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Tarry any length of time with evangelical and Reformed Christians, and one is likely to hear the name of Martyn Lloyd-Jones. ‘The Doctor' as he was affectionately known, had a ministry that was used by God in a quite unique way in the mid to late twentieth century. This week's articles provide a stimulus to engage with Lloyd-Jones through two distinct types of media: his letters and his books. Jeremy Brooks highlights the value of the volume of Letters published by the Banner in 1994 for our understanding of the Doctor, and Iain H. Murray offers a guide to Lloyd-Jones' book output, with suggestions as to which volumes readers ought to prioritise. Whether you've benefitted from Lloyd-Jones for years, or have just discovered him, these articles will provide valuable insights and encouragement to read the work of a wonderful servant of Christ.   Featured Articles: – 'Revisiting Lloyd-Jones' Letters', Jeremy Brooks, Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 736 (January 2025). – 'Advice on Reading Dr Lloyd-Jones', Iain H. Murray, Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 510 (March 2006). Our thanks to Jeremy Brooks, pastor at Wellcome Hall Evangelical Church, Catshill, Bromsgrove, for reading the article he authored.   Resources by Lloyd-Jones: The All-Sufficient God: Sermons on Isaiah 40 Authentic Christianity (Acts Set) Born of God: Sermons from John Chapter 1 Ephesians Set Expository Sermons on 2 Peter Knowing the Times: Addresses Delivered on Various Occasions 1942-1977 Letters of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Old Testament Evangelistic Sermons The Puritans: Their Origins and Successors Saved by Grace Alone: Sermons on Ezekiel 36:16-36   Resources about Dr. and Mrs Lloyd-Jones: D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Iain H. Murray (2 volume biography. Volumes can be bought separately: The First Forty Years, 1899-1939 and The Fight of Faith, 1939-1981) Lloyd-Jones: Messenger of Grace, Iain H. Murray Memories of Sandfields, Bethan Lloyd-Jones The Life of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Iain H. Murray (1 volume, 'a re-cast, condensed and, in parts, re-written version of the author's two volumes D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The First Forty Years (1982) and The Fight of Faith (1990). Since those dates, the life of Dr Lloyd-Jones has been the subject of comment and assessment in many publications and these have been taken into account. The main purpose of this further biography, however, is to put Dr Lloyd-Jones' life before another generation in more accessible form. The big story is all here.')   Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (print/digital/both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine Leave us a voice message: www.speakpipe.com/magazinepodcast

In this episode, we delve into the heartbreaking story of Zobaidah Salangy, a devoted mother whose disappearance and murder shattered the community of Bromsgrove. Join us as we uncover the events leading to her death, the relentless police investigation, and the disturbing lengths taken to cover up the crime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

GB2RS News Sunday the 8th of December The news headlines: Take part in the RSGB Construction Competition A new edition of RadCom Basics has been published A busy week with GB24YOTA hosted by many groups for YOTA Month During November, the RSGB used its Photo Friday feature on social media to highlight construction and practical skills. Photos included everything from Construction Clubs for newcomers to ground satellite repairs at university clubs. If these have left you feeling inspired and wanting to get creative, why not submit an entry to the Society's 2025 Construction Competition? There are six categories, including a new Outreach category that gives entrants the opportunity to create a project that can be reproduced in a school or public environment. Whether you are a seasoned constructor, used to building your own projects or a beginner looking to take your first steps in amateur radio construction, the RSGB would love to hear from you. Visit the RSGB website at rsgb.org/construction-competition  for full details of the competition and how to enter. For further inspiration, pick up a copy of the June Edition of RadCom and turn to page 36 to view last year's entries. The November 2024 issue of RadCom Basics is now available on the RSGB website for members to read. The publication is aimed at new licensees or anyone who enjoys reading about the fundamental principles behind the many facets of amateur radio. This issue includes part one of how to get on 40m with a small suburban garden, as well as articles on home construction and using repeaters. If you aren't one of the thousands of members who have done so already, you can subscribe to receive notifications about RadCom Basics via the RSGB Membership Portal. Log in and choose the “Manage preferences” tab. To read the latest edition go to rsgb.org/radcom-basics The RSGB would like to congratulate everyone who operated GB24YOTA last week. There was some brilliant activity on the air, including Wick High School Radio Club which had 12 student operators involved and inspired some to take their Foundation licence. If you missed talking to the group, you've got another chance to make a QSO with them today, Sunday the 8th of December. Taking over tomorrow, Monday the 9th of December is Hilderstone Radio Society, which will be operating between 9 am and 5 pm. Cray Valley Radio Society will host the callsign after 5 pm. The RSGB's National Radio Centre station GB3RS, will be on the air with GB24YOTA for the duration of Tuesday the 10th of December. NRC volunteers will also host youngsters from the 6th Bletchley Guides from 6 pm on that day, so do listen out and get on the air to make a QSO with this group. On Wednesday the 11th of December, Hilderstone Radio Society will be back on the air with the callsign for a second day. Bromsgrove & District Amateur Radio Club will operate as GB24YOTA from 6 pm on Friday the 13th of December. To finish the week, the RSGB's National Radio Centre station GB3RS will once again be on the air as it hosts the callsign over the weekend of the 14th and 15th of December. There are still operating spaces left if you'd like to get involved, but don't delay as GB24YOTA is only operational until the end of this month. Go to rsgb.org/yota-month  to find out more. The RSGB Contest Club recently announced that it is looking for volunteers to take part in the second World Wide Award event taking place in January 2025. To be part of the team you will need to be an RSGB member and hold a Full Licence. QSOs can be made using SSB, CW and digital modes. Foundation or Intermediate licensees can join in under supervision or take part in WWA as award chasers. To be part of the operating team email contestclub@rsgbcc.org  to register your interest. To find out more about the event search ‘RSGB Contest Club' on the RSGB website and scroll down to the section titled World Wide Award 2025. Poldhu Amateur Radio Club is celebrating the 123rd anniversary of the first radio transmission across the Atlantic in 1901. Visitors are invited to join members of the Club at The Marconi Centre in Cornwall between 9 am and 4 pm on Thursday the 12th of December to learn how the location played a crucial part in the history of wireless communication. As part of the celebrations, radio amateurs will be operating on various radio bands throughout the day. If you would like to operate as part of the event email secretary@gb2gm.org  You can find full details on the anniversary celebrations on the Club website via gb2gm.org Please send details of all your news and events to radcom@rsgb.org.uk  The deadline for submissions is 10 am on Thursdays before the Sunday broadcast each week. And now for details of rallies and events The Mid-Devon Amateur Radio and Electronics Fair is taking place today, Sunday the 8th of December, at Winkleigh Sports and Recreation Centre. Doors are open from 9 am to 1 pm. Entry is £3 per person and there is no charge for partners and under 16s. Free parking and Wi-Fi are available, as well as hot food and refreshments. The cost for traders is £5 per 6ft frontage with tables supplied. Booking in advance is recommended. Mains electricity is also available on request. Traders are asked to pre-book as soon as possible. Please contact Phil, G6DLJ via 07990 563147 or email wrg2024@hotmail.com The Sparkford Radio Rally is on Sunday the 29th of December at Davis Hall, Howell Hill, West Camel, near Yeovil. Doors are open to traders from 7.30 am and from 9.30 am to the public. Admission is £2. Refreshments and free parking will be available. For more information, please contact Luke via 07870 168197 or email m3vhv@hotmail.co.uk Looking ahead to events coming up next year, the Lincoln Shortwave Club Winter Radio Rally is taking place on the 26th of January at The Festival Hall, Caistor Road in Market Rasen. Doors open at 10 am, and admission is £3. Hot refreshments and ample free car parking will be available. The cost for tables is £10. To book please contact Steve Burke, M5ZZZ via 07777 699069 or email m5zzz@outlook.com Now the Special Event news Ian Astley, M0IAA will be operating as GB1WH on Wednesday the 11th of December. The special event station is being run to support and promote the excellent work done by Wakefield Hospice. To make a donation to the hospice or to hear more from Ian, visit QRZ.com The Humber Fortress DX Amateur Radio Club is once again running the special callsign GB0MC until Thursday the 26th of December. The ‘MC' in the callsign stands for Merry Christmas. The Club would like to invite everyone to call in and give them a hearty “HoHoHo” and tell them what radio equipment you would like from Santa this year. The Club will also be live streaming on its YouTube Channel. Special callsign HB50VC is active until the 31st of December to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Swissair Amateur Radio Club, HB9VC. QSOs will be uploaded to the Logbook of the World. QSL cards will not be provided. You can download a certificate for working this special event station from tinyurl.com/HB50VC-24 Now the DX news Carl, 2E0HPI, is in London from Monday the 9th of December until Thursday the 12th of December and will be operating from several Parks on the Air locations each day. He will be active on 10m SSB. eQSL is preferred or direct to the address on QRZ.com The T46W team is active from Cuba until Tuesday the 10th of December. They will be active on the 160m to 6m bands. Parks on the Air activity is also expected from references CU0292 and CU0298. QSL via CO6QK or Logbook of the World. The TO9W team is active from Saint Martin Island until the 13th of December. The IOTA reference is NA-105. The members will operate on the 160m to 10m bands, with a focus on the 40, 80 and 160m bands. QSL via W9ILY, Logbook of the World or ClubLog OQRS. Mike, V47NH is active from St Kitts and Nevis until the 17th of December. The IOTA reference is NA-104. He will operate on the 40 to 10m bands and SSB. QSL via KC1NGS or Logbook of the World. The VP2VMM team is active from Anegada Island in The British Virgin Islands. They will be QRV in the 2024 ARRL 10m Contest.  Outside of the contest, between Monday the 9th of December and Tuesday the 17th of December they will be QRV holiday style using VP2V/homecall. QSL via Logbook of the World, Bureau, OQRS or direct to KU9C. Full details via QRZ.com Now the contest news The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon started at 0000UTC on Sunday the 1st of December and ends at 2359UTC on Friday the 31st of January 2025. Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is signal report and locator. The ARRL 160m Contest started on Friday the 6th of December and ends at 1600UTC today, Sunday the 8th of December. Using CW on the 160m band, the exchange is a signal report for UK stations. US and Canadian stations will also send their ARRL or RAC section number. Also taking place today, Sunday the 8th of December, the RSGB 144MHz AFS Contest runs from 1000 to 1400UTC. Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday, the 10th of December, the RSGB 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC. Using FM on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also on Tuesday, the 10th of December, the RSGB 432MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday, the 11th of December, the RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity four-hour contest runs from 1700 to 2100UTC. Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is a report and four-character locator. Also on Wednesday the 11th of December, the RSGB 432MHz FT8 Activity two-hour contest runs from 1900 to 2100UTC. Using FT8 on the 70cm band, the exchange is a report and four-character locator. Stations entering the four-hour contest may also enter the two-hour contest. On Thursday, the 12th of December, the RSGB 50MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The ARRL 10m Contest starts at 0000UTC on Saturday the 14th of December and ends at 2359UTC on Sunday the 15th of December. Using CW and phone on the 10m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number. US, Canadian and Mexican stations will also send their State or Province code. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on Thursday the 5th of December 2024. We had another week of high solar activity but limited geomagnetic disturbances. This meant that the upper HF bands were playing ball all week. The Kp index only exceeded four on one occasion, on the 30th of November when it hit 4.67, but otherwise, it has been low. With a solar flux index mainly in the 180s, this allowed the upper HF bands to shine. The maximum usable frequency or MUF over a 3,000km path has been consistently over 35MHz during daylight hours. The MUF over 100km has also been more than 14MHz around midday, making 20 metres almost a local band at times thanks to near vertical incidence skywave signals! If you have worked anyone in the UK on 20 metres let us know. An approaching active region just off the east limb of the sun was responsible for an M2.3 solar flare on the 4th of December, so perhaps increased solar activity is on the horizon. Next week NOAA predicts the week will start with the solar flux index starting in the 180s, perhaps then increasing to 200 as the week progresses. An increased geomagnetic disturbance is forecast for the period of the 10th to the 13th of December when the Kp index could increase to four. If this does come to fruition, we can expect MUFs to drop until the storming has passed. As always keep an eye on Propquest.co.uk for near-real-time MUF figures and solarham.com for Kp indices. And now the VHF and up propagation news from G3YLA and G4BAO. Meteor scatter is top of the list this coming week, with the big Geminids shower lasting throughout the month and peaking on Thursday the 14th of December. With a peak zenith hourly rate (ZHR) of 150 it's one of the most active and reliable of the annual showers. Other lesser meteor streams are also in play, so check the meteor scatter frequencies on 144, 50 and 70MHz where digimodes MSK144 and FSK441 will dominate activity. We have another period of primarily unsettled weather for the lead into this weekend, with deep lows bringing heavy rain, and perhaps some snow over northern hills. Watch out for very strong winds with potentially damaging gales in places. By the time many of you hear this on Sunday the 8th of December, we will be mid-way through the main event but hopefully, your antennas have survived. The better news is that the first half of the week is dominated by high pressure, so this brings a chance to repair antennas and get some Tropo time before a slow drift back to unsettled conditions in the second half of the week. For other modes, GigaHertz band rain and snow scatter will be worth considering especially over the weekend and again later in the week. Last Friday afternoon saw another big 50MHz F2 opening to North America, so continue to be vigilant if you're in the shack after lunch and the Kp index is below two. The solar conditions mean that there is still a chance of Aurora, although the Sun has been a bit quieter recently. Some days the f0Es trace on Propquest shows that weak Sporadic-E is still occurring. The Moon's declination is rising again and going positive on Monday. With falling path losses as we approach perigee on Thursday, it's a good week for EME. 144MHz sky noise is low all week. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

