Life and Style

Suzanne Savill: Bristol's vision of self-service is short-sighted

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Text BOXGONE to get a new recycling box. Text LOUDRAVE to complain about noisy neighbours. Text FLYTIP to report a dumped mattress in your street....

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Farooq Siddique: A Muslim in Bristol

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

I still cringe when I recall how, on BBC's Question Time, Nick Griffin applauded along with the audience "each swing of proverbial baseball bat around...

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Peter Madden: Let's invest in Bristol

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Let's invest in south Bristol before we build in the countryside. There's been loads of debate recently about what we build on the southern fringes of...

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Jane Jackson: Looking after the kids

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

It has taken me nearly two years to set up a support group for grandparents in Bristol who have lost contact with their grandchildren.

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George Ferguson: Bristol's campaigners are derided as cranks

Monday, November 02, 2009

Sometimes we need reminding of those individuals in Bristol who have done so much to protect its heritage and to fight the philistines who know the...

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Tim Davey: Historic area is dominated by boorish behaviour

Saturday, October 31, 2009

I feel like I've been tagged, in the manner of a common criminal. Not for me, though, one of those electronic boots that tells the boys in blue where...

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Rev Richard Barrett: Some Christians are very uneasy about Halloween

Saturday, October 31, 2009

This evening you may get children knocking on your door playing Trick or Treat, asking for money or sweets and dressed up in masks and clothes as...

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Girl Friday: Halloween costumes are never a good look

Friday, October 30, 2009

Halloween has never been a good look for me. Trick-or-treating with my brother as a kid, we were suddenly surrounded by a gang of mini-delinquents...

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Katie Porter: The public shouldn't fear us

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Contrary to popular belief, not all teenagers go out to cause trouble, hurt others and vandalise property; in fact, in my opinion, most of us go out...

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