Shipshape 18 - Summer 2014 by Dan Pudsey

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a guide to bristol in summer

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09 Shipshape 18 summer 2014 Published by thegroupofseven.co.uk Advertising enquiries: info@shipshapebristol.co.uk Past issues & galleries: shipshapebristol.co.uk @shipshapemag Disclaimer The information contained in this publication is provided as a general guide only. While every care is taken to ensure that the details are as accurate as possible, we make no warranty or representation, express or implied, about the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this publication. The views or opinions expressed in this publication are strictly those of the authors. The publishers and/or any of its associated companies or business partners accept no responsibility for damage or loss, howsoever caused, arising directly or indirectly from reliance upon any information obtained from this publication. © The Group of Seven Ltd 2014 Archive images Shipshape regularly features photographs from Bristol Record Office, which is based at B Bond Warehouse on the Floating Harbour. The record office holds archives documenting over 800 years of Bristol’s history and continues to collect and preserve material on all aspects of life in the city. For more information, visit www.bristol.gov.uk/recordoffice

18 46 You don't need us to tell you that craft beer is having a moment. Look around the city's various drinking establishments and it seems there's nothing cooler than supping an artisan brew. In celebration of this marvellous development, we've concocted a terribly useful beer map to guide you to the very best venues serving the tastiest pints (p4). Also in this issue, we've joined forces with the Bristol Pound to launch our brand-new shopping section (this issue: Gloucester Road – p35), musician TJ Allen chooses his five favourite European festivals (p46) and we learn about the history of Bristol's Temple Quarter (p30). 04 Beer map Don't leave home without our guide to the best pubs serving craft pints

28 Seeds of change Maria Thereza Alves's Floating Ballast Seed Garden returns

06 Tickets The best music, comedy, theatre and art events to attend this spring

30 Temple of boom! The story of one of Bristol's oldest neighbourhoods

10 Details People, performers and points of view

35 Shopping with the Bristol Pound In celebration of Gloucester Road

24 City map Ways to navigate the city

38 Eating & drinking Restaurants, cafés, bars and pubs

27 Suzanne Rolt The director of St George's Bristol talks about her aspirations for the venue

46 My favourite things Musician TJ Allen chooses his five favourite European music festivals

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Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Pl, BS1 6XJ • Unpretentious but enduringly popular pub in a brilliant location 1

2 The Rose of Denmark 6 Dowry Sq, BS8 4QL • Alehouse and eatery serving Dartmoor, Bays and others

If you want to know the best places to enjoy an artisan pint, look no further than our handy beer map, guiding you to Bristol’s finest craft beer establishments.

3 Tobacco Factory Raleigh Rd, BS3 1TF • Bristol Beer Factory’s contemporary cafe-bar 4 Cottage Inn Baltic Wharf, BS1 6XG • Butcombe Brewery waterside pub, packed to the rafters come summer 5 Grain Barge Hotwell Rd, BS8 4RU • Hearty meals and craft beer from Bristol Beer Factory (BBF) on this busy floating pub with panoramic views. 6 Bag of Nails 141 St Georges Rd, BS1 5UW • Small but perfectly formed freehouse with five cask ales, 35 world beers and no fizzy lager

The Three Tuns 78 St George’s Rd, BS1 5UR • Good old-fashioned pub with Arbor Ales, pickled eggs and haiku 7

The Steam Crane 4-6 North St, BS3 1HT • Landmark spot with great outdoor seating serving BBF, Cheddar Ales and Wickwar Station

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Watershed Canons Rd, BS1 5TX • Enjoy Bath Ales, Arbor Ales and St Austell in this artists’ haven with spectacular views of the harbour

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10 No. 1 Harbourside Canons Rd, BS1 5UH • Brewed-in-Bristol craft beers. a Tourist Inspiration Station and delicious “good, clean” food

Zerodegrees 53 Colston St, BS1 5BA • Family-run microbrewery and restaurant atop Christmas Steps 11

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12 Colston Yard Colston St, BS1 5BD • Bustling citycentre Butcombe Brewery venue 13 Arnolfini 16 Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA • Landmark spot with great outdoor seating serving BBF, Cheddar Ales and Wickwar Station

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14 The Shakespeare Tavern 68 Prince St, BS1 4QD • Sup the pub’s own Shakespeare ale alongside Arbor Ales, Twisted Oak and more in this summer’s battle of Bristol breweries fest 15 Small Bar 31-32 King St, BS1 4DZ • 25 taps pouring great beer produced in the South West and beyond – but not in pint glasses

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16 The Famous Royal Navy Volunteer 17-18 King St, BS1 4EF • Serving UK draught beers and cracking home-cooked food

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17 Graze Bar & Chophouse 63 Queen Sq, BS1 4JZ • Busy Bath Ales establishment where delicious food and lovingly crafted ale are always on the menu 18 The Beer Emporium 15 King St, BS1 4ED • Bar, restaurant and bottle shop stocking beers by The Kernel, Anchor, Einstök and others

19 Copper Jacks Crafthouse 30 Clare St, BS1 1YH • This former bank and strip club’s had a major makeover, serving local ales including BBF

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20 Three Brothers Burgers Spyglass, Welsh Back, BS1 4SB • Fantastic burgers and a fine line in craft beers by BBF, Tiny Rebel, Williams Brothers and others

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21 The Barley Mow 39 Barton Rd, BS2 0LF • Lovely local pub serving brews by BBF, Arbor Ales, St Austell, Magic Rock, Orchard Pig and more

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tickets tickets Arts, culture and family trips around the city

Antlers gallery

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Antlers is a commercial art gallery, nomadic by design. Based in Bristol, it produces temporary exhibitions in various locations, with its only permanent base being online. Antlers represents a select group of contemporary artists through exhibitions, art fairs, consultancy and private sales. The gallery is committed to showcasing artists who explore the natural world, narrative and folklore through compelling and wellexecuted work.

The Promise to 09.11.14 / Exhibition and events series examining how cities’ designs impact on our lives.

Gruff Rhys: American Interior 13.06.14 / The Super Furry Animals frontman recounts his American journey in the pioneering footsteps of a Welsh farmhand. 6.30pm, £8/£7 concs.

Exploration to 07.06.14 / Karin Krommes, Geoff Diego Litherland and Jemma Appleby examine the encroachment of technology on the natural world. 10am-6pm.

We Are Family 28.06.14 / 26.07.14 / 30.08.14 / Monthly family activities related to current exhibitions and events. Recommended ages 5+, though all welcome.

Anima Mundi 04-27.07.14 / Solo show by the artist Tim Lane. Anima Mundi is a five-metre-long graphite drawing on paper, presented as an A5 concertina book and slipcase (above). See also new wall works produced especially for the show. This is the final of three exhibitions by Antlers at Purifier House.

What is the Anatomy of a Green Capital? 09.07.14 / Experts from design, health and sustainability discuss how to maximise Bristol’s year as European Green Capital in 2015. 6.30pm, £6/£4 conc.

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More Out of Curiosity 10.06.14 / The politics of football fans. 6.30pm, £6/£4 conc. Family Film Screening 28.06.14 & 26.07.14 / Monthly film screenings for families, each one introducing a different theme or idea taken from Arnolfini’s exhibitions or events. 11am, free (donations welcome).

Science discovery centre

More About Me to 07.07.14 / Get your heart pumping, muscles moving and pulses racing as you explore the wonders of the body. Flavour Lab 08.07.14-15.09.14 / Investigate how smells and sounds influence our experience of food – in some surprising ways. Food! from 23.07.14 / How we grow, cook, eat and love our food. Summer in the Greenhouse 23.07.1407.09.14 / Drop in, get some soil under your fingernails and have a go at growing your own.

Boat Tour: Nick Wray 17.07.14 / See page 28 (above).

Summer Night Sky Planetarium Show to 15.09.14 / Track down the Summer Triangle, get up close to a black hole, and explore the furthest reaches of our universe.

Purifier House, Lime Kiln Road, BS1 5AD 07780 503180

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bristol ferry boats Scheduled ferry services and special interest trips

Classic Gorge 08.06.14 / 07.07.14 / 05.08.14 / 2.5-hour cruise with commentary. £12/£10 concs/£30 family. Departs ss Great Britain. Various times, check website. Grand Tour 22.06.14/23.07.14/ 17.08.14 / Cruise down to Sea Mills and back up the New Cut. 3.5 hrs. £16/£13 concs/£50 family. Various times, check website. Sunday Riverside Roast from 15.06.14 / Head upriver for Sunday lunch at Beese’s Tea Gardens, with its lawns stretching down to the water. £21/£15 concs (includes roast dinner). 11am-2pm, weekly or fortnightly. Private trips Works do, birthday, wedding, quiz night, hen party… book a trip on one of Bristol Ferries’ comfortable heated boats. Prices from £290 for two hours. Educational trips One-hour harbour tour, with commentary, for schools, students and coach groups. From £120.

City Sightseeing Bristol

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Local guides provide a unique tour with informed, personal and interactive commentary.

Flying Lotus 06.06.14 / One-off Bristol show from the experimental electronic artist (above).

The tour takes you around the Harbourside stopping at the ss Great Britain, then out under Clifton Suspension Bridge and onto the Downs. You can also enjoy a variety of shopping experiences: elegant Clifton Village, eclectic Park Street and the bustling Bristol Shopping Quarter (which includes Cabot Circus) with its high-end department stores and St Nicholas Market with its independent stalls.

Martin & Eliza Carthy 08.06.14 / Father-daughter duo – and English folk royalty – look in.

Premier live performance venue

Informative open-top bus tours

Explorer Ticket £13/£11 concs/£5 child/£30 family/under 5s free. Bus/Boat Combo £17/£10 child/ £47 family. All tickets are valid for two days and allow you to hop on/hop off at any one of 20 stops. Use your ticket for a huge array of discounts.

Talvin Singh: Bombay Talkies 14.06.14 / Celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema with newly composed scores to two classic films. Glass Animals 16.06.14 / Oxford fourpiece tipped for big things. Jazz at Lincoln Centre 26.06.14 / Wynton Marsalis and his orchestra celebrate 75 years of Blue Note Records. Ben Folds and Orchestra 09.07.14 / The man behind geek-rockers Ben Folds Five performs his hits and new work with a full orchestra. Rhys Darby 11.07.14 / High energy, physical comedy from Murray in Flight of the Conchords. Eels 25.07.14 / A welcome return for the cerebral indie rockers.

Ferry services run every day.

Harbourside 0117 927 3416

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Colston St, BS1 5AR 0844 887 1500

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Local history and art exhibitions

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The Power of the Sea to 06.07.14 / Documenting the enduring fascination of the sea for British artists. £4.50/£3.10 concs/under 16s free.

Miloš 11.06.14 / Internationally acclaimed classical guitarist (above) performs music from his latest charttopping album.

