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FRIDAY 12 AUGUST to SUNDAY 14 AUGUST 2016
THE BRIDGE INN Michaelchurch Escley HEREFORDSHIRE
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Welcome, from Pete Lawrence
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What’s on when
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The line-up
Saturday 10.20
keynote
brian eno 12
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Saturday 20.50
music
edward ii 33
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Campfire12
Talks and Panels
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Thinkshops23
Music31
Body and Soul
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Food, drink and markets
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Campfire Guilds
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Local area guide
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Camping46
Site map
Saturday 16.00
thinkshop
jennifer reid
BROADSIDE
BALLADS 25
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The last 40 years have seen a
steady decline in relative living standards
and incomes for the poorest half of
society. The right-wing press and the ideologues
who own it have blamed the whole process on
outsiders: the EU, immigrants, the Chinese, etc.
This is the fertile soil that The Simpletons (ie people
with a simple answer), such as Trump and Farage,
have been tilling. They’ve managed to channel the
discontent of working people not at the legislation
and economic conditions that engendered it, but
elsewhere. With the ongoing collapse of any form
of coherent government in this country we need
to start looking at other ways of creating a society
that works for all of us – not just the wealthiest.
The rise of various brands of populist Simpletons
makes it essential that we start sorting out our
own visions of society so we have something
more attractive – and more true – to offer.
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Brian Eno Keynote speaker
in your own words
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I think we can do things differently.
Lets work towards a greater level of
collaboration and discussion, lets drop
the singular from our postings and
work towards a ‘we’ instead of ‘i’.
Jonathan Tawn
I’m seeking new opportunities
and connections and Campfire
Convention strikes a chord. Looking
forward to dynamic discussions and
marvellous music in such a lovely
location. And the fabulous fire.
Debbie Golt
Campfire is full of possibilities and
that’s what I’m searching for. There is so
much to discuss ... to talk about ... to do.
Campfire is place to go virtually and in
person and opens up real potential for
conscious communication. I’m looking
forward to being part of a thriving creative
community with a social conscience.
Caroline Kerr
I am looking for new ways to bring
people and organisations together
across communities of interest to
address big issues, not least the current
defunct political system, resulting in
impactful action. Which is why Campfire
Convention appeals so much.
Kath Cockshaw
I was inspired by the parallels and
possibilities when I heard about Campfire
on 6 Music, and – mixed with Big Chill
memories – it got me wondering about
the potentially more powerful blend of
physical and online network ‘spaces’
to seed new ideas. I’d like to be part
of the experience from the outset.
Ian Ellison
I like the idea of Campfire being a place,
virtual and physical, to network with other
people who are making things happen,
not just being opinionated but actively
agitating and building good projects,
events and meet ups. A small step towards
making this a better place to be.
Carol Alevroyianni
Enabling people to have a meaningful
say in their lives and communities.
To harness the skills and abilities of
all to create power from within.
Louise Wright
Guilds and chapters are my thing. I
work in technology and am especially
interested in solving problems through
lean principles and collaboration. I
believe these principles can be applied
to any project, product, scheme or
event. Active learning and creativity
can be at the heart of everything
no matter what the genre.
Anna Broadhurst
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WELCOME
welcome to campfire
fostering a culture of listening to others’
stories, a spirit of open-mindedness
and a duty to work for the good of all.
pete lawrence
founder and
firestarter
Welcome to the first Campfire
Convention event. For me, it’s an
important landmark as we prepare
to launch our social network
and come together here in rural
Herefordshire to start the discussion
on what we can do to make a
difference as a new community.
The Campfire is symbolically a great
leveller, a place where social bonding
occurs, a space that taps into the essence
of how we communicate with each other,
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These qualities will be at the heart
of our Campfire, ensuring a future
for younger people who will shape
our world. Let’s talk about the hope
that we can contribute to future
generations at a time when society
is so fractured and polarised.
We need direct democracy and we
have the technology to support this.
We will aim for a community-led
constitutional convention that sets out
its stall as a truly modern co-operative.
It’s time to shape our politics around
the notion of ‘we’ before ‘i’. When the
community prospers, we all prosper
and share the fruits of our successes.
I hope that you like our chosen venue
as much as I do and that you enjoy this
quiet corner of the Marches – Welsh
border countryside at its most natural.
I’d also like to thank Glyn and Gisela,
along with all their staff at the pub
and our many Campfire volunteers.
Without you, this couldn’t happen.
Campfire is about everyone’s input
and participation. As ‘Firestarter’ I
see my role as sparking the tinder
and watching what happens from
here. Anything is possible!
We have lots of things programmed for
the weekend and have also attempted to
leave enough space in the running order
for you to make your own entertainment,
and to meet new best friends.
Pete x
WELCOME
ABOUT
PETE
LAWRENCE
The Campfire concept has been devised
and is led by social entrepreneur
Pete Lawrence, the founder of the
successful Cooking Vinyl record
label and Big Chill festivals. The Big
Chill was well known for its thriving
and proactive online community
before the current mainstream
social networks were established.
Pete left The Big Chill in early 2008,
moving to the village of Braunston in
Northamptonshire to spend his time
developing a blueprint for the social
network which launches around this
event. Campfire Convention is an
evolutionary platform for creative
thinkers, funded and shaped by its
own members, which aims to stage
a variety of events worldwide too.
Campfire aims to seize the initiative
to build and shape our own world, in
an era where increasingly, Facebook/
Google-style algorithms define
and categorise us according to
commercial imperatives. A key priority
for Campfire will be to develop a
modern co-operative which aims
to bring people together, to share
ideas and skills and initiatives and
to campaign for social change.
Pete says, “What are we aiming for?
Obviously a thriving community, a
vibrant website and exciting events,
but our vision can extend a lot wider.
We can play our part in social change,
in helping create a fairer society and
in empowering our own membership,
both individually and collectively,
by providing an environment where
ideas can lead to inspiration, debate
can lead to resolution, co-creativity
can lead to collaboration and
realisation, at a time when we need
to re-imagine what society should
look like in a post-fact world, and
how we can find creative solutions
for very real issues that we face.”
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what’s on when
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Friday
you can arrive on site
from midday on Friday
field
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12:00-21:00 / Bruce Bickerton and guests –
DJ soundtrack to welcome weekend campers
12:00-21:00 / dj playlists
THE
glade
21:00-00:00 / around the campfire: story & song
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Line-up subject to change. Please
check the website for latest details.
