Podcasts about Boxpark

This week on That Peter Crouch Podcast, the Friday Edition, Pete, Sids, and Chris serve up some fresh football takes, and nipple cream controversy as they unpack Sid's London Marathon, chaotic VAR decisions, and the bizarre world of stadium announcer catchphrases.Fresh from running 26.2 miles, Sids brings medal-in-hand reflections on the sheer madness and magic of the marathon, with touching shout-outs from fans, and revisiting the surprise phone call from John Terry during the recent live stream where he revealed his own nipple struggles mid-run.The lads also reflect on their first-ever livestream watchalong (think Gogglebox meets CrouchFest) and dream up where it could go next — Boxpark half-time shows, anyone?Elsewhere, they dive into Liverpool's dominant win, the TNT “False Two” launch, and Klopp's potential return. There's also talk about Cheavon Clarke's recent trolling of Spurs in their own stadium, thunderous nicknames at Leeds, and the most iconic stadium shouts in the UK.It's football analysis, marathon madness, and complete nonsense… all in a day's pod.Chumbawamba 00:00 – Sids on the London Marathon: “Best thing I've ever done.”02:00 – Fans shout “Back Stronger!” during the run03:10 – John Terry called us live on the livestream?!05:00 – Watchalong madness and ideas06:00 – The infamous “False Two” TNT moment08:10 – Klopp's Real Madrid rumours10:00 – Michael Buffer's million-pound catchphrase13:00 – Lookalike ring card people (Sheeran, Beckham… WHAT?!)14:00 – Arsenal anthem played at Spurs Stadium = SCENES17:00 – Rescinded red cards35:00 – Golf trip motivational speech request39:00 – Hospital XIFollow our Clips page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLNBLB3xr3LyiyAkhZEtiAA For more Peter Crouch: Twitter - https://twitter.com/petercrouch Therapy Crouch - https://www.youtube.com/@thetherapycrouch For more Chris Stark Twitter - https://twitter.com/Chris_StarkInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/chrisstark/For more Steve Sidwell Twitter - https://twitter.com/sjsidwell Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stevesidwell14 #PeterCrouch #ThatPeterCrouchPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julius Francis is a British former boxer who famously fought Mike Tyson in 2000. From Tyson's UK tour to the adrenaline on fight night, Julius reveals all. He also talks about his 40-year career as a doorman and the various crimes he came across. We also talk about the truth behind that viral Boxpark Wembley incident.This is the eventful life of Mr Julius FrancisYouTube: Dodge WoodallInstagram: @Dodge.WoodallWebsite: DodgeWoodall.comTikTok: @DodgeWoodallLinkedIn: @DodgeWoodall Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a very special edition of the pod this week as the Wolf and Owl are together in a studio to record the show face to face. We're talking… reporter apologies, embarrassing eyewear, old school pals, doing a runner, Tom's golf gig and a case of mistaken identity, a Harry Styles misdirection, Boxpark video shame, Rom's tricky time at the Dre and Snoop launch party, not meeting your heroes, over-packing for holidays, buffet-wear, teenage sleepovers and a stressful pillow buying trip to Bluewater. Trigger Warning for the bleep-phobic out there - there are a lot of them in the first 10 minutes of the show. For questions or comments, please email us at wolfowlpod@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you. Instagram - @wolfowlpod TikTok - @wolfowlpodcast YouTube - www.youtube.com/WolfandOwlPodcast Merch & Mailing List - https://wolfandowlpod.com A Shiny Ranga Production For sales and sponsorship enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The sun was out, the good times were flowing, Chloe and Rachel were back together at Box Park… the weekend felt like Euro 2022 all over again! And then - for Spurs - reality struck.Clo and Rach react to a huge victory for Manchester United to lift their first major trophy. Could this change the trajectory of their summer transfer window? And how do Spurs – especially Becky Spencer – come back from such a drubbing?There's also the small matter of Viv's departure from Arsenal (?!!). Rach explains why things have never been better since Joe Montemurro's days at the club and Chloe road tests some new strike partnership names at Man City. Bunny…Mied? MiedHemp? We'll keep working on it. Plus, a preview of the FINAL weekend of the WSL!Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube! Email us show@upfrontpod.com.Sign up for the Football Ramble Patreon to get ad-free Upfront shows and more: patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In April 2024, we hosted our second Last Train Home event at BOXPARK Shoreditch, featuring an incredible line up of talented emerging DJs, spotlighting Black Electronic music and playing the best in Global Club Sounds all evening long. For those who weren't there with us to dance in spirit, we present you the recordings of the event's line up DJs and Open Decks format slots so you can buss a move wherever you go.

In April 2024, we hosted our second Last Train Home event at BOXPARK Shoreditch, featuring an incredible line up of talented emerging DJs, spotlighting Black Electronic music and playing the best in Global Club Sounds all evening long. For those who weren't there with us to dance in spirit, we present you the recordings of the event's line up DJs and Open Decks format slots so you can buss a move wherever you go.

In April 2024, we hosted our second Last Train Home event at BOXPARK Shoreditch, featuring an incredible line up of talented emerging DJs, spotlighting Black Electronic music and playing the best in Global Club Sounds all evening long. For those who weren't there with us to dance in spirit, we present you the recordings of the event's line up DJs and Open Decks format slots so you can buss a move wherever you go.

In April 2024, we hosted our second Last Train Home event at BOXPARK Shoreditch, featuring an incredible line up of talented emerging DJs, spotlighting Black Electronic music and playing the best in Global Club Sounds all evening long. For those who weren't there with us to dance in spirit, we present you the recordings of the event's line up DJs and Open Decks format slots so you can buss a move wherever you go.

In April 2024, we hosted our second Last Train Home event at BOXPARK Shoreditch, featuring an incredible line up of talented emerging DJs, spotlighting Black Electronic music and playing the best in Global Club Sounds all evening long. For those who weren't there with us to dance in spirit, we present you the recordings of the event's line up DJs and Open Decks format slots so you can buss a move wherever you go.

In April 2024, we hosted our second Last Train Home event at BOXPARK Shoreditch, featuring an incredible line up of talented emerging DJs, spotlighting Black Electronic music and playing the best in Global Club Sounds all evening long. For those who weren't there with us to dance in spirit, we present you the recordings of the event's line up DJs and Open Decks format slots so you can buss a move wherever you go.

In April 2024, we hosted our second Last Train Home event at BOXPARK Shoreditch, featuring an incredible line up of talented emerging DJs, spotlighting Black Electronic music and playing the best in Global Club Sounds all evening long. For those who weren't there with us to dance in spirit, we present you the recordings of the event's line up DJs and Open Decks format slots so you can buss a move wherever you go.

@badlydrawnbanana, AKA Rosie, is a playful DJ from South East London. She got into DJing after doing a course at school, winning a DJing competition and the rest is history. She's dangerously obsessed w/ House, Garage, Techno, Trance, Drum n Bass, Jungle, Breakbeat etc, you name it, Badly Drawn Banana is all over it! The Last Train Home isn't just another party, it's a carefully crafted experience for music enthusiasts and party goers alike showcasing carefully considered DJs and music that's guaranteed to have you shamelessly Shazaming the entire evening whilst still getting you back in time for the Last Train Home. It's the perfect blend of music, community and good vibes.

K2RAH is a DJ, broadcaster and certified gem finder and she's also the founder of So Future and host of the Last Train Home event. A master of flips and genre mashups, @K2RAH took to the decks to do her thing before raising the temperature with a scintillating B2B session. The Last Train Home isn't just another party, it's a carefully crafted experience for music enthusiasts and party goers alike showcasing carefully considered DJs and music that's guaranteed to have you shamelessly Shazaming the entire evening whilst still getting you back in time for the Last Train Home. It's the perfect blend of music, community and good vibes.

Taking the stage for one of our open decks spots, a family favourite returns - @ronnieloko. It's always a pleasure at So Future to host exciting London based DJ and producer Ronnie Loko who brings a bouncy and percussive mix of sounds to his performances. The Last Train Home isn't just another party, it's a carefully crafted experience for music enthusiasts and party goers alike showcasing carefully considered DJs and music that's guaranteed to have you shamelessly Shazaming the entire evening whilst still getting you back in time for the Last Train Home. It's the perfect blend of music, community and good vibes.

Last Train Home offers two Open Decks slots and only the brave step up to the plate. At our last event we were graced by the talented DJ Rue, who took to the booth to deliver a fire set. Bringing us a smooth set steeped in the sounds of Garage, seasoned with some Dancehall and R&B for good measure, we were buying everything DJ Rue was selling. The Last Train Home isn't just another party, it's a carefully crafted experience for music enthusiasts and party goers alike showcasing carefully considered DJs and music that's guaranteed to have you shamelessly Shazaming the entire evening whilst still getting you back in time for the Last Train Home. It's the perfect blend of music, community and good vibes.

LEO (@joanna-j-522575898) was originally inspired to start DJing back in 2023 after seeing a performance by KAYTRANADA the year before and a Joe Kay set, after which she decided to buy a controller and learn. Her style is experimental, jumping around different genres but mainly focused on Electronic music and cross-genre mashups. The Last Train Home isn't just another party, it's a carefully crafted experience for music enthusiasts and party goers alike showcasing carefully considered DJs and music that's guaranteed to have you shamelessly Shazaming the entire evening whilst still getting you back in time for the Last Train Home. It's the perfect blend of music, community and good vibes.

No stranger to the So Future stage, first debuting with us at our Future Wave event at Shoreditch House in 2023, @Shaii returned vivaciously for Last Train Home. With her first introduction to DJing coming from her father, Shaii has hit her own groove with it in recent months, growing her portfolio of multi-genre edits, with a particular fondness for Afro-House, deep soulful House, Jungle, Baile Funk and Bounce. The Last Train Home isn't just another party, it's a carefully crafted experience for music enthusiasts and party goers alike showcasing carefully considered DJs and music that's guaranteed to have you shamelessly Shazaming the entire evening whilst still getting you back in time for the Last Train Home. It's the perfect blend of music, community and good vibes.

DJ Lee Lee, AKA @thesweetestsoul, initially began her journey on the decks over lockdown whilst pursuing her dream of becoming a radio presenter. She first hopped on the decks whilst hosting her radio show and from there everything fell into place as she found the perfect hybrid between DJing and presenting. DJ Lee Lee particularly loves Afrobeats, Amapiano, Bashment, Rap and R&B. The Last Train Home isn't just another party, it's a carefully crafted experience for music enthusiasts and partygoers alike showcasing carefully considered DJs and music that's guaranteed to have you shamelessly Shazaming the entire evening whilst still getting you back in time for the Last Train Home. It's the perfect blend of music, community and good vibes.

Sho Gabi (@user-366553584) loves Grime and Jersey Club and her style is 140bpm! She's an aspiring Grime DJ and she lit up the Last Train Home dancefloor with some absolute classic UK bangers and considering she only began DJing back in October she shut the place down. The Last Train Home isn't just another party, it's a carefully crafted experience for music enthusiasts and party goers alike showcasing carefully considered DJs and music that's guaranteed to have you shamelessly Shazaming the entire evening whilst still getting you back in time for the Last Train Home. It's the perfect blend of music, community and good vibes.

Former Albion defender and Serie A commentator Adam Virgo previews Roma game, and Boxpark founder Roger Wade on European experiences and Amex plans.

