Bristol Museum & Art Gallery will open a new free exhibition this weekend celebrating JMW Turner’s early links to the city. Prince of the Rocks has been created as a thank you to the thousands of supporters who backed the fundraising campaign
in July to ‘Bring Turner Home’. 

More than 1,700 people backed the public Crowdfunder, raising an unprecedented £109,120 in one week to try and secure Turner’s recently rediscovered The Rising Squall – painted in Bristol when the artist was just 17. Together with national funders and private donors, the museum went to the Sotheby’s auction with a £1.4 million bid, the largest fundraising effort in its history. 

Sadly outbid on the night by an anonymous UK private collector, the campaign showed the strength of public support for Turner and Bristol’s cultural heritage.

Prince of the Rocks is the museum’s way of thanking those supporters and celebrating Turner’s links with Bristol. On display will be four rare watercolours painted during Turner’s first visit to the city in 1791, when aged just 16 he explored the Avon Gorge and earned the nickname “Prince of the Rocks.” These early works reveal his growing skill in architectural detail, natural observation and dramatic composition. Fragile by nature, they have not been displayed for over a decade and may not be seen again for some time.

Temporary Exhibition Gallery 2,
First Floor at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery | Free entry

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Images: Bristol Museum & Gallery team and curators Kate Newnham & Julia Carver, credit: Strike Communications; Little Devil's Bridge, Avon Gorge and Bristol Hotwell, The Mouth of the Avon, near Bristol, seen from Cliffs below Clifton, Turner, JMW

Elevate an erstwhile prosaic sausage casserole to elegant heights with this scrumptious, seasonal sausage celebration.

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At the heart of Wapping Wharf, Seven Lucky Gods is where bold flavours, inventive cocktails and a splash of festive fun come together.

Their autumn-to-winter menu is packed with Japanese-inspired small plates made for sharing, alongside an impressive selection of sake and expertly crafted cocktails.

For the festive season, the Christmas sharing-style menu offers a delicious mix of Asian-inspired small plates and sushi, perfect for grazing with friends or colleagues,

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From the Dolomites to the bays of Sicily, Italy's topographic makeup lends itself perfectly to wine production. As a result of her physique, Italy boasts a myriad of different soils and climates. Adding to the equation a plethora of indigenous grape varieties, each harvest yields an abundance of diverse and fascinating wine styles. Italy is further blessed with many dedicated and passionate winemakers and vine growers.

Our picks...

Merlot del Veneto, Via Nova | £9.95

Biferno Rosso DOC, Palladino | £14.40

Salice Salentino, Varvaglione | £26

Discover more brilliant wines at greatwine.co.uk

Sculptural and organic, the Africa collection evokes desert landscapes. The 18 carat yellow gold spheres that characterise this collection are finely engraved by hand with thin grooves using the ancient Florentine 'millerighe' burin technique,
creating a fine, brushed texture.

Our picks from the collection...

1. Marco Bicego Africa 18ct Yellow and White Gold Diamond Drop Earrings | £2,350

2. Marco Bicego Africa 18ct Yellow Gold Boule Link Necklace | £4,350

Discover more of Marco Bicego's Africa Collection at mallory-jewellers.com

Introducing Oliver Bonas' exclusive tableware collaboration with London fashion label Shrimps, renowned for their colourful faux-fur coats and playful, textile-led aesthetic. Together with fashion-industry pioneer Hannah Weiland, Shrimps' founder and Creative Director, the team reimagined textures to translate soft, tactile knitwear into ceramic form. A fusion of British creativity, the collection includes kitchen accessories, ceramics, glassware and textiles, and features an engaging lion character named Lenny.

Shop the collection online or in store at 21 Philadelphia Street, Quakers Friar,
Cabot Circus,  BS1 3BZ

All the reinvigorating and nourishing powers of Vanilla Planifolia and Swertia extracts in an exceptional lip care product, Sublimage L’Extrait Huile Lèvres.

At the heart of its formula are powerful active ingredients: Swertia extract, which supports natural repair mechanisms that are even more intense at night, and a fortifying peptide to help reinvigorate the lips. In addition, polyfractioned Vanilla Planifolia helps nourish and revive lip skin. Lips appear fuller and more youthful.

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EE72

EE72 is the new title launched by former Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue and European editorial director of Vogue, Edward Enninful. The launch is Enninful’s much-anticipated next move after leaving those two distinguished posts in 2023. Co-founded with his sister Akua Enninful, the magazine takes its name from the year Enninful was born and covers fashion, beauty, luxury and culture. Editorially and stylistically EE72 is hardly innovative and not a galaxy away from Vogue, but the roster for this first outing is impressive with the likes of Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Pharrell, Oprah, Gwyneth, Lila Moss
and many others.