So after three days of judging images for the British Institute Of Professional Photographers, it's time for me to step down from my role as Chair Of Awards And Qualifications.  I have been in the role for three years and it is time for someone else to pick up the reins and run with it (if that isn't a mixed metaphor.) I have loved doing this and if it weren't for a million things I have to go on and do, I think I would do it forever!  So as I drive home from my last round of qualifications - possibly the best one I've ever been involved in - here are a few musings of things I have spotted. This is a 'Tales From The Land Rover' edition so please forgive the audio quality and any mild road rage! Enjoy!   Cheers P. If you enjoy this podcast, please head over to Mastering Portrait Photography, for more articles and videos about this beautiful industry. You can also read a full transcript of this episode. PLEASE also subscribe and leave us a review - we'd love to hear what you think! If there are any topics, you would like to hear, have questions we could answer or would like to come and be interviewed on the podcast, please contact me at paul@paulwilkinsonphotography.co.uk.    Transcript EP158 Heading Home From The Awards Introduction and Event Recap [00:00:00] Paul In The Defender: So for those of you who love the Land Rover episodes, you'll be thrilled to hear that I'm just leaving the BIPP, the British Institute of Professional Photography Awards, uh, event 2024 25. Uh, why do we call it 2024 and 2025 is because if you get an award at the end of a year, it's a real pain from a marketing point of view if you can only say you have an award for 2024. So we call it 2024 slash 25, uh, just to extend the marketing value. So you're, you hold the titles for a year, , so why wouldn't we? Anyway, that's where I've been. I've just spent an absolute fortune on some fuel, uh, because I hadn't got a lot of choice but to fill up at a service station. [00:00:47] And I am just pulling in to traffic. He says, concentrating on driving. Driving and Multitasking [00:00:52] Paul In The Defender: I had a lovely, uh, lovely email from someone this week. , sorry I'm driving so I can't, uh, look up your name. I'm so, I think it was John McCarthy. I'm gonna go with John McCarthy. , who said, amongst many other things, uh, he doesn't know how I drive and record a podcast at the same time. [00:01:09] Well, the answer to that is I drive. And chat. Uh, there's not a lot of structure to it, , and a few people have said this week they like the podcast like that, uh, because, uh, they find it interesting to hear me ad libbing. I don't know whether that's, I don't know whether there's merit in that, but yeah, I am ad libbing because driving is the priority. [00:01:30] They also said, uh, John said, I'm sure it's John McCarthy. I hope it is, if not, uh, I'm crediting somebody who's a fictional character. , he also said that uh, he can hear in everything we're talking about just how busy we are here at the studio. And it must be hard to find the time to fit in to do the podcast, and it is, which is why, uh, I am recording while driving. [00:01:52] , but he did also go on to say, he loves it when we do them. Uh, they are really valuable. They don't just disappear out there into the ether. There are lots of you out there in the photographic community listening to, uh, hopefully enjoying, uh, at least to a, a greater or lesser degree, the podcast. [00:02:10] So here we are. I'm Paul, and this is the Mastering Portrait Photography Podcast. Well, hello one and all. Uh, I am in relatively. Reasonably slow, fast ish, medium paced traffic, which is not good for me getting home quickly. I've got about an hour and a half of driving, but it is good from a road noise point of view 'cause at this speed, the road noise in my Land Rover isn't quite as, uh, intrusive as it would be. I see. It's not so much the road noise as the wind noise in this thing. I'm just looking at the other side of the motorway and thinking, I'm glad I'm not going that way 'cause it's must have been an accident. [00:03:01] It's absolutely log jammed. Reflections on a Photography Career [00:03:04] Paul In The Defender: Uh, so what have I been up to? Well, it was the awards. It was the British Institute of Professional Photography International Awards yesterday in, uh, Bromsgrove, which is in Birmingham, in the Midlands, in the heart, in the heart of the country. Uh, an absolutely wonderful event. [00:03:20] Lots of our friends and lots of colleagues, lots of photographers, uh, having a drink, having a laugh, and celebrating some of the very best images. That you can, uh, possibly imagine is absolutely brilliant. Uh, I have to say it's my last formal event as chair, uh, of qualifications and awards of the BIPP and I. [00:03:41] I guess I have to just say a quick thank you, uh, to Martin Bains and the guys at the British Institute for asking me to take on the role. It has been the honor of a lifetime. You know, when you start out in photography, I, I was just a kid with a camera. Actually, to be fair, I still probably am, uh, just a kid with a camera. [00:04:02] I've just grown quite a lot older and now earn my living from it. But the enthusiasm and the awe and wonder of what you can do with this gadget hasn't diminished at all in the time since I first picked one up at age, sort of, seven or eight or whatever age I was when my grandfather's, uh, Kodak Brownie. [00:04:21] So to be. Chair of Quals And Awards for the oldest photographic association in the world has truly been the honor of a lifetime and when Martin asked me if I'd take that on three years ago, I think I might have been a bit reticent because I wasn't quite sure whether I could deliver what he needed, but hopefully we've gone on to answer the question. [00:04:42] That was an emphatic yes and he, he and the board let me create a program and methods and standards That I think we can be really proud of. , and at the end of the, uh, sorry, at the beginning of the awards yesterday, so it's the end of my tenure. It's my last one as chair. So it is a, it is a sort of a bittersweet moment for me 'cause I've loved it. [00:05:01] Uh, I'm only stepping down because I desperately need to find time to do a load of other things. And now is the time after three years, all the work we've done, uh, you know, on the, on the judging side for me, but particularly on Sarah. Putting in processes and making sure you can get judges when you need them. [00:05:18] , so I'm gonna say thank you to Martin, thank you to the B-I-P-P-A huge thank you to Sarah. And thank you to all the judges who've judged with me, , who've been part of the team. , hopefully over the coming years I'll be able to stand back on the other side of the line and judge alongside the judges that for the past few years I've been sitting in front of while chairing. Honorary Fellowship Award [00:05:38] Paul In The Defender: , the other thing that happened last night, , so forgive me, this is a very personal. It's one of those things where I don't know quite how to do it, but I'm so chuffed I'm going to tell you anyway. I was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the BIPP. So, if you're not in the industry, I guess it's hard to articulate just how rare these things are and what an honor they are. [00:06:04] There's only 26 or 27 Honorary Fellows in the industry. And as of now, I am also one. I already had my Fellowship. I got that in 2011. , Uh, but I now have an Honorary Fellowship, which is, it's been given to me. It's engraved on the thing is for services to the BIPP, which I rather like it. Uh, so it's just a real privilege to be given that, , I never, you know, just being chair of quals was to be honest, gratitude enough but it is still a lovely thing to be presented with. And that will carry with me for the rest of my life, you know. You keep that title, , and I'm so proud. I was so surprised and pleased last night and so proud now. [00:06:50] But I must also just put out there that, although it is me because I'm the photographer, it's my letters. , actually, this particular one has to be 50 percent Sarah. It's Sarah that coordinated the judges. It's Sarah that managed things and runs me. It's Sarah that manages my time. It's Sarah, and even last night, several of the judges were telling me they were sad to see me step down, but actually, , it's Sarah they're really gonna miss. [00:07:16] So, uh, this goes to Sarah more than anybody else. Uh, so that's a huge, huge thank you. Right, traffic's all braking. Good job I've left lots of gaps, that's nice. Right, so, what was today's topic? Key Ingredient for Great Portraits [00:07:31] Paul In The Defender: Today's topic is, , based on a question that a client asked me the other day. So I was photographing a beautiful family, mother, father, nine month old baby, [00:07:42] The weather? Horribly unkind. It was cold and raining. Your perfect blend of the two types of weather that you don't really want to photograph a baby in. However, we did some studio work and the little girl possibly got a little warm and a little bit grouchy, and so we stepped outside just to see if we could get anything and it turned out, actually, just going out into the cool air, uh, sort of, she, completely cheered up so i think she might just have been a little bit warm or she just didn't like being in the environment of the studio i don't know which but out in the cool air so her mom's holding a huge umbrella over her she sat on one of my our doormats from the studio and scattered the front edge edge with leaves so it looks like the little girl is sitting in this beautiful sort of array of leaves but she's actually sitting on a dry mat in the middle of our lawn and beautiful light and of course when you have water around and Those sort of gloomy bluish tones from a cloudy sky actually the colors pop, you get these oranges and greens that are really interesting. [00:08:45] So we got these incredible pictures and, and afterwards we're sitting chatting and it was the, it was my client, it was the dad said, so what is it? He said, what is it that makes, what's the, the one thing you have to have to make a great portrait? Ah, well, you know, you don't ask someone like me to talk about stuff like that, or at least you don't if you want a short answer. [00:09:05] Uh, so of course the obvious answer, , I'm a lighting specialist. , I love portraiture, but I've always been fascinated by light, its qualities, its colour, the, the shadows that it creates, and I think light obviously is a key ingredient, and I think if you were being Purely pragmatic, you'd have to say the one thing you need to create a great photograph is light. [00:09:31] There has to be light because without it, it's dark, and if it's dark, you've not got a picture. So, that's a really pragmatic answer, but it's a bit dull and a bit obvious. And as I'm a portrait photographer, and during that day, I was taking his baby's portrait, and I've taken their portraits before now. It got me on to think, what is it? [00:09:48] What is that primal? Thing that absolutely makes a portrait. And I think it's a relationship. That is my answer. , it's the relationship you form. Oh man, we're in a rolling roadblock. , that's what's going on. , so there's a slow moving, uh, police car or two. [00:10:06] At the front of, , this particular traffic jam, so we're now travelling at 10 miles an hour. Uh, if we, if we carry on travelling at 10 miles an hour, I'm assuming we won't, but if we do, uh, I'll still be travelling home tomorrow. It's going to take us a while. I'm going to assume up, up ahead, somewhere, they're having to clear an accident, and so all of the traffic, we're sitting straight behind, , a police vehicle. [00:10:28] Anywho, uh, let's talk about the relationship. If you're creating portraits, the one ingredient that you cannot get away without to create a great portrait is a connection with your client. [00:10:43] When you connect with your client, when you create that magic between you, , then something happens and yes, you need beautiful light, of course you do, but in that moment, that split second when they look down the lens and you, uh, fire the shutter, if you have some kind of connection with your client, people who see that picture later will feel it. [00:11:08] It's a really subtle thing, but it's all about what happens when somebody else sees the picture. Because remember when you're holding a camera and you grab that shot. The ultimate consumer of the image isn't you. Yes, all right, you've got the camera, there's that moment, you can show the client if that's your particular workflow, , all of these things, but what you're doing is , you're going to show that image or the image is going to be shown by your client to somebody else. [00:11:34] Normally, that's how it works. [00:11:36] And if you've got that magical connection between you and the person in front of the camera, that connection seems to flow out to someone who views the image later. That's where the magic happens, and you really have to do it fast too. , when people come into our studio, we have an entire workflow that is based around getting our client to relax, getting them to feel comfortable. [00:12:03] And we are starting to create a very temporary but very powerful relationship. It's not, it's not a love affair, but it is that sort of some kind of rapport. Where. You can have a conversation, you can laugh, you can maybe learn a little bit about someone, which is always lovely. And when you do that, when you pick up the camera, you, that sort of momentum of that relationship carries through. [00:12:28] So if you tell 'em to look down the lens, it has a, a magic to it if you're tell, even if you're telling them to look slightly to the side or down, that still has a body language to it that feels comfortable. So for me and the kind of portraiture that I love, it's that. relationship that you build, that connection in the moment you hit the button, and that is the most important thing about a portrait, and it's beautiful. [00:12:53] And I said this to my client, and I really hope he sort of thought, oh, okay, that's a, that's a, you know, useful answer. I don't know whether, , I think he might just be making chit chat, same, because it was, he's the client, and so that's the rapport, right? So instead of me asking the questions of it, he was asking questions, , of me. [00:13:11] Anyway, there you go. Key ingredient other than light is a relationship, the connection with your sitter. Masteringportraitphotography.com Launch [00:13:19] Paul In The Defender: I know this is a short one as I'm pottling along, but I also wanted to take the opportunity in this podcast to formally, as much as, you know, anything is formal with me, to formally launch masteringportraitphotography. [00:13:33] com. Now of course the website has been there for an eternity. It's been there pretty much ever since we launched the book. Actually on the book there might be some news coming, but I'll keep you posted if and when contracts get signed. , But the website's been there, it's had sort of content, but we've really only used it primarily for the podcast as its spiritual home. [00:13:58] Yes, there's lots of articles, there've been tons of articles, , but we've never really used it as our first and foremost focus. [00:14:14] Mastering Portrait Photography is now very much in our viewfinder, if you like, if you like the metaphor, and we are pushing a huge amount of energy and content into it. So every month there will be a long form video. By long form I mean half an hour. Video, uh, talking about something, uh, I think the ones that are up there at the moment, like I said, I'm in the Land Rover, and while I did make some notes, uh, prior to clipping on the microphone, I didn't make all of them, so I think there is how to structure a shoot is on there, uh, I think there is how to work in harsh sunlight in there, , I know the one that's on the editing screens at the moment is five ideas for off camera flash, oh, we're all speeding up again now. [00:14:57] We're So it's about to get a little bit more background noise. They must have rescued whatever vehicle it was. , and so, uh, you get one long form video a month. There will also be an article a month, or every couple of weeks, with a lighting diagram. On top of that, there are the frame, room, whatever you want to call them, mock ups, where they are photorealistic Photoshop files that you can drop your own image into, and it just looks like that's how the image was put on a wall. Why do we do those? Well, originally it was to help sell, , wall art to our clients. Because obviously as a business, I need ways of getting them to visualize the, uh, the wall art that I'd like them to have. And the closer I can get it to photorealistic, the better it is. [00:15:50] Because they'll, they can't touch it. Because. That we haven't made it yet. And the old adage in sales, if they can touch it, they'll buy it. , we can't quite get there, but we can certainly visualize it. So that's really good. , and that's why we built them. I built them for my own team and everything about the website, Mastering Portrait Photography.com is of and for us, I built it or we built it to support us as a business. [00:16:17] The articles, some of it came out of the book, but then much of the rest of it. It's been to help train people, it's been to help train my own team when we've got assistants in, , the room mock ups or the art mock ups are entirely built for us. They were built for us to be able to improve our sales, and that works. [00:16:38] Make no bones about it, they work. You can see them, there's hundreds of them, we're building more all the time, , Oh, this bit's bumpy. The thing about recording in a Land Rover is if the road, the M40, as it is, has a rubbish road surface, which it does at this particular bit, , then it gets a little bit shaky. [00:16:56] You can hear everything rattling around. And so we built them to be photorealistic. We built them for us. There's tons of them, but there's actually a by product which I didn't necessarily anticipate. So while I'm building these things, I drop images into them all the time. I go back to my sort of stock of portfolio images, some of my favorite images, my favorite clients over the years. [00:17:17] And I drop them in, , to create, , thumbnails that when you browse the site you can have a look at. , but actually what I've learned, or I'm learning as I go, is how different styles of image work in different types of frame. So certain images work great big on a wall. You know, I think as photographers We're drawn towards the idea of the Mona Lisa type portrait photograph, or at least I am. [00:17:43] I love a headshot. I love a clean, big, bold, you know, almost as if it was an LP album cover. Uh, I think, you know, Bruce Springsteen or Peter Gabriel, that's I'm sure my age, I suppose, , on an album cover, something like that, I think would be just brilliant. But would my client really put that huge on their wall? [00:18:04] Well, they might if it's Bruce Springsteen or Peter Gabriel. They're unlikely to if it's them. Now, they might if they have an only child and they might if it's a picture of a dog. There's some amazing photographers out there doing pet photography and I can, and certainly when we do it too, you know, I can visualize how one of our dog photographs, for instance, might appear in a big frame on a wall. [00:18:28] I was with a client and an old friend of mine the other day and they had a A picture on the wall. It's one of Randall Ford's pictures. , and I know the family and their dogs and, and, uh, the dad. And I just think I could do exactly that with, uh, his dogs and his family. , something big and bold. A couple of frames lined up across the wall, but on the whole, if you are gonna sell big frames, single big frames, you probably want groups in there. [00:18:56] Now, if you've got clients with huge walls and. You know, a couple of kids, you might be able to put individual headshots into individual frames on the wall, and I do have clients like that, and they look stunning, my oh my, do I love it. Uh, but they're not the norm, they're not the norm. The norm is a normal sized house, with moderate sized walls, and if you put a big frame up on the wall, it's either got to be something like a fine art piece, where, let's say, The couple are silhouetted against the wall, small, but there's a big sky or something, , or a picture of a dog, or a picture of, you know, the two kids, or the whole family. [00:19:35] It's highly likely that they're going to want something full of joy and laughter, because that is something that would be appealing at that size on a wall. Similarly, if you're laying up three frames, you can tell a story across them. You can use a different star a different type of image. You can use individual shots in a different way. [00:19:52] For more information visit www. paulwilkinsonphotography. com , if you put three acrylics on a wall, you can triptych across it, so you have one picture that's spread across the three acrylics, and that could look super creative, uh, really, really interesting way to do it, , and all of this, my understanding of this side of it is increasing all the time, because I'm laying out using these mock ups, so on top of them being brilliant as a sales tool for you and for your clients, they're also a really creative thing to play with, just trying different ideas, And seeing how they look. [00:20:25] So that's the room mockups on the website. There's also, of course, the podcast, this very thing that you're listening to, that's the spiritual home for it. Even if you're listening to this on iTunes or on Spotify or on YouTube. The spiritual home for it is masteringportraitphotography.com. Upcoming Workshops and Events [00:20:43] Paul In The Defender: And then the final section, or the main section is the academy. [00:20:47] And this is now where all of our workshops, , are going to be. So, uh, while I'm on that topic, I'll just reel off the workshops that we have already got, uh, to book in the diary. Now these have got, uh, people have already started booking on them, , we only put them up a week or two ago. Uh, so on January the 20th, January the 20th, we've got an Off Camera Flash Workshop. [00:21:14] Uh, funnily enough, one of the toughest topics to teach, uh, but also one of the most rewarding techniques to learn. , so we did, uh, we are in the process of releasing a video on it that will go on, a long form video that will go onto the website, uh, and that is a deep dive into some ideas of what you can do with off camera flash. [00:21:33] I think people are a bit afraid of it because it's, , a little bit technical, but once you get your head around it and what you can do with it, you can do anything from create really natural, almost available light portraits but with stunning light wherever you are all the way through to theatrical halloween images with smoke machines and all of the paraphernalia and they're all in this video and the workshop on january the 20th is going to cover that ground it's Off Camera Flash we may or may not include some continuous lighting but at the moment the plan is for it to be Off Camera Flash but if the delegates ask to also cover continuous light then we could do Some of that because of course every workshop we run we tune it to the delegates We tell you broadly what the topic is going to be and then through the feedback we get in the Early forms that you submit and we can tune it if you want to [00:22:27] It's the joy of having a studio. I guess we can do anything we want to as long as everybody's happy with that on March the 31st, we have a Mastering Headshots Workshop, so As it says, it's all about headshot. It's all about, uh, the, uh, for me, I think one of the purest, most beautiful forms of portraiture. I love doing headshot. They're my favorite, uh, thing to do. [00:22:51] I think it, I dunno why I, maybe it's 'cause I've always been fascinated with faces and a headshot is simply an excuse to photograph a face. So that's headshots on, uh, April the 14th. So the headshots is March the 31st, April the 14th. We have got dogs and owners. We're photographing dogs with their owners for a day. [00:23:11] , Of course, during that we will take some pictures of the dogs on their own. We will also take some pictures of the owners on their own. But primarily it's targeted at how to photograph dogs in conjunction with their, uh, their owners. Why do we do that? Well, most of our clients would wish to have a shot with the dog. [00:23:32] That's the best shot you can get. , not all, we have plenty of clients that just want the dog photographed, but we also have plenty of clients, one in particular of the day, brilliant, oh man, one of my favorite sessions, Vivienne, who has given me permission to talk about and show the shoots. Vivienne came with her dog Dodie, tiny little West Highland Terrier, who contrary to my Nan's West Highland Terrier that used to bite my toes, this dog was the best behaved dog in the world. [00:23:59] PAULWILKINSONPHOTOGRAPHY. COM , followed her everywhere she went, but also would just wander off and get inquisitive and then immediately return. A beautiful dog, beautiful shots, and she booked us specifically for one thing. She said, I can find people who shoot their dog on their own, I can find plenty of portrait photographers, only one photographer came up who quite openly and on the website said, yeah, we can photograph a dog with their owner, and I do it all the time with the hearing dogs, why wouldn't I? [00:24:25] , I think it's a really lovely thing, and the shots of her. They're off the top of the scale. So that is April the 14th, Dogs and Owners. Uh, and then, this is a completely new thing. On May the 12th and 13th, we we have a two day bootcamp Now what's a bootcamp? Well, basically, it's as much stuff as we can fit in over two days. And we get the chance in the evening to have some food, maybe have a drink, have a chat, be together as a group. , We don't have accommodation at the studio, uh, but we certainly have plenty around us. So that will be, uh, two days, , either at our studio or somewhere local. [00:25:06] , depending on what we decide exactly where it'll be. But it will certainly be within a mile or two of, of where we are based two days. That's two days back to back a maximum of 10 people. So it's a few more than our normal. Uh, workshops, but it'll be pretty intense. We're gonna cover all sorts of ground, , using available light, using studio light, using off camera flash, maybe a bit of post production thrown into the mix, again, depending on what the delegates, the delegates would like to cover. [00:25:34] It's gonna be an absolute blast, cannot wait for that one. It's the first time we've run it, , and it's such a smart idea, it's Sarah's idea to do it. , as always, the smart ideas come from Sarah, uh, and, uh, looking forward to that one. That's May 12th and 13th. And then the final one that's available at the moment, right now, is June the 9th. [00:25:52] We are doing our regular jaunt, uh, we're gonna dance to the weather, see what we get, uh, on location in Oxford. Now this workshop, I think, might be, might be my favourite, because it's just me with a camera, with some people to photograph, on a location. That's it. We don't carry a load of kit, don't carry particularly reflectors and lights, we just go and find locations, find light pools and patches, find stories to tell. [00:26:24] We just go and photograph our models in Oxford on location. So that's on June 9th. And all of these workshops are now home, housed, ha ha, can't even say it, are now located, let's try that, are now located on masteringportraitphotography. com. We've moved everything over because that was always what we were building with the workshops. [00:26:50] , originally it was under Paul Wilkinson Photography, uh, but we always knew, , and had, and had a reasonably openly talked about this, Always knew that we'd be moving it across to Mastering Portrait Photography. 'cause that's the place that's all about learning, all about teaching, all about enjoying and exploring portrait photography. [00:27:10] So if you go to mastering portrait photography.com, there's a, a section called the Academy. So there's all these sections. There's The Visual Vault, that's all of the articles. There's The Podcast, there's, uh, The Resources, which is, , the mockups and , tools, Photoshop downloads and things. And then there is the, uh, Academy. [00:27:31] And this is where you'll find the workshops. Exactly the same booking process as before. Everything's as it was, it's just now hosed, ha ha ha, it's just now located on masteringportraitphotography. com. Now, for the articles and the videos and the mock ups, at the moment the mock ups are 9. 99 each, uh, which is already a bargain, there's a few free ones, just so you can get an idea, uh, so they're about a tenner each, , there's a few backgrounds, I'm working on building more backgrounds as I need them, but mostly it's the mock ups. [00:28:02] So they're a tenner, which is a bargain, you can create them, you can put them in magazines, you can use them on your website. It just shows your prospective or your existing clients how their images might look. A tenner. Bargain. However, there's a bigger bargain. I suddenly sound like a salesman. So sorry, it's because I'm driving. [00:28:21] And I want to give you not one, but two bargains. It sounds like that. Anyway, if you become a subscriber of Mastering Portrait Photography, you get access to the videos. , and you get access to the downloads. And you get access, well, to everything we put on there, except the workshops. We charge separately for those. [00:28:39] But you get access to all of the resources for 6. 99 a month, which is an even bigger bargain. So even if you only want to download a few of the room mock ups, it's still better to keep a subscription going at 6. 99 a month. It's less than an expensive cup of coffee. And, uh, we will keep the mock ups coming, we will keep the articles coming, we will keep the videos coming, so you'll always have value for money for your 6.99. If you're feeling a bit more, you know, a bit, you have a bit more conviction, then it's 69 quid, or 69. 99 a year, so that's 12 months for the price of 10. Uh, 10 percent saving, or whatever that is, 2 out of 12. Is it a 10? Yeah, it's a 10 percent saving. Is it? No, it's not. It's, I don't know what it is. It's two twelfths. [00:29:25] There you go. It's one sixth. No! Which is a great saving. My maths isn't good enough, uh, while I'm driving. I can't concentrate. I'm concentrating on the road, as I should be, by the way. Uh, so it's 6. 99 a month, , or 69. 99 per year. So head over to masteringportraitphotography. com, , and we promise, we promise we'll make it worth your while. [00:29:48] Oh, sorry, all of our members also. Uh, you get access to our Facebook community. Which is hidden and private. You can't get onto it any other way. , only people who are part of our community can be in there. And that way people can ask for critiques. People can ask for advice and tips is where we put discount codes for things. [00:30:07] , like software where we have, uh, access to discounts from suppliers, those kinds of things. They all go onto the Facebook community. I know a few of you aren't on Facebook, and if I'm honest, it's not my favorite thing. Because I'm just a dopamine idiot when it comes to social media. Once I'm on it, I can't get off it. [00:30:26] , however, it's the best way to do this to be, so you don't have to log into multiple places to find information. It's on our Facebook community, uh, and most of us have a Facebook account. So you see the, , the alerts come up when things, uh, are uploaded. So that is masteringportraitphotography. com. If you want to find the workshops, Head across there and go to the academy. [00:30:47] You can Google Mastering Portrait Photography Academy or mastering portrait photography workshops. , they're a little bit lower down the rankings at the moment because obviously I've spent my entire life saying just Google Paul Wilkinson Photography workshops and everyone heads over there. So, uh, you might just have to scroll down, uh, one or two line items and we'll be there. [00:31:05] Uh, that will change more and more of you. Uh, search for it and click on the link. So search for mastering portrait photography workshops or Mastering Portrait Photography Academy and you will. Find us. Conclusion and Final Thoughts [00:31:15] Paul In The Defender: And that's it for me. The traffic is free flowing. There's cars going everywhere. The light is dimming. [00:31:20] They're salting the roads. They must be expecting some cold weather. It's a beautiful, beautiful afternoon. It's been a wonderful evening of celebrating photography. I am thrilled, thrilled to bits that I've rounded off my three years with setting up the most incredible monthly photo competition and also, of course, the surprise and honor. [00:31:46] So on that happy note, I hope you're all well, I hope things are treating you nicely, and until next time, whatever else, be kind to yourself. Take care. P. S. Sorry if this sounds a bit shouty, but when you're driving a Land Rover, it's really loud, and I forget that although I'm mic'd up, or I forget rather that because I'm mic'd up, it might sound weirdly, like I'm simply yelling! [00:32:27] That's because I'm traveling at Sixty mile an hour in a Land Rover Defender, so apologies if I'm shouting. Be kind to yourself. Take care. Bye.

