Podcasts about Margate

A family have been forced to leave a Kent holiday park in the middle of the night after finding bugs on their bedding.The Allen's had booked a five-night stay at Parkdean Resorts in St Margaret's Bay, near Dover - hear from reporter Oliver Leonard who has been following the story.Also in today's podcast, a Margate mum, who's battling breast cancer, says she's stuck in a nightmare legal battle to evict a tenant from her former family home.Kelly Eastland needs £60,000 to pay for pioneering treatment in Germany. She's been explaining what has happened over the past few months.Police have launched a crackdown on catapult crime in Kent following concerns about people and wildlife being targeted.Since the start of June, the force has received around 14 calls a day about the use or possession of the weapons. Hear the moment officers confronted children in Maidstone and Rochester.The boss of a Kent coffee business has thanked everyone who donated to a GoFundMe after they suffered a devastating fire.Around 100 emergency crews were called to Sittingbourne's Eurolink Industrial Estate when Hormozi Coffee went up in flames in April.New data's revealed thousands of pounds worth of premium bond winnings has been left unclaimed in Kent.The investment scheme works by entering savers in a monthly draw for tax-free prizes of up to £1 million.And in sport, ahead of Gillingham's first home game of the season, Armani Little has been speaking about being named captain.The midfielder was handed the armband ahead of Saturday's trip to Accrington Stanley.

What do mullets, SpongeBob stick-and-pokes, and foil-wrapped sandwiches have in common? According to this week's guest, London writer Clive Martin, they're all hallmarks of a new type of food-obsessed, young urban professional that Clive calls the “defining person-type of 2025.” You know the type: people who queue up around the block for hours for a taste of the latest Instagram-viral, cartoonishly gigantic Italian sandwiches, in a neighborhood where the old school Italian sandwich shops are being displaced. Clive calls these people “The Normans,” after a North London cafe-restaurant they frequented for its loving homages to greasy-spoon staples like chippy teas and chicken fingers. But it's a subculture that transcends international borders, at least in the English speaking world: a distinctly bro-y strain of contemporary foodie culture fueled by viral images of oozing cheeseburgers, indie rock music, Anthony Bourdain hagiography, and upscale, farm-to-table recreations of working class and immigrant food traditions. The plan their weekends around new eateries, walk around wearing restaurant merch, and secretly wish they could they could quit their fintech job and start over as Carmy from The Bear. Clive is a former colleague of ours from VICE, and one of our favorite observers of contemporary culture—especially when it comes to cities and gentrification. We brought him on to discuss his article for VICE, titled “Meet the Normans,” and how food supplanted music, film, and art as the dominant mode of cultural consumption among young people. We also get into the subculture's nature as a kind of masculine reaction to other strains of millennial yuppie food culture, how both the food internet and the bro internet are reshaping our cities, and how the rising cost of living is pushing the gentrification cycle into exurban areas like Upstate New York, Margate, and Joshua Tree. Finally, we share some of our favorite, decidedly not-Norman restaurants in London, Philly, and LA that are still hanging on.Follow Clive on X @clive_mart1nRead more by Clive:“Urban sprawlers: How city folk ruined the countryside” (The Face)“Ketamine, crime, and chaos: Life in a London party slum” (VICE)Other relevant reads:“Welcome to Neo New York, where everything feels old school but isn't” by Emilie Friedlander (VICE)“We are all foodies now” by Steven Phillips-Horst (Spike Art) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theculturejournalist.substack.com/subscribe

A young woman's told us she's scared to walk in Maidstone town centre alone after being victim of a violent robbery.Mercie Doe was attacked as she walked near the Archbishop's Palace in August last year, she was thrown to the ground and her bag was stolen.Mercie has bravely spoken about her ordeal and told the podcast what she thinks should be done to improve safety for women and girls.Also in today's podcast, a coroner's criticised the training and lack of basic medical kit provided by a private ambulance firm - after a teenager died at Margate's Dreamland.A mum from Sevenoaks has told the podcast how she wasn't able to enjoy being pregnant with twins - after they developed a potentially life-threatening condition.Beau Yeung's babies had something called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome which happens when they share a placenta.It's been revealed the cost of buying a new-build home in Kent has almost doubled over the past 20 years, while sales have plummeted.Our business editor Chris Britcher has been analysing data and joins today's podcast.Residents in a village near Ashford say it's only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt, because of inconsiderate parking.Villagers in Hamstreet say drivers consistently ignore double yellow lines - which they say has led to damaged homes and blocked routes.And in sport, Kent cricket have been deducted 8 points following poor conduct in the County Championship.The most recent of four penalties they have received came in last week's defeat to Glamorgan - when Daniel Bell-Drummond showed dissent to the umpire.

Hygiene inspectors have found “multiple risks to food safety” at a popular Indian takeaway - including a mouldy freezer and a bucket of raw chicken being stored at room temperature.The restaurant in Cliftonville has hundreds of five-star ratings on food delivery app JustEat, but Thanet District Council officers found its facilities in a shocking state.Also in today's podcast, a Sheppey woman is calling for CCTV to be installed at an accident blackspot after three of her cars were written off in crashes.In the last 16 years of living in Marine Parade,  £12,000 of damage has been done to Amanda Green's vehicles while they've been parked up.You can hear from Kent health bosses and a local MP about disruption to NHS services as resident doctors stage a five-day walkout. The latest round of industrial action started at 7am today and lasts until 7am on Wednesday with significant impact expected across hospitals, GP surgeries, mental health services and A&E departments.In sport, Gillingham complete their pre-season campaign at Dartford this weekend and emerging from it unscathed is the manager's main aim.You can hear from Gareth Ainsworth who says he believes he's got a squad that's set up for success. And the KentOnline Podcast has taken a trip to uncover one of the county's hidden gems. You can hear about the Cranbrook Secret Cinema Club where hand-picked films, themed cocktails and sweets, and a little bit of mystery come together.

