Bathwick is in great demand right now for TV locations; I recieved an email yesterday warning that there would be a camera crew about today for Points West but they promise not to get in the way!

Bath is very popular with film crews because it makes such a nice background but mainly because the council’s film office is so helpful. Over my last year in office we have had filming on the University campus (renamed University of Wessex for the occasion) for Bone-Kickers and with Kiera Knightly on Sydney Place. The city centre locations are even more popular, especially for Jane Austin adaptations. The cameras are back to Sydney Place later this month for ” ‘The Four Seasons’ a romantic television drama, based on a Rosamund Pilcher novel”.

This weekend two exhibitions opened at the Holburne Museum, now empty of its historic content (http://www.bath.ac.uk/holburne/). I attended the launches of Painting Aardman (in the downstairs exhibition room) and the Bath Spa University Summer show (on the upper floors – the white marquee was associated with this launch). Both are worth a visit, even if you don’t appreciate animation, ceramics, painting and textiles, the museum has an entirely different feel to it with the blinds up on new displays.

Finally, the Bathwick Local History society has also published its latest book, Bathwick – Echoes of the Past (out of stock in Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Bathwick-Echoes-Local-History-Society/dp/0948975849/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213093501&sr=1-1 but try local shops!). Their launch was in Bath Library the same evening as the Holburne openings, involving a quick cycle along Great Pulteney Street for me. Congratulations to all of those involved, I am working my way throuh my copy now!