035 and Leonardo UK is leading on Tempest’s advanced electronics, as well as its cyber protection.

Why is Cyber Security so important for Tempest?

Compared to traditional fighter jets, Tempest will make much greater use of digital sensor data, be much more connected and use cyber technology and artificial intelligence in new ways. That means it is going to need a lot more cyber protection, because what you don’t want is anyone trying to interfere with or take control of any capability within the cockpit.

For example, the pilot will be receiving a constant stream of data while they are sitting in the cockpit from Leonardo’s ISANKE and ICS

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system (Integrated Sensing and Non Kinetic Effects and Integrated Communications System). This ‘spider web of electronics’ is a brand new way of connecting everything on-board the aircraft and also connecting the aircraft itself with other assets such as wingmen and ground-based sensors. It will keep the pilot better informed than ever before about their surroundings and potential threats. However, with so much information flowing, it is important that we protect the integrity of the information being seen by the pilot as they will make potentially life or death decisions based on that information.

How futuristic will Tempest be? Can you explain how Virtual Intelligence will be used in Tempest and how the pilot will benefit from a ‘Virtual Wingman’?

The way Artificial Intelligence is going to work on Tempest is that it will help to fuse multiple streams of data from sensors to share complex information in a very clear way. That ‘Virtual Wingman’ will be able to respond to the air pilot’s ongoing requests in an intelligent way.

What if that data being supplied through Artificial Intelligence or the Virtual Wingman is corrupted by an attacker?

This could be a catastrophic event like stopping power systems, or could be much more subtle such as small changes to some of the information the pilot uses, to throw them off the scent. Tempest will need to be fully resilient to cyber threats to enable the Air Force to achieve its goals. Recent events such as the cyber-attack on satellite services have shown how important cyber will be in future conflicts and we need to prepare for this. The real challenge is that we don’t even know yet what the technology of the 2030s and 2040s will look

like – there is no point designing a cyber-security system to protect against today’s threats – we need to prepare for future threats.

What are Leonardo and its Tempest partners doing to help protect the capability?

Cyber resilience is a crucial concept for Tempest. That is: making sure that even when under a sustained and sophisticated cyberattack, that Tempest can still deliver the mission. Leonardo, working with our Team Tempest partners, is supporting the implementation of cyber resilience across the whole Tempest ecosystem. In order to be resilient, you need to first know when you are being attacked, so we are designing smart monitoring systems that use machine learning to automatically detect threats to the platform. Machine learning is a branch of computer science that focuses on the use of data and algorithms to imitate the way that humans learn, gradually improving its accuracy. We can then implement measures to allow the aircraft to adapt to the attacker’s actions in real time so that the mission can continue.

Finally, how is this benefiting Bristol?

Leonardo will support 370 apprentices and 230 graduates and industrial placements at its sites across the UK this year. In Bristol, these focus on Cyber Security roles – so through our work on Tempest, we are helping to create the next generation of Cyber Security talent, supporting highly skilled people and also creating jobs in the Bristol area. n • Find out more about Tempest and its current vacancies at: uk.leonardocompany.com THEBRISTOLMAG.CO.UK

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Fight the fever Ade Williams MBE, lead pharmacist at Bedminster Pharmacy and brilliant Bristol ambassador shares his knowledge on how best to curb your hay fever symtoms this summer...

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ay fever symptoms can turn warmer, sunnier weather into a siege. What is normally an uplifting and funfilled season with lots of opportunities for exploring the great outdoors and socialising in serene green spaces, can be spent seeking effective relief from the dreaded pollen. So, how can one win this battle using the most effective strategies and treatments available? Is honey the sweet remedy we need?

An ever-increasing number of Bristolians (1 in 4), including children, are suffering from common hay fever symptoms. These include: sneezing, having a runny nose, itchy eyes and throat, blocked and painful sinuses – which can even result in headaches and shortness of breath.

Hay fever is mainly an allergic reaction to pollen, and the resulting symptoms stem from the body’s immune response.

However, it can also be triggered by other allergens such as dust mites, animals’ saliva and their shedded skin particles. Grass pollen is the most common trigger (May to July), but tree pollen (February to June) and weed pollen (June to September) can also cause the allergic reaction. Where the allergic symptoms continue all year round, they usually relate to indoor allergens, such as house dust mites, pets, including birds, and moulds.

