Category Archives: Stokes Croft

City council: crap legal threat of the week

The saga of the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft’s artwork destroyed by Bristol City Council “by mistake” takes a new laughable legal turn. Having now made a very public and PR-friendly apology for the news media‘s benefit, the council has … Continue reading

Posted in Ashley, Bristol, Bristol West, Environment, Graffiti, Local government, Planning, Politics, Stokes Croft | Tagged , , | There are 18 comments

BANKSY BALLS: the anxiety of influence an' all that

“It’s mindless vandalism,” thunders the Evening Cancer. A view apparently supported by an odd coalition of Bristol Indymedia readers, the BBC, the local PR industry, the Lib Dems and the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft. Appropriate Media daubing Banksy’s ‘Mild, … Continue reading

Posted in Activism, Banksy, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Culture, Graffiti, Journalism, Lib Dems, Media, Politics, Stokes Croft | Tagged , , | There are 36 comments

Plug.

Stop the Gentrification of Central Bristol By Roger BRHG Saturday 12th April: Protest Against Gentrification of Central Bristol 11.00am Albany Green, St. Pauls and 2.00pm Broadmead (Centre) Bristol is undergoing massive attacks on our free spaces and culture by property … Continue reading

Posted in Activism, Banksy, Bristol, Developments, Politics, Privatisation, St Pauls, Stokes Croft | Tagged , | There are 4 comments