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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I had the great pleasure recently of doing a livestream with @lukehaines.bsky.social As part of this we talked about Kraftwerk. Today I was reminded of this little film I made in lockdown - using one of Luke’s recipes from his cook book. Here it is youtu.be/1HYHwH44RKE

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Luke Haines' Bratwurst Soup

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Go to www.SupportRideout.org to reach out Big Give fundraising page. To listen to the livestream go to www.mixcloud.com/RideoutBigGive/ between 8am on Sat 21 March and 8am on Sun 22 March (UK time) #ArtsForImpact

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

We’re very excited to announce @ana-chamberlen.bsky.social and @henriquecarvalho.bsky.social whose book Questioning Punishment is such an important addition to the debate, will be joining us for a post show discussion on 11 April. Tickets here www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sta...

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

As we came to the end of the first week of more intensive work, we asked team members to sculpt images in response to the phrase ‘criminal justice system’. These were there responses. #PunishmentActs #Theatre #Workshops #devising #cocreation

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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

@Ofsted isn’t an ‘inspectorate’ in the sense of a disinterested, professional agency tasked with improving public education. It’s a Trojan horse for setting schools up to fail & facilitating forced academisation. It should be dismantled & a properly transparent inspectorate installed.

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

There is an obsession with punishment in our culture that extends beyond prison. The Welfare Reform Act 2012 introduced a new type of punishment that disproportionately impacts the poor - the sanction. Punishment Acts 9-17 April For tickets www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sta...

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

@robynhitchcock.bsky.social One for your Christmas present list here - a trolleybus for the garden www.facebook.com/share/r/1DYC...

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

“But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality…behind sorrow there is always a soul. And to mock at a soul in pain is a dreadful thing.” Oscar Wilde De Profundis Punishment Acts 9-17 April

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

“And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like scorpions on the earth.” Revelation 9:3 In the Bible, locusts are symbolic of divine wrath, but what does that have to do with the development of our prison system? www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sta...

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The nights are long in prison for those who are out of time. How long is long enough? Rideout’s new show April 9-17 Stoke-on-Trent Book now www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sta... #theatre #prison #livedexperience #justice #participatoryarts

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A fabulous workshop yesterday at University of Warwick with Uruguayan theatre director Sabrina Speranza. Reimagining Augusto Boal’s Newspaper Theatre in a time of social media.

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Fabulous news for Stoke-on-Trent’s Social Agency. Funding will go towards creating a welcoming, autistic-friendly meeting space with new furniture & lighting as well as regular arts sessions, and training for volunteers. Big thanks to @tnlcomfund.bsky.social for making this possible.

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I have finally sorted out a Facebook page for the company I run. If you’re interested in arts in prison, give it a follow! www.facebook.com/share/19pnjc...

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

A big thanks to all the presenters including those from @sociowarwick.bsky.social for yesterday’s inaugural conference of The Fear Network. So great to listen to folk from different disciplines exploring the same theme. Thinking about how this all can relate to punishment.

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Today was Rideout’s 2nd session working with folk at Expert Citizens. Participants each created a character with whom we will start exploring our core theme of punishment. Funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social & the Arts and Humanities Research Council #stokeontrent #cocreation #PunishmentActs

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Drones delivering to prisons is not new at all. I remember working in a prison a good 6 years ago when a workshop we were running was interrupted by the sound of an incoming delivery. Just one more thing the MOJ has dragged its feet on…

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

@michaeldaly64.bsky.social Not sure if you’ve posted this one before - apologies if you have. Sweet - the most expensive band in the night!

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I have finally sorted out a Facebook page for the company I run. If you’re interested in arts in prison, give it a follow! www.facebook.com/share/19pnjc...

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John Podmore @johnpodmore.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

The Government predicates all its pronouncements on the prisons crisis with ‘we inherited …’ . It inherited the IPP scandal however from a previous Labour Government. It has the opportunity to right a profound wrong. To its eternal shame it is merely doubling down on a kafkaesque injustice

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

If you love The Fall, and need cheering up, do yourself a favour and listen to this. Spectacularly shambolic and hilarious. Name That Tune: Fall Songs. Wishing you all a Happy New Year when it comes. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

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Oh! Brother

Music History Podcast · 4 Seasons · Monthly

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Sarah Bartley @sarahbartley.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Ended the year with @saulhewish.bsky.social and Rideout thinking about punishment with two days of R&D for our 2025 show Punishment Acts. Striking to think creatively together about our emotional, political, and personal relationships to punishment. Part of the AHRC Staging Justice project.

