The project

A Year In Beadnell is a colloration between poet Lisa Matthews and visual artist and digital designer Melanie Ashby. The project has been made possible with the support of several organisations, including Arts Council England, Northumberland County Council, Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership and New Writing North.
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Rachel Carson

A Year in Beadnell has been inspired by the US marine biologist and proto-environmentalist Rachel Carson, best-known for her seminal work on pesticide misuse, Silent Spring. Her lesser-known books about coastal environments are wonderful and Carson's poetry of the sea has been the engine behind this project.

"If there is poetry in my writing [about the sea] it is not because I put it there, but because one cannot write about the sea and leave the poetry out." – Rachel Carson

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A Year in Beadnell

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Living Room

Sunset in three locations

18th June 2015 on the Tughall Links path

Sonic poem

Tughall links | Craster Arms | Harbour Road
By Lisa Matthews

Featuring curlews, cows and skittish calves, sheep, tea-time at The Craster Arms and incoming tide at Harbour Road

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Snapshot

Fine clouds and sculpted sands as the tide recedes, Beadnell Harbour in the distance.

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@_traversing_ “hoy”? Are you doing 100 days of Geordie as well?4 hours ago
I love to see you footage...really makes my day. If only we could live there with them. Thank you. https://t.co/AY7MzXDTCt2 weeks ago
@WeardaleDiary That’s one beautiful piece of kit. What a fab present!2 weeks ago