A gentle plea for a small change to the way we describe the place we call home
The words we use matter … don’t they? This is either a chip on my shoulder or a gallant crusade (you decide) but I’ve now heard too many good people doing good work using a bad word.
I’ve started a year-long collaboration with poverty-fighting organisation Point North
Really happy to say I've recently embarked on a year-long commission with Point North (formerly Durham Community Foundation) to help them document the vital work they do fighting poverty and enriching lives across County Durham and the Tees Valley.
Test screening of Ghost Train featured in The Northern Echo
Report of Ghost Train test screenings in The Northern Echo
I’m a Durham Creative Community Fellow in 2025
I’m delighted to say I have been awarded a place on the Durham Creative Community Fellowship programme, which frankly looks absolutely mint. Especially pleased to see a number of familiar faces amongst my fellow-fellows, and all of them super canny Durham creatives.
Sucessful test screenings of Ghost Train at Beamish Museum’s Grand Cinema
On Monday 10 February, an early edit of my documentary film Ghost Train was screened twice at the Grand Cinema in the new 1950’s Town at Beamish Museum, to small audiences which included contributors to the film, to gather feedback and help shape the forthcoming final version.
A Map of The ‘Category D’ Villages of Durham
I’ve created an interactive map of County Durham’s “Category D” villages, which you can view below. “Category D” was part of a plan initiated in 1951 that basically identified settlements Durham County Council would no longer invest in, and therefore effectively allow to decline to the point of uninhabitability.