Taps the mic – what do you want to hear from me?

Ahem – *taps the mic* – is there anybody out there? Are you still with me? – *checks the mic is … More

Talk notes: ‘A New Chineseness’ – Liverpool Biennial 2016

As part of the supporting events programme for this year’s Liverpool Biennial festival was the talk ‘A New Chineseness’ facilitated … More

Part three of my series of blog posts on 24 hours in London last month (lately, I’m constantly playing catch … More

An MEd and PhD academic interlude (I’m writing far too many words at the moment) to present at the concluding … More

On International Women’s Day (8 March 2016), I received an email from photographer and filmmaker Gemma Thorpe about her current and … More

My Wednesday find – an award winning Chinese book. Order: The Story of Fangyuan Bookshop by Lu Chonghua, designed by Li Jin and … More

On Friday, I attended the two-hour workshop ‘Cultural Understanding for a Global Future’ run by Jo Bloxham from the independent … More

A needed interlude to a world of academia and a universe of words at the moment. Yesterday evening, I facilitated … More

After a full-on conference day on ‘Cities and Territorial Challenges’ at Bury Art Gallery, I managed to catch David Li’s talk ‘Shanzhai … More

This week, I went to Bury, LANCASHIRE, specifically to Bury Art Museum to present at a conference. I type Lancashire in capital … More