Friday night saw Anthony Nanson tell Stories for Interesting Times, titled around the well-known ancient Chinese curse, which turns out likely to be neither Chinese nor ancient.
We learnt about the gifts of the Baal Shem Tov and the tree …
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Janet Longbottom reflects on Tales for a Summer Night
‘Big Man’, aka Chris Bostock, invites us to travel south of the river – ‘Public transport is good…’ – with the sea on our left hand – ‘Not too close to the cliff, but fantastic views of the sea…’, where …
Lara reflects on Afro-Celt Stories of Magic and Mayhem with Mara Menzies
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 …
Stephen reflects on “Travelling Together” with Amy Douglas
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.
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
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 …