Flossie Palmer

Bristol 24/7 • 27th May 2022

St Paul's Carnival launches this year's programme

St Paul’s Carnival is set to return to the streets of Bristol this summer between June 22 and July 22 with its annual celebration of African and Caribbean culture.

Although the infamous carnival itself will not take place, this will be the first year since the pandemic that the carnival’s community events are held in-person.

Bristol 24/7 • 27th May 2022

St Werburgh's City Farm opens its green spaces to the public for free

St Werburgh’s City Farm is opening its doors to the public in a series of Super Saturdays over the coming months.

On Saturday, Boiling Wells will be open for all to enjoy, even offering free activities on the day hosted by St Werburgh’s Community Centre, Children’s Scrapstore and St Werburgh’s City Farm.

Bristol 24/7 • 27th May 2022

Restaurant becomes home to Bristol's first robot waiter

If you’ve taken a trip to one Bristol restaurant recently, you may have noticed your waiter looks a little different than usual.

Bristol 24/7 • 25th May 2022

Delve into the historical archives of the fifth oldest zoo in the world

In the vast Victorian hall of Clifton Pavilion, four tables line the floor-to-ceiling arched windows.

The floorboards creak with every footstep, and illustrations of animals frame the walls. Even the squawks of a flamboyance of flamingos can be heard from inside the hall.

It’s a rainy Wednesday morning, and so the Bristol Zoo team have moved their historical archive into the safety of the ballroom.

Bristol 24/7 • 24th May 2022

Community invited to name streets for new residential development

Residents in Lockleaze are being invited to vote for their favourite names for the eight new streets of a new housing development around Romney Avenue.

Epigram • 12th April 2022

Review: The Revel Puck’s Circus

On 7 April, The Revel Puck Circus burst onto the grounds of Dove Lane, St Paul’s, in their playful performance aptly named ‘The Wing Scuffle Spectacular.’ A night packed full of fun, acrobatics and stunts that you secretly wish you could do, The Revel Puck Circus brings a new and refreshing form of entertainment to Bristol for all to enjoy this Easter.

Epigram • 25th March 2022

Review: The Blue Stones @ Thekla

After almost three years since the band last played in the UK, The Blue Stones kicked off their UK/EU tour for their latest album Hidden Gems (2021) on 14 March. The band reconnected with fans both new and old with their well-curated setlist of recent releases, interspersed with older tracks from their first album, Black Holes (2018), while Thekla provided the perfect intimate atmosphere in which no listener was too far from the action.

Epigram • 24th March 2022

Bristol Nights launches new campaign to unite the city in a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment

On 24 March, Bristol Nights will be hosting the Shine A Light Parade to show solidarity with victims of harassment after a recent survey conducted by the organisation found that 100 per cent of women in Bristol had experienced some form of sexual harassment. In their new campaign, Bristol Nights aims to unite Bristol venues in an approach of zero tolerance to sexual harassment in the city and is taking steps to tackle this issue head on.

Epigram • 23rd March 2022

Over 10 per cent of Bristol’s student population have a hidden disability, but how would you know?

Going unnoticed is a common experience for those with hidden disabilities – after all, they are ‘non-visible’ conditions, and are therefore difficult to identify. However, 11.2 per cent of students in the academic year 2021/2022 have a hidden disability, making up over a tenth of the student population, including those with: social or communication impairments, mental health conditions, cognitive or learning disabilities and sensory, medical or physical impairments.

Epigram • 17th March 2022

‘End the use of the cruel and debunked forced swim test’ say Bristol students

In partnership with University of Bristol students, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have released an open letter urging Vice-Chancellor Hugh Brady to suspend the use of the forced swim test at the University. In November 2021, Bristol SU passed a motion to publicly debunk the University’s continued use of the test, and to pressure the University not to renew its license to use the test once it expires in August 2022.

Epigram • 4th March 2022

Review: Neck Deep @ O2 Academy Bristol

After a two-year postponement due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Neck Deep finally made their way to the O2 Academy Bristol for the final show of their UK tour commemorating the release of their sixth album, All Distortions Are Intentional (2020). Against a nostalgic backdrop of a teenage bedroom, Neck Deep invited us into an intimate performance celebrating their long-awaited return to live music.

Epigram • 28th February 2022

Bristol Light Festival returns this week

The renowned Bristol Light Festival makes its return this week after a one-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Between 1-6 March, the city will be lit up as a spectacle by captivating light artworks, following a trail around Bristol’s most popular locations, including Park Street, city centre and the Harbourside.

