The Courtyard is a super youth arts facility in Bicester - the sort of thing you really want to see…read moremore of as your kids get older. At the back of your mind, there is always a real suspicion that the local council or Government will pull the plug on it given the slightest excuse. This is an old stables that has been converted into a series of workshops arranged around a central courtyard. I tripped over it while looking for a location for a magazine shoot. It was perfect for our purposes and the pic I have uploaded is from that day, I took it off the bridge overhead the courtyard. I love the simple design at work here. What impressed me the most about this place was the positivity; you could feel it bursting out of the walls and windows, I loved it. If you are young and arty, and you ever get the chance to spend any time here, then go for it. It is not possible that it wouldn't be in some small way rewarding, and it may just change your life.