• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Thursday November 23 2023

Christmas in Swindon and Wiltshire 2023

Here’s our highlights of Christmas in Swindon and Wiltshire. Christmas lluminations This Friday… The last weekend in November is when most towns kick off their Crimbo lights. The Devizes’ two day Winter Festival begins Friday 24 November, with festive […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Thursday November 2 2023

PowerPoint banned at Bristol’s Festival of Economics

Economics. In a Festival. You just know there will be no bouncing around a field to music, unless it’s to count BPM or calculate the percentage difference between the price of Strongbow at the festival bar compared to your […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire News
• Wednesday October 25 2023

Do you like chocolate? And smashing things?

Then get ready for FOMO. On Saturday I smashed chocolate, then ate it. Luke Jerram, Bristol artist and creator of the 2014 giant waterslide down Bristol’s steep Park Street as well as three to-scale recreations of earth, the moon […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Events
• Friday October 6 2023

The evolution of entertainment with drones

Business Biscuit superfans will have noticed that we’ve reorganised our website menus and categorised our news. It got us thinking: what does ‘culture’ encompass? What does ‘media’ include? We confess, ‘drone’ was not considered for the SEO description! Enter […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Thursday September 21 2023

Gaia, heavenly body in Bath Abbey, plus Chocolate Smash in Bristol

Since humans first looked up to the sky at night we have been able to see the moon. But to see the earth on which we evolved, in its entirety, has only been possible since 1967. The view of […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Monday September 11 2023

Bradford talks culture and community

This article was to be entitled ‘the meaning of culture to community and business’ but that’s like saying ‘what’s the point of eating food?’ Over the years beleagured and chronically underfunded arts organisations have tried to show what montisation […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Monday September 4 2023

White horse sculpture celebrates new beginnings at housing development

A white horse sculpture has been unveiled at a development of new houses at Shrivenham, near Swindon. The 5ft high horse – inspired by the nearby Bronze Age white horse at Uffington – was commissioned by developer Bloor Homes […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Friday September 1 2023

Heritage Open Days offer a chance to explore Swindon’s industrial past

There’s a chance to explore Swindon’s industrial past next week (September 8 to 10) as historic buildings across the Borough throw open their doors, free of charge as part of Heritage Open Days. Residents and visitors will be able […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Friday August 25 2023

Malmesbury’s artful shopping trail

High street art trails have been around for a while: I organised a few in Marlborough around 2008. Local artists have a curated and accessible exhibition of their work away from a sometimes forbidding gallery whilst the trail encourages […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire News
• Thursday August 24 2023

Swindon – unlikely mural mecca? Swindon Paint Fest

When someone says ‘street art’ the first city that comes to mind is Bristol. Bristol the artistic birthplace of Banksy, the Wild Bunch, and Upfest. But, did you know, back in the ‘80s, Swindon was the ‘unlikely murals capital […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Wednesday August 2 2023

Swin-‘E’-Dog leads the charge for The Big Dog Art Trail

Swindon’s Big Dog Art Trail sponsor, Arval, found the artist for their own Swindog sculpture at Swindon New College. Mimi Salter won the competition from her fellow fine art A Level students with a vibrant yellow, silver and flower-covered […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire News
• Wednesday August 2 2023

Fun and games for Bristol’s Temple Quay workers

Temple Quay’s commercial district is enjoying a fresh perk of office life. A new outdoor area, ‘Summer on the Quay’, has been created next to the river Avon with seating, flower benches and a cruise liner-inspired games deck to […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Wednesday July 12 2023

Big Dog Art Trail launched at Swindon’s Lydiard Park

Swindon’s Big Dog Art Trail – the world’s first balloon dog sculpture art trail – was officially launched at Lydiard Park yesterday (Tuesday). Sponsors, artists and VIPs were given the opportunity to see the 30 Swindogs and 42 Swinpups […]