John Simmons, Writer Freda Sack, Artist John Simmons Gathered in the Betsey Trotwood pub, there’s a springtime buzz of words: two groups of people united by a common passion seen from a different perspective. We were there – 26 and … Read more →
Late March/Early April Hester: My name’s been pulled out of the hat. I’m part of a group of people celebrating the ten-year anniversary of 26’s existence and the twenty-five years of Letter Exchange. Monday 15th April Hester: Receive the … Read more →
Louise Tiplady, Artist Neil Taylor, Writer (The following conversation never happened, but is based on real events.) Yankton? What? It’s a town in South Dakota, said Louise. Right, said Neil. It has an annual snowmobile drag race. Lack of snow … Read more →
Mark Stevens, Writer Annet Stirling, Artist TEAM X: CREATION STORY On Oct 10, 2013, at 5:40 PM, Mark wrote: Hi Annet Given that we’ve needed to rely on email a lot as I’m in Denmark and you’re near London, perhaps … Read more →
Rob Self-Pierson, Writer Sally Castle, Artist Sally Castle creation story for W for wave April: After the first meeting with Rob at Waterstones, I immediately started a sketchbook of alternative interpretations for our word: Wave. We had decided to avoid … Read more →
James Salisbury, Artist Tim Rich, Writer Tim: The selection of ‘Vinca’ didn’t overwhelm me with creative joy, but the word began to bloom as I unearthed its etymology and history. Vinca is a flower that we know better as the … Read more →
Writer, Mike Reed Artist, Stephen Raw Intro to both stories Sadly, we hardly met during this process, both being frenetically busy on a variety of things. There was a brief hello and a handshake at the Private View for Stephen’s … Read more →
Dan Radley, Writer Ros Pritchard, Artist In 1991, two German hikers discover the frozen corpse of a Stone Age man in the Schnalstal Glacier in the Tyrolean Alps. Together with the mummified remains of the iceman, nicknamed Ötzi, is a … Read more →
Anna Parker, Artist Pete Kirby, Writer Arranged marriages. Don’t work…then do. Swap people to swap letters to swap words. Scythic becomes us. Sew thoughts between us…some silly, some serious, some both…somehow. We talk, we laugh, we mull. We go away … Read more →
Tamara O’Brien, Writer John Neilson, Artist The story according to Tamara In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: rash. And Tamara did look upon John, and John upon Tamara, and they said unto each other, We know … Read more →