Podcasts about letchworth garden city

They say you can't get better than a Kwik Fit fitter, but I once saw a Kwik Fit fitter walk through a plate glass window in Letchworth Garden City. If that's honestly the best we've got, we might as well surrender to Belgium tomorrow and be done with it. In this TRAVEL SPECIAL episode, Gav is bulled off a swing, Log takes a much needed vacation to Shrewsbury, and Steve is upset by the weird woofing sound that planes sometimes make.

Luke and Andrew sit down with Holly and Nick, co-owners of Garden City Brewery, to discuss community breweries, frunge, Bangalore whippets tails and the seriousness of a hot mums disco. Beers include:Garden City Bitter from Garden City Brewery, paired with “The Show” by Caolan McCarthy.Banjax from Garden City Brewery, paired with “The Dog” by corook.Brew 400 from Garden City Brewery, paired with “The Bitter End” by Placebo.Garden House Hop Spice from Garden City Brewery, paired with “Can't Stop” by Missy Elliot.Links mentioned in the showGarden City Brewery Cyberdog Theme tune is “I Can Hew” by Mawkin, from their album The Ties That Bind. 

Suzy Holding & Lisa Harmer of Best Before Cafe and Food Rescue Hub in North Hertfordshire. Both our nonprofit organisations rescue surplus food to ensure no good food goes to waste. Best Before Cafe, run entirely by volunteers, works out of one shop and serves the community in Letchworth Garden City. Food Rescue Hub is an eco-community that has 3 market style pop up outlets at sites in Hitchin, Welwyn Garden City and Stevenage. Though the Cafe and the Hub work in different ways, both teams are passionate about environment and people. This brings us together.

The rights of tribal people, the lives of ordinary workers and the depiction of female desire were amongst the themes explored by the writer Mahasweta Devi. Born in Dhaka in 1926, she attended the school established by Rabindranath Tagore and before her death in 2016 she had published over 100 novels and 20 collections of short stories. Sindhubala is one such story, which traces the tale of a woman made to become a healer of children and for New Generation Thinker Preti Taneja, Mahasweta's writing offers a way of using language to explore ideas about power, freedom and feminism. Preti Taneja is the author of the novel We That Are Young. She teaches at Newcastle University and is a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to select ten academics each year who can turn their research into radio. You can find other Essays by Preti available on the Radio 3 website including one looking at Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001kpc Creating Modern India explores the links between Letchworth Garden City and New Delhi https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08j9x3h You can also find her discussing Global Shakespeare and different approaches to casting his plays in this Free Thinking playlist on Shakespeare https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06406hm And a Free Thinking interview with Arundhati Roy about translation https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b5hk01 Producer: Torquil MacLeod

The rights of tribal people, the lives of ordinary workers and the depiction of female desire were amongst the themes explored by the writer Mahasweta Devi. Born in Dhaka in 1926, she attended the school established by Rabindranath Tagore and before her death in 2016 she had published over 100 novels and 20 collections of short stories. Sindhubala is one such story, which traces the tale of a woman made to become a healer of children and for New Generation Thinker Preti Taneja, Mahasweta's writing offers a way of using language to explore ideas about power, freedom and feminism. Preti Taneja is the author of the novel We That Are Young. She teaches at Newcastle University and is a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to select ten academics each year who can turn their research into radio. You can find other Essays by Preti available on the Radio 3 website including one looking at Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001kpc Creating Modern India explores the links between Letchworth Garden City and New Delhi https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08j9x3h You can also find her discussing Global Shakespeare and different approaches to casting his plays in this Free Thinking playlist on Shakespeare https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06406hm And a Free Thinking interview with Arundhati Roy about translation https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b5hk01 Producer: Torquil MacLeod

Harry Williams is the owner of Vutie Beets (plant-based restaurant/cafe in Letchworth Garden City), Ultra Runner and the inventor of the infamous BLT. In this episode we delve deep into the journey of Vutie Beets since Harry and his partner Paul took over 1 year ago. Even during a pandemic and two national lockdowns they have grown the business incredibly. Harry explains how even in some of our countries hardest times of the century that he has been able to create a successful brand. We take a little dive into Harry's past, previous businesses and his alternative path through education. Harry is an inspirational soul and for anyone thinking of starting a business and isn't sure whether it's the right time. Listen up. Harry teaches you how to pick the PERFECT avocado. This episode is a great journey of a business that has thrived through 2020 and shows that if you learn to adapt and take every opportunity, then your potential really is Limitless.

