A lot of people are striking at the moment. Maybe you are one of those people. Maybe you know and love one of those people. Or maybe you don’t but you want to show your…

Hello, I’m Amie, one of the Fun Palaces producers. I’ve been thinking for quite a while now about Creative Riots and the ways in which we can show our support to our own and other…

At Fun Palaces we are in the business of making Arts and Culture better, fairer and more fun, and think a lot about how it all works. Mark Banks is an academic working in the…

“So when you’re tired of your story – try singing, sing with a group so you can carry your tune together…” Voices are powerful things, especially when they join together in unison, which makes protest…

Alan Lane is the Artistic Director of Slung Low Theatre company, in Holbeck. If you’re a fan of Fun Palaces you will likely find his book, The Club on the Edge of Town, a hugely…

This Creative Riot was created by Remi from Inverness.  I like to think of a Visual Community Blanket as 100 languages (Malaguzzi, 1996) combined with traditional patchwork quilts. Though 100 languages is based around the…

“Make a statement in your community” This Creative Riot was created by Remi from Inverness.  “Oftentimes we are frustrated about what is happening around the world concerning living costs, energy prices, fuel prices (the list…

This Creative Riot comes from Katie Weldon, at Science Ceilidh.  “From embroidered protest banners in support of the women’s suffrage movement to modern embroidery resistance projects like the Craftivist Collective, embroidery has a longstanding place…

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Outside of my Fun Palaces work (but entirely joined up with it) I am working on a project exploring the 20 minute neighbourhood (or 15 minute city) model. The idea being that residents of a…

The Cost of Living crisis is having catastrophic effects across the UK, far deepening the existing inequality resulting from 13 years of austerity. Costs rise and opportunities narrow, “just enough” shrinks to become “not enough”…