Can washing up really be good for you? Can we discover a moment of insight, a wave of calm, a tickle of delight or a tingle of connection within our simple, readily available, everyday routine? Without needing to alter our entire lifestyle, can we unearth a fresh way in, hidden inside the daily and seemingly mundane? How might we flip our thinking away from resisting and towards maybe even relishing the washing up, the cleaning and the cooking? What might this do for our body, our mind and our relationships?
One everyday activity at a time, artists, designers, writers, psychologists and speakers share their stories and experiences of the everyday. You will hear of family bonding over the washing up, wondrous rituals with a cup of tea and the creation of playful households.
So, yes, we are suggesting that washing up can be good for you. In fact, even more than good for you! It can be liberating, relaxing, creative and healing. These ideas are deeply embedded in some of the world's most ancient wisdom. Here, we simply explore how this way of thinking can very easily become part of our daily doing.
Roxie Nafousi
Roxie Nafousi
Laura Shepperson
Steve Cavanagh
Adele Zeynep Walton
Tessa Bickers
Sarah Hornsley
Aamna Qureshi
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Emma Chapman
Elizabeth Gill
Hanna Thomas Uose
Liz Lennon
Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell
Diane Ladd
So-Bin So-Bin
Steinbach Kevin
NATSU HYUUGA
Naoki Koshimizu
Oliva Osanz Gonzalez
Tail Yuzuhara
Sanshokuamido Sanshokuamido
Tess Nanavati
Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Issatsu Issatsu
Yue Matsuyuki
Tomato Akase
Roku Sakura
Sakura Hamada
Chiho Christie
Pochi Edoya
Mitsubachi Miyuki
Yodokawa Yodokawa
YUNSUL YUNSUL
NiKrome NiKrome
Tina Knowles
Gregory Walton
Ren Sakuragi
Hachi Inaba
Mokumokuren Mokumokuren
Eliza Chan
Ana Huang
Gregory Maguire
Helen Nagle-Smith
Lily Fossett
Adam Kucharski
Aman J. Bedi
Hannah Deitch
Elora Cook
Kandi Steiner
Kiyotaka Haimura
Rebecca Sze
Toru Shirogane
Jungyeon Jungyeon
Chana Conley
Jkyum Jkyum
Kiki Piatkowska
Mari Okada
Yeongbin Yeongbin
Yuns(REDICE STUDIO)
Yon Yon
Ranjeeta Raam
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Venki Ramakrishnan
Elsie Silver
Scott Walker
Bruce Jones
Tim Budgen
Suzanne O’Sullivan
Dr Tara Porter
Andrew J. Scott
Oliver Moody
Mick Herron
Carolina Rabei
Ella Dove
Bella Swift
Aman J. Bedi
Brandon Sanderson
Rosalind Brown
Kate Kemp
Jessie Hewitson
Christopher Buehlman
Chetna Makan
Hillary Yablon
Katherine McLaughlin
Vinson Cunningham
Tilly Rose
Robert Ingpen
Genevieve Kingston
Jane Thynne
Dr. Dave Hone
Claire Nicolas White
Agnes Saccani
Leah Thomas
Daisy Meadows
Adam Rutherford
Alexandra Kennington
Yuri Shibamura
Lucy Score
L.A. MacRae
Haru Yamada
Adam Forrest Kay
Tobias Buck
Tor Freeman
Kuchenga Shenjé
Tiffany Yu
Philippe Sands
Patricia Graham
Valerie Martin
