ABOUT

With an MA in Social Anthropology, and a 25+ career in story-telling, including making documentary and travel films for public broadcast (BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic ) I also like to use my skills to encourage and help individuals and families initiate projects that tell unique stories of their own.

Capturing my own family's characters and memorable moments has been something I've enjoyed from a young age.  From recording our grandparents' lullabies and bedtime stories or filming the daft banter between great uncles on a hill farm in South Wales, to capturing my nephews and nieces imagining their future lives or editing the ciné film of my parents' young lives abroad...

Whatever the inspiration, each project has been worth the time spent and delivered great pleasure, connection and comfort - with even the smallest of projects becoming the heirlooms most shared and valued by all.

Having seen what joy it can bring I'm always keen to encourage others to carve out a little time from busy lives to curate, create and share their own family treasures to be enjoyed today, and connect generations for years to come.

To find out more information about my career background please click HERE.

THE ARCHIVE HOUSE LOGO

The small red roofed building is St James Parish Church, Barbados circa 1647 - the oldest church still standing on the island today - and you can find this little image on a map inside. It caught my eye whilst taking a quiet moment within its cool walls one February afternoon in 2017.  It stayed with me, and perhaps took on more significant meaning due to both the timing and place.

As kids we were lucky to live on the island and spent many happy hours playing on the beach nearby.  Forty years later, and adjusting to the recent loss of our fantastic Dad, in that moment I felt our deep connection with both him and the many happy times we spent together on the island - and that good feeling returns whenever I glimpse this little painting. So with special people, moments and places at the heart of this venture - and with permission from The John Carter Brown Library, RI, USA - this is the reasoning for The Archive House logo. 

You can find out more about St James, Barbados HERE. Lastly, should you ever find yourself on this very special island, full of warmth, hospitality and talent then please consider skipping the heavily commercialized western resorts and instead choose to do something different by supporting one of the innovative regenerative and localized tourism initiatives such as Coco Hill Forest or Walkers Reserve, shopping at local markets and finding that unique gift via one of the many local and talented producers, artists and creators across the island such as Something Samarah. You can find more ideas via this article/website HERE.