Tag: Hidden City

Hi, my name is Jeff Daniels, it’s February 2020 and I am at Arnolfini, in Bristol with fellow core group members of the ‘City of Threads’ project. We are here to listen to expert Miranda Rae deliver a presentation about podcast production, the A to Z of ‘How To’. The presentation is going really well,… Continue reading The Blind Person’s Podcast Making Kit Light Bulb Moment

Blog – by Clare Reddaway, Horizon House – Environment Agency  I had never been to Horizon House – never heard of Horizon House – when it was allocated to me.  I was sent a pack of information: it’s a new building, open for five years, home to the Environment Agency.  It is an environmentally considerate building, powered by… Continue reading Clare Reddaway ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by Lucy Bell, Glenside Hospital Museum There are life-sized mannequins at Glenside Hospital Museum. Dressed in medical gowns, they treat other mannequins with everything from Epilepsy cures to Electro-Convulsive Therapy. I don’t know the provenance of these mannequins, but it adds to the appeal of this off-beat site that the psychiatric figures are striking fashion… Continue reading Lucy Bell ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by Stephanie Kempson Bedminster RNIB Centre On Saturday morning I woke up feeling quite nervous about having been asked to write something for the RNIB centre in Bedminster, something which I would perform before the end of the day to an audience of staff, visitors and centre users and might even be translated… Continue reading Stephanie Kempson ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by Bea Roberts, St Mary Redcliffe Church: ‘I’m happy to admit that being posted as the Part Exchange Co. writer in residence at St. Mary Redcliffe was an exciting but daunting prospect! I won’t attempt to recap its history because far better informed people than me can do a far better job of… Continue reading Bea Roberts ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by Rew Lowe, The Drawing Office SS.Great Britain ‘I’ve been rather lax. For three years now I’ve lived in Bristol. The walls of my house are bedecked with paintings of seafaring, my bookshelves are weighed down with maritime tales and I lie in bed dreaming of ocean voyages. In short, I like shippy things. Yet… Continue reading Rew Lowe ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by Sammy Weaver, Julian Trust Night Shelter ‘The Julian Trust Night Shelter has two entrances, one for volunteers and one for the people that go there for hot food, tea and a bed for the night.  Soon after the overnight sleepers had left through one door, I was knocking on the volunteers’ door to start… Continue reading Sammy Weaver ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by John Yates, Elsie Briggs House ‘I live in Marlborough but over the years I’ve become more and more attracted to Bristol. The city has so much going on in the arts. Pleased to be appointed Hidden City writer-in-residence for Elsie Briggs House on Doors Open Day. In Stokes Croft on the previous day for… Continue reading John Yates ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Blog – by Samuel Edward Taylor, The Underfall Boatyard  The UnderFall Yard has an exceptionally interesting history but I’m not going to embarrass myself (or the wonderful people who work there) with a series of inevitable inaccuracies, so for a comprehensive understanding of it’s history check out underfallboatyard.co.uk or alternatively contact Nicola Dyer (Project Manager) or Sarah Murray… Continue reading Samuel Edward Taylor ‘Hidden City Writer in Residence’ – Blog & Performance Text

Hidden City Writers in residence is live writing in response to a site, its resonances, histories, stories, visitors and spaces. We have brought eight talented city and near region writers together with eight fascinating city buildings opening their doors on Doors Open Day and given them free reign to take inspiration from the buildings’ past, present… Continue reading Hidden City Writers in Residence