Heather Taylor
Heather is a writer, filmmaker, performer and general mischief maker. She is the founder of @anyexcusetv. All views are my own. Unless I take yours.

Hey there Facebook Family! Last week I posted to my wall that if enough people were interested I would arrange a get-together of UK based Facebook friends. Many of you I'd love to catch up with & others I'd like meet for the first time in the flesh - I'm guessing that you'd like to do the same?

Films to be screened (Free event)

12 mins Broken Encounter – Filipa Tomas C/L
10 mins Storyboards – Lighter – Clemens Bros A
7 mins Prey – Xav Rodriguez T
3 mins Why I Fight – Simon Aitken Doc
4 mins Blink – Tito Sacchi C
8 mins I am Lonely – Phil Haine C/H
15 min Achante – Geoffrey Sautner Art Film
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So. I'm leaving London. Not forever mind you but it may be a while before I'm back.

And I am sad to be leaving my adopted home. So I want to see you all before I go.

And where am I going?

New York. Yep. I will soon be over the pond taking yellow cabs and eating bagels. And taking the position of Editorial Director for Econsultancy and...

We'll be having drinks with the cast and crew of Raptured on the 19th December and you are invited! Come on down to Canary Wharf and have a drink with us and be a bit merry. Find out how to get to Tompkins here: tompkins.uk.com

Hope to see you there!
All those crazy guys at RapturedTV

To end the year on a high we thought we would reward the awesome people who have supplied us with films with an award ceremony. So come along and see who picks up the awards for best film, director, screenplay, actor, music and cinematography. Will it be you?

The winning films will be screened on the night.

See you at the Hideaway Bar, Tufnell...

Tuesday 6th December 7.30pm – 10.30pm (bar open from 7pm)

Ministry of Stories takes over YARN presents The Special Relationship for our Charity December Show!

The Ministry of Stories mission is to inspire a nation of storytellers from the backroom of their Monster Supply shop on Hoxton Street. We love what they do, and in the spirit of...

http://www.dirtydicks.co.uk/

It's the penultimate show before our Christmas awards. Get yourself along for 5 more great films from Braine Hownd and others. The line up is -

Too Loud - starring Matt Prendergast and Chris Spyrides
Impossible Feet - directed by Jonathan Brown. Starring John Peck, Matt Prendergast and Greta Bellamacina.
Raptured - Directed by Heather Taylor...

Red on Black Productions is launching Raptured, a new 6 part web series, on the 21st October, 2011 at The Driver in Kings Cross. (http://www.driverlondon.co.uk/3rd-floor-members-bar.html) Though the whole thing is under wraps til then (shhhh!), we wanted to invite you for a sneak preview on Thursday, 20th October, 2011. Yes. You will get to see it...

The

30th June. Save the date.

In the space of just three days at the end of June I shall be turning a year older, abandoning my career and leaving London.

Please come and celebrate / commiserate / say au revoir.

Swing Dance Picnic: June Edition, on Sunday, 5th June, 2011

Next To Regent's Park Boathouse - use the map at each park entrance.



The series of summer picnics begins next month at Regent's Park with fresh new music, a dance class, live music and entertainment! If the weather has a tantrum I should have an alternative venue, so keep...

Poetry from...

* Julia Bird / * Heather Taylor
* Liz Berry / * Graham Buchan

+ Support from members of Forest Poets:

* Rachael Allen / * John Walsh
* Michael Shann / * Julia Clarke

+ The World's Largest Knitted Poem! http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/knit/

MC'd by the Poetry Society's Paul McGrane

Doors open 7pm
£4 on...

All Tomorrow's Parties curated by Animal Collective
13th-15th May 2011 at Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead
On Sale Now from www.seetickets.com

We are very pleased to invite one of the most exciting indie success stories of the last decade to curate the only ATP festival weekend of May 2011. Animal Collective's last album Merriweather...

A cornucopia of musical and writerly delights awaits you, your friends and associates at this special event to celebrate the first 6 months of the Ministry of Stories. Come and hear John Osborne, poet and author of Radio Head, (Radio 4 Book of the Week), James Walbourne, singer-songwriter of the acclaimed new album, The Hill, and poetry sensation...

Tin Can Podcast will be celebrating several things soon and so decided a party was appropriate. Firstly it will be a year since we kicked off, also we will be handing out the awards for the winners of our 'Big Fat Royal Wedding' Competition. Secondly it will be our 50th play around then. An easter special. And thirdly its a bank holiday....

WOW what a line up!

Comedy Benefit for The British Red Cross will be a combination of stand-up and comedy songs, cabaret, a choir and a band! Charity auctions, raffle and 100 club!

We have the whole venue for this fabulous event. Two stages with continual entertainment on both!

Upstairs "Live Music" room with fabulous singers with a...

At giffgaff, we want to change the way communities are run for the better. To kick off our monthly community cove events, we wanted to have a day unconference/ barcamp/ community camp so you can meet other people interested in making communities the best they can be.

Whether you are working in forums, twitter, facebook, or just love communities,...

Hi all,

We're planning a gathering of people ('flashmob') on 5 February, the first weekend of Chinese New Year.

If you've seen the new HSBC advert with the hundreds of sky lanterns floating to the heavens - that is exactly the idea on what we are attempting to achieve, but in London.

We've identified Primrose Hill as...

Wherever you are around the globe raise a glass for family & friends past & present at midday.

To wish all my friends a very merry Yuletide and a good excuse to have a chink cheers and eat goodies!!

Come one, come all. Tin Can are celebrating the launch of their Christmas festival by having a lot of drinks at the Old Red Lion pub.
http://www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk/pub-events.htm

We have reserved an area and will be handing out awards to the winners of our 'Twelve plays of Christmas' competition. And then we will proceed swiftly on...

Each month host Jamie Anderson presents Excess All Areas’ pick of the best cabaret performers working in the capital today.

Assisted by resident pianist Richard Link at the baby grand, Jamie will introduce two diverse entertainers putting their own take on what cabaret is, and what they have to say.

'The best cabaret performers working in...