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Festivals in Transition Article: May 2011

This article appeared on the website of Virtual Festivals in May 2011: Festivals in Transition By Daniel Hurring The principles of Transition are laid down by Rob Hopkins, the founder. A Transition Initiative is a community working together to look Peak Oil and Climate Change squarely in the eye and address this question: “For all […]

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Stir Article: Festivals as Micro-Communities

Written in February 2014 for Stir to Action Magazine At festivals you’ll often overhear someone wistfully commenting word to the effect of, ‘I wish life could always be like this…’ But one of the hard facts of festival life is that it can’t. Festivals, by their nature, are temporary communities and ephemeral in nature. On […]

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The 3 Red Knights

Written in December 2008 for my two children (at the time) Nazca and Ben…   THE RED KNIGHTS OF THE FOREST GO ON A JOURNEY TO MEET ASLAN AND HAVE A FINE ADVENTURE BY DANIEL HURRING IN HONOUR OF BENEDICT AND NAZCA LORDS OF HOUSE AND GARDEN KINGS OF THE SKY   ONCE UPON A […]

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