Better Bristol magazine

From the Chair Message from Sandra Fryer, Chair of Bristol Civic Society.
Design Awards 2024 The four winners are announced.
Major Developments in Bristol Peter Ellis looks at a selection of important proposals.
City planning and the housing crisis Willie Harbinson considers future developments and how to tackle the housing crisis.
Park life How do we protect our open spaces? Ted Fowler proposes a radical new approach.
Writing on walls Gordon Young reports on blue plaques here and in the capital.
Hartcliffe Betrayed Paul Smith asks what is history? When does it end? Where does it end?
‘It was fifty years ago today…’ Intrigued by Bristol’s music venues, Robin Askew looks back at some great gigs.
Iconic edifices Eugene Byrne studies two iconic edifices: The Evening Post Building and The Spectrum Building.
Bristol to Berlin and back again Clive Burlton relates the tragic life of Frederick John Berry.
An Ashton Court mystery Kate Barlow unravels the stranger than fiction life of John Hugh Smyth Pigott.
Trams Eugene Byrne looks at the rise and fall of Bristol’s tram system.
Book Reviews Mike Manson reads some Bristol books.

Read the Autumn-Winter 2004 issue.