Dear loiterers It’s First Sunday, This Sunday and so time for a wander together – and this time we are venturing further than ever before. By popular request we will be loitering in Warrington. We’ve broken our own Greater Manchester based rules here although ironically we realise its probably easier for some loiterers to join us there than some boroughs. As well at the train stations the 100 bus…
Dear Loiterers It’s First Sunday, this Sunday and so that means time to loiter together again. Join The LRM outside the main entrance to Manchester Piccadilly Station (top of station approach NOT the Fairfield Street entrance) at 2pm Sunday 5 th July. As ever our wander will be free and open to all who are curious, convivial and up for a mooch. The only rules are take care of yourself, each other…
Dear friends and loiterers It’s First Sunday, this Sunday and so we will be loitering, although in a slightly different time and space…. June’s First Sunday is happening as part of We Invented The Weekend Festival at Salford Quays. Join The LRM at 12 noon Sunday June 7 th outside The Hot House (M50 2EQ What3Words inner.deck.stones) There is a table with our name on it in The Lowry Bar (downstairs)…
Wooohooooh I’m off on the road / rails again for more Feminist Art of Walking events. Some really delightful events with fantastic folk, and I would love it if you joined me for walk, talk or random shenanigans. Here’s my May diary, (with a couple of April dates and a bonus early June event too). I’ll share more about each one over the next week or so. There is more festival goodness to come later…
It’s First Sunday, This Sunday and time for a loiter…. But The LRM are time travelling because its Easter Sunday and public transport will be rubbish So, please join us instead for one of our extraordinary mid week wanders Find us 6pm on Tuesday 7th April at Piccadilly Gardens – I’ll be near the gap in the wall where the roof was removed (I think its officially called the pavilion entrance). We…
Dear friends, comrades and fellow loiterers Its First Sunday, This Sunday and so time for a wander with The LRM This month we have a guest drift generator to guide us. Lydia will be a sharing her Wake Walk Bingo with us. Here is Lydia’s invitation: “The mission of Wake Walk Bingo is to use this bingo card to reflect on previous incarnations, to listen to messages from the past, to ponder strengths…
Its First Sunday, this Sunday and so time for a convivial wander Come and join The LRM 2pm 1st February. We’ll be loitering on that weirdly empty Plaza opposite Spar and the Holiday Inn Express in the Northern Quarter. The address is New George Street Manchester M4 4AE and if we haven’t met I am short with bright pink hair so usually easy to spot. All welcome, and always free. I will share the…
Dear friends and loiterers The LRM will gather for a wander on the First First Sunday of 2026 – Sunday January 4 th . Join us 2pm outside Manchester Central Library where we will go for a walk together that maybe, just maybe, will help make the year better. No grand proclamations or unrealistic, self flagellating resolutions but there will be convivial, curious and critically engaged chat with…
First Sunday, This Sunday and its going to be grand Dear friends, comrades and loiterers It’s First Sunday, this Sunday, and time once again to wander together. It’s the last loiter of the year, and I am delighted that exemplary loiterer Will will be guest host / facilitator/ mischief maker in chief. Will’s invitation is deliciously intriguing: Meet 2pm on Sunday December 7th at James Grigor…
TL;DR I love loitering! Assemble for Novembers First Sunday 2pm 2nd November at Eccles Tram Stop. And please write a review or spread the word about The Feminist Art of Walking if you can, thanks. Dear friends and loiterers It’s First Sunday, this Sunday, and so time to wander together again. First though I’d like to give heartfelt thanks to everyone who came to October’s First Sunday, which was…
Dear friends and loiterers Its First Sunday this Sunday and, as I may have mentioned, its going to be a special one to celebrate the publication of my first book The Feminist Art of Walking. Because psychogeography is time travel the book isn’t officially available until October 20 th but of course everything starts with a First Sunday wander…. The book celebrates many amazing women and non-binary…
Hello everyone I'm delighted to share the full details for The Feminist Art of Walking Tour. More information about the book, and pre-otders, available here: https://www.plutobooks.com/product/the-feminist-art-of-walking/ Eagle Inn Salford Sunday 5th October 4-8pm Launch party https://tinyurl.com/FemArtWalking (sold out, but please join the waiting list as we are looking to reconfigure the room).…
Dear friends and fellow loiterers It’s First Sunday, this Sunday and I delighted that Dale is facilitating our wander this month. For those who haven’t met him Dale is something of an LRM legend, and this is the invitation he has asked me to share with you all: “This month's walk started off being about death then turned into not being about death, which includes pretty much everything else…
Dear friends and fellow loiterers Its First Sunday, This Sunday and so time to loiter together. A few folk have been in touch with ideas for starting points which were all quite close together so I’ve merged them a bit and hope this is pleasing. We’ll meet 2pm this Sunday 3rd August at Pin Mill Brow, specifically the entrance on Limekiln Lane next to the River Medlock. Fittingly and rather…
Dear Loiterers I am thrilled to share that October's loiter will be a very special one, and I would love to see you there We will go for a wander starting at 2pm (start point tbc) but I know where we will be finishing - The Eagle Inn in Salford for the launch party for The Feminist Art of Walking The book will be released into the wild on October 20th* by Pluto Books:…
Dear loiterers Hooray! It’s First Sunday this Sunday and time to wander together once again. Apologies for missing the traditional Thursday notification day, time drifted away from me rather, and frankly then I couldn’t decide where to meet…. So much city to explore and you can never walk the same street. twice. Dale suggested we meet near the Cathedral and so please come and find me 2pm this…
Dear loiterers Its First Sunday this Sunday and so time for us to wander together once again. The LRM will be gathering on Sunday June 1st at 2pm outside The Peoples History Museum, corner of Left Bank and Bridge Street M3 3ER. We will go for a communal drift across the city, with the prompts revealed on the day. Our pace and direction will be set by whoever joins us. It is as ever free,…
Crab and Bee (Helen Billinghurst and Phil Smith) are joining us as part of their book tour celebrating the launch of Crab and Bee’s Matter of Britain Here’s the plan: Join us 2pm Sunday May 4th outside The Ascension Church, Stretford Road, Hulme. Crab and Bee will take us for a story sharing walk. Then, at around 3.30 we will return to the church for q+a and general chat. There will also be an…
Dear friends and loiterers I hope the sprunging of Spring is bringing some joy and comfort to you in these strange times. It’s First Sunday, this Sunday, and we will walk, talk, question, dream and play together as we always do at this time of the month. Actually, it is not quite as usual; there are several ways to join in this April, including an extra evening wander. First Sunday 5th April In…
Hello everyone Thanks to all who joined the torchlit walk with Dan, I thought it was truly magical. There was some chat about Aprils First Sunday and I promised a poll… Several folk will be at the Weird Weekend North in Rixton, and public transport makes it tricky to arrange a meet-up in Cadishead or Eccles, the areas folk suggested. There has also been a lot of interest in a weekday evening…