Half way through the year, and half way through our story Ceilidh programme at the Storytelling Centre already! Our Deep Blue Sea, hosted by yours truly was, I blush to tell you, a great success. Jan Bee Brown took on our choir master role with some rousing sea shanties – and a surprise New Zealand Hakka thrown in for good measure.

I love the warm atmosphere these events create in the Cafe space – about 50:50 regulars and passers by but by the end of it everyone is chattering and leaving as friends sharing and joining in the spirit of a real life house ceilidh