I have never really been one for poetry. It is a medium that I have never understood yet I have made a discovery. Right here in my home town is the Northern Poetry Library. It is set in the beautiful Chantry which has stood on the banks of the river Wansbeck since as far back … Continue reading Poetry collection
Lower leagues
There is something enjoyable about lower league football. Away from the glamour and the glitz of the premier league, with its mega stars and obscene budgets there is still a lot that the beautiful game has to offer. It is not that I get to a lot of games. I would not call myself a … Continue reading Lower leagues
There’s nothing more beautiful than having a book
I came across this story a few days ago. It is not new but it is inspiring. It is about a refuse collector from Bogota in Columbia who has been saving books that have been discarded and offering them to people in the less affluent areas of the city. It is a modern Robin Hood … Continue reading There’s nothing more beautiful than having a book
Happy birthday Art
It’s Art’s birthday. I had forgotten all about it until Facebook reminded me. Art is not a real person, he is a figment of my imagination and his story goes back to July 2009. I was working at North Tyneside Council at the time and we had just moved into the nice new Quadrant building … Continue reading Happy birthday Art
TechArt
It is funny where life takes you if you let it. It is filled with little nooks and crannies down which you can wander. Inquisitiveness can be a blessing and a curse however. There is always something interesting to discover but there is never enough time to chase it all. My latest rich seam to … Continue reading TechArt
Learn from play
Children learn from play. Hold the front page. Who could believe it? Whatever will they think of next? I heard it on the news so it must be true, yet anyone who has ever had children knows this to be self-evident. Children learn the social norms of interaction, collaboration and hierarchy through play. Anyone who … Continue reading Learn from play
The beautiful birds have flown
I always knew that this day would come but now that it has arrived I cannot deny that is not tinged with a little sadness, at least for me. It is the end of an era. The paper birds that were on display at North Tyneside’s offices on the Cobalt Business Park have finally come … Continue reading The beautiful birds have flown
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 