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# Notes from a Biscuit Tin

Celebrating Mary Midgely

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## Posts

- [Vienna, Austria](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/austria/) - August & October 2025 Konstantin Deininger, Claudia Hirtenfelder, Rym Nouioua, Carlo Salzani, Vienna Animal Studies group, The Austrian Bat Station
- [Galway, Ireland](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/ireland/) - March 2026 Michela Dianetti, Nora Ward, Lucy Elvis, Chiara Li Mandri
- [Hateg & Cluj, Romania](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/romania/) - April, May & July 2025Alina Rusu, Irina Frasin, Eugen Jurco, Alex Cuibus, Cathy Raducu, Cristian Sitar
- [Pembrokeshire, Wales](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/wales/) - April, May, July & August 2025Elizabeth Mackintosh
- [North Jutland, Denmark](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/denmark/) - September 2025 Jes Lynning Harfeld, Sussie Pagh
- [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/homecoming/) - Monday 15th June | 6:00pm to 8:00pm Poetry Readings: A Celebration of philosophy, poetry and the More-Than-Human-World
- [Prague & Pardubice, Czech Republic](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/czech-republic/) - February 2026Julita Skotarska, Petr Urban, Silvia Caprioglio Panizza, Laura Candiotto
- [Idaho, US](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/us/) - 12th October & November 2025Gregory McElwain, Francisco Santiago Avila
- [Minas Gerais & Santa Catarina, Brazil](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/brazil/) - October 2025 José Costa Júnior, Beatriz Búrigo, Caetano Sordi
- [Amsterdam, Netherlands](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/netherlands/) - 19 - 29 June 2025Viola Karsten, Fabian Schäfer, Will Strand
- [Armorica, France](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/france/) - 16 June 2025Samia Mahé, Viriginie Blanville, Katell Lorre
- [Vega, Norway](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/norway/) - April & May 2025Devon Fredericksen & Vibeke Steinsholm
- [Bangalore,  India](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/india/) - January 2026Sindhoor Pangal

## Pages

- [Notes from a Biscuit Tin](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/) - Philosophy in the Wild – Finding Hope in Mixed Communities, is a global Women In Parenthesis public philosophy project which builds on the success of Notes from a Biscuit Tin. Philosophy in the Wild is curated by philosopher-poet Mara-Daria Cojocaru. Between April 2025 and April 2026, an anthrozoological vasculum, symbolising Midgley’s biscuit tin, will collect field notes and
- [2025 - Philosophy in the Wild](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/voyages/2025-philosophy-in-the-wild/) - Philosophy in the Wild – Finding Hope in Mixed Communities Philosophy in the Wild – Finding Hope in Mixed Communities, is a global Women In Parenthesis public philosophy project which builds on the success of Notes from a Biscuit Tin. Between April 2025 and April 2026, an anthrozoological vasculum, symbolising Midgley’s biscuit tin, will collect field notes and
- [Philosophy worksheets](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/philosophy-worksheets/) - Worksheets for young people These worksheets have been designed to introduce two of Mary Midgley's most important ideas: Philosophical Plumbing and Gaia theory. Both cover themes that are relevant to the environmental crisis. This project aims to encourage more and different kinds of thinking. For more information about our work visit Women In Parenthesis. Once
- [Philosophy podcasts](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/philosophy-podcasts/) - Philosophy Podcasts Want to hear more about Mary Midgley’s philosophy? Make a cuppa, grab a biscuit and join In Parenthesis collaborator and podcaster Amy Ward to learn about Midgley. Tweet @parenthesis_in and share. With thanks to Amy Ward for scripts, composition and production WHERE TO LISTEN Listen on Anchor.fm RSS Feed Series 1 Mary Midgley,
- [About](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/about/) - About the project Notes from a Biscuit Tin celebrates the philosophical vision of Mary Midgley. Midgley’s moral philosophy begins from the statement ‘We are not just rather like animals, we are animals’. Midgley sees philosophy as a poetic, collaborative and transformative kind of conversation. In 2019-2020, Midgley’s biscuit tin took a round-the-world voyage. At twelve
- [2019 - 2021 Notes from a Biscuit Tin](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/voyages/2019-2021-notes-from-a-biscuit-tin/) - The maiden voyage In September 2019 - on what would have been her 100th birthday - Midgley's erstwhile biscuit tin left Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on a round-the-world voyage facilitating conversations between poets and philosophers. The Tin journeyed from UK to Canada to USA to Japan before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold. It spent 9 months locked down
- [Voyages](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/voyages/) - The maiden voyage In September 2019 - on what would have been her 100th birthday - Midgley's erstwhile biscuit tin left Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on a round-the-world voyage facilitating conversations between poets and philosophers. The Tin journeyed from UK to Canada to USA to Japan before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold. It spent 9 months locked down
- [Themes](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/themes/) - If you'd like to stage conversations with your class, book club or reading group, here are some suggested readings (thanks to Amber Donovan!) - and of course, biscuits are mandatory! Please upload photos of yours to our Instagram using the hashtags #notesfromabiscuittin and #slowphilosophy. Love Newcastle The Ethical Primate London: Routledge (1994), Chapters 12 &
- [Conversations](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/conversations/) - Michael Bavidge & Gillian Allnutt 15th September 2019 Jane Heal & Ruth Padel 12th October 2019 Rachael Wiseman & Deryn Rees-Jones 7th December 2019 Clare Mac Cumhaill & Sarah Howe 9th December 2019 Christine Sypnowich & Helen Humphreys 16th January 2020 Jenny Judge, Laura Mullen & Claire Chase 21st February 2020 Greg McElwain, Diane Raptosh
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- [Thanks for your submission](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/thanks-for-your-submission/) - Thank you! Thank you for your poem! We are very excited to read it. Over the coming months we will post some of the submissions we receive on our Instagram account @notesfromabiscuittin. Take a look to read some of the other poems we have received, and to see if we share your poem. If you
- [Terms - Young Poets](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/terms-young-poets/) - Legal guardians submitting poems thereby give Women In Parenthesis permission to publish their child's work in internal and external publications, newsletters, presentations, websites, social media and local/national newspaper articles. The work itself will always remain the intellectual property of the young person. We will always obtain consent from the young person in addition to this.
- [Philosophers & Poets](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/philosophers-poets/)

