Listen up!

July 11, 2014, 3:52 am

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I will be on Croydon Radio on Monday 14th July at 1pm, talking to Glen Lawrence about The Story Sessions, and Devilskein & Dearlove. I might wander into Blackheath Community Opera’s production of The Adventures of Count Ory and even … Continue reading →

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Arachne Press popup stall in Forest Hill TODAY

July 19, 2014, 3:05 am

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If you are in South East London TODAY, we have a stall at the Vocal Chords gig (Songs from the Sea) at St Saviours Church, Brockley Rise SE23 1JN from 3-5pm Raising money for the Mission to Seafarers, £5 on … Continue reading →

Music, Music, Music

December 19, 2015, 1:56 am

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The solstice is almost upon us, and in the best traditions of midwinter we are planning to make a lot of noise. We have three musical interventions happening at Solstice Shorts 2015 Longest Night, with Vocal Chords, Annalie Wilson and … Continue reading →

Solstice Shorts:Longest Night got a review

December 24, 2015, 9:53 am

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We have a picture of Vocal Chords performing (thank you, Eddie Saint-Jean) here’s the actual song: And finally, we have a lovely review on What’s Hot London. (Thanks to Eddie again; and no, we don’t know him!)  Filed under: Events, Festival, … Continue reading →

Longest night – the complete videos

January 5, 2016, 10:00 am

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It’s twelfth night, and the official end of the festive season, so as you pack up your Christmas baubles, here’s something to cheer you up: your opportunity to experience the entire evening of Longest Night, in the same order as … Continue reading →

Lester Simpson Winter Folk Song Workshop for Solstice Shorts

September 21, 2016, 5:36 am

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You can now book for Lester Simpson’s Folk Song Workshop on 26th November – our Solstice ‘Advent’ event! 12.45-5.15 pm, £25. Come and learn around 5 acapella songs in 3 or 4 part harmony, from Lester Simpson an international recording … Continue reading →

Solstice Shorts Video: George Dunn’s Wassail

December 31, 2016, 3:59 pm

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Vocal Chords sing a traditional New Year wassail, (which they had already sung about eight times around Greenwich town centre!) known as George Dunn’s Wassail. BSL interpreted by Martin Fox-Roberts Learnt from Lester Simpson at last year’s Solstice Shorts folk … Continue reading →

Solstice Shorts Video: Green Grow’th the Holly

January 2, 2017, 2:00 am

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Vocal Chords sing Green Grow’th the Holly an ancient song of the turning of the seasons, at Solstice Shorts festival 2016 at West Greenwich Library on 21st December 2016, BSL interpreted by Martin Fox-Roberts. #ACEFundedFiled under: music, Solstice Shorts, Video … Continue reading →

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Crowd funding rewards for music lovers

January 21, 2017, 3:30 am

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We are crowd funding ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1477491501/beyond-solstice-shorts) to support our book tours and Outcome exhibition tour Pledge £12 or more for either Father Tongues CD New CD Father Tongues from Zachary Gvirtzman, our main musical collaborator on the Solstice Shorts Festival, … Continue reading →

Arachne Press does Brockley Max

May 21, 2017, 3:00 am

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Brockley Max is coming – and we are getting involved. 2nd June 7pm at the Talbot Pub in Brockley SE4 1QG, Arachne authors Bartle Sawbridge, Rosalind Stopps  and Cherry Potts join other writers from WooA (Writers of Our Age), Neil … Continue reading →

Songs of Protest and Liberty Tales

June 10, 2017, 4:56 am

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A taster of what we got up to at St Hilda’s for Brockley Max – (there would be more but I forgot to turn the recorder back on after the interval for a while) A barnstorming performance by both our … Continue reading →

#Arachne5 thank-you’s: Musicians

September 3, 2017, 11:00 am

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With the 5th Anniversary celebrations heading into view I was thinking about the thank you speech, and like the Oscars it is in danger of going on, and on. And on. So I thought I’d blog it instead, a section … Continue reading →

Live lit events coming up

September 15, 2017, 3:46 am

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Being busy people we can’t always arrange our own events as regularly as we might like, so we are very happy when we get asked to take part in other people’s. Next Friday 22nd September 7pm Liam Hogan is reading … Continue reading →

Sounds of Arachne – support our crowd fund

September 21, 2017, 10:30 am

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We don’t just do print! We now have Audio books – well, one. Pledge £5 or more in our crowd fund to raise cash for DUSK and receive The Don’t Touch Garden Audio book – poems written and read by … Continue reading →

Solstice Shorts:Longest Night got a review

December 24, 2015, 9:53 am

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We have a picture of Vocal Chords performing (thank you, Eddie Saint-Jean) here’s the actual song: And finally, we have a lovely review on What’s Hot London. (Thanks to Eddie again; and no, we don’t know him!)  

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ARACHNEVERSARY – Shortest Day, Longest Night

August 17, 2020, 12:02 pm

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Solstice Shorts Festival Founder Cherry Potts talks about the 2nd and 3rd festivals and the book that resulted, Shortest Day, Longest Night. Features music by Ian Kennedy & Sarah Lloyd, Annalie Wilson, Vocal Chords, Zac Gvirtman, and stories/poems by Mario … Continue reading →

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