Friday 25th July 5:30 – 10pm // South Square Centre An Emily Brontë & Kate Bush birthday boogie! Connected with and supported by our Wondering Heights project you have a chance to celebrate the birthdays of Emily Brontë and Kate Bush in Thornton – the birthplace of the Brontë sisters. South Square, supported by Bradford […]
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Blog - Lucy Barker
Wondering Heights is Live Soon – Get Involved!
The wait is nearly over, Wondering Heights is just about to begin! This tiny project with a big, hopeful heart takes flight throughout July. Whether you’re dancing on the moors, waving a dramatic tea towel in your kitchen, or simply dreaming of red dresses in the wind, there’s a place for you here. Inspired by […]
Become an Em-Bush-ador!
[This is a copy of the call to action we’re sending out to get people involved making Wondering Heights a reality. Please get in touch using the email in the text if YOU want to become an Em-bush-ador!] Good afternoon friends, I’m really excited to be able to share the project Wondering Heights with you, […]
CFS & Long COVID Resources
This evolving post is home for any links I find that are useful either for coping with my CFS and Long Covid, or for helping to spread a greater understanding of them to both sufferers and – perhaps more importantly – to the wider world. They are in no particular order currently, with more being […]
Thumb Pots, Chronic Health Issues and Creative Expression Through Pottery-making
This is a post documenting a project (or what became a project!) which has been going on since lockdown. It began with making small thumb pots and evolved into reflecting on the place of these “simple”, repetitive processes both as a way of accessing creativity when health and circumstances limit options, and also as a […]
Slow Down
I wanted to write a piece which uses a short film I made as a framework for thinking about my own health challenges as well as wider societal issues. A link to the film is here, best to watch it first: (Note: I wrote this pre-Coronavirus — and have been formulating it in my head […]