## Projects

- [Michael Bavidge & Gillian Allnutt](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/newcastle/) - Venue Biscuit Factory 16 Stoddart St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1AN Date & Time 11am-3pm, Sunday 15th September 2019 Michael Bavidge Philosopher Gillian Allnutt Poet Event Details Profiles Mike Bavidge & Gillian Allnutt were joined by a small group of Mary's friends and family to launch the biscuit tin on its journey from Newcastle's Biscuit Factory. They discussed
- [David Macarthur & David Musgrave](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/wollongong/) - Venue Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Liberal Arts, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia Date & Time 3pm, Friday 9th April 2021 David Macarthur Philosopher David Musgrave Poet Event Details Profiles After a year of lockdowns and disruptions, this event was able to take place in person with a reduced
- [Clare Mac Cumhaill & Kayo Chingonyi](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/durham/) - Venue Gala Studio, Durham Date & Time 2pm, Sunday 17th October 2021 Clare Mac Cumhaill Philosopher Kayo Chingonyi Poet Event Details Profiles Clare and Kayo’s discussion focussed on Kayo’s stunning collection A Blood Condition. They discussed the mythic framing of the book – it opens and closes with two pieces on Nyaminyami, the River God
- [Danielle Petherbridge & Nerys Williams](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/dublin/) - Venue University College Dublin Date & Time 4:30pm Friday, 8th October 2021 Danielle Petherbridge Philosopher Nerys Williams Poet Event Details Profiles This conversation took place between poet Nerys Williams and philosopher Danielle Petherbridge around the notion of myth inspired by Midgley’s work. A report will follow shortly. The Dublin event is co-sponsored by the UCD
- [Mara-Daria Cojocaru & Ulrike Draesner](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/munich/) - Venue Online, from Munich School of Philosophy Date & Time 5pm Munich / 4pm London (UTC+1) Monday, 5th July 2021 Mara Daria Cojocaru Philosopher Ulrike Draesner Poet Event Details Covid-19 Reflections Profiles Despite public life slowly being revived, Mara-Daria Cojocaru and Ulrike Draesner still had to host the event online and were joined by a diverse
- [Jérôme Dokic & Alexandre Billon](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/paris/) - Venue Ecole Normale Supérieure, rue d'Ulm, Paris. Date & Time 4pm in Paris / 3pm London (UTC+1) Friday 4th June 2021 Jérôme Dokic Philosopher Alexandre Billon Poet Event Details Profiles The Parisian session was organized online, but Alexandre Billon and Jérôme Dokic were physically present in the meeting room of Institut Jean-Nicod, as was Marie
- [István Zoltan Zardai & Yasuhiro Yotsumoto](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/tokyo/) - Online (Live from Tokyo) A recording of this event is available below Date & Time 7pm in Tokyo / 10am London (UTC) Saturday 12th December 2020 István Zardai Philosopher Yasuhiro Yotsumoto Poet Shoko Kinoshita Translator Event Details Covid-19 Reflections Profiles The first of our events to take place in a virtual setting, poet Yasuhiro Yotsumoto and
- [Greg McElwain, Diane Raptosh & Scott Knickerbocker](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/idaho/) - Venue Blatchley Hall, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho Date & Time 7pm, Friday 13th March 2020 Greg McElwain Philosopher Diane Raptosh Poet Scott Knickerbocker Literary Scholar and Musician Event Details Profiles Scott Knickerbocker, Greg McElwain, and Diane Raptosh met in Blatchley Hall on the College of Idaho campus to bring together philosophy, poetry and
- [Jenny Judge, Laura Mullen & Claire Chase](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/new-york/) - Venue Areté Venue and Gallery 67 West Street #103, Brooklyn, New York Date & Time Friday 21st February 2020 8pm Jenny Judge Philosopher Laura Mullen Poet Claire Chase Flutist and MacArthur fellow Event Details Profiles The New York instalment of Notes from a Biscuit Tin took, as its point of departure, a theme central to
