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A Doe, A Deer – Caught by the River. A nice bit of writing from man of letters Ben Myers on CBTR. I saw a deer in north Yorkshire myself one day. It ran along the side of the car for a short moment and then was gone.

You can download sound files of the day here. Listen to the speakers on the day.

Can the arts and artists make a valuable contribution to a neighbourhood?

The event took place at the Knutton Road Studios, part of the new SOAR Works mixed-use development, in the heart of Parson Cross neighbourhood, Sheffield. This innovative model of culture within regeneration and housing renewal initiatives was a starting point for imagining the role that artists and studios could play within the ongoing development of a community.

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‘Ink & Paper’ documentary by Ben Proudfoot – A Blog about Typography, Letterpress and Printing History | News from Typoretum.

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Lady GaGa is fascinating. Like a delicate butterfly she astonishes
with her performances and personae. Here she talks almost endlessly
about limitlessness in response to a question from Marina Abramovic.
I really respect the intensity with which she responds

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BBC – BBC Radio 4 Programmes – The Print Master. I met Susan up in Newcastle at Northern Print’s wonderful International Print Biennale. And actually as it happens I met Stanley Jones at the Curwen Press a little over 18 months ago. You can listen to what happened when Susan met Stanley on iPlayer for the next few days

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Adam Mars-Jones reviews ‘Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?’ by Jeanette Winterson · LRB 26 January 2012. This is a really interesting and considered review of Jeanette Winterson’s latest book. It has interesting personal anecdotes and makes some interesting comparisons with JW’s writing.

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This looks like an interesting development in the east of London.