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Cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen are famous for their cycles. Everywhere cyclists fly by on black bikes.
The UK department of transport has recently launched a bid to encourage cycling and Bristol has beaten off competition from other major cities to become the first “cycling city”. A grant of 11.4 million pounds will be used to […]

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Volunteering is a great way to do something positive for the world, gain experience and hopefully have some fun. So where can you volunteer in Bristol?
The BristolVolunteers website is the first place to look. It contain a comprehensive list of places to volunteer, grouped by sector, and includes a useful urgent vacancies list.
Nationwide Organisations 
If you are a good […]

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Grapevine social are running a wine tasting/speed dating event this Friday the 18th of April in Central Bristol at Po Na Na’s nightclub.
The age range is going to be 26-38, although this is leeway either side of that. If you are a 40 year woman with a taste for younger men then you should be […]

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You might be a bit suprised to learn The Apple was voted Bristol pub of the year 2006. At first glance this converted boat doesn’t leap out as the best place in town. When you go to order a beer though you’ll start to get a feel for the place.
Or you would but you probably […]

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The New Year is a time to focus on your life and plan for the future. If you fancy sorting out your love life then there are a few upcoming dating events in Bristol this January.
The GrapeVine Social folk are holding an Australian wine tasting event. The tasting is aimed at 24-38 year olds and […]

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The BBC are carrying this story about a man being injured by falling brickwork outside a popular Bristol bookshop. Some masonry fell off a building near the booksellers and injured the man. So it pays to be careful when walking about the triangle.

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Tony Benn, the former Labour MP for Bristol, writes about slavery and it’s past connections with Bristol.
“Then I became a Member of Parliament for Bristol and, of course, Bristol was one of the great slave cities and the interesting thing about going to Bristol was it wasn’t discussable, oh no you couldn’t talk about slavery, they had […]

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It was Christmas Eve babe,
Out by the Hippodrome
An old tramp said to me,
what have the council done?
So many traffic lights
It’s gridlocked every night
I gave him 20p
And dreamed of Bristol…
But we’re the lucky ones
Now most of Broadmead’s gone
They bulldozed everything…including Primark.
So happy Christmas
Next year it’ll be alright
I can see a better time, our town won’t be […]

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The Grape Vine social are running a speed dating event in Bristol this evening. It is going to be their usual wine tasting with a mixture of dishy hunks and suprising innocent looking minxes… although this time with a christmas theme.
If you have no plans for this evening head along and add some Christmas cheer. […]

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Embargo is a bright, fashionable bar/dancing venue on the Clifton triangle. Monday night it hosts a popular pub quiz and at the weekend it is usually packed with drinkers and dancers. The crowd is always to the right side of upmarket without being snobby. At the weekend get there before 10:30 to avoid paying a […]

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