This week, Call to Action® laid bait in a box trap to lure and snare our maiden catch of 2024, Roger Wade. First founding Boxfresh, a pioneering British streetwear brand, he went on to transform a patch of wasteland to create the world's first pop-up dining and shopping destination, BOXPARK, in the heart of London's Shoreditch. Today, Roger is putting his passion for independent brands, the future of retail, and thinking outside the Box, into his role as Chairman of Boxfund VC. We shoot the breeze on stealing sweets, getting sacked from his first three jobs in advertising, having a positive attitude to problems, entrepreneurship, risk, how Boxfresh gave 90s kids a new uniform, being special to your customer, investing in people not spreadsheets, emotion in business, golf, why in-store is better than online for all three key pillars of retail, and loads more.  In fact, we had to stop and reload a few times to take aim at Bezos, bean counters, Boris and Brexit. And he certainly doesn't sit on the fence. What an episode.  ///// Follow Roger on LinkedIn Here's Boxfund VC Check out BoxSeat, a live pitch session for ESG consumer startups hosted every month  We've made our decision by Omid Djalili  Timestamps (02:00) - Quick fire questions (03:55) - Stealing sweets, running nightclubs, and getting sacked from his first 3 jobs in advertising  (06:40) - Realising he was unemployable and why it was the best thing that ever happened to him  (08:54) - Creating a new uniform for 90s kids with Boxfresh   (12:50) - “If you aren't special to your customer, you won't exist” (17:00) - Investing in people not spreadsheets and why we need to talk more about emotion in business  (23:43) - Giving both barrels to Bezos, Boris, and Brexit  (33:52) - Listener questions  (39:34) - 4 pertinent posers  Roger's book recommendations are:  Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart  But What Can I Do? by Alistair Campbell  /////

The former heavyweight champion boxed a who's who of stars, from Mike Tyson to Vitali Klitschko and John Ruiz to Zejko Mavrovic, London's Francis was either linked to fighting them (George Foreman in Vegas, Herbie Hide and David Tua), sparred them or he boxed them. His colourful life saw him grow up in foster care before serving several spells in prison and living life on the wrong side of the tracks. But boxing steered him away from that, and this story charts his incredible journey, his life in and out of the ring, boxing in a Russian circus, the current heavyweight scene and that infamous Boxpark knockout.

In this episode of "Inside the Red and White", Natalie Busher and Suzy Lycett head to Boxpark Wembley to watch the World Cup Final - and a fun time was had by one an all, despite the result. Tim Stillman renowned Arsenal women journalist for Arseblog makes his second appearance on the podcast too, answering a range of questions, from his most surprising player encounter to the secrecy around new signings. This is the last episode before the start of the 23/24 season (barring a couple of bonus episodes) so we'll be back to our regular scheduling in a new slot on Wednesday mornings from 4th October. Hope you tune in then! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ZOMERSPECIAL 2 van Bekt Lekker de podcast met Maartje Nelissen, Gijsbregt Brouwer en bijdragen van de grootste terrasexperts van Nederland. Een extra lange aflevering vol met tips voor het terrassenseizoen.Met:onze eigen sterkste terrasverhalen: Gijsbregt zet in een soort film op een terras in Dubai, Maartje haalt graag Lebbis aan met zijn 'perfecte terrasje' en vertelt over een klassieke terrasblunder waar zij als piepjonge horecamedewerker eigenlijk niks aan kon doen.Eerst even dit: we werken samen met Eatertainment, hier staat een blog met alle tips (inclusief recepten voor thuis).Meedoen heb jij nog festivaltips of tips voor onze andere zomerspecials over terrassen of zomerdrankjes? Stuur Maartje of Gijsbregt een (spraak)berichtje of stuur een DM/PM op Instagram of LinkedIn.het perfecte terras: Maartje en Gijsbregt hebben lang gepuzzeld, maar vonden een formule voor het perfect terras. Deze bestaat uit zes delen: 1) mensen, mensen en nog eens mensen 2) uitzicht, waar kan je naar kijken en wat gebeurd er om je heen 3) hoe is de zon en de wind 4) de gastvrijheid 5) het design en 6) drank met de betere borrelplank. Met bijdragen van gastvrijheidsgoeroe Wouter Verkerk en van eigenaar van de Tuin van de Vier Windstreken Hendrik van der Wyck.Terrassen die genoemd worden: Café Tabac, De Mark, Wester Paviljoen, Waterkant, Hannekes Boom, Nobel, De Twee Prinsen, Kikkie, De Tuin.En de website: Zon op je bakkes en het verhaal op Parool over Krukgeluk.premium terrassen: al fresco dining en apero: Gijsbregt en Maartje duiken in de wereld van de betere terrassen ofwel chique buiten dineren, waar binnen doorloopt in buiten, de terrassen geweldig aangekleed zijn en het eten minstens zo goed is als binnen. Gijsbregt omschrijft deze terrassen in LA, Maartje in Vancouver en Gijsbregt doet ook nog de gerechten op de buitenkaart uit de doeken. Vervolgens leggen je beide favoriete hosts uit waarom apéro of het apéritif zo populair wordt en wat het eigenlijk is.bijdrage van chef en eigenaar van Domenica. Terrassen die genoemd worden: Domenica, River BarArtikel over terrassen in LA op Eaterterrassen op bijzondere plekken: Gijsbregt ziet dat op de Buik de lijstjes met terrassen op bijzondere plekken het altijd beter doen dan die op 'gewone' plekken. Dus rooftops, op het water of op een tijdelijke locaties versus gewoon op een pleintje. Vervolgens gaan de beide terras-liefhebbers een hele trits aan terrassen op bijzondere locaties af. En leggen uit waarom die terrassen zo fijn zijn.terrassen die genoemd worden: Luminair, Selva en Sonora, Doloris, Pllek, Biergarten, Putaine, Lido op ss Rotterdam, Boxpark in Londen en Ponce gebouw in Atlanta, Pink by Wondr, Thuishaven, Keilecafé.Artikel op de Buik over bijzondere terrassen: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht.#foodroute: Maartje, Gijsbregt, Jelle, de hoofdredacteur van de Buik van Den Haag én Monique van Loon delen hun favoriete terrassen ofwel de #foodroute voor buiten eten en dirnken. Hier het overzicht:Gijsbregt's #foodroute voor Rotterdam: 1) River Bar 2) Renilde 3) Putaine 4) PierreJelle's #foodroute voor Den Haag: 1) Glaswerk 2) Villa Ockenburgh 3) Van Kleef en 4) Restaurant ñMonique's #foodroute voor Amsterdam en Utrecht: 1) Pastis 2) Boothuis en 3) VeldkeukenMaartje's #foodroute voor Amsterdam: 1) Strand Vier 2) Helling 7 3) Lager Wal Wij posten onze foodroutes op onze social media (links volgen)Dank aan onze producer Faysal, BUNK voor de studio en Goldkimono voor de tune. En natuurlijk aan onze gasten.Volg ons op Instagram, Twitter of LinkedIn. En schrijf je in voor onze onregelmatig verschijnende nieuwsbrief.

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry / Artist Podcast) features the wonderful Amy Langley. Amy has been writing poetry since she was 5 years old; her first experience of writing poetry was when she stayed at her grandparents, who lived in Wiltshire, in the summer holidays; she used to have a little book next to her bed; she would hear the birds singing and be inspired to write. Amy continued my writing throughout her childhood and recalls writing a poetry book and gifting it to one of her favourite primary school teachers. Amy used to perform on Manchester's open mic night scene when she was 18, a lot of it was freestyling however there was some pre-written material. There was a little hiatus from performing but the stage soon came back to being a spotlight in Amy's heart in 2017 when she began performing at The Wonder Inn in Manchester City centre. Then followed The Old Abbey Tap House in Hulme to further expanding to Dulcimer in Chorlton, Mind Over Matter in Camden, BYOB at Box Park in Wembley, Mind Over Matter in Ancoats, Pull Up Bar in Ancoats and has spoken at Sale Write Out Loud a few times. One thing Amy is sure of; her love of writing and performing poetry; expressing herself through word allows her to set free thoughts, feelings & share experiences that can benefit those that take the time to listen. More about Amy can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/amythepoet_/

All the audio from The Pod Squad's day out at Wembers, centred around the big meet up at Box Park with many, many friends old and new, old and young!

Welcome back to Season 4 of the MeloCompass Podcast! In this episode we spoke to the awesome Ree Sewell, a Grammy Award Winning A&R Executive currently working at Universal Music Group. In this episode we discussed: Ree's Music Business Management Masters as well as Ree's roles in the music industry from event, tour and music engineer management.We also discuss Power Up: a PRS Foundation initiative that champions Black music creators and industry professionals. Whilst working in the business Ree has also constructed curriculums for the Capital Xtra Music Potential Programme and organised events to highlight up and coming artists and DJs in London at Boxpark.Links:LinkedIn: Ree SewellRee @ Power Up: https://prsfoundation.com/grantees/ree-sewell-power-up-industry-professionals/ Power Up: https://prsfoundation.com/powerup/ If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe, rate and review - we love hearing from you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Punam speaks with the owner of the first 3D cafe in the UAE, Forever Rose, Ebraheem Al Samadi. She's also joined by Hasan Al Zeer, the founder and CEO of Mishkah, a cafe in Al Quoz with a big olive tree in the middle. Two chefs from Abu Dhabi are in today's Chef's Table: Chef Scott Valentine, Corporate Director of Culinary at Rotana Hotel Management Corporation and Chef Simone de Vivo, Chef De Cuisine of SOLE at Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers. Food writer Dan Fahy updates us on the latest local and international food news. And professional photographer Andrea Salerno talks about food styling and photography.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was an honour for us to host a live podcast at Boxpark Croydon as part of the #WomxnWhoPlay campaign around the women's Euro 2022. On this episode we have a very special guest in the form of Elz the Witch, a YouTuber, gamer, and presenter who has taken the sports industry by storm. We heard why she took a big risk and quit her job to become a presenter, her love for gaming and breaking down barriers, working with the Lionesses, and why loves proving people wrong. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Follow us on social media: Instagram - @agoalinmindpodcast Twitter - @agoalinmindpod Darcey & Gabriella x

Well, Wembley didn't go as planned, did it? Nathan and Rich headed to north London, as did David Beckham, Will Ferrell, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, all to see Bromley beat Wrexham 1-0 to win the FA Trophy.  But there is no time to dwell on the defeat - or the post-match party at Boxpark - with a play-off semi-final to whet the appetite.  The guys discuss the situation around Aaron Hayden, the End of Season awards and also hear from Grimsby fan and 'Super Photographer' Lloyd Griffith, with the comedian poking fun at the guys for some premature annual leave requests. PETITION: change.org/p/uk-government-redevelop-the-racecourse-to-create-a-stadium-for-the-north-stadiwm-i-r-gogledd EMAIL - RobRyanRed@gmail.com TWITTER - @RobRyanRed | @RichFay | @NathSalt1 Cinematic Piano | LIGHTS by Alex-Productions | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0_M61F81Nfb-BRXE-SeVA Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ RRR INTRO (CC) - Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/aspire License code: UPMIVHLBA5AFRBSI