In the treatment room today we the non-league gentleman with us. He has played every position on the pitch but mainly in defence. He has played majority of his career at Bromsgrove Rovers & Bromsgrove Sporting but also had spells at Hednesford, Evesham, Alverchurch & Worcester City. We talk about Aaron's journey in football from when he was younger to now currently playing step 3 for Bromsgrove Sporting under Tim Flowers. Support the podcast  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nonleaguetreatmentroom FOLLOW US ON! INSTAGRAM @nonleaguetreatmentroom TWITTER @nonleaguetreat TIKTOK @nonleaguetreatmen Podcast Sponsors TRED SOCKS - https://tredsocks.com/ Use Discount code PODCAST for 10% off!! PATHWAYS COVENTRY - FOLLOW ON ALL SOCIALS  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alfred Edward Housman was born in Fockbury, Worcestershire, England on March 26, 1859 and was the eldest of seven children. A year after his birth, Housman's family moved to nearby Bromsgrove, where the poet grew up and had his early education. In 1877, he attended St. John's College, Oxford and received first class honours in classical moderations.Housman became distracted, however, when he fell in love with his roommate, Moses Jackson. He unexpectedly failed his final exams, but managed to pass the final year and later took a position as clerk in the Patent Office in London for ten years.During this time, Housman studied Greek and Roman classics intensively, and, in 1892, he was appointed professor of Latin at University College, London. In 1911, he became professor of Latin at Trinity College, Cambridge, a post he held until his death. As a classicist, Housman gained renown for his editions of the Roman poets Juvenal, Lucan, and Manilius, as well as his meticulous and intelligent commentaries, and his disdain for the unscholarly.Housman only published two volumes of poetry during his life: A Shropshire Lad (1896) and Last Poems (1922). The majority of the poems in A Shropshire Lad, his cycle of sixty-three poems, were written after the death of Adalbert Jackson, Housman's friend and companion, in 1892. These poems center around themes of pastoral beauty, unrequited love, fleeting youth, grief, death, and the patriotism of the common soldier. After the manuscript had been turned down by several publishers, Housman decided to publish it at his own expense, much to the surprise of his colleagues and students.While A Shropshire Lad was slow to gain in popularity, the advent of war, first in the Boer War and then in World War I, gave the book widespread appeal due to its nostalgic depiction of brave English soldiers. Several composers created musical settings for Housman's work, deepening his popularity.Housman continued to focus on his teaching, but in the early 1920s, when his old friend Moses Jackson was dying, Housman chose to assemble his best unpublished poems so that Jackson might read them. These later poems, most of them written before 1910, exhibit a range of subject and form much greater than the talents displayed in A Shropshire Lad. When Last Poems was published in 1922, it was an immediate success. A third volume, More Poems, was released posthumously in 1936 by his brother, Laurence, as was an edition of Housman's Complete Poems (1939).Despite receiving acclaim as a scholar and a poet during his lifetime, Housman lived as a recluse, rejecting honors and avoiding the public eye. He died on April 30, 1936 in Cambridge.-bio via Academy of American Poets Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

In today's episode, we've got a great interview with Matt Bernstein, who is a supernumerary with the Canadian Opera Company! What's that? Think of it like being an extra, but in an opera!We talk about how Matt gets a kick out of being a part of the creative process, and get to see behind the scenes of some of his favourite art.PLUS, Pete talks about one of his more niche hobbies of phone box spotting!Written and produced by Kayla Lean and Pete FalconerMusic, audio editing and video editing by Pete FalconerArtwork by Laura Walsh - https://laurajanewalsh.co.ukAnimation by Kayla Leanhowihobby@gmail.comLinksA beginner's guide to opera: https://www.eno.org/discover-opera/the-beginners-guide-to-opera/Against The Grain Theatre: https://atgtheatre.com/Canadian Opera Company: https://www.coc.ca/Learn all about UK telephone kiosks here: http://www.the-telephone-box.co.uk/ You know you want to!And visit the National Collection of Telephone Kiosks in Bromsgrove: https://avoncroft.org.uk/avoncrofts-work/special-collectionsRemember, you can sign up to the how i hobby newsletter at https://howihobby.beehiiv.com/subscribe for updates on new episodes, you can gaze at our beautiful faces at http://www.youtube.com/@howihobbypodand, and you can say hi to us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/howihobbyToodles!K&P#Hobby #hobbies #opera #canadianoperacompany #stage #theatre #supernumerary #extra #supportingartist #telephonekiosks #phonebox #phonebooth #phonekiosk #redphonebox #doctorwho #podcast #comedy #newpodcast #interview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TikTok potato queen Poppy O'Toole takes us on a tour of the villages around Bromsgrove where she grew up. She tells us where her food obsession started, how she begged her way into her first kitchen and how she first reached a million views on TikTok. Poppy even brought some snacks along for the ride! We matched Poppy with a cute little Smart ForTwo, her dream vehicle, for a trip to The Barnt Green Inn, Grosvenor House care home, the Queen's Head in Bromsgrove and Bilston Market in Dudley. Plus, we're giving away the Smart ForTwo, Poppy's dream car (which we loaded with potatoes!). Go to @autotraderuk on Instagram to see the car full of spuds and find out how you could win! To find your perfect match, go to www.autotrader.co.uk Show on the Road is a Fresh Air Production for Auto Trader.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has stepped in to tell banks to put up the rates paid to savers after the Bank of England raised the official Bank Rate to 5%. Many mortgage rates went up at once and more have been increased this week, but the rates paid on savings by the banks have not followed them. The gap between the two has almost doubled from December 2021. We hear from Gillian who runs a business in Bromsgrove and ask how banks make decisions on savings rates. More than two million calls to a helpline for people wanting to boost their state pension have been blocked by the Department for Work and Pensions. The Minister in charge of what is called the Future Pension Centre, Laura Trott, has admitted that in the first five months of the year more than two million calls were cut off without even being allowed to join the call waiting queue. A new energy price cap comes into effect today. This will see households pay an average of 2,074 pounds a year. This is lower than the level at which government subsidies kept bills but still 800 pounds more than two years ago. We'll also look at how smart meter data is being used to research fuel poverty. Presenter: Paul Lewis Reporters: Dan Whitworth and Felicity Hannah Researcher: Sandra Hardial Editor: Jess Quayle (First broadcast 12pm, Saturday 1st July, 2023)

In the last five years in the UK, more than 100 children have died from knife wounds. But violence isn't inevitable and evidence shows that we need more mentoring, therapy, family support and police in the areas where violence is high. So why don't we do what works? Jon Yates from the Youth Endowment Fund looks at the schemes that have successfully reduced knife crime. He investigates why the lessons they've taught us haven't been scaled up. And why we're spending money on other things like knife awareness campaigns without any evidence they work. Presenter: Jon Yates Producer: Rob Walker Editor: Clare Fordham Sound Engineer: Richard Hannaford Production Coordinator: Maria Ogundele Contributors: Karyn McCluskey, Chief Executive, Community Justice Scotland Karen Timoney, Director, KDT Wellness Graeme Armstrong, author of The Young Team Laura Knight, Toolkit and Evidence Engagement Lead, Youth Endowment Fund Gavin Stephens, Chair, National Police Chiefs' Council Lawrence Sherman, Chief Scientific Officer, Metropolitan Police Jhemar Jonas, youth worker and musician Ciaran Thapar, youth worker and author of Cut Short Thomas Abt, Founding Director, Center for the Study and Practise of Violence Reduction at the University of Maryland; author of Bleeding Out Sajid Javid, Conservative MP for Bromsgrove, former Home Secretary Luke Billingham, youth worker and researcher Jahnine Davis, Director, Listen Up

In this week's episode we stampede to Bromsgrove to visit a victorian sweet shop! Then we floor it to Sheldon to meet a couple of reformed 'Happy Slappers' who are working at Timpsons! Brought to you by Little Balloon films Starring John & Peter Butler with Stuart Almond Podcast editing & mixing by Peter Butler

In this episode, hosts Karl & Craig sit down with Sean Sudworth & Stuart Hood of Birmingham Bulldogs. Birmingham is the longest-surviving rugby league team in the Midlands and won the Midlands Cup last year. Recently they are undergoing an administrative re-development with a view to introducing a women and girls and youth team.

