Clarice Cliff (1899-1972), recognized as one of the major and most prolific Art Deco ceramics designer of the 20thC #WomensArt

Children with early life trauma are earthquake detectors. 🫨🕵️

Problem is... they are very, very good at detection. Too good.

Stick with me on this... 🧵👇

D O U G I E M A C 💘

A few weeks ago I was asked to volunteer and help spread the word about volunteering at Dougie Mac

I hosted a fun and relaxed painting workshop for a group of both men and woman at the Bereaved carers group in the well being centre in Barlaston 🎨

YMCA North Staffordshire and Kreative Foundations are here for you! Come along to a session all about confidence building using art to overcome barriers!
The sessions will run on

13/05/2024
10/06/2024
24/06/2024
08/07/2024
22/07/2024

And will be held at The West End Centre and Café, London Road, Stoke

Fantastic opportunity to be a part of the conversation around how we can help the local music scene thrive. Some brilliant ideas and points raised by those in bands, and the wider industry. Stoke has too long been overlooked - but we’re hoping to kickstart a cultural change 🫶🏻

Shocking news about Steve Albini.
Do read this incredible profile by Jeremy Gordon which captures SA in all his brilliant, complicated, obtuse glory. The biggest takeaway is that he was a guy who was prepared to listen and change his mind - a rare quality theguardian.com/music/2023/aug…

13 Kenilworth Road by Tish Murtha. From the series Youth Unemployment (1981).

Photo © Ella Murtha, all rights reserved.

RIP Steve Albini

We’re looking for our next Chief Executive✨

This is a rare opportunity for an inspirational leader, adept at strategic thinking and with a passion for our vision and values, to join us and to make a lasting difference.

🗓️Apply by 2 June

Learn more👇
phf.org.uk/jobs/#chief-ex…

Good friends and good times!✨

A group of YMCA Staff and young people took advantage of the beautiful weather and went canoeing! 🙌🛶

#YMCA

Absolutely amazing news.
Excellent work as always from the Portland Inn team 👏

A bit of news....

After more than 10 years, my column in today's Sentinel is my last

My thanks to everyone who's ever helped and supported me, and respect and gratitude to those who have engaged with it

I'll still be around, but for now, the last word 👇

🚨NEWS! SXSW Heading to London in 2025! ⁦Sadiq Khan⁩ “I am delighted to welcome SXSW to London for the first time ever—confirming our place at the heart of Europe’s tech & creative sectors & as a global capital of culture”✨⁦SXSW⁩ hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-n…

A full-scale assault on Rafah would be a human catastrophe.

Countless more civilian casualties.

Countless more families forced to flee yet again – with nowhere safe to go.

Meanwhile, the repercussions will be felt far beyond, in the occupied West Bank, and across the region.

We LOVED Carnival Club with Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff

Three historic bottle kilns, known as Three Sisters, have been repaired and restored at Bournes Bank in Burslem.

The site is currently being developed into a new housing estate for 43 two and three-bed homes.

👉Read the full story here: bit.ly/4afV4Ot

SHEFFIELD YOU WERE STUNNING The Leadmill LOVED kicking off the night for the legends THE REYTONS #sheffield #theleadmill #allreytons

We are delighted to announce that we were successful in our bid for Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Telford & Wrekin from Sept 2024, delivering & supporting the aims of the National Plan for Music Education.  (Cont. in comments). More here:
artscouncil.org.uk/creative-matte…

This needs to stop

Theatre Club is just one of the best things we do YMCA North Staffordshire.

Such an engaging programme & we are now looking for funding for the next 12 months.

Providing young people with positive experiences really does change lives.

Huge thanks @claybodytheatre Deborah McAndrew conrad nelson