Kathryn Welch: There’s an art to getting creative – and new festival will help you do it
It’s what Robin Simpson, chief executive of Voluntary Arts, calls the ‘Wednesday night effect’: “However bad a week I am having, however depressing the news is, however dangerous the world seems to be getting, for two hours on a Wednesday evening my amateur music group takes all my attention, brings me together with my friends, reminds me of who I am and challenges me in a fun and rewarding way.”