Interviewing Bristol Women’s Workshop
Community reporter Laura Hillier and videographer Olivia Plato went along to a session at the Bristol Women’s Workshop to find out more about what they do. We interviewed founder Anne and…
Interview with Leave Without Rattling playwright- Jenny Davis
“It feels like there’s never been a more important time to really dig deep and be clear about what it is we stand for and celebrate the huge-ness of being women”…
Interview with all-female Acapella group Pitch Fight
Set in Bristol’s Student Union cafe and bar, I met Catt, the manager of Pitch Fight, an all female identifying a cappella group who sing about strength and resilience (but also…
‘This is Us’- Photographic Exhibition of Women 40+ by Tina Gue
Report by Marcia Walker Tina Gue, ‘sees the people and then the light.’ She lives and works in the Bristol area as an independent, portrait and event photographer. Tina, being born…
IWD 2019 Programme
The Bristol Women's Voice 2019 Programme is here! Click here to download the PDF. Bristol Women’s Voice’s annual International Women’s Day event will return to City Hall on Saturday 2 March…
Women in Business: Floriography And Healing Spaces CIC
Report and photograph by BWV reporter Marcia Walker Five years ago, Floriography by Vera Fallacy, which is a sole trader and the Healing Spaces CIC began both a challenging and inspirational…
Women in Business: At The Well Café & Laundrette
Report and Photograph by Marcia Walker, BWV Reporter Set up in 2012, The ‘At The Well Café & Laundrette’ is in the heart of cultural Stokes Croft Bristol. It was the…
The Making of Things We Do Not Know – The Cast’s Story
What do you see when you walk the streets of Bristol? Do you hear the cat calls? Do you see into the eyes of women who walk the curbs at night?…
Women in Composing: The Musical Work of Bristol Woman Ailsa Dixon – Part 2
Ailsa Dixon with Dobrinka Tabakova and Cheryl Frances Hoad
Josie Dixon Interview – Part 2: Women in Composing Laura Hillier recently interviewed Josie Dixon about her mother Ailsa Dixon, a composer with a connection to Bristol. The interview is published across…
Women in Composing: The Musical Work of Bristol Woman Ailsa Dixon – Part 1
Ailsa Dixon takes a bow at the Cutty Sark premiere. Photo Credit: Kathleen Holman / London Oriana Choir
Josie Dixon Interview – Part 1: Ailsa Dixon A recent concert at St George’s featuring a posthumous premiere by Bristol-born composer Ailsa Dixon has uncovered a musical work that went undiscovered…