by StaceyW | Oct 18, 2009 | Life, Travel
Autumn is most definitely with us now. In the last two weeks, the weather has got progressively colder, and the days shorter, although we have only had one real day of rain here in the middle of England. The sun is much lower in the sky and walking Charlie in the...
by StaceyW | Oct 6, 2009 | Art, Education
This is a long post as I want to tell you about an important local event. This weekend was the start of the British Ceramics Biennale in Stoke-on-Trent. This initiative, in the home of British Ceramics, is a tremendous event both for ceramics in the UK and also for...
by StaceyW | Sep 27, 2009 | Philosophy, Weaving
A couple of days ago I was threading up my loom, listening to my Zen (similar to an iPod) which was randomly selecting tunes from my collection of classical, jazz and popular music. It’s a great way to listen, never knowing whether the next track will be some Brahms,...
by StaceyW | Sep 20, 2009 | Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology
In this quarter’s Philosophy Magazine, there is an article asking Where Are All the Women? Whilst there are roughly even numbers of men and women studying philosophy at undergraduate level, that number begins to have a male bias at MA level, and more so at PhD level,...
by StaceyW | Sep 13, 2009 | Education, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
Thursday was a big day for handweavers in the UK. Or at least for some of us! Handweavers Studio, which was the brainchild and baby of Nancy Lee Child, was re-opened in a new more central location with a lot more space and under new management. Nancy has finally...
