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,...

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...

Arcadia Spectacular

On the 4-5th September, Arcadia will be landing in Bristol city centre. The iconic spider built from recycled military hardware will be back in Queen Square, unifying a community of all backgrounds, ages, beliefs and ideals through a mesmerising experience. This year's show is called "Metamorphosis", and it will see the spider come alive as a living organism, harnessing every creative element within Arcadia.  The lineup include Roni Size...

Christmas Step BBQ

If you don't have a plan for this Bank Holiday Sunday (30th August), here is one: BBQ at Christmas Steps! After the Shapes Harbourside Festival party, the Chrstimas Steps courtyard will open again.  It will be more than music and food in the sun (hopefully in the sun!) featuring an outdoor BBQ of culinary delights expertly cooked by the Christmas Steps' head chef as well as 11 hours of music. The outdoor free event will start at 2pm...

International Kite Festival

The International Kite Festival returns to Bristol this weekend, 22nd-23rd August. This year, there is a new location for the event: Durdham Downs. The kite festival is a well-established event which celebrates its 28th birthday this year! It started with a working budget of only £300 in 1986 and now, it is an ongoing annual. The free event will be the perfect occasion to bring your family along and enjoy the amazing sky full of...

Closed for Holidays

...but, no worries! We will be bac...

Upfest 2015: the photo-gallery

Upfest 2015, Europe's largest live street art and graffiti festival (read here about the festival). Check out our photo-gallery below. I hope you like it! :) ...

The Graffiti Festival

Europe's largest, free street art and graffiti festival is happening this weekend, 25-26th July 2015, in Bedminster and Southville. Upfest 2015 will gather over 250 talented artists coming from 25 different countries to paint live on 30,000sqft of surfaces.  There are 28 venues where all the art sale, music and workshops will take place including Tobacco Factory, Red Point Climbing Centre, North Street Green and The Old Book Shop among...

Moonlight Cinema

Summer is the time where our calendars are busier than the usual. For the past few years, the popularity of al fresco cinemas have been increasing and this year, we are having plenty of options to enjoy a movie in an uncommon way.  This weekend, after announcing the event early April this year, The Moonlight Cinema will finally be happening. The even has been confirmed and early bird tickets are already SOLD OUT! Do not worry, though....

Quiz-lover's Guide

Are you a quiz lover? If yes, this is the post for you! We have gathered information on pubs and bars in the city centre organising a weekly quiz, including price to take part, jackpot price (if any), day of the week and area. Monday is the favourite day for quiz. The earliest quiz starts at 7.30pm in The Beer Emporium, where you can win the biggest jackpot of the day (£50). Traditional Gloucester Road pubs such as The Flyer and The Wellington...

Where is Shaun?

Two years after Gromit (read here), it's Shaun The Sheep's time to raise some money for the Children's Charity. Today, 6th July 2015, it's official day for the Shaun Trail in Bristol but I have been able to spot some of them during the weekend! All 70 Shaun sculptures, which have been created by artists, designers and celebrities, will be guarding Bristol's corners until the 31st August. Then, they will go to auction to raise funds for The...

The Clock with Two Minute Hands

Look up at the front of the Corn Exchange building and you will see there is a big clock with two minute hands: one black, one red. It is a clock with an interesting tale behind. The clock was installed in 1822 showing the local time in Bristol. As Bristol is located 200kms west to London, sun rises and sets about 10 minutes later. Therefore, Bristol and London did not have the same time. Having such different times was common until the arrival...

Foodies Festival 2015

Regardless the drizzly day, we have been at the Foodies Festival on Sunday. It is a food festival which happened between 26-28th June this year, and as a novelty, it has been held at the beautiful Clifton Downs instead of the Harbourside. As recommended by the organisers of the event, we took the bus to get to The Downs, and our invitations were waiting for us at the ticket office right at the entrance. Two days earlier I was lucky enough to...

Bristol Big Geek Meet

Are you an anime fan? Do you like board games? There is a chance this Saturday, 27th June, to meet up with other gamers, cosplayers and geeks at the Bristol Big Geek Meet. Invite your friends and make new friends ahead of Bristol's big event next October (more info here)! The meet-up will be this Saturday, 27th June at Bristol Temple Meads Train Station. The plan is to meet up at 12.30pm and move on at 1pm, go shopping and grab some food. They...

Cycle as bare as you dare!

The World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) is an international clothing-optional bike ride in which participants plan, meet and ride together en masse on human-powered transport (normally bicycles) to deliver a "vision of a cleaner, safer, body-positive world". The dress-code motto is "as bare as you dare", a distinguishing feature of the WNBR against other cycling events. Although nudity is not compulsory, the World Naked Bike Ride will be riding...

Fundraising for Cancer Research on Father's Day

I am sure all of us know somebody who has beaten cancer, who is fighting it, who has lost the battle... or who sadly didn't even get the chance to fight it. That person might be a friend, a family member, a colleague... or it might even be ourselves. Either case, as my mom says, cancer is nowadays a common disease; 15 million cancer cases were diagnosed in 2013. It has always existed, but now we have a name for it, a diagnosis and many, many cases....

Bristol Grand Prix Bike Race

There are many plans for this summer solstice weekend. On the one hand, there is the Jamaica Street Open Studio (read here) and on the other hand, we have the Bristol Grand Prix Bike Race. On Saturday 20th June, you will be able to show your abilities to cycle. This annual race for cyclist of all ages and levels, aims at inspiring people to cycle for leisure, travel and sport, and what better place to host than UK's first cycling city? The...

Jamaica Street Open Studios

Jamaica Street Studios, one of the largest artist-lead studios outside London, will open its doors this weekend. The opening night will be on the 19th June 2015 (7-10pm) and studios, which are housed in a former iconic carriagework, will be accessible 20-21th June from 11am to 5pm. The Fundraising Auction (21th June @5pm) is an annual event where each of the 40 artists at the studio contributes with a mini canvas, all the same size, which will...

Applying for the NIN

The National Insurance Number (NIN) is a number used in the United Kingdom in the administration of the social security system, necessary if you wish to work in the UK. People born in the UK are assigned a NIN shortly before their 16th birthday, but people like me, coming from abroad, we need to apply for it to the Department of Work and Pensions. I have applied for mine this morning and I am going to share with you how the application process...

A smoothie at The Bearpit

Making a smoothie is easy; making a good smoothie not that much. Today, I had the best smoothie I had in a very long time right at the Bearpit. It was at the Bearpit Social, the only coffee-shop inside a shipping container. It started as a mobile coffee cart business before moving into this permanent location. They use as much fresh, local, ethical and organic ingredients as possible to create for example, the Mission Mango smoothie (£3.50) I...

Ghanaian style bracelet made by Sanbra @ Full Moon Market

This morning, out of curiosity, I stopped by the Full Moon Market. I always find a very talented artist selling her/his crafts and this time it was Sanbra. Inspired by the Ghanaian culture, Sanbra mixes African styles and colours with European fashion. The beautiful orange bracelet I got today is a proof of that. My bracelet is made of genuine fabrics from Ghana (£10) and it has an adjustable chain to fit your wrist perfectly. I am very happy...