Category Archives: Culture

Spirit of the age?

Posted on July 26, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Some wealthy and painfully middle class hippies – sorry, “artists” – built a big shed (surely a “remarkable new temporary structure? Ed), cheerfully called The Black Cloud, in Victoria Park yesterday. So locals now have a weird state-sponsored miserabilist temple … Continue reading →

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World Cup footBALLS: parklife

Posted on July 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Still wondering where this £100m in revenue the city council reckons can be made from hosting a World Cup is actually going to come from. We already know that all the big money from TV rights goes to FIFA, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Culture, Economy, Harbourside, Local government, Politics, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , , , , | There is 1 comment

Posted on July 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol City Council’s frantic fact-free analysis-lite World Cup fantasy PR campaign in the pages of the Evening Cancer, fronted by Eddie Large and supported by an increasing cast of financially ignorant nobodies, continues apace. Latest news is that the usual … Continue reading →

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Entertainment news

Posted on June 30, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Three weeks now and our old friend, Farooq Siddique, the Evening Cancer’s outspoken ‘A Muslim in Bristol‘ columnist is still keeping his counsel on what is surely the big Islamic issue of the day. Namely what’s going on Iran? Instead, … Continue reading →

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BANKSY BALLS: Gagged!

Posted on June 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Was Friday’s synchronised pant wetting from Bristol City Council and the Evening Cancer over the Banksy exhibition quite what it seemed? The Blogger’s hyperbole-o-meter went through the roof when the Cancer gushed, “The world’s most famous living artist is coming … Continue reading →

Posted in Banksy, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, CONsultants, Culture, Developments, Graffiti, Harbourside, Local government, Politics, Privatisation | Tagged , , , , , , | There are 7 comments

Quote of the week: BANKSY BALLS special

Posted on June 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Cancer editor Mike Norton says in today’s paper: I was dragged around [Bristol] museum more times than I care to remember. The building and its artifacts are now part of my psyche. My dad loved the place. This explains a … Continue reading →

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BANKSY BALLS: Banksy vs SWP

Posted on June 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Photo from www.bristol-street-art.co.uk Popped into the Banksy exhibition in the lunch hour. Not time to see much. There was a huge queue to get in to see the paintings so just saw the animatronics and the ice cream van and … Continue reading →

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BANKSY BALLS: bigger balls than ever

Posted on June 13, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

In case you haven’t heard yet, there’s a Banksy exhibition – sorry, audacious stunt™ – at the City Museum and Art Gallery called Banksy v Bristol Museum for the next three months. But in further exciting art news, The Bristol … Continue reading →

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The corruption of the Froom

Posted on June 7, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The corruption of the Froom. The Man in the Moon, (a radical pamphletist) illuminates a web of corruption holding official documents. A kicking ass frees a bundle marked ‘Dock Company’ and the deity of the Froom holds his nose at … Continue reading →

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Cry Freedom, Cry Seven Stars!

Posted on May 1, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

At last! A proper plaque, courtesy of Bristol Radical History Group, to commemorate anti-slavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson, the mystery landlord “Thompson” and many ordinary Bristolian sailors – prepared to lift the lid on Merchant Venturer slaving scum – was unveiled … Continue reading →

Posted in Abolition 200, Bristol, Culture, Education, Merchant Venturers, Politics, Race, Redcliffe | Tagged , | There are 3 comments