One Haunting Conception: Turner and the Trafalgar Paintings 07.06.14 / Lecture focusing on Turner’s lifelong engagement with the sea. 2pm, £5.

Treorchy Male Choir 21.06.14 / World-famous Welsh choir promise an unforgettable concert of music for all tastes.

The State of the Sea 12.06.14 / Talk with Liz White (BBC Natural History Unit). 12.30-1.30pm, free.

Towards Silence 10.07.14 / Four string quartets perform this classic work from the late Sir John Tavener.

Mariners and Marine Art at St Ives 14.06.14 / Examining the relationships that formed between St Ives artists and the town’s fishermen. 2pm, £5.

Buskaid Soweto Strings 11.07.14 / An unmissable appearance by these inspirational young musicians from South Africa.

Make your own Marvellous Monstrous Characters! 28.06.14 / Ages 11+. 10.30am-12.30pm, £10.

Rosanne Cash 30.07.14 / The Grammy-winning daughter of Johnny Cash performs music from her acclaimed new album.

World-class music, just off Park Street

Pic: Aardman Animations 2014

National and international artists

Wallace & Gromit: From the Drawing Board to 07.09.14 / The storymaking processes behind Aardman Animations’ award-winning films (above). Historic Walk: M Shed to Victoria Park 11.06.14 / Discover how Bedminster evolved from a rural Somerset parish to a bustling industrial town. Bristol Harbour Railway 19.07.1420.07.14 / 12-5pm. £1-£4: under 6s free. Pyronaut 19.07.14-20.07.14 / Watch the powerful water cannon at work. £5/£3 children. John King 19.07.14-20.07.14 / Trips aboard this diesel tug, built to tow cargo ships from Bristol City Docks to the mouth of the Avon. Saints, Sailors and Pilgrims 25.07.14 / Learn more about Bristol’s medieval past, handle real medieval objects, make a pilgrim badge and enjoy the chance to sail on The Matthew. 10am-4pm, free.

Our Many Faces 17.07.14-31.08.14 / Artwork created by young people from the Bristol-based Kids Company. Back From the Front: Art, Memory and the Aftermath of War 19.07.1414.09.14 / Series of shows exploring the theme of conflict and memory.

Carolina Chocolate Drops 20.08.14 / Grammy-winning string band, now one of the world’s leading roots outfits.

Princes Wharf, Wapping Rd, BS1 4RN 0117 352 6600

Queens Rd, BS8 1PX 0117 973 5129

Great George St, BS1 5RR 0845 402 4001

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Contemporary art and design exhibitions and events

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Dumbstruck 17.06.14-21.06.14 / Fringe First award-winning play about the loneliest whale in the world.

Fruitvale Station from June / The story of a young black American shot dead by Californian police. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at last year’s Sundance Film Festival.

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Nationally renowned theatres

World-renowned arts and new media centre

Maximum Irony! Maximum Sincerity 1999-2003 to 29.06.14 / Artist Andy Holden uses film, music and sculpture to explore the output and legacy of MI!MS, an artistic movement founded with friends back in ’99. Baby Art Hour 13.06.14 / Creative activities for ages five and under. 9.30-10.30am: £3 per child, booking essential. All materials provided. I Am Making Art 07.06.14 / Bristol Drawing Club host an afternoon of fun, interactive drawing exercises. 12-4pm: free, no need to book. Creative Industries Degree Show 06.06.14-12.06.14 / Annual showcase by final year UWE undergraduate and postgraduate students. Novel Writers: Nathan Filer 19.06.14 / Reading and discussion by Bristol author and winner of the Costa Book Award (above). Filer’s debut is an extraordinary portrait of one man’s struggle with schizophrenia and his descent into mental illness. 6.30-7.30pm, £5/£3 concs.

Private Peaceful 25.06.14-12.07.14 / WW1 commemorative production of Michael Morpurgo’s moving tale, which relives the life of a young, First World War soldier as he awaits the firing squad at dawn. How Cold My Toes 02.07.14-06.07.14 / Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Bristol’s brilliant Travelling Light return with this enchanting piece of dance theatre for very young children and their families (above). The Time Machine 07.07.14-12.07.14 / HG Wells’ science fiction classic is brought to life in another thrilling one-man show from Nunkie. BrouHaHa Comedy Week 22.07.1426.07.14 / Return of the annual BS3 comedy festival, with top circuit comics road-testing the sets they’ll be taking up to the Edinburgh Fringe. Stalin’s Daughter 30.07.14-09.08.14 / See page 13.

Belle from June / A biopic of an 18thcentury British mixed-race woman brought up by the gentry. Of Horses and Men from June / Icelandic film about a group of rural Icelanders’ relationships with their horses and each other (above). Leave to Remain from June / Bruce Goodison’s film, about immigration and Englishness, was made with homeless teenagers. Camille Claudel 1915 from June / Bracingly unembellished portrait of sculptress and Rodin protegée/ mistress Camille Claudel. Chinese Puzzle from June / Light, sexy, breezy fare. Audrey Tautou stars. Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets from June / Enjoyable documentary about the Britpop band.

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comedy Josh Widdicombe The engagingly laid-back Devonian comic returns to Bristol this summer Widdicombe performs as part of Bristol Comedy Garden – five nights of top-notch comedy in a marquee in Queen Square – alongside Al Murray, Milton Jones, Ardal O’Hanlon and Reginald D Hunter. I’m not the sort of comedian who says, “The moment I got my first laugh, I knew I had to be on stage.” I think that’s quite an unhealthy way to live. You don’t want to find yourself at the age of 70, still desperately needing that acclaim and validation that comes from being on stage.

The main theme of my latest show, Incidentally…, is me getting annoyed about stuff. That’s what all my shows are about, actually. A lot of stand-ups say, “Comedy needs to be about major ideas,” but I don’t claim to deal with the big issues. I can’t tell you about the Iraq War, but I can tell you about jam. It’s how I live my life. Maybe everyone else is far more noble, but I talk about the kind of things I spend all day thinking about. It may not be worthy, but hopefully it’s funny. You never feel you’re safe in this job. You never get to the point where you think “I’ve made it… plain sailing from now on.” That drives you, and means that you never let up.

The greatest myth is that all comedians are doing it for validation because they weren’t loved as children. Comedians are the most normal, together people I more bristolcomedygarden.co.uk, 2-6 Jul know. Most stand-ups really love comedy and can’t believe they’re being given the opportunity to do it for a living. They’re certainly not saying, “My mum never hugged me – that’s why I need to be on stage the whole time!” Perhaps I’ve got an overly romanticised view of Britain. I often think, “What a wonderfully romantic job I have, going round the country visiting all these amazing places that I would never have been to otherwise.” But actually, just how romantic is Ashby de la Zouch?

Bristol BrouHaha Bristol Comedy Garden isn’t the only laughterfest to grace our city this summer. July also sees the return of the brilliant Bristol BrouHaHa, for which some of the nation’s top circuit comics pitch up at Southville’s Comedy Box and Tobacco Factory with the shows they’ll be taking up to the Edinburgh Fringe. This year’s leading lights include Welsh comic Lloyd Langford (above), a wonderfully offbeat surrealist in the same vein as his friend and compatriot Rhod Gilbert; Anglophile US comic Erich McElroy; and Sara Pascoe (“by turns intelligent and surreal, razor-sharp and gloriously silly (…) destined for greatness”, praised The Times). Meanwhile, at the bijou and welcoming Wardrobe Theatre, above the White Bear pub in Kingsdown, you’ll find several weeks of Edinburgh comedy previews during June and July. The roster there includes Messrs Langford and Widdicombe as well as one of our very favourite circuit comics, the madcap Seann Walsh. Somewhat in the Dylan Moran mould, Walsh is a hyperactive, hilariously watchable performer with a huge and farspanning imagination. more bristolbrouhaha.com

(21-26 Jul), thewardrobetheatre.com (various dates, Jun-Jul)

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event Festival of Nature Following its 10th anniversary last year, Bristol’s brilliant Festival of Nature returns with its biggest, best and wildest programme yet Savita Custead, Chief Executive of Bristol Natural History Consortium, picks out a trio of highlights to whet your appetite. Wild Weekend (Sat 14 & Sun 15 Jun)

“As ever, this is the centrepiece of our programme: the UK’s biggest free natural history event. The lineup of hands-on activities, wildlife encounters, live entertainment and market stalls attracts thousands of families each year. New additions for 2014 include the Explorer Dome pop-up planetarium and a new talks tent featuring, among others, Coast presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff and marine biologist Monty Halls.” Made in Bristol: The Story of Wildlife Film’s Tinseltown (Sat 7 Jun)

“Bristol truly is the Hollywood of the wildlife film-making industry – home to the BBC Natural History Unit, Wildscreen Festival and scores of independent production companies. This evening event will feature some of the world’s leading

highbrow / lowbrow Richard Jones Director of Tangent Books, Bristol-based “publishers of quality books for the discerning punter”

natural history film-makers for a behind-thescenes insight into wildlife film’s Tinseltown. Speakers will include Mike Gunton, Creative Director of the BBC Natural History Unit, and Keith Scholey, director of Bears and African Cats for Disneynature.” Community events (until 27 Jul)

“Proportionally, Bristol has more green space than any other city in the UK, and as such we share our city with a host of wild neighbours. From foxes to peregrines, green woodpeckers to redshank, you don’t need to leave the city to experience the natural world. Our community programme invites residents to explore their local green spaces and meet some of the city’s wilder inhabitants in the company of some expert naturalists. The programme of free events takes in a wealth of urban nature hotspots alongside family activities like bug hunts and pond dipping.”