This week Dean and Jane are joined by Kerrie Evans, from the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group and Tracy Brown, co-chair of Chelsea Pride to celebrate Chelsea's FA Cup success vs Manchester City. In Part One we look back on the 3-2 win in extra time, reliving all the drama as it happened. And in Part Two we talk about the day out at Wembley, which ended with Jane, Tracy and Kerrie partying with the Chelsea squad and the FA Cup trophy at Box Park. You can follow Kerrie on Twitter @KerrieEvans and Tracy @ChelseaGirl78 and @ChelseaPride_ Subscribe to all Dean's Chelsea FC W articles @ HonestlyChelseaFCWYou can find more information about the Women's Football Fan Collective on Twitter @wffancollective. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhitt9You can follow us on Instagram @wenttomowkingsmeadow See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Drag Queen with the cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity and all the gumption, Tayce is here to start your engines in this week's episode of Reign. This has to be one of the most chaotic, hilarious and joyful episodes to date so I hope your cheeks are aching from smiling and laughing, like mine were by the end of this episode. After finding his taste for performance putting on shows for his family - and basically anyone who would watch - in his hometown of Newport in Wales, Tayce shot to fame on season two of Ru Paul's Drag Race UK with their fierce looks and fiercer one liners. During the series they took their place in Drag Race HERstory when they appeared in the now iconic United Kingdolls ‘UK, Hun' performance alongside Bimini, A'Whora and Lawrence Chaney. Since Tayce made the Drag Race Final they have gone on to tour the world from Clapham to Australia and take the fashion world by storm - after being initially rejected by modeling agencies - including sashaying down the runway at the British Fashion Awards alongside Naomi Campbell. Now they are making it WERK again by modeling and collaborating with celebrity fashion designer Chet Lo and digital duo, IoDF in their creation of Second Skin Couture, which is part of Absolut's new creative platform Born To Mix! This collaboration symbolises everything Tayce is about as it is a vision for the future: a world where what you wear isn't tied to the binds of gender, seasonal trends, religious expression, or function. YASSS & there are more deets on this in this episode so keep an ear out about how you can mix it up, too. There is no stopping this Queen and today they look back to their formative drag and performance moments - including playing a dead Pigeon (yes, really) - and share their epic words on finding self-love and how drag has helped them discover themselves and their power. I really hope you sashay away from this episode feeling just as empowered as Tayce because I know I did. I also hope you continue to listen and find the power to Reign in your own lives. If you love this episode, please get in touch (follow me across social media @joshsmithhosts), I love hearing from you. Love, Josh xxx P.S You know I love to mix it up on this podcast, and that's why I'm so excited to be working with Absolut on this very special episode of Reign.And Absolut are doing exactly that with their new project, #BornToMix which celebrates the power of mixing it up in drinks, in ideas and in life, all to create a better tomorrow in a series of creative collaborations. Absolut's first #BornToMix project brings together celebrity fashion designer Chet Lo, digital duo IoDF and our incredible guest this week, Tayce to create a translucent ‘second-skin' garment, and let me tell you - it looks sensational! You can experience Second Skin Couture yourself virtually now - it's so meta - and can even enter to be in with a chance to win this stunning one of a kind garment! Just head over to @absolutUK instagram to find out more! And if you are in the mood for some expert made cocktails, for the next two weeks Absolut will have a residency at Box Park in Shoreditch, so be sure to check it out. I'll see you there!

After more than a decade at the helm of BOXPARK, a company that has enjoyed unparalleled success in demonstrating the power of experiential retail, Roger Wade announced this week that he is stepping down as CEO. Shortly before the news went public, Blackstock Consulting's Andrew Teacher sat down with the enigmatic entrepreneur for a particularly spirited interview.

Whew Chile, last weeks episode was a whole lot... and so you know we had to keep the energy up, with this weeks guest, Mary aka @maryandfrens...We spoke sexual fantasies, dating while visible, announcing break-ups online and much much more... We also talked the 'Losing Joy' BFI premiere + our Queer Mingle at Boxpark and want to give a huge thank you to everyone supporting everything we do from the podcast to events to all our other projects! Be sure to follow @maryandfrens on socials and go grab yourself some of Mary's fully sustainable candles, hand-poured in the ends @the.chouse + don't forget to use #TwoTwos on socials and be sure to rate and review us on Spotify and Apple Music!

This is The BRAVE Leader Podcast, and I am your host David McQueen, International Speaker and Executive Coach. In this episode I kick off my series of interviews with leaders. My guest today is Roger Wade, CEO and Founder of Boxpark. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-mcqueen/message

you asked and we delivered! we don't just have one but TWO story times for you, 2 for the price of 1! we let you in on how we got kicked out of boxpark and also something that happened to us right after we were done filming at the soapboxx

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*Follow on LinkedIn and Instagram for more content.As I walked up the metal stairs, everything vanished.Stresses. worries. concerns.The eclectic steamy stench of street food stifled stress.Flirtatious house music pummelled me into a state of Ahhhh Blisss-toEat. Drink. Play through a maze of rambunctious epicurean delights.There, I discovered Black Bear Burger.A filthy nest of sinister brisket squelched out a dark grizzly jacuzzi of Grrrrrr.It clawed and mauled and scratched my face off.Top 3 Burgers of all time.Box off boring.Park your problems.Box Park is gorgeously jumbled, delicious fun. It's the heartbeat of Shoreditch.Roger Wade, BOX PARK founder, is the latest guest on HUNGRY.Roger's had an INSANE career:In 1990 Roger created and successfully sold streetwear brand Box FreshRoger brought brands Carhartt and Penfield to the UK from New York.In 2011 opened Boxpark Shoreditch, 2016 Boxpark Croydon, 2018 Box Park WembleyRoger is one of the most emotionally intelligent and intellectually curious people I've ever met.He possesses creative gumption to spot opportunities before others.ON THE MENU:HOW FOUNDERS SHOULD NEVER SHY AWAY FROM THEIR INSECURITIES - IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCEWHY CONTENT + TRAFFIC + CONVERSION IS THE BUSINESS FORMULA FOR SUCCESSHOW FOUNDERS CAN TAME THEIR "UNCONTROLLED PASSION” TO BECOME BETTER LEADERS - LET GO - LEAD VS. INTERFEREWHY FOUNDERS MUST FIND THEIR "AUTHENTIC WHY” AND IF THAT'S TO "MAKE MONEY: - THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FINE.WHY FOUNDERS MUST USE “EMOTION" VS. “DATA” TO MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - "SHOPPERS DON'T CARRY AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET WITH THEM!!”

In this latest episode of The Interview from The Exchange podcast, Karl McKeever sits down with BOXPARK founder Roger Wade and London Designer Outlet general manager Sue Shepherd.Talk of a pandemic-induced exodus from city living has been making headlines in the media. But the neighbourhood-building power of retail and hospitality shouldn't be underestimated. Now is the time for a re-think, to keep the high street and our communities healthy. In this episode, we talk to two people who know a thing or two about physical retail, and have strong opinions about the importance of creating spaces where concepts and community can flourish.

Paw-ternity leave. Yes, that's time off work to help settle in a new pet at home.  Roger Wade, founder of Boxpark shopping and dining malls around London, asked social media users their opinion after a member of staff approached him asking if he could have paternity leave for his new puppy. Pete the Vet of PetFix joined Anton on The Hard Shoulder to discuss... The Hard Shoulder Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

This week we speak to Ola Alabi, co-founder of Shoreditch-based fashion label, Cold Laundry. Born into a Nigerian heritage, Ola grew up in London and Kent and spent his childhood traveling with his adventurous parents- a key destination being the artistic markets in Italy where he witnessed different design practices. This early influence introduced him to the world of fashion design and helped shape his creative expression and independence. Following a brief career in professional football, Ola went on to work at River Island, where he met his wife and fellow co-founder, Cerise Alabi. Together they shared a passion and interest for fashion design and dreamed big for a future they knew would involve being entrepreneurs. Years later - after one failed footwear label, a few creative projects, and an inspirational 6-month trip to Korea (Asia) - they launched Cold Laundry in 2019. Ola and Cerise have since achieved major success, organically generating 1 million in sales during the first trading year and opening their first brick & mortar store in July 2020. The couple have work-balance down to a fine art, where Ola focuses on marketing, creative direction, campaigns and collaborations, and Cerise focuses on the product design - the rest is shared amongst the Cold Laundry team. In this episode, Ola paints a real picture following the journey of Cold Laundry, from the couple's early days hosting a pop-up store in Boxpark, Shoreditch up to their future vision - which is nothing short of creative! We discuss the importance of networking with people (such as suppliers and manufacturers) in the early stages, being resourceful in order to generate cash flow (it's not just about the idea, designers!), and trialing price points for products. We also touch on hiring team members and the inside POV of selling wholesale to retailers. It's hard to not be inspired by Ola and Cerise's aim to achieve a state of mind, feeling, and lifestyle - and Ola consistently finds himself immersed in the fashion world. You don't want to miss this one that teaches us - “Passion drives success” Discover more about Cold Laundry: Cold Laundry Online store: https://coldlaundrystores.com/ Cold Laundry Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coldlaundry/?hl=en Ola's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olaalabi_/?hl=en Cerise's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cerisealabi/?hl=en Follow The Entry Platform for regular doses of fashion, mindset, and business gems on Instagram! @theentry_platform

Checkout the sound of Blue Revolutions Band playing live on 15 September in the Boxpark, Croydon. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/radikalra/message

In episode 15 of the Bristol24/7 Behind the Headlines podcast, Bristol hip-hop legend K*Ners speaks to Safiya Bashir about his amazing career in the music industry; BoxPark founder, Roger Wade, talks to Martin Booth about his new concept BoxHall opening on Welsh Back in 2022; and Robin Connolly joins Bristol Zoo curator of mammals, Lynsey Bugg, to celebrate the first birthday of hand-reared gorilla, Hasani.If you enjoy listening to our podcasts, sign up to support our independent journalism here:https://my.bristol247.com/join/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=membership

Alright then, let's do one more episode! Now we've just about gotten over the Euros, we're chatting about the final, Will performing Vindaloo Two at Boxpark and why Ralf just can't stop adopting dogs! Come and say hello on our socials... Will TwitterWill IGWill Facebook Ralf TwitterRalf IGRalf Facebook You can also watch us prat about over two pints on YouTube. Just click on the link below.http://bit.ly/twopintsYT See you soon for more Two Pints. Love ya, Will & Ralf x See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we discuss the heat, no social distancing, Isaac Saierre's album and gig, Boxpark Manchester, being friendly up North and the South, Safaree's reaction to his second baby with Erica Mena, Jeff Bezos going to space, parental provision for teenagers, Love Island USA, Love Island UK, we play Song Association plus our #TweetsOfTheWeek. Hosts: Danyelle Twitter: @dxgtweets : https://twitter.com/dxgtweets Olivia Twitter: @Olivia891 : https://twitter.com/OliviaLiv891 Instagram: @liv_21.x : https://www.instagram.com/liv_21.x/ Urban Soul Twitter - @UR8ANSOUL : https://twitter.com/UR8ANSOUL Instagram - @ur8an_soul : https://www.instagram.com/ur8an_soul/ MUSIC: @drew_archie - www.instagram.com/drew_archie/ Get in touch and share your questions with us... Twitter: https://twitter.com/UpTheM1Podcast Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/upthem1podcast/ #UpTheM1Podcast #TweetsOfTheWeek