Episode 14: Julia Barrett From the Spirella Building in Letchworth Garden City, Safia talks about sustainable construction with Julia Barrett, Chief Sustainability Officer of Willmott Dixon. Julia was Business Green Leaders’ Sustainability Executive of the Year (2018) and Women in Construction’s Green Leader in 2017. “The built environment contributes around 40% of the UK’s carbon emissions” and as such the construction industry plays an important role in going carbon zero. Julia explains how Willmott Dixon rises to the challenge of creating buildings to reduce emissions and maximise efficiency which helps people using them reduce their energy usage, save money and improve their quality of life. They discuss how green construction can reduce social inequality. Safia learns about Passivhaus, the “state of the art” sustainable building standard. It ensures you build highly-insulated buildings with the “right materials to very high quality standards of workmanship and to high standards of design which means you use minimal energy and you are able to maintain a stable living environment. Some examples of that have been spectacular.”Willmott Dixon is a member of the Supply Chain Sustainability School which provides training for contractors to ensure a high standard of workmanship across all sectors. Safia and Julia discuss the Climate Emergency and Julia recognises that Willmott Dixon and society as a whole are being challenged to do more. “Let’s be bolder, let’s be faster, let’s be more ambitious. The XR strikes showed support from public and hosting COP 26 will lead to commitments. Not doing it is not an option.” Willmott Dixon had a 2020 strategy to reduce waste, increase efficiency, and transform the lives of young people. These goals have been met and Julia discusses their new targets, including climate positive operations and net zero carbon buildings. Julia says Willmott Dixon is “Using the climate challenge as a lens through which to drive innovation”. She continues, “what we need to do is push the envelope and make it non-optional.” She explains how Willmott Dixon introduces sustainability to customers. Willmott Dixon has won many awards, including the Queen’s award for Enterprise: Sustainable Development (2019 and 2014), Social Mobility (2018) and Construction News’ 2019 Environmental Contractor of the Year. Julia outlines her ambitions for the future. These include creating a built environment that adds value, enhances lives, and creates a better world for future generations. She wants to show this can be done and “demonstrate the art of the possible”. Julia believes that as a family business Willmott Dixon has an advantage. It’s a benefit, as the company is not beholden to shareholders with different values. She points out that leadership and culture determine the pace of change, not technology. We are “change agents who turn the ‘what’ into the ‘how’”. Safia and Julia discuss the global opportunities for sustainable construction, the inequality of carbon consumption across cultures and the implications of global heating. Julia finishes on a positive note pointing out the glimmer of hope represented by oil multinationals realising they need to add renewables into their portfolios. She concludes, “they need to do a hell of a lot more” but “a journey of 1000 miles always starts with the first few steps”. REPORTS & OTHER LINKS Wilmott Dixon Projects:Sutton Passivhaus schoolGeorge Davies CentreQueen’s Award for Sustainable Development:World Wildlife Fund HQ, Woking The role of Passivhaus buildings in the fight against climate changePassivehouse in 90 seconds World Green Building Council https://twitter.com/juliabarrett1https://twitter.com/jonathonporritthttps://twitter.com/algore The world we made – Jonathon Porritt

This week we drift from chocolate oranges to record shops! Why are Quality Street sweets smaller this year? We look at kitsch Christmas gifts. We find a novel way people are recycling crisps packets and look at the return of glass milk bottles. Plus... we sing the praises of a wonderful book and record shop called David's in Letchworth Garden City.

This week we drift from chocolate oranges to record shops! Why are Quality Street sweets smaller this year? We look at kitsch Christmas gifts. We find a novel way people are recycling crisps packets and look at the return of glass milk bottles. Plus... we sing the praises of a wonderful book and record shop called David's in Letchworth Garden City.

