Bristol: Behind The Headlines

To mark five years of Wapping Wharf, we visit some of the traders who are part of the community. 

Bristol24/7's roving reporter Robin Connolly talks to developer Stuart Hatton, Little Victories manager Gary Roper, Pigsty co-founder Olly Kohn, The Cider Box owner Dan Heath, Jigaraki head chef Ben O'Neil, Every Good Thing's Caroline Gilmartin, Frankly shop owner Helen Symonds, Mokoko's Katie Kaye, Bertha's Pizza co-owner Graham Faragher and Bristol Cheesemonger founder Rosie Morgan. 

Vanguard project director Mary McCarthy also tells Martin Booth about the street art exhibition currently on display just a stone's throw from Wapping Wharf at M Shed.

Courtney Stapleton and Emmanuel Kojo play Belle and Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast now on stage at the Bristol Hippodrome. They are joined on this week's podcast by filmmaker Patch de Salis and Bristol City Women's midfielder Simran Jhamat.

In episode 15 of the Bristol24/7 Behind the Headlines podcast, Bristol hip-hop legend K*Ners speaks to Safiya Bashir about his amazing career in the music industry; BoxPark founder, Roger Wade, talks to Martin Booth about his new concept BoxHall opening on Welsh Back in 2022; and Robin Connolly joins Bristol Zoo curator of mammals, Lynsey Bugg, to celebrate the first birthday of hand-reared gorilla, Hasani.

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Episode 14 of the Bristol24/7 Behind the Headlines podcast sees Luke Jerram talk to Robin Connolly about his inflatable sculpture of the moon now on display at Bristol Cathedral, Natalie Fey from the SS Great Britain tells Ian Downs about the new Iron Island exhibition, and Martin Booth meets Getting Up To Stuff, the artist behind a number of mysterious artworks that have appeared across Bristol.

Bookhaus manager Darran McLaughlin talks to Robin Connolly about the opening of the new Wapping Wharf bookshop, rugby player Ken Macharia recounts to Ellie Pipe his winning fight with the Home Office, and Bristol24/7 Membership & Marketing Manager Meg Houghton Gilmour speaks to Downsy about her new role

In this episode of the Behind the Headlines podcast, we hear from Catherine Withers on the fight to save Yew Tree Farm in Bedminster Down, Bristol Temple Meads manager Andy Phillips talks to us from the station roof and Bristol24/7 News Editor Ellie Pipe speaks about her job

In this week's episode, TikTok sensations the Blud Brothers talk to Ian Downs, architect Shankari Raj tells us about her plans for Eastville Park and poet Stephen Lightbown speaks about his new book, The Last Custodian

Delroy Hibbert talks to Ellie Pipe about his new charity, Freestyle Bristol; new cabinet member for transport, Don Alexander, speaks to Martin Booth about the challenges of his role; and we visit Team Canteen at Breaking Bread on the Downs with chef Josh Eggleton.

Adam Tutton, the chief executive of Bristol Rovers Community Trust, tells the incredible story of his involvement with the release of Vindaloo in 1998. Also on this week's episode is Fed co-owner Charlotte Hawes as the cafe celebrates three years in Bristol.

This week's episode features Malaika Kegode talking about her show Outlier at Bristol Old Vic, Dr Shawn Sobers visits the Colston statue display at M Shed and Hyde & Co's Nathan Lee speaks about the continued challenges for the hospitality industry.