jezza's guide to bristol
Last modified May 31st, 2002
As recommended in Venue, Daily Telegraph, BBC Bristol Online, The Sou'wester & The Bristolian. 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.
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: SS Great Britain, at-Bristol, the timetable, pictures of Redshank, Industrial Museum, Harbour Railway, Watershed, Arnolfini, Architecture Centre. The campaign.
Also an interactive map of the and the latest on the great
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Illustrations and details of my book which you can buy online from
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is the historic area of Bristol in which I live.
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Much of the wealth of modern Bristol was derived from the horrors of the 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.
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: Bristol Old Vic, Circomedia, QEH Theatre, Redgrave Theatre, St George's Bristol, Wallace and Gromit,
Dance Centre, Show of Strength, Tobacco Factory.
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: 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
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Also a special 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!).
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There are lots of in Bristol and area including the Balloon Fiesta, Glastonbury, Priddy Folk Fair, Bristol International Kite
Festival, Bristol Community Festival, etc.
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: Bristol City FC (including live match commentaries), Republic of Ireland Football, Cricket, International Pro Cycling, FC Porto
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: 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!
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: I am gradually posting various photographs here - mostly taken recently in Aragon.
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: Stuff about my performing career with Dolwilym Theatre Company, European Theatre of War, , Bristol Old Vic, etc.
Also a couple of pömes from !
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: MI5, MI6, KGB, CIA, your MP, Abolish the Monarchy, the Wobblies, Radio B92, Kosovo Crisis Centre, Chechnya
Crisis, East Timor, the and more.
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: Great places near Bristol for walks and getting a breath of fresh air.
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: Assorted links to other sites about Bristol
Visit to donate food to starving people.
Local Business, Community,
Leisure and Events listings.
BBC local site for
local [BRISTOL] people!
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