Swindonian Blog Posts
Swindon news, views, history and culture
And breathe! With Body-Mind Coaching
19th September 2015 'Tunes help you breathe more easily' so went the advertising slogan back in the day. Well, should you need it, you now have Julie Nicholls of Body-Mind coaching to help you breathe more easily - and more effectively than resorting to menthol-laden...
Swindon Remembers the Few
Yesterday marked the culmination of a week’s worth of activities and, no doubt, months of planning all aimed at marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and celebrating Swindon’s own Battle of Britain hero: Harold Morley Starr.
The Greek Olive Restaurant
30th August 2015 It's all Greek to me! The Greek Olive Restaurant - Swindon “The Greeks' fierce pride in their heritage has kept the basic culture intact. Whether a slave under Roman rule, a captive under Turkish domination, or a newly arrived immigrant, the Greek is...
Body Mind Coaching: Posture
Body Mind Coaching: Posture. When we have an issue with our bodies pain is the last thing thing to appear and the first thing to disappear – thus tricking one into thinking that the problem – whatever it might be has gone away – and the chances are it really hasn’t.
Swindon Women’s Aid is 40!
Swindon Women’s Aid is celebrating its 40th birthday and is holding a number of events to mark this momentous occasion.
Jenni Manners set Swindon Women’s Aid up in 1975, in response to her own experience of domestic violence. This in urn inspired her to help others by providing a safe house to which women and their families could flee.
David Bent – reaches for the sky
20th August 2015 [jetpack_subscription_form] David Bent Aviation Artist Among other things! Hello listeners! As you no doubt know, I never need much of an excuse to shout-out about anything and anyone in Swindon. Nor to give older posts a refresh. So here's not one...
Charlotte Corday Statue Swindon
This post is by way of a share of an article from Barry Leighton of the Swindon Advertiser about the Charlotte Corday statue in Swindon’s town hall.
It’s a fabulous story that concerns the several-years-long and on-off search for ‘the magnificent sculpture of ‘The Angel of Assassination’ which was, as Barry explains ‘stumbled upon quite by accident’.
The ugliest town in England? Really?
Swindon hits the headlines of the nationals – and yet again it’s an insult.
Beauty is only skin deep – and it lies in the eye of the beholder. You may have to dig but it’s there. Okay. There can’t be many of us by now that have missed the recent press coverage by The Telegraph and the Independent of Swindon’s bid to ‘become Britain’s new cultural magnet’ (The Telegraph.)
10 things to celebrate about Swindon
Back in 2013, when I conceived this blog, my starting point was 10 things to celebrate about Swindon.
his was a non-definitive list, in no particular order, of things that I felt worth shouting about. The list encompassed parks, public art, artists, museums and even the buses. Though, TBH, I’ve changed my mind about the buses. (2020)
Queen’s Park in Swindon
If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” So said Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of children’s classic, The Secret Garden.
Well, be that as it may we can easily say that the whole of Swindon is a garden. Or a park or green space at any rate – given that here in Swindon we are astonishingly well-blessed with leafy and open spaces. It is quite astonishing when you stop to think about it. You can read about some of them here: https://swindonian.me/category/parks-and-open-spaces/
Swindon in 50 more buildings
West Swindon – What the eye doesn’t see
Swindon – A Born Again Swindonian’s Guide
We Are Swindon
