I stumbled across this delicious book whilst tidying my bookshelves and it reminded me of two projects my school worked on last year - an exhibition of portraits with artist Katy Bentall in February and a summer exhibition about plastic in the sea in conjunction with artist Alice Finbow. It seems that last year was … Continue reading Faces
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Memories of writing
To accompany this morning's cornflakes, I thought I would finally begin reading this beautiful book which was given to me by dear friend and colleague, Zoe. Now with modern illustrations and introduction by Jackie Morris, the story itself was written more than a hundred years ago by Barbara Newhall Follett between the ages of 9 … Continue reading Memories of writing
Window writing
Today feels like a day for window writing. Make yourself comfortable beside your chosen window and carefully observe. Give yourself a bit of space for thinking, dreaming, scribbling. You could set yourself a timer, say 10 minutes, and then keep going no matter how incoherent your writing may seem. I often start by writing about … Continue reading Window writing


