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Well, last night was certainly special, celebrating with the most fabulous winners, sponsors, finalists and attendees. We laughed, cheered, sipped and boogied. Bristol, you truly knocked our socks off 👏✨🥂💃 A huge congratulations to all of the 2024 winners: Platinum: @slxmedia Arts & Creative: @bristol_beacon Bar: @thebootleggerbristol Business Services: @desklodge_bristol Charity: @bristol_after_stroke Charity: @young.bristol Civic: @lexiaeducationservices Employer: @ambitious_consultancy Event: @stpaulscarnivalbristol Financial: @beewisefs Hair & Beauty: @allurelashlounge Health & Wellbeing: Progressive Sports Bristol & South Gloucestershire Homes & Interiors: @kutchenhaus_bristol_bath Legal: Shakespeare Martineau Leisure & Tourism: @ssgreatbritain New Business: @diywithemma People Services: Workwell PCS Property: @ridgellp Restaurant: @correstaurant Retail: @sproutsofbristol Sustainability: @slxmedia Technology: @firsttableuk   Our thanks to @cleverchefs for being our Headline Sponsor, and also thanks to all Category Sponsors, Feature Sponsors, Suppliers and Silver Sponsors for supporting us this year, it was great to have you on board. See you in 2025!   #bristollifeawards
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Stop scrolling, this one's special! Want to feel old? @bristollifemag is celebrating its 20th ANNIVERSARY today, and we've marked this milestone with a glorious special issue and a bespoke, unique beautiful cover by Bristol's legendary street artist @inkiegraffiti . You know all those features you know and love? Well, you won’t find them here. Instead, for this mega, 148pp edition we’ve pressed pause on all the regulars in favour of some very special one-offs, including: ❤️A feature in which a bunch of Bristolians, some past, mostly present, share their favourite Bristol memory (we love this one) ✌️ 20 reasons why we love this city (we know, it could easily have been 100) 🥂 20 reasons why the local food and drink scene totally rocks 🌟 20 cover stars 🛍️ 20 top shops 🎨An interview with Inkie, who, as we may have mentioned, also created our UTTERLY GORGEOUS AND EXCLUSIVE cover 📨 @colinmoodyphotography ’s alternative postcards for Bristol 🎧 • 20 Banging Bristol tunes on a specially curated Spotify list, courtesy of Richard Jones of @tangentbooks A special thank you to @inkiegraffiti , and to @trevgilham for creating all our beautiful previous covers. Thank you too, so much, to all our readers, contributors and supporters over the last two decades; this issue’s for you. #BristolLife #BristolLifemag #CityofBristol #BristolLife20
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7 days ago
🌆 Bristol skylines have it all - including colour, water and spectacular architectural masterclass. #bristol #bristollife #bristolskyline 📸 1: @stevepoulsomphotography 📸 2: @dylcain94 📸 3,4,5,6,7: @stevepoulsomphotography
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23 days ago
Is any novelist hotter at the moment than @davidnichollswriter ? With @netflixuk ’s adaptation of #oneday winning the (broken) hearts and minds of a new generation, and @bristololdvic1766 ’s musical version of #starterfor10 just about to open, we met up with this most disarmingly modest and wryly amusing of authors, whose new book #youarehere also comes out in April. In this issue you’ll also find: • The best of the rest of the springtime Bristol art scene (there’s heaps!) • Tales of the unexpected: Bristol has a surprise at every corner • Why @bankBristol has made the cut in the Rate Good Roasts list • Mother’s Day gift ideas for the old girl • How to plan a new kitchen without pratfalls and expensive mistakes • Prints charming: the knack of working floral fashion • Special branch: how Mint Plants is on a mission Along with all the regular shizzle that has hopefully drawn you like a moth to a flame to @bristollifemag for nearly 20 years - we say ‘nearly’ because with our next issue we are, ‘actually’, celebrating 20 years in the local magazine biz - and you’d better believe we’ll be making a song and dance about it…
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🌳 Bristol is our favourite city in the world, and it’s outdoor spaces are a huge part of that. #bristolparks #bristol With over 400 gardens and parks in Bristol you’re never too far away from somewhere to take time out from the thrill of the city. 📸 1,2,3,4,5: @bristolparksproject 📸 6: @grace.h.travers
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1 month ago
***Update: competition is now closed. Congratulations @kylie_gallagher26 , @molv.ona and @gemmacgallagher we will DM you shortly*** First Table and @bristollifemag have partnered up to give away THREE £175 Bristol dining experiences 🥳 From the lively harbourside restaurants dishing up freshly-caught seafood to the charming, cobbled streets adorned with intimate, flickering-lit bistros, this city is a haven for the senses 🦪 How do I enter we hear you say? 👉Follow @firsttableuk and @bristollifemag on Instagram 👉 Tag someone you would love to share this experience with on our Instagram reel (multiple entries are allowed!) 💃 That’s it! You’re in the draw, good luck 🌟 The competition closes at 11.59 pm, Friday 8 March 2024 Competition terms and conditions and entry for non-Instagram users are listed in the link in bio.
