The "Children of Craig-y-nos" project started less than a year ago as a blog, an attempt to piece together 40 years of missing Welsh history. I am amazed at how it has all snowballed with the final focus being (a) print-on-demand book (b) multi-media website and (c) permanent exhibition and museum.
The current photographic exhibition has already gone into The Wellcome Trust Library archives.
Radio 4
Had a researcher from Radio 4 on. She is going to put forward a proposal for an hour long programme for the Saturday evening Archives slot. Have to confess have never listened to it but am assured it is a highly prestigious slot.
Craig-y-nos Castle
Have had a couple of messages left on my answering machine from Craig-y-nos Castle wanting to discuss a possible future projects, web-site links etc. but I have been in Wales so only now picked them up.
Discussed it with Dr Reeves. We think one way forward would be if the Castle would be prepared to allocate an outbuilding for a permanent museum to The Children of Craig-y-nos.
Will put this idea to them. Certainly the Castle is not short of space and it would increase tourism in the area.
Have just had it pointed out to me in another email that The Wellcome Trust will be able to do a print on demand book, and there is a designer already lined up, but its a question of funding it. We are well and truly into the murky waters of funding… Dr Reeves is optimistic however that this problem can be resiolved.
Researcher from Radio 4 has e-mailed me. They are interested in doing a programme on the Craigynos Project.
Ann Shaw is an artist/writer based in Scotland working in new media. As a journalist she campaigned and wrote about many social and medical issues. She is a feminist and founder member of Falkirk Womens Aid, active in the trades union movement and former member of National Union of Journalists Equality Working Party, and founder member of Forth Valley Open Studios.
