There's just never enough parking, is there.

The Latin inscription on the Leigh Woods tower of the Clifton Suspension Bridge reads “SUSPENSA VIX VIA FIT”. There are several ways of interpreting this phrase and could mean “Road suspended with great difficulty” or a more alarming translation is “Road is barely suspended.”

Good move Helen West of England Mayoral Combined Authority !

This 1760 painting (thought to be by Philip Vandyke) shows Bristol in its heyday as a port of international importance - when the city was briefly the second largest in Britain.

With plans to pedestrianise London's Oxford Street now moving ahead, there's been plenty of debate around what form its remodelling could take — including on our recent episode of The World's Best Construction Podcast, where we discussed the idea of a new 'urban garden' down the

"Leave fossil fuels in the ground. It's so simple.This is the most important predicament humanity has ever faced and by design as a result of the enormous oppressive power of the fossil fuel industry, we're flunking it." George Monbiot. No time to waste. #ActOnClimate

The evidence on the wide benefits of 30kmh and 20mph limits keeps on coming. Denying the evidence is callous and so detrimental to community health and well-being in city, town or village where 30kmh/20mph should be default. bit.ly/3GuRur4 bit.ly/3GuRur4

2 photos of the arctic both taken in the summer more than 70 years apart show the dramatic change in the continent ice cover. There is no time to waste. No planet B. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate #phaseoutfossilfuels #renewables #GreenNewDeal pic via Christian Aslund

Former US Green Beret who was one of the armed American security guards in Gaza, who left after he saw American and Israeli colleagues killing Palestinian civilians, "Without question I witnessed war crimes by the Israeli Defence Forces, without a doubt, using artillery rounds,

Dear councils, 97% of meadows are gone. So please, value our wildflowers. If you are lucky enough to have them growing in verges and public spaces, don't poison or over-mow them. Let them grow as a lifeline for bees, butterflies and hoverflies 🐝

In 1831 a riot erupted in Queen Square which left Bristol in flames and dozens of people dead. It also helped bolster the city’s reputation as a home for radical ideas and revolutionary action. Read the full story in Weird Bristol: True Crime, available now! Link in my profile.

... while we insist on installing them on productive farmland.

We shouldn’t have to escape the city for a daily dose of nature, no matter how small. By challenging the car’s privilege on our streets, we create new opportunities for re-greening; thus boosting our physical, mental, and social well-being. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs 2025.

If we switched to #renewableenergy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying coal & oil & gas!! buff.ly/dpTrSpO We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal

We got rid of a notorious ugly concrete tower in this location decades ago - are we really going to allow an even more imposing tower greet people to Bristol? City planning has failed us badly since 2016 😞

Well said Jonathon Porritt ! We are at a dangerous crossroads and Yvette Cooper is for her own dubious political purposes criminalising some of the most compassionate and peace loving citizens - including you - and my dear daughter Alice Ferguson 🥰 instagram.com/reel/DM-CxBIou…

Let’s return to good sound urbanism in #Bristol following the disastrous developer led planning of the past 8 years: “Former mayor 'heartened' by crisis in Bristol's high-rise building boom” ⁦Bristol Live⁩ ⁦@theAOU bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…

Another lousy land deal done in desperation by the previous administration :(

Good to see this article from Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, on how all the evidence is that 20mph limits make London a better place to be for its residents, visitors and tourists. Its time to say #20splenty for us all. bit.ly/3UpoJiV

Always good to see London following Bristol’s example 😊