A warmer UK climate and a rise in air pollution is not good news for hay fever sufferers. What’s more, like me, you can suffer from a combination of different types of pollen allergies, in addition to indoor triggers. Hay fever negatively impacts one’s quality of life, concentration and productivity as it results in days off school and work, sleep deprivation and tiredness – a loss of about £300 million to the UK economy every year. The distress caused by the condition may even cause people to seek help in the wrong places – GP practices and even A&E departments.

Many people develop hay fever for the first time as adults; most are lifelong sufferers. It usually begins in childhood or teenage years, more common in boys than girls. You are more likely to develop hay fever if you have a family history of allergies, particularly asthma or eczema.

Many people swear that a teaspoon of local honey will desensitise you to pollen, saving you from hay fever. This is sadly not true.

Scientists have put this to the test to dispel the myth. Bees also don't pollinate grass and trees that cause hay fever; honey is, in fact, rich in heavy, flower-based pollen.

The good news is that it is possible to manage hay fever by taking some basic precautions: keep windows closed in homes and cars as much as possible during the pollen season; put Vaseline around your nostrils to trap pollen; wear wraparound sunglasses outdoors to help prevent pollen from getting into the eyes; shower and change clothes after being outside and at night to wash pollen off; avoid drying clothes outdoors when the pollen count is high; vacuum regularly and use an air filter/purifier with a HEPA filter to extract and remove pollen and dust particles; tie hair up and wear a hat when outside to avoid trapping pollen; stay indoors and avoid grassy areas when the pollen count is high.

Regarding pollen forecasts – an established feature of the weather forecast, mobile apps are now increasingly available to download.

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Ade Williams’ portrait as taken by acclaimed photographer Rankin

These self-care tips will complement the expert advice at your local community pharmacy and the vast array of effective products and medicines on offer – antihistamine tablets, eye drops, nasal drops, sprays, eye and nasal washes – hence why your local pharmacy is the NHS-designated setting for hay fever relief. GP Surgeries and NHS 111 will also offer formal referrals as part of the NHS Community Pharmacy Consultation Service.

It is best to start antihistamines and other preventative treatments at least a month before the hay fever season starts. Nevertheless, if you need urgent fast-acting rescue relief, dash into a pharmacy – help is always available...

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Although things are gradually returning to normal following the pandemic, you may still be finding it difficult to schedule a GP appointment. Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital offers a private GP service, with minimal waiting times for appointments, prescriptions and referrals.

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he GP service at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital offers patients the opportunity to see a GP face-to-face for 30 minutes in a relaxed environment.

There are three GPs at the hospital, each working on different days to ensure cover across the week; Dr Claire Winstanley, Dr Gill Jenkins and Dr Sonia Mann.

Meet the team Dr Claire Winstanley has a diverse interest in medicine, and is fascinated by all aspects of health and wellbeing, with a particular interest in diet, lifestyle and alternative therapies.

Having worked as a GP in the NHS for over 20 years, Dr Winstanley is experienced in treating a wide range of acute and chronic problems. She enjoys the variety that general practice offers, as well as its challenges, and continues to work in the NHS, based at the Whiteladies Health Centre in Clifton, and for 111.

Dr Gill Jenkins has over 35 years of medical experience, and a career that has spanned several areas of medicine. She has a particular interest in diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but has experience in family planning, accident and emergency, psychiatry, weight management and travel medicine. Dr Jenkins also works as a freelance medical writer and broadcaster, working with a variety of magazines, medical newspapers, websites and on local and national TV and radio.

Dr Sonia Mann began her medical career in London before relocating to Bristol with her family in 2010. Her main areas of interest are women’s health, mental wellbeing and integrative medicine. Dr Mann’s travels abroad and study of alternative health systems has helped her develop a more holistic approach to care, where time is taken to work with a patient’s individual needs, especially incorporating mental wellness and how this relates to their physical health, and vice versa.

Seeing a GP at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital Appointments with a GP at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital are usually available within 48 hours, and sometimes on the same day you call. Appointment slots are 30 minutes, giving you a good amount of time to discuss your concerns or your ongoing medical condition. Our GP will also review your medical history, examine you, and talk with you about medication and lifestyle changes that may be advisable.