In this special episode, filmmaker and contemporary artist Alia Syed joins EMPIRE LINES live, to weave together their works in moving image, photography, and oral history, and reflect on personal experiences of migration in South Asian diasporic communities in 1960s–1970s Glasgow, through their ongoing film series, The Dhaba (2025).Drawing inspiration from the tale of St. Mungo - the patron saint and founder of Glasgow - Alia Syed's exhibition, The Ring in the Fish, is an intimate exploration of memory, cultural transmission, and identity in Scotland. In The Dhaba (2025), Alia gleans stories from a series of interviews she initiated with members of the South Asian community, exposing absences in official narratives and archives, and illuminating histories in the spaces between national identities, race, gender, and diaspora. With this new, experimental, 16mm film work, Alia explores the role of imagination in migration, and how images carried across multiple generations of migrants from India and Pakistan can create new landscapes and enable new ways of being.Alia details her relationships with ‘the second city of Empire', Swansea in Wales, and London, including her long-term creative relationship with Gilane Tawadros, her formative work, Fatima's Letter (1992), filmed at Whitechapel Underground Station, and shortlisting for the Film London Jarman Award (2018). From her current work with curator Shalmali Shetty, we discuss her many intergenerational collaborations, and relations to artist women including Jasleen Kaur, who shares Alia's experiences of ‘monocultures' in Glasgow. Alia shares the importance of audio, literature, language, and translation, in her work with film and moving image.Plus, we consider political solidarity through her life and practice, from her father's activism and connections to Yasser Arafat, to the present. Alia reflects on the CCA Glasgow as an institution – one that she recalls having occupied as a teenager, when it was known as the Third Eye Centre - including the Board's ambiguous statements around endorsing PACBI (The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel) and BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions), and response to Art Workers for Palestine Scotland's programme to Reclaim the CCA in June 2025.This episode was recorded live as part of the public programme for Alia Syed: The Ring in the Fish, an exhibition at CCA Glasgow, in June 2025. The exhibition was originally scheduled to continue until 26 July 2025. Join the artist in a panel discussion at Many Studios in Glasgow on Saturday 26 July.For more information, visit: instagram.com/p/DKuql9-It_3/?img_index=1Wallpaper (2008) is on view as part of Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea until 2 November 2025.Read about Alia's work at John Hansard Gallery in Southampton, and relations to Jasleen Kaur and Permindar Kaur, in gowithYamo: gowithyamo.com/blog/permindar-kaur-john-hansard-galleryListen to Ingrid Pollard's EMPIRE LINES episodes, from Carbon Slowly Turning (2022) at the Turner Contemporary in Margate: pod.link/1533637675/episode/e00996c8caff991ad6da78b4d73da7e4, and with Corinne Fowler, as part of Invasion Ecology (2024) at Southcombe Barn on Dartmoor: pod.link/1533637675/episode/9f4f72cb1624f1c5ee830c397993732eNil Yalter on Exile is a Hard Job (1974-Now) at Ab-Anbar Gallery in London, part of London Gallery Weekend (LGW) 2023, on EMPIRE LINES: pod.link/1533637675/episode/36b8c7d8d613b78262e54e38ac62e70fAnd Dr. Mohamed Shafeeq Karinkurayil, sounding out 1960s migration between post-colonial Kerala and the Arab Gulf in a cassette of S. A. Jameel's Dubai Kathu Pattu (Dubai Letter Song) (1977): pod.link/1533637675/episode/417429b5c504842ddbd3c82b07f7b0f8PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic.Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: instagram.com/empirelinespodcastSupport EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines

A driver has called a parking firm “disgusting” after he was wrongfully issued a £100 fine for overstaying.He'd left his car at the multi-storey in Maidstone on two separate occasions, days apart, and paid each time but was baffled when a hefty bill arrived claiming he had parked there for six days.Also in today's podcast, it's been revealed the railway crossing where an Amazon delivery driver died when his van was hit by a train has a history of near misses. You can hear from a local councillor who says safety improvements must be made to stop similar incidents happening in the future. The KentOnline Podcast has also been hearing about concerns from farmers as the hot, dry weather is impacting crops.Josiah Jones, who manages land near Gravesend, says forage that's normally gathered ahead of the winter is down 50 percent on normal levels.A former Kent MP says he backs an "insurance based" system - to avoid a crisis in social care Damian Green is now chair of the Social Care Foundation and says people should be able to take out a policy in case they need care later in life And yesterday we told you how a council hopes to revive controversial plans to fine people for swearing in public - just months after backing down in a legal row.Now you can hear from the people of Thanet on what they think about the proposals which are aimed at cracking down on anti-social behaviour in places like Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs. 

A Ramsgate man's facing life in prison after being found guilty of murdering his baby daughter.A court heard Thomas Holford, 25, of Wallwood Road had smoked cannabis in the hours before shaking five week old Everleigh Stroud, and leaving her with a catastrophic brain injury.Also in today's podcast, the East Thanet MP is calling for more to be done in future to prevent a repeat of trouble seen in Broadstairs.Fights broke out on the beach, local shops were targeted and a restaurant smashed up around a fortnight ago. We've been speaking to Polly Billington who is holding a public meeting.Plans to build Netflix-linked film studios in Kent have had to be dropped - with bosses saying the scheme is economically unviable.The streaming giant was expected to make Ashford's abandoned Newtown railway works its UK base as part of a £250 million redevelopment. The co-owner of a Kent karting circuit says a huge new facility there will make it a real world class venue.Buckmore Park in Chatham has been given the go-ahead to build a state-of-the-art simulator room, new restaurant, bar and viewing terrace known as The Paddock.A market for young people to sell home-made products is taking place in Ramsgate this weekend.It's the third of its kind and the first in the town after the previous two were held in Margate.And, the annual Kent County Show gets underway today.The three day event will showcase farming, agriculture and countryside life, there will also be retailers, food stalls and family attractions.

For this episode of 5 O Clock Apron Podcast, Claire travels to Margate to cook with Ruby Rare. Ruby is a sex educator, that is to say, a force of nature with a mission to encourage and include everyone in her task to make the world a fairer and more accepting place when it comes to the enormous and thorny topics of sex, relationships and body positivity. In the podcast episode Claire and Ruby talk about the word ‘woke' being misappropriated, the correct use of pronouns with Ruby saying she is she / her but “you can chuck a couple of they / thems in for good measure, if you like”, together the two discuss marriage VS non monogamous relationships, queerness, sex with friends, celebrating divorce and winter swimming. And all the while, Claire and Ruby cook alongside each other with a casual ease that Claire finds reassuring as it is enchanting. Surrounded by her father's paintings and with Ruby's Sri Lankan gorgeous tableware bought on a recent trip with her family, lunch with Ruby was one of the nicest and most illuminating lunches Claire has had in sometime. Claire leaves Ruby's tiny seaside cottage with a slightly skewed lens on her world, a good thing, there is much to celebrate in the world with people like Ruby in the centre of it. Oh, and she's also a great cook, that salad dressing was something else! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Water bosses have apologised after thousands of customers were left without water, or very low pressure, as temperatures topped 34C.South East Water say the problem in Herne Bay was caused by particularly high demand across the county which caused storage levels of treated drinking water to 'fall significantly'.Also in today's podcast, residents in Snodland say anti-social teenagers are becoming a growing problem - with youngsters blocking pavements and damaging property.It's a particular issue on the High Street, where some people have been threatened and intimidated.We've been hearing from a refugee charity about what they think can be done to bring down the number of asylum seekers crossing the Channel to Kent.It's after figures from the Home Office revealed just under 20,000 made the journey in the first six months of this year, a 48% increase on the same period in 2024.One of the men who used to be in charge of finances at Kent County Council says he doesn't know what Reform's DOGE team expects to find.The department of government efficiency are out to cut "wasteful" spending after the party won the local election in May.Joely Richardson has visited a community allotment project in Margate to see how it's helping children's mental wellbeing and development.The actress is an ambassador for Save the Children which funds the project.We've been hearing from Craig David ahead of his sold out summer concert in Rochester.He'll be performing in the castle grounds on July 6th.And in sport, Kent's Zak Crawley's due to open the batting for England in the second Test against India.He hit 65 in the second innings of the first game.

