Diary of an artist writer online

How the world has speeded up!
Decide this Monday morning I would have to "bite the bullet" and approach the Welsh Heritage Lottery Fund for money. So I "googled" the site looking for a phone number to ring up. Instead I click on "pre-application" form" and in less than a minute I have a hard copy in my hand.
A couple of years ago this would have taken days.

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.