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PUB SESSIONS
Saturday
Midnight to 2am
at The Bridge Inn
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Saturday
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08:00 / balance guild presents: yoga and mindfulness sessions / Julia Rose and Pete Anderson
10:00-10:20 / welcome: sparking the campfire / Pete Lawrence
10:20-11:20 / keynote / Brian Eno
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11:40-12:55 / panel 1: Let The Grand Correction Commence –
Digital democracy and social change / Aaron Bastani,
Marva Jackson Lord , Ed Dowding, Richard Thanki 13
13:15-14:00 / music: Adrian Legg
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12:00-13:00 / thinkshop 1: Slaying the
Dragon or Don’t Go into the Den /
Gregory Thompson 23
13:20-14:20 / thinkshop 2:
punk religion / Nina Lyon, Soma Ghosh,
Alan James 24
14:30-16:00 / panel 2: homegrown activists / Caroline Kerr,
Rob Lawrie, Lea Beven, Neezo Swansea Dhan 16
16:00-17:00 / thinkshop 3:
broadside ballads / Jennifer Reid
17:00-18:15 / panel 3: Universal Basic Income – A Utopian Vision
or a Viable Reality? / Barb Jacobson, Frances Coppola, Imandeep Kaur,
Daz Long 18
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Saturday
field
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19:00-19:50 / music: will pound & Eddy Jay
20:50-22:20 / music: edward II
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22:30-00:00 / DJ: greg wilson
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18:00-19:20 / thinkshop 4:
Storytelling and seizing the
narrative / John Yorke, Lucy Langdon,
Ed Bartlett 27
PUB SESSIONS
Saturday
Midnight to 2am
at The Bridge Inn
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Sunday
field
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08:30 / balance guild presents: yoga and mindfulness sessions / Julia Rose and Pete Anderson
09:00-11:30 / farmers market
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10:00-10:45 / keynote / Scilla Elworthy
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11:10-12:20 / panel 4: Protest, counter culture and the role of
comedy and satire / John Higgs, Greg Wilson, Heydon Prowse,
Artist Taxi Driver, Debbie Golt (chair) 21
13:00-14:00 / music: Anna & Elizabeth
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11:00-12:00 / thinkshop 5: Clean
Language and developing
Collective Trust / Caitlin Walker
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12:30-13:45 / thinkshop 6:
A good life and a good death:
The fourth quarter / Elizabeth Carter,
Nadia Chambers 30
14:15-15:40 / panel 5: Keeping the fires burning – Campfire
resolutions / Pete Lawrence, Ed Dowding, Sharon Prendergast,
Gregory Thompson 23
I’ve never been involved in
anything quite like this before – and
it is ringing so many bells for me.
Sometimes you just need to be heard. I see a place where people
can post a thought or idea and receive feedback, whether it be
support, guidance, constructive criticism or lead to collaboration.
Nadia Chambers
Neil Lawson
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CAMPFIRE
Friday | 21:00
TALKS AND PANELS
Discussion and debate is at the centre
of the Campfire. The world is moving
at a faster pace than ever and it’s
vital that we can have conversations
to attempt to make sense of where
we’re heading and how we can
play a part and get involved.
The Campfire gathering is a great
leveller, a perfect space for story, for
song, for making friends, for creative
sparks. A place where you can find
yourself inexplicably linked to others
through shared experience and a timely
reminder that we all share a common
humanity. The evening Campfire will
be the only programmed event for
Friday – an ideal way to commune
with nature and a new community.
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Our Campfire panels are intended
to bring together some lively debate
and to start the dialogue around
what we consider to be key issues.
Our daytime programmes on Saturday
and Sunday revolve around our
discussion panels and thinkshops.
KEYNOTE
saturday | 10:20
Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Needing little introduction for many of us,
Brian Eno was a founding member of Roxy
Music, recorded many seminal solo albums
and has gone on to become a celebrated
producer, sound designer and visual artist.
Eno is an activist, who called for an
international boycott of Israeli political
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and cultural institutions. He became
a patron of VidereEstCredere (Latin
for “to see is to believe”), a UK human
rights charity. In 2015, he wrote an
article for the Guardian in support
of the left-wing candidate Jeremy
Corbyn in the Labour Party leadership
contest, and supported a public forum
in London, titled “Basic income: How
do we get there?”, about the benefits
and need for a basic income. Hosted
by Basic Income UK, it also included
economist and Campfire Convention
contributor Frances Coppola and
anthropologist David Graeber.
In his message to Campfire, Eno says
“With the ongoing collapse of any form
of coherent government in this country
we need to start looking at other
ways of creating a society that works
for all of us – not just the wealthiest.
The rise of various brands of populist
Simpletons makes it essential that we
start sorting out our own visions of
society so we have something more
attractive – and more true – to offer.”
I want to be a part of something new
and exciting and make new friends
and feel good vibrations in a beautiful
setting with music and a fire...
Karen Hiorns
PANEL 1: Let The Grand
Correction Commence –
Digital democracy and
social change saturday | 11:40
Aaron Bastani, Marva Jackson
Lord, Ed Dowding, Richard
Thanki, Debbie Golt (chair)
We are at a crossroads in a time of
fundamental change. People who have
felt disenfranchised are re-engaging
with politics and asking themselves
what do we want and how do we make
it real? The process of change starts
with ideas, articulating big visions and
bringing people together in consensus.
Social change is about movements
and we ask what role technology
is playing in these, whether Syriza,
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Corbyn or Sanders. As more and
more people look to social media
for their news, particularly when
they are seeking opinion, what
does the future of media offer?
How do we define true democracy in
the age of the information economy
when what we mostly see is a dressed
up corporatocracy, extracting power
and wealth from us all? A more radical,
direct democracy with online voting
on major issues with a reformed and
truly free media must surely form a
cornerstone of such change. From a
broad policy perspective many of us
would like to see national infrastructure
run, used and owned by the people,
not the state, not private enterprise, a
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concerted move on a national scale to
renewable technology, and sustainable
business and the ideas of permaculture
being given a much higher profile than
superficial consumer capitalism as we
progress from a top-down society.
We ask what are the signs that we
have reached an era of postcapitalism
and what does the future look
like as it starts to play out?
How can Campfire play its part?
Panellists
Aaron Bastani is a political
commentator, broadcaster and
writer of Iranian descent. He is cofounder of Novara Media, one of the
Aaron Bastani
best examples of a new media voice,
backed up by credible writing and
powerful investigative journalism.