Dreamland says it is supporting the emergency services in their enquiries after the death of a 21-year-old man at a drum ‘n' bass festival.You can hear from a KentOnline reporter who was at the event in Margate – which was shut down hours earlier than planned following the tragic incident. Also in today's podcast, a grieving family in Herne Bay believe a 73-year-old father was “put in an early grave” after being attacked by teenagers who left him lying helpless in the rain.He was walking home to his flat when he was targeted by thugs near the seafront last December. We've spoken to fire bosses after number of blazes broke out over the weekend in the hot weather. Call outs included to a top-rated fish and chip shop which was forced to close after suffering from a fire in the early hours of Sunday morning.There are concerns a strong, “toxic” smell coming from a new roundabout could be harmful to people's health Work finished on the roundabout near Maidstone last November – we've heard from a motorist who thinks he knows the source of the “chemical” smell. And the date has been revealed for when new overnight parking charges and a ban on caravans at a scenic seafront dubbed a “squatter camp” will come into effect.The measures come after Sheppey residents raised their concerns people were living there more than a year ago. 

Con la primera luz del 21 de junio de 2025—el solsticio de verano—comienza el día más largo del año.En las tranquilas orillas de Joss Bay, entre Margate y Broadstairs en la costa este de Inglaterra, las olas suaves van y vienen, acariciando la arena con un ritmo constante.La marea susurra. La arena responde. Y el mundo parece quedar suspendido en luz y quietud.Este paisaje sonoro costero y apacible captura la delicada interacción entre el agua y la orilla al amanecer—ideal para descansar, reflexionar o marcar este tranquilo punto de inflexión del año.

We meet Ann Carrington at her studio in Margate! The use of discarded, found and multiples of objects is a fundamental element of Ann's sculptures and wider practice. All objects are saturated with cultural meaning which, as an artist, she seeks to explore, unravel and investigate. Mundane objects such as knives and forks, barbed wire, pins and paintbrushes come with their own readymade histories and associations which can be unravelled and analysed if rearranged, distorted or realigned to give them new meaning as sculpture.Follow: @anncarringtonartVisit: https://anncarrington.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the second part of a special episode of Over The Top Under The Radar. It's a conversation between Gary and director Steve McQueen. This audio was recorded live at an Intelligence Squared event at Union Chapel in April. Gary and Steve discuss his films, his approach to art and Resistance - the curated exhibition of photographs that debuted at Turner Contemporary in Margate.We are honoured to be able to bring the conversation to our platform, as a thank you for your support of Over The Top Under The Radar. If you enjoy the pod and find value in what we do, please consider donating. The packages start at just £5 plus VAT a month, and if you already donate, please consider upgrading your membership.  Visit Over The Top Under The Radar on Patreon and put your money where your ears are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A yoga instructor has been left “heartbroken” by a council's decision to charge her £1,000 to use the beach for classes.She has been hosting early morning sessions on the sand at West Bay in Westgate-on-Sea at a cost of £5 a person but says the new charges will cripple her business. Also in today's podcast, two special independent schools in the county are closing at short notice in a move it's feared will leave “a lot” of families in the lurch and potentially without places.A letter was sent to parents from the chair of school governors explaining how the forecast for the number of pupils attending in September “has fallen such that the school is not financially viable”.A damning report says a Kent prison has become "more unstable" with drugs being smuggled in via drones as one of the major problems.It follows inspections of HMP Elmley in February and March this year. Controversial plans for a new McDonald's drive-thru have been approved for a second time - but campaigners say they will continue fighting the scheme.Bosses in Dover first gave the green light for the fast food-chain to open a restaurant in December – but concerns were raised and it was sent back for review. And a school leavers' celebration turned into an emotional tribute as pupils gave a heartfelt standing ovation for a classmate left severely brain-damaged after a tragic accident.15-year-old Jack Dolan was unable to attend the farewell event, but classmates and staff made sure he wasn't forgotten.

Earl and his team answer various caller questions and responds to incoming text messages. Earl's female mystery shopper, Agent Lightning travels to south Florida to visits a local CDJR dealer to see if they will honor their online price for a new 2025 RAM 1500 Crew Cab pickup advertised on their website.Earl Stewart is the owner of Earl Stewart Toyota in North Palm Beach, Florida, one of the largest Toyota dealerships in the southeastern U.S. He is also a consumer advocate who shares his knowledge spanning 50+ years about the car industry through a weekly newspaper column and radio show. Each week Earl provides his audience with valuable tips that prevent them from "getting ripped off by a car dealer".Earl has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, Business Week, and other major publications. He has also made numerous appearances on CNN, Fox News, CBS, and other news networks. He is frequently called upon by local and national media to comment on major trends and newsworthy events occurring in today's rapidly changing auto industry. You can learn more by going to Earl's videos on www.youtube.com/earloncars, subscribing to his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/earloncars, and reading his blog posts at www.earloncars.com.To purchase Earl's book, “Confessions of a Recovering Car Dealer”, go to www.earlsbook.com. This will forward to Earl's Amazon page to complete your purchase. All proceeds from the book go to Big Dog Ranch Rescue. For more information or to adopt the dog you have seen today or any of their other dogs, please visit their website at www.bdrr.org.“Disclosure: Earl Stewart is a Toyota dealer and directly and indirectly competes with the subjects of the Mystery Shopping Reports. He honestly and accurately reports the experiences of the shoppers and does not influence their findings. As a matter of fact, based on the results of the many Mystery Shopping Reports he has conducted, there are more dealers on the Recommended Dealer List than on the Not Recommended List he maintains on www.GoodDealerBadDealerList.com”

Tributes are being paid to a Kent couple who are thought to have been on board a plane that crashed in India.Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek ran a wellness company in Ramsgate.The aircraft was heading for Gatwick when it came down near Ahmedabad airport.Also in today's podcast, the family of a teacher from Sheppey who was found dead in a creek have said her death with entirely preventable.The body of mum-of-three Karen Gill was discovered on South Street in Queenborough last December.Staff at a secondary school in Deal have started strike action over proposed job cuts.Five members of support staff at Goodwin Academy are set to go as their Trust say they're facing "challenging financial conditions". Hear from those who have been on the picket line.A TV star is backing calls to save Ashford's Park Mall shopping centre from being demolished.Council bosses want to create a car park on the site, before eventually turning it into flats, but Strike's Tom Burke has told us it's not the right decision.A Kent dad has praised the staff at a hospital in Kent for saving his baby son's life.Leo wasn't breathing when he was born at the QEQM in Margate in May last year. Jack Davey has been telling us how staff rushed into action, and what he's doing this weekend to pay back.And in sport, Kent have lost to Surrey in the T20 Blast.The result came down to the final ball in last night's match at The Oval - with the home side beating the Spitfires' score of 171.