“I’m one of the founders of the Bristol Short Story Prize so I’m currently reading through around 200 of the 2,500-plus entries. With Bertel Martin, I organise the Word of Mouth spoken word events at The Thunderbolt on Bath Road, on the first Wednesday of every month. We are now working closely with Anna Freeman and Sharon Clark, who organise the Blahblahblah spoken word events at Bristol Old Vic.” “Lowbrow has to be watching Bristol Rovers. I’ve been following The Gas since I was a nipper. They won the short-lived Watney Cup in one of my first seasons at Eastville, and have won nothing since. Also, making cider with Sean Busby, James Russell and James Smith. We are the Totterdown Press. And trying to grow things on my allotment. It’s coming along nicely so far this year… more

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theatre Stalin’s Daughter Making its debut at the Tobacco Factory Theatres this summer, Stalin’s Daughter is the incredible true story of how the daughter of the infamous tyrant lived incognito in Clifton for 15 years Leaving behind three husbands and the fall of the Soviet Union, Svetlana Alliluyeva (played by Bristol actress Kirsty Cox) seeks a place to reflect on the horrors of her past and to escape her father’s name. But a new name doesn’t give you a new identity. Whether she calls herself Svetlana or Lana, she is still Stalin’s daughter. Playwright David Lane explains how he and Bristol’s Blue Brook Productions have approached this extraordinary story: “Stalin’s Daughter is the story of one woman’s search for personal freedom. But it also explores how far our histories shape our destiny – and what happens when our past and future worlds begin to collide. Struggling to cast off the shadow of one of the world’s most infamous, charismatic and terrifying leaders,

Svetlana moves to Bristol, renames herself Lana Peters – and starts to piece together her fragmented life, her memories dominated in equal measure by her father’s tender love and his insatiable lust for power. The joy of writing this play comes from how much is known about Svetlana’s early life, and yet how little is known about her later years in Bristol. All the usual character backstory work has been done for us – we’ve had the more exciting job of inventing who she became after that, and why on earth she chose Bristol out of all the places she could have gone. Our story tackles some huge, universal questions about how human beings deal with their past and how they try to construct new futures. Is it ever possible to let go of your roots – or do some things run too deep in

your psyche to ever truly escape? I think Svetlana probably came to Bristol with a positive attitude, a sense that she could start again and cast off her father’s long shadow. The fact that she left Bristol before she did, though, has got us wondering just how successful that attempt really was: she has left so little trace behind her that it’s almost as though she was covering her tracks. Somehow, in the act of trying to remake herself, she ended up never really creating anything definite. It’s the stuff of big drama: ambiguities, existential wondering, mystery, reconciling yourself with the past and attempting to control your destiny by remaking yourself.” more tobaccofactorytheatres.com,

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Rosanne cash at St George’s Grammy-winning US recording artist (and daughter of certain Johnny) Rosanne Cash arrives in Bristol for one very night, presented jointly by St George’s Bristol and Colston Performing music from her acclaimed recent album, The River & The Thread – Uncut calls it a “mesmerising trek through the land of Dixie” – Cash will be joined by husband and regular collaborator John Leventhal for what looks like a nailed-on 2014 musical highlight. more stgeorgesbristol.co.uk. wed 30 jul

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families Bristol’s chock-full of fantastic things to do with your little ones this summer – here’s our pick of what’s on offer Theatre Colston Hall welcomes the stage adaptation of What the Ladybird Heard, the much-loved children’s tale by Julia ‘Gruffalo’ Donaldson and Lydia Monks about a cunning ladybird whose brilliant plan foils two unruly cattle rustlers. This brand new theatrical version promises live music, puppetry, plenty of audience participation – and gallons of laughs.

Lodge entrance, the scale model railway features two tracks, each around a third of a mile long. It runs the following Sundays from 12-5pm: 8 & 22 June, 6 & 20 July and 3 & 24 August, plus Monday 25 August. All welcome. Weather permitting: call 0117 946 7110 on the day to check the trains are running.

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Science Little ones are positively encouraged to play with their food at At-Bristol with the launch of the science and discovery centre’s latest exhibition. Food! will feature a variety of taste bud-tickling, hands-on experiments, including making popcorn using nothing but light energy, grinding your own grain, creating sugar explosions and even passing the time of day with a robot waiter. Bon appétit! more at-bristol.org.uk,

Bikes Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride (inset) returns on Sunday 22 June, and there’s still time to register for what should be another brilliant and enormous event. Enjoy a fun day sharing traffic-free routes under the Suspension Bridge and into the beautiful countryside beyond: choose between four routes ranging from nine to 38 miles, suitable for riders of all ages and abilities. Don’t miss the Electric Bike Championships taking place on Park Street at 1pm.

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Trains The lines are open again at Ashton Court’s wonderful miniature railway this summer. Situated near the Clifton

explore its unique Floating Ballast Seed Garden – a disused concrete barge in Castle Park, planted with seeds brought into Bristol on ships’ ballast – earth, stones and gravel from trade boats from all over the world – from 1680-1900. Read our feature on page 28.

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Outdoors Later this summer Arnolfini is laying on another fun family day out to

Hoots, heights and history Some fun things coming up this summer at Tyntesfield (main pic), the National Trust house and parkland just west of Bristol. On Saturday 21 June local company Avon Owls will be inviting younger visitors to see some feathered friends up close and learn about the types of owl that live in Tyntesfield’s woods. We also love the look of The Pantaloons’ History of Britain (Fri 8 Aug, 7pm, picnics from 6pm), a breathless race through our island story packed with songs, sketches and silliness for all ages. Then on Wednesday 20 August (10am-4pm), join the Great Big Tree Climbing team for a high and mighty time in the treetops. more nationaltrust.org.uk/tyntesfield

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families Bubbahub Géraldine Roul and Selena LanhamCook of Bedminster’s baby café

inspiration James Coomber We speak to the co-founder of the Harbourside’s new and very useful Tourist Inspiration Station Why does Bristol need a Tourist Inspiration Station (TIS)?

Sometimes the lesser-known things go unnoticed and often the best way to connect with a place is to meet a local. The TIS will shine a light on some of the great things happening around the city by creating bespoke itineraries for each visitor – after all, there’s more to Bristol than just Brunel and Banksy. When do you launch?

The TIS will be up and running throughout July. We will be based in

No. 1 Harbourside and open seven days a week, from 10am until 6pm. What are your long-term aspirations for TIS?

Bristol’s year as European Green Capital is coming up next year and by then I hope the TIS will be a permanent feature. Sum up the TIS in five words.

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bristol’s big market Bristol’s BIG Market returns on Saturday 21 June as part of Bristol’s BIG Green Week (see page 19). It lives up to its name and then some with over 150 stalls selling food, drink, craft and more by local producers and makers while street performers and music keep things lively. MORE

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When did you get the idea? We were both working for Mumsnet and often had our meetings in cafés but it started to get exhausting with our kids. We knew there was a need for somewhere built for babies where you could safely put them on the floor while relaxing on a sofa. When we heard that Bubbahub was for sale it was a no-brainer! What’s been the key to your success so far? The fact that we are completely in that zone – we are in the same boat as our customers so we know what they want. We come in on our days off and sit down as if we are customers and notice all the things that are wrong – then we try our best to correct them. What’s your most popular event? Our most popular events are Ukulele Babies (pictured) on Monday and Thursday mornings, and Poco Drom on a Wednesday morning. Both very different and both completely bonkers and brilliant. What are your aspirations? We’d like to have more baby cafés and are already on the lookout for our next area of Bristol. We’d also love to break into festivals, but we can’t say too much about that now! What’s the secret to dealing with children all day every day? The majority of our customers are under two so just utterly scrumptious! We do admittedly drink vast amounts of coffee too – that helps. thebubbahub.co.uk / @BubbaHubBristol

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f ilm Pick of the flicks Watershed’s Cinema Curator Mark Cosgrove picks out his five forthcoming filmic treats…

Of Horses and Men

Icelandic cinema is wonderfully eccentric in the striking landscapes which are its visual backdrop, and in the memorable characters who populate them. Of Horses and Men continues the tradition with a series of darkly amusing interweaving tales, all of them based around the connection between man and horse. Distinctly offbeat.

lows of contemporary urban life. Set in New York, it follows the interweaving emotions of a group of Europeans and Americans. Light, sexy and breezy. Boyhood

American film-maker Richard Linklater’s moving portrait of a young boy growing to maturity. Linklater filmed the material over a 12-year period, following his young actor Camille Claudel 1915 at key stages in his life. The result Artist Camille Claudel will forever be is a remarkable, honest portrait of linked to the sculptor Auguste Rodin. boyhood with all its raw, complex and However, unlike the previous cinematic exhilarating emotions – and a piece of account of this relationship, Camille cinematic history. Claudel 1915 focuses on her time at Monty Python Live (mostly) a sanatorium. At the film’s heart is a mesmerising performance from Juliette If you are one of the few that got Binoche, whose face alone can express tickets to see this momentous reunion in London, bully for you Mr/Ms Smug. rare depths of emotion. But if you missed out, don’t worry: Chinese Puzzle here is your opportunity to see the If you loved Before Sunrise and its show, beamed live from the O2 Arena successors, Chinese Puzzle (pictured) into the comfort of Watershed. is most definitely for you. It’s the third in a very loose trilogy on the highs and more watershed.co.uk

Architecture centre On Friday 20 June the Architecture Centre hosts a fascinating talk on Biomimicry in Architecture by architect Michael Pawlyn, one of the team of designers behind Cornwall’s groundbreaking Eden Project. Searching for genuinely sustainable building design and technology, scientists and designers

often find that nature has got there first: Michael will reveal how 3.5 billion years of natural history have evolved innumerable examples of forms, systems and processes that we can now apply to modern green design. 6pm, £6.50/£4 concs. more

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Wallace & Gromit from the drawing board Meet Bristol’s most famous residents at this cracking new exhibition at M Shed On the 25th anniversary of their first ever film release (1989’s A Grand Day Out), this cracking new exhibition (M Shed, to 7 Sep) invites visitors to immerse themselves in the storymaking processes behind Aardman Animations’ award-winning Wallace & Gromit films. Wander through a W&G-style home developed by Aardman especially for M Shed, find out how the duo’s inimitable storylines

are created, what inspires their Bristol creators, and how the plucky twosome have developed over time. Related events include the one-hour Characters from Clay workshops (Tue 12 & Tue 26 Aug, 10am, 12pm & 2pm), where Aardman’s expert model-makers will be on hand to help you recreate your favourite characters from their wonderful worlds. Ages 4 and above. more mshed.org

A balmy summer’s evening, a delicious picnic, watching a great romantic opera performed in a beautiful garden setting as the sun sets over north Bristol. Sounds tempting, no? And this will indeed be the scene (well, weather permitting) later this summer as London’s Garden Opera Company perform Puccini’s emotional, captivating La Bohème (Thu 17 Jul) in the private grounds of Colston’s School, Stapleton, in a fully staged version sung in English and directed by the award-winning Martin Lloyd Evans. Proceeds from the evening will go to St Vincent’s, a housing project for single, homeless Bristolians in recovery from alcohol and drug misuse. more

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CLIFTON ARTS club Pay your respects to the grandaddy of art clubs in the city – nay, the country – at Clifton Arts Club’s 106th annual open exhibition. Taking place on 12-26 July at Bristol School of Art (next to the RWA), admission is free and all works are for sale. more

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arts trails The weekend of 14-15 June is a busy one for Bristol’s art lovers. One of the city’s most popular neighbourhood art trails returns that weekend in Easton, featuring over 100 artists showing their work in homes and venues across BS5. A little further west, meanwhile, the 40-odd residents of Jamaica Street Studios (including Christopher Wright, right) open up their workspaces for the weekend for their own annual Open Studio event, culminating in their popular mini-canvas auction. MORE eastonartstrail.co.uk, jamaicastreetartists.co.uk 18 shipshapebristol.co.uk

