First Sunday This Sunday and its May so everything is springing…. We’re meeting 2pm on Sunday 7th May outside the main entrance to Piccadilly Train Station for our traditional derive. (Station Approach with the shops on it NOT Fairfield Street). For more details please feel free to get in touch
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May First Sunday
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FIRST SUNDAY THIS SUNDAY so its time for our monthly communal derive. We'll start 2pm at the memorial tree in Piccadilly Gardens and, in a first for us, the wander is inspired by last months wander.
We will be guided by an improved playing card method as it was so interesting the first tim…
March 1st Sunday and a Call for Conference Papers
Dear friends and fellow wanderers
Spring is finally Springing and we will be meeting for our March derive this Sunday, 5th March, starting 2pm at the Albert Memorial, Albert Square Manchester. All welcome for a free communal wander with friendly folk interested in exploring our city with a critic…
February 2017 First Sunday
Its First Sunday, This Sunday and time for our regular communal derive. This month we will start at 2pm 5th February outside Manchester Craft and Design Centre, Oak street.
We will be embarking on a deep psychogeographical study of space so please bring a pen, pencil or some other writing imple…
2017 First Sunday
Hi everyone, heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported The LRM in 2016 in so many ways, especially during Loitering With Intent. The best, of course, is still to come and I can see some marvellous adventures on the horizon....
It’s time for the first First Sunday of 2017, and in typical contra…
January 2017 First Sunday & surveys for friends
Hi everyone, quick reminder First Sunday will actually be on Second Sunday in January, ie on the 8th. Details soon. In the meantime some friends of The LRM have surveys you may wish to contribute to (both posted before, but deadlines now looming):
A Sunday Treat: The LoneLady Treasure Hunt recap
This has been a truly remarkable year for Loitering and one of my personal highlights was the thrill of collaborating with the wonderful LoneLady on The Psychogeographical Sat Nav. You can hear The Street is Your Playground (LRM Mix) A Psychogeographical Sat Nav by LoneLady featuring The LRM on Soun…
December 1st Sunday
First Sunday for December is Sunday 4th and we will be meeting outside The Crown and Kettle on Oldham Road at 2pm for a classic old school derive
January 1st is first Sunday of 2017 but we will postpone a week so folk can get there
All welcome and it would be wonderful to see as many folk as p…
First Sunday of November and THANKS
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to Loitering With Intent. Life and Big Bad Reality have stopped me from pausing to contemplate and say thus sooner but with a couple of weeks distance I can see what a truly wonderful unique exhibition/festival/shenanigan it was. It would not have been po…
Final LoneLady Treasure Hunt Clue
Last day of Loitering With Intent today and also the last clue in the great LoneLady treasure hunt. The tokens to swap for a psychogeographical sat nav will stay in their hidey holes for a while yet but the track will vanish from the internet later today so listen now if you haven't. Here is that fi…
Penultimate Treasure Hunt Clue & Final Event/Hint
Token number nine:
"'ella, 'ella, ella, eh eh
It's a right of way"
Still only one record has been claimed.... if you are after additional clues I suggest the curator's talk on Thursday 13th October - 6pm at People's History Museum - may be useful.
When the exhibition closes on Friday at 5…
latest treasure hunt clue
"get wisdom and with all thy wisdom get understanding. Next door you can make some noise so get between the covers with our Folk
Treasure Hunt Latest Clue and Recap
Here's the latest clue in our great Lonelady treasure hunt. Find a token and contact us to exchange it for a special limited edition 10 inch vinyl copy of The Street is Your Playground (free download here: https://soundcloud.com/lonelady/the-street-is-your-playground-lrm-mix-a-psychogeographical-sat…
Treasure Hunt Update
Hi everyone, i've been having some technical issues which means todays treasure hunt clue will be on twitter @thelrm and our facebook page before i can post it here. Apologies. Its also First Sunday and our traditional derive starts 2pm from the community gallery in Peoples History Museum - all very…
LoneLady Treasure Hunt Clue #3
Its Wednesday and so time for the next clue in the great LoneLady treasure hunt. Find the token and swap if for a psychogeographical sat nav. I enjoyed a lovely stroll to hide this one and now enjoying a top notch cup of coffee but can't tell you where, cos, well, that would spoil the game wouldn't…
Update and New Clue
Still trying to assimilate the last week Walking Women at Edinburgh was truly magical. How wonderful to be surrounded by walking artists who inspire, understand, support and challenge each other. Nourishment for the creative soul and amazing to not have to justify being a women walking…
The Great LoneLady / LRM Treasure Hunt is ON!
The psychogeographical sat nav is a collaboration between the marvellous LoneLady and The LRM. You can read all about it below. The music is freely available to all but the physical object - a 10" single with handmade cover art - can only be obtained by careful searching and a huge dollop of luck.
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A Public Service Announcement
My heartfelt thanks to everyone who made the opening weekend of Loitering With Intent such an amazing event. I'm still trying to figure out where those lost posts are but until I do here is a public service announcement
Loitering With Intent is closed until August 1st for a beer festival, there…
A confession and a revelation
So this is a bit embarrassing. I have just realised all the blogs I thought I had been posted have not appeared. I have absolutely no idea why, but I am sorry. Going to try one again now and see what happens:
I dreamt a psychogeographical sat nav that didn’t take you from A to B the most efficien…
First Sunday This Sunday
The streets belong to EVERYONE and we need to keep them safe, interesting and open for all. Its First Sunday, this Sunday and we will be playing out for the last time before Loitering With Intent opens. Please join us 2pm in Piccadilly Gardens (near the Victoria statue). One small step to Utopia is …