Eugene Byrne
@yooge.bsky.social
Author, journalist, barrack-room lawyer, historian of the UK in general and Bristol in particular. Also graves. I like graves.
Was Bristol's tobacco industry preparing to sell marijuana in the 1970s? And why would an Avonmouth ghost only appear to card-carrying union members? Buy a ticket for this tomorrow night and find out. www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
Winter Lecture: Bristol Yarns | Bristol Museums
Join us for the first Winter Lecture of the series as we explore some fascinating Bristol Yarns with journalist and historian Eugene Byrne
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk
October 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Was Bristol's tobacco industry preparing to sell marijuana in the 1970s? And why would an Avonmouth ghost only appear to card-carrying union members? Buy a ticket for this tomorrow night and find out. www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
There’s a ton of loot from the 1831 Bristol Riots waiting to be recovered somewhere in Bristol, and I know where. I'm giving everyone who wants to be fabulously rich the exact location at this event.*
(*Fabulous richness not guaranteed.)
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
(*Fabulous richness not guaranteed.)
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
Winter Lecture: Bristol Yarns | Bristol Museums
Join us for the first Winter Lecture of the series as we explore some fascinating Bristol Yarns with journalist and historian Eugene Byrne
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
There’s a ton of loot from the 1831 Bristol Riots waiting to be recovered somewhere in Bristol, and I know where. I'm giving everyone who wants to be fabulously rich the exact location at this event.*
(*Fabulous richness not guaranteed.)
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
(*Fabulous richness not guaranteed.)
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
The golden flanks of civic pride? Or the brazen buttocks of municipal contempt? For a bizarre tale of the City Hall unicorns and other tall tales from Bristol's distant and recent past, book now for www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
October 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The golden flanks of civic pride? Or the brazen buttocks of municipal contempt? For a bizarre tale of the City Hall unicorns and other tall tales from Bristol's distant and recent past, book now for www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
Want to hear a bunch of stories about Bristol that probably/definitely aren't true? Plus a token amount of Serious Historical Analysis? Click here. And bring a friend.
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
October 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Want to hear a bunch of stories about Bristol that probably/definitely aren't true? Plus a token amount of Serious Historical Analysis? Click here. And bring a friend.
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
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I read The Maltese Falcon last year. To understand the stakes involved I researched the historical price of gold and ocean liner tickets. The research took me three times longer than reading the book. On balance, I think they overspent on the statue.
September 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I read The Maltese Falcon last year. To understand the stakes involved I researched the historical price of gold and ocean liner tickets. The research took me three times longer than reading the book. On balance, I think they overspent on the statue.
BT's in today’s Bristol Post with a 1960s Bristol murder tale with shades of the Talented Mr Ripley; a local naturalist who worried about climate change 200 years ago; where to get the best Guinness in old Bristol and some other bits, too. Best dash out for your copy now!
July 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
BT's in today’s Bristol Post with a 1960s Bristol murder tale with shades of the Talented Mr Ripley; a local naturalist who worried about climate change 200 years ago; where to get the best Guinness in old Bristol and some other bits, too. Best dash out for your copy now!
I found a plot for you. Also a fable about how raw data and basic details have us making up the script in our heads. eugenebyrne.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/t...
The script writes itself!
On the evening of Friday July 24 1885, 11-year-old Mary Emily Wookey swam half a mile of the New Cut in Bristol with her hands tied, and her ankles bound together. Thousands of spectators turned ou…
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July 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I found a plot for you. Also a fable about how raw data and basic details have us making up the script in our heads. eugenebyrne.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/t...
In 1885, 11-year-old Mary Emily Wookey swam half a mile of Bristol's New Cut with her hands and feet tied. Thousands watched her attempt the full mile 9 years later, though few knew of the private tragedy that drove her. It's all in Bristol Times in today's Bristol Post. Dive in and get a copy now!
June 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
In 1885, 11-year-old Mary Emily Wookey swam half a mile of Bristol's New Cut with her hands and feet tied. Thousands watched her attempt the full mile 9 years later, though few knew of the private tragedy that drove her. It's all in Bristol Times in today's Bristol Post. Dive in and get a copy now!
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I'm doing two library talks this week with my brand new talk about some of the amazing but forgotten women who are included in #TheWomenWhoBuiltBristol Volume Three. As such, you are invited to join me at Southmead Library this Friday (11 April) at 2.30pm for a FREE talk (lasting up to one hour).
April 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I'm doing two library talks this week with my brand new talk about some of the amazing but forgotten women who are included in #TheWomenWhoBuiltBristol Volume Three. As such, you are invited to join me at Southmead Library this Friday (11 April) at 2.30pm for a FREE talk (lasting up to one hour).
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#DoTheWriteThing
is a day of action against AI companies stealing copyrighted work from authors to train their software. (At least 8 of my books have been pirated)
Authors: Send a letter to the Ai companies: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
Book lovers: Sign the petition chng.it/mXBHJqqHDY
is a day of action against AI companies stealing copyrighted work from authors to train their software. (At least 8 of my books have been pirated)
Authors: Send a letter to the Ai companies: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
Book lovers: Sign the petition chng.it/mXBHJqqHDY
April 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
#DoTheWriteThing
is a day of action against AI companies stealing copyrighted work from authors to train their software. (At least 8 of my books have been pirated)
Authors: Send a letter to the Ai companies: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
Book lovers: Sign the petition chng.it/mXBHJqqHDY
is a day of action against AI companies stealing copyrighted work from authors to train their software. (At least 8 of my books have been pirated)
Authors: Send a letter to the Ai companies: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
Book lovers: Sign the petition chng.it/mXBHJqqHDY
Authors! If you've not already looked, check here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Authors! If you've not already looked, check here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Nope, still have to look twice to see whether the headline is from The Onion or the Financial Times.