There are no doubt a few hangovers across England on Thursday after a night of wild celebrations in the wake of the national football team's victory over Denmark in the European Championship semifinals.There will likely be many, many more on Monday morning if England manages to beat Italy in the final, its first in a major tournament since winning the 1966 World Cup.The worry is that beyond the headaches and the grouchiness, the outpouring of joy will worsen rising coronavirus infection rates, particularly among younger men, many of whom have yet to receive a vaccine against COVID-19.“Whilst association does not necessarily mean causation it is difficult to escape the conclusion that celebrations around the Euros have been an important factor in driving up the epidemic in the U.K.,” said Paul Hunter, a professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia.It's clearly difficult to rein in the enthusiasm associated with England's march to Sunday's final.There's a lot of pent-up frustration out there that has been further fueled by the rigors endured during coronavirus restrictions — and a fair bit of booze. The British Beer & Pub Association predicted that fans across the country would consume 6.8 million pints during the match alone.The scenes inside Wembley Stadium were particularly raucous — more than 60,000 fans were allowed to attend the match. Long-suffering England supporters outnumbered their Danish counterparts by around six to one.Two England fan favorites — Neil Diamond's “Sweet Caroline” and the Lightning Seeds' “Three Lions,” with lyrics by comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner — were sung with delirium, even by the England team and staff who joined in the singalong after the final whistle blew.The partying didn't end there. On leaving the stadium, fans released red-colored smoke and carried on singing as they swarmed out of the stadium and went home, no doubt to celebrate some more.“It was a brilliant game, the atmosphere was absolutely amazing," said 18-year-old Scarlet Devereux.It wasn't all positive though. European football's governing body UEFA charged the English Football Association with three offenses at the stadium — the use of a laser pointer by fans, fireworks being set off and for disturbing the Danish national anthem.Another 27.6 million people tuned in at one point during the match — the biggest peak football audience ever for a single channel, according to broadcaster ITV.It seemed that most of them took to the streets the moment it ended.People clambered on top of London buses, while others opted to stand on the roofing of the subway station at Leicester Square.It was one of those nights.John Engall, 65, who was a student during England's only previous major triumph, said he felt “absolutely fantastic” after watching the match from Boxpark entertainment venue in Croydon, just south of London.“I remember '66 but I'm much more ecstatic now than when I was 10,” he said.As is always the case, there's always a cleaning up process following the festivities, and teams were out in force to remove litter on Thursday morning. Streets across England were strewn with empty disposable plastic pint glasses and food cartons. Even laughing gas canisters.London's Metropolitan Police said 23 arrests were made by officers across the capital following the match for offenses including common assault, public order and assault on police.Concerns have also been raised that the team's progress in the tournament is responsible for spreading coronavirus across the U.K., which is seeing a third surge in the pandemic as a result of the more contagious delta variant.Although infections are less likely in an outdoor environment, public health experts warned that the virus could still find a way to spread, notably as tens of thousands of fans travel to and from Wembley, which after the final will have hosted eight of the matches in the Europe-wide tournament.On Thursday, a closely-monitored c...

Resilience has been the watchword of the last 18 months, both from a business and personal perspective. In this podcast, Nolli Waterman, HSBC Global Rugby Ambassador, Roger Wade, Founder of Boxpark, and Brandon Bichler, Partner at Elixirr, discuss how businesses can build personal and business resilience and create strategies that can help them and their people thrive.This episode is part of the Tomorrow Ready podcast mini-series which covers, cash management and finance, business resilience, international trade, sustainability and digital transformation. To find out more about our Tomorrow Ready programme click here Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

You might have seen us performing the FilthyFellas National Anthem of You Don't Have To Call by our American FilthyFella Usher on stage at Boxpark Croydon last week, but you don't know the behind the scenes story from one of the most eventful weeks in the history of the channel. Not everybody will be able to keep up with this week's podcast and football returns next week, but for now, we're putting this episode in the hall of fame.

Paul and Max are joined by Stuart Pearce, Henning W, Henry Winter, Charlie Baker and Tom Greatrex ahead of England v Germany live at Boxpark, Wembley! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Resident DJ for GRLGNG “Lexi Mase” in the mix @ #BoxparkCroydon #Boxpark stay tuned for more follow @GRLGNG on INSTAGRAM Follow founder of GRLGNG @Naysap on Instagram. Find Lexi Mase IG @LEXIMASE TWITTER @DJLEXIMASE FACEBOOK DJ LEXI MASE RECORD LABEL @SUBHEADZRECORDS Bookings : saracohantalentbookings@gmail.com

This week Lex is joined by the very lovely Alexandra Ampofo. Someone who has multiple successful endeavours in the music industry. She is the founder of Acoustic Live, a life music event organiser for which she worked closely with Boxpark. She is also one of the founders of Women Connect, an organisation bringing together women from Sony Music and Live Nation to connect and help each other accelerate through the industry. And she also works for Metropolis music, as a promoter, for which she's seen an interesting year!Enjoy, and don't forget to subscribe to not miss an episode. Alex HandlesTwitter: @planetAlex_Instagram: @planetAlexLex Handles:Insta/Twitter: @lexonthedecks See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With new music from Cinthie, Marco Lys, Eli Brown and Franky Wah and off the back of a sold out SISTER show at Boxpark in Shoreditch, the vibes are high. Carly Wilford also invites Dublin duo Boots & Kats in to the guest mix.

In this episode of RLI Talks Jayne speaks to the CEO and Founder of Boxpark, Roger Wade. Roger talks about his journey from launching retail brand Boxfresh to founding the iconic Boxpark concept and his vision behind it. He speaks passionately about where he feels the Government should step in to help the hospitality industry in regards to rising rents. He also offers his thoughts on the future of the food and beverage industry and the potential shift from traditional restaurants to QSRs and Open Kitchens.

DJ Aryanz is an open-format DJ from London. He has performed at venues such as Ministry of Sound, Boxpark, and Forum Herts. He has recently become a resident DJ at a new brunch event, The Last Soiree. Follow DJ Aryanz on Instagram: @djaryanz See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this epidote we scream at each other about Jessie Ware, Fucked Up Stories From Berlin & Tinder Dating During COVID19. Other topics include never played songs, Juice World, the 90s, Boxpark and much more. Listen Today or Tomorrow or The Day after or .....

#FilmGodsPodcast Ep79: Mikey Boats / Dancer & Choreographer   I had such a great time recording this episode it even puts a smile on my face now thinking about it. Turning a hobby and a passion into a full time job is what this industry is all about. We talk about being discovered dancing outside Lacoste, Box Park, on a break, to dancing in front of 45,000 people.   Enjoy, subscribe and share. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-film-gods/id1500760776   Big love x Isusko #podcast #filmcrew #filminterview #filmgods #commercials #film #filmstudent #dancer #choreographer #movementcoach   www.thetimescheduler.com thetimescheduler@gmail.com    

As the high street shops reopen this week, this episode focuses on the future of retail, from retail giants including Mark Constantine, founder of LUSH, and Roger Wade, founder of Boxpark.  We also hear from Bill Collison, founder of Bill’s restaurants - and they all share the same ethos, that being special to your customer, the vital importance of physical connection and the power of retail theatre are the key to a thriving retail sector of the future. SME: SOS is a topical podcast to support small businesses through this turbulent time of the Coronavirus. Offering advice from experts and founders, these 30 minutes are designed to empower and support you through this climate. This SME: SOS Special episode of Conversations of Inspiration is brought to you with thanks to NatWest, Dell, Three and Royal Mail. Follow Holly and #SMESOS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollytucker/?hl=en

We're back! For a special live recording with artist and LGBTQA+ advocate / activist Wednesday Homes, more commonly known on the internet as @hellomynameiswednesday. Recorded live at Boxpark Croydon, (pre social distancing and self isolation), Wednesday told us all about their work, their inspirations, practical ways to show up for trans and TGNC people, fostering empathy, and where to start when it comes to queer art history. Thank you to everyone at Boxpark for making this happen! We're still in between our traditional seasons at the moment, but cooking something up during this weird time to keep you all tided over with a special mini series of the podcast. Please subscribe, and let us know what you want to see us do next!Want to support the podcast? If you're a brand or organisation that could help us continue the show, Please fill in this form. Can't wait to hear from you!We'd love to know what you think about our podcast. Fill out this survey here to let us know

With CA$TLE added to our next SISTER Collective event at Boxpark in Shoreditch, London, he joins Carly Wilford in the studio to step in to the mix and talk about his evolution of sound.

This week I am joined with Monikah Lee, a presenter and host who has appeared on the likes of Channel 4, BKChat, Boxpark and many more. We discuss entering the creative industry as two females who have done it ourselves, the challenges you may face and how to overcome them as well as how to monetise your talents successfully.If you have any questions you'd like answered, please email them over to:info@penniestopounds.co.ukKae:Instagram - @ikeeyahTwitter - @ikeeyah_Monikah Lee:Instagram - @monikahleeTwitter - @monikahleePodcast - Talks With Monikah LeeSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/penniestopounds)

There is a reason why you don't take your Australian ting to BoxPark. It is expensive and you are going to need to dibble past some ex-players. & Why does Mike gotta be Captain Save-a-Girl? She is on Bumble for a reason! Just message her back instead of cockblocking Marin's Threesomes!

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 1., Saison - Moments (Original Mix) 2., MVZZIK - All I Wanna Say (DJ James Ingram Remix) 3., Moon Rocket - Underneath (Original Mix) 4., LIIFE & Roland Clark - This Ain't Freedom (Yolanda Be Cool Remix) 5., Funkerman - Coming Home (Crazibiza Remix) 6., Kisch feat. Shivon Kwateng - Reach (Extended Mix) 7., Angelo Ferreri - End Of Street (Original Club Mix) 8., Midland People - Did You Want To Know (Original Mix) 9., Vantage - Plastic Bernard (Original Mix) 10., Kevin McKay - Love Rights (Original Mix) 11., Full Intention - I Miss You (Full Intention Remix) 12., Crazibiza & Ron Caroll - Tonight (Original Mix) 13., Alaia & Gallo - Underground (Original Mix) 14., Jude & Frank - La Vereda (Cada Vez) (Extended Mix) 15., Block & Crown - U Got The Body (Original Mix) 16., Bas Roos - Lazy Chords (Original Mix) 17., Da Lukas & Sant - Andrea Nuda (Club Mix) 18., Luca Bisori - Got The Power (Original Mix) 19., Calvin Harris, Sam Smith - Promises (Mousse T.'s Extended Disco Remix) 20., Peter Brown - Say It Again (Original Mix) 21., CZR & J Paul Getto - House Sensation (Original Mix) 22., Daniel Steinberg - Friends (Original Mix) 23., Qubiko - Raw Luv (Original Mix) 24., Bas Roos - Brother Love (Original Mix) 25., Eli Escobar - Seein You (Richard Earnshaw Remix) 26., Mattei & Omich feat. Ella - Hold Me (Original Mix) *bpm 123

