When the museum is faced with closure because of a lack of visitors, Cate stages a grand reopening, but threats from both inside and outside the museum derail her plans and send her spiraling into self-doubt.Īs Cate becomes more invested in Hatters, she must finally confront the reality of Richard’s death-and the role she played in it-in order to reimagine her future. Despite growing pains and a grouchy caretaker, Cate falls in love with the quirky taxidermy exhibits and sprawling grounds and makes it her mission to revive them. She packs the two of them up and ventures to Richard’s grandfather’s old Victorian museum in the small town of Crouch-on-Sea, where the dusty staff quarters await her. ![]() Now, four years after Richard’s passing, Cate is let go from her teaching job and can’t pay the rent on the London flat she shares with her and Richard’s son, Leo. As the three matured, he receded further and further into darkness until he disappeared altogether. Cate and Richard felt an immediate and undeniable spark, but Richard also felt the weight of the world more deeply than most. Cate and Richard felt an immediate and undeniable spark, but Richar At Hatters Museum of the Wide Wide World, where the animals never age but time takes its toll, one woman must find the courage to overcome the greatest loss of her life-from the author of Goodbye, Paris.Ĭate thought she’d met her match in Simon at university-until she laid eyes on his best friend, Richard. Cate thought she’d met her match in Simon at university-until she laid eyes on his best friend, Richard. But it's empathy, I believe, that's required to energise and sustain such demanding work.At Hatters Museum of the Wide Wide World, where the animals never age but time takes its toll, one woman must find the courage to overcome the greatest loss of her life-from the author of Goodbye, Paris. "Activism can be instigated by a sense of outrage and a pursuit for justice. Her commitment to justice and her passion for the natural world - its celebration and protection - have earned Siân the position of Ambassador for Groundswell Giving. Her commitment to social justice saw her career bloom as the General Manager of Human Rights Arts and Film Festival and co-Chair of Right Now Inc. The album features 42 songs of Aboriginal truth-telling sung by some of Australia's greatest musicians. In 2020, she produced the charting Kev Carmody tribute album, Cannot Buy My Soul (2020 Edition), released by EMI. This is also seen in her ongoing contributions to the publication, Art Guide Australia. It is this driving force, to illuminate a path of understanding, that led Siân to found the Museum of Inherited Memories as a space to witness and connect the past and the present in order to cultivate perspective, healing, empathy and prevent future devastation.Īn artist manager with One Louder Entertainment, representing esteemed Australian songwriters Uncle Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly, as well as Jess Hitchcock, Siân is devoted to nurturing and profiling Australian arts and artists. Despite this silence, the inherited stories were loud, birthing a world of mysterious sadness and complex curiosity. Her grandmother, a survivor, never spoke of the atrocities she'd endured. Raised by her refugee mother and grandmother, the shadows of the Jewish Holocaust were never far from home. Siân Darling is a filmmaker, curator, artist manager and development advisor driven by a partnership between art and activism.
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