Day Seven: We all need a bit of salvation – even the tomatoes
According to legend, the last bear who fought here was killed, shaved and eaten by the local yobboes
Day Five: The Benefits of Slow Travel
You might think the closest thing to birdlife here is Canary Wharf…
Day Four: You Have to Walk a Place to Understand it
We enter a strange landscape where a Porsche dealer is neighbour to a strip of woodland filled with rubbish: a duvet hangs in a tree, a tiny vole lies dead on the cycle path.
Day Three: Authentic Wicked Bunny Hops
Just after dawn I peer out the window of the working men’s hostel where we are staying on the Isle of Dogs and see a fox, a squirrel and a crow disputing the contents of a rubbish bin.
Day Two: Into the Melting Pot – Tower Hamlets
If yesterday was all trees and lovely riverside views, today promises to be very different.
10 Day Count Down – Southend!
In 10 days time we will begin our last day carrying all 20 scrolls through this thousand-year-old community of fishermen. We will meet local artists and see Metal’s digital exhibition on ipads as well as be treated to a performance from the Mudlarks Choir, amongst other surprises.
10 Day Count Down – East Tilbury
Oh my goodness, it’s day 9 of our 10 day count down! Well what a treat we have for you today! The Bata Heritage Centre are leading the walk to give you real insight into the buildings and local history, and very generously they have agreed to provide real props for the performance.
Silk River Film Showing at the BFI Tomorrow 13 Sept!
As part of Totally Thames, Kinetika present a Silk River film screening looking at how this ambitious project has explored the unique relationship between London and Kolkata through artistic exchange between communities along the Thames Estuary and India’s Hooghly River. The screening will be followed by a question and answers session with some of the project’s key partners.
10 Day Count Down – Tilbury
On the 21st Sept we are in ‘Gateway to the world’, otherwise known as Tilbury! It is still a very busy port and we will hear stories of how it used to be before the age of shipping containers, when tea arrived from India in chests, cargo was unloaded in wheelbarrows and rum came in barrels.