April 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Nope, still have to look twice to see whether the headline is from The Onion or the Financial Times.
Journalists in Victorian Bristol didn't do investigative reporting until James Crosby - "Gentleman James" - decided to have a go. thebristolcable.org/2025/03/how-...
How a 19th century journalist shone on a light on poverty in Bristol
Homes of the Bristol Poor was one of the first pieces of investigative journalism revealed the poverty of much of the population
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March 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Journalists in Victorian Bristol didn't do investigative reporting until James Crosby - "Gentleman James" - decided to have a go. thebristolcable.org/2025/03/how-...
Pancake Day, is it? thebristolcable.org/2025/03/cock...
Shrove Tuesday's brutal history in Bristol
Shrove Tuesday is a minor holiday at best these days. But turn the clock back, and there was a lot more than pancakes to worry about.
thebristolcable.org
March 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Pancake Day, is it? thebristolcable.org/2025/03/cock...
Bristol Times is in today's Bristol Post. It's got: the Bath brother and sister who got triggered by Shakespeare; the back story to the all-purpose Bristol City Council News Story Photo AND the 1930s Tarzan of ... Coalpit Heath. Don't miss!
February 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Bristol Times is in today's Bristol Post. It's got: the Bath brother and sister who got triggered by Shakespeare; the back story to the all-purpose Bristol City Council News Story Photo AND the 1930s Tarzan of ... Coalpit Heath. Don't miss!
Bristol Times is in today's Bristol Post with a long look at the bright lights, sights (and smells) of the city 100 years ago. A time of "flappers", high unemployment and fears of revolution. Only in BT, only in the Post, in the shops today. Don't miss!
January 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Bristol Times is in today's Bristol Post with a long look at the bright lights, sights (and smells) of the city 100 years ago. A time of "flappers", high unemployment and fears of revolution. Only in BT, only in the Post, in the shops today. Don't miss!
Petition against proposed closure of three Bristol museums: democracy.bristol.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD...
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January 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Petition against proposed closure of three Bristol museums: democracy.bristol.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD...
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Concerned I am going to become a local councillor when I'm older. I am that person who photos and reports graffiti and potholes. Also I have obtained a new tree and brand new children's play park for my road. Excitement in your mid-30s is different to mid-20s.
January 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Concerned I am going to become a local councillor when I'm older. I am that person who photos and reports graffiti and potholes. Also I have obtained a new tree and brand new children's play park for my road. Excitement in your mid-30s is different to mid-20s.
I'm following both the FT and The Onion, and I have to look twice to figure out whether the headline is for real or satire.
Trump vows to rename Gulf of Mexico as ‘Gulf of America’
https://www.ft.com/content/487d7543-3352-413c-9e7f-4eca90e18f6d
https://www.ft.com/content/487d7543-3352-413c-9e7f-4eca90e18f6d
Trump vows to rename Gulf of Mexico as ‘Gulf of America’
US president-elect threatens Denmark with tariffs over control of Greenland
www.ft.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm following both the FT and The Onion, and I have to look twice to figure out whether the headline is for real or satire.
Excellent stuff. Mandatory reading if you live in Bristol.
Bristol is about to undergo its biggest transformation since the Second World War and not many people know about it.
This is what’s about to happen… a Sunday long read👇🏼
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
This is what’s about to happen… a Sunday long read👇🏼
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Bristol to see its biggest transformation since the Second World War
The biggest change to Bristol is coming - the biggest since the aftermath of the Second World War - and most people don’t know too much about it
www.bristolpost.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Excellent stuff. Mandatory reading if you live in Bristol.
Evangelism, Tumps Nature Area, Patchway.
December 29, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Evangelism, Tumps Nature Area, Patchway.
I wrote this a few years ago, and now it seems to be repeated every Christmas. www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history...
13 things we miss about Christmas growing up
Using your pocket money to buy your mum bath salts
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December 28, 2024 at 3:04 PM
I wrote this a few years ago, and now it seems to be repeated every Christmas. www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history...
A seasonal song for you by Bristolian comedy duo Tony Fayne and David Evans, stars of 1950s stage and radio, known for their quickfire patter and impersonations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt8l...
Tony Fayne And David Evans - Do You Love Old Santa Claus
YouTube video by MrPasta
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December 22, 2024 at 2:48 PM
A seasonal song for you by Bristolian comedy duo Tony Fayne and David Evans, stars of 1950s stage and radio, known for their quickfire patter and impersonations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt8l...
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A long-read, if you can bear it, looking in detail at the postcode rivalry context to the double murders in South Bristol.
The very worst part of all this is Max and Mason had nothing to do with any of this.
Please do read and share
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
The very worst part of all this is Max and Mason had nothing to do with any of this.
Please do read and share
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Killer's rap videos boasting of Max and Mason murders revealed
The two brothers made threatening tracks stirring up the 'postcode rivalry' but the jury never saw them
www.bristolpost.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 8:44 PM
A long-read, if you can bear it, looking in detail at the postcode rivalry context to the double murders in South Bristol.
The very worst part of all this is Max and Mason had nothing to do with any of this.
Please do read and share
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
The very worst part of all this is Max and Mason had nothing to do with any of this.
Please do read and share
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...