by Clair Aldington | Aug 20, 2020 | Clair Aldington
Touch is a thorny subject these days; COVID-19, Black Lives Matter and #MeToo. It is also an increasingly and necessarily complex one. Some of these complexities are long overdue in being recognised; the period of time taken in recognising them charged with silence,...
by Clair Aldington | Jul 14, 2018 | Clair Aldington
A man called Pete Wallis first introduced me to Restorative Justice. I had the joy of working with him for 6 years when I worked for the youth offending service in England. In his book, ‘Understanding Restorative Justice’ Pete suggests that crime creates a gap between...
by Clair Aldington | Jun 6, 2018 | Clair Aldington
Whether it be drawing the first line on an architectural plan, chiseling the formative channel out of a section of wood, stitching the inaugural row of an embroidery, making the initial downstroke of a letter, or being brave enough to make a brush stroke on an empty...
by Clair Aldington | Mar 10, 2017 | Clair Aldington
Last week, I was taught the importance of food in transcending culture and language by a friend’s seven year old daughter. Ten years ago I had the privilege of being the witness at a friend’s wedding in the Czech Republic…I had not seen my friend...
by Clair Aldington | Jan 24, 2017 | Clair Aldington
I went to the opening of a friend’s exhibition last week, ‘Island Connections’, by Vivian Ross-Smith, at Bonhoga Gallery. It is a collection of works that examines the relationships between people and land. Vivian carried out an artist residency on...
by Clair Aldington | Nov 15, 2016 | Clair Aldington
On an evening when it is reported that the man who is accused of murdering Jo Cox MP researched the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organisations… In a week when a multi millionaire businessman with reported possible links to the Ku Klux Klan is elected...
