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The Silence of Knitting: Newark
The Silence of Knitting Mon 11th Nov 11am Galerie Newark Nottinghamshire Lace placed at the site of Ransome and Marles munitions factory...
Nov 14, 20131 min read


The Silence of Knitting: Ticehurst
The Silence of Knitting Mon 11th Nov 11am A shelter Ticehurst East Sussex Performed by Sharon Hall Shipp Photographs and film by Richard...
Nov 14, 20132 min read


The Silence of Knitting part 4
On Mon 11th Nov at 11am people will be joining together in a common task, that of knitting in silence a piece of shamrock lace using...
Nov 6, 20132 min read


The Silence of Knitting part 3
With only one week to go until Silent Cacophony and my event The Silence of Knitting there are still people getting in touch to take...
Nov 4, 20131 min read


The silence of knitting part 2
The silence of knitting takes place in a shelter in Margate on Nov 11th at 11am. The shelter, next door to Primark on Marine Drive,...
Nov 2, 20132 min read


The Silence of Knitting
A few months ago I was invited to take part in a project called Silent Cacophony. This project, conceived and organised by Platform-7...
Oct 30, 20132 min read


An archive of moments in time
Now that Resting Place has received funding from Arts Council England for the first 3 live events the work to develop the touring...
Sep 18, 20132 min read


It’s a YES from the Arts Council
The application to ACE was a very stressful and time-consuming process and one that would not have been made possible without the...
Aug 2, 20131 min read


Boy of my Heart
Two days ago I was sent an email containing a very beautiful quote from a book written by Marie Leighton, mother of Roland Leighton (who...
Aug 1, 20131 min read
The Arts Council admit error
Following my last posting I have spent a rather fraught 10 days of phone calls to the Arts Council to find out why my second application...
Jul 15, 20131 min read
It’s a no from the Arts Council
Two posts in one week is unheard of for me. However, today I need to let off steam. Following two applications to the Arts Council for...
Jul 5, 20133 min read


The Book of Remembrance
Resting Place, as those who follow my blog will know, was conceived from a visit to Wimereux War Graves Cemetery in 2011. It was there...
Jul 2, 20132 min read


Resting Place: Essay by Gill Saunders
Today i received this essay, written by Gill Saunders about Resting Place. Gill Saunders is an Author and the Senior Curator in the Word...
Apr 18, 201311 min read


Resting Place; working in collaboration
Following on from Resting Place being launched at LPT last Nov there has been lots of activity behind the scenes to develop the project...
Mar 19, 20133 min read


A new connection with Wimereux Cemetery
Connections are something I have previously written about. They are what keeps my research alive. One connection leads to another....
Feb 12, 20132 min read


A postcard from France
There are so many posts that I am in the middle of writing and finding it difficult to decide which order to publish them in and so am...
Feb 1, 20131 min read


no man’s land – the first Resting Place
On Sun 11th Nov 2012 i took part in an event called no man’s land. Conceived by John McKiernan of Platform – 7 the planning and...
Nov 26, 20122 min read


no man’s land
On Nov 11th I will be taking part in No Man’s Land: an event organised by Platform-7 and taking place in 15 London Underground...
Oct 30, 20123 min read


Hand-writing the diary
Oct 1st 1915 Several cases gone to England and fresh ones in. Wounds are not very bad , but bad enough. Blue is better, but makes a...
Oct 25, 20122 min read


The work begins
I would like to be able to say that the experimenting is over and that real work has begun. However, I find the fabric etching process...
Sep 13, 20121 min read
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