With 30 minutes available to discuss your options, you can feel reassured that your GP appointment at Nuffield Health is providing the help you need. The GP team cannot access your NHS notes. Therefore, if you are able to bring along a summary page of your NHS GP notes (available from them on request), along with any blood test results, scans or letters from previous consultations relating to your condition, this can save time during the appointment. Our GP can also oversee and coordinate your healthcare if you need to see multiple consultants for multiple problems.

Diet is also very important to our health but we all have different dietary needs, which can be made more confusing with the knowledge and advice, often conflicting, available on the internet. Sometimes the internet can be very helpful for our health, but sometimes it can cause unnecessary worry. We are here to have those conversations and signpost you, if needed, to respected, evidence-based websites to help you get well and stay well.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made us all more aware of the importance of our health, both physical and mental. As general practitioners, the team at Nuffield Health see a wide variety of acute and chronic problems, as well as those “odd problems” which might not be so straightforward. Dr Winstanley says: “Our job is to talk to you about your symptoms (we love a list!), examine you as needed, organise the appropriate investigations and prescribe the necessary medication. Gill, Sonia and I have a wealth of knowledge in all areas of medicine. While we are generalists, not specialists, we know what tests may be necessary and can refer you for diagnostics and then, if needed, to the appropriate specialist.”

A 30-minute GP appointment at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital costs £110. If you would like to book an appointment with Dr Winstanley, Dr Jenkins or Dr Mann, call our Bookings team on 0117 911 6062, or visit our website: www.nuffieldhealth.com/hospitals/bristol/privategp-service

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James Scrimshaw of CURA CLINICAL explains how new technologies are providing effective answers to people’s pain and suffering t CURA we’re always striving to find new ways of effectively treating people’s injuries. After working for 26 years with people in pain, I identified a significant lack of options for many people for whom hands-on care/rehab was ineffective, yet who weren’t ready for, or suited to surgery or other invasive procedures.

In my search to solve this problem, my practice has adopted several cutting-edge non-invasive technologies that initiate healing, improve function and manage pain in the most chronic of conditions, be it arthritic, old injury or post-surgical pain.

We use a combination of MBST cell regeneration from Germany, Class IV Laser from the States, and new to market painmanagement device Biowave to provide a multilayered approach to healing and painmanagement. ■

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I am delighted with the result for Lesley’s knee. 9 months after receiving MBST for her cartilage, she’s 90% better. Walking faster and for much longer. Her quality of life is much improved as she’s not in pain any more. MBST helps to initiate a healing process within specific tissues. It’s completely non invasive, safe and over time gets really good results in 80-90% of our patients.

Rachel was suffering from significant pain and restrictions relating to OA of her left knee. She’s really active, a really keen golfer. She’s now 8 months post MBST for knee cartilage and has just got back from a golfing holiday, playing 11 times with no pain! It’s had an amazing effect on her. She’s off pain killers, no night pain and full mobility. Well done Rachael.

CASE STUDY 3 I treated Zoe, who is a Pilates instructor, for her arthritic thumbs in February this year: This is her take on MBST: “Just 4 days into the 9 day course I honestly felt as though I could already notice improvement, my thumbs felt different. By day 7 I was full of hope and by the end of it I was jumping for joy! I am now 3 months on and am completely pain free in one thumb and 90% more comfortable in the other (which had been significantly the worse). I can peg out laundry without feeling like the guy on the Skittles advert and hardly notice if I get kicked in the pool! I have recommended many friends and clients to James, I truly believe in it. James himself is kind, personable and fun.

If you have joint pain - look no further”.

MBST is an award-winning innovation designed to manage long-term injury and osteoarthritis.

To discuss your treatment, contact Cura’s Clinical Director, James Scrimshaw today

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As we spring into summer, we look forward to seeing our gardens thrumming with butterflies and bumblebees.

Here, Lindy Booth – owner of Eco-friendly Garden Solutions – shares her top tips on how to make your green space as wildlife-friendly as possible...

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here are many challenges associated with climate change and this will increasingly affect everyone, including gardeners. The good news is that warmer weather means that we’ll be able to spend more time outside, there will be a longer growing season and we’ll be able to grow a wider variety of unusual and exotic plants in our gardens. However, there are some other things we will need to think about too, if we are to maintain a happy, healthy and resilient garden.

