Illuminated York: 31 Oct
On the last weekend in October the Illuminating York festival drew large crowds to the city centre. After some discussion the York Stories Collective decided against that and went on a … More …
Launch event
So, this online presence for the York Stories Collective has been hanging around for months with only the York Stories Collective reading it, because search engines have been discouraged from … More …
Snickets and the locally distinctive
“Pedantic perhaps – but when our heritage is being commodified and taken from us, sold back to us as an ‘experience’ then these minor things are quite irritating.”
(http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/forum/2010/077.html)
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Painted over, part 1
In 2014 and 2015 alleyways in York city centre had poems stencilled on their walls, as part of a project, as part of the York Festival of Ideas.
I hadn’t … More …
Looking for trouble? … Micklegate run, part 1
Ouse Bridge, Saturday night. A Saturday night when the races were on. A short film.
According to press reports over the summer York has become a ‘no go’ area at … More …