Live in York? Have a story to tell about military life? Want to expand your media skills? I am running a series of workshops in the city linked to York Stories 2012 called Armed Forces Presents. York is a great military city and has been ever since the Romans built their Legionary Headquarters here two […]
Almost over at DS6
June 17, 2011 by
I always find events like DS6 stimulating and exciting. There are lots of good things about being your own boss, but one thing I miss about my former workplace is the interaction with other people doing a similar job. So festivals, conferences and events are the places where I am inspired and invigorated. Ideas flow, […]
New friends and contacts
September 15, 2010 by
I’m reflecting on the new contacts and friends made on my trip to the far east. They have enriched my life and I hope will continue to do so.
Singapore Keynote
September 14, 2010 by
I was invited to deliver the keynote address to the 2nd Asian Digital Storytelling Congress in Singapore on Sept 4th 2010.
This is the text of my presentation
Powerful Stuff
July 25, 2010 by
There are four participants in my workshop this week. A wide age and ability range but with the small number I hope to give each one the individual attention they will need. We are surrounded by talent here in Harrogate and to take advantage of what’s in offer in other workshops we are joining the […]
digistories workshops return to Summer School
May 10, 2010 by
I am returning to the Riding Lights Summer Theatre School this summer with two digistories workshops under the title multistory.net. The event is loads of fun and you have the chance to enlist for a digital storytelling workshop as just one part of the week’s activities. Personally these are the most frantic workshops I […]
DS5 – Time to book for the UK's only Digital Storytelling Festival
May 5, 2010 by
I am delighted that one of the keynote presentations at DS5 in Aberystwyth will be delivered by Alex Henry of Culture Shock. I trained the teams for this project back in 2008 and now they’re teaching me things. Joe Lambert the Founding Director of the Centre for Digital Storytelling is also on the programme. I missed […]
Linked thoughts
September 11, 2009 by
Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for September 10th from 09:07 to 09:07: A Storied Career – There's a free ebook available on this site. Worth a look.
Something borrowed, something green …
April 14, 2008 by
This story was inspired by a car key fob from the magic story bag I borrowed a hundred pounds from my grandma to buy my first car. I don’t know why she was so willing to lend it to me. Perhaps, to her, it wasn’t a lot of money. For me it was a fortune […]