By making our gardens as wildlife-friendly as possible, we can help insects and animals to adapt and survive in greater numbers

The natural world around us is continually adapting and, as humans, we have a role in supporting, nurturing and enabling beneficial change, which is what we can help people achieve at Ecofriendly Garden Solutions. For instance, introducing more native wild plants and those with different shapes and sizes of flowers means that new and useful creatures will start to frequent your garden. Pollinators such as bees and butterflies are easily attracted by the right kind of nectar-rich blooms and this will help to preserve and increase the insect populations that we rely on for producing much of our food.

Challenges such as heavier rainfall – as we’ve already seen – is increasingly causing flooding, but we can all help to mitigate this by introducing water storage measures. From planting more trees, hedges and other plants in our gardens (that take up excess water) to installing a water butt, there are many ways in which we can help minimise local flooding.

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More planting also helps to reduce temperatures – from providing shade in our towns and cities to capturing carbon from the atmosphere. It also provides food and shelter for the wildlife, which is such an important part of our food chain.

By making our gardens as wildlife-friendly as possible, we can help insects and animals to adapt and survive in greater numbers. For example, due to climate change, some flowering plants may not bloom for as long as they used to, or not at the time when pollinating insects need them to provide food, so the more diverse the plant species that flower at different times of year, the better.

Pest and predator populations may become out of ‘sync’ with each other too, and this disruption could lead to increased pest infestations, so we need to do what we can to keep the nature in our gardens in balance. We also need to watch out for new invasive plant and pest species that are favoured by new weather conditions.

Changing the way we water our gardens and look after our soil is also very important – as is how we power our outdoor equipment and lighting – and making a few changes to these things will probably save us money too.

Whether we are designing a new garden, introducing new features or carrying on in much the same way as we always have, there are lots of decisions we take as gardeners that can have far-reaching effects on our planet – and we can often make better choices. Just some of these include re-using things we already have, buying new materials from a sustainable and/or local source and growing at least some of our own food.

Recycling garden waste, composting, avoiding buying peat and plastic products, choosing new paving wisely and stopping or reducing the use of fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides, are also vital.

The good news for some perhaps, is that while a perfectly manicured garden can be aesthetically pleasing, leaving things a bit less tidy will greatly benefit wildlife. Hearing that will be quite a relief for some of you. For others, it’ll be good to know that the soft fruiting season will probably be longer and more repeat sowings of salad and vegetable crops will be possible.

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However, despite the new gardening opportunities, much of the above may sound a bit daunting. That’s where we at Ecofriendly Garden Services come in – we’re here to help you make some simple changes and to give you a few ideas on how best to put them into action. In the meantime, here are our top tips for gardeners of all abilities: ~ Get to know your garden well: understand and appreciate its unique conditions and character. ~ Plant, plant, plant: fill your garden with as many different plant species as you can. ~ Keep digging to a minimum and add as much organic matter as possible. ~ Reduce, re-use and recycle: think carefully before bringing anything new into your garden, or throwing anything away. ~ Choose tried and tested varieties of plants and buy from reputable suppliers. ~ Make eco-friendly choices when considering new garden features and equipment. Tread lightly and attend to your garden with love.

About the owner: Lindy moved to Bristol from Somerset three years ago and completed her horticultural training at the University of Bristol Botanic Gardens. n • efgs.co.uk. Enjoy a 30% discount for appointments booked before the end of August ‘22

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Whether you’re living in an inner-city apartment with limited outdoor space or simply want to brighten up your paved plots, Elly West explains the beauty of pots...

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hatever the size of your garden, there is always room for some pots. They’re especially useful in small spaces, where container gardening might be the only option if you want to exercise your green fingers, for example in city courtyard gardens, on balconies or roof terraces. When I first started gardening, while living in London with a small, mostly-paved plot backing a terraced house, necessity meant that many of my plants were allocated to containers. I found it quick and satisfying to fill a pot with plants for an instant display that could be positioned wherever I wanted, then replanted or moved on when past its best.

A few well-placed pots can bring life to a bare patio or provide a welcome focal point in a lacklustre area of the garden. Scent and colour can be added to seating areas, around doors or windows.

Climbers can be grown against fences and walls that lack soil at their base. Plants that need a particular soil type can be introduced and catered for. Gaps can be filled in a border while you wait for other plants to fill out.

