Author Archives: tom

The Look of Love

By tom | Published: 29/11/2011

Most of the fundraising projects I work on are with destitute human rights foundations struggling for survival. Exterior events always seem to take place in the doldrums of winter on the streets of London, New York, Paris, Madrid or Den Haag which may sound glamorous but involves dripping tents, mobile blind spots, failing generators, obstreperous [...]

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WORDSTOCK – One Amazing Day

By tom | Published: 14/10/2011

WORDSTOCK began as a twinkle in our collective eyes at a 26 Board meeting: Could it be possible to attract 70 people who are mad about writing and communications to a wordstorming Saturday somewhere in central London? And if so, who so, where so, when so? Approaching likely punters was the easy bit because 26 [...]

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The Hunting of the Shark

By tom | Published: 22/09/2011

  The Hunting of the Shark In August 1986 a 25-foot fibreglass shark was ceremoniously lowered through the roof of a terraced house in Oxford, and triggered a quixotic battle of wills that dragged on for six exhausting years. Commissioned by the writer Bill Heine and made by sculptor John Buckley, the Headington Shark tested [...]

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One amazing day

By tom | Published: 08/09/2011

Spend an exhilarating day with members of 26 developing your writing skills, listening to great writers talking about writing, and enjoy language games designed to expand your horizons

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Fighting for life

By tom | Published: 02/09/2011

Just back from Copenhagen with this interview of Leena Alam by the Danish journalist Lise Thorsen. Leena is an Afghan phenomenon; actor, director and human rights campaigner in a country where the Taliban terrorise anyone involved in dance, music, theatre and film. Lise was visiting Afghanistan on behalf of the Danish Centre for Culture and [...]

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Postcards from Paradise

By tom | Published: 07/07/2011

Who needs the hassle of traffic jams, rammed airports, heaving ferries and bloated beaches when you can hang out at the Southbank. This glorious rolling festival has been the hit of the summer with thrilling exhibitions, ambush fountains, curious pavilions, an allotment in the sky, and an intriguing language installation that has set everyone talking [...]

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Substitutes

By tom | Published: 01/06/2011

If you are in Berlin this weekend perhaps you could stand in for me at a private view on Saturday evening (June 4th). The exhibition is called SUBSTITUTES and I am one of the participants but I’m just too busy in London. The request to replace me is not as frivolous as it sounds, because [...]

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Southbank Centre celebrates the Festival of Britain

By tom | Published: 10/05/2011

The English language is a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up wonder and the great leveller we all have in common.

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Finger Licking Good

By tom | Published: 24/01/2011

The human race has recently discovered what its thumbs are for. Texters and mobile emailers are becoming indigenously thumbidextrous; the nimblest communicating complex messages with the fluency of speech.

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Trust Me I’m A Doctor

By tom | Published: 03/12/2010

Trust Me I’m A Doctor is a 26 second video made for the Helen Bamber Foundation to raise awareness of doctors and psychiatrists involved in torture.

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