Northlight began in the autumn of 2019 in the room above a bakery on Gloucester Road in Bristol. Amara ran a Tuesday writing group in a library that had run out of chairs; Tomasz drew the street from the bakery window every morning. They borrowed the room, two trestle tables and a kettle, and put a handwritten notice in the window: evening classes for people who make things after work. Twelve people came to the first one. When the room closed in 2020 the classes moved online and, to everyone’s surprise, got better: smaller groups, recordings for the nights you miss, and written notes on every piece. We still teach that way, with more crafts and more tutors.