When a storyteller is in the room, you can feel it. They have a presence that draws people in, like moths to an open flame.
I felt that the moment I saw Mara. She excelled beyond expectations with her fabulous …
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Stephen reflects on “Travelling Together” with Amy Douglas
This was a long overdue return to a Bit Crack Friday evening session. It was lovely to return to a friendly welcome. New and old listeners are always given such a warm welcome. The evening was a real treat.
Amy
Sara Parker-Fuller reflects on “Wandering About The Edge”
Nick Hennessey came to the Chillingham Arms in December to offer up a unique story telling. Whilst our bodies sat in the upstairs room we were transported to the Cheshire village of Alderley Edge where Nick grew up.
Imagine a
… Stories of Hope; Reflections by Emma Bowers
What is hope? Chris took us in search of wisdom to help us find out. We realised by the end of the story that the stillness and quiet that has been imposed on us by the Lockdown might make us …
Reflections at Midnight, by Jane Young
At Midnight when asked by Chris Bostock to “Blog Reflect” on last evening’s (May 1st) Storytelling –I immediately recalled, in a sort of, your whole life flashing in front of you moment, all that A Bit Crack has taken me …
Graphene and The Nature of Heroism; Reflections by Dave Harrop
“This is really exciting .. not only is it cutting edge, but it has been prototyped at our University for over 5 years now “
“I could bore you with all of the nanotechnology, and how it’s going to
The Owl’s Gaze – Reflections from Richard
The Owl’s Gaze was a remarkable and, for me, important storytelling experience. It was a story of Malcolm’s life and of his developing thinking – the stories we heard both informed those changes and represented them.
The gaze of the …
‘Stories are the way Nature teaches…’
Reflections on ‘Tales of Truthful Enchantment’ written by Steve
“A moment in a story in Maja’s set, before the break, became for me a motif running through Martin’s tales-within-tales in the second half. A retired railway worker covets a gold …
To Dream The Impossible Dream – A review by Mark Benjamin
Inviting us to follow Don Quixote, in spirit if not in deeds, Chris set the scene for our journey into the dreamtime with his usual panache, declaiming the Don’s manifesto before moving seamlessly into the story of his early life
Politics and Indian Storytelling
Kerima Mohideen performed an evening of storytelling with the title: If Trees Could Speak. What was striking about it was its weaving of contemporary politics with myth, story and her own experiences.
In the first half we heard a story …