We need to talk about Stoke Lodge

Shopping Cart Theory

Have you heard of Shopping Cart Theory? Basically, it suggests that a person’s moral character can be judged by whether they return their shopping trolley to the designated area in a supermarket car park. Returning it is objectively right, the appropriate thing to do, and pretty easy. On the other hand, abandoning it is not

2nd Jan 2026

Alternative sites and alternative truth – games with numbers

A recent response to a Freedom of Information request shows that even while installing its new fence at Stoke Lodge, Cotham School was talking to Bristol City Council about moving to an alternative site for PE. We first saw this in an email that was sent on the same day in September 2025 that the

30th Dec 2025

You said, we did…

On 26 September 2025, Bristol City Council’s Chief Executive Nick Hibberd wrote to a large number of local residents in response to emails expressing concern that Cotham School had started to reinstall a fence around Stoke Lodge just hours after Councillors had called for a pause and for compromise. In that letter, Mr Hibberd said

1st Dec 2025