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Armchair Adventures: A Poetry Adventure Part Two!

October 20, 2022

Are you ready to dive back into the wonderful world of poetry with Armchair Adventures? Part two of A Poetry Adventure is out now! What happened in part one of

Behind the scenes of short film ‘Eggshells’

October 10, 2022

With the support of Oldham Safeguarding Adults Board, Dr Saqba Batool and The Ideas Fund, Made By Mortals are producing a short film titled ‘Eggshells’ to raise awareness of domestic

Celebrate National Poetry Day with Armchair Adventures!

October 6, 2022

Adventurers, it’s the moment you’ve been waiting for… Armchair Adventures is BACK! That’s right – series three has officially landed, and Connie, Uncle Chris and the gang are ready to

Armchair Adventures Series 3 – What’s new?

September 29, 2022

Exciting news adventurers, it’s just one week until the start of Armchair Adventures series 3. That’s right, Armchair Adventures is back and it’s bigger and better than ever before! There’s

We’re Award Winners!

September 23, 2022

The Made By Mortals team was delighted to travel down to London to the star-studded British Podcast Awards 2022 – the Oscars of the podcasting world! Armchair Adventures had been

Armchair Adventures visit Arlies Primary School

August 4, 2022

In our latest Armchair Adventures BONUS episode, we visit Arlies Primary School in Tameside! Uncle Chris, the drama teacher, is back! Uncle Chris spends lots of his time going around

Awakening Minds, Breaking Shackles

August 2, 2022

Mental Health Challenges in the South Asian Community Made By Mortals is co-producing a project which focuses on some of the challenges facing women in the South Asian community. We

Are Carers Artists?

August 1, 2022

A blog exploring ways in which participatory arts practice can inject more empathy, humanity and beauty into the care system. Paul Hine- CEO of Made By Mortals I recently went

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We’ve been nominated for the British Podcast Awards!

July 7, 2022

We are SUPER excited to announce that Armchair Adventures has been shortlisted for the British Podcast Awards in the Best Family Podcast category! 🤩 Armchair Adventures began life during lockdown

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Bonus Episode – Armchair Adventures Kids Podcast

July 1, 2022

In this month’s BONUS episode of our kids podcast, we have some extra special guests! Connie has enlisted the help of her Uncle Chris. Uncle Chris is a drama teacher

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Competition Time! Inspire a Child

June 23, 2022

Do you have an inspirational story to tell children? OR do you know an older person with a great story to tell? Enter to win £500! Made By Mortals

Not another Co-production Festival, Tuesday 5th July 2022

Hidden Live at Not Another Co-production Festival!

June 9, 2022

Back in May, we debuted our show of Hidden LIVE at The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. The show was a co-production with Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester.

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