Valentines Day: Chocolates! Flowers! Snogs! Over-priced candle-lit dinners for two! Rubbish… February 14th sees the launch of Throwaway Lines, the... Read More
October might feel a long way off, but we’re already gearing up for another project with the Bloomsbury Festival. Here’s... Read More
Eleven days in to our Armistice 100 days project. It’s been incredible to see this body of work take shape.... Read More
Sam’s Song: Oltramarino Writing by Aimee Chalmers Painting by Sam Sakr Magnus Opus: orchestrated extravaganza. Tremolo, vibrato… angular... Read More
Our latest project, 26 Characters, is now underway. Laura Hunter tells us how the power of stories helped to drive... Read More
We received some great news last week from Design by St, the designers behind 26 Characters. Our book, that accompanies... Read More
Our experimental new writing strand on Instagram, 26 Flashes, has got off to a flying start under the leadership of... Read More
‘Ghost stories’, Roald Dahl said, ‘are damnably difficult to write.’We challenged 13 fearless writers to create a ghost story in... Read More
Here’s a feature that’s running in the January issue of Unfiltered, the magazine of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. It’s... Read More
I asked you to share your lockdown tips, advice and inspiration. As always, the 26 community did not disappoint! It’s... Read More
We now have our 26 writers on board for a collaborative project. Thank you everyone for coming forward with such... Read More
Utterly functional, yet strangely alluring. A UK postcode is a beautifully efficient way to locate any address in the country.... Read More
As the saying goes, ‘a picture paints a thousand words’. But, in true 26 style, this project set the challenge... Read More
The premiere of our 26 Seconds film project was held at Sanctum, Soho on the 22nd September. We’ll have a... Read More
Getting your message out to the world As a copywriter, you spend your working life marketing other people’s products and... Read More
We’re delighted to announce that D&AD has offered 26 members an exclusive 20% off entry fees into the Writing for... Read More
Howard Jacobson is a brilliant speaker and a leading author, journalist and broadcaster. His writing is both serious and very... Read More
As we enter the final weeks of our centena releases, don’t miss out on some exciting news, dates for your... Read More
Oh! What a night! 26 Canadian artists from Prince Edward County Studio Tour and their supporters, about 100 people, gathered... Read More
Our latest project with the Story Museum is underway. The exhibition we’ve contributed to will run until April. Definitely worth... Read More
At the beginning of the month, we gathered at the October Gallery to hear why creativity and cultural education counts... Read More
Ed Prichard shares the latest from 26 Flashes, and looks forward to the next project brief. Our experimental writing strand... Read More
After a deluge of interest in our latest project, Lisa Andrews shares why 26 is looking to the great outdoors... Read More
So, where are you from? It’s a simple conversation starter. A one-word answer is usually enough. Which is a bit... Read More
Be not ashamed that you were bred in this Hospital. Own it.’ Our new project with The Foundling Museum has... Read More
Ahead of the exhibition launch on 4th June, Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion reflects on writing his sestude for The Foundling... Read More
Today we visit TD15 2SH, the postcode of Holy Island, Northumberland. The Lindisfarne Gospels, an illustrated Latin copy of the... Read More
The 26 Project Award judging panel have, once again, been spoilt for choice. But after much deliberation, we have our... Read More
I’m now in the final stages of collecting and editing the submissions for 26Steps. I’ve participated in walks on Anglesey,... Read More
It took widely praised Serbian author Vesna Goldsworthy thirty years to write creatively in English. Goldsworthy’s favourite game as a... Read More
Museums often talk of wanting their objects to speak to visitors. Well, 26 waved its magic wand and the... Read More
Remember the members’ survey we ran earlier this year? Roughly 22% of you responded (thanks very much) – and the... Read More
Every writer knows that it is the unexpected threads that one pulls upon that usually unravel the most interesting stories.... Read More
You may recall from the piece we published in January, that this is an ambitious project bringing together 100 writers... Read More
Our annual 26 Awards night is just a couple of weeks away. Have you got your ticket yet? As well... Read More
I’m writing with the good news that we’ve persuaded our 26 story characters to stay with us at The Story... Read More
26 members of 26 were paired with 26 new designers during the 2014 London Design Festival and asked to write... Read More
Today’s the final day of 26 Flavours of Cornwall at the sub-tropical paradise Trebah Garden in deepest Cornwall. For the... Read More
26 has been asked to partner with D&AD to produce a monthly piece of blog writing. The idea is that... Read More
A book on poetic craft I’ve edited, called um The Craft, published last week through Nine Arches Press. It’s the... Read More
Meg Carter is one of the writers for the 26 Pairs of Eyes project, here she describes her thought process... Read More
Listen to an exclusive audio recording of Coram’s Tapestry, a poem by Jacob Sam-La Rose and Toni Stuart. Meanwhile, a... Read More
In January, we’re going to launch a new project called 26 Prints in association with Eames Fine Art, an original... Read More
John Simmons and Wendy Jones share their memories of one of 26’s earliest members. David May died recently, which caused... Read More
What can Star Wars characters teach us about brands? That was the question posed by Al Robertson in a workshop... Read More
And the pieces came in – 62 words and a title. Some stories, some poems. Some deeply personal, some reflective.... Read More