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Angel Meadow trailer
Book trailers are all the rage these days, so I’ve created one for the book. Check out the video trailer by clicking on the link below. Angel Meadow is now available on Amazon Kindle. Click here to buy. http://angelmeadowbook.com/2016/04/04/angel-meadow-trailer/
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Tagged Angel Meadow, Book, family history, Friedrich Engels, history, Manchester, Slums, Victorian
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Spoon carving workshop for Forest Schools
I was invited to teach spoon carving for a group of Forest School Leaders in Manchester. A fabulous weekend with axes, knives, spoons and pizza! Places are available on my next spoon carving weekend, book your place for and inspiring … Continue reading
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Tagged Forest School, greenwood, Manchester, spoon carving, workshop
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What’s the Problem With Weird?
A blue mini pedals along atop the water, a man’s head catches fire, a woman rows her bed along with twin oars whilst lampposts erect from submergence like surfacing U-boats, and that’s before we even get to the flame wielding … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, creativity, Culture, dance, drama, Illotopie, Manchester, Psychology, Salford, Salford Quays, Theatre, Water Fools
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Day 216. Manchester
Day 216. Manchester https://ambientpostcard.wordpress.com/2016/04/02/day-216-manchester/
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Tagged Ambient, ambient postcard, composing, explorer, garageband, guitar, ipad, Manchester, music, travel, video
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The Brink – Manchester
Trendy bar openings seem to be ten-a-penny these days in Manchester, however there’s generally less in the way of new arrivals focused on beer. The latest opening is The Brink, a micropub located in the heart of the city centre, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beer, craft beer, Manchester, micropub, pub, pubs, real ale, The Brink
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The Hacienda Must Be Built
In A Cavalier History of Surrealism, one of the leading member of the Situationist International (see Moving Images), the Belgian Raoul Vaneigem states that for all the revolutionary intentions expressed by the Surrealists in their manifestos and publications, they were still haunted by the … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Self Portrait
So, in the lead up to Christmas I stumbled upon a drawing set someone had given me the previous year; a neat shallow tin of sketching pencils which, I thought, was a pretty cool gift, the kind of nostalgia-laden offering … Continue reading
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Tagged afrofuturism, Art, creativity, drawing, find your passion, fulfilment, Life, Manchester, passion, portrait, productivity, surrealism
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Transport Museum: Bury
We happened to visit the town of Bury enroute to Ramsbottom where we visited the Chocolate festival. Part of greater Manchester, this town is just about thirty minutes from Manchester central and was once famous as a textile manufacturing hub. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bury, East Lancashire Railway, heritage railways, Manchester, Manchester tourism, Transport museum, Travel with kids, UK Tourism
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