- - - Tracklist - - - 1., Sophie Lloyd feat. Dames Brown - Calling Out (David Penn Extended Remix) 2., David Penn - Losing You (Original Mix) 3., Weiss (UK) - Baby Talk To Me (Original Mix) 4., Nora En Pure - Come With Me (Original Mix) 5., Queen B - Stay With Me Here (Midland People Remix) 6., Henry Hacking & Inaya Day - Nasty Girl (David Penn Dub) 7., Kisch feat. Shivon Kwateng - Reach (Extended Mix) 8., Kideko - Give It Up (Original Mix) 9., Gene Farris - Guitar Lick (Original Mix) 10., Alex Kenji - Disco Light (Original Mix) 11., Thomaz Krauze - Giving Up (Original Mix) 12., Saison - Moments (Original Mix) 13., Mousse T. feat. Cleah - Melodie (Mousse T.'s Extended Disco Shizzle Remix) 14., Mike Newman - Gimme Tonight (Original Mix) 15., Angelo Ferreri - We Wanna Do (Original Mix) 16., Friend Within - Waiting (Original Mix) 17., Alex Kenji - Red Beans & Slot Machines (Original Mix) 18., Alex Kenji - On You (Original Mix) 19., Angelo Ferreri & Hatiras - In The House (Original Mix) 20., Fabio Pierucci - Better Place (Original Mix) 21., Qubiko - Mono Tono (Original Mix) 22., Qubiko - U R (Extended Mix) 23., Saison feat. Leon Lincoln - The Last Time (Qubiko Extended Remix) 24., Qubiko - Room 23 *bpm 123

- - - Tracklist - - - 1., Bas Roos - Exotism (Original Mix) 2., Bas Roos - Searchin' (Original Mix) 3., Bas Roos - Don't Let Go The Disco (Original Mix) 4., Bas Roos - Take Life Easy (Original Mix) 5., Bas Roos - One Way (Original Mix) 6., Bas Roos - Brother Love (Original Mix) 7., Bas Roos - Midnight People (Original Mix) 8., Angelo Ferreri - The Real Ghetto (Original Mix) 9., Chris Stussy & Bas Roos - Get Him Up (Dub Mix) 10., Jarred Gallo - No Requests (Original Mix) 11., Chris Stussy & Bas Roos - Ladies Night (Original Mix) 12., Purple Disco Machine feat. Baxter - Encore (Mousse T. Remix) 13., Bas Roos & Guy Steve - Piece Of Soul (Original Mix) 14., Eli Escobar - Seein You (Richard Earnshaw Remix) 15., Midnight Star - Midas Touch (Jamie Lewis Touch The Stars Mix) 16., Angelo Ferreri & Moon Rocket - Another Dimension (Moon Rocket Nu Disco Remix) 17., Memoryman (aka Uovo) - Sleepless Disco Night (Nicholas Remix) *bpm 119

- - - Tracklist - - - 1., Jonk & Spook - You Are Gone (Original Mix) 2., Le Babar - Bring It Together (Original Mix) 3., Peter Brown - I'm Gonna Hold On (Original Mix) 4., Jared Marston feat. The Blowfisch Saxophone - Spinning Sax (PEZNT Remix) 5., Block & Crown - Frequency Freakin' (Original Mix) 6., Xander (UK) - Frankie (Instrumental Mix) 7., DJ John 'Julius' Knight - Find A Friend (Babert Extended Remix) 8., Bonetti - Jackin' Pumpin' (Original Mix) 9., DJ Dashcam - Golden Girls (Christian B Classic Remix) 10., David Penn, KPD - Disc-Jockey (PEZNT Remix) 11., DJ Dove - Soul Sista (Extended Mix) 12., Brokenears - No Man (Original Mix) * bpm 123

- - - Tracklist - - - 1., Calou - Play This Recors (Original Mix) 2., M.ono - Strawberry Schampus Love (Original Mix) 3., Memoryman (aka Uovo) - Sleepless Disco Night (Nicholas Remix) 4., Oliver Dollar & Matthew K feat. Daddy Hemingway - The Delta (Original Mix) 5., Homero Espinosa & Mark Farina - Good Vibrations (Main Mix) 6., Anfunk feat. Sara Grimaldi - In The Mood (Original Mix) 7., Anfunk - Jackin' Rolling (Original Mix) 8., Anfunk, Alan Schiavone - Need U (Original Mix) 9., Anfunk, Alan Schiavone - Come On (Original Mix) 10., Anfunk - 80's Theme (Original Mix) 11., Anfunk, Alan Schiavone - Big Love (Original Mix) 12., Anfunk - I'm Soul Again (Original Mix) 13., Anfunk - Upside Down (Original Mix) 14., Anfunk - Don't You (Original Mix) 15., Anfunk - Turn Around (Original Mix) 16., Dj Dashcam - Golden Girls (Christian B Classic Remix) 17., David Penn, KPD - Disc-Jockey (PEZNT Remix) * bpm 121

We discuss her transition from MC to DJ and what life was like in Milton Keynes before making the decision to bring her talents to London. she talks about what it took to become one of the many established DJ's on Box Park rotation of DJ's, she talks about her grips with the Dj scene and the sacrifices she has made along the way!

SNOWMAKING MAKES A COMEBACK in #FallsCreek with truckloads of #snow made overnight over 500 000 cubic metres. Cold overnight temperatures below zero and clear days/nights are responsible for such a large production. Delivering across the ski resort, crisp fast turns in the morning and a dry, sliced groomed snow cover for the remainder of the day. 4 Lifts are running plus the #forestairhelicopters #helilink to #Mt.Hotham or #heliscenic from $99 a seat :,) 1300 731 450 .

This week Holly meets Roger Wade, the founder of Boxpark, - to hear about his mission to use his business as a force for good, to bring together communities and make them thrive, safer and happier.    Holly & Roger discuss the future of the high street, their shared passion for independents, and how though his visionary concept for Boxpark, Roger is disrupting the world of retail. Roger started his career in advertising, being fired twice before moving to the US where he discovered his passion for American streetwear and recognised the huge market there was for it back in the UK. So on the third time of being fired, he realised that he needed to be his own boss, and start his own business. He founded Boxfresh in 1989, initially selling streetwear from his market stall, but eventually growing the business to being an international company turning over £20million a year, before selling it and founding his latest venture Boxpark. Known as ‘the world’s first pop up mall’, Boxpark is a unique shopping concept made up from shipping containers, offering independents a much more affordable and flexible retail space. Conversations of Inspiration is brought to you with support from NatWest: visit natwestbusinesshub.com (http://natwestbusinesshub.com/)   for information, tips and insights to help business owners meet their goals.  Follow Holly on Instagram: http://instagram.com/hollytucker/?hl=en

Pod 29 | Along Came a Spider … Parish, Milivojevic, Wan-Bissaka, Hodgson and Statman  This week’s pod is all about awards. Steve Parish was in attendance at Boxpark in East Croydon where the club held their free-to-enter end of season bash. Chris Grierson and Kelly Somers spoke to the Chairman and Manager live on stage. Club captain Luka Milivojevic was also there presenting AWB with his Players’ Player of the Season award so we hear his thoughts on the season for both the team as a whole and his own performances. Aaron won the fans’ Player of the Season vote and Roy Hodgson was on hand to say some kid words about him and the team. He also had a message to the fans who have supported the team all season. Statman joined on the phone for weekly numbers chat and predictions although some stats were more accurate than others…! Finally Roy took questions from the media in his press conference ahead of the trip to Cardiff City. Happy listening!

Se já conhecer os sítios óbvios de Londres, este roteiro é para si: uma Londres boémia e alternativa, à boleia da benjamim da equipa, Inês Magalhães. Começamos com “a melhor noite da vida” da produtora de 25 anos no cabaré The Box Soho, com shows burlescos e algumas cortinas tapadas. Depois em Shoreditch, por exemplo, é onde encontra a melhor arte urbana de Londres e um Box Park que é uma espécie de shopping em contentores. E numa nota mais selecta, tem a zona de Chelsea, com as lojas mais posh e as casas com cachet. Aproveite Londres, que o Brexit está (estará?) à porta.