-- By A.E. Housman -- Alfred Edward Housman was born in Bromsgrove of Worcestershire, England in 1859. He was a profound poet during his lifetime which included many works that captured the dark emotion of the First World War era. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/patrick-fennell6/support

In today's episode we interview 3 Wellbeing experts; Gary Jones from Physio 206, Hilary Sims from Life balance counselling and Lisa Tighe from Lisa Tighe Therapy and Coaching in this episode of In conversation with, we explore the following topics: *What's new in the world of Wellbeing? * How can we live well with an ageing population. * Have we got the basics right in terms of Wellbeing for society? Gary Jones is a chartered physiotherapist and clinic director of Physio 206 with clinics based in Bromsgrove and Solihull. Gary has over 20 years experience working in the NHS and private sector. During this time he has helped thousands of people to find an effective long term solution to their pain. Hilary is an accredited member of the national counselling society and a registered member of the British Association for counselling and Psychotherapy. Lisa from Lisa Tighe Therapy and Coaching helps individuals who struggle with anxiety and low self esteem/self belief, negative thinking or have suffered any trauma. Full contacts for this episodes guests can be found on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/AU4W_iujqzg

In this special Wayne and Ritchie look back at the amazing time they had at the Breaking bands festival in Bromsgrove.You can find out all about breaking bands at https://breakingbandsfestival.com/history/You haven't heard this podcast is a YHHT Productions & Publications podcast.for more information, please visit www.yhhtmpc.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There's a plethora of voices from the whisky world including the distilleries of Arran, Boann, Loch Lomond, Penderyn, and Tomatin as well as some wonderful people from around the Birmingham area; Loki Wines and Spirits, The Physician Bar as well as Decanter Spirits in Bromsgrove.  The 2 Gordons have time for the Whisky Trippin' challenge and cast forward to the whisky events happening in April 2022.  All best enjoyed with a dram!  Slainte`

Bostin'. That's what you'll be saying after hearing our conversation with Singer, Songwriter, Sound Engineer, Producer to the stars and all round good lad, Mr Davey Warsop.Davey left the tropical climes of Bromsgrove to seek the punk rock dream in LA and so far, that gamble is paying off! We discuss the punk rock royalty he bumps into in Wholefoods, his work with NOFX, Green Day and many more. Davey imparts sage advice to young sound engineers, remembers the time he was signed to a major and we discuss his early punk heroes and neighbours.Tom gets Niall's diary mixed up, Niall has a fact about a particular branch of animal medical science and much, much more. Songs this week are from: Kunt Cobain & The Nirvanas, Tear Them Down, The Linda Lindas, Shooter McGavin, an exclusive, never before heard track from Beat Union, Suzi Moon, Face To Face, Incisions and School Damage

Welcome to the first episode of Impulse to Innovation 2022! This year the I2I podcast will be focusing on the Institution's key themes of climate change, infection control, transport and education and how mechanical engineers help to solve the global challenges facing society today, and in the future. Helen will also be out and about with some more live streaming shows at the Institution's challenge competitions throughout the year and will be sharing exciting engineering innovation from members around the world.  But 2022 is extra special for the Institution as we are 175 years old this year.   Useful Links IMechE 175 Hub https://www.imeche.org/175  Patrick Vallance Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Gq2L5yWaU Do you have a story to share or event to promote? Contact imeche.175@imeche.org Share on social media with #IAmIMechE #ForwardThinkers   How it all began In the autumn of 1846 a group of engineers met to watch locomotive trials at the Lickey Incline near Bromsgrove. Here they discussed the idea of forming an Institution of Mechanical Engineers to meet the needs of what had become a burgeoning separate discipline within engineering. Four of this group - Edward Humphrys, Archibald Slate, James McConnell and Charles Beyer - signed their names to a letter which was circulated among prospective Members. The letter invited recipients to attend a meeting at the Queen's Hotel, Birmingham on Wednesday October 7th 1846. The result of this meeting was the formation of a committee to draw up and agree the rules and regulations of the new Institution. On 27th January 1847, 56 engineers and manufacturers meet at the Queen's Hotel, Birmingham for a General Meeting to formally found the Institution. George Stephenson was elected the Institution's first President. By 1848 there were over 162 members.  One Birdcage Walk was officially opened on 16-17 May 1899, celebrated by a two-day conference for members and 750 guests. Lucy Bonner reading the invitational letter to the first IMechE meeting in Bromsgrove 1846   Today we are a global community of mechanical engineers represented in over 140 countries; largest network of mechanical engineering knowledge, skill and opportunity in the world.    In this months episode Helen's guests are Lucy Bonner, Institution Archivist, Paul Jones Technical Strategy Board Chair and past chair of the Automotive Division and Jo Horton, Member Operations Director.   We would love to hear your thoughts and comments on this episode. If you would like to get in touch, email us at podcast@imeche.org You can find more information about the work of the IMechE at www.imeche.org 

RUFC Manager Matt Clarke joins our hosts this week to discuss:

2 weeks in a row. wow. Craig & Rory are back discussing the previous game &...:- Bromsgrove on the Horizon- Our Hosts Expert Tactical Knowledge- The 1st ever Q&A!

At 18, Carmen packed 5 bags and took the train to London. She didn't know anyone, just that she had a dream and she knew she was never going back home. All these years later she is a published author, as well as a television and film writer. Her and a friend are now embarking on opening their own production company. It's a pretty interesting and brave journey. Want to read one of her books, check them out here. *********Born into poverty in Glasgow, Scotland, Carmen Capuano moved to England at the age of eighteen. A full and varied working life saw her relocate from London to Birmingham, and finally to the small Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, where she still resides with her children and rescue animals.Critically acclaimed for her writing, Carmen has brought her unique style of intricate character exposition, blended with moving and intricate plots, to her screenplays.  Currently, she has a BFI Network-supported film in development and a variety of other film and TV projects in pre-production with key industry figures. She has also recently been commissioned to polish and refine several Hollywood scripts. A prolific writer, she has penned more than twenty screenplays and as many novels in just eight years, covering every genre from rom-com to science fiction. Her plan is to use the profits from her work to provide global care and help needy animals.  Twitter: https://twitter.com/carmencapuanoBlogspot http://carmencapuano.blogspot.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmencapuanoauthor/?hl=en Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmen-capuano-a9000268/?originalSubdomain=ukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/carmencapuanoauthorandscreenwriter/Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Carmen-Capuano/e/B007HQHH4C%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share********If you would like to contact the show about being a guest please email us at Dauna@betertopodcast.comFollow us on Social MediaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0ETs2wpOHbCuhUNr0XFTw?view_as=subscriberInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/author_d.m.needom/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaunaD1Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bettertopodcastwithdmneedomVideo of the interview is available here: https://youtu.be/bHtNngeHK1sHave a question or want to be a guest on the podcast email: dauna@bettertopodcast.comTo see upcoming guests click here: https://www.dmneedom.com/better-topodcastSupport the podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/bettertopodcastwithdmneedom©2021 Better To...Podcast with D. M.NeedomSupport the show

Look at this consistency! Reds Radio returns, this week featuring Podcast Sponsors Bromsgrove Waste Management.

Town make it in to the 1st round of the FA Cup dismissing Bromsgrove along the way. We discuss the club's great start still and are joined by Elliott Jackson of the Grimsby Evening Telegraph to discuss how things have been going in DN35.     

Laura Miller, Livestock Scheme Manager chats to three young generation speakers: James May (farmer from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and livestock exhibitor at the forthcoming expo, showing two of his best heifers), Isla Campbell (professional photographer who has been asked to take the general action photographs during the expo) and Robbie Tuer (Northern District Chairman of the Cumbria YFC who also works for Aspatria Farmers). In this episode, Laura finds out a little more of their backgrounds, why they got into the agricultural world and why they are looking forward to attending the Borderway Agri Expo.

Born into poverty in Glasgow, Scotland, Carmen Capuano moved to England at the age of eighteen. A full and varied working life saw her relocate from London to Birmingham, and finally to the small Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, where she still resides with her children and rescue animals.Critically acclaimed for her writing, Carmen has brought her unique style of intricate character exposition, blended with moving and intricate plots, to her screenplays. Currently she has a BFI Network supported film in development and a variety of other film and TV projects in pre-production with key industry figures. She has also recently been commissioned to polish and refine several Hollywood scripts. A prolific writer, she has penned more than twenty screenplays and as many novels in just eight years, covering every genre from rom-com to science fiction. Her plan is to use the profits from her work to provide global care and help for needy animals. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Martin talks about the influence of manager Bobby Hope at Bromsgrove, Coming into the pro game in his 20's, wanted by Villa and others but chose Crystal Palace, being captain of Blues with great Premier League players, How he took a bet to nail an opposition player, winning promotion with Walsall, Reaching a Cup Final with Blues, and now running his own successful academy in Walsall. 

In today's episode we interview the talented Julie King from Julie King Photography. Julie is a brand photographer with a refreshing approach and a feminine touch. Based in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire she specialises in all aspects on photoshop to create enhanced retouched to create amazing images.

This episode is supported by private equity platform Moonfare. Sajid is currently the Conservative Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove. He has held two of the four ‘Great Offices Of State’ in the UK government: Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary. He was first elected to Parliament in 2010. Before that, he worked at Deutsche Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank. At Deutsche Bank, he helped build their emerging market businesses. Sajid was born in Rochdale (Manchester) and was raised in Bristol. He read Economic and Politics at Exeter University. In the podcast, we talk about: How has the UK handled the pandemic so far? The UK fiscal outlook – spending focuses and taxes How pandemic shocks differ from wars Why inflation could pick up The importance of climate change and the UK track record Results of the UK’s Integrated Review and centrality of climate change Why biodiversity also matters Will UK parliament’s unanimous support for climate change policy continue? UK’s global role in a post-Brexit world New measures to attract international talent to UK Possible future global alliances

Today we celebrate a man who found all the answers to life in nature, and we still learn from his profound observations today. We'll also learn about a botanist and publisher who found fame and forged meaningful connections with top botanical illustrators and horticulturists of his time. We’ll hear an excerpt about spring in Paris from an American author and journalist who lives in France. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a fun fiction book about a botany major who feels a kinship with plants on the brink of extinction. And then we’ll wrap things up with a little article published on this day in 1985 about ferns from the great garden writer Frances Perry.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org   Curated News The 7 Best Indoor Herb Gardens | Bustle | Scarlett James   Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events April 21, 1838 Today is the birthday of the Scottish-American naturalist, conservationist, and author John Muir. Muir was known by many names: "John of the Mountains,” “Father of Yosemite,” and "Father of the National Parks.” In particular, John’s work to preserve Yosemite resulted in a famous picture of Muir posing with President Teddy Roosevelt on Overhanging Rock at the top of Glacier Point in Yosemite in 1903. And, when I was researching Charles Sprague Sargent (the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston), I stumbled on a fun little story about John and Charles that was featured in a 1915 article.  It’s a favorite of mine because it highlights the personality differences between the extroverted John Muir and the very serious Charles Sargent. It turns out that the two men had gone on a trip one fall to hike the mountains in North Carolina. John wrote, "The autumn frosts were just beginning, and the mountains and higher hilltops were gorgeous. We climbed slope after slope through the trees till we came out on the bare top of Grandfather Mountain. There it all lay in the sun below us, ridge beyond ridge, each with its typical tree-covering and color, all blended with the darker shades of the pines and the green of the deep valleys. . . . I couldn't hold in and began to jump about and sing and glory in it all. Then I happened to look round and catch sight of [Charles Sargent] standing there as cool as a rock, with a half-amused look on his face at me but never saying a word.   "Why don't you let yourself out at a sight like that?" I said.  "I don't wear my heart upon my sleeve," he retorted.  "Who cares where you wear your little heart, man?" I cried. "There you stand in the face of all Heaven come down on earth, like a critic of the universe, as if to say, Come, Nature, bring on the best you have: I'm from BOSTON!" It was John Muir who said these wonderful quotes: The mountains are calling, and I must go. In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks. Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.   April 21, 1864 Today is the anniversary of the death of the English bookseller, printer, publisher, pharmacist, and botanist, Benjamin Maund. Benjamin had a large garden where he enjoyed cultivating seeds from around the world. He had a special curiosity about wheat and was interested in crossing and growing different wheat cultivars. He even exhibited wheat and gave talks on it when he had time. In 1846, an English newspaper reported that Benjamin was the first botanist to attempt to improve wheat through hybridization. On Christmas day in 1813, after his father died, Benjamin bought a bookstore and publishing house. The entrepreneurial move would set the stage for his greatest work - a monthly publication designed to be both useful and affordable called, The Botanic Garden. Despite the publication’s London imprint, Benjamin lived and worked in the small market town of Bromsgrove all of his life. Published between 1825 and 1850, The Botanic Garden brought Benjamin notoriety and authority. Benjamin became a Fellow of the Linnean Society, and he even corresponded with other top botanists like Darwin’s mentor, John Stevens Henslow of Cambridge University. Benjamin’s main goal was to share “hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain.” Each monthly edition of The Botanic Garden featured a colored illustration of four different flowers, along with four pages of descriptive text. As a result, Benjamin worked with some of the best botanical artists of his time, including Augusta Withers, Priscilla Bury, and Edwin Smith. In fact, Benjamin’s own daughters, Eliza and Sarah, experimented with botanical illustration, and their work was also featured in the publication. Today, all of the issues of The Botanic Garden, along with over 1200 pieces of original botanical art produced for publication, are preserved at the Natural History Museum in London.   Benjamin also introduced a biennial to Britain - the Spiny Plumeless Thistle or Welted Thistle (Carduus acanthoides "KARD-ew-us "ah-kan-THOY-deez"). As with most thistles, the Welted Thistle is an invasive herb that can grow one to four feet tall. It has a thick taproot that can grow to a foot long, and the purple to pink flower can appear individually or in clusters. Although it is a thistle, the Welted Thistle bloom is really quite pretty. Poignantly, sixty-four years after his death, Benjamin’s hometown memorialized him with a tablet showing his head surrounded by a wreath of Carduus acanthoides. Unearthed Words Spring had come to the market as well. Everywhere there were young green things, the tips of asparagus, young leeks no bigger than scallions. There was crisp arugula, curled and tangled, and fresh green peas, plump in their pods. I had no idea what I wanted to make for dinner. This didn't pose a problem; on the contrary, it was an opportunity, a mini-adventure. The season's new ingredients brought new ideas. The first baby tomatoes were coming in from Sicily. I bought a box of small red globes still on the vine and a red onion in my favorite childhood shade of royal purple. Maybe I would make a salsa for the dorade (do-rahd) I'd picked up at the fishmonger. I imagined a bright confetti, the tomatoes mixed with freshly chopped coriander, maybe a sunny mango. ― Elizabeth Bard, American author, Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes   Grow That Garden Library Kinship of Clover by Ellen Meeropol This botany-inspired fiction book came out in 2017 with a theme centered around endangered plants and a premise that examines how to stay true to the people you care about while trying to change the world. In this book, Ellen Meeropol tells the story of a botany major at the University of Massachusetts, named Jeremy who feels a kinship with plants that are nearing or have become extinct. Jeremy first appeared in Ellen’s book House Arrest as a nine-year-old child who had survived family trauma and found safety in the family greenhouse where he loved to draw plants. This book is 248 pages of one young man’s struggle to fight for the environment and climate justice without losing the people he loves. You can get a copy of Kinship of Clover by Ellen Meeropol and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $5   Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart April 21, 1985 On this day, the garden writer, Frances Perry, shared a charming article in her regular gardening column in The Observer about how to grow a fern spore. She wrote: My father-in-law, Amos Perry, once told me that if I pushed a stopperless bottle upside down in moist shady soil, a fern would grow inside it. So I did just that and then forgot it.  Two years later, while separating some large hellebore plants, we came across the old bottle. Sure enough, there was a baby fern growing inside. The spores; can survive in their millions until conditions for growth are right.  Next, Frances shared how to propagate ferns: The best way to propagate [ferns] is by division. This is a good time both to plant and divide.  Propagation by means of spores is more laborious. Towards the end of summer, the spores are found on the backs of mature fronds. When ripe, they can be shaken off, then sown on fine soil in a pot or pan. Do not cover with soil, but lay a pane of glass over the top to maintain humidity. Stand the pot in a saucer with a little rainwater at its base. Keep the temperature at about 65 degrees Fahrenheit, and remove the glass for about an hour daily to change the air. Wipe it dry before returning.  Eventually, green cushion-like bodies will appear… Later, first tiny green leaves... It will be at least another 12 months before good plants are produced.  Finally, Frances highlights a variety of ferns. Regarding Queen Victoria’s fern, she wrote, Queen Victoria's Fern, Athyrium filix-femina 'Victoriae' ("ah-THEER-ee-um FY-lix--FEM-in-uh”), which has its 3-foot fronds and all their pinnae (segments) crossed to form V’s as well as boasting crested edges, was found near a Scottish cart track more than a century ago. Regarding the Royal Fern, Frances said, No waterside fern is more regal than the Royal Fern, Osmunda regalis ("oz-MUN-duh ray-GAH-lis"), the 8- to10-foot fronds once sheltered an ancient British king, Osmund, from marauding Danes. Then Frances shared her favorite ferns for wet gardens and indoor spaces. She wrote: Good ferns for soggy spots include all of the Heart's Tongues; the Netted Chain Fern, Woodwardia areolata ("wood-WAR-dee-ah arr-ee-oh-LAY-ta"), a creeping plant for swampy ground, and the Dwarf Oak Fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris 'Plumosum' ("jim-n-oh-KAR-pi-um dry-OP-ter-is ploom-oh-sim").  Ferns suitable for indoor culture include most Maidenhairs, Adiantums ("AYE-dee-ANT-ums") — which incidentally loathe tobacco smoke — the Hare's Foot [or the Squirrel's Foot fern], Davallia fejeensis, (“duh-vall-ee-uh fee-jay-en-sis”) — ideal for hanging baskets with its brown exposed tubers like animal paws, the long-fronded aptly-named Ladder Ferns (Nephrolepis "nef-ro-LEP-iss" varieties - like the sword fern or Boston fern) and the Bird's Nest Fern, Asplenium nidus "as-PLEE-nee-um Nye-dis"; which produces 24-inch fronds shuttlecock fashion in a wide circle.  In nature, Asplenium perches on trees, but our 20-year-old does very well in a large flower pot. I only water into the center of the plant, not into the soil.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

