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Natural Wonder Wins Award – January 2026

We started 2026 with a successful winter programme for participatory poetry collection Natural Wonder, with snow appearing in Norfolk just after our fabulous show with the Puppet Tree ‘In Search of Snow’ was an inspiring success for the children and team involved. We were also given an award for Natural Wonder – for the help… Read More »

Poetry Sculpture & Access to Nature at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen

Amazing day visiting poetry sculptures, pond dipping and exploring water and biodiversity at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen thanks to our lovely Natural Wonder team and Rivers Trust Norfolk, WWF Aviva Access To Nature fund and staff at Strumpshaw Fen. ‘Toes Dangling’ invites us to immerse ourselves in the beauty of nature, biodiversity and the spirit of… Read More »

New Feature published – Selvedge Magazine: Issam Kourbaj, Kettle’s Yard + Heong Gallery

It was fascinating to interview Issam Kourbaj at Kettle’s Yard last month and my feature on his current shows is now published in Selvedge Magazine here. From sharing the influence of his grandmother on his work as a painter, to talking me through the use of fabric and participatory arts principles in much of his… Read More »

New feature – Mediterranean Embroideries, published in Selvedge Magazine (Regeneration Issue)

Loved writing for Selvedge Magazine reviewing ‘Mediterranean Embroideries’ at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge featuring interviews with curator Dr Deniz Turker and Dr Elizabeth Key Fowden. Learn more about the authorship and significance of a stunning Ottoman sampler that is at the heart of the show, revealed for the first time by Turker. Plus gain insights… Read More »

Summer News 2023

Summer Holiday Workshops Natural Wonder Poetry Trail A Wild Water & Marshes boat trip workshop from Thorpe Ferry will accompany an extract from my poem Dreaming of Albion, Sailing With Maud (commissioned by Norfolk County Council) and is being installed near the ferry for the Summer holidays as part of the Natural Wonder Poetry Trail.… Read More »

Artist Union England: Good Practice Charter – talk at Outpost Studios

Bev Broadhead, lead for Artists Union England – Suffolk and Norfolk branch, gave a talk at Outpost Studios on Saturday, 28th January 2023 on the Good Practice Charter, a ‘set of principles that cover freelance artists’ working conditions. The principles include H&S, valuing and rewarding artists, workers collective voice, equality & diversity, social responsibility and… Read More »

Art Is The Fire Warming Our Hands – commission, National Centre for Writing

Wonderful to share my socially engaged poem commissioned by National Centre for Writing , celebrating art in communities – Art is The Fire Warming Our Hands.   Art Is The Fire Warming Our Hands pays particular attention to participatory arts, transforming the artworld, enriching communities and opening up how art is created and experienced. The title… Read More »