Writers reading their work at Telling Tales. My favourite was Bethan in the middle there, she writes with Mothers Who Write in Preston
Another great evening at Telling Tales in Chorley #tellingtales #ChorleyLittleTheatre
A poster with the text: Telling Tales: Making Stories Come to Life. It has illustrations of a Javanese puppet, the Soga Brothers, woodblock prints, a blue-white ceramic, a scary Noh mask, a blue Peking Opera face painting, a musician playing a horn, an orange robe with a golden dragon and a colourful shadow puppet.
There’s only a few days left to experience the wonder of storytelling through our MA students’ exhibition, Telling Tales, at the Oriental Museum. This family-friendly exhibition will be closing; 9th of November.
Unable to make it? Check out our online exhibition and audio guide. #TellingTales
New story today: "Camping With Vampires - A Crossover Event!" theskewedlife.blogspot.com/2025/10/stor... #theskewedlife #humor #humour #comedy #Halloween #Halloweenstory #crossover #friends #siblings #camping #campers #campfire #scarystories #tellingtales #smores #hiking #woods #monsters #vampires
On the left hand side is a character in black armour with short hair and waving and smiling. In the middle is the title Show and Tell: Stories that Connect Us. On the other side is another drawn character in a red theatre robe, holding flags and waving and smiling.
Unable to visit us? You can still visit our free online exhibition Show and Tell: Stories That Connect Us and be guided by John and Mei as they share stories together. You can also listen to our free audio guide on our website. stories.durham.ac.uk/show-and-tell
#TellingTales #BeastsandLegends
Want to experience more stories? Check out our accompanying online exhibition, Show and Tell: Stories that Connect Us, a collaboration between Telling Tales at the Oriental Museum and Beasts and Legends at Palace Green Library. stories.durham.ac.uk/show-and-tell #TellingTales #BeastsandLegends
A picture of beasts and legends from the North East, a green dragon like worm, a hairy beast covered in a blue cloak, a headless woman in a pink dress and a long tusked boar.
Want to experience more stories? Check out our accompanying online exhibition, Show and Tell: Stories that Connect Us, a collaboration between Telling Tales at the Oriental Museum and Beasts and Legends at Palace Green Library. #TellingTales
People in a busy museum exhibition.
Two people looking into a glass display case with a brightly coloured poster behind them.
Two people engaging with an interactive screen.
Person sit behind a lit screen making a whale shadow puppet move.
We’re now open! Thank you to everyone who came last night to celebrate the launch night of Telling Tales. Catch the exhibition from now until the 9th of November. We hope to see you soon!
#TellingTales #DUOrientalMuseum #StudentExhibition
A student with dark hair holds a tape measure against a wall.
A student drills a screw into the wall whilst a man holds the frame steady.
2 people support the body of a wooden puppet as it is placed inside a tall, glass case.
Students watch on as someone leans into the glass case to adjust a pamphlet.
The MA Museum and Artefact Studies students are hard at work installing their summer exhibition, Telling Tales, ready for opening on 13th June. #TellingTales
A poster with the text: Telling Tales: Making Stories Come to Life. It has illustrations of a Javanese puppet, the Soga Brothers, woodblock prints, a blue-white ceramic, a scary Noh mask, a blue Peking Opera face painting, a musician playing a horn, an orange robe with a golden dragon and a colourful shadow puppet.
Experience the wonder of storytelling across cultures in our upcoming summer exhibition, Telling Tales: Making Stories Come to Life. This family-friendly exhibition will be opening on 13th June 2025 at the Oriental Museum. #TellingTales #studentexhibition
A blonde woman, a pink-haired woman and a pair of hands in a red sweater are holding up wooden Javanese puppets using bamboo sticks.
A Chinese theatre robe from traditional Chinese opera. It is made of orange silk with couched gold thread embroidery in a dragon robe style. There are blue strips of silk with golden embroidery on the sides of the piece.
A blonde woman is holding up a poster for a Bollywood film. The title, in Hindi, says Sita Swayamvar. It has illustrations of the six main characters – a woman and five men.
