The Fabulous Four by Fat Roland
A cartoon story by writer, comic and cartoonist Fat Roland, inspired by the yellow submarine at the Beatles Story Museum at the Albert Dock in Liverpool. In honour of the […]
The Nameless Mummy by Rosie Garland
A new short story by novelist Rosie Garland, inspired by an unnamed mummy at Bolton Museum. One of the most beautiful items in Bolton Museum is the 3000-year old coffin […]
Splendid by Tania Hershman
A new audio piece by poet and short story writer Tania Hershman, inspired by the Vivarium at Manchester Museum. Tania Hershman is the author of three short story collections and […]
Ghost Machines – digital commission by Joe Cooper
We’ve commissioned writer and performer Joe Cooper to produce a new piece of digital art to sit alongside our Letters on Nocturnal Magic event at The Portico Library. Joe was inspired […]
FROM, STRANGER – Digital commission by Lydia Hounat
We’re delighted to share our second digital commission produced in our collaboration with Manchester Jewish Museum, which comes from stunning poet and photographer Lydia Hounat. Take a look at her beautiful […]
SUCH A WONDERFUL CLUB – DIGITAL COMMISSION BY ISLA BADENOCH
Our first digital commission produced in our collaboration with Manchester Jewish Museum is the video ‘Such A Wonderful Club’ and images by multimedia artist and filmmaker Isla Badenoch. Isla was inspired […]
My Troubles – Digital commission by Rickerly
Our second digital commission comes from fantastic Manchester-based musician and sound artist Rick Hartley – aka Rickerly. Rick’s amazing new tracks were inspired by the diaries of Victorian teenager Dora […]
The diaries of Dora Turnor – digital commission by Mark Mace Smith
Mark Mace Smith has taken on our very first digital commission as part of our project ‘Let the artists in!’, which commissions brand new work inspired by collections in museums […]
Let the artists in!
We’ve had some fantastic news to start 2018 with. Thanks to generous support from Arts Council England and an exciting new partnership with The Writing Squad, we have been funded […]
Listen: First Draft on the Six Degrees of Separation Podcast
Back in the summer, we recorded an interview with comedian James Beck for his brand new Six Degrees of Separation Podcast. First Draft producers Abi and Harry talk about how […]
