Clegg, Emma: Editor Various: Author MC Publishing: Publisher
Bath
2 Princes Buildings, Bath, BA1 2 ED
Date
April 2018
Extent
Pages: 108
Description
Articles include the following: My Bath by comedian and writer Arthur Smith whose parents lived in the city for many years, p. 12; Five minutes with Tarquin Hall, best-selling author who lives in Bath, p. 24; Bath@Work (focus on Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath), pp. 48-49; Bath eccentrics (an account of some colourful characters from Bath's past including Dominico Conio (Guinea Pig Jack 1832-1907), Carroty Kate of the Avon Street area who led a local criminal gang that caused mayhem at the 1840 Lansdown Fair, Amabel Wellesley-Colley, 1907-1987, a descendant of the Duke of Wellington whose decision to paint the front door of her Royal Crescent home yellow rather than the regulation white caused consternation in and outside of the city) and Charles Fabian Ware aka 'Champagne Charlie' and 'Mr Moggy' who set up business restoring Georgian properties in the ciy whilst leading a bohemian lifestyle and who later set up the Morris Minor Centre in Bath) by Catherine Pitt, pp. 50-51; The delicious guide (a list of places to eat in and around the city. Supplement between pp.66-67), Team Players (the sports training village at Bath University) by Emma Clegg, pp. 78-82. Also includes a separate flyer on The Bath Festival 2018 70th Anniversary Finale Weekend
Subject
Advertisements Authors Comedians Eccentricity Politicians Restaurants Sport
