There's a particular activity which ticks the right boxes for artistic expression, but which is not generally thought of as such. That is board game design. In his book "Around the World in 80 Games", Marcus du Sautoy writes ...Games are also stories that we can explore with our friends.... A novel can move you to tears, but a game can make you feel guilty for your actions. So a game can involve storytelling, acting, the artwork of board and pieces. The best games offer a mul

There'll be little structure to this blog. Don't come here if you want elegant structure! But there'll be ideas, play, a little poetry. And that, I hope, will capture the spirit of Weirdly Bay. Weirdly Bay being, of course, a twist on Whitley Bay, which is a seaside town to the east of Newcastle. Once it was a bustling resort, which doubled or tripled in size during Factory Fortnight, when Scotland's industry shut down each year, and its workers came south with their families