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Vybarr — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 15:53:45 +0000

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Vybarr Cregan-Reid on a life within and without books

…. Here we catch up with him and hear about his latest book, We Are What We Read.

Which book or author had a significant impact on you during your formative years?

Although, like most, I acquired full literacy at school, I didn’t actually start reading until I was twenty-one. I’ve written in We Are What We Read in some detail about how and why this happened. But the author that cued me up for these experiences was undoubtedly E. M. Forster. He’s often misconstrued as polite and genteel, but he was the mouse that roared. A Room with a View is a novel that masquerades as a simple heterosexual love story, but it is really a young gay man’s coming-out fantasy. I saw the film of the novel as a teenager in the 1980s, when I was all but lost to the world, and it pulled me back from the brink.

For the full interview – click here.

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TEDx Talk – How Modern Life is Written All Over Your Face

Vybarr — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 22:28:27 +0000

At last, it’s landed. I gave a TED talk earlier this year on how modern life is changing our facial appearance has made it online. It was a terrific experience and I learned so much about how TED talks work and happen. As I was standing in the wings watching the previous talk, one of the runners asked if I’d done my vocal warm ups. I didn’t even know that that’s what people were doing. I’d never done them before but immediately ran to the roof of the theatre, overlooking Tunbridge Wells, and began umming, ahhhing, and ba-baing until my lips and jaws tingled with the same nervous energy as the rest of me. But what I remember most is the waiting. The waiting in the ‘quiet’ (there was also a ‘noisy’) dressing room. All the while, going over the talk in my head, and hoping and hoping that I would remember most of it. All I could do was wait for my slot and fill the time as best I could. When I walk on stage, I couldn’t see anything because of the lights. All I had was a screen at my feet so I could control my slides.

It was an amazing experience, and It was a bit like a marathon. I’ve run a marathon, and there is less preparation, but there are so many other similarities, not least the amount of head space it occupies and the sense of occasion and shared endeavour amongst the participants.

If you get chance to do a TED talk, do it – it won’t change your life, but like a marathon, you will never forget having done it.

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Announcing, Global Trail Running Day!

Vybarr — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:14:05 +0000

I am thrilled to announce my involvement with the Love Trials Festival upcoming Global Trail Running Day.

Our mission is to get more humans trail running because we believe it’s the best way to run and nothing else provides the same benefits to our bodies, to our minds, and even to the places that we run in. We think that Global Trail Running Day is going to be huge

The first Global Trail Running Day is on Saturday 19th September 2020 and we are looking for ambassadors: people that are as passionate about trail running as we are.

In exchange for some Global Trail Running goodies, ambassadors will agree to host a simple trail running event, or just run on the day. They will also get to be a part of the world’s first ever Global Trail Running Day.

If you’re interested in being a part of Global Trail Running Day you can sign up by emailing – info@lovetrailsfestival.co.uk. Or going along to – www.globaltrailday.com

More to follow soon

Hope to see you on the 19th!!!

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A Good Runner – New running course by Love Trails

Vybarr — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:22:24 +0000

I’m excited to be a part of a new online running course starting at the end of June 2020.

In it, we dive into mobility, strength and conditioning, mechanics, daily habits, stretching and explore what it means to be a good runner, and how as humans we are born to move & run.

10 live classes & talks on Zoom, reading material, homework, group runs and more over 5 weeks.

Show up to every class with a notebook and pen, and to 7 of the 10 classes with a yoga mat if you have one.

If you have the desire to learn & become a better runner, the knowledge, tools, mindset and community you need is right here waiting for you.

30 JUNE – 30 JULY 2020

A Good Runner

Gain the knowledge, tools and mindset to become a confident, resilient, strong & mindful runner.

Head over to the Good Runner website for more info

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Series 2 of ‘Changing World, Changing Bodies’ on the BBC World Service

Vybarr — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:53:34 +0000

Announcing Series 2 of ‘Changing World, Changing Bodies’. We are back with the series that looks at how the world we made is remaking us. This time, we are looking at Height asking why it is that humans are now taller than they have been for 2 million years), Longevity (we most of us are living longer), but first up is Sleep. How has the modern world changed our sleep habits. Find out more, on the BBC World Service and BBC Sounds from 26th Feb 2020.

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TEDxRTW

Vybarr — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 11:13:20 +0000

In about a month’s time, on the 1st Feb, 12pm at the Assembly hall Theatre in Tunbridge Wells, I will be giving a TEDx talk on what modern life is doing to our bodies, focussing in particular on our faces. Tickets can be booked using the link below. Hope to see you there.

https://www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk/whats-on/tedx

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BBC Series 2 – coming early 2020

Vybarr — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 13:48:33 +0000

Have just had some very exciting news from the BBC World Service – a second series of ‘Changing World, Changing Bodies’ has been given the green light to be transmitted, in over 200 countries, in early 2020.

In the first series, we went to Singapore, Kenya and Boston in the US to learn how our feet, backs and faces are being changed by modern life, and what we can do about it. Listen here. Or watch this short film.

In the second series we are going to be finding out about: height, longevity, sleep. Why have we grown by 5 inches in the last two hundred years? When will we stop? How long are humans supposed to live for? And why is it that the fittest and healthiest people on the planet have never been to a gym? How are we supposed to sleep? What is modern life doing to change our sleeping habits? Are mattresses really that good for us?

More, coming soon.

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