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Articles 19 and 20 of the International Declaration of Human Rights make it clear that the right to peaceful protest is a human right.
This government is following the last one in making it more and more difficult for citizens to peacefully protest.

The government is trying to reduce migrant numbers to pander to the Far Right by making it difficult for the skilled workers we need to come here.
The system will not survive without them - not just the NHS, agricultural workers, prisons .....
So the

First banner made and displayed at today’s York Unity Rally against racism and to show our support for refugees from n the City of Sanctuary.
Great speakers, including @rachael_maskell , thoughtful as always.
This is the first in what will be

This quilt, Uprooted, was inspired by the Hallville Canadian Red Cross quilt in the Quilters’ Guild Collection.
Arising from my studies at Bradford School of Art, it was made to raise awareness of the plight of refugees who are still being upr

Now they’ve been gifted I can post.
I’m experimenting with slow stitching vessels.
Using @kzstevens Japanese rice bag for the structure, and making the outer wall from beautiful linen scraps from @eliza.lamb.designs
Learning with each

An excellent visit to the @seam_collective exhibition in Somerton today.
Lots of food for thought.
#sustainability #sustainabletextiles #textileart

An excellent introduction to tapestry weaving with @fionahutchisontapestry at @dovecotstudios
Many thanks to Fiona for a great day, to @pinehillnotes for encouraging me to d this.
And of course to @_.hannah_robson for starting me off on my weaving

Have discovered the amazing textile artist group @colormindsartquilts at Festival of Quilts.
Their colour explorations are wonderful. Just the thing for the #fdasummerproject @bradfordtextiles
These are mostly details of work to identify textures.

Uprooted
The Canadian Red Cross Hallville Quilt was made by women in Hallville, Ontario, and given to a family in England who had  been bombed out of their home during the second world war. A quilt signifies warmth, comfort, and security, and th

Inside pages
While headlines are full of Trump, or the latest doings of a celebrity, there are wars going on across the world, people being displaced, losing their homes. When even refugee camps are being attacked, and it still doesn’t make the

West Coast Life

Mar 15

Mar 15 West Coast Life

Getting things done with a Bullet Journal and the Midori notebook system

Apr 29

Apr 29 Getting things done with a Bullet Journal and the Midori notebook system

Apr 16

Apr 16 Family history

Dec 27

Dec 27 Christmas soup

A walk on the walls

Dec 16

Dec 16 A walk on the walls

Dec 11

Dec 11 Haar

Dec 7
Dec 7 Colour Journal Project

Dec 6
Dec 6 Ganbatte! 頑張って

Dec 5
Dec 5 Returning to blogging world

Aug 13
Aug 13 Making Games - and now its all over!

Aug 6
Aug 6 First Games shift

Aug 5
Aug 5 London 2012 - first post

Jun 22
Jun 22 Its been a long time

Jan 9
Jan 9 So far so good....

Jan 2
Jan 2 Losing it

Nov 20
Nov 20 Walking in the City

Nov 13
Nov 13 What I did at the weekend

Nov 6
Nov 6 Walking not blogging

Sep 20
Sep 20 Walking is good

Sep 10
Sep 10 30 minutes