    In this episode, we interview outgoing head of GOV.UK Neil Williams about his time at GDS, learning about agile and scaling the nation's website. The full transcript of the interview follows: Angus Montgomery: Hello and welcome to the very first episode of the Government Digital Service podcast. My name’s Angus Montgomery, I’m a senior writer at GDS and for this episode I’m going to be talking to Neil Williams, who is the head of GOV.UK. And Neil is leaving GDS shortly for an exciting new job, so we’re going to be talking to him about that and also talking to him about his time at GDS, because he’s been here since the very beginning. So I hope you enjoy this episode and let’s go straight into the conversation. Neil Williams: I'm going to Croydon Council. So leaving not only GDS- Angus Montgomery: South London? Neil Williams: South London. South London is the place to be, I have to say. Yes, not only leaving GDS, but leaving the Civil Service actually, because local government is not the Civil Service of course, to go and work in Croydon as Chief Digital Officer for the council there. They've got a lot of ambition, and it’s a really exciting time for Croydon. People laugh when I say that. Angus Montgomery: I just laughed as well. I didn’t mean to. Neil Williams:  Croydon has this reputation that is completely unwarranted, and we’re going to prove the world wrong. It’s changing massively. It’s already gone through a lot of change. You're probably aware of some stuff. It’s got a Boxpark. There’s a lot of reporting around the Westfield/Hammerson development that might be happening, which we very much hope is happening. Also Croydon Tech City. So Croydon’s got a lot of growth in the tech industry, tech sector. Fantastic companies starting up and scaling up in Croydon, and that’s all part of the story. Plus the stuff that’s more in my wheelhouse, that I've been doing here in GDS around transforming services. Making the public services that Croydon provides to residents and business to be as good as they should be. As good as everything else that people expect in their day to lives using digital services these days. Angus Montgomery: So not much on your plate then? Neil Williams: It’s quite a big job. I'm excited about it. There’s a lot about it that’s new, which is kind of giving me a new lease of energy, the fact that I've got this big challenge to face and lots of learning to do. Which reminds me a lot about how I felt when I first working with GDS in fact. Just how exciting I found the prospect of coming and working for this organisation, and being part of this amazing revolution. I'm feeling that again actually about the job in Croydon, [00:02:33] about the work to be done there. It seems like the right time. It’s a perfect time and place, where I am in my career, those things coming together. It’s a really good match. So it came up, and I put in for it, and lo and behold I am now Chief Digital Officer in Croydon Council from mid-October. Angus Montgomery: You’ve been at GDS since before the beginning, haven’t you? Seven, eight years? Neil Williams:  Yes, I was working it out this morning. It’s seven years and two months. I was 34 when I started working in GDS. I'm 42 now. I just had my birthday last week. Angus Montgomery: Full disclosure. Neil Williams: Yes. That’s maybe too much information to be sharing. I didn’t have grey hair when I started. My youngest child was just born, and he’s nearly eight now. So yes, it’s been a really big part of my life. Angus Montgomery: So you can track your late 30s and early 40s through images of you standing in front of number 10? Neil Williams: Yes, and unfortunately quite a few embarrassing pictures of me on the GDS flicker. (Laughter) There have been a few regrettable outfits for celebrations and milestones launching GOV.UK, and celebrating GOV.UK birthdays, where looking back on it I may not have worn those things if I had known it was going to be on the internet forever. (Laughter) Angus Montgomery: Now you say that, there’s an image of you… I'm trying to remember. I think it’s at the Design Museum, when GOV.UK won the Designs of the Year, and you're wearing a Robocop t-shirt. (Laughter) Neil Williams: Yes, I am. I can tell that story if you like. That’s one of my proudest GDS moments, I think. Maybe we will get to that later. Do you want me to do it now? Angus Montgomery: Well, no. Let us know where that came from, because this is… Well, just as a bit of context, because I've gone straight into that, but you’ve been head of GOV.UK since the beginning, and in 2012, shortly after GOV.UK launched, it won the Design Museum’s Design of the Year Award, which is an incredible accolade. I can’t remember what it beat, but I think it beat several…  That’s one of those awards where they judge things like buildings, and cars, and new products, and mad graphic design. So for a government website to win that award was really incredible, I think. Neil Williams: Yes. Actually, we were talking about it the other day, and Mark Hurrell, the head designer on GOV.UK, he said it’s actually the first time a website ever won that award, which I had completely forgotten. Yes, it was amazing. That was 2013. We had launched GOV.UK in 2012, as in replacing Directgov and Business Link, which were the previous big super sites for public services. Then we were well into the next phase, which was shutting down and replacing all of the websites of departments of state. I was very much working on that bit of it at the time. My head was down and working very attentively, in this fairly crazy timescale, to shut down those websites, and starting to look at how we were going to start closing down the websites of 350 arms-length bodies. A huge project. In the midst of that, in the midst of that frantic busy period, someone approached me. It was Tom Loosemore, Etienne Pollard. One of those early GDS leaders. Saying, “Oh, there’s an award ceremony. We’ve been nominated for an award, and we need some people to go. Can you go to it?” Angus Montgomery: “We need some people to go.” That’s an attractive… (Laughter) Neil Williams: Yes. It was just like, “We need a few people to make sure we’re going to be represented there.” Angus Montgomery: “To fill the seats.” (Laughter) Neil Williams: I now know that they knew that we were going to win, but I didn’t know that, at all, at the time, and I didn’t really think much of it. “Oh, yes, fine. Yes, I will go along to that. That’s no problem at all.” I think it was the same day. I'm not sure whether it was that same day or a different day when I was given notice, but anyway, I didn’t think much of it. I didn’t dress up for the occasion. So I rock up to the Design Museum in my jeans and in my Robocop t-shirt, an OCP logo on it. The evening included quite a lot of free alcohol. It was quite a glitzy affair, and I was definitely under-dressed for the occasion, but I thought, “That’s fine. We’re just here to be part of an audience.” Hanging around at the back, having the free canapes, partaking of the plentiful free wine that was being distributed. Then Griff Rhys Jones, who was presenting the award, gets up on stage and announces the winners in each category, and we won our category. Much triumphant jubilation and celebration. Then went on to reveal that we won the whole thing. We won the Design of the Year Award as a whole. Which then led to this photo call. By which point I was quite drunk as well. I had no idea this was going to happen. Yes, so there’s that famous photo of a bunch of GDS people accepting the award, all quite smartly dressed, apart from me letting the side down with my Robocop t-shirt. Angus Montgomery: Tell me how you got involved in this thing in the first place. You’ve been in the Civil Service before, but you're not a career civil servant, are you? Or you hadn’t been. Neil Williams: Well, yes. I would like to think of myself as not being a career civil servant. I started in the private sector, in a communications publishing agency. It was a magazine agency. I thought I wanted to be a journalist actually. I did English at university. I thought I wanted to be a journalist. Went into publishing. Was passionate about publishing and the power of the printed word. Distributing information to people. Equipping them with information. Informing people and so forth. I went into corporate publishing, as a way to learn about publishing, but whilst I was working for that company the internet was becoming a bigger deal, a bigger thing. I was also mucking around in my spare time with comedy websites. That was known by my employers, who then said, as they were starting to think about, “How do we get in on this?” they asked me if I wanted to run the London office of their new digital offering to their clients. I leapt at the chance. That was a really good leg up for me. That’s where I learnt about digital, about building websites. So that was a great place, where I learnt… I said I wanted to be in publishing and journalism. The information is power thing excited me, and of course doing that digitally, doing that online, massively more so. More empowering people. I fell in love instantly with the immediacy of what you get with publishing to the web, and providing services over the web, and getting the feedback, and being able to improve based on the fact that you can see in real time what users are doing. That’s been my passion ever since. After a few years of doing that… That is now a dwindling small part of my career, when you look back on it, so it’s probably true to say that I am a career civil servant. A few years in a digital agency. Then I wanted to see the other side of things, and be client side, and see something through to its outcomes, rather than just build a thing and hand it over. I joined the Civil Service. I joined the government communications profession. Angus Montgomery: I know it well. Neil Williams: And my first gig was in the Department for Trade and Industry, as it was then, as an assistant information officer. A young, eager civil servant. There were some digital elements to that job, but actually quite a lot of my earliest Civil Service gig was going to Number 10 every week to do the grid meeting, which is the Alastair Campbell era. It’s still the process now. And I was moving around within the department. So there’s an eight-year period, which I'm not going to go into in any detail,where I moved around between different departments, doing digital things. I worked my way up the greasy pole of the Civil Service. From a web manager, managing a bit of a website and looking after the content and the information architecture, through to running whole teams, running the website, intranet, social media side of things. During those years I did a lot of work on product development, around online consultation tools and digital engagement platforms. And lots of frustration actually. So this brings us to the beginning of the GDS story. Angus Montgomery: This is the 2010 Martha Lane Fox bombshell? Neil Williams: Yes. The old way, the traditional way, and this is pretty common not just in government but everywhere, websites sprung out of being a thing led by communications teams. “It’s just another channel for us to do our communications.” And it is, but it is also, as we all now know, the way that people do their business and transact. People come to your website to do a thing, to use a service, to fulfil a need. It took a long time for the Civil Service to recognise that. For many years myself and others in the digital communications teams within departments were getting increasingly frustrated. A lone voice really. Trying within our departments to show them the data that we had and go, “Look, people are coming for things that we’re not providing them with. We need to do a better job of this.” A lot of that falling on deaf ears, not getting prioritised in the way that it needed to, and also clearly fragmented across thousands of websites, across all of these organisations. A lot of great work was done before GDS, and this story has been told on the History of GDS series of blog posts, which if people haven’t seen are really well worth looking at. Tom Loosemore has talked about this before, about standing on the shoulders of giants. There was enormous effort, over many, many years, to digitise government, to centralise things, to put users first. Directgov and Business Link were the current incarnations of that, of a service-led approach, but it was just a small proportion of the overall service offering from government, and it was still really quite comms focused. The conversations were about reach, and there was advertising to try and promote the existence of these channels, etc. Lots of it was written from the perspective of the department trying to tell people what they should do, rather than understanding what it is that people are trying to do and then designing things that meet those needs. So GDS. In 2010, this is a really well-told story, and people are pretty familiar with it now, but 2010 Martha Lane Fox was commissioned to review the government’s website, particularly Directgov. She took a broader remit, and looked at the whole thing, and, in summary, said, “Start again.” Angus Montgomery: ‘Revolution, not evolution’. Neil Williams: ‘Revolution, not evolution’. Yes, that was the title. Angus Montgomery: And everyone at GDS, or who has been at GDS, has said, like Tom, that we’re standing on the shoulders of giants, and huge amounts of work was done beforehand, but why do you think Martha’s report was such a turning point? Because it was, because it led to a huge amount of change. Neil Williams: Yes. It’s a really pithy, succinct little letter. It’s not reams and reams of paper. It was just quite a simple call to action really. Which was to say, “You need to take ownership of the user experience, in a new organisation, and empower a new leader, and organisation under that leader, to do that, to take a user-led approach.” That was the different thing. Take a user-led approach, and to use the methods that are being used everywhere used. Government had not yet really caught up to what was going on in the wider technology industry around ways of working, agile and so forth, around working iteratively, experimentally, and proving things early. Rather than upfront requirement specs, and then out comes something at the end which you then later discover doesn’t work. Those were the two things really. It was that focus on user needs, and work in that different way, which was bringing skills into government that hadn’t been here before. Design, and user research, and software development skills that hadn’t previously been done in-house. It had always been outsourced. Angus Montgomery: So it was a clear and simple strategy, or strategic direction, from Martha Lane Fox’s report. There was a clear mandate. This has been talked about a lot, that we had, or GDS had, Francis Maude backing it at a very high level, and giving it the mandate to- Neil Williams: Yes, absolutely. That was the other thing. It wasn’t just Martha’s letter. It was absolutely a kind of perfect storm of political will and the timing being right. Yes, the Martha letter came out when I was Head of Digital Comms, or some title like that, at the Department for Business. I had moved around between departments. Ended up back in the Department for Business again. It was advocating something pretty radical, that would be a threat really to the digital comms view, to a comms-led view of controlling our channels. That was an interesting situation to find myself in, right? I was reading this stuff from Martha and thinking, “This is brilliant. This is what we’ve been waiting for. This is absolutely the right thing.” But then internally my job required me to do some more maybe circumspect briefing to the minister and to the director of comms about, “Actually, well, this is a risk to us.” So I was doing both of those things. I was talking internally about the positives of what this could mean for government, but the risks to our organisation, but publicly I blogged… I thought, “This is brilliant.” I blogged enthusiastically, because I had a personal blog at the time, about my thoughts on how this could be the beginning of something really exciting. That’s the thing that led me to meeting Tom Loosemore. Tom Loosemore, who as we all know is one of the early architects of GDS, saw my blog post, and got in touch and said, “Let’s have a chat.” And that’s how my journey into GDS started. It started by answering that email from Tom Loosemore and going for pizza with him. Angus Montgomery: The power of blogging. Neil Williams: Yes. We had a chat over pizza, where he was talking about his ideas for getting an alpha. Getting a team together that could produce something quickly, as a sort of throwaway prototype, that would show a different way of working. Tom was saying stuff that was exciting but contained many new words. (Laughter) He was talking about alphas and agile ways of working. I don’t know what these things are. Angus Montgomery: Now we’re at a stage, at GDS and throughout government, where agile is a touchstone of how we work, and it’s accepted that doing things in agile is doing things better, and there’s lots of opportunity for people to learn how that works, and what that means, and apply that to the things that they do, but at the time, as you said, this didn’t really exist in government. You, as someone who had worked in government, probably didn’t know what agile was. Neil Williams: No. Angus Montgomery: How did you learn about it, and how did you know that this was the right approach? Neil Williams: A mix of reading up on it. Initially just going home and Googling those new words and finding out about these ways of working. But also it immediately spoke to me. I had been through several years of several projects where I had felt just how awful and frustrating it is to build websites in a waterfall way. I've got some very difficult experiences that I had at [BEIS], when we rebuilt the website there, and it was project managed by a very thorough project manager in a waterfall way. I was the Senior Responsible Officer, I think, or Senior User I think it is in PRINCE2 language, for the website. As the website was progressing we had a requirements document upfront, all that way of working. We were specifying, with as much predicting the future and guesswork