Joni Mitchell, The Mamas & the Papas, CSNY, Jackson Browne, The Monkees, James Taylor, The Eagles, Carole King, The Doors… these artists and their songs conjure one of the sunniest periods in America’s musical history. Now, the Laurel Canyon Project sets out on a journey through the leafy Californian valleys, celebrating this iconic music in…
Category: SCRIPTS
Scripts for introductory films featuring the Science Museum Group’s new galleries, with science capital ethos. Sound & Vision Gallery and Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries are now available.
I’ve worked with the Science Museum Group (SMG) learning team over the last few years developing and scripting short gallery introduction films, initially with creative consultancy Radley Yeldar and more recently with Hewitt & Walker video production. For each film I look for stories that help to show that every visitor has a stake in…
Shells, shores and beyond: the dark side of one woman’s pioneering shell collection, as revealed by letters I read in a new English Heritage exhibition
After working with English Heritage on writing and voice projects for Whitby Abbey and Belsay Hall, I was delighted to be asked to read letters from the archives of 18th-century shell-collector Bridget Atkinson for their new exhibition at Chesters Roman Fort in Northumberland. Bridget had many identities: the daughter of industrial tanners from Cumbria, she…