Monthly Archives: July 2007

Fiasco!

Posted on July 15, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It had to end like this. The signs were all screaming at them – the debt, the flawed business model, the lack of public support, the insulting PR, the cheerleading local press more concerned with helping out mates than objective … Continue reading →

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Bristol Uni gets even posher!

Posted on July 15, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Hopelessly elitist and establishment Bristol University, the first choice college for thick snobs who can’t get an Oxbridge place, is recruiting more students from the very poshest and most expensive public schools than ever it’s been forced to admit. Its … Continue reading →

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Spot the difference: Ashton Court

Posted on July 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

At last. It’s here. The weekend of the inaugural New Ashton Court Festival of Dadrock is at last upon us. And here at The Blogger we’re ready to party. So if anyone knows where we can find a party this … Continue reading →

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FREE gift for every reader!!! Full size Bristol Stool Chart

Posted on July 13, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Yes. It’s that cult classic! The indispensable guide developed here in Bristol is available free from The Bristol Blogger. No Bristolian loo is complete without it! Download here.

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Beach latest

Posted on July 12, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A lot prettier than Geoff Mulgan It should have served as a big warning that Bristol’s Urban Beach organisers, Demos, are often described as the think tank closest to New Labour. Their former boss Geoff Mulgan was even headhunted from … Continue reading →

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Bristol Blogger: stat porn

Posted on July 12, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

They said it couldn’t be done… “A blog? For Bristol? With news on it..? Written in your lunch hour and that spare half hour between Big Brother and Newsnight? That’ll never catch on…” Well I’m afraid it has. By 7.00pm … Continue reading →

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But soft! What rumour through yonder internet breaks?

Posted on July 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It is The Cancer, and Venue is the target… It’s fast turning into Venue week here at The Bristol Blogger. Here’s another one hot off the press. Yes, yes. This rumour circulates every couple of years doesn’t it? But this … Continue reading →

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Guarded

Posted on July 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A rather reticent article by Stephen Bates concerning our friend Howard Newby in yesterday’s People column of The Guardian: Sir Howard Newby is continuing his progress through the groves of academe like a ballbearing in a pinball machine, with the … Continue reading →

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Scrounger watch

Posted on July 10, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

What is it with the Labour Party and these London barristers they insist on foisting upon us? As fast as you get rid of one, another of the dodgy buggers pops up. Recently we’ve had the Cambridge educated barrister Sam … Continue reading →

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That Venue application in full

Posted on July 9, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

As promised – after hours of blood, sweat and tears… Here’s The Blogger’s plan for world domination: The blue sky out of the box usp vision thing bit… 1. Put it on the internet. 2. Put it on the internet. … Continue reading →

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