Classic Turkey!
Ingredients:
1 lemon
Small handful of chopped fresh parsley and thyme
150g softened butter
Fresh turkey crown breast
6 fresh bay leaves
6 balls of stuffing
6 slices of bacon
12 chipolatas
UPFEST have opened a gallery at 198 North Street, Bedminster, displaying work from the arsenal of artists that are associated with them.
Otherwise known as the Urban Paint Festival, Upfest has experienced resounding success and growth since its inception in 2008. Starting off as a whimsical notion to host a free festival of urban art, the first event took place in October 2008 showcasing 50 artists and had around 1500 visitors. This year’s event on the first weekend in June saw nearly 200 artists performing live painting, drawing, stencilling and anything else you can imagine at the Tobacco Factory in Southville, accompanied by sound systems, DJs and other cool stuff. It has become a massive fixture in the cultural calendar of Bristol and the rest of the UK. It draws in artists from around the globe too, so I imagine world domination is only a few years away.
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Creative File goes behind-the-scenes to talk with Bristol creatives in their own working space. This time, Borai steps up. Also known as Boris English, this cat has been a constant in Bristol bass music for more than a decade. Whether it’s dub, funky, grime, dancehall, house, juke or all the steps - Borai is always on point.
So what do you do exactly?
I spend most of my time writing music (lucky me…!) at home in my studio, or round someone else’s house/studio if I’m working on a collaboration. I’ve recently been delving into mastering and dubplate cutting, helping out a friend who runs a small operation in Bristol, Dub Studio, and in return am being taught the finer points of the so called “Black Art”. Other than that I go to clubs/gigs that interest me and try to keep up with the housework!
There are many reasons to pop along to your local pub quiz: You can show off your surprising general knowledge skills to your mates, you can beat your neighbour’s pitiful attempts and earn some gloating time, and, of course, there’s the possibility of winning some FREE beer!!! But why, exactly, do we all love a pub quiz so much? As this age old question racks my brain (more than tonight’s history round at the local quiz), I scour the youth of today to decipher what really makes a good pub quiz…
Wednesday 1st until Friday 24th December 2010 @ The Showroom, The Art Box, Park Street, Bristol
Jamaica Street Artists will be providing an alternative treat for shoppers on Bristol’s busy Park Street this Christmas with the opening of their pop-up shop and gallery; The Art Box. Launching with a grand opening on the 1st December, the shop will then be open until Christmas (offering special late night shopping every Thursday). Pop-up shops and temporary galleries have become an international trend and Bristol City Council has joined the movement by offering empty shop units to arts and cultural organisations across Bristol. Jamaica Street Artists have secured a term in The Showroom, which has already been home to a zombie game, puppet show and exhibition.
Beautiful people making beautiful music as effortlessly as cutting a slice of cheese; the folk lot are an achingly pleasant bunch aren’t they, all simple gorgeousness. Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling are right in front of the barge boat too, casually meandering on the folk river, probably on cycling swans. Sometimes they join together on a gondolier and make music like the stunning single, The Water, on Flynn’s latest album, Been Listening. Their impressive talent and wondrous audible merge of nature, voice and instrument is stunning.
“Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty.” So said Proverbs 23:20-21, and let that be a lesson to you. Saint Thomas Aquinas, the levitating priest of Sicily took a pretty hard line on what constitutes gluttony, and it is a line which I have most certainly crossed. There are, said Aquinas, six ways in which one commits gluttony: eating too soon; eating too expensively; eating too much; eating too eagerly; eating too daintily; eating wildly. I don’t know about you, but that sounds like an average meal in my household. So are we going to hell? Probably yes: my sloth and wrath alone is probably enough to tip the balance, even leaving gluttony aside.
Like many Bristolians, I live on a hill. This means when I exit the pod with my beloved bike (almost always) I am immediately met with Sir Speed, a vigorous awakening when the temperature is low and you’re still slumber warm. Speed makes you feel like a hero and tests your alertness and confidence with his force. Sailing down the hill on my skinny wheeled machine, the chill rides with me and I high-five the whistling one. Unfortunately however, I still behold an element of committal fear. Thus, the fluidity of the affair is punctuated almost systematically by my life preserving paranoia, accompanied shortly after by a screech of my back brake: EEEK!! But at least for a few seconds, every morning, I am invincible. My cranked up, 70s boiler-warm face repels the spiky cold and my rested and warmth oiled limbs defiantly beat the jacket potato lethargy that bitter weather induces.
Despite your best efforts to ignore the inevitable, sooner or later you’re going to have to face up to it: The nights have been drawing in for some time now, late June in fact, and there’s an unmistakable chill in the air. I expect you’ve put on a jumper a few times, and maybe even a coat. Yes, autumn is upon us, but take heart, for there are plenty of great things to enjoy at this time of year. The weather is still pleasant and the lowering sun bathes us in glorious rich hues of colour. Here are a few ideas to make the most of the autumnal sunshine:
Westonbirt Aboretum
A beautiful place at any time of the year, but autumn is when this spot is at its stunning best. It’s a feast of picture book autumnal colour. A few hours among this great collection of trees will bring out the David Bailey in you. A bit of a drive, but worth it.
Bristol Zoo and Botanical Gardens
When was the last time you went to the zoo? It’s great, especially with kids. Bristol Zoo is completely ethical and by visiting you will be helping schemes that help endangered animals and environments. The enclosures are amazing, and the gardens are spectacular.
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A new autumn in Bristol brings with it some fresh breezes as well as a fresh bunch of fresh-faced students. May I be the first to congratulate you on your choice of city to study in; congratulations and welcome. Getting to grips with a new city can always be difficult. What you need is some sort of funky, free magazine to helpfully lay out a list of fifteen or so places to visit and things to do in your first six months here. Yer, something like that would be good. Well looky here…!
1. Must Visit the Clifton Suspension Bridge
Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s postcard picture bridge spans the Avon Gorge and really lives up to its spectacular reputation. A very good introduction to the city this.
2. Must Walk along the Harbour
You’ll soon learn that a lot of Bristol’s life revolves around its Floating Harbour. You would do very well to get to grips with all the fantastic pubs, cubs, cafés, restaurants and characters that line its banks.
3. Must Drink Cider, Drink, Drink and then Drink some more Cider
Hidden away in Clifton’s backstreets, the Coronation Tap’s legendary cider is so strong it can only be served in half pints - the ultimate student piss-up! The Apple in town too is every cider lover’s dream (no, not the one where you go apple-bobbing for boobs).
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