Bastani’s ideas of ‘Luxury Communism’
are ground-breaking and he plans
to publish a related book later this
year. He describes himself as a
feminist and libertarian communist.
Marva Jackson Lord is a writer and
social media strategist. In her kitchen
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Marva
Jackson Lord
she records poems, helps her children
with their studies, sings karaoke, makes
preserves and vanilla, and helps others
with their web work. She sometimes
produces events involving poetry and/or
music in Hay-on-Wye. Born in Kingston,
Jamaica; raised in Goderich, Ontario;
evolved in Toronto. She is currently
working on her first full collection
of poetry http://about.me/marva
Ed Dowding
Ed Dowding is a passionate and
innovative man, with an inspirational story.
He founded FoodTrade and spends most
of his time helping develop sustainable
trade networks. He talks on democracy,
technology, innovation, sustainability,
hope and 21st century business patterns.
His latest project – Represent, is
about revolutionary democracy. “You
answer questions, we make sure that
decision-makers want to listen.”
richard thanki
Richard Thanki is an economist
specialising in the economics of the
Internet and radio spectrum, both
instances of highly productive shared
infrastructures. He is working with
Microsoft and Mawingu networks to
understand the impact of affordable
Wi-Fi in rural communities in Kenya.
He also volunteers his time to the
Worldwide Tribe to provide Wi-Fi for
refugee populations. So far, The Tribe
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has installed Wi-Fi in Pikpa in Lesbos
and in the Calais Jungle. He has a
degree in PPE from the University of
Oxford and is reading for a PhD from
the University of Southampton.
PANEL 2: Homegrown
activists – The refugee
crisis Saturday | 14:30
Debbie Golt is an internationally
respected global music and arts
consultant with a passion for radio,
women’s and African music who
uses social media to great effect.
Her show The Outerglobe returns to
ResonanceFM.com in the Autumn. Golt
has been a panellist at WOMEX, In the
City and Radio One Sound City. She is
managing director of Outerglobe.co.uk
and currently chair of Women in Music.
Early morning September 2015 the world
woke up to images of a small child washed
up on a beach in Turkey. His name was
Alan Kurdi. He was three years old, Alan
had drowned along with his mother
and siblings fleeing the war in Syria. For
a lot of people at home and overseas,
that image changed their world forever
and prompted a social media explosion
that lead individuals to the ‘People to
People Solidarity’ Facebook page.
the whole of Britain and Europe to
become involved volunteering in the
refugee crisis, in the face of minimal
and often inappropriate action by the
authorities. This social media group
is now pivotal in sharing information,
routes for refugees and collecting
aid, rallying multiple solidarity groups
connected to the cause countrywide.
The grassroots movement has
swiftly mobilized individuals across
This panel brings together individual
activists who turned their lives inside
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Neezo Swansea Dhan, Rob Lawrie,
Lea Beven, Caroline Kerr (chair)
Rob Lawrie
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Lea Beven
out and became driving forces in the
continuing crisis sharing personal
stories that make all the difference.
Rob Lawrie, a former soldier, headed
to Calais Jungle in his van equipped
with food, tents and sleeping bags, only
to find himself weeks later arrested
for attempted child smuggling. Rob
talks about how his life ‘a crime of
compassion’ changed his life.
Neezo Swansea Dhan
Lea Beven’s transformation from
‘shoestring mum’ to a juggernaut of
humanity is another poignant story.
Lea created ‘Caravans for Calais’ and
‘Mobile Crisis Support Units’ and is
now the proud owner of Shropshire
Loves community interest group.
Nizar Dahan (Neezo Swansea Dhan)
is a tour-de-force of fundraising and
project manager of ‘Iokasti's Kitchen’ in
Caroline Kerr
Samos. He talks about his journey from
property developer in Wales to human
rights activist and feeder of thousands.
Caroline Kerr, activist and aid collector,
founder of the project Bras not Bombs,
is intent on delivering appropriate
underwear to women and girls in
refugee camps. She's also a member of
East Midlands Solidarity who send aid
to Calais, Dunkirk, Greece and Syria.
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PANEL 3: Universal
Basic Income – A
Utopian Vision or a
Viable Reality?
Saturday | 17:00
Barb Jacobson, Frances Coppola,
Imandeep Kaur, Daz Long
Basic income for all – a universal weekly
payment for all eligible citizens – can
lead to the kind of creativity needed
in the sort of world we would all like
to live in. Would we all qualify and
how would we fund it? With rapid
technological change and its impact
on the number and quality of jobs,
we need to reassess our expectations
concerning work and its impact on the
human spirit. How could BI facilitate
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Barb Jacobson
an emergent spirit of co-operative
intelligence with thriving creative
environments. How do we free up
people from unsatisfactory jobs to use
time most productively to create space
where we can do things that please
us and earn a living from our ‘art’?
Barb Jacobson is co-ordinator of
Basic Income UK and on the board of
Unconditional Basic Income Europe, a
Frances Coppola
network of organisations and activists
in 25 countries. She is also an advice
worker at a small central London charity
which helps people with benefits,
housing, and debt. She has been active
in community organising since 1982.
Frances Coppola spent many
years working for banks and now
writes and speaks about banking,
finance and economics. She is also
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boxer, nowadays Daz is a qualified
volunteer England Amateur Boxing
coach in the evenings. He is a dad
of three and grandad of six.
Imandeep Kaur
a professional singer, musician and
teacher. @Frances_Coppola
Imandeep Kaur is a co-founder of
Impact Hub Birmingham, a network of
citizens, makers, doers, entrepreneurs,
activists and dreamers committed
to building a better Birmingham and
better world. She is Director of Project
00, (zero zero) – a collaborative studio
of architects, strategic designers,
Daz Long
programmers, social scientists,
economists and urban designers
practicing design beyond its traditional
borders and was one of the original
founding team members that produced
Birmingham’s first ever TEDx.
Daz Long currently works as a
tarmacker all over the country. With
a background as a child athlete and
multiple times champion amateur
I’m one of the many many people
who found in Jeremy Corbyn a leader
who speaks my language and represents
the ideals I have held dear all my life,
but seemed previously unrepresented.
I’m hoping to make connections and
share ideas, with a view to making our
society, locally, nationally and even
internationally, the best it can be.
