Simon is a photographer and “lens based artist” working in Yorkshire:

My current work is inspired by photographic history and by landscape. In the past few years I have made short films and photographs on both themes. The award of a NESTA research Fellowship is enabling me to develop a new strand of work as a performer/lecturer. I am involved in school education with Creative Partnerships, and as a workshop leader in galleries and museums.

Visit Simon’s website at www.simonwarner.co.uk

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Lily is talking about the One And Only True Love of Her Life:

Septimus Douglas de Winter Hewson.
Very Romantic.
Probably – certainly – Hibernian. Handsome but Heartless.

Most football supporters will get the double-entendre.

TV/Film includes: Monarch of the Glen, Casualty, Comedy Nation, Rab C Nesbitt, The Ring Of Truth, Crime Limited - What About Us?, F.O.T. and Holby City (BBC); Heartless and The Glass (Granada); Gladiatress (Mission Pictures); 100% Proof (Hannaywood Studios); Love is a Four Letter Word (STV); Strictly Sinatra (Saracen St. Productions); Savage Play (Pony Productions); Wheels (Barony Films); Mairi Mhor (Freeway films); The World’s Great Mysteries - Gretna Green (TV Man Union Inc Tokyo).

Theatre includes: Braff’s Neck (Improbable); Playhouse Creatures (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Way of The World and *An Experiement Whith An Airpump (Manchester Royal Exchange), King Lear (Theatre Babel); Monumental (Grid Iron); Diriamba (Theatre Workshop Edinburgh); Cyrando De Bergerac (Lyceum Edinburgh/Almeida/Communicado); Tales of The Arabian Nights (Communicado); Merlin The Magnificent and To Kill A Mockingbird (Edinburgh Lyceum); The King of The Witches and I’ll Be Seeing You (Brunton); The Prince and The Goblin (Dundee Rep); The Straw Choir (Fifth Estate Theatre); Musical Chairs (Wildcat Theatre) and Paddy’s Market (Tron Theatre).

BBC Radio includes: Bricks and Mortals, Dr Finlay: Further Adventures of a Black Bag, An Experiment With An Airpump, Cuba

“O, Princess,
Fear no grasslands with no bounds, as a thousand steeds were there at your disposal;
Fear no mountains covered with snow, as a hundred tamed yaks were your friends,
Fear no rivers with surging waves, as a hundred leather rafts were ready to ferry you over.”

Princess Wencheng was the wife of King Songstan Gambo. She was married to the King in order to bring about the union of two kingdoms.

Read Robert’s writings on the Internet and digital technology at RobertSharp.co.uk

The company’s film work includes: 59 Rodney Street (National Trust); An Introduction to the Royal Botanic Gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh); Follow A Shadow (Simon Warner, Impressions Gallery); A Guide To Yorkshire Rivers (Simon Warner/The Culture Company); Roam Wasn’t Made In A Day (Grid Iron/NTS); The Unrecognized (Adalah/Oxfam).

Video Design for Theatre includes: Waves, and Attempts On Her Life (National Theatre); Satygraha (Improbable/ENO); Death In Venice (ENO); Seven Deadly Sins (Royal Ballet); Alex (Improbable); Black Watch (NTS); Roam and Fierce (Grid Iron); Escapology (Suspect Culture); Borderland (7:84); Arthur, Story of a King (Wee Stories Theatre Company).

Visit the Fifty Nine website to read about Leo’s latest projects…

The special effects for each scene in Sweet Fanny Adams in Hyperspace Eden were rendered using Shake. This is the same programme used on popular fantasy films such as the Lord of the Rings triology.
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Creative Artworks use art and drama to facilitate creativity and expression in others by developing the use of these art forms as tools for communication and learning. They collaborate with event and exhibition organisers, teachers, youth and community workers, and all educators committed to making learning engaging, meaningful and fun.

Writing for Theatre: Burdalane, Villette, The Little Mermaid, The Bone Room, Queueing For Everest

Writing for Spaces: Sweet Fanny Adams in Eden, Ghost, ClickWind.

Writing for Radio: Almost Blue, Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, Me and I, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Rob Roy, From the Waist Up, Wit, Scottish Suffragettes, The Midnight Fox, From The Alleghenies to the Hebrides, Agnes Grey, Burdalane, Islands, A Very Profitable Island? and Meetings With Remarkable Cats.

Visit Judith’s website to read about her current work.

