Sarah McCartney, writer and perfumer, has a fragrant project for you… Is scent an art? It’s the Victorians’ fault; they... 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
Can you help get The Parabola Project issue II to print? Not for profit writing group Telltales has this month... Read More
It’s not too late to submit your application for our upcoming project with Fine Cell Work, or to nab a... 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
We are recruiting early this year for our Christmas project but the lead in times are quite long so here... Read More
by Elise Valmorbida On Tuesday 17 May 2016, some lucky 26ers attended the 26 Trade Secrets training workshop: Presenting Your... Read More
Tickets are now on sale for this year’s 26 Wordstock on Saturday 15 October. A festival of words by 26... Read More
Shake off the January blues with a brilliant new talk by Harry Pearce. This is an evening just for 26... Read More
At the beginning of the month, we gathered at the October Gallery to hear why creativity and cultural education counts... Read More
Leeds marketing agency Propaganda is advertising for a new copywriter. And they’re doing it in a very clever way. 26... Read More
Last year 26 Treasures was centred on the V&A. This year, we’re going national, joining forces with the National Museum... Read More
We know, we know. When it pops up in your in-box, it brightens the 26th day of each month like... Read More
Going freelance, getting published, being exhibited, writing, writing, writing. It’s a busy start to 2013 for 26ers. This is what... Read More
Dick Mullender: Expert listening skills Could Dick Mullender persuade me not to jump off a bridge? If he offered to... Read More
This year we’re looking at Wordstock in a different way. Rather than putting all our efforts into one big-bash day,... Read More
Last month, ten writers took it in turns to be writers in residence for each of the ten days of... Read More
Be not ashamed that you were bred in this Hospital. Own it.’ Our new project with The Foundling Museum has... Read More
Our storytelling project with D&AD is under way, with the first piece to be published in January. It has been... Read More
A brief and tearful post to let you know that this is the last newsletter brought to you by the... Read More
The marvellous stuff the 26 members have been up to this month, from Jacob’s poetry prize to Maddie’s new book... 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
Over the last couple of months, we’ve told you about a tasty project brewing in the South West. 26 Flavours... 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
This time in 2011 we were deep in our Christmas storytelling project, 26 Stories of Christmas. We asked 26 writers... Read More
Our latest project, 26 Writers in Residence, is settling in nicely. Everyone has been given a different letter from the... Read More
Dark Angels in 2016 Following the highly successful first Dark Angels one-day taster/refresher at Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham in December,... Read More
Last month, Rachel Marshall stepped away from the position of 26’s website and membership manager to develop her own business.... Read More
The Story – a conference about stories. Friday Feb 21st, Conway Hall, Red Lion Sq. Went last year and loved... Read More
Following the tragic suicide of 21 year old dancer, Evie Douglas and my son Jamie’s own struggle with anxiety we... Read More
This weekend, 26 gathered on a train journey from Newcastle to Glasgow with writers matched to 26 stations and 26... Read More
For our project ‘26 Miles’, writers have teamed up with collaborators to celebrate each and every mile of the London... Read More
At Wordstock, we announced the winners of our first 26 Awards, which aim to celebrate and draw attention to new... Read More
In her memoir of 50 years in publishing, Stet, Diana Athill describes the disorganised life of the novelist Jean Rhys:... Read More
With the dust just about settling from our Armistice project, there’s another piece of good news to share. Our donation... Read More
Cortijo Romero is a beautiful centre in a glorious part of Southern Spain where people go to relax and reflect... Read More
Utterly functional, yet strangely alluring. A UK postcode is a beautifully efficient way to locate any address in the country.... Read More
Britain’s quirkiest book festival I’ve been writing about Britain’s quirkiest book festivals on the Huffington post. I popped in Wordstock... Read More
Earlier this month, a group of 26-ers joined Neil Baker for an experimental workshop at Diane Arbus’ exhibition at the... Read More
Remember the members’ survey we ran earlier this year? Roughly 22% of you responded (thanks very much) – and the... Read More
With October just around the corner, it’s not long until this year’s Bloomsbury Festival kicks off on the 16th. Don’t... 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
Constraints help creativity. From haikus to 12-bar blues, restrictions force us to think harder and produce better work. So how... Read More
After a deluge of interest in our latest project, Lisa Andrews shares why 26 is looking to the great outdoors... Read More
Our experimental new writing strand on Instagram, 26 Flashes, has got off to a flying start under the leadership of... Read More
We’re almost overwhelmingly delighted to have David Bodanis, author of e=mc2, writer, thinker, mathematician, and polymath star of TED, as... Read More
Lisa Andrews reflects on her relationship with nature during lockdown, and shares how we can all get involved with The... Read More