Dave: 'We see a real drunken rant by Eric Clapton . . . August 1976 in Birmingham . . . back to Enoch Powell's River of Blood. And another suggests there should be a facist leader in this country and that's David Bowie.'

Here's Twitter reviewing our exhibition workshop. We've begun its evolution. In the 1st half of our video MMU lecturer Anze takes us through creating our November fashion show. In the 2nd half I take us through creating our September temple that will house our fashion show. And we've had 2 international…

Melba Finni: 'Just spent an amazing afternoon at the Whitworth gallery with Linda Brogan ? Seeing so many faces, so much history in one building was so emotional, in a good way. If you haven't been please take the time out to go! Thanks for a great afternoon Linda.' That's a picture Melba took of her…

This video is really special. Our meeting has stayed with me all week. Aged 16 to 25 CYC are at the beginning of their journey. Figuring out their identity. Like we were in the Reno. As Persian points out you can't get out of this conundrum. It's a rite of passage. You will identify with them every…

New conversations. With our photo-book publisher. With our Egyptologist. With our Egyptian temple lighting designer. With our t-shirt printer. With our badge weaver. With our blog book publisher. With our ghetto blaster dispatcher. With Contact Theatre's Young Creatives CYC.

Keeps taking me a while to get over major triumphs. Then I suddenly realised I’ve actually designed a photo-book, with Rude Gal, while I’ve been missing: and our real exhibition that will open in September. You have to understand the current exhibit is actually a workspace. Kind of didn’t understand…

Possibly the proudest moment of my life. Look at what we have achieved. Me. You. The Reno 12. & of course The Whitworth.

That is Fonzo Buller on a 70 foot telly in the Whitworth Art Gallery, surrounded by 3 posh sofas, telling about the first night he went down the Reno. Come on folks did you ever imagine you would see that in your life? Image curtesy of Julie-Anne Queenie Wilkinson who visited our exhibit today.

Whitworth preview 28th March. What do you think our man is thinking? Love the way he is clutching the headphones. Wonder who’s Reno memoir he’s listening to? Pic: Rude Gal

'The Whitworth rang with the sound of your tunes, an opening they won't forget.' Helen East. Arthouse pic of Rude Gal behind Kirsty Lloyd's hand [John's wife] in Suzy Mousah's intimate Reno 12 after party, by Sabina Q aka Susie Prouse.