

Rae Story + Clare Degenhardt
- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
Gathering Elderberries
Elderberries ripen at different times from August to October Elderberries are what grow after the soft white dusty elderflowers have fallen from their stems (or into delicious elderflower cordial that we all love so much). Often growing as a ‘weed’ bush, they have been used as medicines by our ancestors long into plant and human history. They are small trees, with delicate slender branches, and as they age, their branches grow twisted and gnarled – sometimes even covered with


Rae Story
- Nov 9, 2021
- 2 min
Alison Kershaw
Alison Kershaw died on the 14th October 2021. Alison was the lead artist and manager of TLC Art Project and had run the project since starting as artist-in-residence at St Luke's Church in 1993. Image by Jenny Thomas Alison supported Mapping Manchester's Quiet Spaces in many ways behind the scenes, securing funding for the project and helping with visioning and developing the project. She also contributed many blog posts and attended events whenever she could. When we recentl