The Wardman Wire

Freeform Fridays are a new experiment on the Wardman Wire:

I’m wondering about inventing “Freeform Fridays“, where I will give a platform to anyone with something interesting to say - a sort of virtual Speakers’ Corner. In my mind there needs to be somewhere on the blog which is relatively unstructured, to be a total change from the quite tightly timetabled nature of the rest of the week.

I’d see that as an opportunity for young or new bloggers to address a slightly wider audience - one of my priorities for asking people to write columns has been to look for good new writers, who would like the opportunity to write for a different audience or in a different style.

I’d like to see articles about eclectic political subjects on Fridays - for example how the mistresses of Charles II have an impact on life today, or a piece about the history of Hogarth, or even something about how political eras and movements can be studied by the distinctive hats they wore.

Friday also needs to be more relaxed, partly because that is the feel of most of our workplaces and homes, but also to move the blog into the “weekend” mode. I’d welcome any suggestions you have in the comments box below.

As it happens, I am away on short notice (10pm last night) at the Jeecamp today, so as an experiment I have a few “lighter” postings myself today - and I have emailed the regular writers inviting any contributions.

I wonder if anything will happen?

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