Engineer Tristan Ralph describes task of maintaining and running iconic Bristol structure without public money The job does not give the holder age-old perks such as the right to drive sheep across the great structure but the title – “bridge master” does have a certain ring to it. “I don’t tend to say I’m the bridge master when I’m at a party,” said Tristan Ralph, the current holder of the title. “But people do seem to know and bring it up. It’s a job less ordinary, isn’t it? It’s a Victorian sounding title and people are really, really interested.” Continue reading...

Irish writer of Normal People says she can no longer receive royalties from British sales because of her support for group Sally Rooney has said she is being forced to withdraw her books from sale in the UK because of her support for the banned organisation Palestine Action. The Irish novelist, whose books include Normal People and Conversations With Friends, said her public support for the direct action group meant she could no longer receive royalties from UK sales. Continue reading...

Isaac Saney, a Dalhousie University professor of Black and African Diaspora Studies, wants a waterfront memorial acknowledging that Nova Scotia's early roads, universities and public institutions were...

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