Daily Archives: Wednesday, July 27, 2016

  • 6 West Street saved

    Steve WoodsBristol, Politics

    Arts Side West and SPACE will continue to provide community arts at 6 West Street in Bristol’s Old Market area following after its online and paper petition (posts passim) gathered more than 1,000 signatures, Bristol24/7 reports today.

    Arts West Side at 6 West Street

    The venue was threatened with closure after Bristol City Council announced it wanted to rent the premises out commercially for £15,000 per year – not even petty cash in view the £60 mn. in budget savings (i.e. cuts) the council is stating it will have to find in the next few years.

    The council went back on its original decision after a series of meetings was held with deputy mayor Cllr. Estella Tincknell.

    Emma Harvey of Trinity Community Arts, which manages the venue, is quoted as follows by Bristol 24/7:

    The support we’ve received from the public has been amazing…a big thank you to those involved who have helped us to achieve this fantastic outcome for Old Market.

  • Trip Advisor under fire over Welsh reviews

    Steve WoodsLanguage, Media, Tech

    Trip Advisor, the world’s largest travel site, is under fire from Welsh speakers for refusing to publish reviews in Welsh, the Daily Post reports.

    Welsh flag

    Tour guide Emrys Llewelyn had posted a bilingual review of Caernarfon‘s Blas restaurant, but was told by Trip Advisor it wouldn’t be published because it wasn’t one of the site’s current 28 languages, which include Finnish, Serbian, Slovak and Vietnamese.

    According to the Daily Post, Mr Llewelyn said: “Trip Advisor’s attitude is disgusting. They do not recognise our language nor culture.”

    In response Trip Advisor stated the company was looking at expanding the number of languages used on the site, but added the following:

    Unfortunately, the process of adding new languages to Trip Advisor is one that does take a significant amount of time and investment – it is not simply a ‘flick of the switch’ process. The reason for this is that, in order to maintain the integrity of our site, we must ensure that every language in which we operate is fully integrated into our moderation and fraud detection tools and processes.