ipadio: Jon's phlog - 6th phonecast

ENAC Journalistic Video Project - Holidays

Lucky Romain vs. Bansky

For those of you in Bristol over the summer, you will have been aware of the phenomenon which was the Banksy exhibition, held at the City of Bristol Museum. Banksy is an underground graffiti artist who is... well, really, rather talented. No one expected how popular his exhibition would be. There was an estimate of perhaps up to 100,000 people visiting the exhibition. In fact, this number turned out to be approaching half a million! Consequently, many people had to queue for hours to enter the museum. Some people were reported to even to have queued for as long as 6 hours, only to be turned away because the museum was closing! Fortunately, one of our students, Romain, was among the lucky half a million to have the opportunity to see the exhibition, and he has taken these unique photographs for us. Thank you, Romain! (Congratulations on your nearly perfect TOEIC score, too!!!)

For more information about the exhibition, visit BBC News.

The hairy farewell

While some people wait what the future brings...

...And others talk about what BULATS brought (some humour apparently!)...

...Others have more pressing concerns...

...Such as checking the state of their hair...

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...Don't worry, if feeling insecure, there will always be others that destroy even that best hair creation...

Thanks to our ENAC guys for all the fun you gave us!

Denmark Street

It's one o'clock - what to do for lunch??

Here are some places to eat in Denmark Street:

1 - Rendezvous - a popular fish and chip shop. Very good quality chips starting from under £2 per portion. Sausages, fish and pies can also accompany the chips. Vegetarian pasties also offered. Open from midday onwards. Eat in or take out.

2 - Mickey Lavins Irish Steak House - A newer venue which combines a bar with pub-style food - that's steak and chips. In the evenings, you can go to karaoke nights.

3 - Bunch of Grapes - a very long-established pub/bar which is perfect for those of you who would just like a pint or a glass of ice cold lemonade for lunch. Sometimes, there are live bands in the evenings.

4 - Ciao - a new cafe/restaurant which is very popular. The lunch menus of pasta dishes, salads and pizza are relatively good value.

5 - Bombay Boulevard - generally not open mornings. If you want a spicy curry to take away, this is the place for you.

King Street, Old Duke, The Jazz Festival

King Street is a treasure trove of historic pubs. One of the most well-known is The Old Duke pub. This is popular for live jazz bands every week, and an annual outdoor Jazz Festival every August. Barbecue sausages and beer...Mmmmm

The following information is taken from The Old Duke website:

The Old Duke is a music venue situated on the cobbled King Street in the heart of Bristol. Named after Duke Ellington, the pub has become world famous for it's live traditional, New Orleans inspired Jazz music.More recently the pub has added Blues and more modern Jazz bands to its program and now has live music on every night of the week and on Sunday lunch times.

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