NF01 November/December 2023
Issue one of nearfield celebrates new beginnings across the region. We get excited about the reopening of Bristol Beacon, meet the hardy dippers revelling in the cold waters of the restored Cleveland Pools, find out what the Bristol Old Vic's new artistic director has planned; and explore the vintage shops, upcycling workshops, and reclamation yards breathing fresh life into old. We also keep readers moving through winter with a guide to indoor and outdoor activities, and meet the Icebreakers in our first community takeover. Plus we round up all the best events, experiences, and food and drink in the southwest this winter.
Issue one of nearfield celebrates new beginnings across the region. We get excited about the reopening of Bristol Beacon, meet the hardy dippers revelling in the cold waters of the restored Cleveland Pools, find out what the Bristol Old Vic's new artistic director has planned; and explore the vintage shops, upcycling workshops, and reclamation yards breathing fresh life into old. We also keep readers moving through winter with a guide to indoor and outdoor activities, and meet the Icebreakers in our first community takeover. Plus we round up all the best events, experiences, and food and drink in the southwest this winter.
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Field Notes 9<br />
FREE SPEECH<br />
CURIOSITY CORNER<br />
Add some ritual tradition to your<br />
Christmas. The Marshfield Mummers<br />
– or Old Time Paper Boys – have been<br />
performing their play every Boxing<br />
Day at 11am since reviving it in the<br />
1930s. Join them outside Marshfield’s<br />
Lord Nelson Inn.<br />
With LGBTQ+ poetry night Hear My Voice<br />
returning to Bath’s Rondo Theatre on<br />
23 <strong>November</strong> (nfld.io/myvoice), host, poet and<br />
slam champion Emma Taylor has some advice<br />
for anyone who wants to take the mic.<br />
“Just go for it. The spoken-word community is<br />
a space of acceptance. Everyone in the room<br />
is rooting for you. Absolutely, it’s scary! But ask<br />
anyone who’s felt the fear but got up anyway,<br />
and they’ll tell you the more you do it, the less<br />
you’ll feel like you might pass out.”<br />
Emma’s favourite poetry and<br />
spoken-word events<br />
Chimes<br />
The Bell Inn, Bath<br />
“A brand new night<br />
hosted by Hear My<br />
Voice regular, Ash<br />
Manganaro. It’s a small<br />
and intimate affair.”<br />
End of <strong>November</strong><br />
The Poetry Spa<br />
Bath Spa<br />
University<br />
Student Union<br />
“Hear My Voice’s new<br />
sister event, run by<br />
poet extraordinaire<br />
Kathryn O’Driscoll.”<br />
14 <strong>November</strong>;<br />
16 January<br />
Satellite of Love<br />
John Sebastian<br />
Lightship, Bristol<br />
“Poetry? A boat?<br />
A bar? Cal Wensley,<br />
Aiysha Humphreys,<br />
Helen Sheppard,<br />
and Sophie Dumont<br />
hosting? I love it.”<br />
Last Wednesday<br />
of the month<br />
Want more<br />
poetry nights?<br />
Check out<br />
thenearfield.com<br />
Bath City and Chippenham Town continue<br />
their battle for regional supremacy in the<br />
National League South this Boxing Day and<br />
New Year’s Day – first at Hardenhuish Park,<br />
Chippenham, then at Twerton Park, Bath.<br />
Chippenham Town Bath City Draws<br />
6<br />
5<br />
LOCAL RIVALRIES<br />
Results<br />
Yellow cards<br />
1<br />
4<br />
3<br />
25<br />
Goals<br />
12<br />
1 1<br />
Red cards<br />
thenearfield.com<br />
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