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Thursday Connectors: The Resolve To Be Resilient

by Farzana Hakim Hi, all. It's Farzana, with another interesting and thought-provoking 'Thursday Connectors'. This week, we’re exploring our resilient natures. Continuing on from my article a fortnight back, the idea of 'Resilience' is certainly relevant where the 'Gender Agenda' is concerned. I'll therefore be expanding upon the women’s perspective. To do ...

The Matchgirls Memorial Competition and Workshop

Commemorating the Matchgirls Strike of 1888 Help us get them a statue​ The Matchgirls Memorial is a charitable organisation established to highlight the Strike and remember the Strike leaders’ in the form of a permanent memorial. In 1888 over 1,400 young women walked out on strike from Bryant and May’s match factory in Bow, east London. ...
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Resilience is the capacity to cope with and recover from difficult circumstances. But it doesn't necessarily mean remaining unchanged. It can mean having the fortitude to resist anticipated or actual negativity, or it can mean adapting to circumstances to find a more positive way forward. We creatives, for example, are all ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Resilience

By Eithne Cullen Our theme this week is 'Resilience'. It's a really broad topic and one we can look at from many different angles. The pandemic throws two immediate meanings into our minds: firstly, the drive and determination we’ve had to show around observing lockdown rules along with the hardship they have ...

Monday Moments: Resilience

Introduced by Holly King Are you a resilient person? Would that be a word you, your friends, family or colleagues use to describe you? It’s quite a compliment, to be called resilient, but what are the words that go along with that? 'Bouncing back', 'Getting knocked down but getting back up ...

As A… Writer: Carole Pluckrose

This week, Write On's Eithne Cullen chats to poet and Artistic Director of Boathouse Creative Studios, Carole Pluckrose. Eithne 'met' Carole while taking part in 'Love Letters To The World' online during lockdown. She begins by asking about her life as a writer. CP: Writing has always been an intrinsic part ...

Thursday Youth Connectors: What’s Your Colour?

by Sameer Iqbal Hello, it's Sameer here, with this week’s youth segment of Thursday Connectors. It’s a colourful day at Write On! Extra. I mean this literally, because we’re talking about colours and our colourful personalities. I’ve recently learnt that being able to describe what we see and what our eyes behold, ...