Category: COMMENT

Mayor vote shows Bristol has come out of the closet

Nick Sturge

We need to make this work, so let’s engage and decide what kind of person we want to lead Bristol in its next phase of growth, writes Nick Sturge

Global justice demands development planet can afford

Sustainable development

The aim of this June’s Rio+20 Conference must be to promote development that eradicates poverty while reducing global resource use, writes Roger James

Bristol can’t accept ‘business as usual’ from lame duck council

Bristol City Council House

Modern Bristol needs councillors to work in a new way and it should start next week when the council selects a new leader and Cabinet, says Tony Dyer

Bristol firms must get used to new reality of finance

Lounge Bedminster

The attitude of banks to risk has changed and will never return to pre-2008 levels… but there are good news stories to tell, writes Tom McCarthy

Dive into the Deep End to breathe life into communities

The Deep End

The Deep End exhibition at the former Gloucester Road pool will help you think about bringing Bristol back into community ownership, says Gus Hoyt

A bittersweet birthday of asparagus and socialist victory

Tender French asparagus shoots

The far right in France has a respectable face that its UK cousins would give their left arms for. (Right arms indispensable), writes Hannah Durrant

Elected mayor must invite all of Bristol to the party

Bristol mayor count

In the coming months, we will find out if the candidates are of the standard necessary to run this complex and diverse city, writes Tony Dyer