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Best of the rest Love Food Midsummer Festival (21-22 Jun) Kings Weston House, a Georgian mansion set in 28 acres of parkland in north Bristol, hosts the summer instalment of this regular festival aiming to get us all out into the countryside, learning about how and where our food should come from, and how to grow and cook it best.

festivals Fantastic four Reach for the diary and rootle out the sunscreen as we bring you Shipshape’s top quartet of local summer festivals 1. Bristol Harbour Festival (18-20 Jul)

The Harbour Fest (above) returns with its usual beguiling mix of live music, dance, circus and street theatre, markets and food stalls – not to mention the rafts of working boats and tall ships sailing into town to help celebrate the city’s rich maritime past. Bristol’s world-class circus and street theatre programmers Cirque Bijou are back in Castle Park, while down at the Amphitheatre locals Happy City will be offering a programme of world music, yoga, relaxation and more. more bristolharbourfestival.co.uk

2. Bristol’s BIG Green Week (14-22 Jun)

The UK’s festival of eco ideas, art and entertainment returns with over 150 events across town. Two weekends of free family entertainment bookend nine days of inspiring talks, workshops and markets, plus art, music, poetry, comedy and films. We like the look of Birdemic: Shock and Terror on Thursday 19 June: a screening of the cult saga of an invasion of lethal eagles, fondly regarded as one of the worst movies ever made. Bristol will be European Green Capital in 2015 and the celebrations start here… more biggreenweek.com

3. Bristol International Balloon Fiesta (7-10 Aug)

Europe’s largest ballooning event (inset) returns for its 36th instalment, featuring four days of free family fun. Over 130 hot-air balloons will take off from Ashton Court Estate at 6am and 6pm daily, as well as lighting up the skies on Thursday and Saturday evenings with the famous night glows. Back on the ground, there are fairground rides, food stalls and bars, face painting, an arts and craft fair, dance stage, arena entertainment, the Red Arrows and a local talent music bandstand. more bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk

4. Bristol Pride Week (5-13 Jul)

A typically eclectic range of music, comedy, film, talks and, of course, the colourful Pride Parade, which will snake its way through town on Saturday 12 July. After the parading’s done, a massive outdoor festival in Castle Park will feature two stages of entertainment, a family area and funfair, market stalls and much more. more pridebristol.co.uk

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St Paul’s Carnival (5 Jul) Annual celebration of African and Caribbean culture, featuring a masquerade parade, music stages, 15 sound systems and a wide array of stalls selling food and crafts. more

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Bristol Thai Festival (26-27 Jul) Traditional food offerings to Buddhist monks, Thai massage and dancing, Thai costume fashion show, live Thai boxing and more. more www.desythai.com/ bristol-thai-festival-2014.html

Bristol Summer Series (26-27 Jun) Two evenings of live music down on Canon’s Marsh Amphitheatre. The Thursday night features a set from legendary Celtic punk rockers The Pogues. more bristolsummerseries.com

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Shakespeare Festival This bonanza of Bardic brilliance returns for its 11th annual instalment

This welcoming Harbourside café/ bar hosts live music on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9.30pm, and Fridays and Saturdays from 11pm. Forthcoming highlights include:

Some of the UK’s top touring theatre companies will descend on Bristol throughout July for Bristol Shakespeare Festival, which this year features 13 different productions. You’ll also find a healthy mix of familyfriendly performances and more adult-oriented fare. BSF’s new Artistic Director Suzanne Booth (pictured) picks out four top shows from this year’s line-up: The Lord Chamberlain’s Men: Romeo and Juliet (Wed 9 Jul)

This acclaimed all-male company are BSF veterans and never fail to delight audiences of all generations with their productions as the Bard himself would have seen them. Book early: this outdoor production at Brandon Hill Bowling Green will be a sell-out. Taking Flight: As You Like It (Sun 20 Jul)

Taking Flight are renowned for their inclusive, accessible performances, using actors who are traditionally

under-represented in theatre and film. Their lively promenade performance at Blaise Castle will include live music and audience interaction. Butterfly Theatre: Hamlet (Mon 21-Sun 27 Jul)

Redcliffe Caves provide the perfect, atmospheric backdrop for this haunting tale of family vengeance – and I’m sure that Butterfly will make full use of their surroundings in their eerie promenade performance. Folksy Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew (Fri 25 & Sat 26 Jul)

I’m delighted that rural touring theatre company Folksy are back at St Werburghs’ Boiling Wells Amphitheatre after sell-out performances there in 2012. In a magical setting shrouded by trees, with live music and a host of largerthan-life characters, this 1950s reimagining of Shrew will mesmerise audiences young and old. more

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Land of the Giants Fri 6 Jun Plymouth’s Land of the Giants cook up their own rock-rooted music out of a jumble of funk, ska, blues and indie – deploying choppy guitar, impassioned vocals and flaring brass wisely. Talisman Sat 2 Aug Reformed ’80s Bristol reggae legends return – true to their roots, but with new tunes and a fresh energy that belies their veteran status. Bombs Fri 15 Aug Artful London rockers, with influences ranging from King Crimson to Morphine. DJ Jimi Needles laces their electric rock sound with hints of darkness. Session One (pictured) Fri 22 Aug Funky party starters, with a repertoire of popular faves from Jessie J to Aretha Franklin delivered by tirelessly energetic vocalists and a proper show band with attitude. soundcloud.com/ landofthegiants; talismanreggae. com; soundcloud.com/bombscloud; session-one.co.uk

war, women and song War, Women and Song tells the fascinating story of the performers who signed up for a tour of duty between 1914 and 1919 with the Lena Ashwell YMCA Concert Parties. Mostly young women, they played wherever they were needed, from freezing tents to ships at sea. MORE Sun 31 Aug-Tue

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art Back from the Front Subtitled Art, Memory and the Aftermath of War, this fascinating exhibition series at the Royal West of England Academy explores the theme of conflict and memory across a series of interrelated shows

We’re fascinated by Brothers in Art, which reunites the work of those immensely influential siblings John and Paul Nash, whose landscape paintings were a major feature of early20th-century British art both in peacetime and war. Both brothers’ art was immersed in landscape and nature. They shared a unique way of looking at the land, shaped by childhood pastimes and the travesty of war – both were appointed Official War Artists in their careers. However, whereas Paul went on to experiment with abstraction and surrealism and is now widely recognised

as a major figure in 20thcentury British art, John (whose beguiling A Gloucestershire Landscape is pictured) remains on the periphery. Elsewhere, Shock and Awe – Contemporary Artists at War and Peace features work by contemporary artists recently exposed to the front line of war in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans. It is also a platform for artists who are fascinated by acts of remembrance and use their art as a warning and as a form of protest at the wickedness of the world. more

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Bravo Bristol! The latest work from the pen of Bristol author, historian and regular Shipshape contributor Eugene Byrne is a fascinating account of Bristol’s experiences in World War I. Co-written with fellow historian Clive Burlton, Bravo, Bristol! The City at War, 1914-1918 (Redcliffe Press, £15) documents how, as one of the country’s two

main Atlantic ports, Bristol played a major part in the war effort. “When Britain declared war in August 1914, Bristol was a growing and prosperous city,” Byrne explains. “For some, this was the endless Edwardian summer, an age of lost innocence. For others, it was a time of anger, poverty and

increasingly bitter political struggle. The Great War changed everything.” Painstakingly researched, featuring many pictures and records unseen for almost 100 years, Bravo, Bristol! is a portrait of a city at war: a place that seems both alien and surprisingly familiar. more

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Launched in 2004 in the former Ashton Gate Brewery fermenting block, Bristol Beer Factory celebrates its 10th birthday this year. In honour, we share some fascinating facts and figures about this wonderful local brewery

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BBF beers are available all over the world, from Perth, Western Australia, to Brazil, Singapore and beyond

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exhibit The Promise Arnolfini’s summer exhibition and project, The Promise, examines the relationship between a city and its residents If a city is more than just a place, how do its inhabitants live together? And how does the city’s design – its architecture, urban design, landscape, and infrastructure – impact on the way we live? “Since the early Modernist movement, design has had a critical social function: to provide improved living conditions, both for individuals and for society,” explains Arnolfini’s Curator of Exhibitions and Head of Programme, Axel Weider. “Revolving around a minimum standard of living and equal access to space, air, light and water, Modernist planning was a promise for a better society for all. However, the power of design to shape reality has been overestimated, neglecting the many

relationships between people and their environment. Late-modern, socalled ‘Brutalist’ architecture marks a paradoxical moment in which design principles with ambitious social ideas created formal solutions which seemed, to many, to be thoroughly antisocial or even inhuman.” The Promise will use this tension between social ambition and contemporary reality to explore the potential futures of cities – and the role of architecture, design and the arts therein. Besides the design of physical spaces in the city, the project will also engage with the imagination, looking at how we construct for ourselves an image of a city that we can share. The programme will include a series of off-site commissions by

international artists, as well as an exhibition within Arnolfini itself. The latter will include a display of architecture models and other materials related to the history of the city – including a futuristic, unrealised plan for a museum in Castle Park. Elsewhere, a newly commissioned mapping project will track the different ways in which people use the city, to form an encyclopedia of subjective versions of the city. For The Downs, one of the UK’s oldest public parks, artist Oscar Tuazon is creating a new, large sculpture, which can be used as a barbecue – a place for people to gather. more arnolfini.org.uk,

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b r e a k fa s t at t h e c a n t e e n Toast and cornflakes starting to pall? Those wanting to break their fast in a little more style should check out the new breakfast menu at Stokes Croft’s The Canteen. Pancakes, veggie or chorizo shakshouka (North African poached eggs in a rich sauce), muesli and more breakfast buns than you could shake a stick at… served from 10am to midday, Monday to Saturday. MORE canteenbristol.co.uk

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City Sightseeing Bristol runs open-top bus tours around the city with interactive commentary. The tour takes you around the Harbourside stopping at the ss Great Britain, then out under Clifton Suspension Bridge and onto the Downs. You can also visit the shopping districts of Clifton Village, Park Street, Bristol Shopping Quarter and St Nicholas Market.

Bristol Ferry Boats operate regular ferry services around the Harbourside, as well as public trips and excursions. The ferry stops are illustrated on the map or visit the operators’ websites for timetable information. A cross-harbour ferry also operates from Brunel’s ss Great Britain to the Harbourside (Hotwells).