as we possibly can, a load of stuff, and writing it down, around, ‘This is what the website needs to do. This is what the publishing system needs to do’. Then handing that over to a supplier, who then starts to try and interpret that and build that. During that process, seeing as the thing is emerging, and we’re doing the user acceptance testing and all of that stuff on it, that this is just far away from the thing that I had in my head. So there’s already a gap between the written word and then the meaning that goes into the heads of the people who are then building that thing. Then also all of the change that’s occurring at the same time. Whilst we are building that thing the world is not staying still, and there is an enormous amount of change in our understanding around what we want that thing to do. Trying to get those changes in, but facing the waterfall approach, rigid change control process, and just feeling like I'm banging my head against a brick wall. It was really frustrating. Then when I… Back to the question about how do I learn about agile, and some of these new concepts, it was really only when I got in there. I knew what the bad thing felt like, and I knew that that wasn’t right. I knew that you absolutely need to embrace the change as part of the process, embrace learning as part of the process of delivering something as live and ever changing as a website. Then I came in as a product manager, initially part-time, and then full-time when GDS was properly established and able to advertise a role, and started working with Pete Herlihy, who is still here now in GDS. Angus Montgomery: Yes, on Notify. Neil Williams: Yes, he’s lead product manager on Notify now, but back then he was delivery manager. Again, Tom Loosemore was making stuff happen behind the scenes. He was the person who introduced me and Pete. He said something along the lines of, “Neil’s the guy who knows what needs to happen, and Pete’s the guy who knows how to make it happen. You two should talk.” So we did. I learnt a lot of what I now know from working with Pete and working as we then built out a team. Working with some terrific talented software developers, designers, content designers, and so forth, and user researchers, in a multidisciplinary way. Learning on the job what it meant to be a product manager. Obviously, reading up about it. I went on a few courses, I think, too. But mostly learning on the job. Zooming back out a little bit to the GDS career experience, I've learnt so much here. I've never learnt as much probably in the whole of the rest of my career as I've learnt in my time here. Angus Montgomery: Because that first year was learning about agile, putting a team together. Learning how to build this thing. Learning how to land it. At what stage did you realise, “Oh, we’ve done this now. This thing is landing, and it’s getting big, and it’s successful. Oh, wow. We’re in charge of a piece of national infrastructure now”? Neil Williams: That’s an interesting question. I always knew it would. We knew what we were building at the start. We knew we were building something- Angus Montgomery: So you never had any doubts that this was going to work? Neil Williams: Oh, God, yes. We had absolute doubt. The prevailing view when we started was that, “This will not work.” Not internally. Internally, it was certainly a stretch goal. (Laughter) It was ambitious, and it felt a little bit impossible, but in a really exciting way. That is one of the key ingredients of success, is you want your team to feel like something is only just about doable. (Laughter) There’s nothing more motivating than a deadline and a nearly impossible task. Also a bunch of naysayers saying, “This will never work.” And that really united us as a team. Angus Montgomery: So what then happened? Because I think we talk quite a lot about the early years, and a lot has been written, obviously, and GDS was blogging like crazy in those days about the early stages, and how quickly you built the thing, and how quickly you transitioned onto it. One thing that we have talked about as GDS, but probably not in as great detail, is what happened when it then got big, and you had to deal with issues of scale, and you had to deal with issues of… Something a lot of people on GOV.UK have talked to me about is tech debt. That you built this thing very quickly and you had quite a bit of tech debt involved. How did you deal with that? Presumably you always knew this was a problem you were going to have to face. Neil Williams: Yes, to a degree. That 14 people that did a bit on alpha scaled very rapidly to being 140 people. There were lots of teams working in parallel, and building bits of software just in time, like I was just talking about. Just in time for… “We’re not going to build anything we don’t have to build. We’re just going to build what’s necessary to achieve the transition, to shut these other websites down and bring them all in.” But that approach means you're laying stuff on top of other stuff, and things were getting built by different teams in parallel, adding to this growing code base, and in some cases therefore duplicative stuff happening. Where maybe we’ve built one publishing system for publishing a certain kind of format of content, another publishing system for publishing another kind of format of content. Then in the process we’ve ended up with two different ways of doing something like attachments, asset management. Then we’ve got complexity, and we’ve got bits of code that different teams don’t know how to change without quite a steep learning curve, and so on. And that was the case everywhere. Given the pace of how fast we were going, and how ambitious the timescales were for shutting down what turned out to be 1,882 websites… (Laughter) Exactly. It was incredible. We knew, yes. We knew. It was talked about. It was done knowingly, that, “We are making things here that we’re going to have to come back to. That are going to be good enough for now, and they’re going to achieve what we need to achieve, but they will need fixing, and they will need replacing and consolidating.” So we absolutely knew, and there was much talk of it. Quite a lot of it got written down at the time as ‘This is some tech debt that we’re going to definitely need to come back to’. Yes, we weren’t blind to that fact, but I think the degree of it, and the amount of time it took to resolve it, was slightly unexpected. That’s partly because of massive personnel change as well. Straight off the back of finishing… Well, I say finishing. GOV.UK is never finished. Let’s just get that out there. Always be iterating. GOV.UK’s initial build, and the transition, and the shutting down, the transition story of shutting down those 1,882 websites, had an end date, and that end date felt like a step change to many people. As in lots of people came into GDS in those early days to do the disruptive thing. To do the start-up thing. To do Martha’s revolution. Then at that moment of, “Actually, we’ve now shut down the last website,” to lots of those people that felt like, “Now we’re going into some other mode. Now we’re going into actually we’re just part of government now, aren’t we? I don’t know. Do I necessarily want to be part of that?” So there was some natural drifting away of some people. Plus, also, the budget shrank at that point. The project to do the transition was funded and came to an end. So actually we were going to go down to an operational smaller team anyway. So a combination of attrition, of people leaving anyway, plus the fact that we did need to get a bit smaller. Also, at that time, that’s when the early founders of GDS left. Mike Bracken, Tom Loosemore, Ben Terrett left around that time. Which also led to some other people going, “Well, actually, I came here for them. I came here with them. And I'm leaving too.” So that meant that we had the tech debt to deal with at a time when we also had quite a lot of new stuff. We had all of this unknown and not terribly well-documented code, that was built really quickly, by lots of different people, in different ways. Plus people who weren’t part of that joining the team, and looking at it and going, “Oh, what have we got here? Where do I start with this?” (Laughter) So it took a long time. I think it’s common in agile software development to underestimate how long things might take. It’s an industry problem that you need to account for. Angus Montgomery: Well, this is the interesting thing, because it feels to me as an observer that there have been three main stages of GOV.UK so far. There’s the build and transition, which we’ve talked about quite a lot. There’s the growth and sustainability years, I suppose, where you were sorting out the tech debt, and you were making this thing sustainable, and you were dealing with departmental requests, and you were putting in structures, and process, and maturing it. Now it feels like we’re in a new stage, where a lot of that structural stuff has been sorted out, and that means you can do really exciting things. Like the work that Kate Ivey-Williams, and Sam Dub, and their team have been doing on end-to-end services. The work that’s been going on to look at voice activation on GOV.UK. And the work that’s been done that Nicky Zachariou and her team have been looking at, machine learning, structuring the content. And it feels like now, having sorted out those fundamentals, there’s a whole load of stuff we can do. Neil Williams: Yes, absolutely. We’re iterating wildly again, I would say. (Laughter) We’re back to that feeling of early GOV.UK, where we’re able to turn ideas into working software and working product relatively quickly again. Some of the stuff we’re doing now is greenfield stuff. Again, a lot of the ideas we had way back when, in the early days of GDS, about making the publishing system really intuitive, and giving data intelligence to publishers, so that they can understand how services are performing, and see where to prioritise, and get really rich insights about how their stuff as a department is working for users, we’re getting to that now. We’re starting to rebuild our publishing tools with a proper user-centric design. Which we didn’t do enough of, because we had to focus on the end users more in the early days. It’s great to be doing that now. We’re also deleting some stuff, which were the mistakes that I made. (Laughter) Which feels good on my way out. Some of the things that we did, that have stuck around way longer than we intended them to, are now being deleted. We’re now able to go, “Actually, we know now, we’ve known for a while, that this isn’t the right solution,” and we’re able to change things more radically. Yes, we’re doing really exciting stuff. Thanks for mentioning it. Angus Montgomery: What are you most excited about? Because Jen Allum, who was lead product manager on GOV.UK for a couple of years, I think, she’s taking over now as head of GOV.UK after you leave. What are you most excited about seeing her and the team do? What do you think is the biggest challenge that they face? Neil Williams: I'm thrilled that Jen is taking over the job. She obviously knows the product, knows the team really, really well, and she’s absolutely brilliant. There is some incredibly exciting stuff happening right now, which I will be sad not to be here for. You mentioned one of them. That’s the step-by-step navigation product, which is our solution for, “How do you create an end-to-end holistic service that meets a whole user need?” If you’ve been following GDS at all, which if you're listening to this podcast you probably have, then you will have seen stuff from Lou Downe, Kate Ivey-Williams, many other people, around end-to-end services and what we mean by services and service design. Around good services being verbs and bad services being nouns. Government has the habit of creating schemes, and initiatives, and forms, and giving them names, and then they stick around for a very long time. Users end up even having to learn those names in some cases. The classic example is, “I want to SORN my car.” What the hell does that even mean? Whereas actually what they want to do is take their car off the road. It’s an actual thing that an actual human wants to do. Nearly every interaction or task that you have with government requires more than one thing. You need to look at some content. You might need to transact. You might need to fill in a form. You might need to go and do some stuff that’s not with government. You might need to read something, understand what the rules are, and then go and do something offline. If you're a childminder you’ve got a step there, which is you’ve got to go and actually set up your space and get it inspected. Then you come back, and there’s more to do with government. Those things need setting out clearly for people. It’s still the case now. Despite all of the great work that we’ve done on GOV.UK to improve all of this stuff, it’s still far too much the case that people have to do all of that work themselves. They have to piece together the fragments of content, and transactions, and forms that they need to do. So what we are doing with our step-by-step navigation product is that’s a product output of a lot of thinking that’s been happening in GDS for many years, around, “How do you join services together, end-to-end, around the user?” We’ve got that product. It’s been tested. It works really, really well. To look at you might just look at it and go, “Well, there’s not much to that, is there? That’s just some numbered steps and some links.” Yes, it is, but getting something that looks that simple, and that really works, is actually a ton of work, and we’ve put in a huge amount of work into proving that, and testing that, and making sure that really works. Making it as simple as it is. The lion’s share of that work is actually in the service design, and in the content design, going, “Let’s map out what is… Well, first of all let’s understand what the users need. Then let’s map out what are the many things that come together, in what order, in order to meet that need.” Angus Montgomery: Before we wrap up I just wanted to ask you to give a couple of reflections on your time at GDS. What’s the thing you're most proud of, or what was your proudest moment? Neil Williams: That’s tricky. I've been here a long time. I've done a lot of… I say I've done a lot of good stuff. I've been around whilst some really good stuff has happened. (Laughter) Angus Montgomery: You’ve been in the room. (Laughter) Neil Williams: Right. I've had a little bit to do with it. It’s got to be the initial build, I think. Other than wearing a Robocop t-shirt to a very formal event, which I'm still proud of, it’s got to be the initial build of GOV.UK and that was the thing that I was directly involved with and it was just the most ridiculous fun I've ever had. I can’t imagine ever doing something as important, or fast paced, or ridiculous as that again. There were moments during that when… Actually, I don’t think I can even tell that story probably. (Laughter) There were some things that happened just as a consequence of the speed that we were going. There are funny memories. That’s all I'm going to say about that. If you want to- Angus Montgomery: Corner Neil in a pub or café in South London if you want to hear that story in the future. What was the scariest moment? Or what was the moment when you thought, “Oh, my God, this might not actually work. This thing might fall apart”? Or were there moments like that? Neil Williams: I don't know. No, I think we’ve always had the confidence, because of the talent that we’ve brought in, the capability and the motivation that everyone has. When bad things have happened, when we’ve had security threats or any kind of technical failures, just the way that this team scrambles, and the expertise that we’ve got, just means that I'm always confident that it’s going to be okay. People are here in GDS because they really care,and they’re also incredibly capable. The best of the best. I'm not saying that’s an organisation design or a process that I would advocate, that people have to scramble when things fail, but in those early days, when GOV.UK was relatively newly launched, and we were going through that transition of from being built to run, those were the days where maybe the operations weren’t in place yet for dealing with everything that might come at us. There was a lot of all hands to the pump scrambling in those days, but it always came right and was poetry to watch. (Laughter) Those moments would actually be the moments where you would be most proud of the team and to be part of it. When it comes down to it these people are really amazing. Angus Montgomery: Finally, what’s the thing you are going to miss the most? Neil Williams: Well, it’s the people, isn’t it? That’s a cheesy thing to say, but it’s genuinely true. I've made some amazing friends here. Some people who I hope I can call lifelong friends. Many people who have already left GDS, who I'm still in touch with and see all the time. It’s incredible coming into work and working with people who are so likeminded, and so capable, and so trusting of each other, and so funny. I laugh all the time. I come into work and it’s fun. It’s so much fun. And we’re doing something so important, and we’re supporting each other. The culture is just so good, and the people are what makes that. Cheesy as it may be, it’s you Angus. I'm going to miss you. Angus Montgomery: It’s all about the people. Oh, thank you. That was a leading question. (Laughter) Neil Williams, thank you so much for doing that and best of luck in the future. We will miss you lots. Neil Williams:  Thanks very much. Thank you. Angus Montgomery: So that wraps up the very first Government Digital Service podcast. I hope you enjoyed it - we’re aiming to do lots more episodes of this, we’re aiming to do around 1 episode a month and we’re going to be talking to lots of exciting and interesting people both inside GDS and outside GDS and we’re going to be talking about things like innovation and digital transformation and user-centred design and all sorts of interesting things like that, so if you’d like to listen to future episodes please go to wherever it is you get your podcasts and subscribe to listen to us in the future. And I hope you enjoyed that episode and I hope you listen to more. Thankyou very much.

