Sauna bathing in Tasmania

5th September 2015By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

Ilana is in Tasmania at the moment, with an installation of Sauna Nation for Junction Arts Festival in Launceston.  These saunas have been built by University of Tasmania School of Architecture and Design, and set up by the staff and …

Some sweaty challenges

25th May 2015By Ilana MitchellBlog: What if... No Comments

In preparation for a trip to Junction Arts Festival later this year, I’ve been doing some more thinking about saunas. Turkish Salad Bath, anyone? After closing the City Pool in 2013, Newcastle City Council has opened up to offers “to …

How to review a human book

17th October 2014By Sally FlemonsNews No Comments

The legendary Human Library is about to open its doors in Bedfordshire and Newcastle. In Bedfordshire, the shelves are bulging with gripping stories waiting to be read including Lazy Single Mother, Lonely Gays in the Village and Happy To Be …

How Nightwalks looked and felt

29th July 2014By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

If you see anyone with a messy or cartoon henna tattoo in Newcastle it’s very possible they were with us on our Nightwalks With Teenagers on Fri or Sat night. Giving each other multiple tattoos in a field of cows (Friday) and …

A Book’s View

5th December 2013By Ilana MitchellBlog: What if... No Comments

Donna William‘s, one of our Bristol Human Library books wrote a blog about her experience for The Limping Chicken – the UK’s independent deaf news and deaf blogs website. With their permission we’ve reproduced it here.  Full blog, which has many interesting reader …

To Make The Stone Stoney

25th October 2013By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

We’re wrapping up Nicola Singh and xsite architecture‘s two-year Life Without Buildings project with a series of discussions in evenings in Nov and Dec.  Whether or not you took part in 2011’s bike tour, or this year’s In Praise of Shadows or We Stand Out The Most When We Stand …