Kangos, pipework, and theatre
Leith Hill Place, photo by Claire Malcomson Wake up call So here we go, the first performances of a new play and the wake up call is a domestic discussion about how to access bathroom pipework. The background music is hammer and chisel, alternating with a Kango, and I’ve lost the lead for my video […]
Chalk, Chalk Gardens, and Elizabeth Taylor
Old friends and new Sometimes everything feels connected. I have been working recently on poetry walks, an anthology launch, and writing some poems myself – all on the subject of Surrey Unearthed. This is a Mole Valley Poets project aligned to a much larger arts project being run by Surrey Hills Arts and involving a […]
Threats to the Downs and Weald – the ‘Save Leith Hill’ campaign
Beauty and the beast We live in a beautiful country. So why do our government seem so intent on despoiling it? We’re faced with a need to break our reliance on carbon and fossil fuels. So why have successive governments been more enthusiastic about supporting drilling for yet more oil than in supporting next generation […]