by Ben Ross | 30 Nov 2016 | Uncategorized
I used to really hate the sound of my own voice. I know most people find it pretty odd when they hear recordings of themselves, but this was close to a phobia of it. It would make my skin crawl. To be fair, it has gotten a lot better over the years, and I certainly...
by Ben Ross | 29 Nov 2016 | Uncategorized
Write Together London (as with all the Write Togethers in many cities around the world) is a meetup where you can go and just write. People come together (in the case of this one a couple of dozen) to sit in silence for between 1.5 and 2.5 hours, and do nothing but...
by Ben Ross | 28 Nov 2016 | Uncategorized
My friend Etan, hearing that I was embarking on my 100 Days of Play, gave me a copy of the wonderful book Play the Forest School Way by Peter Houghton and Jane Worroll, who pioneered the outdoor learning-and-playing method of the Forest School movement. It’s filled...
by Ben Ross | 27 Nov 2016 | Uncategorized
Whilst my interest is in lifelong play – helping adults to rediscover the joys and necessity of playing – that doesn’t mean I don’t realise that there’s an enormous amount to learn from playing with children. So I borrowed my brother’s kids for a chance to enjoy...
by Ben Ross | 26 Nov 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s a bit of a surprise that I’ve made it half way through my #100DaysOfPlay and I haven’t yet seen… a play! So today I took my better half off to the theatre, to see Removal Men at the (utterly brilliant) Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick. I love the theatre – if you’re...
