P addy Johnston interviewed me for the Good Comics blog on the creative process behind my new comic, The Lockdown Chronicles. A Comic Strip Quarantine . You can read the interview here. You can pre-order the book now! The online book launch is on the 2nd of November at 7PM UK time. You are all invited .
Today! Our Comics Grid Webinar as part of International Open Access Week 2021. Date: Tuesday 26 October 2021. Time: 4-5pm BST. Check your timezone here. Registration: Free. Please register here. To join the webinar: We recommend that attendees use Chrome to join. Collaborate works better if Google Chrome is used.
I am pleased to share that my new book, The Lockdown Chronicles.
T his year’s International Open Access Week runs from 25 th – 31 st October 2021, and the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) has organised an OLH Editors Workshop.
XPA UK September 2021 – Sketching UX Workshop About this event Thursday 23 September 2021, 18:30 – 20:00 UK Time. Free registration via EventBrite . As the old adage goes, a picture tells 1000 words. We’re seeing an increase of visual storytelling in UX and indeed many UX events are already complemented by a detailed Sketchnote – possibly courtesy of one of our very own Committee Members.
I nspired by the work by friends such as f [s] and Karl Whitney, I’ve dared to set up a newsletter to get me writing more about different things. It’s a cliché I know but I’ve titled the new site/newsletter User’s Manual . I’d like it to be an open notebook about memories, ideas, and things I care about.
T he UK Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has advised that to prevent the NHS being under pressure the priority should be to avoid a very rapid return to pre-pandemic behaviour.
I am pleased to announce I will be a presenteer in The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Network’s third event, which will be held on 15th July 2021, co-located with the Oxford Digital Humanities Summer School. The event will explore career Digital Humanities and career opportunities. Many thanks to Professor Jane Winters and the organising team for the kind invitation.
“I don’t need to be forgiven/ For something I haven’t done /Not for wanting my family/ To find their place in the sun” -Billy Bragg The thing is, many of us can relate- they feel like neighbours, like friends, not quite mere mortals, no yet truly human, imperfect, like all of us, ambitious, yet kind, unlike many of us. Full of hunger: their feet on this Earth.
T his week I had to go in my local GP surgery in London. I wondered if they would soon be removing the “Stop Coronavirus! Covid-19. Please wear your face mask” signage they have visible outside and inside. Working from home long hours, I haven’t really gone out much at all, and seeing the signs again made me reflect what a simple gesture that was, merely asking us to please wear a facemask.
[This event was recorded and has been archived on the Embassy’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Embamexru/videos/158542686331722/ – no Facebook account required] T his year’s Learning Disability Week will take place from 14 – 20 June 2021. The theme will be art and creativity.