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Tag: Welfare State International

Innocence and experience: John Fox’s songs

Regular readers (thank you for your interest) will know my admiration and affection for John Fox, Sue Gill and the … More

Community music, Music, Welfare State International

What we have lost, and what we hold to still

I am looking up at the third floor window of number 36 – smaller than the windows below. We know there is a window seat inside. It’s where the midwife sat, almost 18 years ago, as our daughter Hannah gave birth to Rosa May, her second child, at 6am on a clear spring morning.

Welfare State International

‘Brave people with big eyes’

The end of Welfare State Ulverston is a country town a mile or two from Morecambe Bay, in North West … More

Art practice, Art work with people, community, Community art, Community music, Community theatre, John Fox, Quality, Sue Gill, Theatre, Welfare State International

Lanterns on the Cabbage Field

Ed Carroll and Vita Gelūnienė live in Kaunas (Lithuania) where they have been exploring ways of creating community art for … More

Lanterns, Lithuania, Performance, Puppets, Welfare State International

English visionaries: John Fox, Sue Gill and Welfare State

A few weeks ago, I spent a day with John Fox and Sue Gill at their home on Morecambe Bay. … More

Community art, John Fox, Sue Gill, Welfare State International

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