Looking at the history of gender development, it’s unfoldment and education throughout the 20th century, this talk looks at social, state, cultural and media responsibility for the ongoing problems of violence against women.

The Codex Solutions day was great with a good turnout filling the polytunnel at Hulme Community Garden Centre in Manchester. Some folks there already knew LOTS about Codex, and for others, it was all news.
So many people had stuff to add to what I had to say, most of the afternoon was spent on the [...]

Well, its been a long time since I updated the site…since The Lost Word retreat actually.  2 reasons – one, I was so overwhelmed by how powerful it was (even for me as the one who set it up!) that I didn’t know WHAT to say about it!  I didn’t know where to start!  And [...]

Title: The Lost Word Retreat: Searching for this \’God\’ thing
Location: The Lake District
Description: The first ever in depth Lost Word Retreat.
This is the very heart of my work. It is the essence behind everything else I do and this is the first retreat dedicated to it!
read about it and get the full details here
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This was my first retreat and I must say it was a magical experience both for myself and most of the

This image sums it up for me!

participants.  A slideshow of some of the pics is at the bottom of the post, but there were SO many good pictures, it was hard to choose! The images [...]

This was my first Northern Green Gathering, but it certainly won’t be my last!  This sort of event is what festivals are all about.  Many these days are very music heavy, but without much in the personal development or creative areas, but this is where this mighty event steps in!
With a spectacular crafts and permaculture [...]

The Shamania festival 2008 was a truly muddy British festival!  But this didn’t dampen spirits and the event went full steam ahead as usual!  This was my second Shamania and this year I got relative ‘top billing’ with more events than anyone else.
I was scheduled to run 7 talks/workshop tasters over the 2 1/2 days [...]

I’ve now done 3 of these events and am lined up for my fourth on the 2nd November.
These are interesting days with sometimes as many as 6 or 7 speakers sharing on a number of subjects.  These are very informal, friendly gatherings and speakers include inventors, healers and free thinkers.  There can be as many as 30+ people there, and there are always [...]

Boy am I slow in updating…but better late than never!
The Kendal Learning to SEE Again event was a lovely success with Magnus and Sarah’s studio filled with SEE’ing hungry locals who wanted to see what it was all about.
This event is the one that involves more outdoors exercises than any other, and sadly, the Lake District weather did not make it fun for the participants, [...]