(North East) Songwriters in Conversation
Project summary A series of events hosted by Richard O’Brien in which songwriters from across the North East give short public […]
Arts & Heritage
The Interpreting Sites and Collections Impact Cluster collaborates with external partners to design and deliver exhibitions, events and activities that enrich communities and improve wellbeing.
Our aim is to inform public understanding and improve equality of access and inclusion to natural heritage and the built environment by developing site interpretation and educational provision, and building capacity for our partner organisations through mutually beneficial skills development opportunities.
A Writing Chance
Project summary A Writing Chance was launched in 2021 as a UK-wide writing development programme for aspiring writers from working-class
Catch-singing and British Community
Project summary Unlike today, in early modern Britain singing together was ubiquitous entertainment for all ages and classes. The popularity
Memories and Silences of Partition in India
Project summary This project draws attention to memories of the past, told and shared in the present, by older (60-80
Writing the Sleep Crisis: Addressing Sleeplessness through the Arts
Summary This research project explores representations of sleep and sleeplessness in contemporary literature and culture. Between 2020 and 2024, it
Commemorating Women in Public Spaces
Summary In the Englishes, our research on literature, gender, commemoration and heritage has fed into a series of projects that
Civil War Bluejackets: US Naval Records & Ancestry.com
Project summary This project involves the creation of a new freely available internet database of transcribed and linked service records