His long-game plans scuppered, Todd eases back into his running-away-boots and gets ready to high-tail it to Bromsgrove where he claims to have a friend and a job waiting. Michael learns that his dad may not be his dad, his dad might be his uncle, and his uncle might be his dad. Leanne can’t let Nick move back into his own flat so Simon tells him that Harvey is her new boyfriend to push off the scent and into Natasha's spare room. The wheels of bureaucracy have never moved so swiftly as social services confirm that Kelly can move in with Imran and Toyah. Nina becomes closer to Seb which forces Asha back into the grubby arms of ITV Corey. Jailbirds Sally and Abi take Faye out for a meal to prep her for a year-long residency at Her Majesty’s Pool Hall for Women. Fiz and Tyrone find that loving each other and wanting something to work sometimes isn’t enough. The Undertaker doesn’t have a Closed sign. Craig’s sweater wants to know why. Maria forgets her own backstory. Chesney collects children.

Since playing their last gig at Breaking Bands Festival in Bromsgrove in 2015 – in a move which shocked their fans worldwide – Breed 77 have been but a whisper, despite persistent and hopeful rumblings that the band would once again rise to prominence.Those whispers gained traction earlier this year when the band began teasing about something new and big from the Breed 77 camp, culminating in a 48-hour countdown which ended on February 10 with the acoustic film clip to their 2004 song “A Matter Of Time” appearing on social media.A statement from the band accompanied the release of the video, signifying that Breed 77 had decided to ‘awaken from their slumber’ and that new music and a number of multi-media releases were on the horizon.The Gibraltarian hard rock/flamenco/metal pioneering outfit Breed 77 was back, but to what extent?As the trickle transformed into a stream and then a tidal wave of expectation, the members of Breed 77 reached out to HEAVY for a world exclusive interview about the re-emergence of the band and what they have planned for the future.In fact, the band was so excited to finally be getting their plans out to the world that we were joined by all four members – Paul Isola (lead vocals), Danny Felice (guitar), Pedro Caparros López (guitars) and Andre Joyzi (drums) – for a candid chat about the past, present and future of Breed 77.We start by asking for official confirmation that Breed 77 are here to stay..."Yes, definitely," Isola enthused. "I think it was a decision we took amongst ourselves but then it is a completely different decision to put it out there publically. We are really excited about getting back into the world, especially with everything that's going on in the last year. I think in a very, very, very weird way the planets have aligned and have given us this opportunity and this scope to wake the band up because we were never really... it wasn't as if the band had ended, it was like this hiatus, so it's more a case of we got our stuff together and got on with it and actually committed to coming back as a functioning, active live band."With Breed 77's popularity, especially in Europe, the decision to release their first interview through HEAVY came as somewhat of a shock, but the band whole-heartedly defer to their love of this country and their previous sold-out tour when outlining the decision."For us, it's really important" Isola continued. "We had such a great time last time we were in Australia and as you said before you are the furthest one away in this conversation. It's always a harder proposition in the business to be able to go over there and play and we just wanna hit the ground running. We want to give Australia the importance it deserves. We want to be able to play there as soon as and as often as we can. We also have an intrinsic link with Australia in that we spent many years with Alberts, the UK arm of the company that brought us AC/DC - and for us, it was always... it was kind of like a homecoming last time we were there. It was very, very cool and we don't want it to be a long time before we return. We are so happy for you to give us the time for our first interview in WOW like eight years!"When Breed 77 formed back in 1996 they introduced a flamenco style rock/metal hybrid that at the time was unique to the music world. Here was a band who was blending genres together that has never been contemplated before, and even better still had managed to pull it off successfully."At the beginning, we never sat down and thought of a plan to actually introduce this flamenco and Southern-style of music that we had," Felice said. "The first demos were a little more contemporary of the time - a bit rappy like Korn - but we did one demo where we had a different vibe, and this is before we did albums, but immediately we started - and we were very wary - we started to put this influence of the South of Spain because in Gibraltar we were big on flamenco music and flamenco rock and I remember we were very nervous. We didn't know if people would appreciate this so we were a bit shy about putting together this experience of new music. As you said at the time this mixture of music - apart from Sepultura who had just done the Roots Bloody Roots thing - you never had anybody doing music like that. All the music, especially in the UK, was very safe or the bands were imitating what came across from America. I think we were very brave to start introducing the flamenco style of vision. It came naturally because of where we were."In the full interview, the band members run us through the public reaction to their early sound, signing to Alberts, the success of Cultura and their thoughts on why, their 2005 Australian tour, their final show in 2015 and how long the band had known this would be their final gig for some time, what led them to come back, new music and releases, the musical direction the new material will take and more.

Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in East London, as the capital starts to wake up. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com With a poem by AE Housman. "Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough..." From the show: Opening/closing music courtesy of Chillhop: Philanthrope, Leavv - What Was Before https://chll.to/d6b0ec27 On this day: 26th March, 1953, Jonas Salk announces he has successfully tested an experimental polio vaccine on himself and his family. In less than a decade, thanks to mass vaccination, polio cases in the US alone fell from more than 57,000 a year to fewer than 200. Also on this day: 26th March, 1859, AE Housman was born in Bromsgrove. He became a superb classical scholar, but is best-known today for his poetry, especially the volume A Shropshire Lad Music to wake you up – Rock Island Line by Lonnie Donegan Sign up to receive email alerts and show notes with links when a new episode goes live at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com Please share this with anyone who might need a touch of calm, and please keep sending in your messages and requests. You can leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/marc-sidwell/message. If you like Marc's Almanac please do leave a review on Apple podcasts. It really helps new listeners to find me. Have a lovely day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marc-sidwell/message

Paul Di'Anno: Vocalista agradece em vídeo por doações para cirurgia no joelho - Ritual Metal Mantra #028 24 de março ********************* Saudações metaleiros, você acaba de aterrissar no Ritual do Metal Mantra, o seu Podcast diário com as notícias do mundo do Heavy Metal, e no ritual de hoje, vamos falar sobre: Paul Di'Anno: Vocalista agradece em vídeo por doações para cirurgia no joelho ********************* ➡️ Paul Di'Anno: Vocalista agradece em vídeo por doações para cirurgia no joelho

The 1st episode is about Ye Olde Black Cross in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. A 400 year building that started life as a blacksmiths cottage and went on to become a coaching Inn and now a pub. The history ties together nicely with the ghost tales with a visit from a King and tales of hangings in the courtyard which is now the pubs garden.

It's Friday Night again so sit round your computers and listen in as we try and work out why Ian's sister's teenage crush was Brian McClair of Man Utd.Think you know your American Presidents in the week of Joe Biden's inauguration? But do you know your Presidential Cobblers?We preview the Lincoln City game with Lincolnshire Echo writer Mark Whiley and mourn the loss of Calum Morton and most likely three points.Remember Bromsgrove Rovers in the rain? You probably do but are trying to bury it but never fear as Tom has watched five parts of a YouTube video of when Midlands minnows Northampton were knocked out of the cup by Midlands minnows Bromsgrove at the County Ground .Meanwhile, Jeff fills us in on how he nearly got banned from every Welcome Break in the country after Liverpool away.Lastly there's talk of Petr Mikolanda's kidneys and bohemian football. An audio mixed bag for the claret and white persuasion shall we say. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nick Wroe accepted our invitation and we're so glad he did. We talked about how playing rugby influenced his business approach, about networking, about Nick as an individual and Nick as a business owner, and a lot more. Platform81  is a creative Digital and Design Agency, with offices in Stockport and Bromsgrove, and as they put it, their "mission is to support you throughout your journey, becoming your marketing partner for all aspects of Digital & Design".   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chroma Recruitment and Createk.io

David Williams, Colonel et MeurtrierIl est né 7 mars 1963 à Bromsgrove, est un tueur et violeur en série canadien.Au moment de son arrestation, Williams était colonel au sein de l’Aviation royale des Forces canadiennes. Il a été condamné à la prison à vie.De juillet 2009 jusqu'à son arrestation en février 2010, il commande la base des Forces canadiennes Trenton, la plus importante base aérienne canadienne, qui sert notamment de plaque tournante pour toutes les opérations de transport aérien militaire au Canada. Williams est également un pilote décoré qui a, entre autres, piloté la reine Élisabeth II et le Prince Philip, le gouverneur général du Canada, le premier ministre du Canada, ainsi que plusieurs autres dignitaires au cours de sa carrière."Crimes : Histoires vraies" est un podcast de Studio Minuit.Retrouvez nos autres productions :Crimes : Histoires vraiesEspions : Histoires vraies Morts Insolites : Histoires vraies Meurtres en France : Histoires vraiesSherlock Holmes - Les enquêtes1 Mot 1 Jour : Le pouvoir des motsJe comprends R : le dictionnaire du nouveau millénaire Soutenez ce podcast http://supporter.acast.com/crimes-histoires-vraies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Williams, Colonel et MeurtrierIl est né 7 mars 1963 à Bromsgrove, est un tueur et violeur en série canadien.Au moment de son arrestation, Williams était colonel au sein de l’Aviation royale des Forces canadiennes. Il a été condamné à la prison à vie.De juillet 2009 jusqu'à son arrestation en février 2010, il commande la base des Forces canadiennes Trenton, la plus importante base aérienne canadienne, qui sert notamment de plaque tournante pour toutes les opérations de transport aérien militaire au Canada. Williams est également un pilote décoré qui a, entre autres, piloté la reine Élisabeth II et le Prince Philip, le gouverneur général du Canada, le premier ministre du Canada, ainsi que plusieurs autres dignitaires au cours de sa carrière."Crimes : Histoires vraies" est un podcast de Studio Minuit.Retrouvez nos autres productions :Crimes : Histoires vraiesEspions : Histoires vraies Morts Insolites : Histoires vraies Meurtres en France : Histoires vraiesSherlock Holmes - Les enquêtes1 Mot 1 Jour : Le pouvoir des motsJe comprends R : le dictionnaire du nouveau millénaire Soutenez ce podcast http://supporter.acast.com/crimes-histoires-vraies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode reports the development, work and outcomes of a school based Inquiry Project,  the Open Book, from the national charity, Books Beyond Words. The Project was led by Jo Egerton, (Schools  Research Consultant), and directed by Professor Barry Carpenter.  Leigh Blakeman, Tutor, Chadsgrove College, and Amy Hockey, Teacher, Chadsgrove School  in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, review the value of these wordless books for the emotional development of their students and pupils. The Project concluded its 2 year  evaluation trial in the opening weeks of the pandemic, and Leigh and Amy apply their findings in the Project to the new context their learners will find themselves in, and how they can explore a range of feelings and losses outlined in the Recovery Curriculum Think Piece.  Using the Book Club model they discuss its effectiveness and value for social interaction. Leigh has, via zoom,  re created this experience for some of her students, involving parents/ carers  too. They specifically discuss the use of the free downloadable booklet from www.booksbeyondwords.co.uk, ‘ Beating the Virus”, and how it has enabled their learners to explore their lived experience, during the pandemic, though open and honest conversations, (some of which we will be through alternative and augmentative forms of communication.)  The rich insights shared in this episode, from two outstanding practitioners, show how routes to recovery can be constructed that are personalised to student / pupil needs, using the Books Beyond Words resources. The title and theme of the presentation is: "Routes to Recovery through Books Beyond Words" You can watch and listen to a video slide show of the presentation on the episode webpage: https://www.evidenceforlearning.net/learningshared/recoverycurriculum12-bbw There are also a number of articles and references on the episode page, as well as two videos, that show the resources being used in a real teaching and learning situation during the current shutdown.   More info on the Recovery Curriculum For information on the Recovery Curriculum, including the original Think Piece entitled “A Recovery Curriculum: Loss and Life for our children and schools post pandemic”, lectures, resources, reference materials and details of the online communities of practice, visit: https://www.recoverycurriculum.org Join the conversation about The Recovery Curriculum: Clearly any form of Recovery Curriculum will need to be unique to each and every school, contextualised to the ethos, culture and values of that school, as well as its existing curriculum and crucially reflecting and addressing the needs and aspirations of its unique population of learners. We have created private groups in LinkedIn and Facebook where colleagues and peers can discuss and share thoughts, ideas, experiences, resources and learning in relation to education and provision post pandemic. The groups are also an opportunity to connect people and help you to build a network that can support you on your own important journey over the coming months. Facebook Group: Recovery Curriculum We've set up a private facebook group specifically for The Recovery Curriculum at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/recoverycurriculum or search for “recoverycurriculum” in Facebook. Facebook: EfL SEND Community Group Join us at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/eflSENDCommunity/ or search for “eflSENDCommunity” in Facebook. The purpose of the group is to provide a safe, closed space to seek out and share ideas, experience and resources that can help with any and all aspects of SEND provision. It's also a community for practitioners and schools that use Evidence for Learning and Insights for Learning to share ideas, resources and support each other in using these apps. This is a peer-moderated and supported group. Linkedin Group: The Recovery Curriculum The group is called “A Recovery Curriculum for children & schools post-pandemic” and you can find it at: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399451/

