Distraction Therapy

Continuing a set of vague and unspecific wanderings, where I try to form a sense of what metamodernism is in practice, this week’s episode is [...] Source

This week, Ryan Clayton and I had a stroll around Leicester, and mulled over some terms and reference points for what we think metamodernism could [...] Source

Metamodernism is perhaps the most influential and wide-ranging way of thinking about post-postmodernism. The proponents of metamodernism include cultural theorists Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van [...] Source

What is metamodernism? This is the ongoing topic that Ryan Clayton and I are mulling over in our conversations. Is metamodernism simply an extension of [...] Source

It was lovely to have an early morning walk in the frost with sound and visual artists Lucy Stevens. We walked through Leicester’s Aylestone Meadows [...] Source

In this episode I chat with Ryan Clayton about our expectations for the coming year, and how we make sense of our experiences in relation [...] Source

This is the Distraction Therapy Christmas Mashup! A selection of songs celebrating the festive season from around the world. Relax, put your slippers on, have [...] Source

Here’s the track listing of this festive episode, with sounds from Christmas Markets from around the world. YouTube Edinburgh Christmas Market 2021 || Evening Walkthrough [...] Source

Leicester Lo-Fi is a community darkroom and photography collective that promotes fine art and traditional photographic processes, by supporting specialist knowledge and facilities, education and [...] Source

The Evington Echo has been around for over forty years, and manages to keep readers informed and up to date on what’s happening in the [...] Source

I want to use the Distraction Therapy podcast to explore what metamodernism means, and how our culture is shifting towards something that goes beyond postmodernity. [...] Source

I went to Coventry for the first time at the weekend, to attend the Community Radio Conference, and to check out the Coventry Capital of [...] Source

At the weekend I went to Totnes to undertake some work with Stelaria Media and Soundart Radio, about how community radio and university-based researchers can [...] Source

Last week I went for a stroll with Hayley Rogers, and we talked about her work with the Y-Heritage project, and what she has learnt [...] Source

I’m obsessed with walking tour videos on YouTube at the moment. I’ve been watching them as a virtual alternative to travelling during the lockdown. I’m [...] Source

Last weekend I went to Liverpool to visit family for the first time in eighteen months. We stayed in the city centre and met up [...] Source

I’ve been watching walking tours on YouTube, which are videos posted to show what different towns and cities are like around the world. There’s a [...] Source

This week I went to an event celebrating the work of a women’s group who have been meeting over Zoom over the lockdown in Leicester. [...] Source

I went for a walk through Leicester to test a new gimble that I’ve bought, and I captured some audio in the process. It’s interesting [...] Source

This morning I went for a walk into Leicester City Centre, and recorded some thoughts reflecting on the need for total systems change that has [...] Source

As part of the Leicester Stories project, we went out into Leicester City Centre to ask people what they know of the Build Back Better [...] Source

Beth Piggott is a producer with ArtReach, who has been working on the Liberty UK festival that is taking place in Leicester. Taking place across [...] Source

How we connect and build relationships with one another is an essential question for the future sustainability of both our local and our global communities. [...] Source

The weather was perfect on Sunday for our visit to the Moira Furnace heritage and craft day. We chatted about the importance of valuing our [...] Source

The work of the volunteers at Evington House, has brought the gardens to life as a place of increasing biodiversity. It was lovely chatting with [...] Source