Roisin Maguire
Rahul Bery
Caroline Reid
Michael Jordan
Elle Cosimano
Alexandra Shaker
M. R. Carey
M. R. Carey
Michael Mansfield
Elise Kova
Clare Mackintosh
James Oswald
Andrey Kurkov
Laird Hunt
Rosanna Ley
Jessie Keane
Holly Williams
Edward Wilson
Rose McDonagh
Chris McQueer
James Oswald
Colin Heber-Percy
Rose McDonagh
Lauren Oyler
Katherine Walker
Claire Garland
Bruce Jones
Edith Velmans
John Connolly
Jen Sugden
Hazel Barkworth
Max Rambaldi
Sam Delaney
Calum Nicholas
Dorothy Armstrong
Hannah Cather
Nydia Hetherington
Jeanne Mackin
Santa Montefiore
Ann Bryant
Calum Nicholas
Anne O'Brien
Marco Missiroli
Anne O'Brien
Katy Watson
James Cahill
Nussaibah Younis
Christine Murphy
Molly O'Neill
Ali Lowe
Catherine Asta
Nancy Doyle
Enza Smith
Dee Whitnell
Tanja Sharpe
Will Storr
George Pelecanos
Nnedi Okorafor
Adelle Stripe
Jasper Fforde
Bryony Gordon
Moudhy Al-Rashid
Angela Harding
Your April
Noboru Kannatuki
Shirley Chen
Reiji Yukino
Nowaki Fukamidori
J. Torres
Kuji Furumiya
Zoe Womack
Tomoki Izumi
Viet Phuong Vu
Sheldon Drzka
YozoranoUdon YozoranoUdon
Wataru Watanabe
Perilla Perilla
Micah Kim
Gwon Gyeoeul
Nalini Ramachandran
Yasunori Bizen
Eleanor Summers
Sango Harukawa
Shinobu Shinotsuki
Lina Lim
Neriume Neriume
Shinta Fujimoto
Ketsuyuki Tamon
Mark Greaney
SANSOBEE SANSOBEE
Taiga Shiki
Rachel Pierce
Setsuka Narumi
Tsukikage Tsukikage
Phil Christie
Neru Asakura
Akitaka Akitaka
Yuiko Agarizaki
Noboru Kannatuki
KyungRan Park
Noboru Akimoto
Kevin Gifford
Aki Hamazi
Sergio Avila
Mark Greaney
Tess Nanavati
Dayeun Kim
Dorothy Koomson
Izzi Howell
Charlotte Philby
Lyndal Roper
Clive Gifford
Steve Berry
Oonagh Stransky
Jo Weaver
Richard Watson
Dr Charlotte Armitage
Francesca Simon
Fred Blunt
Anna Goodall
Alex Willmore
John Long
Clive Gifford
Elsie Mason
James Buchan
Sernur Isik
Andy McDermott
Juano Diaz
Rosie Garland
Ben Arogundade
Joyce Meyer
Tim Booth
Toby Lloyd
Adelle Stripe
Kirsty Capes
Deborah Dawkin
Maggie Hartley
Karun Chandhok
David Hair
R.B. Egan
Kate Kemp
Lotte Jeffs
Charlotte Philby
Clive Gifford
John Long
Charles R. Saunders
James Buchan
Bronwyn Rivers
Steve Berry
Alex O'Brien
Nicolás Jose Rodriguez
Harriet F. Townson
Charlaine Harris
Elly Blake
Charlaine Harris
Suzuka Suzuka
Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris
Tia Toomey
Charlaine Harris
Shane McCrae
Tristan Hill
Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris
Soraya Lane
Charlaine Harris
Heather Fawcett
Heather Fawcett
Clive Webb
Jake Hall
Fiona Melrose
Keiran Goddard
Suzannah Dunn
Chuck Palahniuk
Kamilah Cole
Mike Gayle
Elizabeth Lovatt
Claire Askew
Robert Jackson Bennett
Alexander Norman
Jo Cunningham
Marilynne Robinson
Maggie Su
Danny Warshay
Lizzie Frainier
Emma van Straaten
Penny Johnson
Ella Frears
Tamsin Mather
Rebecca Zahabi
Victoria Smith
Kathy Slack
Tasha Ghouri
Claire Askew
Fiona Melrose
Emma van Straaten
Jenny Hollander
