Matt Perry reviews Northern Stage‘s recent production of The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff
Continue readingFrom Stockton to Jarama: Recalling those who fought Franco’s fascists from the North East
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Fed Up: the Sonic Narrative
Sound Artist, Sound Designer, and Abstract Composer Matthew Tuckey reflects on the creation of an abstract sound composition in response to the Oral History Unit & Collective’s research with the Newcastle West End Foodbank.
Continue readingUsing imagination to connect with the recent and deep past
For many – maybe most – of us, imagination is what gets us interested in history in the first place. Recently, the oral history collective have been having a lot of conversations about the connections between oral history and creative practice, including creative interpretation of history. In this post, Alison Atkinson-Phillips takes us on a winding journey of reflection on oral history and imagination, and offers a round-up of some local examples.