Over the last couple of months, we’ve been playing with poetic forms. First, we stripped poems back to a single...
Many of you – well, 26 to be exact – are involved in our latest big project 26UCL200. Not exactly...
First Impressions: 19 printmakers meet 19 artists. ‘First Impressions’ is the third project that we have run in collaboration with Eames...
Rebecca Zeman, who some 26ers may know as Rebecca Dowman, talks to Jill Hopper about the publication of her first...
A couple of months ago, our year-long Memento Mori project drew to a close. Memento Mori – remember that you...
I’m beginning this blog with some trepidation – what an act to follow. Rob’s writing has been thought-provoking and humane....
26’s big project to launch us into 2026 with a bang is on the brink of going public. Some 70...
Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of monthly articles written by long-time 26 member and contributor Rob Self-Pierson....
“Spanning the Tide” (Teddington Lock Footbridge), Daniel Headey writer , Steve McCallum creative partner I’ve been raised on the logic...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes @andyinfinity on Instagram John Simmons describes how his poem grew out of the 26 radio series...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes @andyinfinity on Instagram Our new podcast series “Why Words Matter” has so far covered branding, storytelling,...
Wild Arts in rehearsal for Eugene Onegin, on tour this summer (Photo by Anastasia Tikhonova) News I’m excited that my...
Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of monthly articles written by long-time 26 member and contributor Rob Self-Pierson....
“Journalism gives writers a backbone.” Timothée Chalamet in Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch. ‘Oh, so you can do PR, write...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes (@andyinfinity on Instagram). You might have seen – or more to the point, heard – that...
A weekend writing session. Max’s notebook and a Paddington-inspired coffee-shop doodle. Inspired by Anushka Shah’s article last month, Max Parfitt...
We often share our members’ news and recommendations at 26 – in fact we share both almost every month. However,...
Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of monthly articles written by members of 26. It’s July, and Rob...
Left: Rishi Dastidar’s Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak.Right: Gita Ralleigh’s empirical. Back in March, 26er Gita Ralleigh got in touch with...
On Friday 3rd April our dear friend and longstanding 26 member Rowena Roberts @wordsinspireuk died, following a brave battle against...
Another gap; of Imbolc and pink skies and fiery horses. February has been muddy. Each day the minutes before sunset...
Happy New Year from Team 26. Sometimes we’re called ‘the board’ but I think ‘team’ suits us better. If you...
Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of monthly articles written by long-time 26 member and contributor Rob Self-Pierson....
This November I spoke with artist, illustrator and designer Lydia Thornley. We met in the Terrace Café at the British...
Thursday 16 October, 10am-4.00pmCentral London Are you writing briefs that ignite your audience’s creativity, or are you ticking boxes? A...
Publications Miss Veal and Miss Ham As well as being involved in the utterly engaging 26 Bridges project with my...
“A drop more Sauvignon John, I have something that may interest you.” And that is the way it has been...
This is a bit of email correspondence between 26 boardster Elise Valmorbida (right, above) and 26er Veronika Dapunt (left) who’s currently launching her debut...
26 founding member and author of the Live Canon-shortlisted pamphlet Berliners, John Simmons, invites 26ers and Dark Angels to join...
The latest edition of Forest & Bird’s quarterly magazine. Learn more about the magazine and become a member. ‘The story...
This month, I chatted to Wales-based writer and editor Regina Beach about health conditions, public libraries, the power of words...
“Politicians as people”: Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey with his son, John. Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series...
(Image: Nick’s book “flatplan”) With a month to go until manuscript submission, 26er Nick Carson shares some of the process...
Wordstock has been a part of 26’s calendar for more than a decade, and for the last three years it...
A new anthology of Dark Angels poetry is now an eagerly anticipated event. The latest, Family Matters, is the third...
Jill Hopper’s 27th Bridge Poem, on the back of a postcard designed by Joni Brown. Project Writer AwardBy Galen O’Hanlen...
Imagine inviting yourself into someone’s home. Even better, how about someone’s office, the place where they work, think and create....
“Here we are again! Bless me, I believe I said that before – but after all you don’t want Christmas...
Lauren McMenemy came up with the idea of a year long project Memento Mori to explore our relationship with death....
To the cosy, upstairs room of the Savoy Tap on Tuesday 16th September. A warm, intimate group of 50 or...
As London bridges go, Vauxhall Bridge is one of the least impressive. I’d walked over it hundreds of times, en...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes @andyinfinity on Instagram The first series of our podcast, “Why Words Matter,” has come to a...
Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of monthly articles written by long-time 26 member and contributor Rob Self-Pierson....
Monoprint by Andy Hayes @andyinfinity on Instagram “Why Words Matter” is a new podcast series from 26, exploring the power...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes (@andyinfinity on Instagram). “Why Words Matter” is a new podcast series from 26, exploring the power of...
Rob’s Uncle Donald, who passed away in 1963, aged 29. Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of monthly...
Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of monthly articles written by long-time 26 member and contributor Rob Self-Pierson....
This month I met with Harry Ashton-Key, my friend from university, and we talked about science, wonder, burnout, and somewhat...