Category: Guest Articles

Bath Inter Faith Group partnered with B&NES Council in commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day with an event in the Guildhall on Thursday 26 January. The day marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in 1945.  As the last generation of Holocaust survivors disappears, the need to remember and draw lessons from those…

River Rats, the second book in my crime mystery series, is unashamedly set in Bath and begins with the coshing of a local magistrate and the disposal of his body in the weir at Pulteney Bridge. It’s a tale which explores the tensions between a small community of liveaboard narrowboat owners, local residents, corrupt councillors…

To mark the beginning of World Autism Acceptance Week, we hear from Jo Curd, author and co-founder of Autistic Eye, a Community Interest Company, not-for-profit initiative based in Bath. Autistic Eye promotes, publishes and sells work by artists with autism. Since its inception in 2013 it has sold over 14,000 greetings cards depicting work by…

Personal storytelling in a city jam-packed with history! One of the most important aspects of presenting historical timelines, subjects, buildings, events and people’s lives to the public is about making the effort to do it in a fun, engaging and memorable way. In the heritage arena – which the entire city of Bath is immersed…

Wendy, a member the Home Library Service, has shared with us the brilliant story of how she and her husband Ron first met. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! When my Home Library Volunteer Annie visited us earlier in the year, just before the beginnings of the first COVID Lockdown we…

Is it… an innovative ever changing industry? Money? Fast-paced career development? An infectious passion to want to know more? Have you considered a career in technology? The technology industry will give you the buzz you may be looking for. Even if you think you have no idea about tech, the beauty is, working in tech…