Bristol History

• Theatre / theatre walks

  Show of Strength add new theatre walks to their busy autumn calendar

  Themes range from Blackbeard and butchery to walking in the footsteps of Cary Grant

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• Social History / Heritage Open Days

  Visitors invited to explore many unique historic spaces and buildings in September

  It’s part of the annual Heritage Open Days project

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• LGBT / Transgender

  Pride and courage: Michael Dillon’s enduring trans legacy

  Michael Dillon's life is a journey filled with unexpected twists, existentialism and spirituality

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• Features / theatre

  Working to undo Section 28

  Tom Marshman's 'Section 28 and Me' explores queer history in the 1980s

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• Books / book launch

  What the Frock comedy night to follow feminist book launch in week of International Women’s Day

  Author Jane Duffus will be presenting the third volume in her ‘Women Who Built Bristol’ series

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• Social History / Heritage Open Days

  The Heritage Open Days events in and around Bristol

  There will be six special buildings open to the public

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• News / Colston

  Historian defends proposed new wording for plaque on empty Colston plinth

  There has been criticism the suggested wording downplays the slave trader's acts

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• News / Barton Hill

  Artifacts salvaged from historic Barton Hill building prior to demolition

  The derelict building will be knocked down to make way for flats and a community space

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