A Sauna Talk from the British Sauna Summit, Tuesday, 20 May 2025 Hilton London Canary Wharf. Last year, Sauna Summit 2024 and 1.0, about 120 of us gathered rooftop at in Hackney. The spirit was both well organized like a conference, and yet intimate like a family gathering. This year, as attendance swelled to well north of 300, the Hilton Hotel ballroom provided a backdrop and familiarity of a “proper” (to use the British word) organized meeting. This is the evolution of sauna. What started as a somewhat jest and jovial organisation, like the growth of many things sauna, the British Sauna Society has ballooned into a structured membership of several hundred, representing the “saunapreneurs” of public saunas that dot the map of the UK's shoreline, streams, and urban communities. Yours truly was given the honour of announcing the winners of the second annual Sauna Summit Awards, which showcases outstanding saunas (Best Urban, Best Community, Best New, etc.). All of the contest participants are winners. And though there's surely pride and competition behind the curtain, yet what is displayed in the UK sauna scene is more collaboration and support. The Brits seem to recognize that the rising sauna tide lifts all public sauna boats. London Calling I am reminded of my time living in London. It was decades ago, and I had the dream job of music listings editor at Time Out magazine, where i'd have one on one relationship with the music venues (Dingwalls, Brixton Academy, etc.) and what stood out was the pricing structure of concert tickets. General admission at the top, then the list of discounted tickets (senior, student, unemployed, single parent, counsel estate resident, library card holder, etc.). It's ingrained in British culture to proudly support those underserved. And sauna culture today shares that “community support” ethos. America may face headwinds in this regard, being more capitalistic centric, yet Britain waves the flag of “serving their community” as evidence by the hundreds of saunas dotting their shoreline and beyond. Anyhow, in this episode we get to hear one on one conversations with folks from Harvia, Jake Newport from Finnmark, kindred spirit author Lassi Liikkanen, key Summit organizer Mark Lamb, his wife and author Emma O'kelly, Sauna from Finland Carita, Rob De Bank, and other folks “behind the scenes” and “between the action.” Notes from presentations at the British Sauna Summit: Carita 1. Take as long as you like in sauna. Listen to your body. 2. Nudity is common in private saunas. Often ladies and men's sides. 3. Most Finn's prefer 70-80c and we make löyly. 4. Sauna is a safe and relaxing activity for all ages. Sauna at the lake helps make family memories. 5. Everyone sweats differently. More sweat doesn't mean better 6. Sauna stones wear out. Replace them regularly. She changes stones twice a year. 6. Clean the sauna – deep clean under the benches. Dry the sauna after every use. 8. Whisking is gentle and relaxing. Good for your skin and circulation. Every sauna has its own soul. Löyly is the main thing. Dr emelia Vuitisalmi “Sauna is the one single place where we truly feel safe and we can relax.” Finns don't count minutes or measure temperature. Sauna stimulates three hormones 1. Dopamine. Direction Motivation and reward.  Walk your true path. Sauna is the place to answer these questions 2. Serotonin. Safety Sauna is the place where we feel safe. 3. Oxytocin. Connection. Sauna is an amazing place to connect with ourself. What is behind our own thoughts. Deep healing power of sauna takes us to a state of love. Sweat. Let go. Belong. The deep power of sauna. — Rob Da Bank Slo Mo Drew parallels of organizing festivals to the sauna space in UK. Dom Bridges Running his sauna for 12 years on the beach in Margate. Free. Significant part of the town. More like a skatepark, its own ecosystem. No one owns it, a spirit of togetherness. Sara Higgins Seaside Sauna Haus Dorset. “It's about connection with yourself, and it's also about connection with who you share the bench with. “ “Focus on your thing and shout about others. “ Wild Scottish Sauna Jayne McGie & Jamie Craig-Gentles Met each other in the water. Started as a swim group. “We go into the sea to release. “ They run 5 saunas and are very active in their community. 1,000 people. 5 pounds each. Brought communities together. Staffing is also part of the community. 18 sauna hosts. Work for one day a week. Extra money for them as a second job. Zack Avery &Soul Community. The heart of the project is to give people a space to belong. Share spaces together. West London  Dundbar theory. Societies thrive in communities of about 100-150 people. Egalitarian space. Not wearing their title. Shared humanity in sauna.  Heart of the community space. The sauna is the center of the community space. Need for nurturing spaces. A thirst for better ways of being in the city. Dr Martha : an expert in ritual and belonging. Move our way from the normal to the secret. Physically taken away from the normal… liminality. Neither here nor there. Sauna creates an intense lininal space. Research with extreme groups. Extreme experience bond us together. Expert in ritual and belonging. —- The holy trinity : fire, ice, and löyly Lasse spoke about the three methods of heat transfer plus condensation (moisture forming on the body). If you follow the “Instagram sauna” and replicate it, you may run into problems that you cannot even power up the heater.” Daryl Bosomworth Brass Monkey Spoke about ice. And the cold. The important factors of why and how to bring cold as a best practice for saunas. Cold : “you are micro dosing with a potent stressor. “ Alex Lembke, Finnish Sauna Master of the year. Aufguss means pouring hot water on a tea bag. Technical aspects of löyly. Self Nature – spirit protecting the human. Löyly – your life force. The functions of your body. Your life form.  Life force of every being. “If a sauna has no löyly , it doesn't live. It doesn't breathe. “ You should experience good löyly. Odorless. Long lasting. Pour löyly. Lasts a long time. “Everyone deserves good löyly. “ —- Nick Cassenbaum: Jewish schmeisting culture. Bubble Schmeises. Rosanna Cooney At one time, there's were 75 Turkish style baths in Ireland. The remembering happened when the nature connection came back Mikkel.  The three Pilar's Social Physical Spiritual – sense of connection with something larger than ourselves. —- Cosmin Cîrîc.  Therme Bucuresti Erin Lee. Koru Wellness Ltd. Aufguss is a sensory experience. You can bring in natural elements close to your sauna. Plants. Sand and oils. Basic elements. Show aufguss can present the story. They can put their soul on the table. It's a beautiful art. Emma O'Kelly. Started with 80 saunas for the book. Then within the year,  Feb 2025 – 189 saunas in the book.

