GOOD REED MAGAZINE
The Good Reed Magazine is being launched as an online topical periodical to a general international readership by Ridwan Treacher and Katharine O’Sullivan Walmsley.
Originally a monthly newsletter for a London community, it was decided, as a result of the newsletter readership expanding to distant continents, to go for an open readership. So the concept of an online magazine was born.
It was realised that with this expansion taking place in a general global readership, the content could move forward from reporting specific community news to providing a cross-section of copy designed to include articles, poems, reviews and a blog. In its short time online, in fact, www.goodreed.uk has attracted readers from all continents, whether individuals or members of communities.
All readers are welcome to enjoy the magazine content, and your participation is invited by letting us have your comments and reactions. Even better, submitting your stories and poems would be welcome.
Latest BLOGS

Dadirri – “that deep listening and quiet stillness”
by Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann
My people are not threatened by silence. They are completely at home in it. They have lived for thousands of years with Nature’s quietness…

It’s Never Enough
by Fredrik Lloyd It’s never really enough, is it? We’re just kidding ourselves when we say it is. Or maybe it is, until it isn’t. But it never isn’t very long, is it? I mean when was the last time you had enough? Mostly we just go on repeat. I mean look how big Tik Tok is, and there isn’t much there […]

Wanted, Alive & Well
by Fredrik Lloyd
My mission statement, has been for many years, to make things that make people smile, and occasionally on an extremely good day, make people smile and think again about a thought they thought they knew the answer to. Not that I had the answers of course […]

Fredrik Lloyd in Oslo
Fredrik Lloyd at Oslo Group Exhibition Oslo Open in Galleri Sagene Kunstsmie Sunday 23 April 2023 12:00–17:00 “I AM PERFECT” graphic design by Fredrik Lloyd
Latest ARTICLES

Is It What It Is
Is It What It Is ? by Fredrik Lloyd I think I suffer from a form of physical dyslexia In the olden golden days as a carpenter’s apprentice, I spent a few days alone cutting out the grand designs of a wooden floor, only to have it pointed out that the pattern I had cut, […]

Dubai Visit
Dubai City is a major trading centre. It has loads of Malls. In fact, one of the biggest Malls has a full-sized Aquarium with an amazing variety of sea life, large and small. When I was there, I saw divers descend into the aquariums to work with the fish and marine life.

Anxiety vs Miracles
by Laurence Shorter
I have a strong drive to join things up. Some people like fixing electronic equipment or vintage cars, I like fiddling with my mental framework so everything fits together.

The Art of Having No Ideas
By Laurence Shorter
The only way I’ve found that works consistently to generate an idea is to have no idea. This is harder than it sounds because we are so used to having a picture of what we are doing. In any given situation, […]