Building Dialogues. What’s next for the Westway?
canaleric2023-06-20T14:39:30+00:00“This Space Needs Love” pleads the old headline over a photo of the Westway Highway’s drab underbelly. One side
Kensal Green Cemetery
canaleric2023-04-09T18:02:36+00:00Kensal Green Cemetery, the UK's first private cemetery, occupies the north side of the canal in North Kensington. It's
Sainsburys “Stumpery” breaks ground!
canaleric2023-04-09T16:46:27+00:00Stumperies are a Victorian gardening tradition, artful arrangements of fallen timber that accommodate insects, insectivores, plants… and people. Using a
Climate Slam Champion Nathan Higham
Nathan Higham, a 28-year old theatre maker from Kent, and 30-year old Casey Breeden, a Spanish language teacher from
Pete Doherty on the Floatin’ Mic
canaleric2023-03-29T15:14:26+00:00I didn’t recognise the guy strumming guitar atop my boat. My music critic brother back in America, however, did.
The “GRASSIEST” Grassroots Music Tradition?
canaleric2023-03-25T21:34:42+00:00People have sung for their supper on London streets since Pre-Elizabethan times. And for just as long, authorities have
Science-fed poetry. From farm to table!
canaleric2023-03-04T12:07:23+00:00The problem: A population divided over climate change Research shows that the people most scientifically informed about climate change
Gabriel’s time to carry on ….
22-year old Gabriel Rogers Mullen isn’t your stereotypical rapper. He doesn’t wear any bling. He projects very little attitude. And he’s white.
Spoken Word Poets & Climate Change Researchers meet on Molly Anna
canalmosaic2023-03-22T17:05:59+00:00Bearded and still burly after triple bypass surgery, 60-year old Martin Sanderson walks with a bit of a stoop. His demeanor conveys authority. Government workers in agencies he formerly administered probably got busy when he walked into the room. People still listen when he speaks, from a microphone now, on a stage, delivering spoken word poems, increasingly on the subject of climate change.
How we got here…
canalmosaic2023-02-22T01:42:57+00:00In 1761 Francis Egerton, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, built England’s first modern canal, revolutionising transport, and triggering an investment boom that transformed the nation. Two and a half centuries later his innovation reverberates in the form of 2000 miles of canals and towpaths...