Explore online and in-person activities based in and around Bristol with the Global Lounge
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A fun walk around Bristol’s iconic music venues, past and present, and tales of the famous bands that played them. Advance Bookings are required.
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You’ll be introduced to stencil art from the very beginnings of recorded-human history, to the modern day with Banksy art. Just what did inspire him to become so impressive at stencil art in a world of graffiti art in Bristol? These sessions are a great way to spray street art, “get your hands on the cans” and take home some self-sprayed artwork, using our water-based spray paints and laser cut stencils. (A2 artwork size which is 59cm by 42cm).
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Shakespeare Undone! is an immersive experience that takes you on a theatrical journey. Discovered amongst Bristol’s forgotten memorabilia, the Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper. This unpublished play features early sketches of his most iconic characters, first drafts of famous scenes…and just a little bit of nonsense.
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The one thing most of us reading this have in common is the English language, and our tongue’s cathedral is the British Library in London. Join Blue Badge Tourist Guide and Lonely Planet guidebook writer Steve Fallon on a virtual tour of this enormous building – the largest built in the UK in the 20th century – which also boasts some rather unusual architecture and an inordinate amount of artwork. What London’s National Gallery is to fine art, the British Library is to the written word.
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‘Bristol Museum & Art Gallery is a very attractive venue, and home to countless treasures from in and around Bristol, and from further afield. Explore the collections of art, nature and history. (more…)