Staff Picks: Save Local Venues
Maryem talks about the threat to our vibrant local culture.
Staff Picks: On the Journey to Justice
PRSC campaigns on the principle that public spaces belong to the people and that they should reflect the passions, actions and histories of the people. We fully support the toppling of Colston’s statue and look forward to seeing what happens next. When Colston took...
Staff Picks: We Love the NHS
Stokes Croft China shop legend Sue Kilroe talks about her love for our NHS mugs… I love the NHS mugs, we sell lots so it seems I’m not alone. I love the NHS too. In this time of Covid-19, celebrating the NHS is, quite rightly, high on the public agenda. Like so...
Word on the Street – part 2
Last month we shared some of our observations of the changed visual culture of the city in these new lockdown times.
One month on, we venture back outside to see what’s changed on Bristol’s streets.
Stokes Croft Developments
As lockdown continues to keep most of us stuck at home, building developers, planners and construction workers have continued to busily reshape our city.
Hedge Your Bets on the New Normal
An essay by Colin Moody, on hedges, hedge funds and the post-pandemic economy.
Word on the Street
A look at the empty city streets, and the current state of advertising, subvertising and street art.
Stokes Croft China Still Available Online
In the name of public health we have closed our physical spaces, but you can still support us by ordering online – we will deliver as long as the post offices will allow.
Gentrification Watch
Our neighbourhood is resounding with the cacophony of diggers, hammers, shouting and building site radios these days. But what is being built? And who is this new neighbourhood for?
School of Activism – coming this Easter!
PRSC presents the School of Activism Easter Holidays April 3rd – 22nd Climate change getting you down? Brexit making you sick? Inequality and austerity driving you mad? Is there something you wish you could change? A problem you want to help solve? You are not...
A response to the City Council debate on the future of the Bearpit.
The Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft would like to express their shock at the news that councillors have received threats of violence and even threats to their lives. We condemn these actions. There is no place in political debate, or wider society for this kind of...
A van for Jeff
I’m coming out of work stressed and late, feeling angry at the modern world for being so hard to cope with. Head down, rushing home, scowling at the pavement as I go, listing life’s little injustices in my head – all the minor problems that built...
PROPER BRISTOL – POSTCARD COMPETITION
No more Bridge. Easy on the Balloons… Those pictures of the Suspension Bridge, hot air Balloons and Harbourside. Those statues of slavers, soldiers and politicians, those demonstrations of wealth and power seep into our very marrow. Those corporate billboards...