My work has always been about memory, history, nostalgia. About family. About places, and how we are connected to them. About conversations, and stories, and little stolen snatches of narrative. About being British, connected to the South Coast, about an ...Read More
Within minutes of being declared MP for Worthing West, old-school Tory Peter Bottomley was engaging in nasty, old fashioned political squabbling and point scoring. Whatever happens nationally, it seems it's no change at Haverfield House, Worthing's Tory HQ which (on ...Read More
I spend a lot of time thinking about regeneration. It's a creative process, turning failing towns into interesting places, and I like creative processes. So like every other one, whether it's drawing or performing poetry or presenting to a film ...Read More
I'm watching Twitter as the election unfolds. Already there are stories of voters being turned away from Polling Stations that have been unable to handle the sheer size of the crowds turning out. The BBC are saying the places counting ...Read More
What makes towns tick? I've been visiting a lot of town centres on the quest to fill empty shops. Why is Lewes such a lovely place to spend time, while Worthing feels a bit of a wasteland? It's more than just ...Read More
The arts are going to have to accept that there's less funding in the next few years - Britain's government is, let's face it, effectively bankrupt. At the same time, the government is exploring ideas of getting truly local, supporting communities as ...Read More
I spent 2009 looking long and hard at empty shops, and where the high street was going wrong. The best bit of all that work was finding the bits where the high street gets it right; the Best Shops in ...Read More
As I've had time and space to work on ideas for empty shops this year, and as I've been able to support others in their work, I've become ever more keenly interested in the ideas, inspiration and ideology behind the ...Read More
The a, b, c, of Empty Shops “The fact that the trees are in blossom very briefly is what makes them important to us.” Tim Anselm (The Beekeepers blog, 1st Apil 2009) This is an agenda for people using empty shops, ...Read More
In graphic design, there's a great debate around the practice of putting a pitch to a client. In effect, you're asked to work up your ideas in rough and then put them forward for consideration. It's a lot of time ...Read More
