Category Archives: Victorian

Hope Street Christmas Fair – Illumination Day – Movember

Today was the Hope Street Christmas Fayre. The cast of Dismembered Empire were invited to Blackburne House with our performance of “Illumination Day”. The citizens of Dismembered Empire are torn between celebrating two mid-winter festivals. Illumination Day, or Crystalmas. The more »

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Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival 2011

Our weekend at the Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival was as much fun as we hoped. We were remembered fondly from last year and we met a lot of new and familiar faces. The Buttered Muffins were on usual top form more »

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Playing “Tickets Please”

“Tickets Please” is packed up and delivered to METAL. I have had time to edit some video footage of the game in action from our final play tests. “Tickets Please” is an oral history memory game allowing fun interactive exploration more »

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Making “Tickets Please”

Today we completed making “Tickets Please” It is an Arduino and RFID powered oral history memory game allowing fun interactive exploration of the Edge Hill Archive. The “Signal Repeater” electronic hub was made by Mycroft Milverton, the game board was more »

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Ruritanian Garden Party

I spent a truly pleasant afternoon with the rather well dressed Ruritanians at their summer garden party. Wonderful food, drink, music, dance and company. Related Posts:The Fourth Liverpolitan Tweed RunJohn Barry EveningAn Expedition of DiscoveryLiverpool Pride and On the WaterfrontLlandudno more »

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An Expedition of Discovery

Today the Liverpool League of Gentlemen and Extraordinary Ladies mounted an expedition around the Liverpool Discovery Trail. The crew consisted of Hildebrand Staggers, Colonel VC Squatter, Captain Icarus Clore, Jingle Joe, Major Cretaceous Bung, Brigadier Brox Baslow, Débutante Cassy, Jingle more »

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