Entries by Rachel Cochrane
24th July 2016 Writing Retreat at Gibside
Join me for the day on this Writing Retreat where you can find time and space to bring along your own writing and work on it away from everyday distractions. Our venue is the Merry Room in The Garden Cottage of Gibside, the National Trust’s 18th century Landscape Gardens. Discover inspiration with a wander through […]
Sweet Dreams of Contentment
Sometimes a writer’s world can be very black and white. The expression of our art and the way to reach others is traditionally through the printed word on a page and that can be quite an insular process. Over the past 2 years, my world as a writer has exploded into colour through both solo […]
Amble Writers’ Retreat: How the Day Went
Thanks to all the writers, Sue, Ceinwen, Sharon, Linda, Ann, Denise and Ali who came along to Amble RNLI lifeboat station for our writers’ retreat. From the feedback received it was a very productive day. With fabulous views over harbour, dunes and Warkworth Castle it was certainly very inspirational even if the walks out were […]
A Voyage of Discovery
Just back from an extended holiday in Canada visiting my prodigal daughter who is studying there for a year as part of her uni course. I return feeling quite different from when I went out. Perhaps I should be refreshed but after jet lag, sightseeing round the cities of Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa and Toronto plus […]
Celia vs David: An evening of monologues on mid-life musings
Some of you may already be familiar with that middle-aged minx, Celia and the short films that I produced together with Penny Lamport and Shirley Anne Wood. Well Celia aka Penny Lamport is about to break out of your screen and perform for you – live. And for the evening we have joined together with […]