Writing for Theatre: Burdalane, Villette, The Little Mermaid, The Bone Room, Queueing For Everest

Writing for Spaces: Sweet Fanny Adams in Eden, Ghost, ClickWind.

Writing for Radio: Almost Blue, Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, Me and I, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Rob Roy, From the Waist Up, Wit, Scottish Suffragettes, The Midnight Fox, From The Alleghenies to the Hebrides, Agnes Grey, Burdalane, Islands, A Very Profitable Island? and Meetings With Remarkable Cats.

Visit JudithAdams.co.uk for an update on her latest projects.

Marianne North (October 24, 1830 - August 30, 1890), English naturalist and flower-painter, was born at Hastings, the eldest daughter of a Norfolk landowner, descended from Roger North.

She trained as a vocalist under Madame Sainton-Dolby, but her voice failed, and she then devoted herself to painting flowers. After the death of her mother in 1855 she constantly travelled with her father, who was then member of parliament for Hastings; and on his death in 1869 she resolved to realize her early ambition of painting the flora of distant countries.

In 1871-1872 with this object she went to Canada, the United States and Jamaica, and spent a year in Brazil, where she did much of her work at a hut in the depths of a forest. In 1875, after a few months at Tenerife, she began a journey round the world, and for two years was occupied in painting the flora of California, Japan, Borneo, Java and Ceylon.

The year 1878 she spent in India, and after her return she exhibited a number of her drawings in London. Her subsequent offer to present the collection to the botanical gardens at Kew, and to erect a gallery for their reception, was accepted, and the new buildings, designed by James Ferguson, were begun in the same year.

At Darwin’s suggestion she went to Australia in 1880, and for a year painted there and in New Zealand. Her gallery at Kew was opened in 1882. In 1883, after a visit by her to South Africa, an additional room was opened at the Kew gallery, and in 1884-1885 she worked at Seychelles and in Chile.

Miss North died at Alderly in Gloucestershire on the 30th of August 1890. The scientific accuracy with which she represented plant life in all parts of the world gives her work a permanent value.

The pitcher plant species Nepenthes northiana is named in her honour.

The Puppet Lab is a Scottish Charity aiming to entertain and experiment.

Our base in Edinburgh, is a hub for Scottish puppeteers, performers, artists and sculptors who join us to collaborate on all sorts of different projects.

Puppetry is a fantastically rich hybrid art form which bridges the gap between the visual and performance arts.

We’re passionate about puppets and for twenty years we’ve been spreading this enthusiasm throughout Scotland and beyond with our beautifully crafted and imaginative productions.

We always have a huge range of projects on the go, ranging from our much-loved children’s theatre shows and workshops, to acclaimed, innovative adult drama, and ambitious community arts projects. We also have years of experience working professionally in television and film. Have a look at the “News” section to see what we’re doing right now, and what’s up and coming over the next few months.

Theatre includes: The Most Humane Way to Catch a Lobster (Theatre 503); The White Crow (Colchester Mercury Theatre); Phedre (Almeida Theatre Company); Villette (Sheffield Crucible); California Suite (Chester Gateway Theatre)

TV includes: 55 Degrees North, Doctors, Casualty, The Detectives and Daniel Deronda (BBC); Van Der Valke and Titmus Regained (Thames); Poirot (LWT); Goodbye and I Hope We Meet Again (Channel 4).

Sir Harold George Nicolson KCMG (November 21, 1886 – May 1, 1968) was a British diplomatist, author and politician. Nicolson was instrumental in preparing Britain’s policy towards Greece [1]. His philhellenism was matched by notable Turkophobia [2]. He was the husband of writer Vita Sackville-West, and is best remembered today for that relationship, immortalised in their son’s book, Portrait of a Marriage.
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A perennial problem with this technique is the need to create a consistent colour that the computer ca identify and replace. This usually involves complex lighting set-ups. However, Reflect Media’s Chromatte fabric provides a clever short-cut. (more…)

MINA PUTS DOWN HER PAINTBRUSH, PICKS UP A GUN AND SHOOTS AND THE VOICES SCATTER, LAUGHING, ‘JULIA’ (SHOWMAN IN DRAG) ENTERS AND GOES TO THE CAMERA EQUIPMENT SHOWMANJULIA Mina! Dearest! In the sun and no hat! Oh! Don’t, don’t, don’t move! (more…)