Falon Ballard
Demi Winters
Demi Winters
Alex Allison
Kaaron Warren
Alex Hay
Xena Knox
Lucy Steeds
Samantha Baines
Kate Eberlen
Josiah Osgood
Tyler Staton
Janina Matthewson
Lucy Steeds
Oskar Jensen
Adrian Duncan
Katie Buckley
Johanna Bell
Don Ross
Mark Billingham
Maggie Su
Lucy Rose
Lucy Rose
Oonagh Stransky
Katie Buckley
Annabel Campbell
Chloe Liese
Annabel Campbell
Michael Buxton
Edel Coffey
Susie Williams
Anna Sharpe
Lisa Rookes
Michael Buxton
Ross Clark
Dean Gray
Holly Bushnell
Dean Gray
Renia Metallinou
Ashani Lewis
Joel Gion
Sonya Newland
Ross Clark
Andy Rowland
John Jay
Sonya Newland
Renia Metallinou
Annabelle Lynch
Bukimi Miki
Yumika Kanade
Yura Urushibara
Abigail Blackman
Shirley Chen
Adnazeer Macalangcom
Inumajin Inumajin
Kantoku Kantoku
Shou Harusono
M. R. Carey
Jan Cash
Pureji osho
Yu-Nagi Yu-Nagi
Jill Shalvis
Kiki Piatkowska
Yeoseulki Yeoseulki
Sinnoa Sinnoa
Saenal Saenal
Tama Mitsuboshi
Rebecca Yarros
Ivan Bel
Katie Blakeslee
Lyra Selene
Lucas Wilson
Sophia Graham
Alex Iantaffi
Rochelle Gancio
HereLee HereLee
Dietrich Premier
Tamamushi Oku
Tetsuhiro Nabeshima
Shinichirou Otsuka
Luke Beardon
Rebecca Price
Julia Cameron
Sai Naekawa
Riichu Riichu
Kathy G. Slaughter, LCSW
Davey Wavey
Jonathan Stea
Phil Christie
Sakaomi Yuzaki
Lyra Selene
Shiwasu Hoshikawa
Nikiichi Tobita
Emma Derbyshire
Melissa Carr
Viet Phuong Vu
Madeleine Jose
TEA natsuno
Yukari Higa
Shinji Cobkubo
Touzai Touzai
Kerry Olitzky
Raemz Raemz
Toiro Tomose
Asaura Asaura
Raemz Raemz
Mitsubachi Miyuki
Tsukiho Tsukioka
Rebecca Tatternorth
So-Bin So-Bin
Yoshinori Kisaragi
Giles Murray
Julie Brooks
Holly Bourne
Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
Helen Stevenson
Martina Murphy
Jill Mansell
Holly Bourne
Lauren Wiesebron
Chantelle Thorne
Mark Watson
Chantelle Thorne
Zinelda McDonald
Toby Newsome
Tumi K. Steyn
Michael Albertus
Suzanne Wright
Lisa Sandlin
Ingrid Seymour
Lauren Wiesebron
Suzanne Wright
Richard Price
Henrietta Norton
Simon Mason
Karen Rose
Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
Cate Quinn
Karen McCarthy Woolf
Lauren Connolly
Jill Mansell
Elizabeth May
Kevin Vaughan-Smith
Alan Johnson
Cate Quinn
Judith Lennox
Annie Lyons
Helena Echlin
Soraya Lane
Mary Balogh
Eva Dou
Brooke Shields
Helena Echlin
Asia Mackay
Nozomu Mochitsuki
Hannah Whitten
Mensa Ltd
Catherynne M. Valente
Rogba Payne
Anna Baker
Trevor Dunton
Trevor Dunton
Pipi Sposito
Louise Spilsbury
Jayne Ann Krentz
Walter Tevis
Kari Ferrell
Shannon Lee
Kari Ferrell
Kylie Lee Baker
Charles Stross
Emma Knight
Jo Segura
Shannon Lee
Nick Curran
Anna Katharina Schaffner
Kathryn Sollmann
Laura Adlington
Rosie Archer
Kara Gammell
Val Bourne
Franklin Asante
Jonathan White
Caroline Leaper
Rag Miwano
Vivian Mineker
Izzy Bean
Chana Conley
Shinta Harekawa
Shinobu Shinotsuki
Sheldon Drzka
Reki Kawahara
Emiliano Migliardo
Sarah Jennings
Scott Garrett
Paula Richardson
