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E. coli’s Margate Promenade Performance tickets are here! E. coli has been spending a lot of time in Margate recently and local residents are getting sick of her. She has a reputation for being toxic. But is she misunderstood? Join us for an unforgettable walking tour and performance along Margate’s coast as we hear E.… Read more: Margate tour tickets on sale

To celebrate Margate Pride, Flow.Walk.Drag has co-curated a pop-up exhibition at Margate’s Crab Museum – ECO-DRAG. Come learn about local drag performances that take on environmental issues, namely Southern Water’s persistent sewage spills. Learn about the impact on public health and the characteristics of one notorious bacteria that comes to town with heavy rain and… Read more: ECO-DRAG: a Flow.Walk.Drag. x @shellygrotto takeover

What Happens When a Deadly Disease Gets a Drag Makeover and Takes Over the Streets of Liverpool? Cholera Walking Tour is an Infectious Blend of Drag, Science and Environmental Justice. Prepare for an outbreak of a different kind, as Liverpool’s streets will be contaminated with creativity as drag artist Auntie Climax embodies Cholera herself, leading… Read more: Cholera Walking Tour skinny

We’re super excited to release the first tickets for our Liverpool cholera walking tour! Led by drag artist Auntie Climax as Cholera, join us to explore a microbial perspective of the city. July Friday 25/ Saturday 26/ Sunday 27 Evening Tours : 6pm – 7:30pm. Get your tickets here! Saturday Morning Tour : 10am –… Read more: Liverpool Tour Tickets On Sale

Guest post by our microbiologist collaborator Rebee Penrice-Randal June is Pride Month; a month that celebrates and honours those within the LGBTQIA+ community and recognises their ongoing fight for equal rights and acceptance. During this year’s Annual Conference, held in Liverpool, UK, the Microbiology Society’s member-led group, Queer in Microbiology, hosted their fourth LGBTQ+ Networking… Read more: Celebrating Science and Self-Expression: The fourth LGBTQ+ networking event at the Microbiology Society’s Annual Conference

We’re excited to be part of Pint of Science Festival 2025! FWD will be at the Glitch in Waterloo on the 20th of May (Tuesday) alongside two other amazing speakers. Under the banner of Paths to Progress: Walking as a tool to reconnect us to our natural world, we will be sharing how walking can… Read more: FWD at Pint of Science

A few images from the Queer MicroSoc Social show, presenting our fabulous micro drag artists Branden Curtis (cholera) and Laura Wyatt O’Keeffe (E. coli).

The Flow.Walk.Drag. team has given careful thought to the principles and ethical approach of the project. As a participatory project, co-created with multiple collaborators, including workshop participants recruited in Margate and Liverpool, we are attentive to our responsibilities to our co-creators and the communities we work in.  Our project centres joy and play, using drag… Read more: Our Project Ethics Infrastructure

Our final workshop focused on themes of movement – moving together and creating movement. The group gathered in CAMP on Margate’s Northdown Road for snacks and drinks before walking to the Southern Water Pumping Station, a 40-minute walk along the coast. The high wind dominated the experience, reminding us of a key principle of the… Read more: Margate workshop 3 overview

The interdisciplinary Flow.Walk.Drag. research team, led by Dr. Natalie Beveridge, made a significant impact at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference held in Liverpool this month (31 March – 3 April). Groundbreaking Research Poster Presentation On April 1st, the team presented their innovative research poster titled “Drag Performance as a Methodology for Exploring Human-Microbe Relations: A… Read more: Microbiology Society Annual Conference & Queer MicroSoc Social

On March 1st, co-creators and facilitators gathered in Margate for the second of three workshops to discuss sewage, public health concerns, and the impact of pollution on our everyday life.  Through creative mapping exercises, participants mapped personal and collective experiences through often vivid examples of interactions with E. Coli and sewage spills. Public health, safety… Read more: Margate workshop 2 overview

Two poem by one of our Liverpool participants, Ebtisam Elghblawi, who was inspired by our conversations to write verse . Merseyside windsIn the old Mersey Where tides blow so high menacingBreaking space and timeDisrupting the content of life When wells and tapes scream out loud In the silent water flow Impounded souls A crafted cry,… Read more: Poems for Liverpool

Our second workshop started with some string figures, winding twine back to remember how we ended up at the Winter Garden on a Saturday afternoon. Continuing with the theme of remembrance, the group shared stories of personal objects that held a strong connection with water. 

Curiosity was the steady current inspiring first the workshop in Liverpool L8. From cholera histories to unruly water refusing to follow straight lines, our L8 co-creators brought such rich experiences to our discussions about water access, migration, aging and sewage systems. Thanks @rebeesnaps for capturing these moments!

Our Flow.Walk.Drag. co-creators gathered on a cold Saturday afternoon at Margate’s People Dem Collective HQ. Sharing ginger tea and vegan buns, we dipped our toes into deep conversations about our relationships with the sea, the everydayness of sewage pollution, local ecologies and activist strategies.  The workshop began with an introduction from the Flow.Walk.Drag team. They… Read more: Margate workshop 1 overview

A ripple of excitement at the H2O Symposium, where our project made waves with our participatory water quiz! From Panama Canal histories to cholera cabaret, speakers and artists dove deep into Liverpool’s complex relationship with water. Such a joy to see students, academics, and community members swimming in ideas together – from invisible waterways to… Read more: H20 Symposium review

13 February 2025 from 12.00–17.00 at Liverpool Hope University (Creative Campus, Shaw Street, L6 1HP). H20: How to Open Waterways brings diverse voices from arts, academia, and local communities to come together to imagine new ways of understanding, protecting, and celebrating our waterways. The symposium will highlight several projects including The Ecological Citizen’s Project, which champions… Read more: H2O: How To Open Waterways symposium

Come say hello to the Liverpool team on the 1st Saturday of February, from 11am – 1pm at the Winter Garden. Find out more about the project, ask questions, give comments and browse the Granby Street Market all in the same day! The Winter Garden is located at 37- 39 Cairns Street, L8 2UW Granby… Read more: Winter Garden Drop-in Liverpool

We are looking for local collaborators to participate in three 2-hour workshops to bring Liverpool & Margate water stories to life. No pre-existing knowledge necessary! Are you? • Local to Liverpool L8 or Margate • Over 18 years of age • Curious What’s in it for you? Please fill this –> form <– to join us.