December 3rd Warwick University Writer’s department hosted poet Michael Farrell from Australia. I liked the narrative style of his most recent stuff. Had a conversation with him at the end about the poem Juggle which I thought was called Jungle, Read more…
Harry Ricketts came to share his poetry on Warwick campus today. I am nine months into the PhD and enjoying taking the opportunity to hear creatives speak. It’s not all just sociology and science lectures! Though, I love popping into Read more…
I’ve been spending the last month focusing in on methodology. I’ve returned this week to the concept of emotional intelligence. This time looking more critically at the idea and the abilities I wish to focus on in respect to what Read more…
I just got back from Edinburgh. Went to the Scottish Storytelling Festival for the chance to meet Joanna Geyer Kordesch, who is researching Science, Medicine and the Arts of Illness with funding from the Wellcome Trust. Sadly she is not Read more…
This month my task is to clarify my research questions and methods in greater detail. Today I mind mapped all the ideas I had and formed some questions as follows: Overall research question: Does traditional storytelling have an effect on Read more…
Settling in Settling into Warwick University has been tough with no access to the library for one month. I’ve now officially got access to everything at Warwick. I moved here from Falmouth, Exeter University, with my supervisor Sarah Moss. Read more…
‘what we are born with is what worked best for the last 50,000 human generations’ (Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, p5) In Emotional Intelligence Goleman discusses what happens when ‘passions overwhelm reason.’ Our reactions to the world around us have Read more…
Here is a link to my ebook:- Temptation and Mozarella published by Thistleinthekiss (Edinburgh).
What is an inner library? ‘We carry with us every story we have ever heard and every story we have ever lived, filed away at some deep place in our memory. We carry most of those stories unread, as it Read more…
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am already lucky to be doing research in such an interesting subject area bringing a variety of disciplines together. The real bonus are the nice folk you come across who are equally passionate Read more…