The Harbourside Market takes place every Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm. Find local produce and creativity at the fore with books, music, art, food, children’s toys and more. The market has recently expanded and now runs from Narrow Quay to Bordeaux Quay to help “revitalise the city-centre waterside in celebration of Bristol’s independent spirit”. Retroville takes place at the Tobacco Factory every first Sunday of the month, 10am-2.30pm, in conjunction with the regular market (see right). Vintage and retro clothing, records, furniture and more. Sunday Brunch Market runs alongside the Harbourside Market (above) every week with street food stalls selling Vietnamese banh mi and Indian spiced breakfasts. Live music, face painting and performance too. Temple Quay Market runs every Thursday, 11.30am-2.30pm. Hot and speciality foods take centre stage on the first, third and fifth Thursday and the BEATS street food market every second and fourth. Tobacco Factory Market takes place every Sunday, 10am-2.30pm, with 40 food and craft stalls selling ethical, ecofriendly, fair trade, organic and local produce. Live music too.

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Q&A Suzanne Rolt The director of St George’s Bristol talks to us about childhood, challenges and finding the time to finish her book… Hello Suzanne. How are you?

exhibitions, meetings and all kinds of cultural events. We hope the new building will entice people to spend more time with us in the day as well as evenings and just serve as a lovely space to be in.

enjoying the sun. I look for events that might be a little lighter or celebratory in tone, or perhaps something more unusual – and ensure there’s plenty of time for people to sit in the gardens with a drink before and afterwards!

Tell us a bit about your background.

What’s the most challenging thing about your role as director?

What concerts are you most looking forward to?

Happy and remarkably upbeat. St George’s is packed to the rafters tonight for a concert with one of the world’s greatest classical pianists and I have the best seat in the house. A childhood in Wales full of music (no harp, but cello and piano), on to study music at university and then out into the big wide world with jobs at Welsh National Opera and the Musicians Benevolent Fund, organising an annual classical music festival and working on launch events for the Jacqueline du Pre Memorial Appeal. How did you come to be at St George’s Bristol?

I followed my heart, drawn here by a boyfriend – we parted ways but the city retained its hold. As luck would have it, a job came up at St George’s. It was a small team back then and the venue was still in its infancy but it felt special and I loved the idea of helping to create something exceptional. What are your aspirations?

Put simply, for as many people as possible to have the best possible musical experience at St George’s. My aim now is to take St George’s to the next level so I’m working on a new capital project. We’ve developed plans for a beautiful extension that will be home to a café/bar and new spaces that can be used for talks,

Two things: the constant challenge of finding the funds to keep the hall open and to deliver a year-round world-class programme; and the lack of space. We have an intimate, perfectly-formed hall that musicians and audiences love, but we’ve run out of space in the backstage and front of house areas to accommodate basic facilities like a café, more toilets, changing rooms, etc. Hence the plans for a new extension.

A few events stand out for me: Classic Brit Award-winning guitarist Miloš making his debut here playing Bach and Rodrigo (11 Jun); a visit from an extraordinary and inspirational group of young musicians whose lives have been transformed by music in a South African township, Buskaid Soweto Strings (11 Jul); US recording artist Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash (30 Jul); and an incredible performance of Sir John Taverner’s Towards Silence where the audience sits in darkness and hears, but doesn’t And what’s the most satisfying? see, four string quartets and a Tibetan That’s easy: listening to a musician prayer bowl playing above them you love performing in the most extraordinary acoustics, looking at the in the gallery. This is the tip of the blissed out faces of people around you iceberg though so check out our brochure or website. and knowing that, in this moment, nothing else matters. That’s when all the stresses of dealing with the 101 If you weren’t talking to me now, arrangements needed to reach this what would you be doing? stage are finally worth it. Trying to find a quiet place to sit and finish the book I’m writing about Damascus. I visited a few years ago, What sort of feel are you aiming for with the summer programme? just before the fighting broke out, and it’s an extraordinary city that made a The summer can be a strange season huge impact on me. as you need to work extra hard to persuade people that there’s a good reason to be inside, rather than outside MORE stgeorgesbristol.co.uk 27 @shipshapeMAG

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Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves’s Floating Ballast Seed Garden returns for its third year this summer with several new plants, and a programme of events on water “It’s an attempt to re-establish the histories and complexities of ballast flora… the individual histories that these plants were witness to and their intimate connection to the economic and social history of Bristol,” says Maria Thereza Alves of Seeds of Change, whose floating ballast seed garden launched in Bristol in 2012. The project first began in 2007 when Alves was invited by Arnolfini to contribute to its Port City exhibition. She began an investigation into Bristol’s ballast flora, a category of non-native plants which have become naturalised over time, and which were carried to the UK in the ballast of trading ships. Four years later, Bristol City Council and Arnolfini invited Alves to devise an ongoing project using a derelict concrete barge moored near Castle Park. Called Seeds of Change, it investigates Bristol’s trading past and the various routes travelled by trading vessels between 1680 and the early 1900s using ballast plants, some of which were found at known ballast tipping sites around the Floating Harbour and along the Avon. Alves, who attended New York’s acclaimed Cooper Union School of Art, worked closely with University of Bristol Botanic Garden plant curator Nick Wray and designer Gitta Gschwendtner to develop the floating garden, which includes a giant plant bed for up to 20 species and a custom-made irrigation system. To date, some of the ballast plants found by the artist

include Senebiera pinnatifida from Argentina, Salsola kali (Africa), Amaranthus albus (North America) and Pisum arvense (Portugal). The garden, which is owned by Bristol Harbour Authority, is now in its third year and launches to the public with a day of replanting on 4 June, followed by a number of summer boat trips to and from the garden on Bristol Packet’s Bagheera, a beautiful Amsterdambuilt sightseeing boat. Professor Peter Coates, an Environmental Historian at the Department of Historical Studies of Bristol University, whose research interests include human relations with non-native species of flora and fauna, says: “Non-native plants and animals receive an increasingly bad press. The media is awash with stories about the McDonaldization of ecological systems – not just terrestrial but also aquatic. And this is where ballast enters the controversy. A project like Maria Thereza’s can act as a powerful advertisement for ‘multihorticulturalism’ – an antidote to the widely held view that all non-native plants, unless firmly under control in a garden, are a menace to our natural national heritage.” more Seeds of Change: A Floating Ballast Seed Garden, Castle Park, 4 Jun to Oct 2014. Visit arnolfini.org.uk or call 0117 917 2300. For more on the University of Bristol Botanic Garden, visit bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden

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Events Ballast Seed Garden planting event Thu 5 Jun, 11am-4pm, free • Head to Castle Park to watch volunteers from the University Botanic Garden plant the Ballast Seed Garden. Staff and volunteers from Arnolfini and the University Botanic Garden will be on hand to explain more about the garden and the planting scheme.

University of Bristol Botanic Garden curator Nick Wray (left) asks artist Maria Thereza Alves about the role of plants in her art NW: What interests you in working with plants in your art, and how do you think people connect with it? MTA: I never know where my research will lead me and I’m always amazed at the variety of people engaged by the complexities of plants, how they arrived, and how they contribute to the landscape (which might be quite different than people may have been led to believe). I thought that by being able to access a garden made up of ballast flora, visitors would be pleasantly surprised by how many of the plants are actually very much part of their everyday lives.

project allows the viewer to consider how human activity has affected the landscape, from economic policies to river and land trade routes, and subsequently, how this has influenced the ‘look’ of the English landscape.

The ballast seed garden focuses on plants that have colonised new ground and new countries. Do you think people are aware of this and do they see the plants as a parallel to human movement? The plants I research did not storm in in a combative theft and pillage mode, they arrived usually by accident in ships’ ballast. I hope my

How do you see the human conflict between the need to cultivate and nurture and the greed of some individuals and large companies to take ever more from the land and sea? That was why I was co-founder of the Green Party in Brazil – it was an attempt to propose other models of sustainable living.

The floating garden has created a lot of public interest and discussion. How would you like to take the concept further? I would like to see a permanent ballast garden established within a UK landscape research centre focusing on ballast flora, and the evolving English landscape.

Boat tour: Anne Brake Thu 19 Jun, 5.30-8.30pm, £7/£5 conc • An Introduction to Bristol’s Historic Floating Harbour and the Ballast Seed Garden with Anne Brake. Take a boat trip from Arnolfini around Bristol’s Floating Harbour before boarding the Ballast Seed Garden to learn about the project. Boat tour Wed 9 Jul, 5.30-7pm, £7/£5 conc • A University of Bristol Botanic Garden Volunteer will guide you around the Ballast Seed Garden. Hear the principles behind the design, how the plants are raised and more. Boat tour: Nick Wray Thu 17 Jul 2014, 5.30-7.30pm, £7/£5 concs • Led by Nick Wray, Curator at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden. Join Wray for an in-depth look at the design, planting style and plants on the Ballast Seed Garden. Boat tour Wed 6 & Thu 14 Aug, 5.30-7pm, £7/£5 conc • Guided tour explaining the principles behind the design, how the plants are raised and how the display will be developed in the future. Boat tour: The Promise Sat 16 Aug, 2-3.30pm, £7/£5 conc • Part of Arnolfini’s exhibition, The Promise. See the arrival of the Dead Rat Orchestra, who will travel exclusively by waterway from London to Bristol to perform at Arnolfini.

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temple of boom! It’s all change down in that part of town around Temple Meads station. New buildings have sprung up with the promise of more to come. It’s also at the heart of the city’s new Local Enterprise Zone… and one day it might, just might, even be home to the longed-for arena. Behind all this, though, is the story of one of Bristol’s oldest neighbourhoods. Eugene Byrne looks at Temple’s past and future

Robert, Earl of Gloucester The Temple district of Bristol goes back to the time of one of the key figures in Bristol’s history. Robert, Earl of Gloucester was an illegitimate son of King Henry I, and one of the most powerful and capable magnates of his day; he built Bristol Castle and – the story goes – donated one stone in 10 of all those shipped in for the castle towards the building of St James’s, Bristol’s oldest church. In 1145 or thereabouts he made a grant of land to the Knights Templar and the area became known as ‘Temple Fee’. Fee (or fief, or feoffee) being the feudal term for property given in return for a vassal’s actual or nominal loyalty to an overlord.

Knights Templar The Knights Templar was an order of warrior-monks in the Crusader era who were supposed to protect the Temple in Jerusalem. At this time it was considered an act of Christian piety to support them, so they were given vast amounts of land and property across western Europe. The income from trade and agriculture at Temple Fee was to pay for their crusading and the Templars built one of their distinctive circular churches here. There are all manner of legends and weird occult tales associated with the Templars but sadly none we know of associated with the Bristol ones, although it is said that the ghost of a Templar stalks the Avon Fire & Rescue station on Temple Back.

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neighbourhood watch: Temple quay

Middle Ages

1940

From the Middle Ages onwards, this was one of the economic powerhouses of Bristol. In medieval times there was a thriving woollen cloth industry. Weavers worked in houses, which by law had to be open to the streets, so that people could see they were doing a good job. Finished cloth was dyed and stretched to dry out on wooden racks or ‘tenters’, and held in place by ‘tenterhooks’ to prevent it from shrinking. This was in a large area to the east of the site of the Temple church known as the Rack Close. Most of this cloth was then exported to places like Ireland, France, Spain and Portugal. Cloth was often traded for French, Spanish and Portuguese wines.