Which of these objects do you want to know more about? Comment 1, 2 or 3 and we’ll give you a sneak preview of one of the objects featured in our upcoming exhibition, Telling Tales, opening 13th June at the Oriental Museum. #TellingTales
Lay'en it on the line...
#ancientwisdom #tellingtales #squawktalk #angrybirds
#roadrunner #meepmeep #dinobirds #birdsofbluesky
#audubonsociety #nm #audubon #wildlife #photography #nature #birds #photographersofbluesky #BlueSkyArtShow #theshuttersniper #photographersunited #birdphotography
Art deco style illustration of the River Derwent as it passed the old Crowley's Iron Works, with birds flying above it.
Art deco style illustration of the Lady Liberty statue at Gibside, which stands above a forest, with rolling green hills behind.
Art deco style illustration of Dunston Staiths, with a large coal barge carrying coal on the River Tyne, and a train carrying coal on top of the wooden structure.
Art deco style illustration of St Mary's in Gateshead, with the graveyard in the foreground, the old church behind the gravestones, and the Tyne Bridge in the distance to the right.
Have you listened to Telling Tales yet? Our new podcast with Digital Voice, supported by Historic England, brings the Tyne Derwent Way’s heritage to life through the stories of local historians and communities. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Castbox.
Illustrations by Laura Crow #tellingtales
Outline of images, a wolf, a house and a pig on a white background lit from behind.
FREE family friendly workshop - Come create your own shadow puppets the Oriental Museum on Saturday 12th April 1-3pm. No need to book, just turn up.
We will provide materials and instructions. You can leave your creations to be displayed our NEW exhibition #TellingTales.
-> #OrderOfTheSunAndMoon at #StIvesSocietyOfArtists The Crypt Gallery feat work by #KateSouthworth (pic 1), #NeilScott (pic 2) & 2 others, and finally #TellingTales at #PenwithGallery, a wonderful collaboration between artist #DelphaHudson & ceramist #DebbieProsser (pic 3) — from all of which we ->
#tellingtales #10 #thepenflows
I'm Rubicund* with Anticipation of seeing you again
*having a ruddy complexion; high-colored
#writingprompt #imageprompt
#moonmystic #RavensWriting #tellingtales #8 #loveletters
I found my Runaway Muse Where the Rain Falls. Dragon's Gold covering once Black Bark, working with the fog to create a Caressing Silence #writingprompt #imageprompt #naturelovers #inspiration
#LuaViEr #tellingtales #7
I inevitably
R Recon Skewed
K kindness
Roderick Bay, Solomon Islands
#writingprompt #imageprompt #poetry #acrostic
• #Converstory
#VssDaily #VssMagic #tellingtales
- You Carved my soul hollow.
- What do you Want from me?
- To no longer Betray me.
- And if I don't?
- Extraction will be needed
#prompt #conversation #sadstory
#tellingtales #WeirdSix
Once Vibrant and Vari-colored, now abandoned #prompt #imageprompt #sixwordstory
#tellingtales
What once was a pullulating* city has now become bare. The techno virus was showing no signs of relenting
*very crowded and lively; teeming
JordyMeow pixabay.com
#prompt #scifi
The grief did not atrophy, but became a part of him, a heavy braid against his back, reminding & harrying without a moment's rest. He was a walking dead man in a handful of years, fit only for violence & dark workings. He made easy prey when the Old Ones came to call.
#TellingTales
Unlit but not sunless. One window radiates down a hall of desolation. Voices once sang here, young love blossomed, exams were aced, some were failed but they all had a future, until the one. The one who preyed, sought, and took what was not his. #TellingTales #writing #prompt
#NCS16 HERKNE & REDE! Great night w @PatienceAgbabi performing #TellingTales @RefugeeTales + drinks @ The New Globe
HERKNE & REDE! @PatienceAgbabi interactive poetry reading starts 8pm! Playing w #TellingTales @RefugeeTales #NCS16