Just about anything can be grown in a pot, from classic summer bedding plants, to bulbs, perennials, climbers, herbs, fruit and veg, shrubs and even trees. However, container plants do need considerably more care than those growing in the ground so it’s worth choosing both your plants and your pots carefully if you want your plants to thrive.

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to nutrients and water, so feeding and watering are the most important factors in keeping them healthy. Most will let you know when they are unhappy, but by that point it may be too late, so start as you mean to go on with the right-sized pot and a good-quality compost, and a watering and feeding regime. Wilting leaves are thirsty, and will usually perk up with a good soak, but if they’re dead, brown and crispy, they’re gone. Leaves that are turning yellow may indicate a lack of nutrients.

Larger pots will sustain plants better, and are best for permanent planting of shrubs, trees or climbers. Choose a soil-based compost such as John Innes No.3 for long-term container plants. It’s heavy, but holds more nutrients and will also take longer to dry out than its multi-purpose counterparts, which can bake hard and be bone dry in a matter of hours in full sun. Peat-free composts are environmentally preferable, and peat sales to gardeners are set to be banned by 2024.

In summer, you may find you’re watering some of your smaller pots twice a day to keep them hydrated. Mornings and evenings are best, and aim at the roots to avoid scorching the leaves.

Most composts hold enough nutrients to last a couple of months, but after that, your plants will benefit from a liquid feed every fortnight, or use slow-release granules according to the instructions.

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with small gardens, or even no gardens, to engage with nature. “Any space, whether inside or out, can be turned into a garden sanctuary for the benefit of our health and the environment,” says Helen Pettit, RHS Director of Gardens and Shows.

The Still Garden, designed by Bristol-based Jane Porter (also known as her Instagram moniker @plantyjane) for this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, won a gold medal and showcased plants that thrive in Scotland’s Highlands and Islands. As she pointed out, when I visited the show, container growing allows us to create the right conditions for a particular plant, for example heathers that need ericaceous (acid) soil. “Container gardening lets us choose our soil, meaning we can grow plants from places that inspire us regardless of where we live. I’ve been able to create little vignettes of the Highlands and Islands, with soil that suits.”

Her top tip for those wanting to have a go, is to “get the largest containers you can fit in the space”.

She continues, “I like containers that I don’t have to replant, so I tend to choose perennials that fill out the space, and I look for things with seed heads to keep the display going.” She also prefers to choose plants for seasonal interest, rather than static, evergreen displays. “I’d rather have moments of brilliance than year-round mediocrity,” she adds.

Gunnera manicata was one of the feature plants in her show garden, making a bold statement with its lush tropical foliage. “Don't be afraid of plants with big leaves, they create drama and contrast with the smaller leaves of the heathers and feathery ferns,” she says. The planting palette in this space was mostly understated greens and whites, allowing the containers themselves to become prominent features and share the stage. These were mostly half whisky barrels, plus a beautiful copper distilling pot.

Just about anything that holds compost and survives the elements can hold plants. Upcycling items can be fun for a quirky display, such as an old Belfast sink, tin bath or painted aluminium cans. Just make sure you make some holes to allow for drainage, and the only limit is your imagination. n

Plant of the month: Hydrangea ‘Annabelle’ This popular variety is muchloved for its large pure-white flowers that create an exuberant display throughout the summer months against the pale green foliage. Suitable for sun or dappled shade, ‘Annabelle’ isn’t fussy about soil type and suits both formal and informal styles of planting. It's ideal for a mixed border, and will keep the display going after the early summer flowering plants are done. It also works well in a container, or plant them closely to make a stunning flowering hedge.

The flower heads can reach up to 30cm across and are great for cutting and bringing indoors. You only need a few for an eye-catching display. I love hydrangeas once the flowers have faded as well, as they have long lasting seed-heads that look great through autumn. For the best flowers and to keep the plants dense and compact, prune in spring when the leaf buds are starting to show, cutting stems back to just above a healthy pair of buds, leaving a framework that’s around 30cm to 60cm high.

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Local couple downsize to the city at Factory No.1

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fter their children moved out and with retirement on the cards, Christine and Peter Gordon decided the time was right to downsize from their family home into something easier to manage and with an abundance of facilities right on the doorstep.

