Encyclopedia of Us. Newspaper

The Encyclopedia of Us (EofUs) has developed out of a long-term collaboration between the HU3/ Docklands communities of West Hull, myself and arts company Three Ways East. It is an ongoing coproduction with HU3’s many brilliant residents, groups, businesses and organisations.

Issue 3 was released in July 2023 and can be read HERE

Issue 3 was released in July 2023 and can be read HERE

Issue 2 was released in July 2022 and can be read HERE

Issue 1 was released in July 2021 and can be viewed HERE

@eofushu3 extends this work online

A recent reviews:

“This newspaper reflects the goodness around here, which is very often in our blind spot… well we can only say bring it on. Here there are so many people hidden..behind screens, behind curtains, behind needles, behind bottles with  alcohol, behind big smiles, or polite words..but the real people with their goodness is hidden, because someone, somewhere, sometime,  made them feel insignificant, no ones,  empty…like pot hole on the road, or a  broken stich on a nice dress, or mould on the favourite food… Let’s bring them out and and put them under the light. What a wonderful thing.”

“I think the value of the paper is that it’s an inside looking out thing rather than an outside looking in thing (it has this function too but I think that’s secondary). I think something George says in his article, in Issue 2, sums up its worth: ‘My photos are about celebrating people who are overlooked, or who don’t have a voice or will never have a voice.’

“The paper works as a connector. It’s not just allowing people to see themselves but to be seen by others with the same aspirations. This can only be a good thing and builds social capitol and shifts people to a position to be able to do more/struggle less because there’s the potential to link in with others”.