A late-night fire tears through Room 66 at a hotel in Margate. One guest runs for help, another is pulled from the smoke, but it's already too late. As investigators begin to piece together what happened that night, a different kind of story starts to emerge.Laura and Iain dive into a case that rocked 1920s Britain, where the truth may have been lost in the flames.Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode. Got a case or story for us? Email lauraandiain@bbc.co.uk.

Crash investigators want to hear from anyone who saw a lorry that overturned on a slip-road on the M20 causing seriously delays.It happened on the coastbound exit at junction 9 yesterday afternoon closing the motorway for more than 12 hours.Also in today's podcast, a Kent landlord accused of assaulting and threatening a council worker has had his trial delayed for the 13th time.Fergus Wilson is alleged to have got in a confrontation with the employee in Maidstone four years ago but his hearing has suffered a series of set backs.The man sent in by Reform UK to head up the so-called DOGE team, examining expenses at Kent County Council, has announced he's stepping down.Nathaniel Fried will leave the role after Reform Chairman Zia Yusuf also said he was resigning.Senior bosses at two water companies that supply homes in Kent have been told they won't be paid bonuses.It'll impact Thames and Southern Water under new rules for firms that failed to meet environmental or consumer standards.People living in a Margate tower block say their service charge has gone up, but the building is being left to rot.Arlington House is an 18 storey property containing more than 140 flats next to Dreamland on the seafront. Hear from our local democracy reporter Dan Esson.New research from the NSPCC shows the majority of parents here in the South East believe they had a safer, easier and better childhood than their children.More than half said they wished they had the chance to play with their children more, but said they came up against barrier like cost of living.Kent's biggest Pride event happens this weekend - but it's going to be in a different venue.The Dane John Gardens in Canterbury can't be used because work's taking place to give them a facelift. We've been chatting to one of the organisers.And in sport, Maidstone's Alessia Russo has been named in the England squad for this summer's Euros.The Lionesses will be trying to defend their title in Switzerland.

Welcome to a special two-part episode of Over The Top Under The Radar. It's a conversation between Gary and director Steve McQueen. This audio was recorded live at an Intelligence Squared event at Union Chapel in April. Gary and Steve discuss his films, his approach to art and Resistance - the curated exhibition of photographs that debuted at Turner Contemporary in Margate.We are honoured to be able to bring the conversation to our platform, as a thank you for your support of Over The Top Under The Radar.  If you enjoy the pod and find value in what we do, please consider donating. The packages start at just £5 plus VAT a month, and if you already donate, please consider upgrading your membership.  Visit Over The Top Under The Radar on Patreon and put your money where your ears are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new no-fly zone has been put in place over a famous shipwreck off the Kent coast.Pilots are banned from going over the remains of the SS Richard Montgomery which sunk off Sheerness during the second world war. Hear from reporter Joe Crossley who has been following the story.Also in today's podcast, a petition has been launched calling for the Gravesend to Tilbury ferry service to be reinstated.It's not run for more than 12 months, after local authorities in Essex and Kent pulled their funding.It's been revealed people affected by a fire at a block of flats in Dover could be out of their homes for many more months.Conqueror House, in Crabble Hill, caught alight over Easter when a blaze started in the bin storage. We've been chatting to councillor James Defriend and have an update from Town and Country Housing who own the property.Meantime, a Margate woman has described the horror of watching a fire rip through her home.Jane Moore's house in Norfolk Road in Cliftonville was severely damaged in April.A Kent woman has received an apology from British Gas after receiving a bill for almost £30,000 for just one day's use.Janine Duffel from South Darenth had previously been paying around £53 per month. She's told us about the moment the bill turned up.And, Kent's Big Cat Sanctuary has celebrated 25 years of conservation.Part of the celebrations included the reveal of a statue of the sanctuary's founder Peter Sampson and a rescued tiger cub.

A man who harassed his neighbours for almost three years after wrongly accusing them of vandalising his car has appeared in court. He claimed he had video footage of  the couple committing the criminal offence, but when police investigated they identified a different suspect. Also in today's podcast, a court has heard a mother and her two children were left terrified when a burglar armed with a large knife kicked down the door to their home.A 29-year-old was later arrested when he was picked out of a police line-up – he's been sent to prison. Residents on a new-build estate who have been stuck with a “nightmare” internet provider are still worried after the housing developer announced the sale of its broadband service.The area has its own broadband network that previously only provider could access – but it's hoped a £100 million new deal will make the market more competitive. The owner of a struggling burger van wants to reassure customers he has cleaned up his act – after receiving a damning food hygiene rating.The Smash Burger in Folkestone received a zero-star score following an inspection in March.And in football, you can hear from the Gillingham manager who says he's looking to cut down the squad ahead of next season. It comes after the signing of Bristol City striker Seb Palmer-Houlden on a three year deal. 

Twelve families have been forced to leave their homes after a fire at a block of flats in Gravesend.It broke out in Nursery Grove yesterday afternoon and crews remained at the scene until this morning. Hear from our reporter Alex Langridge who has been there.Also in today's podcast,  there's been a significant increase in the number of emergency food parcels being given out here in the south east.The Trussell Trust says more than 310,000 were distributed in the past year - that's up 56% compared to five years ago. We've been chatting to the charity.You can also hear from the chairman of a foodbank charity in Canterbury on what the situation has been like for them.Dozens of Little Ships that rescued troops from French beaches during world war two are heading from Kent to Dunkirk today.They are recreating the journey made in 1940 to mark the 85th anniversary of Operation Dynamo. We've been speaking to Phil Christodolou who own Quisisana which was involved.A Kent mum has been telling us how she is fulfilling a dream of running her own business after more than a decade of working in care.Jo-Eleanor Matthews has refurbished the former Blind Company building on London Road in Teynham, turning it into a cafe. She's been speaking to reporter Joe Crossley.Margate's Turner Contemporary gallery has launched creative sessions to promote play and creativity in young children.They've teamed up with Save the Children to create the Tiny Turnips workshops for zero-to-24-month-olds.In sport, Maidstone United have released seven players following their National League South play-off final defeat.Vice-captain Jordan Higgs and long-serving defender Raphe Brown are among those leaving the club.

