jezza's guide to bristol

Last modified November 21 2006, latest updates: Slave Trade, Bristol Bands, Festivals

As recommended in Venue, Daily Telegraph, BBC Bristol Online, The Sou'wester, The Bristolian & Spartacus.net. How come they all agree on that?

These pages will introduce you to some of Bristol's many attractions, the local cultural scene, some fun links and stuff about my taste in music. I am an actor, boatman and writer living in Hotwells, Bristol, England. Regular visitors please note that this site will undergo a complete overhaul at some time in the future, but updates are regularly made to different areas of the site.

Bristol City Docks: SS Great Britain, at-Bristol, the Bristol Packet timetable, pictures of Redshank, Industrial Museum, Harbour Railway, Watershed, Arnolfini, Architecture Centre. The Save Our Harbour campaign.
Also an interactive map of the City Docks and the latest on the great Canon's Marsh debate
Illustrations and details of my book Bristol's Harbourside - A Guide to the City Docks which you can buy online from Amazon
Hotwells is the historic area of Bristol in which I live.
Much of the wealth of modern Bristol was derived from the horrors of the Slave Trade and plantations in the West Indies where brutal so-called Christian merchants exploited their fellow human beings in an indescribable manner. This part of Bristol's past is all too often swept under the carpet.
Theatre and the Arts in Bristol: Bristol Old Vic, Circomedia, QEH Theatre, Redgrave Theatre, St George's Bristol, Wallace and Gromit, Dance Centre, Show of Strength, Tobacco Factory.
Music: including Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, Link Wray, Jefferson Airplane, Clannad, The Residents, Elvis, banned music, Quicksilver Messenger Service, song finder, mis-heard lyrics, Moving Hearts
Also a special Bristol Music section including (in no particular order) Experimental Pop Band, As It Iz, Ultrasound, Pigbag, Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead (now featuring a directory of on-line Bristol Music resources - 272 bands and still counting!).
There are lots of Festivals in Bristol and area including the Balloon Fiesta, Glastonbury, Priddy Folk Fair, Bristol International Kite Festival, Bristol Community Festival, etc.
Sport: Bristol City FC (including live match commentaries), Republic of Ireland Football, Cricket, International Pro Cycling, FC Porto
Fun: Various links, including the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence - SETI, X-Files stuff, Hubble Telescope, the Electrick Monk, Map of Ambridge, movie database, and more!
Spain: I am gradually posting various photographs here - mostly taken recently in Aragon.
My Resumé: Stuff about my performing career with Dolwilym Theatre Company, European Theatre of War, Headley Players, Bristol Old Vic, etc.
Also a couple of pömes from Edgar Allen Poet !
Secrets, Lies and Confusions: MI5, MI6, KGB, CIA, your MP, Abolish the Monarchy, the Wobblies, Radio B92, Kosovo Crisis Centre, Chechnya Crisis, East Timor, the Nuclear Menace and more.
Near Bristol: Great places near Bristol for walks and getting a breath of fresh air.
Bristol Links: Assorted links to other sites about Bristol

Visit The Hunger Site to donate food to starving people.

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