Category Archives: Bristol

Bristolians of the week

Posted on June 23, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

1. David Nolan – Fine wine fanatic David was less than impressed with the management of Ashton Court Festival and their strategy to turn the festival into a Disney-style family attraction. When he was told by the festival organisers he … Continue reading →

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Ashton Court RIP (Slight Return)

Posted on June 22, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Ashton Court Festival organiser Steve Hunt was on BBC Radio Bristol this morning engaging in yet another bout of backtracking. On Wednesday he was claiming that his festival booze ban was due to “feedback we have had from previous years … Continue reading →

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Ashton Court RIP

Posted on June 20, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Organisers of the Ashton Court Festival have asked the public not to bring alcohol and drugs to the two day event says the BBC. “Anyone going to the festival will be searched on the way in and if caught with … Continue reading →

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Tofftastic Tories quash quangos in Bristol

Posted on June 19, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

I see ‘Ordinary’ Dave Cameron rolled into Bristol on Friday – with toff about town Michael Heseltine trailing in his wake – to deliver some set-piece waffle to his party unfaithful. Already flagged well in advance to the press, so … Continue reading →

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Concrete marketing opportunities available in Bristol schools

Posted on June 18, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

For over three years now people in Totterdown have been promised a far-reaching consultation on the 10,000 seat Arena that may or may not be built just yards from their homes. Despite a stream of warm words and guarantees, initially … Continue reading →

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Wobblies' Tankie smear shocker!

Posted on June 17, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The forthcoming Employment Tribunal in Bristol where The Wobblies (IWW) will represent train driver Patrick Spackman (Blogger Passim), sacked from First Great Western for swearing, has now fallen victim to some good old-fashioned British leftist sectarianism. Spackman has already upset … Continue reading →

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Let's vomit over…

Posted on June 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Final proof – as if it was needed – that Southville has now been entirely overrun by the worst kind of Guardian reading nanny state liberal arrives on The Blogger’s desk. The place where these kind of smug, self-interested, publicly … Continue reading →

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Class in the classroom

Posted on June 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Labour’s new education boss, Derek Pickup, has broken cover and given a keynote interview to The Evening Cancer’s so-called Education Correspondent Linda Tanner. Tanner is happy to play pat ball with Pickup, lobbing him daft brown-nosing questions to provide him … Continue reading →

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Blogasmic Bristol Labour

Posted on June 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Hold the front page. The Bristol Labour Party has entered the blogosphere. The Blogger has discovered that Avonmouth councillor Terry Cook has got himself a blog. Here’s what he says: “This is my blog about me and my experiences – … Continue reading →

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A BBC Points West guide to art

Posted on June 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The great works reworked and explained for the West’s audience Picasso’s Guernica (Final Cut): that epic comedy masterpiece with just a bit chopped off! Van Gogh’s Chair Legs: the old master’s simple but hilarious chair legs Matisse’s Reclining nude without … Continue reading →

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