A former cage fighter from Folkestone has been locked away indefinitely after he attacked a stranger in the street.Kiane Trotman, 38, from Foord Road South, was experiencing paranoid schizophrenia when he punched and kicked his victim near the Canterbury Road Recreation Ground in 2023.Also in today's podcast, the new Reform UK leader of Kent County Council has appeared to backtrack on the party's plans to stop staff working from home.Party leader Nigel Farage said he wanted to get people back in the office, after their success in the recent local elections. Hear what Linden Kemkaran has now had to say.Our campaign calling for reforms to who's eligible for a Blue Badge has been raised in the Commons by one of Medway's MPs.We want the system changed after hearing from cancer patients who've been denied one.The route for this year's Baton of Hope relay through Kent and Medway has been revealed,The Olympic-torch style baton will be passed to volunteers as it makes its way through Gillingham, Rochester, Maidstone, Canterbury and Margate.It's to raise awareness of suicide prevention by encouraging everyone to talk openly about mental health struggles. We've been speaking to one of the baton bearers.There are fears a hike in parking charges in Sandwich and Deal could impact the number of people visiting the towns.The council say the decision's been made following a comprehensive review - looking at supply and demand and planning for the future. Our reporter Sam Lennon has been to Sandwich to get reaction.In sport, Maidstone United have missed out on a chance of promotion to the National League.They were beaten 1-0 away at Boreham Wood in yesterday's play-off final.Elsewhere, Whitstable Town's players have been on an open top bus parade through the town to celebrate their historic FA Vase win.They were joined by staff and all important trophy as they travelled through the streets on Saturday.

A Sheppey restaurant could lose its licence after an investigation by immigration officers found two workers being given food and accommodation rather than wages.Local democracy reporter Dan Esson has been covering this story about Mems Mezza in Halfway.Also in today's podcast, a report's found improvements in maternity services at East Kent Hospitals.Inspectors visited the QEQM in Margate and Ashford's William Harvey.We've been hearing from the boss of a tech company, who says their surveillance equipment could help wipe out fly-tipping in Kent.WasteWatch technology, which uses AI, has been in place in Dartford hotspots since 2021.A Faversham woman is urging people not to block footpaths with bins, after her mobility scooter tipped over into the road.Denise Aaron suffered a broken leg in the fall in Orchard Place after being forced to reverse to manoeuvre around wheelie bins. She's been speaking to reporter Brad Harper.Mental health campaigners are starting an 80-mile walk in Kent.Members of the Proper Blokes Club are travelling from Deal Pier to Eastbourne as part of efforts to get more men active and talking to each other.And, a former special forces soldier from Kent is among a group aiming to be the fastest ever to climb Mount Everest.A typical expedition takes around two months - but the Mission: Everest team will attempt to be there and back in just seven days.

The KentOnline Podcast has spoken to two former workers who say they quit the ambulance service after being unable to cope in such a “toxic” environment.South East Coast Ambulance Trust, which operates across Kent, says it does not tolerate inappropriate behaviour but their leadership has been accused of being critical, strict and overbearing. Also in today's podcast, to mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, a Kent mum who has lost three friends is sharing their stories in the hopes of encouraging men to seek support and talk to one another.She's campaigning for more awareness particularly for young boys in school. Protestors have been spotted at multiple Kent landmarks over the weekend as part of a nationwide stunt.Campaigners were seen in Dover, Aylesford, Folkestone, Margate and Broadstairs as the fight for more paternity leave for UK fathers, which has been described as the worst in Europe, heats up.Plans for 400 homes on a former landfill have been submitted despite villagers claiming their home is now “as busy as central London”. The waste site has been left empty since the mid 1990s.And in sport it's been a huge weekend for Whitstable Town FC who have won the FA Vase for the first time in their history. We've got reaction from the player/manager as well as from one of the goal scorers. 

It's been a fallow period for Mr Elis James. The one time leading light of Cymru Connecting has faltered. Boy wonder no more. With 5 failures in his past 6 outings, everyone is asking "has his star fallen?" Will he become like Adel Taraabt, a mere “the streets won't forget” connector of unfulfilled promise?Today he tries to arrest the descent and rectify his mid-season slump.There's a lot else flying around the show today as well. The ruthless competition of the Stockport kids entertainer is examined, Elis watches pigs have an awful lot of sex at a farm, and John wants to head the podcast's efficiency department. Back later in the week when John has actually been to Margate.Go check out the old bonus Bureau de Change of the Mind episodes on BBC Sounds whilst you're here as well.For all your correspondence it's elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or 07974 293 022 on WhatsApp for those of you who prefer app-based communication.

Three men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds after a dispute in Margate which sparked a massive emergency response.Forensic investigators and detectives were called to the High Street yesterday evening after reports of the violence erupting.Also in today's podcast, an inquest has opened into the death of a woman who went missing from a mental health hospital and was found dead on a town centre bench later that same day. She'd been an inpatient at Littlebrook Hospital in Dartford but disappeared after being let out into the grounds to have a cigarette – she was found unresponsive in Ashford. People living near Dover have reported hearing “explosions and bangs” after a fire broke out at a recycling yard. It's just one of a number of call outs Kent Fire and Rescue have had over the last few days as the weather heats up – we'll bring you all the details. More than a hundred businesses are being asked to sign up as “safe havens” to help women and girls feel safer when walking through town at night.You can hear from women's safety organisation #TogetherAsAllies and Tunbridge Wells MP Mike Martin who have teamed up to launch the new project.And a cafe boss has hit out at his museum landlords after much-needed picnic benches were “impounded” in a row over land. The manager of the Spitfire Cafe in Manston made the claims against the Spitfire & Hurricane Museum who argue they only acted after negotiations for additional rent broke down. 

A seafront bar has closed after its licence was suspended for failing to hand over crucial CCTV footage to police.The lease for the unit in Margate has now gone on the market after the owner failed to give police information about a nearby chemical attack. Also in today's podcast, a devastated dog owner is demanding answers after his much-loved pet died while receiving care from a leading animal charity.The PDSA has launched an investigation into what happened to eight-year-old Diesel amid claims from Lee Taylor that a drugs mix-up occurred.Hundreds of protesters gathered in a Kent town over the weekend for anti-immigration demonstrations.More than 900 people had confirmed their attendance on Facebook for an event titled: ‘Stop the boats now! 10,000+ bikers and friends illegal migrant protest ride to Dover' – you can hear from some of the demonstrators. Frustrated neighbours say gas works outside their homes have made the area “messy, dangerous and noisy” as a five-week road closure begins.Bin collections have also been delayed and driveways blocked due to the network upgrades in Ashford.And in football, Gillingham finished Saturday's game with nine men but Gareth Ainsworth admitted he liked the fighting spirit within his side.You can hear from the manager, as well as fullback Remeao Hutton after the Gills kept their unbeaten streak alive. 

