🐣 Coming up in March at #TheNest: 📚 Book Club (see talkingbirds.co.uk/2023/02/25/nes…); 👩🏽‍💻 Creative Co-working (see talkingbirds.co.uk/2023/01/11/thi…); 🎹🎻🎤 The Sonoplasts perform the complete Nestival Song Cycle (earlybird booking eventbrite.com/e/537669262237) 🗣️ Pls book in & spread the word!

Let’s do this on Coventry Market roof too please! >> From grey to green: unique farm on top of car park proposed for Birmingham theguardian.com/environment/20…

Some thoughts on Coventry 2021 and the stories that are, or should be, being told: History is made by those who write the stories [blogpost] birdmail.wordpress.com/2023/03/14/his…

🌍 Want to have a conversation about the climate crisis through the lens of ideas? 📚 We still have spaces on our book club on Friday morning. ☕️ It’s free inc tea/coffee and *you don’t need to read anything in advance* ➡️ Details & booking: talkingbirds.co.uk/2023/02/25/nes…

Such a thoughtful and nuanced conversation exploring rape, power, harm and consent with an immense amount of care, consideration, humanity and clarity. Absolutely recommended listening. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/con…

Got a sneak preview of the restoration at Historic Coventry Trust ‘s Charterhouse this afternoon. Spoiler alert: it’s looking fantastic, the interpretation is great and the guides are incredibly friendly and keen to help. Lovely way to spend an afternoon. #LoveCov

We are now ⭐️SOLD OUT⭐️ for this evening! Please join us online (see below) if you missed out on a ticket - and/or buy one of the limited edition prints of the album artwork (which includes preview music recordings) from talkingbirds.co.uk/song-cycle

✴️Saturday 13th May: Free exhibition tour and hands on artist workshop for creative educators (all levels) at Wolverhampton Art Gallery. Lunch provided✴️ Investigate 'The more things change..' Exhibition, an exciting collection of artwork by the Blk Art Group. Please share ⬇️

Can I just make a few points re: thinking about sustainability, the ecological and climate crisis etc. Having followed it, having read the literature, since I wss young, for over 50 years. I have a better overview than most. 1/🧵

🌍 If you’ve not read and commented on Coventry City Council’s Climate Change Strategy please do - the consultation closes on July 7th. 🌍It’s also worth looking up questions & concerns raised by other local organisations such as Warwickshire Wildlife Trust & Coventry Green New Deal before pressing submit.

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MAIA is expanding! We’re reshaping and growing our team to deepen into our mission strands and to bring in expertise in narrative and communications. Info here: bit.ly/MAIAopps Deadline: 9am, 2nd October 23 Interview dates: 19 Oct & 20 Oct 23 Come work with us! 🌟🖤

📚 The extracts for this month’s #NestBookClub are now online if you’d like to pre-read them. The link to book (free) is also here. This month’s #ThirdFridays programme continues with Creative Co-working in the afternoon & you’re welcome to stay! talkingbirds.co.uk/nest-book-club…

Sunak is 'considering' delaying the UK's 2030 ban on new fossil-fuel cars and new gas boilers in homes. I spoke on BBC Woman's Hour today about why this would be disastrous for all of our lungs, for global climate stability and for the UK economy. Listen in. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

TONIGHT (20th) Join us at WordPlay Belgrade Theatre #Coventry. 🖊️ Writing prompts from 6.30pm 🎤Open mic (sign up on the night) Headline poets Olga Dermott- Bond & Kostya Tsolakis 🎫Grab your ticket: buff.ly/45DukFp

💥 This Friday! 💥 HATCHED AT THE NEST #2 Experimental sounds from recent #NestResidents It’s going to be AMAZING 🤩 Get your tickets here >> eventbrite.co.uk/e/hatched-at-t…

We are excited to share an open set of connected commissions for architectural illustrators and visualisers who may have individual capacity or as a team to work alongside our architects and CIVIC SQUARE team in early 2024. APPLY: bit.ly/PublicSquareAr…

💡🌍🔥 Hold your nerve! 28bn isn’t enough, but it’s a start - and none of us can afford for you to back down on your climate promises The Labour Party Ed Miliband >> actionnetwork.org/petitions/labo… (petition from the Campaign against Climate Change)