David Demery

The 2024 Design Awards, celebrating the very best of new developments in Bristol, will be presented in the Lantern Hall of Bristol Beacon.

Join Mike Manson, editor of Bristol Civic Society’s Better Bristol magazine, as he guides us through this dark period in Bristol’s history.

Francis Greenacre, former Curator of Fine Art at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, will lead a captivating tour of some of Bristol’s most notable buildings of the last two and a half centuries.

A visit to the Old Vic Theatre School, the alma mater to very many famous names in television, theatre and the big screen.

A Zoom talk on The Bristol Cable by Eliz Mizon, covering how it started, what it has achieved and what it hopes to achieve.

A visit to Puppet Place set up over 40 years ago to support puppetry practitioners, located in the heart of Spike Island.

Members and friends are warmly invited to attend the 2024 Annual General Meeting, which will be held at ‘The Mount Without’, St Michael’s Hill, Bristol.

We visit Bristol Beacon, formerly the Colston Hall, a much loved place for Bristolians to enjoy music and theatre for many decades.

Paul Smith, the chief executive of the Elim Housing Association, will explain what social housing is, the different types, how they work and for whom.

Ed Hall leads a guided walk around the western end of the Floating Harbour starting at the Cottage Inn pub.