Codecademy

So, one of my many plans for this year is to learn to code. For a while now I’ve felt frustrated about my lack of knowledge on what goes on ‘under the bonnet’… Read More →

New Year, new you

It’s New Year’s Day. I’ve just been for a walk and seen many new runners and cyclists taking up their resolutions. So I’ve been thinking about my own resolutions. Last year I decided… Read More →

Thoughts inspired by #citizenbedford

Recently I’ve been working with the Town Team on Bedford’s Portas Pilot. And we’ve started on a project called #citizenbedford. The project is the brainchild of Erica Roffe who has been working with The… Read More →

Guest Blogging for SHARE

Recently I wrote a guest blog post for SHARE Museums East, talking about the redevelopment project at The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford. Have a read here.

Tate Tanks

I visited the Tate Tanks recently with some friends. I was interested to see they have a post-it wall. But the questions are quite challenging. Does live art have to be experienced? What… Read More →

Experiment No. 3 – The Burning House

Its a simple premise. What would you save if your house was burning down? The truth is there isn’t much I really need. But if I had the chance, I’d save these things.… Read More →

How to be an Explorer of the World – Experiment No. 2 – Sincerely L. Cohen

This is post two in a series of posts about becoming an Explorer of the World. Read post one here. I think I’ll do a few more explorer experiments around the house, to… Read More →

Tiny story

I spotted this lovely film recently. It’s by Sebas and Clim. I’ve been watching it and thinking ‘museum’. It’s made me think about how we market the museum. Maybe we don’t need big… Read More →

How to be an Explorer of the World – Experiment No. 1

Whilst on holiday I made an impulse purchase of this book. Source: amazon.co.uk via Gemma on Pinterest And it has been something of an inspiration. I showed it to my sister and she… Read More →

adventures in the public realm…update

I posted a while back about how I’ve recently been involved in the town team bid to become a Portas Pilot Town. Well the good news is…Bedford is now a Portas Pilot Town!!… Read More →