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⚫️⚪️ In honour of @slapstickfest this month, we decided to honour the classic, timeless charm of black-and-white photography. A tenuous link? Are we bothered? 📸 1: @faygate 📸 2: @timbeddoe 📸 3: @threestopsdrive 📸 4: @tammytrashbags 📸 5: @mineshpatelphoto 📸 6: @tammytrashbags 📸 7: @timbeddoe 📸 8: @andy.hartup 📸 9: @tammytrashbags 📸 10: @romansucho
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1 month ago
Love is in the air, and so are the vibes! 💖✨ Join us in celebrating Valentine’s Day with @bristollifemag 🌹As a Bristol-based pleasure company, we are spreading the love in Bristol by giving away five of our heart vibes! We’ve hidden five secret envelopes around the city for you to find which contain instructions on how you can claim your free heart vibe. Watch closely to see where the envelopes are hidden. Embrace the divine pleasure this Valentine’s Day and let the love vibes flow! 💝 Bristol, get ready to elevate your love life! Must be in Bristol and 18+ to claim any of the prizes. Share the love - only 1 prize per person! #bristol #valentinesday #bristollife #bristoluk
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Our new issue hits the streets (and the web) today, and it’s a colour pop of wonderment, from our #saltburn-inspired interiors cover feature to weddings inspo, the latest food and drink openings, shopping, arts and comedy - get stuck in; link in bio. Cover design @trevgilham
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🎡 Rain! Huh, yeah. What is it good for? Well, this kind of thing, for starters! No apologies for featuring @matthewpriceartist a couple times, because he is Bristol’s acknowledged puddlegram KING. 📸 1. @matthewpriceartist 📸 2. @rogerturner6 📸 3. @matthewpriceartist 📸 4. @brynherbert 📸 5. @timmah666 📸 6. @faygate 📸 7. @tammytrashbags
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2 months ago
AD | Walk your 10k, half or full marathon and take in stunning scenery of the Brecon Beacons at Cancer Research UK’s Big Hike on Saturday 15 June 2024 🚶 Explore the remarkable Taff Trail, wonderous forests and walk together to play your part to support life-saving science. Because your big steps help to make big breakthroughs. Sign up via the link in our bio. #CancerResearchUK #CancerResearchUKBigHike #breconbeacons
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🎶 January; sick and tired, you’ve been hanging on me 🎶…. OK, maybe that’s one for our older readers, but our NEW ISSUE is designed for anyone looking for an antidote to the big chill and the long winter nights, as we celebrate the two festivals putting fun, light and warmth into the coming weeks. First up, we have a preview of @bristol_light_fest , with an interview with returning artists @studiomcguire (LOVE their work), followed by a chat with that nice @bonhughbon who’s hosting this year’s @slapstickfest Gala. If those two excellent events still aren’t enough to keep you in town, we’ve thrown in a guide to some of the best staycations in the South West; if you’re a bit skint after Christmas, maybe hang on to this issue for a few months; even though we print on recyclable paper, a copy of Bristol Life, if well looked-after, will keep happily for years. Cover shows new installation Ascendance by Studio McGuire; cover design @trevgilham
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2 months ago