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Julia Douglas is a Scottish mixed-media artist and web designer, who hosts a creative residency in France called Studio Faire.

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A Portrait of the Drama Teacher Who Changed My Life

If walls could talk, they’d tell of the arrival of an eccentric thespian, cat allergies and soap eating.

Sharing the Kitchen on a Creative Residency

The highs, lows and challenges of communal living.

If Walls Could Talk: Mum Didn't See Problems. Only Possibilities.

What moving house and renovating an old flat with my mum taught me about resilience, resourcefulness and home.

Accidental Drunkenness at an Artist Residency

The stories you are about to read are true. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty.

The Place I Couldn’t Get Out of My Head

Like a good mullet (is there such a thing?), this property was business in the front, but party in the back.

The Romance of France Isn't on Your Phone

True stories of Grindr, ghosting and unexpected romance at our artist residency.

Not Begging For Money, Pre-selling Belief in Something Special

The story of how our ambitious idea was backed through crowdfunding, and the lessons we learned along the way.

Hospitalfield: Part Two — Finding Home

How an artist residency helped me find my feet again.

Hospitalfield: Part One — Losing Home

Heartbreak, homelessness and the search for a fresh start.

Receiving the Warmest of Welcomes in France

Why my experience didn't match the stereotype that the French are rude