Free screening of The Man in the White Suit (1951) 2pm, Saturday 18th Oct at The Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington as part of the #britishtextilebiennial programme. I’ll be giving a brief introduction with co-curator of The Synthetic Revolution exhibition Amber Butchart.

Towneley Hall is excited to be hosting the exhibition Pioneers of the Material World as part of the British Textile Biennial, which opens tomorrow! The exhibition shows how clothing made for survival in extreme environments was later redefined for high street fashion and counter culture. See…..

RIP Tony Harrison. Reading 'V' - THE great northern poem of the last 50 years - at 13 years old blew my mind apart. famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/tony_h...

Busy install week at The Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington with my co-curator Amber Butchart. The Synthetic Revolution tells the Lancashire story of the invention of polyester for the 2025 British Textile Biennial. Opens 2nd October.

Beautiful night at #durhambrass listening to @billryderjones.bsky.social play Iechyd Da with #nasuwtriversideband

First light above Haworth and a trip over the moors to see #wilduplands @bradford2025.co.uk #stevemessam #thetower

First light at the Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley for the beginning of #thebradfordprogress @bradford2025.co.uk @paraorchestra.bsky.social @commonerschoir.bsky.social

Allotment early morning, Shipley, West Yorkshire.

Allotment evenings return at last along with the allotment cat, last seen in August last year.

I was commissioned by @dadafest.bsky.social to make a sculpture, and I made one out of charity collecting cans to spell out the word 'RAGE'. I made a film of me making the sculpture and reciting my poem 'We Need More Disabled Rage' youtu.be/SoqqpvgFfFo?...

Reflected light, Stott Hill, Bradford

☕️ It's notoriously difficult to list or preserve the intangible heritage of caffs, so this an interesting curatorial alternative. Fountains Coffee House & Grill in Bradford's Oastler Centre opened 1968, closed 2023. Now several original fixtures have gone on display at @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social

Inspiring week in Ghent working on the International Winter School Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing organised by #TOON and @bartdenil.bsky.social Projects supporting displaced people using creative health 1/2

Happy #SaintBlaise Day! 200 years ago the largest St. Blaise celebration took place in #Bradford. This Bradford Museums blog I wrote a few years ago details the Blaise procession of 1825 . 🧶🧵🎉 bradfordmuseums.org/bradford-and...

Okay, I’m biased but who wouldn’t love this… www.williamhalstead.co.uk/bradford-cit...

One of my favourite emails of the year today - my PLR statement telling me the number of times my books were borrowed from public libraries in the last year. It makes me so happy to know that they are out there and still being read…

Pleased to have contributed to the new Cultures of Creative Health book from @hudunipress.bsky.social edited by Rowan Bailey. I wrote about a project connecting Bradford groups to the work of embroiderer and educator Louisa Pesel (1870-1947).

Excited to be able to share this bradford2025.co.uk/event/we-wil...

Such a good start to Bradford’s #cityofculture year last night at RISE despite the freezing temperatures. A truly community centred piece of performance and I loved the way the architecture of the centre of the city played a part.

Very snowy allotment visit in Shipley W.Yorks this morning.

Day 2 at #cmh24 Guislain Museum, Ghent. Workshop sessions and plenary with Manon Parry, Nils Fietje and Sarah Linn.

Writing about madder root and post-industrial East Lancashire today with some grown at a project there and a Turkey red dyed handkerchief on my desk for inspiration. The area around Accrington was an important part of this industry in the mid 19th century #localcolour #textile

Autumnal gloom at the allotment this afternoon…

Recording the last week through hand stitch. My stitch journal is a daily practice now in its 10th year. A way of reflecting and thinking through my making and research.