Sharon Prendergast
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KEYNOTE
Sunday | 10:00
Scilla Elworthy
Scilla Elworthy’s mantra is “the future
belongs to those who can see it.” She's
gripped by the possibilities opening up
amidst the current soup of misanthropy,
xenophobia and toxic nationalism. She
has no answers, but keen to explore
what emerges with other hearts and
minds engaged, so the Campfire
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Convention is a good place to be. For
example, what happens when we begin
to re-balance deep feminine values –
available equally to men as to women –
with the masculine that have dominated
our history for so long? What happens
when non violence becomes a key part
of education? How about countries
adopting the kind of Infrastructure for
Peace that Mandela set up to prevent
civil war after he came out of jail?
Scilla was adviser to Peter Gabriel,
Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson
in setting up ‘The Elders’, brought
together by Mandela, from whom she
learned key lessons about integrity.
She founded the Oxford Research
Group in 1982 to develop effective
dialogue between nuclear weapons
policy-makers worldwide and their
critics, work which included a series of
dialogues between Chinese, Russian
and western nuclear scientists and
military, for which she has been three
times nominated for the Nobel Peace
Prize. She founded Peace Direct in
2002 to fund, promote and learn
from local peace-builders in conflict
areas, and in 2013 co-founded Rising
Women Rising World. She advises the
leadership of selected international
corporations on emerging values, and
teaches young social entrepreneurs; her
latest book is Pioneering the Possible:
awakened leadership for a world
that works, and her TED talk on non
violence has had over a million views.
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PANEL 4: Protest,
counter culture and
the role of comedy
and satire Sunday | 11:10
Mark Steel and Stewart Lee. What has
happened to protest in recent decades?
How does counter culture and satire
best play its part in effective protest?
Greg Wilson, John Higgs, Heydon
Prowse, Artist Taxi Driver
The same radical progressive
momentum that’s swept Greece,
Spain, Scotland and the British Labour
movement over the past couple
of years has now hit America.
The pattern is protest movements
against austerity and financial power
in 2011 were heavily repressed but
did not peter out, rather they worked
their way into mass consciousness
and were manifested in movements
against the established order. Whether
Greg Wilson
through demonstrations, fashion
choices or satire, protest has appeared
in many forms in recent times and each
method has, in its own way, permeated
through to mainstream culture. After
a quarter century of relatively still
waters, we are seeing a global uprising
of people power building towards true
democracy, much of it reinforced by
social media, direct action protest and
satire from the likes of Jonathan Pie,
Greg Wilson is an English DJ and
producer associated with both the early
80s electro scene in Manchester and the
current disco/re-edit movement. As well
as providing us with our Saturday night
DJ set, he's a respected commentator
on dance music and popular culture,
who blogs, and talks at events. He has
a particular interest in counterculture.
John Higgs is a writer specialising
in finding previously unsuspected
narratives hidden in obscure corners
of our history and culture, which can
change our perceptions of the world.
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John Higgs
The Guardian described The KLF:
Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned
a Million Pounds, as ‘Adam Curtis
brainstorming with Thomas Pynchon’.
Before turning to full-time writing,
Higgs directed over 100 episodes of
animated pre-school TV, created the
long-running BBC Radio 4 quiz series X
Marks the Spot, and worked as producer
on a number of videogames for Xbox,
PlayStation2 and Nintendo Gamecube.
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Artist Taxi Driver (Mark McGowan)
He lives in Brighton, England, with
his partner and their two children.
Artist Taxi Driver (Mark McGowan)
is a British street and performance
artist and prominent public protester
with an unconventional approach,
a London taxi driver and occasional
University speaker and arts tutor.
McGowan is known internationally
for his multifaceted performance
Heydon Prowse
art and as a stuntman, internet icon,
social commentator, critic and satirist
and political and peace activist.
Heydon Prowse is a British activist,
journalist, satirist and comedian, best
known for writing and performing
in BBC Three's Bafta Winning The
Revolution Will Be Televised alongside
Jolyon Rubinstein. Prowse also
acted as the presenter for the BBC
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thinkshops
documentary show The Town That
Took on the Taxman shown in January
2016, where businesses in the small
Welsh town Crickhowell attempted to
minimise their tax burden using the
same methods as large corporations.
We’ve had decades of neoliberal
policies destroying the well being of
people and redistributing wealth to fewer
people. It’s time for ‘regular’ people to
unite and tackle the ‘establishment’. I see
Campfire as a step in the right direction
and an opportunity to ‘network’ and
enrich our lives and projects too.
John Bampini
PANEL 5: Keeping
the fires burning –
Campfire resolutions
thinkshop 1: Slaying
the Dragon or Don’t
Go into the Den
Pete Lawrence, Ed Dowding, Sharon
Prendergast, Gregory Thompson
Gregory Thompson
Sunday | 14:15
Campfire team and guests discuss and
debate. We hope that the weekend
will produce a brainstorm of ideas,
debates, initiatives and campaigns, but
how do we best ensure that we carry
through this energy and make the most
of the coming months? What kind of
events would members like to see
and how can we make best use of the
social network platform to attract new
members? What do we want to happen?
How do we organize ourselves?
How political should we become?
Saturday | 12:00
Gregory Thompson
Gregory Thompson is an award
winning theatre director creating
productions that combine ensemble
performances with innovative stagings
and actor-audience relationships. He’s
directed for the Royal Shakespeare
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Company and the Young Vic amongst
others in the UK and his own company
AandBC has performed Shakespeare
all over world. At UCL he matches
scientists with performing artists to
enhance, extend and disrupt academic
activities to yield deeper or more
surprising research outcomes.
Very exited about Campfire and the
potential development of an alternative
to commercial social networks.
Cory Hope
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thinkshop 2: Punk
Religion Saturday | 13:20
Nina Lyon, Soma Ghosh, Alan James
Church pews might be gathering
dust, but people never stopped
engaging with the timeless questions
of the universe. From yoga practice
to neo-Darwinism, pagans to
wellness gurus, religion is ripe for
ripping up and starting again, and
the field of religious endeavour has
never been more complicated.
Are you as much of an atheist as you
think you are? Is enlightened religion a
real possibility or a veil for power and
abuse? Do we get to start a cult? Big
ideas and provocations welcome in
Nina Lyon
an interactive panel discussion about
where our belief systems go from here.
Nina Lyon is a writer and academic.
Her first book, Uprooted: On the Trail
of the Green Man, was published
by Faber in March and explores the
curious tale of the Green Man myth
from the depths of the Golden Valley.
