Most runs are hard the first time you do them but they get a little bit easier each time after that. Never give up on a run when you reach the bottom of a hill, no matter how bad you feel. Plough on, get to the top and then see how you feel - almost [...]
Category: Ramblings
Who Am I? No…Really…Who Am I?
I am working on a play at the moment. It is called "A Little Voice A Long Way From Here". I wrote the script but it is loosely based on a story by an American writer called Vendela Vida called "Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name". It is the story of a girl called [...]
Having Good Ideas Is Easy…
Having good ideas is easy. It's sticking with them that's difficult. Having the energy and the courage to make them come to life. To make them happen. Most good ideas are smothered before they've even had time to find their feet. Imagine what could happen if you took your good ideas and let them grow? [...]
Seeing Things Differently
It can get a little boring treading the same pavements to work everyday. Passing the same old buildings and the same old people doing the same old things. And people who feel bored get to be boring themselves so that's why it's good to mix things up a bit. To put a bit of interest [...]
In order to lead the orchestra you have to turn your back on the audience
What’s To Be Learnt From An Axe?
Forty eight hours back in reality since The Do Lectures and I'm still reeling with excitement and inspiration because of what a wonderful time I had. It's hard to explain what the experience was like... Four days in a field surrounded by a group of people who are full of good ideas and who make [...]
The Do Lectures
Yesterday was a really great day for me. Firstly I got on with lots of writing that I wanted to get on with but secondly, and more amazingly, I won a ticket to go the The Do Lectures run by Howies in September. I am so excited about this that I'm not going to even [...]
We Think
The book I'm currently reading is the brilliant "We Think" by Charles Leadbeater. I was inspired to read it after I heard him talking at a conference and it has lived up to all expectations. It's about, on the most simplisitc level, the way that the world we live in and the way we think [...]
One Day Like This
Over the last two nights I have been lucky enough to see two extraordinary events at the Manchester International Festival. On Wednesday night I headed down to the Pavillion Theatre to see Amadou and Mariam play with The Beating Wing Orchestra then yesterday I was lucky enough to have tickets to watch Manchester greats Elbow [...]
Shift Happens
I have just come back from York after two thoroughly stimulating and challenging days at Shift Happens 2.0 hosted by Pilot Theatre at York Theatre Royal. I try to go to as much stuff like this as I can both to support my work but also through personal interest, and this event did not disappoint. It answered [...]
