The Henry Buckmaster Short Story Competition
We are proud supporters of The St. Elizabeth Hospice. You can support the Hospice and get creative with your writing talent by entering the The Henry Buckmaster Short Story Competition. Tell your story and support those who work to help others! ( We are remembering...
Seasonal best wishes to all our readers!
Happy Seasonal Holiday from all the consEAST team! Could you do it? Supporting St. Elizabeth Hospice in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK this season This year will be the 16th annual Christmas Day dip for St. Elizabeth Hospice. Brave souls can see more about this fabulously refreshing...
Donating this Autumn and Winter?
Here at ConsEast Towers we are already planning the new season voluntary and fund-raising support. This year we are supporting St. Elizabeth Hospice in Ipswich. If you are within reach of the hospice, and have time and skills to help the team deliver this great,...
It’s never too early for a JDRF UK Christmas card!
It’s that time of year again. When we hope we are early enough to persuade you to buy your 2019 Christmas cards from JDRF. This year, as well as the usual well designed, delightful cards, you can choose a virtual gift to support JDRF. Every...
Cambridge Open Art 2019 diary date!
Dates of the next Cambridge Open Art Exhibition are: Friday 11th October 2019 to Sunday 13th October 2019 At Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey CB24 4RS See more of the work of the Cambridge Open Art Exhibition – https://coax.org.uk You can join the COAE...
Seasonal best wishes for 2019
We hope our readers have enjoyed the contributions to consEast this year. We look forward to supporting the work into the New Year. Best wishes from all at SmithMartin LLP – supporting voluntary projects across our region wherever we can – at any time...
Applications for British Science Week 2019
The application process for grants to support British Science Week in 2019 is still open. British Science Week will next take place between 8th-17th March, 2019. The application process involves thematic grants for school, community groups and one for the British Science Association branches. You...
Reflecting on glass!
We have been sinking deep into the sofa in the evenings to follow the craft, technique and skill offered to viewers in the BBC 2 broadcast The Repair Shop. As well as offering craft and artistry of the highest calibre, the programme is the perfect...
Arts & Business news
Just updated: 17th September 2018 This great exhibition is almost upon us. You can view, print or download the full exhibition catalogue here. We recently ran an article on our pages about the Cambridge Open Art Exhibition 2018. Well the deadline for the submission...
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Innovation in architecture
- masaki ihara integrates house with tiered foundation into small japanese mountain January 20, 2021the staggered configuration follows the incline of the site, to settle harmoniously within the local topography. The post masaki ihara integrates house with tiered foundation into small japanese mountain appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.Masaki Ihara
- ‘blackstone M+’ music hotel combines traditional shanghai style with art deco elements January 20, 2021classical decorations are well preserved, highlighted with new vitality thanks to the 'trendy' spatial alterations and additions. The post ‘blackstone M+’ music hotel combines traditional shanghai style with art deco elements appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.WJID
- TRAMA arquitetos aligns ‘cork trees house’ with the landscape of northern portugal January 19, 2021the dwelling has been designed to benefit from sunlight throughout the day, and to take in the sweeping views across the mountains and valleys that surround the site. The post TRAMA arquitetos aligns ‘cork trees house’ with the landscape of northern portugal appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.philip stevens I designboom
- studio APL + tai-yi associates turn a military bunker into a multimedia gallery in taiwan January 19, 2021the bunker is now a place for people to re-experience the horrors of war and to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives. The post studio APL + tai-yi associates turn a military bunker into a multimedia gallery in taiwan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.APL Studio
Women, reading and writing in Glasgow
- January Covid-19 Closures January 6, 2021In line with current Scottish Government law and guidance relating to Covid-19, the Glasgow Women's Library building will now remain closed until at least 31st January 2021, but we'll continue to deliver online events and bring you ways to get involved with our work digitally.GWL
- GWL’s Winter SurThrival Kit December 16, 2020GWL’s Winter SurThrival Kit With our building now closed for the festive season we wanted to find a way to bring some of that feel-good GWL warmth and cheer into your homes. So, we’ve put together a holiday hamper of sorts, something which we are calling our Winter SurThrival Kit. We hope that this toolkit helps you to […]Naomi Brown
- Best feel-good books: comfort reads you can enjoy over the winter months December 15, 2020It might be cold, dreich and dark outside but there’s plenty to love about winter: the chilly, grey days are the perfect excuse to stay inside and indulge in one of our favourite pastimes, reading. The Danish concept of hygge is still having its moment, and for good reason: it encourages us to indulge in […]Naomi Brown
- Documenting the New Normal: a small selection December 15, 2020Since the initial lockdown began on 23rd March, several of our wonderful Glasgow Women’s Library volunteers have been sharing weekly reflections, diaries and creative writing. As well as being fun, this has been a great way of checking in with each other. Each piece of writing provides a different perspective on the pandemic. We’re delighted to share a selection of these […]Naomi Brown
- Nature Writing Activities December 14, 2020Here are some activities you can do while spending time in your local park, woods, nature reserve, or any natural place, to help you do some creative writing. You can respond to these in any language (or combination of languages), and there’s no wrong answers. You can adapt these to do inside your home or […]Naomi Brown
Hyper Allergic to the arts?
- The Living Legacy of the Kamoinge Workshop, a Force in Black Photography January 20, 2021The influential collective created a rigorous yet non-hierarchical sphere of influence, which challenges the very tidiness of retrospectives like Working Together.
- Chicago Promises $2.5 Million in Grants to Artists and Art Organizations January 20, 2021The city will allocate $500,000 to commission up to 10 public artworks; $250,000 for small local projects; and $1.7 million for nonprofit arts organizations throughout Chicago.
- The Story of the Scorched Melania Trump Sculpture in Slovenia January 19, 2021This peculiar monument to the worst FLOTUS in recent memory is rather fitting.
- Trump Executive Order Ironically Includes Statue for Banality of Evil Author Hannah Arendt January 19, 2021The order also decrees new monuments for figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Alex Trebek, and Aretha Franklin.
- A Nigerian Art Gallery Opens a Los Angeles Outpost With a Show on Women Artists January 19, 2021“I wanted to present women creating from a different perspective than the US audience might be familiar with,” said the founder of Rele Gallery.
Digital Art – the news
- Why Clearpay created its own Pantone colour October 21, 2020Bondi Mint was created by Pantone to link Clearpay back to the company's Australian heritage.Geoff Seeley
- Apple updates Final Cut Pro X with social media tools, more August 25, 2020New version 10.4.9 of Apple's video-editing software now available for download from the Mac App StoreMikael Markander
- Marco Oggian's Dreams and Nightmares explores our global anxiety in 2020 August 6, 2020Dreamlike visions come to life for real world exhibition.Giacomo Lee
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Into the library vortex…
We have, with our new Libraries news-feed page, given our readers the opportunity to keep up with latest news from across the UK. We are rotating our topical feeds across University libraries, feminist collections and featuring, as we must, the go to public library resource, PLN. Library image by Jaredd Craig... Read more hereDid you see this too?
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Michael Morpurgo at Seven Stories
Continuing our theme of ‘Northern Energy’, we were in Newcastle upon Tyne this week and, on Friday afternoon, took time to visit Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books. They have an important exhibition and research project into the donated archive of the writer Michael Morpurgo. Below is what we thought. Read more here…
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