Looking to make the most of city life, the couple recently purchased an apartment at Factory No.1, City & Country’s development in Bedminster, just a short walk from North Street and Bristol city centre.

Peter, a 63-year-old retired IT project manager, explains why they chose to move into the city in their later years rather than seeking a quieter location: “We have lived locally for many years, raising our children in a village about 30 minutes away, but there were very few facilities close by, so we often went into Bristol to find these anyway. Our son also does part-time tennis coaching at Bristol University, so it helps having a base here.”

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He continues; “With the market as it was, we decided to make the most of it and look for a property in a more central location which we would use on an ad hoc basis for now and then fully retire into in a few years.

We chose Factory No.1 over other developments nearby because of the location – there’s so much on the doorstep, such as Southville and the harbourside, and it’s an easy cycle to David Lloyd, plus the city centre is just a short walk from home.

The couple are now looking forward to making the most of the central location and enjoying all that Bedminster has to offer: “when we viewed the conversion apartments at Factory No.1 we were immediately impressed by the quality of the development, especially the space thanks to the high ceilings. It has a lovely, enclosed garden which is nice and private, and the security is excellent thanks to a concierge service and gated parking. We’re looking forward to spending more time here over the next few years, as we transition to our forever home at Factory No.1.”

Prices at Factory No.1 start from £297,000 for a one-bedroom apartment. Help to Buy is available on selected properties, terms and conditions apply.

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Happy homes Rupert Oliver of Rupert Oliver Property Agents looks to the set designs of some of Hollywood’s most stylish films for the ultimate interiors inspiration...

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hat are the houses that make your heart soar?

Googling holiday destinations can be a good source of that-looks-like-paradise-I-need-two-weeks-there palpitations – a tranquil beachfront Bali retreat, perhaps, an Italian villa overlooking Lake Garda with a pool terrace, or maybe head for a treehouse with views of the jungle in Puerto Rico where you can be visited in the evening by geckos, or fall asleep to a relaxing symphony of Coqui frogs. Why not take time imagining the dream, if not take the next step to live it?

That’s all very well in fantasy land, but a holiday home (however luxurious) is by definition for holidays and so (even with frogs in residence) is always going to be honed and purposeful, filled with fluffy towels, coffee makers and sun loungers rather than with layered personal touches and evidence of a life lived for real – family photographs, textiles and posters, and tables piled with paperwork, inspirations and books – and these are the things that enable you to absorb the experience of an interior life.

Another, more immersive way to engage with the vibe of an exotic domestic experience is through films. Think of Jason Bourne and Marie Kreutz at the beginning of The Bourne Supremacy (2004) in their Goan hippie hideout next to the isolated white sands of Palolem Beach (before Marie’s untimely death – in both film time and age terms – by a hired killer in a high speed chase). Another uplifting idea is to have a Wes Anderson interior as a main domestic base, inspired perhaps by The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) or The Royal Tenenbaums (2002), but for this to work you do need to like symmetry, pastel-hues, midcentury references, vintage wallpaper and candy coloured typewriters – and have a preference for the manicured and dramatic.

We also have serious style leanings for the Glass House in A Single Man starring Colin Firth (Tom Ford, 2007). This John Lautner designed modernist house in California brings retro chic, a monochrome aspect,

pivoting glass doors with natural wood tones, beige and ivory. The film is about a depressed university professor (Firth), but with a new occupant we think there’s room for good cheer and a more uplifting vibe within these stylish rooms.

Another film home to tempt is found in Love and Other Drugs (2010) with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. Maggie (Hathaway) is a talented artist and her industrial style loft is an aspirational vision of home for all those with a free spirit, a love of life and a penchant for high ceilings. The loft reflects Maggie’s character, roll-top bath, mismatched walls, battered canvases and all. That looks like somewhere you could call home (even though it’s in Pittsburgh).

Of course, Netflix’s recent hit Selling Sunset has also given us a glimpse into the hallowed halls of some of Los Angeles’ richest residents, providing inspiration aplenty once you look past the drama.

