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A Review of Tom Van Mieghem and The Tell Tale Heart by Jeff Price

10 March 2025Blog, Story night Blog

A Bit Crack gets storytellers from many parts of the UK, and in March we were treated to a storyteller from Belgium called Tom Van Meighen who had just arrived by boat in North Shields to begin a UK wide

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Martin Manasse’s appreciation of our story evening “A Hairy Girl” by Kersti Ståbi

12 February 2025Blog, Story night Blog

It is very nearly thirty years since I first attended an A Bit Crack story evening and very seldom have I been anything but delighted and inspired. Tonight, the advertised guest storyteller was Kersti Ståbi but we also got a

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Steve Lancaster reflects on An Evening with Michael Harvey

8 January 2025Blog, Story night Blog

I have a feeling that Michael Harvey gives more through his storytelling than the audience, and even perhaps he, is aware.

His tales this night were traditional Bretton. They were – well, one word for them is preposterous. Also funny, …

Michael Wilson reflects on his first visit to A Bit Crack

13 October 2024Blog

Yesterday I went to my first ‘A Bit Crack’ at Chillingham Arms, and didn’t know what to expect.

What I found was the beauty of a shared and binding experience from the tradition of story telling.…

Steve Lancaster reflects on a Journey to the Lands Between

13 September 2024Blog, Story night Blog

Blue drapes, and a Van Gogh vase of sunflowers centre-stage, mean it’s time for local tellers to take over A Bit Crack. Chris Bostock and Malcolm Green havebeen bundled downstairs, where they sit at the bar, nursing pints. It’s the …

Gilla reflect on A Bit Crack Storynights

6 April 2024Blog, Story night Blog
A big thank you to everyone who makes this possible.  Let me share some thought about my experience.
I have discovered a place in the most unlikely of places where, once a month, I can shed my skin and let
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EMma reflect on The Gods are All Here told by Phil Okwendy

6 April 2024Blog, Story night Blog
“I am because we are”
Phil Okwedy storytelling performance tonight was spellbinding.”The gods are all here”, should be heard by everyone seeking their own heritage after coming out of the care system. I will be chewing over this for months.
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Milly and Einan reflect on Wild Visions, Untamed Myth: Katy Cawkwell and Lucy Lill:

25 March 2024Blog, Story night Blog
Our evening of stories did not disappoint! Katy’s story took us into a luscious and vuluptous greek world. We had excitement, passion, feminism, adventure and laughter. Lucy took us out of Artemis’ troup and into the dark and difficult story
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Graeme Kelly reflects on “Tales from the River’s Tongue” told by Heather Jane.

4 February 2024Blog, Story night Blog
I have been coming along to A Bit Crack on and off for a few years now but for Beth, it was only her second time. Upstairs at the Chillingham Arms, the atmosphere is always friendly and welcoming. Buoyed on
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Jane Young reflects on “The Hanging of a Mouse”.

11 November 2023Blog, Story night Blog

A hwyll worthy of the word grew – with warmth, welcomes, enthusiasm and eager expectation as a large group of listeners gathered in the Chillingham Arms upstairs room – and on Zoom – regulars and “first time” – and settled …

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