Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music…… This month field recordings from Poland and Antwerp, blended with the usual mix of delicious music. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
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Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music…… This month field recordings from Poland and Antwerp, blended with the usual mix of delicious music. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
This short documentary features the late Joan Hibberd, who lived to be 102 years old, a life long Socialst activist, who was born and bred in Trafford, south of Manchester.This film was made as she approached her 100th birthday. Directed by Simon Buckley Additional camera & editing Pete Tomkies With great thanks to the Joan, and all her family. Also, to Kate Green and Stretford Urmston CLP or supporting the film
GATHERING POINTS We’re better when we work together…. A film about the people of Swinton, and the places they gather to tell their stories. This is a film that explores community through the voices of people that live, work and volunteer in the town of Swinton, Salford. We visit five venues; The Valley Gardens, The Swinton Nail salon, The Hive Cafe, The Parade Chippy and the Grand Palais. Stories emerge, that reveal the human connections we can all make, and […]
Showing the Town’s Colours: The Engine room, Southport and it’s Communities was a joint commission as part of a broader investigation into needs and opportunities for supporting local cultural infrastructure, led by Prof Abi Gilmore, and to provide creative documentation for the ‘Engine Room’ initiative, led by Dr Eric Lybeck. The Engine Room is a co-working and co-learning space designed to counter the trend of creatives leaving Southport for employment and opportunities. It forms part of a strategic effort to […]
Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music… This month we wander back through recordings from 2024, including a strange trip to Egypt in the Spring. Music features tracks by Morton Feldman, Fairuz, Julie Cooper and Vig Mihaly. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
MIDDLEWOOD LOCKS 7.27AM Walking towards Middlewood Locks, down Oldfield Road in Salford at around 6.40am, I was passed by a young man carrying on his back a case containing a tuba, or maybe a euphonium. His head was down, lost in thought as he made his way, I assumed, to some orchestral practice somewhere. I’m not sure why I found this slightly absurd, but I did. I wondered, should he practise at home, what it must be like living next […]
SAT / SUN MARCH 7TH & 8TH 2026 10am-5pm BOTH DAYS CREATIVE WEEKEND – TAKE BETTER PHOTOGRAPHS 8 PLACES MAX £65pp ( +£1 booking fee ) LOVE TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, AND WANT TO BE EVEN BETTER? This Creative Weekend workshop will take you on a journey to help you take the pictures that you want to take… Join me in the Not Quite Light Studio and learn how better to see pictures, and then use your camera to capture your […]
Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music… On this show we wander back through the past two months, with recordings from Poland, Manchester and Salford. Music features tracks by Thelonious Monk, The Saxophones, Yamaneko and Henryck Górecki. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
Islington Way, Salford 6.44am The birds seemed louder on this morning, than they had been for any morning in the previous week. As I stepped out of Islington Mill, a robin bounced near my feet, as if leading me like a pied piper, moving without fear, clearly used to people passing nearby. The only time it stopped was to listen to the melody messages flying through the air, a cold air which raked my nostrils, and carried a scent of […]
DUCIE STREET, MANCHESTER 6.49am The Piccadilly Eastern sky was covered in cloud, so that no stars were visible. Blackbirds sang urgently, as if hurrying me up, worried that I’d not be ready for first light as I meandered around Ducie Street. The area was far from peaceful and quiet, even at this early hour. It felt as if nothing would remain the same for long here. A concrete mixer crept slowly by, looking for a place to settle. I silently […]