Best known for his figurative paintings and pastels, which evoke a luminous, dreamlike reality, TM Davy conjures intimate worlds where figures glow with an almost metaphysical presence, transcending the purely visual. Light and form take on an ethereal quality, reflecting emotions, memories, and the quiet subtleties of human experience. Every brushstroke, every shift of light, seems imbued with a deeper resonance — suggesting that the figures portrayed are not mere representations but vessels of something otherworldly, carrying with them the weight of untold stories and silent truths.Blending careful realism with archetypal symbolism, Davy's work explores love as a sphere of magic and protection — a space where human connection is not just physical, but transcendent; where bonds are forged in realms of the spiritual and the unseen. His figures often seem suspended in a state of grace, bathed in light that is both gentle and intense, creating an atmosphere of reverence and awe. His work suggests that love, in its purest form, is both a force of transformation and a quiet shield — invisible, radiant, and profound.Grounded in the belief that all of art history informs the present, Davy's technique is marked by a virtuosic layering of colour and a masterful use of light and shadow. His attention to texture and hue draws deeply from classical tradition, while his handling of paint — confident, gestural, at times joyously loose — is unmistakably contemporary. With a lineage that stretches from Reynolds to Turner, Davy takes us to a threshold where intimacy, mystery, and the inner self converge. He stands at the intersection of classical technique and modern sensibility, drawing on the rich tradition of portraiture to create images that feel at once ancient and immediate. Through his luminous compositions, he invites us to pause and reflect — to step into a space where the boundaries between the real and the imagined dissolve, and where the soul's journey is lit by love, presence, and the quiet mysteries of being.Over the past few months, Davy has been living and working in Margate, creating an exhibition deeply attuned to its elemental surroundings. Rooted in the present moment, yet echoing timeless myth, the works are shaped by the sea, the chalk cliffs, and the ancient caves that punctuate the coast. These landscapes are not just scenery but portals, inhabited by archetypal beings — Satyrs, Mermaids, White Horses — who rise from seafoam and shadow, conjured from deep cultural memory as much as from the terrain itself. The show is at once an homage to place and a meditation on the mythic — a bridge between the ancient and the now.Davy has the rare ability to render his subjects and scenes with an acute physical presence — they feel almost touchable, real — all the while keeping us fully aware that these are just paintings. He revels in paint's materiality, with areas of sumptuous brushwork, loose rhythms, and a heightened palette that amplifies the intensity and luminosity of the image. His approach knowingly risks oversentimentality in the pursuit of a higher realm of expression: an emotional frequency that calls us to remain in the present, to feel fully, and to glimpse — even momentarily — the shared magic of human connection.Follow @TMDavy on Instagram.TM Davy's Tine Mara runs from 27th April until 22nd June 2025.Preview is Saturday 26th April 6-8pm, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK.Visit @CarlFreedmanGallery and https://carlfreedman.com/exhibition/tm-davy/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The parents of a young girl who broke her neck after falling from a zipline in Ashford say it's 'too dangerous' for children.Lois Crook had gone to Victoria Park in the town with her mum and older brother and fell head first after being thrown into the air.Also in today's podcast, religious leaders across Kent have been paying tribute to the Pope following his death at the age of 88.Francis passed away yesterday morning after having a stroke and heart failure. Hear from the Archdeacon of Canterbury, Will Adam.There are calls for more to be done to help people who have been fined for speeding on the A20 after the limit was changed.A temporary 40-mile-per hour limit was in put place in October 2023, but many drivers say there weren't enough signs. Hear from Coleen Blackburn who is part of the A20 Justice Alliance.Hundreds of schools across England, including 11 in Kent and Medway, are launching free breakfast clubs this week.It's part of efforts to make sure no child goes hungry - and to help parents save money on childcare costs.We've been speaking to the headteacher of Chilmington Green Primary in Ashford which is among those taking part in the trial.Football legend Tony Adams has been visiting Margate to see the work being done to help recovering addicts.The former England captain struggled with an alcohol problem during his career and is now chair of The Forward Trust charity.And in sport, Gillingham have now gone 10 games unbeaten after a 1-0 victory over AFC Wimbledon.Joe Gbode scored the winning goal in the second half at Priestfield yesterday.

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Meg Malloy/Working Arts Club (@WorkingArtsClub) Founded by Meg Molloy in 2024, the Working Arts Club is a London-based independent network dedicated to professionals in the arts from working-class backgrounds. Originally from Margate, Molloy founded the club to confront the isolation and structural barriers often experienced by those from lower-income communities within the arts industry.The club fosters a strong sense of community through networking events, workshops, and panel discussions featuring influential working-class voices in the creative sector.Since its inception, it has grown rapidly, with nearly 1,000 members—approximately 75% of whom identify as women. More than just a professional resource, the Working Arts Club provides a space for solidarity and honest conversation about class-based challenges in the arts.Looking ahead from its first anniversary, Molloy hopes to broaden the club's reach into schools and universities, encouraging young people from similar backgrounds to pursue and thrive in creative careers. For more information on the work of Working Arts Club contact workingartsclub@gmail.com To Support this podcast from as little as £3 per month: www.patreon/ministryofarts For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www.ministryofarts.co.ukEmail: ministryofartsorg@gmail.comSocial Media: @ministryofartsorg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A topless teenager who wielded a knife during a fight along a packed Kent seafront where hundreds of people were gathered has been in court. The brawl erupted between a large group of youths - some carrying weapons - opposite Margate's main sands last summer.Also in today's podcast, you can hear from Kent Police following an announcement named bobbies are returning to town centres across the county in a major shakeup in policing. It's part of an effort to tackle anti-social behaviour and dash perceptions the police have “abandoned” communities. An inquest has heard a kickboxer who trained at a Kent gym died from an overdose of multiple drugs in a Thai hotel room. His body was found last October, next to another man who was rushed to hospital and survived the ordeal. Plans put forward by a young business owner to revitalise part of a high street that “doesn't really offer anything” have been refused amid privacy concerns.The 22-year-old had hoped to build a two-storey development on land next to her hairdressers in New Romney.And in football, Gillingham boss Gareth Ainsworth is treating the final few games as a “free hit” for him as he looks to see which players he wants to keep with him next season.You can hear from the manager as they prepare for their match against MK Dons this weekend. 

Controversial plans for a 2,500-home estate near Sittingbourne are back on the agenda more than six years after they were first suggested.Developers want to put properties on farmland off the Sheppey way in Bobbing and say they've addressed concerns over open space, sports provisions and road links.Also in today's episode, an inquest into the death of a young girl at a music festival in Margate has heard more than 80 people were found with drugs at the event.17-year-old Emily Stokes suffered a cardiac arrest after taking MDMA at the drum and bass festival at Dreamland in June last year.A Kent MP is urging the government to do more to clear the backlog of crown court cases in Kent.Tris Osborne's told a debate in Westminster Hall more than 2,300 are waiting to be heard in Maidstone, with almost 900 due to be heard in Canterbury.A protester's been thrown out of a meeting as plans were discussed for new homes near Canterbury.Developers wanted to put 17 properties on land in Wingham, but it got heated during talk about a pedestrian crossing on Preston Hill near the busy A257 - the main road through the village.And in sport, it was another draw for Gillingham in league two last night as it finished 1-1 at Chesterfield.Elliott Nevitt scored for the Gills before the home side equalised on 77 minutes.

