And so to Ely…for my cousins wedding in the rather awe inspiring Ely Cathedral but also an excuse to indulge in a double headed breakfast club. Now there’s no better way to prepare for a cathedral wedding (naturally I’ve been to lots of these before…so I am something of an expert) than a good old … Continue reading »
On Tuesday 5 Feb I experiment with a user generated narrative story line whilst travelling between Colchester and Norwich. It was very much an experiment and the blog post sets it up – whilst the comment section records the results and the subsequent google map. Continue reading »
It’s the early hours of Jan 5 2013. The last evening of our holiday in Scarborough’s Windmill. Reception has been closed for the last 3 days, we’re the only residents and the only sound outside is the call of the seagulls. We’d chosen the killing (series one) as our box set for the week and … Continue reading »
Photos of a burning sunset on Scarborough beach which passed in around 5 minutes Continue reading »
Been spending the new year in Scarborough and whilst the others were discovering the delights of The Sea Life centre I found myself in the pub ‘re reading my notebook (the little black book). The little black book is packed with blogs which never quite made it. Here are just a few extracts from the … Continue reading »
Links and brief descriptions of the top ten posts (most read) on my blog in 2012! Continue reading »
The kind of theatres we’re passionately committed to are in very, very serious danger at the moment. So said David Thacker – AD of Bolton Octagon where Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Olympic opening ceremony) first got the creative bug. In twenty years time where will the next Danny Boyle come from…. a summary of the media coverage from a conference of the AD’s from 22 English Regional Theatres. Continue reading »
It wasn’t that long ago (the ITC summer conference to be exact – see my blog here) that Simon Mellor of ACE was suggesting Michael Gove might just be the great hope for the arts. Headlines earlier this month (3 Nov) would seem to put paid to that idea. Gove announced the EBacc as a … Continue reading »
Some musings on theatre criticism in the press… Continue reading »
Musings on clay pots, steam boats and a digital future following the Shift Happens conference and the launch of Arts Council’s Creative Media Strategy. Continue reading »