Her essay Mushroom Season, an
exploration of magic mushrooms and
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the Black Mountains, was runner up for
the FT/Bodley Head Essay Prize and is
published by Vintage. She is working
on a book about strangeness and
finishing a PhD thesis about nonsense
and metaphysics in Lewis Carroll.
Nina Lyon’s first book, Uprooted:
On the Trail of the Green Man,
was published by Faber in March
and explores the curious tale of
the Green Man myth from the
depths of the Golden Valley.
Soma Ghosh
She lives near Hay-on-Wye.
for drama, been short-listed for the
David T.K. Wong Prize for fiction and
previously wrote for The Evening
Standard. She is currently writing
a book on the religious psyche
of idol-worship in pop music
Soma Ghosh lives on a hill in
Shropshire. A regular contributor
to literary journal The Keep, she
has won a joint Wellcome Award
Alan James Alan James runs a music
management company, Hold Tight
– artists include Spiro, 9Bach and
Twelfth Day. He has worked with The
Alan James
Bays and The Heritage Orchestra,
The Imagined Village, Chris Wood,
Sam Lee, Ananda Shankar, and
The Drummers of Burundi, coprogrammed WOMAD Festivals, and
was Head Of Contemporary Music at
Arts Council England for five years.
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thinkshop 3: Broadside
ballads Saturday | 16:00
Jennifer Reid
Jennifer Reid
Jennifer is a young Lancashire folk
enthusiast, having volunteered at
Chetham’s Library, the Working Class
Movement Library and various other
local institutions. Since completing an
Advanced Diploma in Local History
at Oxford University she is gaining a
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reputation for her excellent singing
of Manchester Central Library and
Chetham’s broadside collections.
Her workshop talks about the tradition
of broadside ballads and Industrial
Revolution work songs, which
arguably represent an early form
of social media, or the 19th century
version of Twitter. At the time, printing,
listening to and singing broadsides
was the only quick, cheap widespread
method of disseminating news,
opinion and comment being possible
without the permission of (London
based) newspaper publishers.
This freedom to discuss events and
express opinion is a vital part of
identity of Mancunian working class
society. From the stories contained
within these historical sources, we can
confirm that it is largely true to say
that ‘Manchester’s Improving Daily’
(which is the title of the new Edward II
album on which Jennifer contributes).
It’s all about exposure. Exposure
to new ideas, new perspectives
and new people. Exposure for
one’s own ideas, ambitions, dreams
and schemes Exposure to the
elements – sun, rain, wind, whatever
the weather. Expo? Sure!
Simon Sanders
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thinkshop 4: Until the
lion learns to write,
every story will
glorify the hunter
– Storytelling and
seizing the narrative
Saturday | 18:00
John Yorke, Lucy Langdon, Ed Bartlett
Children love stories. Grown ups love
stories. We all enjoy gathering around
the campfire for storytelling or song.
Everyone has a story to tell but many
don’t feel enabled or confident to step
forward. Human progress and political
advancement is built on storytelling.
We focus on the narrative, which
we use to accompany and explain
events and to persuade ourselves
and others to share our views.
Most major political successes (and
failures) have been built on a simple
premise – if we lose the narrative, we
lose. Labour’s Liam Byrne’s crass ‘I’m
afraid there is no money’ note, left in
the Treasury was a classical example
of losing the narrative. The Tories’
ruthless media machine repeats their
mantras, often based on fear over hope.
Headlines lodge in the consciousness
of those who refuse to look at facts
critically. Storytelling is not the same as
spin, which is often more like advertising.
It is time to seize the narrative.
American writer Elizabeth Gilbert used
the African proverb providing the name
for our panel to highlight that ‘writing a
story’ can go much further than putting
fingers on a keyboard. Writing a story
can also mean living life intentionally,
independently, brazenly and out
loud. Not remaining quiet and small.
Whether that means starting a business,
launching a non-profit, becoming an
activist, joining a group, or making art.
We all have a right to be seen and heard
and respected. It’s time for us all to have
a public voice, a say in some important
stuff that’s going on, to speak up and
be counted. To seize the narrative
and make some noise in this world.
John Yorke is a drama producer,
author and teacher with a long career
in TV drama has given him the tools
to identify the underlying shape
common to all successful narratives
– from drama to corporate reports.
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John Yorke
As former Head of Channel Four Drama,
Controller of BBC Drama Production
and MD of Company Pictures, John
shaped stories that attracted recordbreaking audiences for drama in UK
TV history. He has overseen some of
the UK’s most enduring programmes,
from Shameless and Life On Mars to
EastEnders and Holby City, alongside
award-winners like Bodies and the
internationally acclaimed Wolf Hall.
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Lucy Langdon
Lucy Langdon is a freelance copywriter
and editor. She works with businesses,
organisations and individuals who are
doing brilliant and inspiring things. If
you’re struggling to make what you’re
doing sound as good as it is, she can
probably help. She spends a lot of time
outside – writing, thinking, running,
biking, gardening, swimming, climbing
things and doing handstands.
Ed Bartlett
Ed Bartlett is a British art curator
and creative industries entrepreneur.
A pioneer of diverse models ranging
from ad funded gaming to pop-up
art exhibitions, he has an intrinsic
understanding of the balance between
creativity, commerce and culture, and
the vital importance of forging authentic
connections with your audience.
www.thefuturetense.net
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thinkshop 5: Clean
Language and
developing Collective
Trust Sunday | 11:00
Caitlin Walker
Caitlin Walker
Listening is a complex process. The big
question is, what are you listening for?
Listening to find holes in their
arguments? Listening to make your
point? Listening to have your prejudice
confirmed? Listening to people you
already know agree with you? Listening
for what is in your own interest? Not
even listening, keeping time until you
can say your piece? Or are you listening
for unexpected information? ... to have
your deep held views challenged?
... to have your prejudice updated?
Listening for what’s best for the wider
group? Listening for what’s possible?
Listening without an outcome, waiting
for new information to emerge?
Clean Language is a technique for
training listeners to ask open questions
to which they can’t predict the answer.
Originally developed by David Grove for
use in person-centred therapy, Caitlin
adapted the process to bring together
teenagers, outside of the school system,
to get interested in what they wanted to
have happen and then to develop the
skills and strategies to help one another
get what they needed. This peer
mentoring had fabulous, unexpected
results and the children quickly moved
from passive, angry young men
to articulate peer mentors able to
advocate for one another’s needs.