Temple Church was built on the site of the original Templar Church. The ground was marshy and its tower was unstable. According to legend, people put nuts in the gap between the tower and the rest of the building, and came out after the service to retrieve them after the slight motion of the tower when the church bells being rung had cracked them. The church was gutted by fire in an air raid in November 1940, and a company of Royal Engineers came into Bristol to help clear up the damage. Believing the tower was leaning because of bomb damage, they planned to demolish it for safety. The locals had a great deal of trouble persuading their commanding officer that it had always leaned like that.

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1700s

Victorian times

With the decline of the cloth industry in the 1700s, the area became home to other businesses, most on a fairly small scale. Temple was a convenient location close to the centre of the city, but also next to the river. This was useful for industries needing large quantities of water, and it also meant that coal and raw materials could easily be brought in by barges and lighters. There were potteries making earthenware jars and clay pipes here and by the 1700s there were also refineries taking raw sugar from Britain’s colonies in the West Indies.

By late Victorian times it was an even more desirable location for industry because it was close to Temple Meads station. Brunel’s original station opened in the 1840s, but it was extended further in the 1870s with the construction of the station buildings in use today. In the 19th century the neighbourhood around the station had warrens of narrow streets and factory chimneys belching out smoke. There were potteries, an iron foundry, oil and tallow works (later a paint factory), a glass bottle factory, alum works, acid works, warehousing and more. In 1893 Bristol’s first power station for electric street lighting opened on Temple Back. It was run by the council and was soon providing power for shops and businesses too.

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Clifton Arts Club

106th annual

open exhibition original and affordable art

12th to 26th July Open daily - 10am to 4.30pm (Sat 26th July: 10am to 4pm) admission free

Bristol School of Art Queens Road Bristol BS8 1PX Adjacent to the RWA

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neighbourhood watch: Temple quay

20th century

Today

With industry and the accompanying pollution, the area was also a notorious slum until well into the 20th century. Much of the housing was overcrowded and disease-ridden. Indeed, the site of the derelict Post Office sorting offices off Cattle Market Road is a former burial ground for victims of the outbreaks of cholera, which affected Bristol periodically until the city secured a supply of clean drinking water from the Mendips. It was also a hotbed of crime. When in Victorian times the Corporation finally got around to building Victoria Street to link central Bristol with Temple Meads, it was hoped that this would also improve the area.

The area has undergone extensive redevelopment in the last two decades, notably around the Temple Quay neighbourhood (see templequay-bristol.com). The process might be said to have started with the new Bristol & West building in the early 1990s. The ongoing construction of new office and apartment blocks is, according to some, changing Bristol’s ‘centre of gravity’, moving business away from the centre and concentrating more of it around Temple Meads. The decision to move a lot of city council business to the former London Life offices and talk of a ‘government campus’ near the station will add to the process. Even more significant – potentially – is the new Temple Quarter enterprise zone, which, it is hoped, will breed a whole new generation of knowledge economy businesses. See bristoltemplequarter.com

1960s-1997 In the 20th century the area still had a large concentration of small and medium industrial units. The famous sorting office was built in the 1930s for its proximity to the station. The present building was constructed around the original in the 1960s and 1970s. The Royal Mail moved out to a new sorting office in Filton in 1997 and the building has been derelict since. It is owned by a shadowy overseas company, with which the Local Enterprise Partnership and the City Council have been in talks. In the meantime, Mayor Ferguson has been talking about seeking a compulsory purchase order as the site is a terrible eyesore confronting visitors arriving at Temple Meads, and is an obstacle to the redevelopment of the area.

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The future? The only thing needed to complete the jigsaw is our new arena, the 10,000-12,000 capacity entertainment venue next to the station that we’ve been talking about since the 1990s. Will it happen? Won’t it happen?

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shopping Our celebration of independents, in association with the Bristol Pound

Gloucester Road

We love… Gloucester Road

Old City Harbourside

From fashion to hardware, this lively street has it all Local high streets, we’re told, are dying. Up to a third of shops are empty, reports say, due to the proliferation of supermarkets and the rise of internet shopping. But a short stroll along Bristol’s Gloucester Road tells an entirely different story. This vibrant, lively strip is home to busy butchers, crowded cafés, fashion emporiums, record stores, toy shops, grocers, bakers and more. “Everyone in this area loves to shop local and support their traders,” says Sarah Thorp, owner and founder of gallery, shop and community art space, Room 212. “There is a personal relationship between the shopkeepers and the

area feels vibrant and friendly. Shopping here is a social occasion.” Katie Finnegan-Clarke, of the Bristol Pound, agrees: “You can’t beat the vibe on Gloucester Road. It’s a neighbourly place brimming with special shops.” The key to its longevity, she says, is to keep supporting our independents. “The Bristol Pound is designed to actively build business and community relationships on which small businesses depend. If you use the Bristol Pound you know that your money will stick to independents in the city.” more room212.co.uk, @room212gallery, @glosrdcentral, @BristolPound

meet the owner dan stern of The Fish shop When did you launch The Fish Shop and why? We launched in 2010 as it seemed like the one thing Gloucester Road was missing. There hadn’t been a fishmonger on the street for 20 years. Where does your fish come from? Mostly from the markets of Cornwall and Devon. Recently we’ve started buying mackerel and sea bass directly off a boat in Dorset, which makes us very excited. Favourite fish dish? Hake roasted in the oven with fresh herbs, butter and lemon. I don’t live near Gloucester Road – how can I get hold of your fish? We offer free delivery across Bristol for orders of £30 or more. Check out our website for more information. more lovethefishshop.co.uk, shopstogether.com, @lovethefishshop

The Bristol Pound is the UK’s first citywide local currency. They are just like pounds sterling (£1 is equal to £B1) except Bristol Pounds ‘stick’ to local, independent businesses, meaning more money is kept in the city, helping the businesses and people of Bristol prosper and boosting the local economy. Hundreds of local businesses across the city accept Bristol Pounds and you can spend them using cash or via electronic currency (online or text payments). Sign up online or in person and start spending today! more bristolpound.org, @BristolPound 35 @shipshapemag

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shopping: gloucester Road

born

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s furniture, toys and clothes

el colmado charcuterie

the fish shop

A great little shop with traditional products from Spain, a wide variety of cold meat and cheeses, a selection of organic veg alongside sauces, appetisers, spices, biscuits and more. Includes all you need to make paella.

Ethically sourced, high-quality fresh fish delivered daily from the markets of Devon and Cornwall. Orders are prepared and ready for collection within 24 hours. Delivery available.

Fantastic fresh fish and seafood

Traditional Spanish products

Since opening in 2000 Born has brought natural, organic, fairly traded and practical baby products to the high street. Brands include Bugaboo, Bambino Mio, Stokke and phil&teds.

64 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8BH, 0117 924 5080 Open: Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm borndirect.com @borndirect txt2pay: born

57 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AD, 07507 972438 Open: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm @colmado_bristol txt2pay: elcolmado

143 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8BA, 0117 924 1988 Open: Mon & Fri 9am-5pm, Tue-Thu 9am-6pm, Sat 8am-4pm lovethefishshop.co.uk @lovethefishshop txt2pay: fishshop

flo-jo boutique

the gallimaufry

grape and grind

Find quality fabrics and haberdashery, a purpose-built sewing workshop, day and evening classes and more. Also stocks Liberty Tana Lawns and Japanese Kokka fabrics.

Find seasonal British food, local ales and ciders, live music and DJs alongside artwork from local talents at this independent venue and arts space in the heart of Gloucester Road.

A range of the best British beers and ciders plus an array of wines and spirits from the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most respected independent producers. The wine club delivers cases direct to your door.

36b Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AR, 0117 904 1498, Open: Mon & Fri 9.30am-5pm, Tue-Thu & Sat 9.30am-5.30pm flo-joboutique.co.uk @Flojoboutique txt2pay: flojo

26 The Promenade, BS7 8AL, 0117 942 7319 Open: Mon-Thu & Sun 11am-12am, Fri & Sat 11am-1am thegallimaufry.co.uk @thegallibristol txt2pay: galli

101 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AT, 0117 924 8718 Open: Mon-Fri 11am-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-6pm grapeandgrind.co.uk @grapegrind txt2pay: grapegrind

Quality fabrics and haberdashery

Home cooking and curios bar

Wine, spirits, tea and coffee

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harvest natural foods

joe’s bakery

la ruca

Independent health food shop, part of the Essential Trading Cooperative, selling certified organic fresh fruit and veg plus gluten- and dairy-free alternatives and fair trade goods.

Independent craft bakers selling traditional English and continental bread, biscuits, cakes and pastries, baked on the presmises. Owner Martin Hunt also hosts bakery classes at 102 Cookery School.

Much-loved family run health food shop and café. Shop for Suma, Pukka, Clipper, Dr Stuarts, Ecover, Green & Black’s and Montezuma’s products before enjoying a Chilean-inspired menu upstairs in the café.

11 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AA, 0117 942 5997 Open: Mon-Fri 9am-6.30pm, Sat 9am-6pm harvest-bristol.coop @HarvestBristol txt2pay: harvest

240 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8NZ, 0117 975 5551 Open: Mon-Fri 7am-7pm, Sat 7am-5pm joesbakery.co.uk @JoesBakeryBris txt2pay: joesbakery

89 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AS, 0117 944 6810 Open: Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm laruca.co.uk txt2pay: laruca

make

playfull toyshop

room 212

Independent boutique selling goodvalue clothes, costume jewellery and accessories from brands like Amari, Nomads, Innocent Lifestyle and Ruby Rocks. Shop a great range of eyecatching prints and fabrics.

Wonderful toy emporium specialising in children’s wooden toys, crafts, books, music and more, sourced from across Europe. Find make-your-own planes, creepy castles and fairies, a well-stocked art and craft area with face paints and felts, and plenty more.

Art gallery, shop and social hub for local artists and the surrounding community. Find a variety of work on offer alongside a weekly knitting club and regular events, talks and exhibitions. The theme for June is (Re) Cycle, featuring artist Jenny Urquhart.

