October 27, 2023November 14, 2023Black History Month Storytelling, Folktales, Myths, Past Events, Storytelling, Storytelling at Museums, Storytelling Workshops Storytelling at the Society of Antiquaries Yesterday I conjured up a few chants for my stories of Carribean spirits and shapeshifters. It was the first family fun day […]
October 11, 2023October 25, 2023Past Events, Storytelling, Storytelling at Museums Citizen UK exhibition at National Portrait Gallery The wonderful Citizen UK exhibition is now open at the National Portrait Gallery. There’s a portrait hall of fame featuring stories of […]
June 22, 2023July 6, 2023Anansi, Past Events, Storytelling, Storytelling at Museums Storytelling at The Courtauld Gallery I had a brilliant evening storytelling last night for the Unearthing Exhibition at the Courtauld gallery. To ‘unearth’ is to reveal what […]
June 22, 2023July 7, 2023Storytelling at Museums, Writing stories Exploring the natural history of Jamaica As part of my project work on Animating the Caribbean Collections, I visited the British Museum with Dr. Amara Thornton – historian […]
June 16, 2023July 4, 2023Past Events, Storytelling, Storytelling at Museums My Storytelling Residency at the British Library’s Animals Exhibition From darkness with owls, bats & fireflies across the ocean with great whales, onto land in the dry desert with zebras, snakes […]
June 8, 2023June 12, 2023Consultancy, Storytelling, Storytelling at Museums Exploring The Image of the Black in Western Art Project Yesterday was another fascinating and moving morning viewing prints from The Image of the Black in Western Art Project at Senate House […]
May 30, 2023May 30, 2023Storytelling, Storytelling at Museums Recording Oral History for the V&A Museum Yesterday I spent the day recording Jean, from Poplar, East London by way of Belize (formerly British Honduras). The V&A has commissioned […]
May 26, 2023May 30, 2023Consultancy, Storytelling, Storytelling at Museums Exploring the Artifacts of the British Museum Today I had an enlightening day at the British Museum‘s off-site store, getting to interact with Caribbean artifacts for my project with […]
April 26, 2023April 26, 2023Past Events, Storytelling, Storytelling at Museums Earth Day stories at The Story Museum Grumpy geckos and giggling fireflies We had a brilliant day at the Story Museum. They invited me to tell stories to celebrate […]
September 20, 2021March 6, 2026Past Events, Storytelling at Museums, Storytelling Workshops Museum of the Home Tomorrowland 2050 The Tomorrowland is a multimedia project where pupils and teachers from local schools in Hackney (St Paul’s with St Michael’s, […]