Tag Archives: Creative

Celebrating Anna Sewell – New Poem, ‘Dark Horses’ + Free Women’s Creative Writing Workshops

Dark Horses She couldn’t leave the house. But still her incendiary kindness knew no bounds, hooves thundering, the first of its kind. Black Beauty. A legend, now but back then they called you powerless to do what you could do so well. Anna’s little thing, a trail blazer sold for twenty pounds breaking new ground,… Read More »

Yarmouth Mysteries – Stories by Children of Great Yarmouth at Great Yarmouth Library

Come and see these fantastic stories by two classes of children from St George’s Primary School at Great Yarmouth Library this weekend! The stories are literally full of creativity and talent, with colourful circus inspired detectives and their sidekicks all featuring ‘treasures’ passed on by older residents from Great Yarmouth. Special thanks to Time and… Read More »

Young Communicators at The National Centre for Writing

‘Everyone has the capacity to make art. You just have to find your medium,’ commented Kyle Hughes, one of fifteen young people taking part in Young Communicators Yarmouth (YCY), who spent a day with me at the National Centre for Writing this month. YCY is a new Arts Council funded initiative, giving young people in… Read More »

‘Virginia Woolf: an exhibition inspired by her writings’

Since interviewing curator Laura Smith for this feature in the November issue of Cambridge Edition magazine, reviewing ‘Virginia Woolf: an exhibition inspired by her writings’, at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, I’ve been back to see it three times – each time with fabulous women. With over 80 women artists selected, running until December 9th, the… Read More »