This week the podcast will feature the audio from a short film telling the extraordinary tale of those people - mainly young women - who worked filling shells with mustard gas at two Avonmouth factory sites during the First World War. Many thanks to Diana Taylor for allowing us to use the audio from her short film: Gas Girls.

This week I met with Bristolian author Derek Robinson - creator of 'A Darker History of Bristol'. We discussed his life and career as a writer; what it takes to write good historical fiction and Bristol's changing attitude towards its own history.

W.G. Grace was born in Downend in 1848. Through his remarkable achievements on the cricket field he became one of the most famous faces in Victorian Britain. I met with cricket writer Scyld Berry to discuss the life, career and impact of W.G. on his sport and British society more generally.

Part two of my conversation with the Bristol-based writer ACH Smith. In this episode Anthony and I discuss writing creatively about Bristol's history; working with muppets-creator Jim Henson; cricket; and what counts as success in the world of literature.

The writer ACH Smith is a London boy who fell in love with Bristol. I met with him to discuss his long and illustrious career as a novelist, playwright, poet, memoirist, TV arts presenter, university lecturer and cricket writer.

'Trip hop' is the term most frequently applied to the creative explosion in the Bristol music scene during the late 1980s and early 1990s - centered around artists such as Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky. I spoke with composer and academic Jeff Wragg to discuss the cultural origins of 'Trip hop' and explore the way that these artists went about creating such enduring music.

John Locke was born in the small Somerset town of Wrington in 1632 and went on to become a philosopher of global renown. I met with Dr Andrew Pyle of Bristol University to dicuss Locke's contributions to politics and philosophy, and to understand the impact of his work in the divided and dangerous place that was 17th century England.

Alcohol has always been important to Bristol and Bristolians. I met with Dr Evan Jones of Bristol University to discuss the changing economic and social dimensions of boozing throughout the city's history. How have our drinking habits changed over time? And who was more fond of a tipple - us or our ancestors?

From 2020, Bristol's Colston Hall will change its name - the venue wants to disassociate itself from the 17th century slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston. Here I share some of my thoughts on the renaming in a mini audio essay.

The Avon Gorge is one of the most striking sights in British geography - but how was it formed? Was it due to an ancient river blasting through layers of limestone or… was it instead the result of an epic competition between two giants attempting to win the hand of a fair maiden? This week I met with Oliver Rigby, children's author, to discuss the myth of the Bristol giants.