Oh! What a night! 26 Canadian artists from Prince Edward County Studio Tour and their supporters, about 100 people, gathered... Read More
By John Simmons It seems like we’ve had a whole succession of warm-up acts. Tempting snippets of information have landed... Read More
Our 26 Words launch last month was buzzing. Free Word Centre was packed with artists and writers who came together... Read More
The Story – a conference about stories. Friday Feb 21st, Conway Hall, Red Lion Sq. Went last year and loved... Read More
Dark Angels, the residential writing course for business, has spread its wings to New Zealand. Co-founder and 26er John Simmons... 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
It was so good last time that we decided to do it again. But differently. And bigger than ever. Those... Read More
Here at 26 we’ve been inspired by Pecha Kucha-style presentations since the 26 Wordstock event back in October. On that... Read More
I’ll be reading an extract from my first commissioned short story at the Library of Birmingham on Thursday 10 December... Read More
What can Star Wars characters teach us about brands? That was the question posed by Al Robertson in a workshop... Read More
Now in its 34th year, the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition is one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious... 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
‘Ghost stories’, Roald Dahl said, ‘are damnably difficult to write.’We challenged 13 fearless writers to create a ghost story in... Read More
21 December at Greenwich. Stories and folk music on the theme of time. Sunrise to sunset on the shortest day... Read More
When you run a creative business, you may not feel that numbers are your strong point. But if you want... 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
I’m writing with the good news that we’ve persuaded our 26 story characters to stay with us at The Story... Read More
When we asked if people were interested in taking part in 26 Treasures of Childhood, we weren’t sure if there’d... Read More
26 member, Kate Monson, is conducting research to explore the role of theatre/performance in changing attitudes and behaviour. She’s analysing... 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
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
Today we visit TD15 2SH, the postcode of Holy Island, Northumberland. The Lindisfarne Gospels, an illustrated Latin copy of the... Read More
Written by Nick Parker, illustrated by Maya Chapman Inspired by Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie! Your... Read More
Here is a pic of my footy team’s strip the week I had to wash them. As if in an... Read More
Elise Valmorbida, co-organiser of Wordstock 2012, has some exciting news. The Wordstock video is being edited right now. And it’s... 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
We’re looking for someone to take over as Chief Tweeter for 26. Would you be up for it? Or could... Read More
Seasoned client-wranglers Elise Valmorbida, Fiona Thompson and Heather Atchison ran the first of our Trade Secrets training workshops – Setting... 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
We’re calling for entries for our Emerging Writer Award. But why enter? Katie Alcock and Andy Hayes reveal all, with... Read More
Remember the members’ survey we ran earlier this year? Roughly 22% of you responded (thanks very much) – and the... Read More
At the beginning of the month, we gathered at the October Gallery to hear why creativity and cultural education counts... Read More
The deadline for this year’s award is fast approaching, but there’s still time to enter. If you still need a... 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
We have most of our writers now signed up — thanks to those who got in touch after the last... Read More
BIG, NEW and FREE No, we’re not talking about an AMAZING deal on a new gadget – we’re talking about... Read More
The D&AD Writing for Design nominations and in-books were announced this month, with more than a few 26 members among... Read More
Rhian Harris, director of the Museum of Childhood, is the brains behind the Modern British Childhood exhibition where 26 writers... Read More
We’re in the last week or so of the period when you can nominate someone (even yourself) for the first... Read More
Forget about Guardian Soulmates and Match, meet your life partner at 26 – David Bodanis and Claire Falcon did. And,... 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
Have you had a good look around our new(ish) 26 website? We were so eager to get it up back... Read More
By John Simmons Last week I went to Falmouth in Cornwall. I’d been asked to give a lecture to student... 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
Fraser Southey visits CO10 7AE, the postcode for Borley Rectory, once known as Britain’s most haunted house. Stories of hauntings... Read More
Here To Listen tours Westminster Libraries in December Here To Listen is an interactive poetry installation by poet Toni Stuart... Read More
We told you a bit about our plans for 26 Treasures for 2011 in the last newsletter. As a result... Read More