Caitlin Walker BA, graduated in
Linguistics at SOAS and did four years
post graduate research including
fieldwork in Ghana. From 19961999 Caitlin was an education tutor
with the Dalston Youth Project, a
Home Office run experiment to offer
mentoring and accelerated learning
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to at-risk students. The project won
the Crime Prevention and Community
Safety award for Great Britain. She
has since applied her Clean Language
and modelling skills in business and
education. Caitlin is an NLP trainer.
www.trainingattention.co.uk
I’m in because of old and new
friends, conversation and music and
beautiful location. And fire at night! I
have lived longer than I am going to
live and want to sit around the campfire
thinking and talking about how we
make this fourth quarter count and as
we move towards the certainly of death
how we have a great end of life.
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thinkshop 6: A good
life and a good death
– The fourth quarter
Sunday | 12:30
Elizabeth Carter, Nadia Chambers
During this interactive workshop
you are invited to help create a
conversation about what it means to
live the fourth quarter of your life.
Over the course of 75 minutes the
aim is to take a lighthearted and yet
profound look at our attitudes to life
and death as we journey through
the years of our life towards the
inevitable end of life, as we know it.
Stories, provocations and exhortations
will be used to develop an engaging
conversation through which growth to
produce a new and potentially lifechanging perspective through shared.
Elizabeth Carter and Nadia Chambers
are expert coaches in narrative who
will lead you through the workshop.
They’ll share some of their stories
with you, opening a safe space for
surprise, shock and compassion; work
to build a narrative for the future that
is uniquely and beautifully your own;
and challenge, tease and help you to
connect to the values that matter to you
and to articulate them in a way that will
guide you and your loved ones through
a fourth quarter that will really count.
Nadia Chambers has a lifetime’s
experience in health and social care,
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music
live: Adrian Legg
Saturday | 13:15
Nadia Chambers
having worked at local, regional and
national levels in the NHS and Higher
Education. An expert coach in public
narrative, mobilisation and change
management she’s currently exploring
new ways to make a difference
through writing, leading workshops
and gardening for health. Chambers
divides her time between the high
mountains and a city beside the sea.
Elizabeth Carter
Elizabeth Carter has been passionate
about storytelling from an early age,
leading a varied career, which has
returned to her first love – the spoken
word and use of narrative. Exploring
the notion of living into a good death
and being part of the generation
that redefines the conversation, she
loves festivals, music, community
and her Irish family and roots
The moment you see Adrian Legg
cradling and coaxing his guitar, you’ll
realise that you’re witnessing something
special. He may come across as a bit of
flash Harry, but with a large dollop of
irony and self-mockery. Adrian’s delivery
is dry and very amusing and he’s actually
quite a political animal. He’s dynamite
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live, his melodies showcase a highoctane technical proficiency that still
manages to retain soul and feel. It’s a
kind of transatlantic country melancholy
with a folksy melodic flair and some
clever-dick humour in there too.
Some of the slower melodies are
so deep and resonant with a sense
of yearning that can frequently
make you want to weep. Mr Legg
is the real deal, a modern day
musical guru, woefully underrated
too. So proficient it's ridiculous.
live: Will Pound and
Eddy Jay Saturday | 19:00
Eddy Jay is a real master of the
accordion with the ability to turn it
into an orchestra at his fingertips.
Will Pound is one of the finest
harmonica players of his
generation whose innovative
style pushes the boundaries of his
instrument and the folk genre.
Three-time nominee for BBC Radio 2
Folk Musician Of The Year, he has held
the accolades galore. Famous for his
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inventive arrangements and outstanding
solos in duos Haddo, Walsh and Pound
and four-piece The Will Pound Band, If
you don’t believe what I’m saying about
his genius, then try Mark Radcliffe: “A
flat out genius harmonica player."
A key player in the arrangement
of the hit stage musical version of
Noel Coward’s ‘Brief Encounter’
(Kneehigh theatre) which toured
US theatres including Studio 56 on
Broadway and former member of
Newfolks with Oliver Wilson-Dickson,
Mabon, he is eclectic in both his
performance and arrangements.
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He has performed with Cathal Coughlan
and Tina May, devised his own version
of Prokofiev’s classic ‘Peter and the
Wolf’ and Edith Piaf tribute show which
have toured the UK and beyond.
I don’t know what Campfire is,
I suppose it is who it attracts. But I
know I feel a little excited by it. I think
the potential here shines out because
there is no over-promising, just a
lot of gentle initiative and creativity.
I would like to give to that.
Jo King
live: Edward II
Saturday | 20:50
Edward II, the English roots band
that have uniquely blended the
rhythms of the Caribbean with
traditional songs from the British
Isles since the late 1980s, have just
launched an exciting new project
‘Manchester’s Improving Daily’.
Temporarily turning away from the
rural songs of the middle England
Morris teams, this time around the
band has been delving deep into
a repertoire of songs born of the
industrial revolution, specifically of
their home town, Manchester.
The live set, which features Jennifer
Reid (see page 26), will include a
collection of Manchester broadside
ballads dating from the time of the
industrial revolution. The ballads are in
many ways an early equivalent of social
media and bring the social and political
struggles of the time into sharp focus,
seen from a present day perspective.
Not surprisingly, many of the themes
are still relevant today with songs of
love, loss, poverty and political rights
featuring heavily, but in the hands of
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Edward II, these have been turned
into an uplifting celebration of the
working people who really forged
Manchester and transformed Britain
into an Industrial powerhouse.
garden
stage
MUSIC at THE
garden stage
There will be a variety of guest
mixes in between panels.
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DJ: greg wilson
Saturday | 22:30
In terms of DJs with a wide knowledge
of music and a passion for many
styles, Greg is in a class of his own
and that’s the main reason we have
invited him into the first Campfire
Saturday night DJ slot. Born in Wallasey,
Greg is an English DJ and producer
associated with both the early 80s
electro scene in Manchester and the
current disco / re-edit movement.
Greg is also recognised as one of a
new breed of DJ who likes to engage
in wider culture and political discussion
– the world needs to change as we
dance, after all. His website features his
erudite writing about all kinds of stuff
– from comics to black culture, design
to film, Merseyside to psychedelia. His
interest in counter-culture provided a
talking point as we were discussing the
Campfire weekend and as a result of
that, we’re happy that Greg has agreed
to talk on a Sunday panel on protest,
counter-culture and the role go satire,
which we’re looking forward to.