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We’re not afraid of the dark here at The Bristol Magazine. In fact, we’re welcoming in the longer evenings and embracing spooky season with a bumper selection of things to do and see for the whole family in October (helping you fill that half-term diary in a jiffy). 

Bill Ward – the actor who was once a regular on Emmerdale and Coronation Street and is now in a stage production of The Shawshank Redemption – talks to us about his lifelong photography projects, with the latest one culminating in new, immersive book that puts you in the centre of a breaking wave; we wrap up warm with our editor’s fashion picks from Jigsaw; we hear from inclusive dancers Kittiwake Border Morris about their ‘joyfully chaotic’ approach to the tradition; we wander into the forest with artist and ambler Man in the Woods; and don our aprons with chef and writer Claire Thomson, who gives us the inside scoop on her new cookbook Mushroom. 

There’s plenty more where that came from, too.

Catch up with our September issue here

Discover two exciting events at Leigh Court, Bristol with She’s Electric x Polestar.

On 3 October, She’s Electric Works spotlights women in business and female entrepreneurs. Hosted by Erin Baker, the day explores how switching to electric can support business and wellbeing, with insights on sustainable growth, practical tools for managing the mental load, breathwork sessions, networking, e-bikes and the chance to experience the latest Polestar range.

On 4 October, She’s Electric celebrates stylish, conscious living. Hosted by Jo Elvin, the day explores curated female-founded brands, talks on conscious living, breathwork, wellbeing experiences, e-bikes and the opportunity to get behind the
wheel of the latest Polestar range.

sheselectric.co.uk | Leigh Court Business Centre, Pill Rd,
Abbots Leigh, Bristol BS8 3RA

This event is to showcase artworks created by St Peter’s Hospice patients who attend a Wednesday afternoon painting wellbeing group. 

The group enables patients to come to the Hospice, some brought in by volunteer drivers, and for them to partake in an activity that makes them feel like a person, not a patient, and they become absorbed in something that takes them away from their worries.

Volunteer Art Tutor David Hunter demonstrates techniques and teaches our patients to use watercolours, acrylics, pastels and charcoal. At the exhibition there will also be art created by staff who attended a staff wellbeing painting group that David ran
earlier in the year.

10.30am - 4pm | St Peter’s Hospice, Charlton Road, Brentry, BS10 6NL | Free entry

Money raised from the sale of artwork and crafts will go to the work of the Hospice

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Image: View Through Wood by a participant of the Hospice’s Brushstrokes painting group

Over 40 stalls all inside mansion house and a Café serving teas, coffees, cakes.

10am - 3.30pm | £2.00 entry, under 16s free | Ashton Court Mansion House, BS41 9JN

The 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott was a momentous occasion in

British legal and civil rights history.

Join author Roger Griffith MBE as he reveals how Windrush pioneers, inspired by international movements and working with local MP Tony Benn, challenged racial discrimination to create lasting change.

7.30pm - 9pm | £4 - £8 | 16 Queen Square BA1 2HN, or Online | brlsi.org

This autumn, the Bristol Bach Choir are focusing on the music of Bach, Brahms, and Bruckner, three very different composers. 

Whilst all are known for their large-scale works, their output of choral music is no less masterly, and often seems to encapsulate an entire
symphonic world in a short time span.

7.30pm | Tickets: £5 - £21 | Trinity-Henleaze United Reform
Church, Waterford Road, BS9 4BT

bristolbach.org.uk

Tickets are also available for the choir's concerts in St George's before Christmas (13 December) and a performance of Bach's Mass in B Minor (21 March 2026) with Bristol Ensemble Baroque. Sing the B Minor choruses with them on 9 November
at their Choral Workshop.

The wait is over. On 2 October, the much-loved Gromit Unleashed 3 sculptures will go under the hammer in a spectacular charity auction at the Gromit Unleashed Pavillion, Cribbs Mall, Bristol.

The charity auction will raise money for The Grand Appeal, supporting Bristol Children’s Hospital and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St Michael’s Hospital.

Over 50 unique sculptures, including all the stars of this summer’s trail plus the Gromit Unleashed Miniature Collection will be auctioned off to the highest bidders. The auction offers a rare and unique chance to take home a piece of Bristol’s cultural history, while helping sick children and babies.

Stars from the Gromit Unleashed 3 cast include Yellow Submarine, in collaboration with Paul McCartney (shown below), Gromit Woody, in collaboration with Pixar; Netflix’s Wednesday; Love, Actually in partnership with Richard Curtis and Darth McGraw in collaboration with Lucasfilm amongst many more. 

