Rhapsody In Blue

There’s the smell of ginger and garlic in the air as Noya Palwyn recounts to us the tale of how she first learnt to cook Vietnamese food. It was 1979, she was six years old, and she was living in a Hong Kong refugee camp. We join Noya on her personal journey and find out what life as a young refugee in Britain was like, how she came to embrace her Vietnamese identity and how these experiences have led her to running a successful café and cooking school in Bath

Noya's Kitchen 10 min version

Noyas Kitchen 7 mins By Nicola Ruck

min A portrait piece on Hartcliffe, a forgotten about district situated at the very southernmost tip of Bristol, where poverty and crime is high and transport links and employment are low. 

Being sited next to Dundry Hill - a haven rich with all sorts of flora, fauna and wildlife – means that it has been the natural playground of all the kids in the area. A place for building dens, camping out, exploring, as well as the home for the occasional burnt out motor vehicle.
We shall explore in more detail the juxtaposition of the natural world with the tough realms of The Hartcliffe Estate. With a look at how Hartcliffe - despite the poverty, and because of its location - has had to create it’s very own identity and has developed a strong sense of community.

Nikki Ruck