Emiliano Migliardo
Sarah Jennings
Tony Richardson
So-Bin So-Bin
Suzuka Suzuka
Yuzu Tsubaki
Giuseppe di Martino
Nathaniel Hiroshi Thrasher
Miyama-Zero Miyama-Zero
Kevin Steinbach
Stephen Paul
Kiki Piatkowska
Taylor Engel
Taylor Engel
Satoshi Wagahara
YUNSUL YUNSUL
Yeongbin Yeongbin
Yuns(REDICE STUDIO)
Rebecca Sze
Zero Akabane
Sakae Saito
Yatsuki Wakatsu
Eliza Fricker
Chiho Christie
Odayaka Odayaka
Rochelle Gancio
Aki Hamazi
Yasaiko Midorihana
Shirley Chen
Kiki Piatkowska
Shikke Shikke
MyeongMi Kim
Jonsun Jonsun
Tenmaso Ceez
Stephen Paul
Tad Williams
Chris Pearson
Peter Hart
Tess Nanavati
Ruria Miyuki
Joanne Harris
Kwang jin
Yumika Kanade
NaRae Lee
Yeoseulki Yeoseulki
Yosumi Yosumi
Kuji Furumiya
Bukimi Miki
Kenji Saito
Sango Harukawa
Masamune Kuji
Kevin Gifford
Nanna Fujimi
Rebecca Sze
Rifujin na Magonote
Kiki Piatkowska
Kandi Steiner
Kandi Steiner
Wataru Watanabe
Shouji Sato
Noboru Akimoto
Yuiko Agarizaki
Midori Komai
Rachel Pierce
Steinbach Kevin
Phil Christie
Yu-Nagi Yu-Nagi
HereLee HereLee
YozoranoUdon YozoranoUdon
Shinta Fujimoto
Shiroinu Shiroinu
Josh Malerman
V.V. Ganeshananthan
Natalie Lawrence
Shima Shinya
Phil Christie
Zeroki Zeroki
Tomato Akase
Sheldon Drzka
Aki Hamazi
Tsukikage Tsukikage
Neriume Neriume
Yodokawa Yodokawa
Tail Yuzuhara
Tirotata Tirotata
Shonen Shonen
Lina Lim
Tsubata Nozaki
Keji Mizoguchi
Tsukiho Tsukioka
Kevin Steinbach
Tsunako Tsunako
Shinji Cobkubo
Akitaka Akitaka
Rochelle Gancio
Sanshokuamido Sanshokuamido
Sakura Hamada
SANSOBEE SANSOBEE
So-Bin So-Bin
J. Torres
NiKrome NiKrome
YUNSUL YUNSUL
Mokumokuren Mokumokuren
Taishi Taishi
Micah Kim
Sango Harukawa
Miyama-Zero Miyama-Zero
Shirley Chen
Marui-No Marui-No
Kiki Piatkowska
Yon Yon
Mitsubachi Miyuki
Hachi Inaba
Irinbi Irinbi
Petroc Trelawny
Rachel Pierce
Kantoku Kantoku
Nicole Roderick
Yuzu Tsubaki
Taylor Engel
Youichi Nishio
Shinobu Shinotsuki
Bukimi Miki
Ace Atkins
Nathaniel Thrasher
Adnazeer Macalangcom
Jonsun Jonsun
Sango Harukawa
Shirley Chen
Abigail Blackman
Wookjakga Wookjakga
Yeoseulki Yeoseulki
Touzai Touzai
Quantum Quantum
Sango Harukawa
Saenal Saenal
Rico Sakura
Miyako Hiruzuka
Kureta Kureta
Sergio Avila
Yumi Tanaka
Chihiro Sakutake
Mikoto Yamaguchi
Taylor Engel
Ivanna Dump
Martin Salter
Chris Moore
Yana Toboso
Tomihiko Morimi
Izzi Howell
Shirakaba Shirakaba
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Yuta Kayashima
Hannu Rajaniemi
Taylor Engel
Umikaze Minamino
Yasaiko Midorihana
Honami Shirono
Tess Nanavati
Odayaka Odayaka
Salt Seno
Moke Yuzuhara
Kuji Furumiya
Tsunako Tsunako
Kevin Gifford
JUDER JUDER
Noboru Akimoto
Chiho Christie
Sarah Moon
Yuns(REDICE STUDIO)
Jan Cash
Giuseppe di Martino
Nicole Wilder
Eleanor Summers
Shin Akigi
Tomoko Tabe
Shinichirou Otsuka
Rochelle Gancio
Chana Conley
Satoshi Wagahara
Toru Shirogane
Naoki Koshimizu
Mikanuji Mikanuji
NaRae Lee
Kiki Piatkowska
Shinta Harekawa
Saekisan Saekisan
Tamamushi Oku