Blog Posts
Our Treasures
As part of my role as Beam’s lead artist for Altofts Festival In A Day, I was asked to write bespoke poems for a trail of the village of Altofts. This took place on 24th September 2016. Over the summer, I spoke to people from the community and listened carefully before crafting poems from their…
Almost All About Alice
Last Tuesday was all about Alice. The drop in was due to start at 10 am but Peter from the Morley History Society – based in Morley market – arrived about 9.15. He presented me with a pencil in a sealed plastic bag. Looking closely at the inscription, I realised what it was. In 1900, during…
Her Story Coming To Life
Last week I wrote a guest blog for the Leeds Inspired website about what we uncovered at the Alice In Bloomers research day that was held in Morley Library with Morley Community Archives. Do visit the blog to share our findings and, if you’re interested, come along to the discussion drop in or writing workshop which…
Mining For Memories and Introducing Alice
I emerge from a summer of white water rafting, whale watching in Vancouver, scooter riding through the streets of Montreal and off-the-grid bear evading to the end of one commission and the beginning of another. This trip of a lifetime was a grand farewell to my son who happily went to university last weekend to…