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live: Anna & Elizabeth
Sunday | 13:00
Their downhome Appalachian sound is
timeless and rich - led by simple guitar,
banjo and fiddle which allow their
exquisite harmonies to prevail. Their
album ‘Anna & Elizabeth’ has been a
constant playlist companion in Campfire
acres and we’re extremely privileged
that their UK tour dates coincide nicely
with a visit to the rural Welsh borders
for what will be an eagerly anticipated
Sunday lunchtime hour long set.
A collaboration between US-based
duo Anna Roberts-Gevalt and
Elizabeth Laprelle, a pair of historians,
storytellers, visual artists, and gifted,
intuitive musicians, inspired by the
richness and tradition of the music.
Anna & Elizabeth gather songs and
stories from archives and visits with
elders and bring these songs to life in
performance. They accompany their
songs with stories — of the lyrics, of the
singer, of the quest to learn the song
– delivered in their own unique style.
DJ: Bruce Bickerton
(‘Alucidnation’)
various times, between acts
Big Chill regular and ambient tunesmith,
Bruce Bickerton, provides our DJ
soundtrack in between acts on the
stage. He has recently programmed
a stage at Latitude festival.
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BALANCE GUILD PRESENTS: body & soul
mindfulness
techniques to help you lead a happier,
healthier, more fulfilled life.
yoga
Pete Anderson
Pete Anderson is an experienced
Mindfulness teacher, yoga teacher,
and Shiatsu practitioner. He has
been exploring spirituality and self
development for over 20 years. In
his lively and humorous talks he
draws on science, psychology and
eastern fables to demystify meditative
practices, and make them easily
accessible to anyone wanting to
live a happier, more fulfilled life.
Julia Rose
saturday & sunday | 08:30
Mindfulness is not a practise of
stillness and silence, rather a vibrant
engagement with the fullness of
life. Suitable for beginners and
more experienced practitioners,
mindfulness teacher Pete Anderson
introduces simple everyday meditation
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saturday & sunday | 08:30
Julia Rose's vinyasa flow classes are
appropriate for all levels. Vinyasa
yoga links movement with breath in
a flowing sequence. The sequences
can sometimes include challenging
postures, given as variations
according to your level allowing
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each person to take their practice
as far as appropriate to them.
massage
about your comfort and finding the
best way to meet you in the moment.
The class starts with very gentle
stretches building up to a strong
flow before slowing down again
ready for relaxation. These classes
are great to increase stamina and
flexibility at your own pace.
Bristol Massage Space
• Holistic Massage: A totally
relaxing massage using natural
oils to help relieve stress, and
ease muscle tension.
• Deep Tissue Massage: A treatment to
tackle tension and promote healing
in deeper muscle layers, to relieve
stress and help prevent injury.
• Sports/Remedial Massage: A form of
therapy using a variety of advanced
techniques that can address
conditions and injuries, including
tendinitis and muscle strains.
• Chair massage: Prefer to keep
your clothes on? This is the option
for you and perfect for relieving
Julia has a passion for music
and each class has an eclectic
playlist to suit the practice.
www.juliaroseyoga.com
saturday & sunday | 08:30
Bristol Massage Space offers you
treatments throughout the weekend
with professional therapists to soothe
your body and soul. All treatments are
designed purely for you and lasts 30
or 60 minutes. There are no routines,
and no set ways of working. It is all
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tension in the upper back, neck and
shoulders. Excellent for recharging
your batteries and feeling revived
for more campfire action!
• Reflexology: Manipulation of
reflex points in the feet, allowing
the body to relax, harmonise
and energise naturally.
• Shiatsu: A physical therapy that
supports and strengthens the body’s
natural ability to heal and balance
itself. It works on the whole person
- not just with the physical body, but
also with the psychological, emotional
and spiritual aspects of being. It
is given fully clothed so is a good
option if you don't want to undress.
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food, drink and markets
There will be a selection of food
and drink provided by the pub.
The Bridge Inn also serves a range
of fine ales and locally produced
ciders and perry (Gwatkins).
The Bridge Inn has teamed up with the
award winning Pork and Two Veg to
bring you an eclectic selection of street
food and Herefordshire classics built with
the best local ingredients and produce.
Breakfast will be available in the pub
and riverside from Pork and Two Veg.
Our neighbours from Shepherds will
be serving their award winning ice
cream so let's hope for sunshine!
Check out our latest food
reviews on Trip Advisor.
LOCAL FARMERS and
CRAFTS MARKET
On Sunday morning, 9am to 11am,
there will be a selection of local
produce and crafts in the car park.
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the bridge inn, Michaelchurch Escley HEREFORDSHIRE
www.thebridgeinnmichaelchurch.co.uk
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campfire guilds
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guilds
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Guild:
“An association of people for mutual
aid or the pursuit of a common goal.”
The heart of the Campfire online
experience will revolve around
our 16 Guilds and each one will
have the opportunity to develop
its own editorial voice.
We feel this is much needed right
now, with so much mainstream media
reflecting the vested interests of its
owners. We aim to develop a truly
independent voice, untainted by the
commercial pressures of chasing
advertising and page click bait.
• Its own magazine, made up of
editorially sourced and posted
status updates (current topical
‘found’ content – the pulse of each
Guild) along with more in depth
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articles, blogs, galleries, videos,
playlists. Members can like, share
and comment on these updates.
• A forum for deeper discussion.
Any member can start a
thread and/or comment.
• A resources page –
bookmarked articles and links
relevant to each Guild
• Specific Guilds events calendar
• Its own editor and editorial
team who will give each Guild
its own unique flavour
in the imagination, unlocking a desire
to push the boundaries, to innovate, to
explore new ways and new frames of
reference; it turns dreams into reality.
Our events have the potential
to grow to reflect Guilds-based
activity with each one curating and
organising a specific area of site.
In order to understand and get the most
from life, we need to be tooled up –
about politics, technology, economics,
mental and physical health, leading to
both a sense of self-awareness of the
way we relate to others around us and
the fragile ecosystem in which we live.
Creative Guilds
Once the creative spirit stirs, it brings
about a shift in consciousness. It starts
Leisure Guilds
An open mind, a curiosity, a sense
of self, a playful heart, a refining
of taste and preference, a slowing
of time in order to marvel at the
wonders of the world around us.
