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The Waterlands

Stephen Rutt
Sound walk
SWS19 2019

Creative Writing Walkshop

The creative writing walkshop is a 40-minute outdoor workshop featuring timed exercises to inspire creative writing while walking. Participants follow no set route and use prompts to develop notes and ideas for flash fiction or creative non-fiction.

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Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone
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Writing Walking

Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, University of London
2023-03-09 17:30
Laurie Grove, London, UK

Launch of the booklet ‘Writing Walking: One day in Spring during global pandemic’ an edited collection from the Centre for Urban and Community Research ‘What happens when nothing happens on a day in late Spring during a global pandemic? And, how might writing walking sociologically help us to make sense of it?’ Join us to

Featured 28 Apr, 2024

Distant places, different memories

Writing competition shortlist announced.

Andrew Stuck•
25 Jul, 2023

A riverside walk along the Thames Path

It’s a bit of a mash-up, but somehow it seems to work.  You can get down and dirty with mud, bushes and wetlands one minute. And then the next, admire opulent Georgian houses, shiny newbuilds and quirky eateries on this Fulham to Chiswick section of the Thames Path. The Thames Path was launched in 1996

Cheryl Markosky
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The Trouble with Maps…

‘A map can tell me how to find a place I have not seen, but have often imagined. When I get there, following the map faithfully, the place is not the place of my imagination. Maps, growing ever more real, are much less true.’ Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry A map constitutes relationships and connections, […]

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Beginnings, Middles & Endings

Q: You walk out of your door. You do not know how far you will go, how long it will take, if or when, you will return?… Read more "Beginnings, Middles & Endings"

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Hefted

by Josie Melia If I’d been a sheep in the North, I could have been hefted. Traditionally, ewes heft their lambs from an early age, teaching them… Read more "Hefted"

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Protocol 5 – The View from the Map

    Baudrillard famously said ‘hence, the map precedes the territory,’ suggesting maps can conceptualise terrains and construct solid topologies, without needing to set a foot on… Read more "Protocol 5 – The View from the Map"

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stroam

Do you like to stroll? Are you a fan of roaming? Then you should give stroaming a try. This is a word blend, just like brunch. In her 1796 novel Camilla, Frances Burney described a character who “stroamed into the ball-room, with the most visible marks of his unfitness for appearing in it.” The OED indicates that stroaming involves “long strides” and/or idleness, so watch your form and attitude when out on a stroam. Credits to Mark Peters.

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