Month: March 2018
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Free Speech A Problem For a Council
A Shocking Reason For Losing A Gig This Week: Giving a quote to a local paper two years ago, when asked, saying that councils shouldn’t charge libraries business rates. Yes, really. Having been booked to host Hambleton District Council’s awards since last November, I was told with a week to go that they were going…
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Forgetting Faces
Two days of conferences. Or, as they’re alternatively known, the prosopagnosiac’s nightmare. (Person bad at remembering faces). Bad ways to greet a prosopagnosiac: “Do you remember me?” An answer of no usually seems to offend. (Offended tone & still not giving your name) “But we met at – “ (name event where there were lots…
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Cultural Transformations- Hull as a Tiger
I’m back in Thieving Harry’s on Humber Street overlooking Hull’s marina. The sky’s grey, it’s raining. Nice coffee and things with avocados in are on the menu, served at wooden trestle tables with mismatched chairs. I came here a lot while I was doing things during the year of culture. A quiet place to breathe.…
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Me- Autistic? As If…
IF I was autistic I would still be that poet who made a leap of imagination that caused your brain to jump, the comedian who made you laugh (sometimes), the facilitator who ran that writing workshop with empathy and care and cried and laughed with several strangers over the things we dared express, the girl…
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Speaking Out- International Women’s Day Blog
Have been involved in speaking up about several different things recently, both with others and on my own. I’ve seen changes happen as a result. I didn’t use to have any confidence that using my voice could change things. Now the more I see it can, the more I have confidence in using it. This…
Kate Fox. Writer, Broadcaster and Performer: Where There's Muck, There's Bras. 