Till Lukat has won the competition to find the cover illustration for the upcoming Bristol 650 book, which will feature a collection of newly commissioned essays about the future of Bristol.
BBC’s A House Through Time series from 2020 is currently being repeated on BBC4 (also available on BBC iPlayer). The show, featuring David Olusoga, resulted in Peter and Sue Cullimore writing their book, Saints, Crooks and Slavers.
Author Martin J. Powell will be talking about “Maid of the Haystack” at Heron Books in The Clifton Arcade on Saturday May 20.
People interested in the ‘hidden history’ of Bristol can buy the first volume of an indispensable treasure trove of fascinating discoveries from the city’s rich and diverse past.
A new book reveals the remarkable story of a Bristol mansion that was converted by its owner into a 100-bed hospital for the duration of the First World War.
The Bishop’s Knoll war hospital in Stoke Bishop was established in the home of a Bristol multi-millionaire for the treatment and recuperation of Australian soldiers wounded on the front line, and more than 2,000 servicemen recovered there.
