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McLuhan's Message Seminars

Project Ended in October 2011

A collection of panel discussions exploring the relevance of McLuhan's ideas to the modern world as we now know it.

Name the New Watershed Wheat Beer

Posted on Fri 30 Sept 2011

For quite some time now you’ve been asking us for a local wheat beer. Our answer to this request has always been that whilst we take great pride in our locally sourced menus, and stock lots of local favourites as part of our drinks selection, wheat beer from the South West has so far escaped our hot little hands… until now.

  Heather Brooke

Posted on Thu 10 Aug 2017

American journalist and freedom of information campaigner Heather Brooke discusses the ideas underpinning her book, The Revolution Will Be Digitised.

Wild Watershed: a weekend in the woods

Posted on Mon 26 Sept 2011

Our intrepid Exec Chef Oliver Pratt has just spent the weekend foraging in the Wye Valley for all the wild goodies he can find to add a genuine taste of autumn to our seasonal menu. Oliver makes this trip annually with his ecologist friend Ben and this year's trip resulted in a bumper haul of autumnal fruits, nuts and berries - not to mention buckets of inspiration! Oliver says:

The Space Metronome is working!

Posted on Mon 19 Sept 2011

  Number Games - Race, Equality, and the Big Society

Posted on Thu 10 Aug 2017

This post-screening Q&A followed 'Number Games', a documentary that explores the question; can the Big Society be a racially just one?

Culture 24: Let's Get Real - How to evaluate success online?

Posted on Tue 6 Sept 2011

How can arts organisations really gauge their success online? Does counting the visitors to our websites really tell us anything? Do we need all the social media channels we start? Is there evidence of real engagement happening online? Do we really know what we are trying to achieve and who it is for?

Discover the new watershed.co.uk...

Posted on Wed 31 Aug 2011

Welcome to the new Watershed website! It’s been a long time coming. More than five years, to be exact. What was wrong with the old one, you may wonder.It was dated. It was becoming unwieldy. It had teeny tiny text. But most of all, it didn’t accurately reflect the vibrancy and passion of Watershed or the wide variety of activities and opportunities we offer that make us special.

  Curating Innovation, an evaluation of Media Sandbox 2010

Wed 1 June 2011

An evaluation of Media Sandbox 2010 'Curating Innovation' by Annie Warburton. Media Sandbox 2010 centred on the creation of ideas that explore rich experiences augmented by open data or mobile, wireless & sensory technologies and commissioned seven projects.Find out more about Media Sandbox.