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WESTON-SUPER-MARE: MY HOME TOWN

Weston-super-Mare: My Home Town is a collection of striking black and white photographs by award-winning photographer Alex Wolfe-Warman. Having spent years photographing his favourite places – those many of us walk past and take for granted – Alex reveals a Weston beyond the obvious and pays homage to its beauty.

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LOCAL PUBLISHERS JOIN FORCES

Two Bristol-based independent publishers have joined forces to offer retailers a source of local West Country books for their shelves.

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HISTORY’S LOST HOSPITAL

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.

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