marysmith.co.uk
Mary Smith - Author and Poet
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Welcome to my website. I hope you will enjoy looking around the various sections to find out more about me and my books and other writing work. I love hearing from readers so please feel free to contact me. If you have any questions, would like me to visit your book group or run a creative writing workshop. I write non-fiction – both full length and features for a variety of publications – fiction and poetry. And sculptor Matt Baker. My novel No More Mulberries. As the summer ends and autumn approaches t...
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Sacrificial Materials: Finding my feet in Stranraer
http://sacrificialmaterials.blogspot.com/2010/04/finding-my-feet-in-stranraer.html
Art and Public Space. Research Topics and Speculation about Art and Public Space by Scottish Citizen and artist Matt Baker. Thursday, 22 April 2010. Finding my feet in Stranraer. John Pickin at Stranraer museum gave me this wonderful visualisation of a previous 'regeneration' attempt around the Castle in Stranraer from 1967. This is a similar view today of the space that I am commissioned to work with:. To the west of the square is an empty branch of WHSmiths:. Graffiti from the top of the castle. Http:/...
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The Govan Stones : TIMELINE
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Govan and linthouse parish. The Govan Stones: Timeline. The church and the ceremonial hill at Govan are part of the kingdom of the Clyde Britons which is ruled from Dumbarton Rock. The king of Dumbarton has just won a great victory over the Scots of Dalriada (now Argyll) and has become one of the most powerful kings in the British Isles. A new power appears in the seas around Britain and Ireland around AD 800 - Viking raiders from Norway and Denmark. In 870. A sculptural tradition known as 'The Govan Sch...
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Moonage Daydreams - Lesley Riddoch interview: Could Scotland Blossom? | All Back To Bowie's
http://www.allbacktobowies.com/podcast/all-back-to-bowies-fri-15-aug-2014-lesley-riddoch-interview-could-scotland-blossom
All Back To Bowie's. Talk To Me, Don’t Talk To Me. Where Are We Now? All Back To Bowie’s – Fri 15 Aug 2014. August 25, 2014. Lesley Riddoch interview – Could Scotland Blossom? I was a bit giddy with the thrill of meeting Lesley Riddoch. I’ve been a fan of her since her BBC Radio Scotland days and followed her writing about the Eigg buyout with fascination. But since the referendum and her book Blossom. Http:/ www.allbacktobowies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/All-Back-To-Bowies-150814.mp3. All Back To Bo...
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Curatorial Team | The Stove Network
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About the workings of the Curatorial Team. Bringing ideas for development with The Stove Network. Our approach to commissioning and contracting. Is at the heart of The Stove Network’s artist-led and collective vision. It is, in effect, the ‘collective artistic director’ of The Stove. The Curatorial Team (CT) is convened by an Orchestrator (also a member of the CT) who leads the Operations Team. Katharine at thestove.org. Katie at thestove.org. Linda at thestove.org. Martin at thestove.org.
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Sacrificial Materials: Movements of Affirmation - Yes
http://sacrificialmaterials.blogspot.com/2014/09/movements-of-affirmation-yes.html
Art and Public Space. Research Topics and Speculation about Art and Public Space by Scottish Citizen and artist Matt Baker. Friday, 19 September 2014. Movements of Affirmation - Yes. This is our movement – we feel it deep in our souls and we love it. It is like being in a band with everyone riffing off each other, ideas grow from what seems like nowhere – each is shared, re-shaped and added to. We build and we believe. At the core of the Yes movement is the unshakeable confidence we each have in each oth...
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Sacrificial Materials: A Collective Noun for Artists - 'a valuable difference'
http://sacrificialmaterials.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-collective-noun-for-artists-valuable.html
Art and Public Space. Research Topics and Speculation about Art and Public Space by Scottish Citizen and artist Matt Baker. Monday, 17 June 2013. A Collective Noun for Artists - 'a valuable difference'. The only way that I find I can build a working and trusting relationship with people in such projects is to start from a position of equal uncertainty about what the outcome will be. If there is a suggestion that I already have an end result in mind, the project is doomed to failure. I felt a huge energy ...
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