Episode 8 of The Non League Review on Switch Sport comes from Bromsgrove Sporting Manager Brendan Kelly, talking all things Bromsgrove, on and off the pitch! Following Step 4 playoff success, The Rouslers boss lost his talisman Jason Cowley to Stevenage and new faces started to arrive in the summer of 2019! An opening day draw, was followed up with 4 points against Tamworth and Coalville, 2 teams who would compete for the playoffs with The Rouslers. After a decent start to the season, The Rouslers boss made improvements in the front line with Greg Mills and Mikey Jarell heading to the VG. Whilst 2019/20 was expunged with the Rouslers in the playoffs, we cover the whole journey of his time in B61 from step 6 to step 3! After 2.5 seasons in the managers hot seat at the VG, we cover everything on and off the pitch all about The Rouslers. Make sure you are following Switch Sport on: https://twitter.com/switchsport and https://www.facebook.com/SwitchSport/

In this episode, I talked with a very special guest, Mark Matthews CEO, Leader and Visionary owner of ATG-IT in Bromsgrove, UK.   Mark has an amazing and inspiring story of how he transformed his business using his inspiration from a crisp packet.   He took his IT business from 0 to £2.8m, making him one of the most successful IT/MSP business owners I know.  In today’s podcast, you will learn a great deal about the non-technical side of Business. It’s all about leadership, systems, processes and company culture.  We also talk about how to engage properly with your staff, how to get more out of them, how to step back and use self-awareness to become a better leader and most importantly you will learn how Mark developed his IT and Tech business.  The purpose of this episode is to explain and share some of the amazing successes that Mark has had growing ATG-IT and how that relates to having a deliberate and systemise growth plan.   Mark also shares how a crisp packet changed his life.   Back in the day, Mark didn’t have a process to lead his business, which probably led him to become a control freak. Spending his time focusing more on money, because everything was all about money and not about the people.  He said, ATG wasn’t going anywhere, they had flatlined, he’s working 70 hours plus a week, unhappy and not knowing what his purpose was.   Mark added, since that epiphany, he was gone from being lost with no direction to being clear about his purpose and the professional and personal journey he is on.  Because he realised, it was him all along.    According to Mark, he had never told his staff at work, what GOOD looked like. Therefore, if you don’t explain to your employees what good looks like, then they will just do what they think they should.   Hence, they will use their own version of what good looks like as a guide and if they do and you haven’t helped them understand what you wanted, then getting it wrong can’t be their fault if you haven’t supported them.  Mark soon realised that it was his fault then he decided to change the way he dealt with employees.  He added that having a system is the overall key element to business growth success.    Other important things they talked about are:   The Traction business model from Gino Wickman  The steps they need to define core values  The core values of the company  How he set boundaries and use “The 5 questions of clarity” Model  Mark said, having these 5 questions of Clarity can put boundaries for people, boundaries for money and boundaries for time.   ITS Quick Fire Round  If you are to bottle one part of your business journey and sell it. What would it be and why?   It’s always the owner’s fault – get out of your own way.  What is your biggest learning / regret about scaling your business?    There are so many learning points but for me, it is to develop a system and to work on yourself.   What is your favourite app on your phone and why?    Waterminder. – It helps me to remind myself to rehydrate as I go through the day.  Guest Details   To contact Mark Matthews, connect with him through Linkedin and Twitter or email him at markmatthews@atg-it.global.uk or check out his website at https://www.crispleadership.com/  If you are looking to scale your IT / Tech Consultancy Business and don’t know where to start, then check out the IT Experts Growth Accelerator on our website http://tiny.cc/ITEXPERTS    You can also download the e-book by clicking this link - http://tiny.cc/ITE-Ebook19     Quotes   If you don’t explain to your employees what good looks like, then they will just do what they think they should, using their own initiative based on their own experience and values, and not yours. – Matt Matthews 

Hilary Mantel's new novel - The Mirror and The Light - is the final part of her Thomas Cromwell trilogy. The previous two parts have sold millions of copies worldwide and garned prizes from all quarters. Can this one compare? The Mikvah Project is a new play at The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. Two Jewish men meet every Friday for ritual cleansing and a close friendship develops. Sulphur and White is a new British film which tells the true story of a highly successful banker who suffered repeated sexual abuse as a child and how this drove him to seek justice for all abused children A new exhibition at The Hayward Gallery in London - Among The Trees - looks at the crucuial role that trees play in our lives and imaginations Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Christopher Frayling, Abigail Morris and Catherine O'Flynn. The producer is Oliver Jones Podcast Extra recommendations: Catherine - The National Telephone Kiosk Collection in Bromsgrove and the 1972 film La Cabina Christopher - Who's Afaid of Virginia Woolf at The Tobacco Factory in Bristol and Prints by Norman Ackroyd at Watts Gallery near Guildford Abigail - Carravagio in Rome and Bonus Family on Netflix Tom - English Monsters by James Scudamore Main image: Terraza Alta II, 2018 by Abel Rodríguez Acrylic and ink on paper © the artist and Instituto de Visión 2020

Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips and John Wildridge produce. The Discussion: Paul’s favourite bit of the coronavirus, the Cradle of Aviation Museum’s upcoming Apollo 13 anniversary event, a @CunningCosmos space art exhibition and a talk from Jen in Bromsgrove for British Space Week, from the sublime to the ridiculous with the passing of Katherine Johnson and Mad Mike Hughes, and listeners’ emails. The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have: - Finding the remnants of the progenitor star after a Type 2b supernova. - Solving the puzzle of giant planets orbiting low mass stars. - More clues to Mercury’s oversized iron core. - A galaxy that has stopped producing stars after a period of prolific star birth. - Mars seems to be more active than we thought. - Debate over Mars’ very long formation history. Main News story: ESO images of Betelgeuse and the more recent evidence for why the star’s dimmed so impressively. The Sky Guide: This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Cancer with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round up of the solar system views on offer in March. A guide to the electromagnetic spectrum: In this series we take a look at the electromagnetic spectrum, what, it is, what is shows us and why it’s so important to astronomers. This month we explain the radio part of the spectrum and its relevance to astronomy. http://www.awesomeastronomy.com Bio: Awesome Astronomy is a podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well).   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

The Discussion: Paul’s favourite bit of the coronavirus, the Cradle of Aviation Museum’s upcoming Apollo 13 anniversary event, a @CunningCosmos space art exhibition and a talk from Jen in Bromsgrove for British Space Week, from the sublime to the ridiculous with the passing of Katherine Johnson and Mad Mike Hughes, and listeners’ emails. The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have: Finding the remnants of the progenitor star after a Type 2b supernova Solving the puzzle of giant planets orbiting low mass stars More clues to Mercury’s oversized iron core A galaxy that has stopped producing stars after a period of prolific star birth Mars seems to be more active than we thought Debate over Mars’ very long formation history Main News story: ESO images of Betelgeuse and the more recent evidence for why the star’s dimmed so impressively. The Sky Guide: This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Cancer with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round up of the solar system views on offer in March. A guide to the electromagnetic spectrum: In this series we take a look at the electromagnetic spectrum, what, it is, what is shows us and why it’s so important to astronomers. This month we explain the radio part of the spectrum and its relevance to astronomy.

In this episode, Matt visits the Great Indoors event in Bromsgrove. In addition to our usual talking points we chat to Peter and James about Tranquility, coming to Kickstarter soon.

The candidates for the Conservative Party leadership will each go head-to-head with LBC’s Iain Dale and the station’s listeners in a series of programmes this month. This episode features Sajid Javid, Home Secretary and Conservative MP for Bromsgrove.

The BBC Sport reporter, Pat Murphy joins Adrian Goldberg to discuss covering football and cricket in the Midlands and life at his home in Bromsgrove.

Dan Bull is a world famous Youtuber with 1.5 million subs, geek rap pioneer and new father from Bromsgrove, Midlands UK. He joins Akira in Don Studios LA to talk about creating his own genre and lane within hip-hop, pioneering geek rap on Youtube, and turning your passion into a sustainable income. We also talk about how fathethood has changed him, and his hopes for the future. Follow Dan Bull: https://www.youtube.com/user/douglby https://twitter.com/itsDanBull ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ ▶ Subscribe to the podcast: https://fanlink.to/atdpodcast

City take a point from a competitive and entertaining match.

Following two decent performances against Cambridge City and Kidlington, we set off for Bromsgrove with hope in our hearts, that we could turn over the table topping Sporting. Any trip towards the Black Country always requires a trip via New Street and a few beers. Visits to the Post Office Vaults (https://whatpub.com/pubs/BIR/3229/post-office-vaults-birmingham) and The Wellington (https://whatpub.com/pubs/BIR/1828/wellington-birmingham) in Birmingham city centre were complimented by a visit to The Red Lion (https://whatpub.com/pubs/RED/1093/red-lion-bromsgrove) in Bromsgrove. As always the beer selection in Brum was excellent, and the variety in the Red Lion was certainly on a par with the city pubs. Music: "Coffin Nails" by Mark Sultan https://marksultanletmeout.bandcamp.com/album/let-me-out Contact us via Twitter: @StGeorgesBlues1 or email: stgeorgesbluesexperience@gmail.com

Femi Oluwole is a spokesperson for Our Future Our Choice, a group of young people campaigning to stop Brexit. He’s gone head to head with key pro-Brexit figures including Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins and it’s only a matter of time before he’s invited onto Question Time. The son of Nigerian doctors he grew up in the North East of England and had moved 14 times by the age of 14, later studying EU law in Brussels and Vienna.   On this episode we cover: His busy life trying to block Brexit Spending his life on Mega Bus and not sleeping Visiting the Northern Irish border The sheep farmer who will quit if Brexit goes ahead Lisa’s Brexit confessions Sane leavers v the not very sane Stalking Nigel Farage Arguing with Nigel Farage Being vilified by The Daily Mail and Daily Express Studying EU law Being born in 1990 Lisa makes a drugs confession Summing up the single market for David Cameron Why people voted Brexit The political class and ‘elites’ Japan, Nissan, 27,000 factory jobs and Sunderland London and the Metropolitan elite British Immigrants in London The jobs and investment being in London Social integration Outside of London being neglected Voting out when you thought we would stay in What Femi did on the night of the election Lisa’s election result night confession from Soho (yes another confession) And sorry to the mixed race couple we totally embarrassed on referendum result night How leavers might think we’re pathetic Being born in Darlington but moving to Middlesbrough, Dundee, Swansea, Birmingham, Worcestershire, Nottingham and more. Blaming Will Smith, The Fresh Prince and Kenan and Kal for his American accent Moving to Brussels – and who has the best chips (mayonnaise or Samurai sauce) The true spirit of Europe British weapons being used by Saudi Arabia in Yemen Why people are against the Human Rights Act His Dad being born next to Highbury Stadium Casual racism he experienced as a child (his magic hand!) Feeling special His Nigerian doctor parents Posh, wealthy Nigerian NHS doctors from the EU and abroad – EU making up 10% of our doctors Immigrants are keeping us alive Would we want to pick fruit? Working in bars How Vienna is the prettiest city he’s been to Working for the EU’s Fundamental Right’s Agency Ditching law due to his ‘hero complex’ and wanting to make a difference Leaving before he lost his soul His twitter following Heading into Birmingham’s Bullring with a EU placard ‘Some random kid from Darlington leading the EU debate’ Experts and not trusting experts Trump’s #fakenews Within 5 year of the referendum how the population will be remainers Inderef1 and the people’s vote Being no way to solve the Northern Irish border situation, the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and EU lorries The danger of leaving the EU without having a say in the rules How we were top of the pile in the UE What Femi will do if we leave the EU How people will feel if it Brexit doesn’t go ahead The will of the people cannot be undermined by another referendum – if the will of the people is to change our minds then that is the will of the people Not seeing a decent Brexit plan –Chequers Being in economic interest to do business with our closest neighbours Femi for Prime Minister! Moving number 10 to Birmingham Not liking London – cycling, talking to people, being isolating and too warm. The inequalities and heat of Nigeria and outside Lagos, gated communities, corruption and crime Studying an Erasmus year abroad in France The romantic complexities of falling in love with a French lesbian, getting cheated on by a German Daring to say anything in French People’s personalities changing when they speaking another language Working a ski season in a hotel in France How he’s too crazy to drink alcohol Skiing in a cape and swimming shorts Living in 14 houses by the time he was 14 The Back Street Boys in Bromsgrove    

Did you know that swearing can ease labour pains, make you exercise more efficiently, and improve your sex life? It's true - so says Dr Emma Byrne in this very sweary episode! We get some advice on how to cope when your kids start learning naughty words, and find out that even monkeys do swears sometimes. Emma explains why swearing is a feminist issue, and why she can't wait for her own daughter to tell her to go f*** herself. Then it's the return of The Swearing Game, and we finish with some sweary Scummy Mummy Confessions. Emma's brilliant book, Swearing is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language, is out now. She is on Twitter @SciWriBy. The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review! **SEE US LIVE** Come to our live comedy show! We are on our way to Sutton Coldfield, Bromsgrove, Stroud, Stratford, Derry, Belfast, Sevenoaks, Manchester, and more... To buy tickets, and for more dates, visit ScummyMummies.com. We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, please rate, review and subscribe! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our guest for this episode is the fabulous Isy Suttie - comedian, author, actor, and Dobby off Peep Show! She tells us all about her brilliant comedy career, how becoming a mum affected her creativity, and the time she threw a pound coin at Mark Owen. We hear about Isy's experience of giving birth, and she tells us what NOT to pack in your hospital bag. There's some chat about Ellie's damp problem, judging other people, and why street food is bunkum. You can follow Isy on Twitter @isysuttie. Her first book, The Actual One, is out now. And the film she mentions, Pincushion, is now showing. The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review! **SEE US LIVE** Come to our live comedy show! We are on our way to Sutton Coldfield, Bromsgrove, Stroud, Stratford, Derry, Belfast, Sevenoaks, Manchester, and more... To buy tickets, and for more dates, visit ScummyMummies.com. We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, rate, review and subscribe! Thank you for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Scummy Mummies Podcast is five years old! And to celebrate we have two very special guests - Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd! We find out how losing the 2015 general election changed Ed's family life for the better. He shares his number one piece of parenting advice, while Geoff tells us how to cheat McDonald's out of extra chicken nuggets. There's a game, a song, and some Scummy Mummy Confessions from Ed and Geoff. They host the brilliant Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast, and you can follow them on Twitter @CheerfulPodcast and Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband and Geoff Lloyd @GeoffLLoyd. Then it's time for us to waffle on about what a fab five years it's been, and to share all the gossip from our anniversary party. Special thanks to our sponsor @nowtv, the streaming service that lets you pay for what you want to watch - whether that's movies, sport, box sets or kids' stuff. Their new Smart Stick goes straight in the back of your telly, or you can run the app through your games console, if you can ever get the kids off bloody Fortnite. For a free 14 day trial, visit NOWTV.com. Many thanks also to @birdseyeuk for the fab cake and providing the guest of honour. The wine was provided by the brilliant @iheartwines, while @bearsmyth gave us cocktails, and @dontbuyherflowers sorted out crisps and nuts from @brownbagcrisps and @mrfilberts. And finally, huge thank you to @mumstheword.online, who organised the whole thing and made it super good and are just lovely. The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review! **SEE US LIVE** Come to our live comedy show! We are on our way to Sutton Coldfield, Bromsgrove, Stroud, Stratford, Derry, Belfast, Sevenoaks, Manchester, and more... To buy tickets, and for more dates, visit ScummyMummies.com. We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, rate, review and subscribe! Thank you for listening for the last five years. Thank you for all the emails, shares, likes, and kind words at our live shows. We feel so lucky and grateful to be where we are, and we couldn't even imagine being here five years ago. It's been an amazing adventure so far, and the plan is to keep going... Many... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why are the Danes so happy? How can Van Halen get you through tough times with small children? And what would it be like to have sex with Craig David? We answer all these questions with the help of our brilliant guest, Helen Russell! She talks about why she moved from the UK to Denmark and her ace book on the subject, The Year of Living Danishly.We discuss why the Danes are so hot, and why their divorce rate is so high (surprisingly these things are unrelated.) There's also some chat about how Helen wrote her new novel, Gone Viking, which is out now. Thorn introduces an exciting new game, Great Dane or Great Dean?, and as always we finish with some Scummy Mummy Confessions. You can follow our guest @mshelenrussell on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review! **SEE US LIVE** Come to our live comedy show! We are on our way to Bristol, Whitstable, Port Eliot Festival, St Ives, Wilderness, Sutton Coldfield, Sevenoaks, Manchester, Bromsgrove, Stroud, Stratford, and more... To buy tickets, and for more dates, visit ScummyMummies.com. We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, rate, review and subscribe! Thank you for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

june Matty, from Bromsgrove, enjoying the hillclimb despite a disappointing first run in her Lotus 20/22.