Epigram • 24th February 2022

Review: Boston Manor @ Marble Factory

Two years after releasing tickets for their UK headline tour, named after their 2018 album Welcome to the Neighbourhood, Boston Manor, Blackpool’s new-rock heroes, dominated the stage in an explosive return to live music since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Epigram • 21st February 2022

Vaulted Chambers Café – the perfect alternative study space

We are now a week into UCU strike action at the University, and students are desperately in search of off-campus study spaces to avoid crossing the picket lines when doing the daily library commute. While Bristol boasts an impressive plethora of coffee shops and cafes to choose from, the art of finding the right one with the perfect atmosphere for concentration can often be a difficult task.

Luckily, Vaulted Chambers Café, located in Castle Park, presents a tempting solution.

Epigram • 18th February 2022

73 per cent of students feel University extension policy must change regarding mental health

After many students struggled to secure an extension on coursework at the University of Bristol during the January 2022 assessment period, 73 per cent of students feel that the University must change it's extension policy regarding mental health, especially the types of evidence that are accepted as grounds for an extension.

Her Campus | HerCampus.com • 15th February 2022

The ultimate battle of bookish social media: Goodreads or The Storygraph? | Her Campus

While having variety in how we track our reading progress and engage in book-related discussions opens up new realms of possibility, too much choice can be confusing, and the Goodreads versus The Storygraph debate has taken the bookish community by storm. Should readers stick to the traditional Goodreads platform they know and love despite its contentious ownership? Or should they take a chance on the newcomer, The Storygraph?

Epigram • 9th February 2022

Review: Bristol CU’s The Mark Drama ★★★★

On Monday 7 February, the Bristol University Christian Union launched their latest theatrical production, The Mark Drama, at Clifton Christ Church for its first comeback since 2019. With the primary aim of including non-Christian audience members, the crew performed a compelling modern re-telling of Mark’s Gospel which demystified the language and religious messages into a comprehensible performance.

Epigram • 28th December 2021

Into The Wild – the Bristol club night raising money for local food banks

Into The Wild, a club night founded by University of Bristol History student, Fergal Maguire, is spotlighting the talent of local, lesser-known DJs for the greater good of the Bristol community in a recent partnership with Feeding Bristol, an umbrella organisation uniting local charities to end food poverty.

Epigram • 3rd December 2021

Behind the picket lines: speaking to striking university staff

On 1-3 December, university staff who belong to the UCU (University and College Union) took industrial action over unresolved disputes concerning pay and the USS (Universities Superannuation Scheme) pension. This follows a UCU ballot vote in favour of taking industrial action and ASOS (Action Short of a Strike) – with staff only working their contracted hours and not volunteering to do any more for five months – which took place on 4 November.

Epigram • 1st December 2021

Day 1 of the UCU Strike: a roundup of the events in Bristol

Wednesday 1 December, the first day of Bristol UCU's strike, as part of the national University and College Union industrial action, in photos and videos from the Epigram team.

UCU members are taking strike action in disputes over pensions and the ‘Four Fights’: pay, workload, equality, and casualised contracts.

Epigram • 25th November 2021

Misscoteque - a night out for she's and they's to feel safe and celebrated

The Womxn’s Disco Collective, formed in March 2020 by students Georgia Dimdore-Miles and Amaia Emmerson, is launching their second Misscoteque event on 28 November – a night for ‘she’s and they’s’ to feel safe openly expressing their sexuality in an inclusive space, all to the music of a queer female DJ lineup.

Epigram • 4th November 2021

Peequal is bridging the gender divide in public hygiene facilities

Peequal is the UK's first women's urinal aiming to establish pee-equality in public hygiene facilities. Epigram spoke to the Bristol grads who started it all.

Bristol graduates, Amber Probyn and Hazel McShane founded Peequal – the UK’s first touch-free women’s urinal – in a bid to end gender disparity in public hygiene facilities and unnecessarily long queueing for women’s toilets.

Epigram • 23rd October 2021

PROJECT:TALK and Bristol SU launch Mental Fitness Fair to improve the visibility of mental health support services in Bristol

Today, Bristol SU, in collaboration with PROJECT:TALK, is launching their Mental Fitness Fair in the Anson Rooms, located in the Richmond Building, to help signpost mental health services from PROJECT:TALK, the University and within the Bristol community.

Epigram • 7th October 2021

Bristol Technology Festival is ‘changing the face of tech’ in its upcoming week of events

After a year of online events, Bristol Technology Festival is relaunching physically on 7 October at Engine Shed, with in-person events spanning the week of 11-15 October. In a bid to diversify the technology industry and provide greater access to employment within it, the events of the week-long Festival revolve around the all important theme of ‘changing the face of tech’ to represent the modern world and workforce, encouraging greater inclusivity in STEM fields.