Giancarlo Facchinetti has a Fine Art degree from the University of Wolverhampton. He is a sculptor, a musician, and sound artist. He has worked alongside poets Emma Purshouse and Nadia Kingsley, and astrophysicist Professor Trevor Ponman to create and perform in E-X-P-A-N-D-I-N-G: The history of the Universe in 45 minutes, within a mobile planetarium dome […]
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Comments about the DIVERSIFLY project
I have just submitted the DIVERSIFLY evaluation report to the Arts Council England. I had collected screenshots of tweets and facebook posts as well as some comments that came through on email – and so I thought I would share some of them with you. DIVERSIFLY the book was recently on the longlist for the […]
DIVERSIFLY podcast #7: Gillian Clarke
Welcome to the last-but-not-least of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. As Gillian Clarke brought her first collection out in the Nineteen Seventies I decided to throw the tricky question of what is poetry at her feet. This, and all her answers reflect her generous generous core and great passion for the Natural World, and […]
DIVERSIFLY podcast #6: Richard Osmond
Welcome to the sixth of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. Richard Osmond has been foraging for mushrooms since childhood, but it was only when he became dependent on it for his livelihood did his skills really develop. In conversation with Nadia Kingsley he talks about the influence of meieaval literature and other influences; and […]
DIVERSIFLY podcast #5: Katrina Porteous
Welcome to the fifth of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. Many years ago Katrina Porteous moved to a working fishing village on the Northumberland coast. She tells Nadia Kingsley about it, and about what she is most interested in exploring and writing about, as well as some of her collaborative projects and radio poems. […]
DIVERSIFLY podcast #4: Alison Brackenbury
Welcome to the fourth of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. Alison Brackenbury lives in town. But her roots and her heart are firmly in the countryside. She talks with Nadia Kingsley about her writing process, and her family’s infuence; and she reads some of her poems. ENJOY!!!!
DIVERSIFLY podcast #3 – David Morley
Welcome to the third of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. David Morley was a research scientist first, before becoming a University Professor in Creative Writing – and this has affected what he writes about and how he writes about a subject at a very deep level. He talks with Nadia Kingsley about “fiction” and […]
DIVERSIFLY podcast #3: David Morley
Welcome to the third of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. David Morley was a research scientist first, before becoming a University Professor in Creative Writing – and this has affected what he writes about and how he writes about a subject at a very deep level. He talks with Nadia Kingsley about “fiction” and […]
DIVERSIFLY podcast #2: Chris Kinsey
Welcome to the second of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. Chris Kinsey has always lived near a river and can’t imagine life, or poetry, without a river. In this podcast she talks with Nadia Kingsley about her childhood influences and explains why walking a greyhound (or two) has honed her skills of observation; and […]
