Our group that uses music and song to give people with Alzheimer's and their carers a chance to get out and about is coming to Christmas break. Here is a brief update on the progress we have made and some other interesting things that have recently been in the news...

New York artist, Deborah Simon, has been hard at work. Her lifelike bears have a sinister tale to tell.

Merry Christmas everyone!

An archaeologist from Cambridge University's Material Culture Lab came up recently in a search on the internet when I was looking for "identity" and "textiles".

Here is a nifty little gadget, again courtesy of our friends at Designboom.com, which turns colours into sound. It looks like fun!

An interesting exploration of sound and textile comes together in a show in Vienna.

We have just finished our first Evening Class weaving series - Weaving for Beginners.

A lot of us now listen to music in streaming stations like Spotify. Now the internet service has revealed how much it pays artists for their music.

Doesn't this touchscreen technology look like a whole lot of fun?

The amazing skill that is sign-language is being used by a German signer at music gigs.