March 26, 2021
Over the four weeks, I’ve been posting a series of writing prompts inspired by some of the places associated with Clayton Hall. I started with the Hall itself, then went to Crumpsall Park, and then Bailey’s Wood. This week, I … Continue reading
March 19, 2021
Over the last three weeks, I’ve been posting a second series of writing prompts inspired by some of the places associated with Clayton Hall. I started with the Hall itself, then went to Crumpsall Park. This week, I moved to … Continue reading
March 13, 2021
Last week, I posted a second series of writing prompts inspired by Clayton Hall. For the next couple of weeks, I’m going to once again travel around the story of the Hall, posting some more prompts inspired by associated places. … Continue reading
March 5, 2021
Due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis and lockdown restrictions, Clayton Hall is still closed to the public. You may remember that last May, as the Hall’s writer-in-residence, I put together some short writing exercises inspired by the Hall and the … Continue reading
May 23, 2020
Over the last three weeks, I’ve been posting writing prompts inspired by some of the places associated with Clayton Hall. I stared with the hall itself, then went to Crumpsall Park. This week, I moved to Bailey’s Wood. Bailey’s Wood … Continue reading
May 17, 2020
Last week, I posted a series of writing prompts inspired by Clayton Hall. For the next couple of weeks, I’m going to be travelling around the story of the hall, and posting prompts inspired by some associated places. This week, … Continue reading
May 9, 2020
Due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis and lockdown, Clayton Hall is currently closed to the public. The volunteers are looking forward to welcoming visitors back to the museum as soon as they’re able to, but in the meantime, as the … Continue reading
May 3, 2020
Last year, Clayton Hall held a ‘Book at Bedtime’ funday event for children and families. They had loads of different activities on, and kids were encouraged to come along dressed as their favourite characters. As the Hall’s writer-in-residence, I was … Continue reading
October 18, 2019
On 14th September, I was at Clayton Hall as writer-in-residence for one of the annual Heritage Open Days. I was writing flash fiction about the hall, based on one-word prompts given by visitors. I asked everyone who popped in for … Continue reading
September 15, 2019
As part of my role as writer-in-residence at Clayton Hall, I was at this year’s Heritage Open Day, writing flash fiction inspired by the hall (and by prompts supplied by visitors to the hall’s open day). I’ll be posting about … Continue reading