Werneth Low Country Park ‘To be kept forever as an open space’ – The Dedication of 1921 Werneth Low Country Park is minutes from where I live I am very lucky to be so close to the park. A beautiful escape just a stone’s throw away from the city of Manchester and offers visitors a… Read More A Walk on ‘The Low’
Myself and my daughter went on a trip to France on a coach holiday from the 20th to the 24th April 2023. After going through the Eurotunnel from Folkestone to Calais in France, (a very odd experience), we stopped at a service station. A very strange place with a lake at the back with these… Read More On Our Way to France
20/04/23 Day one of me and my daughter’s mini break to France. Before meeting the coach we stayed in Stafford over night. We had our evening meal in a pub which had been a cinema before its transformation, an amazing place! All the walls had vintage film posters and famous actors.
Whilst in the bookbinding room I saw this image on the wall. No one knows who did it but I really like it and I wanted to share it on here. If anyone knows anything about its origin please let me know.
04/04/23 Today I visited Manchester Central library to view their film archive. I am hoping, if I have time to do a short film and soundscape. I visited their archive to find some film about the cotton industry in Lancashire. I have some interesting film footage, in colour and black and white, I will see… Read More A Visit to Manchester Library Film Archive
I have been taking a look at a book called Lancashire Mill Town Traditions by W.R. Mitchell. The book is “based mainly on the heartland of Lancashire, in and the towns…” Manchester, Victoria, Bolton, Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley, Nelson and Colne. The introduction talks about the author’s views about “the voices of the older Lancashire folk… Read More Lancashire Mill Towns
Original article by Lucy Brownson 27 FEBRUARY 2023 Updated: 23/7/25 I am always looking for interesting articles that can tell a person’s story through textiles. This story in particular, is very tragic, but it is interesting to understand the stories of women who want to protest their views and feelings through textiles. Content note: This article… Read More Subversive Textiles and Medical Misogyny in Yorkshire: The Unravelling Fantasia of Miss H.
Exploring the Vibrant World of Silje Løvli: A Journey Through Risograph, Imaging, Graphic Design Photography, and Bookbinding Art has an incredible ability to connect us, transcending borders, time, and even mediums. Silje Løvli, a talented artist hailing from Trondheim, Norway, exemplifies this in her unique approach to creative expression. Her work, which beautifully marries risograph… Read More Artist SILJE LØVLI
The word “Neurodiverse” refers to a group of people whose members are neurodivergent. Neurodiversity means an “approach to education and ability that supports the fact that various neurological conditions are the effect of normal changes and variations in the human genome.” ADHD, Autism, Dyspraxia, and Dyslexia “fall within a spectrum of “Neurodiversity” and are all… Read More Neurodiversity – What is it?
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