Introducing my new series ‘A brief history of Bedfordshire in plants and animals’. Each short post will be focused on a plant or animal as a prism through which to talk about a period.
Author: Shelly Dennison
Local history for non history projects
Helping charities and community groups use local history to engage new audiences.
Churches and environmental comms
Helping churches share their environmental stories.
Drowning in data
Which communications statistics should I be measuring?
Three building blocks for success with comms
What’s the difference between a comms strategy, policy and plan?
The Whaler
My poem ‘The Whaler’ was inspired by a trip to the Polar Museum (part of the Scott Polar Research Institute) … More
Hefted
My poem ‘Hefted’ started with a very specific memory from my childhood. Our village church was a distance from the … More
Following in monastic footsteps from Yorkshire to Bedfordshire
The first glimpses of the ruins of Fountains Abbey are fleeting, spied through the trees that line the steep valley. … More
Coming back to life in a walled garden
A potter around the walled garden at Wimpole Hall in Cambridge back in May inspired this piece, which might be … More
A Bedfordshire A-Z
My series of posts for CPRE Bedfordshire was designed to help readers to explore the county via an A-Z of … More
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