87 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AS, 0117 944 6767 Open: Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm txt2pay: playfull

212 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8NU, 0117 330 2789 Open: Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm room212.co.uk @room212gallery

Craft bakery

Health food shop and café

Organic, fair trade, GM-free goods

Fashion, jewellery and accessories

59 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AD, 0117 942 3030 Open: Mon-Sat 9.30am-6pm makefashion.co.uk @MAKEofBristol txt2pay: make

Wooden toys, crafts, book and more

Gallery, shop & community art space

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Eating & drinking A guide to our favourite restaurants, cafés, bars and pubs In association with

ThePigGuide.com

seasonal bulletin Summer food festivals

– the insider’s guide to eating and drinking in Bristol and Bath. Follow The Pig @thepigguide

Foodies Festival (11-13 Jul) Three-day celebration of fine food, drink and culinary talent. Top chefs and pastry chefs will be working their magic live; wine, beer and cocktails will flow in the Drinks Theatre; and kids can don the oven gloves too, in the Children’s Cookery Theatre. foodiesfestival.com/event/ bristol-harbourside

The Bristol Harbour Festival has been at the epicentre of Bristol’s maritime celebrations since 1971 and continues to groove from strength to strength. Live music, a circus, a dedicated ‘Happy City’ zone and much more combine to create a veritable treat for all the senses including those all-important munching opportunities: street food, market stalls, alfresco bars – it’s all going on!

Bristol Harbour Festival, 18-20 Jul, bristolharbourfestival.co.uk

The moveable feast that is the Bristol-based Love Food Festival is all about loving the locally-sourced life. Westonbirt Arboretum is all about celebrating and preserving the beauty of nature. Put ‘em together and what have you got? A unique collaboration that puts the spotlight on all that’s good about real grub and the real world around us Love Food Festival, Westonbirt Arboretum, 23-25 Aug, lovefoodfestival.com

Munch bunch Foodie expert The Pig sniffs out the most familyfriendly dining destinations to be found in Bristol Dining out en famille can be a challenging – and expensive – experience. Avoid tears, tantrums and tut-tuts from fellow diners and head to one of these tot-friendly spots. On the Harbourside, the At-Bristol café (pictured) – winners of the Soil Association Food for Life Gold Catering Mark – offers a soft play area for little ones, an extensive, healthy children’s menu, bottle warming facilities, high chairs and lots of space for prams. Children’s menu options at the M Shed café – home to all manner of exciting interactive exhibits to exhaust the little people both before and after lunch – has led to hearty endorsements from Mumsnet users. If they approve, then so do we! For multigenerational summertime family get-togethers, Three Brothers Burgers (aboard Spyglass) is the ultimate Harbourside good times hotspot.

The relaxed approach will suit even the most fractious preschooler with burgers, hot dogs and sides served in the centre of the table for a shareand-share-alike vibe. Watershed Café/Bar offers up child-sized portions of most items on its fresh, local, seasonal menu for a fiver, the family/kids’ mezze platters (£13.40/£3.50) at Southville’s (extremely childfriendly) Tobacco Factory and the breakfast menu at the Colston St Bar and Kitchen serving up delicious plates (eggy brioche, anyone?) from £5. To finish? Bubbahub’s awardwinning triple-chocolate brownies and Malteser tiffins will have bambinos beaming ’til bedtime. at-bristol.org.uk / bathales.com / thebubbahub.co.uk / mshed.org / threebrothersburgers. co.uk / tobaccofactory.com / watershed.co.uk

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to in

e at i n g & d r i n k i n g

Swift half

What’s hot and what’s not this summer Out: imported raspberries In: local strawberries

We prop up the bar with Graham Williams, landlord at the Harbourside’s wonderful Shakespeare Tavern Give us a brief ST history.

The pub was built in 1725 as a quayside mansion house for Bristol merchant John Hobbs. The building made its transition to a tavern between 1764 and 1775, and is now grade-II listed. I’ve been here for the past three years and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it!

Out: snug stout In: craft beer

television that used to turn itself off and on at will in the middle of the night. People also ask if William Shakespeare ever drank here. I like to think he probably did... What’s on the menu this summer?

We’re very proud of our new burger/sandwich/drink deals, and How would you describe the ST our pub favourites (hand-battered “experience”? cod and chips; beef and ale pie; We’re definitely a very friendly rump steaks) are always popular. “character pub” - visit us once and For the health conscious, we’ve you won’t want to leave! We welcome also got lots of low-fat options and a wide spectrum of visitors including salads that easily contain all of families, boaters, tourists and locals. your five-a-day in one bowl! Being so close to the Harbourside, What’s your favourite tipple? we’re also an ideal resting spot for Definitely a malty, fruity Abbot Ale. sightseers and walkers. What question are you most asked?

If we’re haunted! I’m not sure if we are, but we did used to have a

more The Shakespeare Tavern, 68 Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QD, 0117 929 7695

Out: asparagus In: broad beans Out: cockles In: scallops Out: chicory In: cavolo nero Out: goose In: grouse Out: wild garlic In: wild mint Out: mussels In: mackerel Out: rhubarb fool In: Eton mess Out: Sunday roasts In: Saturday barbecues

S a w d ay ’ s s p e c i a l p l a c e s From old-school inns to bright and bustling boozers, traditional taverns and boutique watering holes, Alastair Sawday’s Special Places: Pubs and Inns of England and Wales (£15.99) promises to pair you up with your perfect pub. Now in its 11th year, this new edition contains more than 1,000 hand-picked hostelries chosen for their individuality, quirkiness and creativity. more sawdays.co.uk/bookshop 39 @shipshapemag

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arnolfini

The barley mow

bordeaux Quay

This stylish, buzzing eatery serves up a Mediterranean-inspired menu using locally sourced ingredients: find slates of antipasti, pizzas and tapas, as well as delicious homemade cakes and pastries – available to eat in or take home. To drink, try expertly made coffee from Extract Coffee Roasters or choose from a small but perfectly balanced global wine list, made by small, independent producers. Beers and ciders come from Somerset and beyond. Find outdoor seating right on the Harbourside.

The Barley Mow is one of Bristol’s best craft beer venues. A lovely pub that perfectly blends traditional with modern, it has a cosy interior with an open fire and there’s an attractive courtyard garden. Only five minutes’ walk from either Temple Meads or Old Market, the Barley Mow’s location away from the hubbub of the centre makes it a pub that’s worth seeking out. The menu changes daily and is designed to complement the beers, using fresh, seasonal produce. Regular events include Tap Takeovers, Monday Quiz Night and Wednesday Dinner Deal.

This sprawling Harbourside destination serves up great-tasting dishes while keeping one eye on sustainable food practices, responsible energy use and zero waste principles. The staple ingredients on the menus are sourced from the West Country in an effort to minimise food miles. It’s the first eco-restaurant to achieve a gold rating under the Soil Association’s sustainable catering scheme and is winner of the Bristol Hospitality Restaurant of the Year Award.

Bright, buzzing café-bar

Dishes: Little pizzas: homemade dough topped with fresh ingredients (from £5.75); smoked mackerel & pickled walnut salad with Severn Project leaves, seven-minute eggs & toasted sourdough (small £4.25, large £8); home-made cakes; brunch served every day 10am-4pm Times: from 10am daily Book: cafebar@arnolfini.org.uk 0117 917 2305

Bristol Beer Factory’s beer paradise

Dishes: Black pudding Scotch egg (£3.50); chilli cheese fries (£4); chorizo, mussels & pollock chowder (£9.50); spicy chickpea stew with herb couscous (£9.50) Times: Mon-Thu 12-11pm, Fri-Sat 1211.30pm, Sun 12-10pm; food served: Mon-Sat 12-3pm and 5-9pm, Sun roasts from 12pm Book: hello@barleymowbristol.com

16 Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA 0117 917 2305

39 Barton Road, St Philips, BS2 0LF 0117 930 4709

@ArnolfiniCafe

barleymowbristol.com

arnolfini.org.uk

facebook.com/ barleymowbristol

Ethical restaurant, brasserie and deli

Dishes: Cornish mackerel fillet (£6); ricotta, pea, mint and basil torta (£11.50); children’s moules-frites (£7.50); chocolate panna cotta (£5.50) Times: restaurant: Sat 6-10pm, Sun 12-3pm; brasserie: MonSat 9-11.30am, 12-10.30pm, Sun 9-11.30am, 12-9.30pm; deli: Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 9am-4pm Book: brasserie@bordeaux-quay.co.uk, restaurant@bordeaux-quay.co.uk

V Shed, Canons Way, BS1 5UH 0117 943 1200

bordeaux-quay.co.uk

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colston st bar & kitchen

glassboat

grain barge

Fantastic new café-bar from local independent brewer Bath Ales, located in the bright and airy surroundings of Colston Hall. Known and loved for their flagship beer Gem, Bath Ales runs 10 pubs, bars and restaurants in the South West – including Graze and The Hare On The Hill in Bristol – and has forged a reputation for the high quality of its venues. Colston St. Bar and Kitchen is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Choose from an American and European-inspired menu alongside a range of Bath Ales beers, wine list and hot and cold drinks.

Located on the floating harbour in the heart of Bristol, Glassboat affords spectacular views of the city and Harbourside. Head chef Charlie Hurrell has created an all day dining menu that has wide appeal – a mix of sophisticated bistro classics inspired by the very best of British and French dishes. Glassboat is a restaurant to suit any occasion – whether it’s for lunch or dinner with friends, a business breakfast or lunch, or to celebrate a special occasion, Glassboat is a unique and versatile choice.

With its panoramic views from the upper two decks, great food and excellent range of craft beers, Bristol Beer Factory’s Grain Barge is one of the harbour’s best venues. There’s lots going on with a quiz night every Monday, free pint with a pie on Wednesdays, steak night on Thursday and live music in the hold bar on Friday nights, plus many events throughout the year including the outdoor music stage at Bristol Harbour Festival. The specials menu is updated daily using fresh local produce, bread and pies are made on the premises and there’s a top-notch Sunday roast.

Sophisticated bistro classics

Hearty meals and craft beers

Brand-new venture from Bath Ales

Dishes: violet artichoke tartlet (£6.50); turbot, fresh Dorset crab, cucumber salsa (£22); lavender panna cotta, strawberry curd (£6) Times: breakfast: Mon-Sun 8-11.30am; lunch: Mon-Sat 12-3pm, Sun 12-4pm; afternoon: Mon-Sat 3-5pm; dinner: Mon-Sat 5.30-10pm Book: restaurant@glassboat.co.uk Offer: Early Bird Dinner, available Monday to Saturday from 5.30-7pm, offers two-courses for £15 or three courses for £20

Dishes: Pan-fried chicken sandwich with sun-blushed tomato & basil mayo (£7.50); sweet potato, mushroom, blue cheese and truffle pie (£8.90); chocolate brownie cheesecake & raspberry Chantilly cream (£5.50) Times: Mon-Thu 12-11pm, Fri-Sat 12-11.30pm, Sun 12-11pm Book: hello@grainbarge.co.uk

Colston Hall, Colston St, BS1 5AR 0117 204 7131

Welsh Back, BS1 4SB 0117 929 0704

Mardyke Wharf, BS8 4RU 0117 929 9347

@colstonstbar

glassboat.co.uk

grainbarge.co.uk

Times: Mon-Sat 8am-11pm, Sun 10am-10.30pm, food served all day, every day Book: colstonbar@bathales.co.uk

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lido restaurant, spa & pool

lockside

myristica

Laid-back waterside café

Fine Indian dining

The Lido is an oasis of calm in the heart of Bristol, where chef Freddy Bird presides over two floors of poolside dining. It’s the only choice for great food and relaxation. As well as lunch and dinner the poolside bar serves breakfast from 8am-11.30am, tapas from noon until 10pm and afternoon tea from 2.30pm-5.30pm.

