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Three years ago I had the great pleasure of spending two weeks on residency with Art House Jersey, researching the artist Claude Cahun for ‘Acts of…
Feb 3, 2023
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December 2022
On Habits
With my Substack having been a little quiet lately as I’ve been focussing on my book - I’m sharing a few things I’ve written over the past few years…
Dec 3, 2022
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July 2022
On 40 Degrees (some notes to self)
A few fragments on what we can do to tackle the Climate and Ecological Emergency.
Jul 19, 2022
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
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October 2021
On the way the light hits
CW: pregnancy. The universe shrinks down to your belly. You think of microscopic cells forming, copying a blueprint sketched on DNA 40,000 times finer…
Oct 12, 2021
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August 2021
On Edinburgh Fringe
Written for the lovely Mobius, who gave me my first full time job - you can see the blog on their website here. There was a period of about five years …
Aug 4, 2021
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June 2021
On Colston's Statue Falling
This month an exhibition has opened at M Shed Museum in Bristol: The Colston Statue: What Next? It calls to mind an image from last summer, which…
Jun 25, 2021
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April 2021
On Looking Up
I have been walking around with my head down. This is the thought that strikes me while looking at the mural on Glenelg Road. It is preceded by a number…
Apr 9, 2021
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
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January 2021
On Theatre de la Huchette
“The light of memory, or rather the light that memory lends to things, is the palest light of all. I am not quite sure whether I am dreaming or…
Jan 30, 2021
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December 2020
On making Christmas wishes come true...
As an author with a book to promote, it falls to me to remind you that my first book, Twenty Theatres to See Before You Die, is a really wonderful…
Dec 10, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
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On hospitality
‘At seven in the evening a yellow car pulled up by the house… the driver wore jeans and a dusty black shirt with white buttons. She had come from…
Dec 9, 2020
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November 2020
On oranges
World is crazier and more of it than we think, / Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion / A tangerine and spit the pips and feel / The drunkenness of…
Nov 20, 2020
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Amber Massie-Blomfield
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On Ken Saro-Wiwa
I am thinking of Ken Saro-Wiwa. Today is the 25th anniversary of his execution. Saro-Wiwa was an author and the Nobel Peace Prize nominated campaigner…
Nov 10, 2020
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