The stories you are about to read are true. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. (an excerpt) … At the table next to us was a raucous group of drama students, out celebrating their Christmas break. ‘I’m going to ask them for a cigarette,’ she...
True stories of Grindr, ghosting and unexpected romance at our artist residency. (an excerpt) … I couldn’t help but feel frustrated recently when we’d offered to take two residents out for a day trip. We were driving through lush green hills, past stunning...
A short story about heartbreak, homelessness and how an artist residency helped me find my feet again. I want to tell you about an Artist Residency. A residency in a remarkable mansion house in Arbroath, Scotland. But first I’ll have to take you back a little, so you...
From scraping by in Scotland to owning a creative residency in France How did we change from thinking that being able to afford a fried egg sandwich in a café on the East Coast of Scotland was ‘Living the Dream’ … to realising that living in a mansion in the South of...