Watching a film gives us a brief experience of some cool lived-in pads or penthouses and we can take style inspiration from these in our own homes, but ultimately most people’s paradise will actually be inside their own four walls. Home, quite literally, is where the heart is. Studies have established that our emotional connection to our home is as strong as it is with our pets and best friends. Participants in one study were stimulated to think about a given topic and their brain activity was measured using an EEG cap and their emotional responses monitored, the results scientifically endorsing the strong attachment and happiness we feel towards our homes.

So every time we dream about a holiday or watch a film with inspiring atmospheric spaces it’s part of our personal research. My home is definitely not symmetrical, and it’s also not constructed with glass or close to a Goan beach. But it’s the place that I have created and it’s where I belong.

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• Stunning Grade II Listed Georgian property fitted and refurbished to an exceptionally high standard as a boutique hotel ready for immediate trade or easily adapted to create a superb family home.

• Set in approximately 15 acres of parkland with sweeping driveway, formal lawned garden, walled kitchen garden, paddocks and swimming pool.

• Nine en-suite bedrooms plus ability to substantially increase the number of bedrooms within adjacent cottages and outbuildings.

• Several additional buildings to include two cottages, one detached house, estates office and various outbuildings offering potential to either increase the number of bedrooms within the hotel or generate rental income or to be used as Directors/staff accommodation.

• Excellent trading position being situated on edge of Bristol with little comparable competition.

Bristol 5 miles | Bath 20 miles | Bristol Airport 4 miles.

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A rare opportunity to purchase a unique commercial offering, comprising two commercial buildings totaling 9,467 sq ft in one of Bristol’s prime office locations.

Sheene Road, BS3 TO LET – POA 3,758 sq ft

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The accomodation comprises well-presented first floor offices with air conditioning. There is excellent on-site car parking, and the property is situated within 1 mile of Temple Meads Station.

A fantastic opportunity to acquire a detached, modern building on a secure site of 0.52 acres. Suitable for a variety of uses STP. The property is available to let or for sale and enquiries should be made for further details.

North Street, BS3 FOR SALE £225,000 +VAT 695 sq ft

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A ground floor retail unit benefiting a prominent position fronting North Street.

The property has a large sales area which has been recently fitted out to a high standard and benefits from a fully glazed retail frontage.

A first-floor office within an established business park on the outskirts of Clevedon town centre, being within approx. 2 miles of J20 of the M5 Motorway. The suite benefits air conditioning and 3 car parking spaces.

Cumberland Road, BS1 TO LET £17.50 psf pax 593 – 2,303 sq ft

Lower Park Row, BS1 TO LET - POA 1,524 – 4,694 sq ft

An impressive HQ office building which is due to be refurbished throughout to a contemporary standard.

The site benefits secure bike storage, showers, and courtyard garden.

A refurbished office providing attractive accomodation in an excellent location fronting Lower Park Row. There are currently two suites remaining which can be available together or separately.

Quedgeley Retail Park, GL2 TO LET £17,500 pax 935 sq ft

Marsh Street, BS1 TO LET - POA 3,535 sq ft

A ground floor retail unit in a popular retail park, with neighbouring occupiers to include Aldi, Boots, and Dominos. The property benefits a predominantly glazed frontage, and customer parking.

The property comprises a stunning period property which has been fully fitted to a high standard with benefit of a premises license and is ready to trade! There is accomodation over ground and basement.

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Victorian Four Bedroom Semi-detached house, beautiful gardens, off-street parking, an abundance An exquisite three-bedroom garden flat offers an extensive interior. Spacious kitchen/dining room of period features, understood to be Redland catchment area. Viewing comes highly recommended. and sitting room with bay window. Private garden and allocated off-street parking space. Ample storage space, utility, bathroom, and en-suite. Superb central location on the boarder of Clifton, Redland & Cotham. No onward chain.

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Chewton Keynsham, Nr Bath | Guide Price £3,550,000 An outstanding country house of manageable proportions within a parkland estate, nestled on the edge of the River Chew; with exceptional further development potential.

Stunning Grade II Listed family home | Circa 7.07 acres of parkland gardens and grounds | 6500 sq. ft of principal family accommodation | Comprehensively and meticulously refurbished | Separate two bedroom guest lodge of circa 775 sq. ft | Further cottage (598 sq. ft) with planning consent | Additional consent for a new build Coach House | Wonderful riverside walks along the River Chew | Private bathing pool | Further refurbishment work and development potential

In all circa 7877 sq. ft (731 sq. m)

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