Read my short story Heath Swimming published by the Londonist as part of their short fiction series.

Over the summer I wrote Mitchell, a short film about mental health, as part of the Moving Pictures project at Toynbee Hall. The project was funded by Time to Change, a campaign launched by mental health charity Mind, and run by the brilliant Kate Lovell and a fantastic group of volunteers. The aim of the project was to raise awareness around mental health. To find out more and watch all the films, including Mitchell, visit: http://goodnewsshared.com/1711-volunteers-mental-health-issues-film/ 

In 2012 I helped to found social enterprise Kineara – to find out more about the work we do please have a look at this film I recently made with filmmaker Gwilym Lewis-Brooke: http://kineara.co.uk/the-rent-support-programme

You can find out more about Zoe Konez, Bryony Beynon and Will Connor’s (pictured) new music project for young people in Brixton by reading my article at the Brixton Blog: ‘Sound it Out: music project brings together generations of Brixtonites’.

Image by Howard Lake. Some rights reserved.

‘Context and narrative, with numbers, are what we need to hold on to as we move into a new era of public services’.

To find out more about the future of public services read ‘Context and Narrative’ by me and Nikki Bradley in the Pan European Network’s Government Journal.

Fiyori and Sonika at Bar 48

I recently had the pleasure of dining out at Brixton Road’s Bar 48, owner Fiyori sells great wines,  makes delicious Eritrean food and is wonderfully friendly. Find out more by reading my review on p.21 of the Lambeth Weekender (Issue April 18, 2014).