Start by valuing what’s already there
Last night, Arlene Goldbard and I recorded the next episode of our blog, ‘A Culture of Possibility’. Our guest was
Writing during lockdown, together
Last night, the tenth session brought the weekly creative writing workshops to a close with some new, powerful work. Indeed,
Leaning into this uncertainty
The pandemic has caused all sorts of trouble to the Traction project, as it has to everything and everyone, everywhere.
Creative writing workshops over Zoom
Last night was the half-way point of ‘Wish You Were Here’, the creative writing project I’m doing in Boston (Lincolnshire).
A Culture of Possibility #2: Community murals with Amber Hansen and Reyna Hernandez
Amber Hansen and Reyna Hernandez live in Vermillion, South Dakota, a small city of about 10,000 people in the American Mid-West. Both women came
The Promise of a Garden
What sport shall we devise here in this garden, To drive away the heavy thought of care? William Shakespeare, Richard
Rehearsing and performing co-created music remotely: Can you help?
The lockdowns and physical distancing measures introduced to contain the spread of Covid 19 have had a devastating impact on
‘There must be a transmutation of good will into action’
Maxine Greene (1917-2014) was an American philosopher with a special concern for education, art and social change. I’ve only recently
Opening the Mozart Pavilion
Theatres tend to be beautiful spaces, created with all the skill that architects, carpenters, plasterers and painters can summon. And
Take pride
In October, I wrote about a community opera being created in County Durham that had been stopped just weeks before
What we talk about when we talk about love
‘You know, while doing this, going through this journey, it has changed me. And, yes, I had a spiritual inkling,
Regular Marvels 