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  • Discovering the history of Cardiff Bay through public art

    Discovering the history of Cardiff Bay through public art

    The first of March is St. David’s Day. St. David is the patron saint of Wales and is credited with bringing Christianity to the country. To celebrate we visited the Welsh capital Cardiff. Although it is not as big as St Patrick’s day in Ireland the Welsh celebrate with a parade and I was suprised…

  • Aardman animation, Gromit unleashed 3

    Aardman animation, Gromit unleashed 3

    This week I am inviting you to have a cup of tea and a plate of cheese and crackers with some well-loved Bristol film and television stars. On Wednesday I went to an event rather grandly billed as the greatest dog show on earth. I did not go to see real dogs but rather the…

  • Alex Lucas Bristol street Artist

    Alex Lucas Bristol street Artist

    It is August and Bristol has some new vibrant public art installations for summer. Once a pond a time is the work of a local artist Alex Lucas. Her whimsical pond creatures have taken over Quaker Friars in the heart of Bristol shopping quarter. Bristol has a thriving street art community with festivals such as…

  • Christmas Carol drone show

    Christmas Carol drone show

    I want you to wrap up warm for this weekend’s coffee share. This week, I am inviting you to join Bill and me at a drone show. Public art can take many forms but this must be one of the more unusual entries. A group of us went to watch the classic Christmas eve story,…

  • Treefest at St. Mary Redcliffe Bristol

    Treefest at St. Mary Redcliffe Bristol

    If I was having coffee with you today I would probably complain about the weather. We are in the middle of storm Darragh and have high winds and heavy rain. I found out that the weather station that gets to record the storm first gets to name it and Darragh made landfall in Ireland. A…

  • Local Artists and Their Masterpieces at Upfest in Bristol

    Local Artists and Their Masterpieces at Upfest in Bristol

    My camera roll for July is mainly South Bristol Street art. If I was having coffee with you, I would tell you about our second visit to Upfest. one of the largest street art festivals in Europe took place in Bedminster and Southville in Bristol in May. It attracted over 300 artists and about 50,000…

  • Upfest 2024 a colourful celebration of street art in Bristol

    Upfest 2024 a colourful celebration of street art in Bristol

    Upfest began in 2008 with about 50 graffiti artists in Bristol. It has rapidly grown to become one of the largest and most popular festivals of street art in Europe. This year over 300 artists took part and the festival attracted about 50,000 visitors over 17 days. The community of south Bristol were heavily involved…

  • Santiago’s coffee shop and Kingsdown

    Santiago’s coffee shop and Kingsdown

    The image shows steps and terraces in KIngsdown