‘Thekla runs a tight ship’: Bristol’s floating venue marks 40 years at dock

Vessel which has hosted acts from Pulp to Stormzy to celebrate anniversary with series of shows, exhibition and bookIt started life as a cargo ship transporting timber around the Baltic Sea, but for the last four decades it has been moored in the Mud Dock area of Bristol’s floating harbour, hosting music acts from Pulp to Stormzy, helping launch the city’s drum‘n’bass and trip-hop scenes and providing a bobbing canvas for the street artist Banksy.Thekla, one of south-west