Writing

Essays on place, culture and the spaces in between.

Comfortable At Being Uncomfortable
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

Comfortable At Being Uncomfortable

I’m sat silently, with just a coffee for company.

The sun is still rising, yet it is already baking my skin. A shimmer dances across the dark blue sea separating this Greek island from the next. Every so often, a gentle breeze carries the scent of a nearby fig tree. Fresh, sweet and quietly complex.

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Sheffield: The Sound Of The Crowd
Culture Joel Beighton Culture Joel Beighton

Sheffield: The Sound Of The Crowd

There was space. Space to rehearse. Space to experiment. Space to fail.

Sheffield’s cultural legacy was not built because somebody designed it. It emerged because enough people had the freedom, time and opportunity to create things on their own terms. Much like its industrial past.

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The Third Space
Culture Joel Beighton Culture Joel Beighton

The Third Space

Having a third space is having a place outside of your home or workplace to convene or to relax. It might be purposeful, like a pub or a café. Or it could be something less obvious, like a park or a beach.

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