The Bright Night

Bristol Bright Night will be taking over the city for the second time tomorrow, 25th September 2015. It is an unmissable celebration of local research in a Friday night like no other.

The programme, which is available at the official website, is full of free drop-in events from 6pm to 10pm in At-Bristol, such as Researchers' Fair, Science Cocktails and Chem Dine With Me. Other bookable activities such as the Flavour and the Mind Planetarium, Bite-sized Research Talks and Stand-up Science Comedy are sold out. Organisers say that there may be extra tickets available on the day if people don't turn up. So, please, speak to the staff if you are very interested in one of those activities.

Additionally, science will meet art and hit the streets of Bristol offering pop-up street performances. 

Pictures and selfies are welcome... but remember to share them using #BristolBrightNight! :)

WEBSITE: http://www.bnhc.org.uk/bristol-bright-night/

Banksy's Dismaland

Dismaland is a temporary art project organised by world wide known street artist Banksy. It has been built at the Tropicana, a disused outdoor lido in the seaside resort town of Weston-super-Mare, England. It opened doors on the 21st August with only door tickets available after the website crashed when visitors attempted to purchase online tickets.

We are not sure whether it crashed or Banksy deliberately did not activate the online purchasing system creating a chaotic reaction in the social media. Dismaland, which is a sinister twist on Disneyland, does not have any image of Mickey Mouse, yet other Disney characters such as Cinderella and the Little Mermaid are very present.

The show is a very well thought, intelligent but sarcastic exhibition with many artists being involved. You will find yourself laughing at things you probably shouldn't laugh at.

Tickets are only £5 which might suggest that Banksy does not want to make big money out of this show. However, food and merchandising accessories are incredibly expensive inside! I have heard that the third batch tickets were sold out in 15 minutes. 

For those who have not got tickets yet, I really encourage you to keep pressing F5 in the next release as the exhibition is worth it. Meanwhile, you can enjoy our pictures! ;)