Welcome to the Holmesdale Radio preview podcast. Hosted by Terence Ford of Rednbluearmy.co.uk for the final time this season to preview the visit of relegated West Brom to Selhurst Park.Albert is off working on a top secret movie project so Stefan makes his Preview Podcast debut alongside Sam Hesketh. Wilfried Zaha won Premier League player of the month and palace player of the year and Luka was awarded goal of the season at Boxpark, we’ll reflect on those awards and talk about our best and worst moments of the season and, of course, the unveiling of the new kits from Puma.Then we’ll get into the preview and the team expects a party atmosphere for the final game of the season where as much as £10m is up for grabs for Palace. Finally, we’ll predict what we think will happen next season - optimism is rife. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

#LVMAG talks to Orchestral Arranger Fiona Brice at the rehearsal for the Mozart Players & Shift K3y concert in Croydon's Boxpark. Fiona's very unique and praised perspective was relied upon to provide the composition and musical liaison for the orchestral musicians and DJ/Producer Shift K3y. Fiona was tasked with writing the entire arrangement for this unique collaboration of string instrumentalists and a DJ with a setlist of tracks to mix and play in a very open sound environment. The setting was interesting - a busy city food court with the highest calibre of orchestral musicians rehearsing and playing to the public, most of whom perhaps wouldn't pay to listen to such a genre of sound. Fiona says "music shouldn't be intimidating ... you have space and you're going to put some music into it ... everyone should have access to all kinds of music". The conversation soon moved into the current culture of sound and music, and the over exposure to a certain style of it. Compressed sounds and compressed culture! Fiona talks about the homogenisation of music and how perhaps more investment needs to come from corporates in order for diverse Artists to have their music heard more widely. Fiona's role is pivotal to pulling off such a collaboration, but she most definitely isn't centre stage. She has made this job for herself - with nobody ever telling her (when she first started in music) that such a job ever even existed. Her profession and perspective is testament to how we can all find our own way in such creative industries - crafting and offering our own unique perspectives.

Straight Up Ballers For Episode 4 we have one of the creative minds behind London’s crazy, visually stunning, ball-pit cocktail bar – Ballie Ballerson! The show features the effervescent Wenny Armstrong. For aspiring entrepreneurs and promotors, there are some absolute gems in her story. Wenny gives us a small glimpse into her creative, entrepreneurial mind; discussing past events, licencing restrictions, making the most of dead stock and going viral! We also hear about the plans for the future, as well as some hilarious anecdotes on ball hygiene and things to do in London. Always doing things her way, Wenny is a Straight Up Baller! 0:45 What the guys learned from last week's episode with Paul Barham from Flight Club 02:55 What happened last weekend, cool venues visited, what's was good and what wasn't.  10:55 This week’s theme 11:28 Wenny Armstrong joins the guys in studio  11:45 Wenny's talks about her job, before running her own business  14:05 The first event Wenny put on: Django Bango. How she saw the opportunity to take over an airsoft range, that was closed at the weekend. The licensing issues and PR to grow the attention. 18:10 Why Django finished  18:45 The next two nights Wenny ran in Vauxhall 20:00 What is Ballie Ballerson? Finding the venue was first! 20:12 Why make a Ballpit cocktail bar? 21:19 The importance of ‘hero shots’ 22:19 The difference between balls and the ‘squidge’ test.  23:30 Waiting for press. 25:50 Capacities and how it works  26:50 Biggest challenges 27:35 The ball pit cleaning machine! 28:36 Lost property in over 250,000 balls 29:45 Biggest success and the reason for the longevity (expecting 3 months, to now already over 10) 32:15 The new site at Box Park in Shoreditch  32:45 Going viral (over 60 million views) 34:00 More on Boxpark and why that was such a good business decision for them 35:42 Costs and dates 36:25 The night owls 37:36 Something to announce: a brand new venue with 1,000,000 balls!!! 39:20 Who entertains the entertainers – What Wenny and her friends do in their free time 42:30 Stuart gets a lesson in how the tide works  43:50 How to catch up with Ballie Ballerson on social media  45:00 Ben and Stuart say goodbye to Wenny and recap the conversation  46:20 The weekly Shout! What’s on this weekend! 48:07 This week’s thank you list 48:40 A new Zombie experience coming to London 50:22 A banging outro tune You can reach the guests here Instagram: BallieBallerson Facebook: ballieballersonlondon Twitter: ballieballerson Venue’s mentioned Spirit land Buddha bar Bunga Bunga  Inception Group Aspall tennis classics Henley Regatta Play on Sports The Yard in Vauxhall Box park  Apocalypse zombie  Shout About London Give us a Shout on #ShoutAbout Instagram:          ShoutAboutLondon Facebook:            ShoutAboutLDN Twitter:                ShoutAboutLDN Instagram:           ShoutaboutStuart Please subscribe and rate us! Want to talk about the show? Got an idea for guests? Want to promote your event? Contact us on any of the above, or: info@shoutabout.london http://ShoutAbout.London 

In the early 80s, Britain’s pubs and clubs were full of angry, funny, working class poets inspired by punk, reggae and protest. This brave new wave of radical wordsmiths made folk heroes of Seething Wells, Garry Johnson, Ginger John, Attila The Stockbroker, Porky the Poet and one of Garry’s guests today Tim Wells – all of whom will be celebrated next month at the British Library’s Taking Liberties event, ‘Ranting poets, 'zines & Angry Kids of the ’80s’. Tim is also the founding editor of poetry zine Rising and a mean Ska DJ. Who were these funny, chippy backstreet upstarts, what did they want then - and what do poets want today? Joining Garry and Tim in the studio is young, spiky Swindon poet Emily Harrison - Bang Said The Gun’s Poet in Residence and one of eight poets to have their work on the theme of London showcased at Boxpark, Shoreditch. She is currently working on her next collection, confronting a search for love against the stark, yet humanising backdrop of the psychiatric institution. And completing the line-up is Salford’s own JB Barrington, an Amnesty International Poetry Slam winner whose critically rated blue collar protests have won him awards and support slots with Sleaford Mods. >>>>>> Download the show as mp3 file Subscribe in iTunes

In the early 80s, Britain’s pubs and clubs were full of angry, funny, working class poets inspired by punk, reggae and protest. This brave new wave of radical wordsmiths made folk heroes of Seething Wells, Garry Johnson, Ginger John, Attila The Stockbroker, Porky the Poet and one of Garry’s guests today Tim Wells – all of whom will be celebrated next month at the British Library’s Taking Liberties event, ‘Ranting poets, 'zines & Angry Kids of the ’80s’. Tim is also the founding editor of poetry zine Rising and a mean Ska DJ. Who were these funny, chippy backstreet upstarts, what did they want then - and what do poets want today? Joining Garry and Tim in the studio is young, spiky Swindon poet Emily Harrison - Bang Said The Gun’s Poet in Residence and one of eight poets to have their work on the theme of London showcased at Boxpark, Shoreditch. She is currently working on her next collection, confronting a search for love against the stark, yet humanising backdrop of the psychiatric institution. And completing the line-up is Salford’s own JB Barrington, an Amnesty International Poetry Slam winner whose critically rated blue collar protests have won him awards and support slots with Sleaford Mods. >>>>>> Download the show as mp3 file Subscribe in iTunes

Welcome to episode #207. On the show: Bionym pioneers wearable payments; Factual teams with EQ Works; Digital Element partners with Skyhook; Adsquare raises $4.3M; The NHL is testing virtual Dasherboards; Tip.ly makes tipping a visual thing; Clear Channel offering free content in Singapore; Copresence brings peace to Android and iOS sharing; Boxpark does the pop-up mall; Cloth tells you what to wear; Netflix gets creative with GIFs. Our resource of the week looks at the impact of Apple Pay on Whole Foods.   Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #207. On the show: Bionym pioneers wearable payments; Factual teams with EQ Works; Digital Element partners with Skyhook; Adsquare raises $4.3M; The NHL is testing virtual Dasherboards; Tip.ly makes tipping a visual thing; Clear Channel offering free content in Singapore; Copresence brings peace to Android and iOS sharing; Boxpark does the pop-up mall; Cloth tells you what to wear; Netflix gets creative with GIFs. Our resource of the week looks at the impact of Apple Pay on Whole Foods.   Full show notes can be found here.

Hospital Podcast 214 recorded live from the Samsung GALAXY Shoreditch studio. Catch London Elektricity and all our guests that joined us at Boxpark having a good dance with the usual dose top notch banter.Make sure you subscribe here, or download the latest show as an MP3 here

This week on the Hospital podcast, we broadcasted live from our pop up shop at Unit 29 Boxpark for the very last time with special guests in the form of recent Med School signing Etherwood and bass music starlet Ayah Marar. You can watch the recording on YouTube here, or grab it on iTunes… Make sure you subscribe here, or download the latest show as an mp3 here

To celebrate the release of Danny Byrd’s new single “4th Dimension / Bad Boy (Back Again)”, this week’s “Boxcast” sees special guest Danny Byrd come down to chat to London Elek at our pop up Hospital Shop at Unit 29, Boxpark. Sorry about the clipping at the start – we fixed it at the Boxcast so it really was LIVE! We will be hosting a live “Boxcast” every Monday 4-5pm from now until 23rd June. 

To celebrate the opening of our pop up Hospital Shop at Unit 29, Boxpark we hosted our first ever “Boxcast”. With hundreds tuning in online from around the world, it was an out and out success. We will be hosting a live “Boxcast” every Monday 4-5pm from now until 23rd June.