‘…what if we could change our relationship with the end by shifting our perspective on it? The first step might be dwelling more profoundly in the here and now where our crises amass, rather than focusing on the boogeyman future.’ nytimes.com/2024/04/11/boo…

Yulia Navalnaya:

‘Sharing his story will not only honor his memory but also inspire others to stand up for what is right and to never lose sight of the values that truly matter.’

nytimes.com/2024/04/11/boo…

Melanie Kay Kelly on triffids and the Great Reading Adventure, one of our favourite projects:

‘The Great Reading Adventure showed the magic of reading and of sharing that experience with others.’

bristolideas.co.uk/read/the-day-o…

This is tomorrow! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼🎉🎉

We’ve got two films this weekend in our New York City on film season Watershed with Film Noir UK: Sweet Smell of Success and After Hours. bristolideas.co.uk/projects/nyc-o…

I hope we’ll be able to do an event with Will on his new book. Always worth reading.

Always good to get a finished copy of a book you have helped with. We’re launching this 2 May at Waterstones. Book here: waterstones.com/events/the-wes…

Last 24hrs to apply for our Communications Manager (Creative Technology) role!

A brilliant role that manages the marketing and comms for our creative tech programme (including Immersive Arts, Undershed, Pervasive Media Studio + other projects).
Read more and apply!
watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportuni…

Simon Armitage in #Bristol @lyrafest 🎉🎉🎉 have you got your tickets yet? ♥️🎉♥️

Sorry to read this. Peter Higgs spoke in our festival about Dirac, bring inspired by him and his time at Cotham School. He was a quiet man who had huge impact.
thetimes.co.uk/article/840a22…

Another great Bristol Ideas #JamesBaldwin event this evening. As usual too slow to put up my hand in Q&A (which was as brilliant as the film). Wanted to ask…

John Savage writes about Harbourside and culture in the latest in our series on Bristol Ideas. I spent much of the period 1993-2000 working on the renewal of Harbourside. 

bristolideas.co.uk/read/harboursi…

New poem by Vanessa Kisuule - Vanessa Kisuule - for us and it’s about cinemagoing. Perfect timing as Vanessa will be with us tonight Watershed talking about James Baldwin and film. bristolideas.co.uk/read/midday-sc…

I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Dirs: Dick Fontaine & Pat Hartley 1982) remains a timely & layered interrogation of American history. #JamesBaldwin ‘s astute reflections are a reminder of the necessity for ongoing action.

See it tonight at 6pm Watershed c/o Bristol Ideas

Tonight Watershed. Booking details here: bristolideas.co.uk/attend/i-heard…

Looking forward to this very much. I hope we can do work around this on cities as part of our Festival of the Future City.

Glad to see Jenny Erpenbeck’s Kairos on the shortlist for the International Booker Prize. I wrote about it for the Guardian. amp.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun…

One of the finest events we ever did was with Michael Palin. A wonderful man. theguardian.com/culture/2024/a…

Much looking forward to this. I've already read some of the anecdotes found by Robin (best known as a film/ music journo Bristol24/7). Pure gold.

One of the best projects we have run.