Girl’s Work Experience News. Seventeen female, year 10 pupils from Swindon Academy School got a special visit to Beckton Dickinson. There they met inspiring women working in science and engineering. Beckton Dickson is one of Swindon’s largest medical device manufacturers.
Switch on to Swindon Communication Strategy
Local media representatives, journalists and online bloggers (like Born again Swindonian) helped shape the aims and objectives of a special network, striving to improve perceptions of Swindon. They came together to help form a Switch on to Swindon Communication strategy.
Deacon’s Jewellers Old Town Swindon
September 2018 Deacon's Jewellers Deacon's Jewellers Old Town SwindonWell listeners, you can hardly have failed to notice that this summer saw the publication of my first book, Secret Swindon. So now it's onto the next project: Swindon in 50 Buildings. To that end...
Community library at Swindon Hindu Temple
17th December 2017 [jetpack_subscription_form] A Community Library Launches at the Swindon Hindu Temple To be fair, 'A community library LUNCHES at the Swindon Hindu Temple' would have been an appropriate heading being as how this event was celebrated with a food...
Finding self and community in Swindon
14th November 2017 [jetpack_subscription_form] Over the last few weeks and months I've shared on here experiences of, and reflections about, Swindon from friends and clients. They're all under the Switch on to Swindon category on this...
‘Why I love Old Town’
3rd September 2017 [jetpack_subscription_form] Why I love Old Town Hello listeners Gosh, September is here and autumn is now fast approaching. So here's a nice opportunity to share a few lines and photographs from Odile Motte that are a perfect evocation of long,...
The David Murray John Tower
19th August 2017 The David Murray John Tower Modernist lines stand proud on Swindon’s skyline Back in 1950, in his ‘Studies of Swindon’, John Betjeman wrote, apropos of architecture in Swindon, that there was ‘very little architecture in Swindon and a great...
7 reasons to be switched on to Swindon
12rh August 2017 [jetpack_subscription_form] 7 Reasons to Switch on to Swindon Hello listeners. Here we are in August already. Aargh! Where is the year going to? Anyway - here we are with another guest post celebrating our lovely town. This time from Julie Nicholls....
Overview of Swindon’s theatre scene
27th July 2017 [jetpack_subscription_form] Overview of Swindon's theatre scene:via Wyvern Theatres' blog Hello listeners I have, as you know, over the lifetime of this blog, banged on ad nauseam on here about Swindon's theatre scene. And arts. And heritage. Culture in...
Poetry in motion: Swindon Diamonds
Idly scrolling through Facebook as you do, I came across a video. It’s made by CREATE studios and features Swindon Community poet, Tony Hillier and his poem ‘Swindon Diamonds’. I somehow managed to miss it – never mind, I’ve found it now.
SWINDON SHOPPING – SEVEN REASONS WHY IT’S RATHER GOOD!
21st July 2017 Here we go with another guest post, in the spirit of Switch on to Swindon, written by my AA Editorial Services client Reshma Field - aka Ishbel's Wardrobe. Aside from Reshma's feelings about the town centre I couldn't agree more! So thanks Reshma...
King’s Wood Walk
28th May 2017 [jetpack_subscription_form] King's Farm Wood Walk With the Switch-on to Swindon initiative kicking off this year I thought it would be good to get some perspectives on Swindon from some other people instead of only mine. Read my Switch on to Swindon...