Denise Thompson talks about her family's prefab. Recorded at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove, on 23rd July 2016.

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Contaremos con la presencia del creador del proyecto, Gorka Alegre ZHENX . David A Saylor es español / estadounidense, nacido en Norfolk, Virginia, Estados Unidos, y criado en San Antonio Abad Ibiza. Él ha disfrutado el éxito en las listas desde el principio ... Su primer álbum en solitario titulado 'One on One' entró en el top 40 de las listas de éxitos españolas en 1990, donde se mantuvo entre los 10 primeros durante muchas semanas, logrando el estatus de disco de oro. En 1993 David trabajó con la leyenda de Motown Edwin Starr. Juntos grabaron una versión del antiguo éxito de McFadden y Whitehead 'Is not No stopping Us Now'. Este single fue un éxito en las listas de baile europeas y británicas. David luego grabó un álbum gospel con la cantante española Myriam Fultz, juntos lograron ventas de discos de platino y oro en América del Sur y del Norte, México, España y Puerto Rico. El álbum gospel 'Padre Nuestro' se lanzó en todo el mundo entre 1995 y 1999 y produjo dos éxitos de los 40 mejores éxitos en los Estados Unidos en la cartelera latina. El primero fue 'Oh Señor', una versión en español del éxito de George Harrison 'My Sweet Lord', seguido rápidamente por 'Yo Estare', una versión del clásico de Jackson Five 'I'll Be there'. En 2005, David y Myriam lanzaron un CD recopilatorio llamado "Lo Mejor de lo Espiritual" en el sello Latin Universal. Este álbum demostró ser un gran éxito. Poniendo las cosas al día para el 2013, David ha estado trabajando con el equipo Woofdriver por un tiempo y amar la experiencia, ser parte de un concepto / idea original de Bill "Woofdriver" Helman, ha sido y sigue siendo una muy buena experiencia de llenado, de la que estoy enamorado cada minuto, ¡que el Woofpower continúe! Con los años, David también ha trabajado con Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Marta Sánchez, Albert Hammond, Jon Secada, Dyango, Ricardo Montaner, Edwin Starr, Boney M, y muchos otros. Siendo un exitoso compositor / artista y arreglista / productor vocal David tiene mucha demanda por sus servicios. Carrera y Logros hasta la fecha 1991 - Primer álbum en solitario 'One on One', producido Top 40 single; dúo con 'Edwin Starr' - UK Club Chart Hit y lanzado para Children in Need. 1993 - 2000 Trabajó para BHP Sport, Londres, produciendo la música para Camel Trophy Events y Maclaren Formula 1. Personalmente completé el evento de Sabah, Malasia como presentador para el equipo de Canarias y Televisión española. También trabajé en el lugar para los eventos del Trofeo Camel en Mongolia, Chile / Argentina y Tonga / Samoa y Sabah Malaysia. 1994 - 1997 Discos de oro y platino para el álbum 'Padre Nuestro' en España, EE. UU. Y América Latina. Produje y realicé este álbum y produjo dos de los 40 mejores éxitos del chartboard latino; recibió el premio 'Orquieda de Plata' en Venezuela. 1998 - Representó a la Asociación de Songwrtiers en Español 'SGAE' en los Latin Music Billboard Awards en Miami. 2002 - Nominada a un Grammy Latino por la producción de 'Quiéreme siempre' del artista mexicano Flavio Cesar. 2004 - Asistido en el Taller Infantil para la Música en Bromsgrove. 2005 - Nominado para el Latin Music Music Award en México a la mejor producción de nuevos álbumes para Flavio Cesar. 2005 - hasta la fecha Trabaja como Productor, Intérprete y Vocalista de sesión para varias compañías, como BBC Radio, Asda, Carpetright, S2 Blue, Thomson Creative Jingles, EE. UU. Chevrolet Cars USA, Ford cars USA, GMC trucks USA. Agencia Tiffany Casto, Bucky Harris Productions, EE. UU., EMI Publishing Madrid, España y varios otros artistas y compañías de gestión. 2006 realizó el récord de caridad de Navidad para el productor / compositor de discos británico Cedric Whitehouse. 2010/11. Sang on Road Traffic TV comercial 'Un momento en el tiempo'. N. Irlanda membresía profesional SGAE: Asociación Española de Cantantes / Compositores LARA: Artistas de grabación de la Academia Latina AIE: Artistas Intérpretes Ejecutantes MCPS: Mecanical Rights Society PRS: Performing Rights Society Las empresas trabajaron para 1991 - 2011 BHP Sport, Londres; Digital, Redding; Cangrejo Edicciones Musicales, Madrid; Bat / Home Records, Madrid; Camel Trophy, Londres; Santamar Management, Madrid, EMI Records, Madrid / México; Rodven Records, Venezuela; Universal Music, Miami; Interlingua, Leamington Spa; Cuenta atrás, Alemania; Full Flava Productions, Reino Unido; BBC Radio, Reino Unido; Jade Entertainments; UpFront Entertainments; Classique Promotions, Musicanga Records, Miami; Peoples Studios, México; BPM Entertainments; Tio Pete Studios, Bilbao, España; Joe Glassman Productions, cantantes de Hobsons - Christine Poundford, voces dobles - Rob Fardell. David A Saylor is a Spanish/American, born in Norfolk Virginia USA and raised in San Antonio Abad Ibiza. He has enjoyed success in the charts right from the word go…. His first solo album entitled ‘One on One' entered the top 40 Spanish charts in 1990 where it remained in the top 10 for many weeks, achieving gold record status. In 1993 David worked with Motown legend Edwin Starr. Together they recorded a cover of the old McFadden and Whitehead hit ‘Ain't No stopping Us Now.' This single was a hit in the European & UK dance charts. David then recorded a gospel album with Spanish singer Myriam Fultz, together they achieved platinum and gold record sales in South and North America, Mexico, Spain and Puerto Rico. The gospel album ‘Padre Nuestro' was launched worldwide between 1995 – 1999 and produced two top 40 hit singles in the U.S.A Latin Billboard Charts. The first being ‘Oh Senor' a Spanish cover of the George Harrison hit ‘My Sweet Lord', this was quickly followed by ‘Yo Estare' a cover of the Jackson five classic ‘I'll Be there'. In 2005, David and Myriam released a compilation CD called ‘Lo Mejor de lo Espiritual' out on the Latin Universal label. This album proved to be a huge success. Bringing things right up to date for 2013, David has been working with the Woofdriver Team for sometime now and loving the experience, being part of such an original concept / brainchild of Bill " Woofdriver ' Helman , has been and continues to be a very for filling experience, of which I'm loving every minute, may the Woofpower continue ! Over the years, David has also worked with Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Marta Sanchez, Albert Hammond, Jon Secada, Dyango, Ricardo Montaner, Edwin Starr, Boney M, an many others. Being a successful songwriter/artist and vocal arranger/producer David is very much in demand for his services. Career and Achievements to Date 1991 - First Solo Album 'One on One', produced Top 40 single; duet with 'Edwin Starr' - UK Club Chart Hit and released for Children in Need. 1993 - 2000 Worked for BHP Sport, London, producing the music for the Camel Trophy Events and Maclaren Formula 1. I personally completed the Sabah, Malaysia Event as a presenter for the Canary Island and Spanish Television crew. I also worked on location for the Camel Trophy events in Mongolia, Chile/Argentina and Tonga/Samoa and Sabah Malaysia. 1994 - 1997 Platinum and Gold Discs for 'Padre Nuestro' Album in Spain, U.S.A. and Latin America. I produced and performed on this album and it produced two top 40 Latin Billboard Chart Hits; received 'Orquieda de Plata' Award in Venezuela. 1998 - Represented Spanish Songwrtiers Asssociation 'SGAE' at the Latin Music Billboard Awards in Miami. 2002 - Nominated for a Latin Grammy for production of 'Quiereme siempre' by Mexican Artist, Flavio Cesar. 2004 - Assisted in Children's Workshop for Music in Bromsgrove. 2005 - Nominated for Latin Christian Music Award in Mexico for Best New Album Production for Flavio Cesar. 2005 - to date Working as a Producer, interpreter and Session Vocalist for various companies, such as BBC Radio, Asda, Carpetright, S2 Blue, Thomson Creative jingles, USA. Chevrolet Cars USA, Ford cars USA, GMC trucks USA. Tiffany Casto Agency, Bucky Harris Productions, USA, EMI Publishing Madrid, Spain and various other artists and management companies. 2006 performed on Christmas charity record for UK Record Producer/Songwriter Cedric Whitehouse. 2010/11. Sang on Road Traffic TV commercial 'A moment in time.' N. Ireland Professional Memberships SGAE: Spanish Singer/Songwriters Association lARA: Latin Academy Recording Artists AIE: Artistas Interpreters Ejecutantes MCPS: Mecanical Rights Society PRS: Performing Rights Society Companies worked for 1991 - 2011 BHP Sport, London; Digital, Redding; Crab Edicciones Musicales, Madrid; Bat/Home Records, Madrid; Camel Trophy, London; Santamar Management, Madrid, EMI Records, Madrid/Mexico; Rodven Records, Venezuela; Universal Music, Miami; Interlingua, Leamington Spa; Countdown, Germany; Full Flava Productions, UK; BBC Radio, UK; Jade Entertainments; UpFront Entertainments; Classique Promotions, Musicanga Records, Miami; Peoples Studios, Mexico; BPM Entertainments; Tio Pete Studios, Bilbao, Spain ; Joe Glassman Productions , Hobsons Singers - Christine Poundford, Double voices - Rob Fardell.

Carmen Capuano was born in 1966, in Govan, Glasgow and is of Italian and Spanish descent. She left her native Scotland at the age of eighteen to seek her fortune in London. A full and varied career saw her tread the boards as a musical theatre performer, before undertaking such diverse jobs as a primary school teacher and veterinary assistant in Birmingham. She now lives in the small Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove. Interested in writing from an early age, it was only when she had her own children that she found her enthusiasm for story telling had not waned in any way and was still as alive and enticing as ever. "For me, writing is as essential to the soul as breathing is to the body." The author lives in a big Californian mansion overlooking the sea, where she rides one of her seven horses on the sand every day, and her butler brings her Pina Coladas to sip… is that what you expected to hear? Ok, so back to reality then. The author lives in Bromsgrove, a small town in the English Midlands. Originally from Glasgow, she came to England in the expectation of a better climate and less hills. Now 45 and with three young children in tow, she is forced to keep a sense of humour about life.

How do you eat well on a budget? Why are diets so rubbish? What is wrong with people who think it's acceptable to put pineapple on a pizza? Answering these questions is the amazing Thomasina Miers! The Masterchef winner and best-selling author shares her fabulous foodie knowledge and top time-saving tips. We discuss everything from getting kids to eat their greens to the best recipe for guacamole. There's some chat about eating sustainably, the importance of teaching cookery in schools, and how you know when there's enough butter on your Marmite toast. Thomasina's latest book, Home Cook, is out now. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @thomasinamiers. And you can find us down one of her fabulous Wahaca restaurants on a regular basis. Pork pibil and margheritas ftw. The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review! **SEE US LIVE** Come and see us in Bromsgrove on 16 September, Sutton Coldfield on 7 October, and at various other venues right through to next year. To buy tickets, and for more dates, visit ScummyMummies.com. We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends! Thank you for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you have a great family day out? Where are the best places to go? And how do you survive the whole thing without going absolutely bonkers? To answer all these questions we have the hilarious Jimi Famurewa! He tells us all about his book, Family London, and reveals his favourite places to visit in the capital and beyond. We also talk about why the Swedes are so good at parenting, and discuss Jimi's career as an entertainment journalist. Find out what it's like to hang out with Leonardo DiCaprio and John Boyega, and why Harrison Ford can't hold his yams. Jimi's book is out now, and you can find him on Twitter @jimfam. Read his prizewinning short story, Teddybird, at 4thestate.co.uk. This episode was recorded at MEATliquor, who supplied all the food and lovely cocktails. We went to the East Dulwich branch because we're lazy, but their new opening in Queensway features bowling and ice skating, so it's a great family day out. Or great for making someone else take the kids ice skating while you eat your own weight in deep fried gherkins. THEY ARE SO GOOD. The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review! **SEE US LIVE** Come and see us in Bromsgrove on 16 September, Sutton Coldfield on 7 October, and at various venues throughout the autumn. To buy tickets, and for more dates, visit ScummyMummies.com. We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends! Thank you for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you get motivated to do exercise? Is running better than sex? And what did Kriss Akabusi say to Ellie that almost made her glasses fall off? We answer all these questions and more! Our guest is Ruth Field, author of the brilliant Run, Fat Bitch, Run, which is out now. She tells us what gets her off the couch, why running can have mental health benefits, and why she doesn't think exercise has to be fun. We find out how Ruth helped Helen run her first 5K, and Helen reveals her top running songs. There's also some chat about Ruth's career as a criminal barrister, which mainly involves a lot of reminiscing about This Life. This episode's Scummy Mummy Confessions are sponsored by Acamar, creators of CBeebies favourite Bing. We are running a fabulous competition with them to celebrate the launch of the new Fisher Price Toilet Train Bing toy. The winner (as judged by us) will receive a special visit to their nursery or preschool, along with some ace Bing goodies. You have until 15 August to enter - just share a photo of your latest parenting "challenge" with us on Instagram, tagging @scummymummies, @bingbunny, #WhatWouldFlopDo, and also tagging two friends who might want to join in. If your account is private, you'll need to make it public until the closing date or send it to us a DM. Visit @bingbunny for full terms and conditions. You can follow Ruth on Twitter @gritdoctor. And do buy her book, it's great. The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review! **SEE US LIVE** Come and see us in Bromsgrove on 16 September, Sutton Coldfield on 7 October, and at various venues this autumn. To buy tickets, and for more dates, visit ScummyMummies.com. We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends! Thank you for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our guest for this episode is the wonderful comedian, writer and mum, Jenny Eclair! She tells us what she's learned in 28 years of parenting, and why she thinks all unruly London children should be sent up north for a bit. We hear about how Jenny got her start in comedy, what it's like to win a Perrier award, and why cheese conventions are less fun than you might think. We find out about her latest show, How to be a Middle-Aged Woman (Without Going Insane). Then it's time for Book Chat as we discuss Jenny's brilliant collection of short stories, Listening In. There's a silly quiz about South East London, which includes Jenny's best meat buying tips, and she shares her Scummy Mummy Confession. Listening In is out now. You can follow Jenny on Twitter @jennyeclair and see all her latest show dates at jennyeclair.com. The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review! **SEE US LIVE** Come and see us in Bromsgrove on 16 September, Sutton Coldfield on 7 October, and at various festivals throughout the summer. To buy tickets, and for more dates, visit ScummyMummies.com. We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends! Thank you for listening! Photo: Clara Molden See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mindfulness: actual science, or hippy dippy nonsense? How do you stay in the moment if the moment's sh**? And what's the best way to increase your sex drive? Answering all these questions is the brilliant Dr Genevieve Von Lob! She's the author of the ace 5 Deep Breaths: The Power of Mindful Parenting, which is out now. We talk about some of the issues she covers in the book including how to be a more confident parent, and the importance of being kind to yourself. Genevieve shows us how to do proper deep breathing, and explains how it can help in tricky situations, from dealing with toddler tantrums to talking to grumpy teens. Then there's some sex chat, because goodness knows we can't get through a whole podcast without a bit of filth. Do check out Genevieve's book, it's great. And you can follow her on Twitter @drvonLob. Her instagram is @drgenevievevonlob. The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review! **SEE US LIVE** Come and see us in Rugby on 12 July, Bromsgrove on 16 September, Sutton Coldfield on 7 October, and at various festivals throughout the summer. To buy tickets, and for more dates, visit ScummyMummies.com. We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, please tell your friends! Thank you for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

[[:encoded, "Looking to regain the CIHC course record, Jack Woodhouse, from Bromsgrove, sets a first session fastest time of 39.87sec on race day at Chateau Impney."]]