To complete the auction line-up, in true Bristol fashion, a new addition to the auction programme is an authenticated print of Banksy’s Toxic Mary, which has been gifted to the charity by a long-term benefactor.

Shown below: rare behind-the-scenes photograph of Sir Paul McCartney with his giant Gromit sculpture, ‘Yellow Submarine’

grandappeal.org.uk | Gromit Unleashed Pavilion, Cribbs Mall, Bristol

Catch the biggest game in women’s rugby live on Ashton Gate Stadium's giant screen in the Independence Sports Bar on Saturday as the Red Roses take on Canada at the Allianz Stadium.

Enjoy an electric matchday atmosphere, great food and drink, and a celebration of women’s sport right here in Bristol.

Doors open: 2pm | Kick off: 4pm | Free tickets (limited availability!)

This is set to be a sell-out – secure your spot now for the ultimate rugby showdown!

Buy tickets here

Read our feature on the Women's Rugby World Cup at Ashton Gate here 

6 Bedrooms | 4 Bathrooms | 4 Receptions

Offers in excess of: £3,000,000

Offered for sale by Rupert Oliver Property Agents

Leigh Lodge is a stunning family home; beautifully renovated and lovingly refurbished by the current owners who commissioned renowned Bristol based design & build firm Moon to comprehensibly redesign and refurbish the house. The result is nothing short of exquisite; with an eye-catching level of attention to detail internally, whilst simultaneously landscaping the extensive gardens and grounds externally; complete with the installation of a new heated outdoor pool, glazed summer house and the creation of garden stores, fruit beds and garden walkways.

To the front, electric double gates give way to an expanse of tarmac parking; in addition to the garage, extensive workshop and additional storage. The front garden, neatly walled from the road and driveway with a secure pedestrian gate has also been beautifully landscaped with formal parterres centred around a Corten steel water feature. The entrance hall is magnificent; with its original flag-stone floor opening up via an ornamental arch to the stunning turned balustrade central staircase, itself
leading to the upper floors. 

The sitting room is exquisite; with a stripped wooden floor and beautiful natural light flooding in from the oversize triple sash bay-window overlooking the gorgeous gardens and pool beyond. A cast-iron wood burning stove provides additional warmth in the winter whilst the attractive marble surround a focal point for the room. Adjacent to the sitting room is a charming family room / snug – perfect for weekend sports' or family film, or to hunker down with a good book. From the entrance hall, the dining room provides a perfect entertaining space; adjacent to the kitchen with a stripped wooden floor and a feature open fireplace, flanked by a recessed alcove perfect
for housing the drinks cabinet.

The kitchen itself is exquisite; tailored to create the very most of the space it centres around the electric AGA and over-sized island & breakfast bar. The layout is immensely sociable for both day-to-day family life as well as larger entertaining events; with a wide breakfast bar overlooking the ceramic hob – perfect if the AGA its turned off over the summer months. 

Within the kitchen there is plenty of space for an informal breakfast table and chairs, with the room opening out to the rear to a charming garden room with a full-width wall of sliding glazed doors leading out the garden itself. To the side is a useful day-to-day door to the gated parking outside – perfect for quick entry with shopping and children, and is flanked by a beautifully-appointed boot room with space and hanging for all the family's kit, as well as access to a second ground floor cloakroom & w.c.

Upstairs, the original turned balustrade staircase leads to the upper floors, with a fabulous home-office engineered within the deep first floor landing space, capturing the natural light from twin sash windows. Like downstairs, the rooms are beautifully decorated with pops of colour, individual wallpapers and feature cast-iron radiators, with enough space over the two floors for families of all ages and size. Across the first floor lies the stunning master-suite with its dressing room and en-suite shower room, as well as far reaching views across the rear garden.

Two further bedrooms with two bath / shower rooms (one en-suite) make up the remainder of the first floor space, as well as an incredibly useful walk-in shelved linen cupboard. Across the top floor lie three further double bedrooms as well as a playroom and well-appointed family bath & shower room; with the two rear bedrooms enjoying the best views of the house, right across the Bristol channel to Wales. 

Undoubtedly the gardens and grounds of Leigh Lodge help separate it from the mere “ordinary”; expertly landscaped to capture and enjoy the sun from sunrise to sunset they centre off the rear of the house, leading down to the (air-source) heated swimming pool, glazed pool house (complete with gas-fired fire-pit) and a large paved dining terrace running across the full width of the house. The lawn literally extends into the distance, giving families plenty of room for games and outdoor activities as well as explore the mature flower beds and established fruit cages.

To see more images, details, and a floor plan, visit the Rupert Oliver website