Axbridge Review: Cheddar Reservoir’s owner Susan Davy, the CEO of The Pennon Group grilled over leaks, pollution and her £860,000 salary – plus news of Cheddar Reservoir 2
By Harry Mottram: Water bills in Axbridge are to rise by 32% by 2030 as utility firms hike consumer prices…
Rapscallion Magazine Book Review: John Hillaby’s ‘lyrical, revealing and candid account’ of his Journey Through Britain – in a country much changed since 1968 when it was published
Book Review: Journey Through Britain. By John Hillaby Britain was different in the late 1960s. Most chaps wore jackets and…
Bath Voice News: Bath MP slams Trump over his accusations the Ukrainian president is a ‘dictator’ as she praises Bath’s Friendship Agreement with Oleksandriya ahead of their concert on Monday, 24 February
February 20, 2025 By Harry Mottram: The Bath MP Wera Hobhouse has joined a chorus of condemnation of the USA President…
Rapscallion Magazine: updated – Notes on an enduring love for Dinbych-y-pysgod (Tenby)
It all began with a copy of the Radio Times. Harry Mottram saw an advert for a cheap week in…
Rapscallion Magazine: Game of Empires – if Russia can bag Ukraine and USA can grab Greenland then Britain can seize New York and Spain Texas – it’s the 21st century power game
By Harry Mottram: Welcome to the 19th century, remade in the 21st century when the great powers feel entitled to…
Bath Voice Music News: Nostalgic album of lesser known local bands from Bristol and Bath of the 1980s released
By Harry Mottram: During the 1980s there were a number of bands from Bristol and Bath that nearly made it…
Axbridge Review – looking back to the 1930s when 400 men, steam power and picks and shovels built Cheddar Reservoir in the shadow of the Second World War
By Harry Mottram: It was the year the National Grid was completed and the classic London Underground map designed by…
Bath Voice Sports News: Bath’s Oli Lawrence levels the scores at Twickenham with a try putting England back in the game with eventual victory over France in the Six Nations in a classic battle with Les Bleus
February 9, 2025 By Harry Mottram: In one of the most exciting contests ever played between England and France at Twickenham,…
ICSM Business News: Trump’s tariffs will hit world trade as the UK braces for the economic aftershocks
By Harry Mottram: The old saying that if America sneezes Britain catches a cold is likely to hold true over the…
Axbridge Review: the town’s new heritage trail textile hanging is hailed as ‘beautiful’ and ‘awesome’ as funds are raised to display it permanently in the parish church
By Harry Mottram: Residents viewed the new Axbridge Heritage Trail textile hanging displayed in the town hall at the weekend…