CONNECT | Postcards From Far Away

LIMITED PLACES REMAINING

Intensive 5 day Masterclass by renowned Glass Master Dr Gerry King from Australia celebrating his 40th year in glass. Fully catered lunches, glass and tuition all included.

Edinburgh August 2011.

IT'S raining and the temperature is falling with the wind whipping in from the Firth of Forth. As John Malkovich, one of Hollywood's most famous stars, found out on the city's Royal Mile, these have become the traditional conditions that mark the beginning of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Read More »

If I wanted only to list all the places that I visited in the past week or so, it would exceed the format of a postcard: Newcastle, Whistable, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool …. If I was to list all the names of people that I had the privilege to meet, it would exceed the format of a short story. Read More »

Latitude Festival, I want my money back!Not that I ever had to pay to get in, but seriously: what is the purpose of Read More »

Being sick is not fun, not even in London; trust me. But luckily my employer “The God of Poetry” ( if there was one ), lets me stay in bed and … of course work on poetry: 24 hours. Actually only 12 hours for southern hemisphere, and 12 for northern.

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A weekend away from the Apples and Snakes office gave me a chance to further explore literary and poetry scene in London, including Kiwi contribution.
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I arrived for my internship at Apples and Snakes at a time of severe cuts to government funding of the arts across the UK. Read More »

Although today was my second day in London, it was a day of “firsts”: my very first day in the poetry office! I mean a poetry office that is not my bedroom or a local library or cafe with a wireless internet connection. Read More »

It was a good day, for a Serb, to Arrive in London on the day when Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon tittle. But it was more my New Zealand pacifica style flax top-hat that made me feel victorious, as almost every tourist and passerby noticed it and wanted to have a photos with me. Read More »

I have had a really wild week.

It is has been freezing, snowing and my hands have really struggled with the activities we have carried out out in that cold wintery environment. Read More »

I  wrote an article on the first International Culture|Futures Conference on Culture and Climate Change which I attended in Copenhagen in Dec 09.

I'm a Kiwi who has been living in Ireland these past 15 years, and as I was one of the few there from Ireland I have written it for the Irish arts audience and will distribute it in Ireland. Read More »

Biting the Big Apple: Ila Couch takes the Lomo LC-A for a test drive around the streets of New York City and rediscovers her love of analog photography.

This is a beautiful woman I met and asked her to be in my music video. My friend advised me not to take my handycam into the art gallery where I just wanted some footage in the stairwell - you know galleries : austere, I wanted a labyrinth. . . Read More »