60 Miles by Road or Rail

Andy is the founder and Artistic Director of 60 Miles by Road or Rail, an arts organisation creating multidisciplinary projects inspired by communities’ relationships to place. Started in Andy’s home town of Northampton, 60 Miles brings different generations together to question and strengthen collective and individual relationships to a place. It does this by championing local people to create unique experiences inspired by the specificity of our communities’ shared experiences, whilst creating paid opportunities for local artists.

60 Miles was shortlisted for New Diorama’s Untapped Award in 2025.

Projects include:

- a co-created comic book with 6 community groups that exist outside of the mainstream of social heritage

- photography, film, audio and audio at Weston Favell Shopping centre as part of their 50th birthday celebrations

2021 projects include:

- a new theatre production at Royal & Derngate, written by Ryan Leder

- a 30-minute documentary film with Eight Engines

- a digital photography exhibition at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, photography Christian Sinibaldi

- two co-created activities with Northampton and Corby communities, led by Subika Anwar-Khan and Ryan Leder

- oral and written histories archived at East Midlands Oral History Archive and on our website