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Witness Waters Story Trail at Home
The Witness Waters Story Trail, created during the Etruria Boat Festival 2021, features poems and stories about water written and recorded by festival participants. These recordings were originally presented along a towpath trail between Etruria Industrial Museum and Hanley Park and are now available to experience online.
Armidale Catholic Precinct Soundtrail
The Catholic Precinct Soundtrail is a geo-locative audio walk and meditation exploring Armidale’s historic Catholic sites through the perspectives of young Aboriginal participants from across the diocese. Featuring interviews, music, and stories, the walk traces 160 years of history and highlights the ongoing relationship between the Armidale Catholic diocese, local Aboriginal families, and the wider community.
Walking pieces
Sunday For Seven Days (all over London)
This post details a collection of sound walks and stories written by NG Bristow, featuring 30-minute two-person sound walks available in the chapbook *A Week to Walk a Fortnight* from the Museum of Walking. Each story is linked to specific What3words locations and is read by different narrators, connecting with the broader *A Week to Walk a Fortnight* project.
Collision & Conflict
Collision & Conflict is a geolocated sound walk along Hadrian’s Wall national trail featuring nine artistic commissions in song, music, sound, story, spoken word, and prose. Commissioned by Green Croft arts in December 2020, the works explore historical, archaeological, and environmental conflicts linked to the diverse communities that built and lived along Hadrian’s Wall.
Articles on WLC
Articles elsewhere
May 2025: A First Sunday Special
Crab and Bee (Helen Billinghurst and Phil Smith) are joining us as part of their book tour celebrating the launch of Crab and Bee’s Matter of Britain Here’s the plan: Join us 2pm Sunday May 4th outside The Ascension Church, Stretford Road, Hulme. Cra...
Walk 136
Gathering WalkCollecting materials, images, ideas, perceptions...sitting in the bowl-shaped valley over the first hill beyond the hot water swamp where the spring first emerges from the ground, trying to connect to the ground, the hills, forest, grasses, sky, water, the creatures and stories that live here.Location: Boulder, MontanaLength: 5 kmCompanions: NoneDate: 30 September, 2023 [...]
Eaux dites
« Bassins Versants, l’oreille fluante », je fais actuellement une focale sur les milieux bouillonnants, aquatiques, les eaux courantes, dormantes, … Plus
Changes on the Menu
I miss Alf, of course. But Alf’s Cafe still serves the best food around. You can ask anyone, Tommo has done his dad proud. I park outside Alf’s Cafe and get the usual stab of grief in my throat. When I get inside, Tommo is too busy fiddling with his new coffee machine to serve…
