Pop-up Museums Musing
Radical Stroud and Pop-up Museums I suppose we ought to start this piece with our own working-definition of a Pop-up Museum: ‘a temporary exhibition carefully curated, but with changing displays created by visitors with a widening circle of participants: a sort of...
England v Mexico
Rodborough Fields Mexico v England The Prince Albert Estadio Azteca Hard to imagine these places conjoined By anything other than a football match, But the cochineal beetle from Mexico Provided the dye for Stroud scarlet cloth, Once stretched out on...
Forest of Dean, the GWR and the General Strike
Radical Stroud day out on Thursday July 2nd: a look at the Dean Forest Railway and a reflection on the 1926 General Strike in the Forest of Dean and on the GWR. Nine o’clock train to Gloucester and we’ll see what happens after that. Who knows? Be good to...
Glocal History and Stroud
The Museum in the Park Local and Global History ‘Glocal History’ A Critique Let me say at the outset of this critique that I absolutely love the Museum in the Park and I absolutely love visiting there to learn more about Stroud’s local history: my Stroud...
Swindon Railway, Canals and General Strike Walk
POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER Thursday June 25th, departing on the train that leaves around 10.30. We’ll probably do 5-6 miles by the end of the day (finishing at the Gluepot in the Railway Village). We’ll wander through the railway streets, skirt the...
World Cup Boycott?
The 2026 World Cup My mate says he’s going to boycott the World Cup: He says he’s not going to watch any of the matches; I said you have to set your alarm clock then, Because sleeping through the night isn’t a boycott, That’s just sleeping – if you’re going to...