[[:encoded, "Jack Woodhouse, from Bromsgrove, regains the title of fastest driver at Chateau Impney Hillclimb with a blistering 39.33sec in his Lotus 20/22"]]

Looking to regain the CIHC course record, Jack Woodhouse, from Bromsgrove, sets a first session fastest time of 39.87sec on race day at Chateau Impney.

Jack Woodhouse, from Bromsgrove, regains the title of fastest driver at Chateau Impney Hillclimb with a blistering 39.33sec in his Lotus 20/22

[[:encoded, "For a time he topped the timing on practice day at CIHC, Mark Woodhouse, from Bromsgrove, is pleased with his runs up the hill. All he had to do was wait for his son Jack who was looking to regain the course record."]]

For a time he topped the timing on practice day at CIHC, Mark Woodhouse, from Bromsgrove, is pleased with his runs up the hill. All he had to do was wait for his son Jack who was looking to regain the course record.

Tom Neale, from Bromsgrove, explains the vital work of the Canal and River Trust, creating and maintainng accessible waterways around the country.

Recorded at Molineux and around the country for release Tuesday 4th April 2017   This week we hear from TV Chef Dale Pinnock about IBS month, Comedian Marcel Le Count chats with us (from a train toilet) about his show in Wolverhampton on Thursday 6th, we find out about the Gateway to Work project and how your business can help, A Comedy Theatre Company let us know about thier new show PM.com,  Zeta Cobb lets us know about Fogo island and what an amazing destination it now is, Stephen from Blake tells us bout theor Bromsgrove gig, and Dave Luke from The Poobahs tells us about their gig at this weekends Health and Happiness Show,

Today we're exploring the junction point of indi artistry, hip hop, comedy, and candidness... namely the self-described "Rhyme Minister" from Bromsgrove, Mr. Dan Bull. Having cultivated a devoted online following, in part owed to file sharing culture, Dan Bull is known for penning delightful odes to games and other media, for his comedic twists on familiar subjects, and for his intimate manner of encapsulating his own life experiences. On his latest album, Hip Hop Hooray, Dan Bull tackles subjects cheerful, silly, grim, and dire, offering fodder for celebration and analysis alike. Join us as we peer into the mouth of this "vicious beast", and as we briefly address the topics of file sharing and fan art at the top of the show. Continue reading

The Rothschilds, mind control, artificial insemination, hair loss treatment... We're doing a live show! At The Artix, Bromsgrove near Birmingham on the 20th of October. Go to livenation.co.uk and head to the Angelos and Barry Show. Join our Facebook if you want more of this rubbish at that link below -> AngelosandBarry.com Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk

This episode was recorded at the Great Indoors event in Bromsgrove. We have our usual discussion and we're also joined by Richard Denning from UKGE & Medusa Games.

Deborah and Sofie discuss their challenges for episode 12: Worth with Sarah Millican. Come to a live recording! 4 July at Kings Place. Click here for tickets. 6 July at Kings Place. Click here for tickets. 15 July: Latitude Festival. More information. 25 July at Kings Place. Click here for tickets. 15-17, 22-24 August: Edinburgh Fringe. Click here for tickets. See Deborah on tour 11 June. Bromsgrove, Artrix. Click here for tickets. Our new show Global Pillage www.globalpillage.net   Join our mailing list. http://eepurl.com/bRfSPT

The Guilty Feminist Presented by Sofie Hagen and Deborah Frances-White Episode 11: Femininity with special guest Hannah Gadsby Recorded 15 April 2016 at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Released 30 May 2016. More about Sofie Hagen http://www.sofiehagen.com https://twitter.com/sofiehagen More about Deborah Frances-White http://deborahfrances-white.com https://twitter.com/DeborahFW More about Hannah Gadsby https://www.facebook.com/hannahgadsbycomedy/ https://twitter.com/hannahgadsby Global Pillage http://www.globalpillage.net   For more information about this and other episodes… visit guiltyfeminist.com tweet us https://twitter.com/guiltfempod check out our Instagram instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist/ or join our mailing list eepurl.com/bRfSPT   Come to a live recording! 15 July at Latitude. http://www.latitudefestival.com/line-up/artist/deborah-frances-white-sofie-hagen-guilty-feminist 17 July at Just for Laughs London. http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/venueartist/254472/2210104 4 July at Kings Place in London. http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-guilty-feminist-with-sally-phillips-and-dr-emily-grossman 6 July at Kings Place in London. http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-guilty-feminist-with-jess-fostekew-and-holly-walsh 25 July at Kings Place in London. http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/TheGuiltyFeminist2 Edinburgh Fringe. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/guilty-feminist-with-sofie-hagen-and-deborah-frances-white   See Deborah on tour 11 June. Bromsgrove, Artrix. Click here for tickets. Leave us a review and rate us on iTunes!

Deborah and Sofie discuss their challenges for episode 11: Femininity with Hannah Gadsby. Come to a live recording! 4 July at Kings Place. Click here for tickets. 6 July at Kings Place. Click here for tickets. 15 July: Latitude Festival. More information. 25 July at Kings Place. Click here for tickets. 15-17, 22-24 August: Edinburgh Fringe. Click here for tickets. See Deborah on tour 11 June. Bromsgrove, Artrix. Click here for tickets. Our new show Global Pillage www.globalpillage.net   Join our mailing list. http://eepurl.com/bRfSPT

The Guilty Feminist Presented by Sofie Hagen and Deborah Frances-White Episode 10: Crazy Cat Lady with special guest Celia Pacquola Recorded 16 April 2016 at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Released 16 May 2016 More about Sofie Hagen http://www.sofiehagen.com https://twitter.com/sofiehagen More about Deborah Frances-White http://deborahfrances-white.com https://twitter.com/DeborahFW More about Celia Pacquola https://twitter.com/CeliaPacquola http://lu2664.wix.com/celiapacquola Global Pillage http://www.globalpillage.net   For more information about this and other episodes… visit guiltyfeminist.com tweet us https://twitter.com/guiltfempod check out our Instagram instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist/ or join our mailing list eepurl.com/bRfSPT   Come to a live recording! 22 May in Copenhagen. http://www.billetlugen.dk/da/event/guilty-feminist/billetter 15 July at Latitude. http://www.latitudefestival.com/line-up/artist/deborah-frances-white-sofie-hagen-guilty-feminist 25 July at Kings Place. http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/TheGuiltyFeminist2 Edinburgh Fringe. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/guilty-feminist-with-sofie-hagen-and-deborah-frances-white   See Deborah on tour 20 May: Kendall, the Brewery. Click here for tickets. 11 June. Bromsgrove, Artrix. Click here for tickets.   Leave us a review and rate us on iTunes!

Deborah and Sofie discuss their challenges for episode 10: Crazy Cat Lady with Celia Pacquola Come to a live recording! 22 May: Comedy Zoo, Copenhagen. Click here for tickets. 28 June: King's Place, London. Click here for tickets. 15 July: Latitude Festival. More information. 15-17, 22-24 August: Edinburgh Fringe. Click here for tickets. See Deborah on tour 20 May: Kendall, the Brewery. Click here for tickets. 11 June. Bromsgrove, Artrix. Click here for tickets. Our new show Global Pillage www.globalpillage.net   Join our mailing list. http://eepurl.com/bRfSPT

The Guilty Feminist Presented by Sofie Hagen and Deborah Frances-White Episode 8: Representation with special guest Margaret Cabourn-Smith Recorded 15 March 2016 at the Museum of Comedy in London. Released 2 May 2016 More about Sofie Hagen http://www.sofiehagen.com https://twitter.com/sofiehagen More about Deborah Frances-White http://deborahfrances-white.com https://twitter.com/DeborahFW Margaret Cabourn-Smith on Twitter https://twitter.com/MCabournSmith Men to Women Ratio on Twitter https://twitter.com/MenToWomenRatio Standard Issue Magazine http://standardissuemagazine.com Global Pillage http://www.globalpillage.net   For more information about this and other episodes… visit guiltyfeminist.com tweet us https://twitter.com/guiltfempod check out our Instagram instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist/ or join our mailing list eepurl.com/bRfSPT   Come to a live recording! 22 May in Copenhagen. http://www.billetlugen.dk/da/event/guilty-feminist/billetter 28 June in London. http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-guilty-feminist-with-yasmine-akram-and-lolly-adefope 15 July at Latitude. http://www.latitudefestival.com/line-up/artist/deborah-frances-white-sofie-hagen-guilty-feminist Edinburgh Fringe. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/guilty-feminist-with-sofie-hagen-and-deborah-frances-white See Deborah on tour 6 May: New Milton. Click here for tickets. 20 May: Kendall, the Brewery. Click here for tickets. 11 June. Bromsgrove, Artrix. Click here for tickets.   Leave us a review and rate us on iTunes!

Deborah and Sofie discuss their challenges for episode 9: Representation with Margaret Cabourn-Smith. Come to a live recording! 22 May: Comedy Zoo, Copenhagen. Click here for tickets. 1 June: Museum of Comedy, London. SOLD OUT. 28 June: King's Place, London. Click here for tickets. 15 July: Latitude Festival. More information. 15-17, 22-24 August: Edinburgh Fringe. Click here for tickets. See Deborah on tour 6 May: New Milton, Forest Arts. Click here for tickets. 20 May: Kendall, the Brewery. Click here for tickets. 11 June. Bromsgrove, Artrix. Click here for tickets. Sofie Hagen's Bubblewrap  Last ever performances! 6-7 May at the Soho Theatre in London. Click here for tickets. Our new show Global Pillage www.globalpillage.net   Join our mailing list. http://eepurl.com/bRfSPT

The Guilty Feminist Presented by Sofie Hagen and Deborah Frances-White Episode 8: Datingwith special guest Roisin Conaty Recorded 15 March 2016 at the Museum of Comedy in London. Released 18 April 2016 More about Sofie Hagenhttp://www.sofiehagen.comhttps://twitter.com/sofiehagen More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttp://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFW More about Roisin Conaty http://www.roisinconaty.com/https://twitter.com/roisinconaty Standard Issue Magazinehttp://standardissuemagazine.com Global Pillagehttp://www.globalpillage.net Deborah’s tour dates 6 May: New Milton, Forest Arts. Click here for tickets. 20 May: Kendall, the Brewery. Click here for tickets. 11 June. Bromsgrove, Artrix. Click here for tickets. Sofie Hagen's Bubblewrap  Last ever performances! 6-7 May at the Soho Theatre in London. Click here for tickets. For more information about this and other episodes… visit guiltyfeminist.com tweet us https://twitter.com/guiltfempod check out our Instagram instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist/ or join our mailing list eepurl.com/bRfSPT Come to a live recording! 22 May in Copenhagen. http://www.billetlugen.dk/da/event/guilty-feminist/billetter 28 June in London. http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/TheGuiltyFeminist 15 July at Latitude. http://www.latitudefestival.com/line-up/artist/deborah-frances-white-sofie-hagen-guilty-feminist Plus more dates to come in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe. Leave us a review and rate us on iTunes!

Deborah and Sofie discuss their challenges for episode 8: Dating with Roisin Conaty. Come to a live recording! 16-17 April: Melbourne Comedy Festival. Click here for tickets. 22 May: Comedy Zoo, Copenhagen. Click here for tickets. 1 June: Museum of Comedy, London. SOLD OUT. 28 June: King's Place, London. Click here for tickets. See Deborah on tour 6 May: New Milton, Forest Arts. Click here for tickets. 20 May: Kendall, the Brewery. Click here for tickets. 11 June. Bromsgrove, Artrix. Click here for tickets. See Sofie in Melbourne 24 March - 17 April. Click here for tickets. Our new show Global Pillage www.globalpillage.net   Join our mailing list. http://eepurl.com/bRfSPT

In this, the first Electrical Podcast, Mr. McHale is frustrated at Apple, having just “bought a job” after feeling pressurised into creating a podcast. We meet paranoid aristocrats Hugo and Phillipa at Bromsgrove, their family pile. The slogan on a Lion King poster gets pedantically analysed, Morrissey goes down a storm at his local comedy club, and we try to decide whether Morse or Poirot (but definitely not Tom Barnaby) can claim to be the greatest TV detective of all time. Finally, we meet Alan Merrick, the only living relative of The Elephant Man, who gives us a fascinating insight into the London dating scene. Do get in touch: electricalpodcast@gmail.com

Find a fuse and stick it in! Light the fire and pour some gin! A toast to her, a toast to him! Electrical Podcast! Similarly to The Lord Of The Rings, this podcast now has three episodes. In the third, Mr. McHale forgets about the comedy aspect of this series and sets off on a furious rant against Radio 1 and, in particular, it’s hard to spell, vapid presenter Fearne Cotton. Mozzer turns the air blue down at the Side Splitter Comedy Club, we have at look at TCFRA – The Campaign For Real Ale and their abnormal use of English, before paying a final visit to Bromsgrove where Hugo and Phillipa have had a bit of a time of it with the bloody Royals. It’s poppy buying season, so we look at how many it is sensible to buy in commemoration of the dead, before settling back to hear a charming anecdote from the streets of Liverpool. Finally, in Alan’s Dates, our lovelorn hero goes on a rendezvous to one of the East End’s toughest boxing pubs. Do get in touch: electricalpodcast@gmail.com

Plug in here, and plug in there! Turn that on and do your hair! Sparks and static, in the air! Electrical Podcast! The second episode contains analysis of the Death Star entry in Wikipedia, another visit to Bromsgrove where Hugo and Phillipa have had a spot of bother with the Dwight-Morgans, and we entertain the idea that blasphemy must be irritating rather than insulting to omnipotent God and Jesus. Further, we’re back at the Salford Side Splitter Comedy Club for another set from Morrissey, before Mr. McHale takes aim at Morris Dancers. Finally, in Alan’s Dates, we catch up with Alan Merrick to see if he’s recovered from last week’s humiliation.

The SOTT Boys go off to Bromsgrove for a nice gig we're their favorite boys and girl Che!