I always enjoy innovation agency Paper’s Think Drink Do events, in which they have a series of speakers focusing on behaviour change and related concepts followed by a practical crowdsourcing innovation exercise. This time we had Cath Richardson from the Government Digital Service providing insights about how to encourage government departments to focus on citizen … Continue reading
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The Reviewing, in Review: 10 Reviews for One Stop Arts
I am really enjoying this reviewing racket–it combines many of my favourite things: theatre, writing, and travelling around London finding brilliant new spaces I never knew existed. I’ve now done ten for One Stop Arts and in celebration I’m sharing with you my top five Essential Reviewer Kit Items. (Why five and not ten? I’m efficient. I like to travel … Continue reading
The Literary Cabaret
Once again, the Bloomsbury Festival rolled around and brightened my life. The highlight this time was The Literary Cabaret last night at Senate House, hosted by Helen Smith (who, you may recall, I wrote about for The Writers’ Guild.) We were treated to an evening of song, wine, and superb reading, which I think you … Continue reading
In the Moment
Have you ever had the feeling that you are exactly where you should be in life, doing exactly what you should be doing? It’s a rare enough feeling with me, but one that occasionally strikes with the force of a reassuring lightning bolt. It came to me clearly as I sat on a shaded bench … Continue reading
Reading Britain
I went to the Writing Britain exhibition at the British Library recently. Really fascinating. The entrance was dramatic, with videos projected onto billowing sheets that called to mind sails and pages. How appropriate for a writing exhibition in an island nation. My favorite parts were the manuscripts and authors’ notebooks penned in their own hands. … Continue reading
The London Train
Speeding through the majestic countryside of Eastern Scotland and northern England, I’m reflecting on my writing holiday. Edinburgh was the perfect place, of course, because on the second day the weather turned chilly, and grey, and eventually rainy, forcing me to buckle down and concentrate on the purpose of my visit. But it was more … Continue reading
My Brand New Book!
I can’t stop smiling. I look at my number of readers and I cannot stop smiling. I have just published my first book. Granted, it’s just an ebook, and it’s published on a small independent website called LeanPub, but still…it’s a book, and it’s mine. It is called, by the way, Global Moves: Belly Dance … Continue reading
Traveling Lines
The sun woke me just before six. We couldn’t figure out how to open the blinds, but somehow a little patch of flickering light appeared, playing over my eyes. I thought about going back to sleep but then I thought how seldom I get to travel on a conveyance with a club car, where I … Continue reading
St James’s Sunday
I rather did stumble into Upper-Crust London on this walk. I frequently overshoot my mark making for the nearest edge of St James’s Park—I always think it’s further west than it is and end up striding down Bond Street or Savile Row past shops selling fripperies to the rich and fashionable, neither of which I … Continue reading
Train Brain
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 I keep saying, “For an unemployed person, I’m awfully busy.” My mom keeps telling me to stop saying this, reminding me that though I don’t have a steady job I’ve been developing some really exciting (if not, y’know, lucrative) projects recently. My mind has … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 