Thanks.

Where is Kings Ash?
Foxhole area of Paignton perhaps?

What, re. ferries? Haha!

ChatGPT.

This is The Wall segment of Only Connect.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Co...

Here she is. You know the words.

Spent a year creating the Now-to-New website then another year licking it into shape. Yesterday I moved it from my personal site to now-to-new.com. Not so interested in my earlier interests. Currently working on a new project. And you ... ?

Cool. Not been keeping up with the Bushe and Marshak stuff. I once described it, rather cynically, as Alban and Bunker revisited. I shouldn't be unkind as they namechecked me in a book.

Happy to join as your gofer / "the bloke who was instrumental in bringing OS to the UK" if that would help.

I ran a 3 hour (sic) OS facilitation training for some Environment Agency people. Towards the end I put on a cloth cap and told them: when you step into the circle, remember this: "There's no need to be la di da or uppity" sang, with accompanying slide. All you need, really. The rest is mechanics.

It's not documented but I'm certain that Open Space, invented by Harrison Owen in 1985, was simply an IRL version of Usenet bulletin boards. Then, in 2002, Gabriela Ender launched Open-Space Online, completing the circle.
Image text excerpted from The OT Story, written by John Adams at OT6 in 1988.

Refer to your email for extensive and comprehensive Wilk article.