Today’s episode brought us to Letchworth Garden City which is the home of today’s guest, The Big Fat Greek Mother. AKA Olga. Olga is a hilarous, eacher and mum of two whose ridiculous characters and skits will make you laugh out loud, even on the greyest of days. Yet, underneath all the jokes, Olga is a very warm, kind, thoughtful friend and she makes a mean Fasolakia Lathera! Find the recipe at www.friendswithrecipes.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New Generation Thinker Preti Taneja, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at Warwick University, on the creation of modern India. How did a modernist style develop in India between the 1900s and the 1950s? Preti Taneja, who grew up in Letchworth Garden City, traces the way the Garden City Movement inspired the work of Edwin Lutyens in his reshaping of her parents' New Delhi. The first generation of post-Independence architects built on this legacy, drawing also from Le Corbusier, who designed India's first post-partition planned city, Chandigarh, with its famous 'open hand' sculpture; and from Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius, to create some of the most iconic public buildings across India today. In art, something similar was happening: painter MF Hussain and a group of fellow radicals wanting to break away from Indian traditions and make an international statement. They formed The Progressive Artists Group in December 1947, just months after Partition. Preti Taneja's essay explores this cultural re-imagining of the new nation, when architects and artists tried to come to terms with India's political and aesthetic history, looking forward to a future they could design, build and express themselves: one that was meant to shape human behaviour for the better. Recorded as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead. New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to find academics who can turn their research into radio. Producer: Fiona McLean

New Generation Thinker Preti Taneja, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at Warwick University, on the creation of modern India.How did a modernist style develop in India between the 1900s and the 1950s? Preti Taneja, who grew up in Letchworth Garden City, traces the way the Garden City Movement inspired the work of Edwin Lutyens in his reshaping of her parents' New Delhi. The first generation of post-Independence architects built on this legacy, drawing also from Le Corbusier, who designed India's first post-partition planned city, Chandigarh, with its famous 'open hand' sculpture; and from Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius, to create some of the most iconic public buildings across India today. In art, something similar was happening: painter MF Hussain and a group of fellow radicals wanting to break away from Indian traditions and make an international statement. They formed The Progressive Artists Group in December 1947, just months after Partition.Preti Taneja's essay explores this cultural re-imagining of the new nation, when architects and artists tried to come to terms with India's political and aesthetic history, looking forward to a future they could design, build and express themselves: one that was meant to shape human behaviour for the better.Recorded as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead. New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to find academics who can turn their research into radio. Producer: Fiona McLean.

This episode deviates slightly from previous Somatic episodes in that it is a more personal journey of contemplation. In this episode, I talk about my PhD research on the history of the international garden city movement, specifically two prominent planned communities that emerged as a result of the movement: Letchworth Garden City in the United Kingdom, and Greenbelt, Maryland in the United States. Playing recorded soundscapes from my visit to these communities, I reflect on my experience visiting and staying in these communities, talk about the history, and ponder the significance of such planned communities in terms of how they help us rethink the meaning of our bodies in relation to our built environments. As a result, the episode involves a mixture of approaches in that I both talk about the history of garden city ideals, and ponder my own somatic experience in the communities. It’s kind of like a personal journey and soundscape that I’m hoping is in some way informative and interesting to you, the listener.

As a special treat, Luke and Andrew sit down with Nick and Holly from new microbrewery Garden City Brewery, in Letchworth Garden City, UK. We match up some tunes to four of their brews: Hoppy New Year, BIPA, Winter Bitter and Saison's Greetings and talk about how they got started.

On April 15th 1905 a passenger train from London pulled into the world's first Garden City, Letchworth, putting it firmly on the map. The city was the idea of Ebenezer Howard, who founded the Garden City Movement in Britain. Photo: Letchworth Garden City - Copyright Garden City Collection

Growing up in the sleepy little English town of Letchworth Garden City in the 1960s, Peter got interested in music while listening to the Beatles on the radio. His parents bought him an acoustic guitar when he eight and he taught himself to play while simultaneously taking lessons on the recorder, piano and then later, clarinet. His music education was going along just fine until one day in 1967 he heard the Jimi Hendrix song “Purple Haze”. He never heard sounds like that coming out of his acoustic guitar and he decided from that day on, the electric guitar was to be the most important thing in his life. Now if only he could convince his parents to buy him one. His "Award Winning" sounds have thrilled millions of fan's worldwide. Website::www.PeterWhite.Com