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Blockade runners: The grim history of the Bristol ships that helped US slave states
The American Civil War ended 160 years ago with the Union victorious and slavery abolished. But many Bristolians supported ...
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Listen: Bristol Unpacked – high sheriff Kalpna Woolf on connecting people through food and battling for boardroom diversity
Neil chats to Kalpna Woolf on her journey from Southall immigrant kid to BBC head of production, food author and boardroom ...
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Callouts: Join our first Newspaper Club
Join The Bristol Cable’s exclusive Newspaper Club this Indie News Week 2025! Step inside our newsroom, help shape public interest journalism.
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Door to door divestment: Lessons from the Bristol Apartheid-Free Zone
In light of Gaza’s devastation, Bristolians are turning grief into grassroots power. Matt and Sacha tell the Cable why they ...
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Bristol council paying huge sums of money to rent homes from banned landlord
Bristol City Council obtained a five-year court order barring landlord Naomi Knapp from renting out her homes. Now, it’s ...
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Photo essay: Down on the Farm
Independent. Investigative. Indispensable. Investigative journalism strengthens democracy – it’s a necessity, not a luxury. The Cable is Bristol’s independent, investigative newsroom. Owned and ...
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Listen: Bristol Unpacked on the struggle for autism justice in the city and Somali community, with mother, campaigner and Tory, Nura Aabe
A mother of a son with autism, Nura Aabe has been a central figure in the struggle to secure better special educational needs support in the city – in schools, the council and the Somali community. As ...
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Watch: “Britons never, never have been slaves?”
At the height of the trans-atlantic slave trade, the patriotic song Rule Brittania was first performed in 1740 to German-born Fredrick, the Prince of Wales, with the key line “Britons never will be ...