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Jarrow Hall ready for opening
Jarrow Hall is the new name for the former home of Bede’s World in South Tyneside. The site has been rebranded as an Anglo-Saxon village, farm and Bede Museum, after…
Read MoreCrafting through the summer holidays
Crafting has kept my kids busy for most of the summer holidays. I planned the six weeks holiday around activities happening in venues across the north east. (In a pretty notebook…
Read MoreFrom Church to Canny Space
Holy Trinity Church is one of the few remaining historic buildings in the east end of Sunderland. Built in 1719 at the heart of a bustling port community, it has…
Read MoreA space for heritage and culture
A space for heritage and culture is set to be created on the site of a former colliery in South Tyneside. Planning permission was granted this week for the £812,000…
Read MoreArt Evolution for creative women
Thanks to the lovely ladies at Sparkle Communications – for introducing me to Victoria Anderson and for letting me steal their blog about her and her business, Art Evolution. It’s a…
Read MoreExploring The Pen Shop calligraphy range
I’m delighted to be blogging for The Pen Shop. You can find my introductory Q&A here, but my first post explores the company’s calligraphy range. I thought it was only fair…
Read MoreOblique holders from English Pen Crafts
Calligraphy has taken a bit of a back seat for Melanie Dayus recently. Frustrated by the lack of oblique pen holders available in the UK, she set about making her…
Read MoreCallicreative app makes good impression
When Manuscript Pen Company announced it was launching an app for budding calligraphers, I was intrigued. Callicreative brings the traditional heritage craft bang into the 21st century, with the aim…
Read MoreCultural Spring – Calligraphy Workshops
I’ve had a lovely mix of novice and more experienced calligraphers at my workshops this term. Several members of the group came to me after completing a calligraphy course with…
Read MoreSangini – The Somme Remembered
Sangini is a Hindi word meaning a companion or friend. Well I certainly made a few new friends when I met the group who took the word as its name.…
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