- [Christine Sypnowich & Helen Humphreys](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/kingston/) - Venue Queen's University Room 517, Watson Hall, Kingston, Ontario Date & Time 4pm, Thursday 16th January 2020 Christine Sypnowich Philosopher Helen Humphreys Poet Event Details Profiles Poet Helen Humphreys and philosopher Christine Sypnowich met to discuss the theme of Children in Midgley's work. Professor Sypnowich reports! Our Biscuit Tin event took place in our regular
- [Clare Mac Cumhaill & Sarah Howe](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/london/) - Venue All Saints House Venues 83 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8TB Date & Time 6pm, Monday 9th December 2019 Clare Mac Cumhaill Philosopher Sarah Howe Poet Event Details Profiles Reason was the theme of Clare and poet Sarah Howe pre-Christmas biscuit-tin conversation in central London, whetted by mulled wine and Florentines. Sarah’s beautiful collection Loop of Jade framed
- [Jane Heal & Ruth Padel](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/oxford/) - Venue Mary Somerville Room Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HD some.ox.ac.uk Date & Time 2pm, Saturday 12th October 2019 Jane Heal Philosopher Ruth Padel Poet Event Details Profiles Jane Heal & Ruth Padel were joined by an audience of 20 in Somerville College Senior Common Room, Oxford. They discussed the theme of The Self within Midgley's
- [Rachael Wiseman & Deryn Rees-Jones](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/liverpool/) - Venue Victoria Gallery & Museum University of Liverpool, Ashton Street, Liverpool, L69 3DR Date & Time 2pm, Saturday 7th December 2019 Rachael Wiseman Philosopher Deryn Rees Jones Poet Event Details Profiles Rachael Wiseman & Deryn Rees-Jones were joined by an audience of poets and philosophers in ‘Gallery 2’ in the Victoria Gallery and Museum
- [Gillian Allnutt, Jennifer Judge & István Zárdai](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/project/durham-book-festival/) - Notes from a Biscuit Tin & Young Poets: Poetry and Philosophy for Confusing Times Gillian Allnutt Poet Jennifer Judge Philosopher-musician István Zárdai Philosopher Event Details Profiles In 2019, Midgley warned that we have been lulled to sleep by dangerous myths and stories that comfort us with a lie: that our future is out of our

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## Skills

- [15th September 2019](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/15th-september-2019/)
- [12th October 2019](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/12th-october-2019/)
- [7th December 2019](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/7th-december-2019/)
- [9th December 2019](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/9th-december-2019/)
- [16th January 2020](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/16th-january-2020/)
- [21st February 2020](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/21st-february-2020/)
- [13th March 2020](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/13th-march-2020/)
- [Covid-19 Reflections](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/covid-19-reflections/)
- [Postponed (2021)](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/postponed-2021/)
- [17th October 2020](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/17th-october-2020/)
- [12th December 2020](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/12th-december-2020/)
- [5th July 2021](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/5th-july-2021/)
- [9th April 2021](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/9th-april-2021/)
- [4th June 2021](https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/skill/4th-june-2021/)
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