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I have been thinking a lot about land and nation recently. I am about to head out again to Australia and New Zealand to prepare a new version of The Heroes Who Made Us for performances in Sun…| alanlaneblog
Have you seen Brett Chapman’s documentary Crayon and Opera? It’s the story of 180 Ingram Road Primary School kids performing an opera in Holbeck and Manchester with Manchester Collective, LEEDS 202…| alanlaneblog
I just know that something good is gonna happen. I don’t know when. But just saying it could even make it happen I’ve been thinking a lot about the lyrics of Kate Bush’s Cloudbusting. They were used as a sample by the Utah Saints in Something Good which we used as one of the anthems […]| alanlaneblog
In Leeds the cultural sector, led by the City Council, have just begin to gather their energies to imagine what the future cultural strategy might be post the year of culture LEEDS2023. We’re just past the halfway mark of the year and there’s been a number of responses to the moment. Below are some thoughts […]| alanlaneblog
For four years Slung Low ran a Cultural Community College. Pay What You Decide adult cultural lessons in everything from blacksmithing to South Indian cooking, fire eating to bread baking. And much in between. (https://www.slunglow.org/cultural-community-college-overview/) In the first phase it was about putting on the best classes we could for our communities in South Leeds. […]| alanlaneblog
Papers please. In Holbeck the hostile environment and its long echo, as enforced by various home secretaries, has a daily effect. Families move around the city and the country at unfeasible speed, a process destined to make it almost impossible for these families to create the sort of human connections that anyone needs to undertake […]| alanlaneblog
We sold the old Army landrover that has appeared in countless Slung Low adventures and shows the other day. She was called Bear. And she was ridiculous to drive, had absolutely no fuel efficiency but she made you feel like a hero when you were bouncing around with the top down entering the square in […]| alanlaneblog
There’s not enough wonder at the moment. It’s time for change. We promised when we announced we were leaving The Holbeck (previous statement here) that this was a story of expansion, a step in the relentless and irresistible march of Holbeck becoming an even better place to live and work. Obviously our commitment to Holbeck […]| alanlaneblog
This was a statement from the company after the members approved our request to leave The Holbeck. It was originally on Facebook and other social media platforms but it’s archived here so I can refer to it elsewhere. In the years we’ve been in residency in the oldest working men’s club in Britain we’ve hosted […]| alanlaneblog
In September we hosted The Conference of Holbeck Moor. The idea was to bring arts leaders and future arts leaders together to hear from (mostly) non-arts leaders about inspiring models of leadership, managing change and being values based. We heard from chefs, teachers, pirates, football fans and much more. The talks were curated by Nima […]| alanlaneblog
