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The Cable’s community organiser Begonya explores the history and enduring spirit of the city’s Adventure Playgrounds, wh...
13/01/2026

The Cable’s community organiser Begonya explores the history and enduring spirit of the city’s Adventure Playgrounds, where children are trusted, challenged and free to play.

Click the link in bio to read this fascinating article. Or click here: https://bit.ly/4pBf5Xs

Aspiration Creation Elevation (ACE) offers creative support and guidance to young people. With them, Adam explores the c...
08/01/2026

Aspiration Creation Elevation (ACE) offers creative support and guidance to young people. With them, Adam explores the complex realities young people face today – and reflects on his own journey along the way

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For the past five years, Euella Jackson and Jess Bunyan have co-directed Rising Arts Agency, an organisation empowering ...
07/01/2026

For the past five years, Euella Jackson and Jess Bunyan have co-directed Rising Arts Agency, an organisation empowering young creatives from underrepresented backgrounds. We sit down with them to talk about leadership, innovation, and the challenges of the cultural sector.

Immerse yourself in this insightful interview by Priyanka Raval, link in bio or click here: https://bit.ly/49JRPlm

When answers were unknown, we observed the waters closely—counting plastics, noting insects, worms, and coins. We imagin...
05/12/2025

When answers were unknown, we observed the waters closely—counting plastics, noting insects, worms, and coins. We imagined how it would be if the waterways had feelings, thoughts and needs. We mimicked the stance of the cormorants, and told stories inspired by the streams. We birthed rivers and married trees.

Explore this stunning photo essay by Esther May Campbell & Chiz Williams, featured in our latest print edition! Click link in bio or follow this link: https://bit.ly/48dsUGp

🚨NEW Bristol Unpacked: how can we redistribute wealth – and should we do it ourselves?Taxing and redistributing wealth t...
03/12/2025

🚨NEW Bristol Unpacked: how can we redistribute wealth – and should we do it ourselves?

Taxing and redistributing wealth to reduce inequality is an idea popular on the left, and is being pushed by some politicians including Green Party leader Zack Polanski.

But it’s loathed by others who believe people should be able to hang on to what they have, whether that’s earned or inherited.

This week we’re joined by Frances Howe, co-founder of the Bristol Redistro collective, which asks people who have more money than they need to voluntarily chuck some of it into a pot. It’s then divided up by a panel of locals to fund grassroots groups.

How does this work, and what difference does it make? Why is it different from giving to charity? And with the cost of living biting, why should people be giving up their wealth in the first place? We get into these questions, and more on the latest Unpacked…

Click the link in bio to listen or follow this link: https://bit.ly/4rwBwzn

🎧 Two episodes of We've Got Your Boy are now live.After three teenage boys were fatally stabbed in Bristol within 18 day...
02/12/2025

🎧 Two episodes of We've Got Your Boy are now live.

After three teenage boys were fatally stabbed in Bristol within 18 days in early 2024, we started asking questions about the systems that failed them.

Episode 1: "Hurt People, Hurt People" examines the institutional response to serious youth violence and why we need to address root causes, not just react to tragedies.

Episode 2: "They Can't Meet His Needs" traces the school to prison pipeline—looking at how poverty, exclusions, managed moves and the SEN crisis are pushing young people towards violence.

Episode 3 drops this Thursday.

Click the link in bio to listen to the first two episodes or follow this link: https://bit.ly/3MwTotO

Following yet another anti-migrant hotel protest, Nikesh considers whether it’s even possible to engage with the other s...
01/12/2025

Following yet another anti-migrant hotel protest, Nikesh considers whether it’s even possible to engage with the other side

Read this provoking column by clicking link in bio OR follow this link: https://bit.ly/3KztAN9

The destructive juggernaut of Black Friday reminds us why we should resist the advertising industryCo-founder of Adblock...
01/12/2025

The destructive juggernaut of Black Friday reminds us why we should resist the advertising industry

Co-founder of Adblock Bristol, Robbie Gillet, reminds us of the true cost behind Amazon’s Black Friday, and how advertising sh*ts in your head.

Click link in bio to read the eye-opening article or follow this link: https://bit.ly/4pzQdzQ

28/11/2025

In the first episode of the new Unpacked season, Jones talks to Neil Maggs on the challenges of government and his new efforts to engage under-30s on YouTube.

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Edition 42 of The Bristol Cable is out now! Read the In Depth story by Michal Grant, which reveals "How the arms industr...
27/11/2025

Edition 42 of The Bristol Cable is out now!

Read the In Depth story by Michal Grant, which reveals "How the arms industry is targeting Bristol’s secondary schools".

From ‘colour your own F-35’ to missile simulators, arms companies are promoting STEM careers in schools, but obscuring their role in the bloody global arms trade. Teachers, union reps, and campaign groups are pushing back.

Click link in bio to read the article or follow this link: https://bit.ly/3Kj51DW

🚨NEW Bristol Unpacked: can Bristol North West MP Darren Jones turn around Labour’s sinking fortunes?The government’s app...
25/11/2025

🚨NEW Bristol Unpacked: can Bristol North West MP Darren Jones turn around Labour’s sinking fortunes?

The government’s approval ratings are tanking after a series of policy flip-flops, scandals and communications failures. Reform is on the rise everywhere, while the Greens and Your Party tempt younger voters.

Into this mess steps Darren Jones MP, the Bristol North West MP who has recently been appointed as Keir Starmer’s chief assistant, responsible for helping execute the PM’s agenda and get his messaging across.

In the first episode of the new Unpacked season, Jones talks to Neil Maggs on going from a childhood in Lawrence Weston to becoming a cabinet minister, the challenges of government and his new efforts to engage under-30s on YouTube.

How’s that going to work? Should Starmer fall, would he fancy the top job? And where did his Bristol accent go? Tune into the new series of Unpacked to find out…

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🚨 Tomorrow - Last PJDS podcast of the year!🌍 This time activist Nicholas Beuret joins Priyanka and Isaac to talk all ...
24/11/2025

🚨 Tomorrow - Last PJDS podcast of the year!

🌍 This time activist Nicholas Beuret joins Priyanka and Isaac to talk all things Climate Justice, labour rights, and ecological politics. He'll give us top tips on how to challenge the way we think about the climate crisis.

📌 The Cube (Dove St S, BS2 8JD)
📆 Tuesday, 25th November
⏰ 7.30-9.30pm (doors open at 7pm)
💷 £4 MEMBERS/£8 GENERAL (CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE)

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