Lovely, laid-back café on the edge of Cumberland Basin offering a range of tasty breakfasts (served all day), brunch and lunchtime treats. Formerly known as the Venturers’ Rest and Popeye’s Diner (not to mention acting as the location for Sid’s Café in Only Fools and Horses), Lockside is bright and airy, boasting fantastic views of the surrounding docks. In the warmer months customers can make the most of the alfresco seating. Lockside is also available for private hire and can cater for up to 75 people. Celebrations can be tailored to meet your requirements.

Named the Best Curry House at the British Curry Awards 2013, Myristica is one of the highlights of the harbour’s impressive dining landscape. The menu features a range of beautifully crafted dishes from across the Indian subcontinent. Kick off with baby squid deep-fried and tossed with bell peppers, chilli flakes and honey, and move on to pista murgh (breast of chicken in a mild cream sauce with ground pistachios and saffron). Then round things off with a luxuriant chocolate samosa dessert and ice cream.

European-inspired dishes

Dishes: Crab, apple, tarragon & paprika on toast (£8); Iberico pig’s cheeks, cooked in Asturian cider, parsnip and vanilla purée, watercress, apple (£17.50); Amaretto cherry and pistachio tart, or freshly churned Lido ice cream Times: restaurant: 12-3pm and 6-10pm, closed Sun evening; spa: 7am-10pm; poolside bar: Mon-Sat from 8am, Sun from 9am Book: spa@lidobristol.com

Dishes: Early bird breakfast with tea and toast (£5.95); poached egg with bubble and squeak and crispy pancetta (£8.95); warm salad of pan-fried calamari and chorizo and sweet chilli sauce (£9.50); blueberry cheesecake (£3.75) Times: Mon-Fri 7am-4pm, Sat 8am4pm, Sun 9am-4pm Book: 0117 925 5800

Dishes: Rabbit varuval (£6.95); achari venison (£12.95); okra stir fry (£4.95); chocolate samosas (£3.45) Times: lunch: Mon-Fri 12-2pm; dinner: Mon-Sat 5.30-11.30pm, Sun 5.30-10.30pm (last orders at 10pm) Book: myristica.co.uk

Oakfield Place, BS8 2BJ 0117 933 9530

No 1 Brunel Lock Road, BS1 6XS 0117 925 5800

51 Welsh Back, BS1 4AN 0117 927 2277

lidobristol.com

lockside.net

myristica.co.uk

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No.1 Harbourside

Colourful and friendly dockside venue

ROSEMARINO

Award-winning Italian

shakespeare tavern

Traditional Harbourside pub

Rather wonderful restaurant, bar, music venue, home of the Tourist Inspiration Station and birthplace of the Harbourside market. The restaurant now offers table service and has recently been awarded three stars from the Sustainable Restaurant Association. The bar serves a wide range of brewed-in-Bristol craft beers, Somerset ciders, specialist spirits and a European wine list featuring some great English whites from just down the road. If live music is your thing, catch the best of Bristol’s musical talent on the little stage on Wednesday to Saturday nights – visit no1harbourside.co.uk/ music for listings and current menu. Dishes: Ewe’s cheese with caramelised pears and Severn Project leaves (£6); smoked Cornish mackerel with chicory & home-made salad cream (£6) Times: Mon-Thu 12-3pm & 5-10pm, Fri 12-3pm & 5-9pm, Sat 12-4pm & 5-9pm; Sun 12-7pm Book: ahoy@no1harbourside.co.uk

Located on a wonderfully sunny corner just outside Clifton village, Rosemarino are the winners of Best Breakfast and Best Italian at the Bristol Good Food Awards 2012 and 2013. Their emphasis is on freshly prepared, Italian-inspired food created using a combination of ingredients from locally based suppliers and exclusively imported Italian produce. Rosemarino really is a little gem to enjoy any time of the day, whether you visit for a full Italian feast, the legendary breakfasts or simply a coffee over the papers. Dishes: Lemon pappardelle with squid, clams, mussels, lemon & cherry tomato (£7); grappa & thyme-marinated quail with rainbow chard & thyme al forno potatoes (£15); rosemary & honey panna cotta with honeycomb (£5.75) Times: Breakfast and brunch: MonSun 9-3pm; lunch Mon-Sun 12-3pm; dinner Tues-Sat 6-10pm; Sunday lunch: 12-3pm Book: info@rosemarino.co.uk

1 Canons Road, BS1 5UH 0117 929 1100

1 York Place, Clifton, BS8 1AH 0117 9736677

no1harbourside.co.uk

rosemarino.co.uk @rosemarino1

This beloved old harbour boozer (and longest-serving ale house in Bristol) serves up an appetising mix of traditional dishes and sharing platters. Great deals include a sandwich, side and drink for £5.99, burger, fries and a drink for £8.29 and a sharing platter and two drinks for £12.49. Behind the bar, choose from seven cask ales (including guest ales and the pub’s very own Shakespeare ale), draught cider and lager and more than 15 types of wine. The 4B (battle of the Bristol breweries) runs until September. Turn to page 39 to read our interview with the Shakespeare’s landlord, Graham Williams. Dishes: Cheesy garlic ciabatta (£3.29); hunter’s chicken (£6.49); mac ‘n’ cheese (£5.49); Sunday roast (£8.99) Times: Mon-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-12am, Sun 11am-11pm Book: @shakespearestav, facebook.com/theshakespearetavern

68 Prince Street, BS1 4QD 0117 929 7695

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three brothers burgers

tobacco factory

Watershed CAFé/bar

It’s all change at the Harbourside’s popular summer spot as it announces a new name, chef and management team. Now called Three Brothers, this long-established destination will boast a brand-new menu thanks to the input of sister venue The Lido’s chef. Freddy Bird has been working alongside new head chef Joey MacGibbon, who cut his teeth at acclaimed London restaurants Moro and Trullo.

Large, welcoming café bar with ongoing art exhibitions, live music, life drawing classes, quiz nights and many events throughout the year. It has a great atmosphere and is an important social hub for the Southville and Bedminster communities. The kitchen serves a healthy British/ Mediterranean-inspired menu with evening and weekend specials updated to reflect the seasons. There’s a covered terrace and large, sunny open-air yard. The weekly Sunday market has up to 40 stalls offering locally produced food and crafts. With its nationally acclaimed theatre, The Tobacco Factory is one of Bristol’s leading cultural centres.

Open every day from early in the morning to late at night, Watershed Café/Bar offers breakfast, lunch and evening meals all following a simple policy: stay fresh, local and seasonal. The ‘plot to plate’ policy means all ingredients are sourced from local suppliers, so you can eat a healthy, balanced menu while supporting the local economy. The bar stocks local favourites like Cotswold Lager and Cider, Arbor Ales and Bath Ales alongside a range of bottled drinks (which can be taken into the cinema), spirits, wines and hot and cold drinks. Free Wi-Fi is available to use throughout the Café/Bar.

Floating diner

Menu highlights: burgers, ‘proper’

mac’n’cheese, deep fried pickles, hot dogs grilled to order and Philly cheese steak. Drinks: a range of craft beers, cocktails, picklebacks (a shot of bourbon followed by a shot of pickle brine, if you don’t know), milkshakes Times: Mon-Sat 12pm-late, Sun 12-4pm

Contemporary café-bar

Menu highlights: Pan-fried duck breast with beetroot & coriander salad and Creme de cassis dressing (£12.50); breaded Camembert with mixed leaf salad and summer berry dressing (£6.80); mixed tapas: baba ganoush, prawns and chicken liver pate (£6.50) Times: Mon-Thu 12-11pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-12am, Sun 10am-11pm Book: 0117 902 0060

Social space serving seasonal food

Menu highlights: Charcuterie board (£8); seasonal vegetable tart (£5); slow-roasted belly of pork baguette (£7); Watershed fish and chips (£11); hot chocolate brownie (£3.50) Times: Mon 10am-11pm, Tue-Fri 9.30am-11pm, Sat 10am-11pm, Sun 10am-10.30pm Book: cafebar@watershed.co.uk

Welsh Back, BS1 4SB

Raleigh Road, BS3 1TF 0117 902 0060

1 Canons Road, BS1 5TX 0117 927 5101

threebrothers.co

tobaccofactory.com

watershed.co.uk

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Summer festivals Songwriter, producer and musician TJ Allen has just returned from a world tour with Bat for Lashes. He chooses his five favourite European festivals taking place this summer 1. Latitude 17-20 Jul, Southwold, Suffolk

Set in the beautiful Suffolk woodlands, Latitude is one of the most relaxed UK festivals, with an amazing atmosphere and eclectic line-up. Wandering around the woods is a mid-afternoon must.

2. Sónar 12-14 Jun, Barcelona, Spain

One of the most forward-thinking festivals set in one of my favourite European cities, Barcelona. You’ll find top-name acts and cutting-edge electronica running throughout the night. A non-stop party!

3. Rock Werchter 3-6 Jul, Werchter, Belgium

The Belgians sure know how to organise festivals. It was a tough choice between Werchter and Pukkelpop, but the incredible artist area at Werchter tipped the scales. The line-ups are typically massive, and the waffles are aplenty. 4. Electric Picnic 29-31 Aug, County Laois, Ireland Based around the amazing Stradbally Hall in County Laois in Ireland, Electric Picnic never disappoints. The 2014 line-up includes Beck, Outkast and my friends Portishead headlining, so should be incredible.

5. Flow 8-10 Aug, Helsinki, Finland A special mention must go to Flow in Finland – one of the few festivals I actually got to spend some time off at last year. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, My Bloody Valentine and Godspeed You! Black Emperor blew my tiny mind. The site was very clean, well organised and the food was great. Add to that close vicinity to a Moomin shop and the Kraftwerk 3D show, and it was a great couple of days.

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wapping wharf

car park Cheap City Parking Next to M Shed Monday to Friday Up to 1 hour

Saturday £1

1-2 hours

£1.80

2-4 hours

£4

Over 4 hours

£7.50

Week

£30

Month

£90

Any period

£3.50

Sunday & Bank Holidays Any period

£3.50

Special corporate rates available for 5 cars or more. Monthly season ticket enquiries: 0207 563 3000

To all our customers, Please note that the car park will remain open and fully operational whilst we build phase one of the Wapping Wharf Development. We will keep you informed of progress.

sat nav: bs1 4rw www.wappingwharf.co.uk/cheapparking

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