Moments.
A collection of small things to try, make or contribute to in your own time. One is featured each week, but you can explore the others whenever you like. Some take less than a minute; others grow as more people join in.
Around You
Questions and prompts inspired by what is happening wherever you are, from the sounds nearby to the weather, routines and small details of the day.
What can you hear?
What can you hear right now?
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Today's weather, the long way round
Describe today's weather without using sunny, rainy, hot or cold.
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Most people would walk past it
What's something near you that most people would probably walk past without noticing?
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The oldest thing you can see
What's the oldest thing you can see from where you're sitting?
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Out of the window
Tell us what's out of your window as though we've never seen a window before.
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The Workshop
Light creative prompts. No skill required, and nothing you make here has to be any good.
Finish the sentence
“The house had been empty for years, but somebody had still…”
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Rename Monday
Monday clearly isn't working. What should it be called instead?
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Invent an object
Invent something that doesn't exist but obviously should. What is it, and who needs it most?
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A place, unnamed
Describe a place you know well without naming it. See whether anyone recognises it.
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Word association
Harbour. What's the first word that arrives — and where does it come from?
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Storyboard
Stories: your own, or a few lines added to something the room is writing together.
One line each
We're writing a story a line at a time. Read what's here, then add one line of your own.
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A poem, between us
Add a line about something that's small and good. Any shape, any length.
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Something short
A whole story in a few sentences. Beginning optional, ending welcome.
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Something that actually happened
Tell us about something that happened to you that sounds made up but isn't.
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A poem of your own
Anything you've written, or anything you write in the next five minutes.
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Listening Room
Music, and the reasons behind it. Nothing is voted on — the person matters more than the song.
A song that reminds you of someone
The song, and the person. Mostly the person.
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A song you never skip
Whatever you're doing, this one gets played all the way through.
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Music that settles you
A piece of music that reliably makes things quieter.
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A song you wish more people knew
Something that never quite got its due.
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Elsewhere
Words, sayings and customs from different parts of the world, shared as starting points for conversation.
Hyggelig
Does this remind you of anything?
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Sobremesa
Do you have a version of this?
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Mångata
Is there something you've seen that nobody's given a name to?
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Meraki
What do you do this way?
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Saudade
Does anything bring this on for you?
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Curiosity Corner
Puzzles, wordplay and unusual questions for anyone who enjoys thinking things through, with no scores and no pressure to get anything “right”.
The two rooms
You're in a room with three switches. One works a lamp in the room next door, which you can't see into. You may go through once. How do you know which switch it is?
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The mended boat
A boat is repaired plank by plank until nothing original is left. Is it the same boat? And if someone built a second boat from the old planks, which one would you sail?
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The word inside
Which everyday English word has three consecutive double letters? And do you know any others hiding in plain sight?
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One question only
You may ask a stranger one question to work out whether you'd get on. What's the question?
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