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Courtesy of Pennyhill Park This year, were dreaming of springtime in England more than ever, and fans of the hit Netflix series Bridgertonare likely dreaming of the historic destinations and swoon-worthy gardens featured in the show. Luckily, once the time is right and the world is a safer place, you can live out your greatest Regency-era dreams by staying at a filming location from the show. Many of Bridgertons most notable locales are actually royal-estates-turned-hotels that allow you to...

Coronavirus student survey reveals "tough generation" of design students Dezeen and Bath School of Design surveyed design students about the impact the pandemic is having on their studies and wellbeing. The responses, published here in full, provide a unique insight into student life amid Covid-19. To conduct the survey, Bath School of Design at Bath Spa University sent a questionnaire compiled by Dezeen to its 450 students. Thirty-one replied. Sent at the end of January, the coronavirus stude...

BUS replacement services are running instead of trains on key routes this weekend.

Over Christmas, a substantial amount of work was delivered in and around Bristol’s Temple Meads station. This included important elements of the long-term Bristol Rail Regeneration programme, which is itself linked into Bristol City Council’s Temple Quarter Regeneration. As part of its wider regeneration programme, Bristol City Council is developing a sustainable urban quarter – Temple Quarter – as a place to live, work, study, enjoy leisure time and build on Bristol’s strengths as a ...

(Envato Elements) James Caspian, a psychotherapist who was stopped from studying “trans regret” as part of his master’s degree is taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights Caspian wanted to write his thesis on “trans regret” and “detransition” as part of his MA degree in counselling and psychotherapy at Bath Spa University. He said it was rejected by the university’s ethics committee in 2017 because it could be deemed “politically incorrect”, and because “atta...

Rebecca Tantony - Credit: Theatre Orchard Theatre Orchard’s will return with a new online poetry event. An intimate evening of words, featuring acclaimed guest poet Rebecca Tantony, whose writing has been described as ‘mesmerising’ in The Guardian, will take place over Zoom at 7.30pm on Thursday. The free online event includes an eclectic mix of poetry recitals and open mic sessions Rebecca is a writer and facilitator and has been commissioned by Radio Four and has recently been commis...

Rebecca Tantony - Credit: Theatre Orchard Theatre Orchard’s will return with a new online poetry event. An intimate evening of words, featuring acclaimed guest poet Rebecca Tantony, whose writing has been described as ‘mesmerising’ in The Guardian, will take place over Zoom at 7.30pm on Thursday. The free online event includes an eclectic mix of poetry recitals and open mic sessions Rebecca is a writer and facilitator and has been commissioned by Radio Four and has recently been commis...

Track renewals in the Swindon area will cause some delays during January.

The disruption of services is expected to continue until the end of today (Tuesday). South Western Railway (SWR) says: "Due to flooding between Salisbury and Bristol Temple Meads all lines are blocked. "Train services running through these stations have been cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day." ⚠️ *NEW 29/12* Due to flooding between Salisbury and Bristol Temple Meads all lines are blocked. Train services running through these stations have been cancelle...

Flooding sees trains cancelled from Bristol Temple Meads and other stations Salisbury, Bath Spa and Westbury are among the other stations affected, says National Rail All train lines are blocked between Bristol Temple Meads and Salisbury due to flooding. Train services running through the stations have been cancelled, with disruption expected until the end of today (December 29). South Western Railway (SWR) says: "We have been informed of flooding between Salisbury and Bristol Temple Meads. As ...