Lalla Merlin

England

Lead Features Writer at Blooloop.com

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Writer, journalist, filmmaker, owner of menagerie with fuckwitted wolves... Law student.

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Lessons from gaming: Margaret Kerrison on immersive storytelling

Feb 25, 2025 | blooloop.com | Lalla Merlin

Margaret Chandra Kerrison’s book, The Art of Immersive Storytelling: Strategies from the Gaming World, explores how techniques that keep players engrossed in games can engage participants in immersive experiences. She writes engagingly, demystifying her process and encouraging designers to ensure their designs’ intentionality.
Te Nukuao Wellington Zoo: inside the world's first carboNZero certified zoo

Nov 21, 2024 | blooloop.com | Lalla Merlin

Wellington Zoo is New Zealand’s first Zoo and Wellington’s oldest conservation organisation, caring for animals since 1906. A charitable trust, it is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia (ZAA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). Wellington Zoo is the world’s first Toitū carboNZero certified zoo. Amy Hughes is the director of communication, experience, and conservation at Wellington Zoo.
Colchester Zoo | interview with Andy Moore | blooloop

Sep 26, 2024 | blooloop.com | Lalla Merlin

Andy Moore, director of science, education and training at Colchester Zoo, spoke to blooloop about the zoo’s history, its evolution, its conservation work, and its transition as it prepares to become a charitable trust and zoological society, Colchester Zoological Society (CZS), from 1 January 2025.
Conservation at Seattle Aquarium: storytelling as a superpower

Aug 28, 2024 | blooloop.com | Lalla Merlin

The Seattle Aquarium, which showcases complex global marine conservation and regeneration efforts, will open its $160 million Ocean Pavilion on August 29. This addition features species and ecosystems from the Coral Triangle, one of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems only seen in the tropical waters around Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. It also connects visitors to a waterfront park with panoramic views overlooking the region’s Salish Sea.
The Deep: merging education, entertainment & environmental stewardship

Aug 21, 2024 | blooloop.com | Lalla Merlin

Katy Duke, CEO of The Deep in Hull, a charitable public aquarium focusing on education and conservation, has spent 29 years in the Aquarium sector. Starting work whilst a student at Deep Sea World in Fife, Katy progressed through many animal husbandry roles, completing professional dive training, before moving to Hull in 2001 as part of the initial setup team for The Deep. Here, she was a senior aquarist and then curator of the husbandry department before becoming CEO in 2017.
Margaret Kerrison on placemaking for people, play and purpose

Jun 25, 2024 | blooloop.com | Lalla Merlin

Margaret Kerrison’s career spans sixteen years of creating narratives and writing for television, film, digital media, games, brand storytelling, location-based entertainment, narrative placemaking, and immersive experiences.
La Nube | El Paso Children's Museum & Science Centre | blooloop

Jun 5, 2024 | blooloop.com | Lalla Merlin

La Nube, El Paso’s groundbreaking and inclusive STEAM centre, will open to the public on Saturday 10 August 2024. La Nube is a hybrid museum and science centre where children—and, in fact, people of all ages—are encouraged to use their imaginations to embark on new learning adventures and explore fascinating, hands-on activities, including sensory sandboxes and giant synthesisers. Four floors of educational exhibits are connected by a 50-foot-tall climber.
Raby Castle | The Rising restoration project | blooloop

May 9, 2024 | blooloop.com | Lalla Merlin

Situated in Staindrop in Darlington, Raby Estate, under the custodianship of Lord and Lady Barnard, is preparing to open its biggest restoration project in decades. The project, known as ‘The Rising,’ is set within the grounds of Raby Castle and comprises the restoration of three listed buildings, the creation of two more, the reimagining of gardens, and the addition of new retail and dining experiences. It will open up incredible spaces, many never seen before by the public.
Beamish | social impact at open air heritage museum | blooloop

May 1, 2024 | blooloop.com | Lalla Merlin

Beamish is a multi-award-winning open-air museum in Durham, UK, where the history of North East England is brought to life. Earlier this year, the museum announced a series of new attractions for this year, including a recreated cinema, a toy shop, and a tavern. New exhibits opening in 2024 include the recreation of The Grand Cinema from Ryhope in Sunderland, which will give visitors a chance to experience a trip to the pictures in the 1950s.
Virginia Aquarium's mission to educate, inspire, and conserve

Apr 24, 2024 | blooloop.com | Lalla Merlin

The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Centre is dedicated to the exploration and conservation of marine life. Featuring more than 8,000 animals from 300 different species, the aquarium provides visitors with an immersive experience by showing a variety of aquatic habitats. Visitors can observe a diverse range of marine creatures, including sharks, otters, and sea turtles.

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