Distraction Therapy

Today I had three conversations at the Hope CIC Men’s Support Drop-In Café, that takes place every other Saturday, 10.30am to 12.30pm at the Bishop [...] Source

The need for public support as we come out of the lockdown is readily apparent all around us. Men often don’t come forward to ask [...] Source

Today I went to visit the Braunstone Gate Community Garden, which is a volunteer-run pocket garden in the West End of Leicester. I spoke with [...] Source

Today I met with Kajal Nisha Patel, who runs Lightseekers, which aims to equipping each of us with tools and knowledge to better manage periods [...] Source

Earlier I went for a walk to Aylestone Meadows in Leicester and captured the sound of the birds and wind rustling through the trees. I [...] Source

Wandering around Leicester city centre yesterday, and seeing people return to the cafés and bars left me with mixed emotions. On the one hand I’m [...] Source

I was late in getting out to put this soundwalk together, so there’s not as much recorded content as usual, and I didn’t really focus [...] Source

Today I went for a stroll in Leicester city centre and visited a couple of shops, bars and cafés to get a sense of how [...] Source

I had a quick walk through the city centre today, and captured some sounds as the cafés and the bars opened up. I’ve not missed [...] Source

I went for a walk earlier through Aylestone Meadows in Leicester and recorded a soundwalk. It was a beautiful day, with bright sunshine, which really [...] Source

Rob Watson met up for his regular soundwalk with Kulsum, Dhra, Zoe and Munira to record some vox-pops about the census for the Leicester Stories [...] Source

For today’s soundwalk I met up with Kulsum, Dhra, Zoe and Munira to record some vox-pops about the census for the Leicester Stories project. We [...] Source

I had a relaxed walk around Leicester city centre today, and captured some sounds as people we out and about. It really feels like people [...] Source

I was set a challenge to record the traffic in Leicester. Which isn’t that difficult given that the whole city is surrounded by busy roads. [...] Source

I managed to get out this afternoon for a short soundwalk. I had a mooch around Leicester city centre, and sat and listened to people [...] Source

It was lovely to catch up with Asa Malmsten today,  to chat about how we’ve been coping with lockdown. Asa has been dreaming of beaches, [...] Source

I had a lovely time wandering around Leicester city centre earlier, listening out to the sound of families out playing in the park, the birds, [...] Source

Today I had a good walk around Aylestone Meadows, in Leicester, and recorded a soundwalk. It was a lovely February day. The ground was muddy, [...] Source

I thought I’d share another music mix. These are tracks I’ve been listening to as I work at home. There’s not a lot of time [...] Source

I though’t I’d do a music mix I can listen to while I’m doing my supermarket shopping later. Another day in lockdown, and an endless [...] Source

I had a stroll in the sunshine this afternoon, and captured some thoughts and some sounds as I found places to sit in the sunshine. [...] Source

Today I went out in the snow and walked up to Braunstone Park in Leicester. It was bitterly cold today, and the snow was only [...] Source

In this episode of the Distraction Therapy podcast I chatted with Dr Jonathan Taylor. Jonathan is an author, lecturer, editor and critic. John writes creatively [...] Source

Today’s soundwalk was a journey across the Leicester City centre, taking in the roadworks and environmental improvements that are making changes to the roads bringing [...] Source

The lockdown continues here in Leicester. It’s cold and not a lot is happening, so here’s a music mix I’ve put together as a way [...] Source