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

A fabulous first day of R&D on Rideout’s new show, Punishment Acts. Big thanks to all involved and esp @sarahbartley.bsky.social whose AHRC funded project this is all part of. #stagingjustice

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

For a truly brilliant 30 minute summation of the relationship between trauma and violence listen to the excellent Gwen Adshead in the third of her four Reith Lectures. Recorded at HMP Grendon. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The only way to solve the #Prison or #CJS crisis is a #legislative review. We have too many #laws, that capture too many, too young, for too little, and punish them too much (over and above what may be necessary). Without such, everything else is a snipe hunt! #Criminology

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The Justice Gap (www.thejusticegap.com) @justicegap.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

A prisons charity has called for the ‘radical transformation’ of the role of prison officers in the face of systemic staffing issues and increased numbers of prisoners serving long sentences @prtuk.bsky.social www.thejusticegap.com/prisons-char...

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Prisons charity calls for radical transformation of ‘life and death’ prison officer roles – The Justice Gap

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Exploring Mooli Lahad’s Six Piece Storymaking process as an assessment strategy for dramatherapists #dramaandhealing

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

An excellent thread on common myths about prison in the USA. Would love to see the equivalent for the UK.

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

If you’re a fan of Douglas Adams, and more specifically, The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy then please follow @hg2g-scrapbook.bsky.social Run by a friend, he has made the move across from X where he has 1.9k followers but here, like all of us, he is starting again.

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A great day today at Restoke with @sarahbartley.bsky.social and Terri Ann exploring all things Transformative Justice. A lot to consider and deconstruct. Loved working with notions of harm, justice, and accountability. Really useful slide here from the Resist and Renew podcast

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Today I had another one of those, ‘Fuck I’m old’ moments when talking to my UG. I told them about going to see Laurie Anderson. In trying to explain who she is I said she was married to Lou Reed. ‘Who?’ Finally I said, he used to be in The Velvet Underground. ‘Oh them - we know them!’ #allisnotlost

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Helen Wheatley (she/her) @helenwheatley.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Thanks to @saulhewish.bsky.social for sharing this. While says this is true of prisons, I think a lot of this also applies to universities and their engagement departments

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Great thread here. As relevant to prisons in some ways as it is to theatres.

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David Kendall @manwithbooks.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Big thanks to @ana-chamberlen.bsky.social & Ruth Bernatek for a jam packed day on art from people in prison. Speakers from several v different countries but all engaging with people via art. Lovely to hear and see art from Steeldoor studios and spoken word from Jason N Smith.

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Oooff - what an extraordinary full day of conversations about prison arts at the #captivearts symposium today. The voices of lived experience were strong in the room and added real weight to the debate. Massive thanks to @ana-chamberlen.bsky.social Roo, Faye and Sally for pulling it all together.

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Make Good by Pentubus and New Perspectives is a brilliant example of theatre bearing witness. Superbly performed, great songs, funny, moving, and honest storytelling about one of the most appalling UK scandals in recent times. youtu.be/KskkLl_b2og www.horizonscandalfund.org

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Anastasia Chamberlen @ana-chamberlen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We are almost ready for our international prisoner arts symposium at Warwick Arts Centre on Thursday! Can’t wait to welcome all our speakers & participants. We’ll be sharing details via #captivearts and on www.captivearts.co.uk

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Artist development programme with @headlongtheatre.bsky.social for early career directors from outside of London. Includes £5000 bursary and 12 months of development support. Deadline for applications 10am 27th November. www.headlong.co.uk/origins

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Origins — Headlong

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This is fabulous. Go to www.listentosteve.com/doingbird and play the mixtapes that @listentosteve.bsky.social made with prisoners responding to archive bird recordings. It’s a brilliant example of co-created art that arises out of a unique encounter with the past #prisonarts

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Steve Urquhart // doing bird

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This morning I thought I’d join the game and make a starter pack for Arts in Criminal Justice. Turns out old friends already got there!

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I am extremely grateful to The Chatsworth Players who are raising money for Rideout as part of their current production of Our Country’s Good. Tickets still available for Wirksworth Town Hall for 21 & 23 November. Book here www.tickettailor.com/events/chats... #amatuertheatre #community #prisonarts

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Saul Hewish @saulhewish.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Last night I saw Laurie Anderson’s new show Ark V in Manchester. Beautifully bonkers in only the way Anderson can do. Worth seeing if you know her work. Tonight a v different cultural experience - Our Country’s Good by the Chatsworth Players who are kindly donating all proceeds to Rideout. #art

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