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Episode 204: Today I talk to UK photographer, painter, and installation artist David Tovey about his how art literally saved his life. He went from being homeless and suicidal to finding purpose and sharing inspiration through art. You can now find his work at the Tate and Christies. [I found him at the Rochester Art […] The post Homeless Artist, David Tovey appeared first on Let's Talk Art With Brooke.

This week is a special one. Our guest is the artist David Tovey and his life story is incredible! With highs and crushing lows, he keeps going and he is a true survivor and an inspiration. This is an amazing episode and I hope you like it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's episode I'm talking to David Tovey from Mon Teas. With a background in business administration, finance and I.T., and aged in his mid-fifties, David decided it was time to set-out on his own. He opened Mon Teas, a retail shop for loose leaf tea, in 2012. The business has adapted and evolved over the years and has sold enough loose leaf tea and herbal infusions to make over two million cups of tea! In this episode we talk about David's background, how he got into this business, and how he's managed to make his business plastic free.

We talk to a man who has endured untold setbacks and even tried to take his own life, yet David Tovey has come through it all to become an independent artist, campaigner and founder of One Festival of Homeless Arts. We hear how a chance meeting with a man on a bench changed the course of David’s life, and how he went on to exhibit his work in the Tate Modern and on the covers of The Pavement Magazine and The Big Issue.

Artist David Tovey talk about Unknown Soldier, his latest performance piece being screened on 10 October 2020 for World Homeless Day. Find out more on David's Twitter stream @DavidTovey1975 or @One Festival of HA.

The pandemic has brought public health into focus while also serving as a magnifying glass that clarifies existing inequalities relating to class, race and gender. In this final instalment of the series, we'll hear about how illness is produced and managed under capitalism while trying to reimagine a world in which care for the ill is a central feature of our politics. This episode was produced by Aron Keller, James Roadnight, Sarah Vowden, Matt Huxley, Penny Grennan, Charlie Clarke, Hanadi Rammu with contributions from Ellen Clifford, Vijay Prashad, Ellie Bradford, Ros Reynolds-Grey, David Tovey, Prof. John Foot and Lynne Segal.

The number of people sleeping rough in London has almost trebled in the last ten years, with an estimated two in ten ex-servicemen ending up on the streets. Users of food banks in the UK have more than doubled in the same period. Why is our society failing it’s most vulnerable so badly?Blaine sits down with David Tovey, a former chef in the armed forces and survivor of homeless, to find out what led him to set up the One Festival of Homeless arts. David also recalls the heartening story of how a park enforcement officer saved his life, and how the experience had a powerful impact on his own art.This week’s opening thought features Bastille's Dan Smith reading an excerpt from Paul Auster’s 1999 essay ‘Reflections on a Cardboard Box’, recorded especially for TWFF. It’s lovely to have Dan on the pod.David’s instagram is the best place to catch a first glimpse of his artworks as they emerge. And the excellent re-orchestrated version of Bastille’s award winning album ‘Doom Days’ is out now. Links below!At the end of this episode you will hear ‘Endless City’ from Mystery Jets’ critically-acclaimed new album ‘A Billion Heartbeats’. You can buy and stream the album here.This episode of ‘Things Worth Fighting For’ was brought to you by Acast and produced with Matthew Twaites. Thanks to Courtney Aiesha Mortimer at UROK for production assistance and coordination. RELATED LINKS:Paul Auster: ‘Reflections on a Cardboard Box’Catch up on Dan Smith’s ‘Distraction Tactics’ Book and Film Club (Instagram)Bastille StoreStreets of London.orgDavid Tovey ArtThe One Festival of Homeless ArtsDavid Tovey on Mystery Jets’ Speakers’ Corner (Youtube)Learn about Help for HeroesSupport Veterans AidListen: Stuart Semple investigates hostile architecture (BBC Sounds)Sarah Ross: ‘Archisuits’Listen: Gavin Bryars’ Haunting ‘Jesus Blood Never Failed me Yet’ (Youtube)Follow Streetwise OperaListen’: Off the Beat and Track’ podcast, feat. Orlando Weeks (Acast) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After ten years at the helm of the Cochrane Library, Dr David Tovey recently stepped down as Editor-in-Chief. This week he joins Ray to reflect on Cochrane's past, present and future and share some of the challenges and rewards of leading one of the world's largest and most trusted health research networks.

After ten years at the helm of the Cochrane Library, Dr David Tovey recently stepped down as Editor-in-Chief. This week he joins Ray to reflect on Cochrane's past, present and future and share some of the challenges and rewards of leading one of the world's largest and most trusted health research networks.

David Tovey is a formerly homeless artist, educator and activist who works in a range of media. He is a photographer, painter as well as an installation artist and performance-maker. David has exhibited internationally in locations such as Somerset House, Tate Modern and he is also the founder of the UK’s first One Festival of Homeless arts. He speaks regularly at housing and homelessness events and teaches art to people experiencing homelessness at the Pilion Trust and Passage Day Centre. His Man on Bench performances have earned him significant acclaim and have taken place on the pavement of the Southbank and the halls of Tate Exchange.  And in the words of Patrick Strudwick from The Economist: 'Tovey went from cooking for the Queen to rifling through bins for his supper. His is a startling story of endurance against the odds – and of a social safety net failing at every turn’

David Tovey, Cochrane's Editor in Chief in conversation with the Cochrane Trainees

David Tovey is a Hopeful Traders designer and founder of The One Festival of Homeless Arts. David is a keen advocate of creativity in the homeless community. You can find some of David's art at davidtoveyart.co.uk and his collection at hopefultraders.com

David Tovey, an artist and fashion designer speaks to The Economist about battling serious illnesses, his memories of being homeless in London and the power of art See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author of “Principled Selling”, David Tovey talks about some of the key principles and strategies you can use in face to face marketing and selling to win more clients without having to “sell your soul”. David Tovey is a director of the Principled Group and author of the recently published Principled Selling: How to Win More Business Without Selling Your Soul. For most of us consultants, coaches, lawyers, engineers, accountants; sales is not something we enjoy. And one of the reasons for that is that we assume it's all about manipulation and persuasion. In this podcast interview, David shows us […]

Author of “Principled Selling”, David Tovey talks about some of the key principles and strategies you can use in face to face marketing and selling to win more clients without having to “sell your soul”. David Tovey is a director of the Principled Group and author of the recently published Principled Selling: How to Win More Business Without Selling Your Soul. For most of us consultants, coaches, lawyers, engineers, accountants; sales is not something we enjoy. And one of the reasons for that is that we assume it's all about manipulation and persuasion. In this podcast interview, David shows us […]

Buyer behavior and needs have changed. That means service firms must update their sales process to accommodate those changes. That means they must genuinely put buyers at the heart of all business development activity, says David Tovey, author of Principled Selling. Listen as Tovey explains how concepts of his Principled Selling Approach enable firms to do that.