Saints, Bones and Body Parts

This image does not come from Cumbria, it comes from Norfolk and is in the grounds of Gressenhall Workhouse, not too far from the location of the paupers’ unmarked graves in the apple orchard there. The Resting Place of the Disappeared   I have been studying the lives of the saints this week whilst at the mill in Cumbria  and …

The Three Ladies of Beetham and making some connections

I have an interesting relationship with the West Country. I would love to live there some day. But, more importantly, it’s where I escape to whenever I need a bit of space. It’s where Sandra Reeve, the movement practitioner is based and it’s where I have brought into fruition Little Blue Man as a walking performance. I have been working …

Up the Road to Heron Corn Mill

Working at Heron Corn Mill requires a journey along a short stretch of the M6 between Preston and the Carnforth/Morecambe turn off. This usually straightforward section follows a long and sometimes frustrating stretch along the A59 between Southport and Preston.   I have been thinking about roads,  rivers,  pathways and junctures and the swell of cross-river – where the water …