Tools for Life Guilds
campfire guilds
campfireconvention.com/guilds
campfire community
The place to discuss our ethos,
aims, ambitions, campaigns,
initiatives, events, membership
ideas, editorial policy and
how we develop the site.
creative
leisure
tools for life
•Crafts
•Design
•Fine art
•Street art
•Adventure
•Camping
•Hiking
•Holidays
•Nature
•Travel
•Campaigning
•Education
•News
•Politics
•Ideas &
philosophy
•Music
•Festivals & gigs
•Radio
•Music
technology
•Gardening
•Interiors
•Pets
•Property
•Sustainability
•Devices
•Gaming
•Internet
•Science
•Digital
•Film
•TV
•Photography
•Hobbies
and games
•Sports
•Body & soul
•Environment
•Fitness
•Health
•Lifestyle
•Spirituality
•Acting
•Dance
•Comedy
•Theatre
•Cookery
•Food & Drink
•Family
•Relationships
•Sexuality
•Language
•Writing
•Reading
•Publishing
•Storytelling
•Fashion
•Shopping
•Business
•Jobs
•Money saving
•Economics
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LOCAL area GUIDE
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local area guide
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Make your trip an
extended holiday.
Here are a few ideas...
Monday 15 August
The Mystery of
the Green Man
with Nina Lyon (see page 22)
A few miles from Michaelchurch are the
ancient churches of Dore Abbey, Kilpeck and
Garway. A crumbling Cistercian monastery,
a mindblowing array of stone corbels on
a pre-Christian site and a former Knights
Templar headquarters share undiscovered
beauty and the presence of the Green Man the image of a head surrounded by leaves or
disgorging vines. What might these images
mean and why are they there? Join the trail of
the Green Man and expect no easy answers.
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WALKING
HISTORY
The Black Mountains
Solitude, peace and tranquility. Visit the
beautiful Vale of Ewyas on the Welsh side
between Hay and Abergavenny. Great cycling
and horse riding country. Places to stay include:
The Bridge Inn
High Meadow Yurts
Bespoke by Nature
Llanthony Priory
The monks, sitting in their cloisters,
enjoyed plenty of fresh air here since
1100. Now you can also enjoy a meal
and a drink and stay in rooms too.
EXPLORING
WALKING
The Big Chill Trail
Visit the site where a certain music festival
called The Big Chill started in August 1995 –
Maes y Beran farm, just south of Llanthony.
Hay Bluff and
Lord Hereford’s Knob
You can see for miles and miles and miles … a
view fit for kings and queens, looking north you
can see Snowdonia across to Hergest Ridge.
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PLACES
history
Hay-on-Wye: Books, pubs, cafés, shops
On 1 April 1977, bibliophile Richard Booth conceived a publicity stunt in which he declared Hay-on-Wye to
be an ‘independent kingdom’ with himself as its monarch. The tongue-in-cheek micronation of Hay-on-Wye
has subsequently developed a healthy tourism industry based on literary interests for which some credit
Booth. Hay has much to offer in the way of independent shops and pubs. It has over two dozen bookshops.
Longtown Castle
Established in the late 12th century and first
fortified in stone by Walter de Lacey between
1216 and 1231. It was built to defend the English
borderlands from Welsh raiders and protected
the accompanying ‘colony’ town of Ewyas
Lacy, which became known as Longtown.
ACTIVITIES
relaxing
WALKING
The River Wye
Hire a canoe or kayak and enjoy
the river at its best.
The Beach
Laze the day away just half a mile from Hay
town centre. Good for swimming too.
The Cat’s Back
Spectacular walking on the English side
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HAY-ON-WYE
Hay
bluff
THE CAT’S
BACK
Llanthony
Priory
THE BLACK
MOUNTAINS
community
longtown
castle
The Big
Chill Trail
The crooked
church of Cwmyoy
Crickhowell: Fair Tax Town
The campaign for fairer taxation started here
and is rapidly gaining momentum. 40 minutes
drive from the Black Mountains, Crickhowell
has been prominent in the news lately for its
campaign for fairer taxation. Visit the town
and chat to the many independent shop
keepers about their high profile initiative.
walking and history
history
The crooked church of Cwmyoy
Set in stunning scenery.
St Issui Church Partrishow
and holy healing well
Nestled into the foothills of The Black
Mountains, not far from Crickhowell.
St Issui Church
Partrishow
crickhollow
fair tax town
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I’d like to keep the embers of the campfire glowing by encouraging debate
and artistic endeavour. I find many creators, definitely including myself, are
looking for honest considered feedback on the things that they create and
are grateful and motivated when someone takes the time to appreciate their
efforts or points of view. I hope that this project will offer an alternative to the
self-promoting, crowing, aggressive social web that we have at the moment
and I would be very pleased to help nurture it and its contributors!
J.P. Ryding
ACTIVITIES
cycling
Drover Cycles is based in Hay on Wye,
right on the edge of the Brecon Beacons,
with bike hire, a fully stocked shop
and repair centre available on site.
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camping
/ camping
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The campgrounds are in the field
next to The Bridge Inn, across
the stream. Campers can arrive
on site from midday on Friday.
Make yourself at home and please
respect your neighbours. Please
keep any dogs under control.
Water points will be available and
for camper vans we hope to provide
a chemical disposal point.
Please maintain a quietness that
won’t upset your neighbours
who will probably want to
get a good night’s sleep.
Official check-out time is 7pm
Sunday, but if you want to stay
longer, please speak to the pub.
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Please bring a chair with you if
you’d like a little comfort around
the campfire or at the venues.
leave no trace
Campfire supports a ‘Leave No
Trace’ policy. It’s simple: leave
the site as you found it.
campfire code
We ask our Campfire members to
acknowledge our unity and oneness as
humans when being around the fire.
On entry to the fire circle, please
smile, relax and breathe; be still, silent
and peaceful, loving, compassionate
and graceful; listen and listen
some more; speak and be heard,
sing and be merry, laugh and be
joyful. Savour the experience.
If lighting your own fires, please
ensure that the fire is contained
in a steel fire pit and that the fire
doesn’t burn the ground.
site map
toilets
crew & site
control
tents
pub
small
camper vans
big camper
vans
garden
stage
gate 1
field
STAGE
CAR PARK
body &
soul area
gate 6
THE
glade
camp
fire
gate 2
cafÉ
bar
main camping
gate 3
gate 4
gate 5
guest
house
quiet camping
car park
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CAMPFIRE CIRCLE 003.UK
Trailblazers weekend
4-6 November 2016
Venue TBA
Design courtesy of cuthbertdesign.com
Thanks to all Campfire
Circle team members,
volunteers and all who put
time and love in to make this
happen. The sparks are truly
igniting thanks to you all.