With the official countdown to Christmas now underway, an innovative advent calendar is being revealed – one day at a time, of course – in the courtyard of the New Room, opposite Boots in Broadmead. The first few days included a snowman asking “what are you most looking forward to

A brand-new monthly folk concert series at the New Room in Broadmead, also known as John Wesley’s Chapel, has been announced with tickets now available for the first event on Thursday 16 November. Headlining at the first session will be the quartet Methera, whose performance is described by one BBC

When the team at the New Room in Bristol spotted a competition in the local paper inviting people to nominate their local heroes past or present to be included in a new list of 100 Great Westerners they had no doubt that John Wesley deserved to be included – and

A magnificent chair, made from the roots of a single oak tree for a man who played a significant role in the ending of slavery, is back on permanent display in Bristol. Adam Clarke’s large black chair dates from 1820 and was presented to the Methodist theologian by admirers of

The actor who gave voice to John Wesley on new audio guides for the recently opened state-of-the-art museum at Bristol’s New Room, also known as John Wesley’s Chapel, returned this week for the unusual experience of being guided around the venue by his own narration. James Bradwell, who is about

Poldark at the New RoomThe New Room featured as a location in series 2 of the BBC's hit period drama Poldark.The cast and crew spent 10 days in the chapel in November 2015 to make the episode, which was broadcast in October 2016.In the episode, Captain Ross Poldark (Aidan Turner) faces

With 18 months of Heritage Lottery funded development finally at an end at the New Room in Bristol, a major new book has been released detailing nearly three centuries of Methodist history. This will be of immense interest to anyone who wants to know more about the history of Bristol as