Tag Archives: story
A child’s view of the Miners’ Strike
Yesterday morning, Margaret Thatcher died. Her death has been followed by an explosion of polemic, encomium and vitriol, about what happened under her premiership and how it has shaped Britain … Continue reading
The problem of ‘impact’ (MCV 4)
A conversation with Peter Wright at the Creative Communities 3 conference made me realize that it might be useful to explain why I no longer use the word ‘impact’ in … Continue reading
Science, stories and truth
Frances Ashcroft: “I’m fascinated by this divorce of philosophy from science because I think that in a way we’re all trying to tell stories about how the world works and … Continue reading
‘Billy, Me & You’
Last autumn Nicola Streeten published her first comic book. Billy, Me & You is about a couple coming to terms with the loss of a small child. It is a … Continue reading
Stories and Fables: Culture in Orkney
Orkney is an archipelago set in the wild seas of the north of Scotland. It has some of the oldest traces of human habitation in Europe. Today, it’s home to about … Continue reading