This episode is the first of a series on the history of the Cinque Ports in which we bring you a mixture of fascinating history alongside a glimpse into contemporary life in these vibrant and ancient maritime towns. In the eleventh century during the reign of Edward the Confessor, five ports in the south-east of England joined together into a confederation for mutual protection and trade privileges. Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich were the original five ports; they were subsequently joined by Lydd, Faversham, Folkestone, Deal, Tenterden, Margate and Ramsgate which became known as ‘Limbs' of the Cinque Ports; and then Rye and Winchelsea, designated as ‘Ancient Towns'. Not only did they help each other but they also helped the Crown: in return for providing men for the King's ships they received significant municipal benefits. The nominal head of the Cinque Ports was given the title of ‘Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports' and became one of the most influential people in the Kingdom. Over time the position has retained is significance and honour and has often been held by members of the Royal Family and Prime Ministers.To find out more Dr Sam Willis explores the deep history of the Cinque Ports with archaeologist and historian Dr Andrew Richardson and also speaks with Sue Jones, former Mayor of Dover and twice Speaker of the Cinque Ports. We also bring you along for a very special day at the Royal Military School in Dover to witness the installation of the new Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Admiral Sir George Zambellas. In subsequent episodes we will explore some of the individual towns to get a sense of their intriguing past and dynamic present. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Psychedelic Conversations Podcast!Episode 153:In this episode of Psychedelic Conversations, we explore Oli's journey into the psychedelic space, from his early influences in music and culture to his work in education and advocacy. Oli shares his insights on the evolving landscape of psychedelics, the creative and therapeutic potentials of LSD, and the importance of quality control in the booming functional mushroom industry. We also discuss the role of psychedelics in shaping consciousness, the differences between recreational, therapeutic, and ritualistic use, and how the UK compares to other countries in its approach to these substances. If you've ever wondered about the deeper connection between psychedelics, creativity, and personal growth, this episode is for you!About Oli:Oli Genn-Bash is Founder of The Fungi Consultant and Co-founder/former President of the University of Kent Canterbury Psychedelics Society. For the past 15 years he has been involved in advocating the use of psychedelic plants, fungi, and cannabis through engaging with grass-roots community organisations, whilst collaborating with notable figures in the psychedelic field to organise talks in places such as London, Margate, and Brighton. Throughout this time Oli has spoken on a variety of topics, spanning from psychedelics and philosophy to topics such as the endocannabinoid system, functional mushrooms, and a particular focus on the transformative role of psychedelics in providing joyful experiences. His creative focus as a musician has also been significantly influenced by experiences with psychedelics.Connect with Oli:Website: https://thefungiconsultant.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_fungi_consultant/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oli-genn-bash-817a65a1/Thank you so much for joining us! Psychedelic Conversations Podcast is designed to educate, inform, and expand awareness.For more information, please head over to https://www.psychedelicconversations.comPlease share with your friends or leave a review so that we can reach more people and feel free to join us in our private Facebook group to keep the conversation going. https://www.facebook.com/groups/psychedelicconversationsThis show is for information purposes only, and is not intended to provide mental health or medical advice.About Susan Guner:Susan Guner is a holistic psychotherapist with a mindfulness-based approach grounded in Transpersonal Psychology, focusing on trauma-informed, community-centric processes that offer a broader understanding of human potential and well-being.Connect with Susan:Website: https://www.psychedelicconversations.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/susan.gunerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-guner/Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/susangunerTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/susangunerBlog: https://susanguner.medium.com/Podcast: https://anchor.fm/susan-guner#PsychedelicConversations #SusanGuner #OliGennBash

Roll-up! Roll-up! The Banksy circus is coming to town... What happens when Banksy does one of his naughty drawings on the wall of your house? For Season 2 of The Banksy Story, super-fan James Peak investigates (even though he isn't an art critic, or a journalist). In this episode, James visits Sam in Margate and Gert in Lowestoft. They have both been visited by Britain's favourite quality vandal. Banksy left freshly painted artworks on their properties overnight, like some kind of spray-can Santa Claus. But does this make the homeowners the lottery winners you might expect? Written, Produced & Presented by James Peak Voices: Keith Wickham & Harriet Carmichael Production Support: George Crowe Music: Alcatraz Swim Team & Lilium Street Art Consultancy and Investigative Support: Steph Warren Series Mixing: Neil Churchill Executive Producer: Philip Abrams Commissioner: Dan Clarke With special thanks to Hadrian Briggs, Pete Chinn, Rob Shiret, Rosie Bauer, Tracy Williams, Andy Voss & Noel Lewis.An Essential Radio production for BBC Radio 4

Roll-up! Roll-up! The Banksy circus is coming to town... What happens when Banksy does one of his naughty drawings on the wall of your house? For Season 2 of The Banksy Story, super-fan James Peak investigates (even though he isn't an art critic, or a journalist). In this episode, Gert in Lowestoft must deal with crowds, chancers and the Council after Banksy left a painting of a massive seagull on her end-of-terrace. And in Margate, Sam and Julian must react quickly if they are to stop Valentine's Day Mascara being spirited away by light-fingered opportunists and the Council's refuse department.Written, Produced & Presented by James Peak Voices: Keith Wickham & Harriet Carmichael Production Support: George Crowe Music: Alcatraz Swim Team & Lilium Street Art Consultancy and Investigative Support: Steph Warren Series Mixing: Neil Churchill Executive Producer: Philip Abrams Commissioner: Dan Clarke With special thanks to Hadrian Briggs, Pete Chinn, Rob Shiret, Rosie Bauer, Tracy Williams, Andy Voss & Noel LewisAn Essential Radio production for BBC Radio 4

Roll-up! Roll-up! The Banksy circus is coming to town... What happens when Banksy does one of his naughty drawings on the wall of your house? For Season 2 of The Banksy Story, super-fan James Peak investigates (even though he isn't an art critic, or a journalist). In this episode, Rod tries to drum up support for a Banksy auction, and in Margate a scheme is hatched to fractionalise Valentine's Day Mascara. What could possibly go wrong? Also, Steph and James' hunt for Banksy's missing frying-pan leads to Pete 'the Street' Brown, the artist Banksy commissioned to capture the aftermath.Written, Produced & Presented by James Peak Voices: Keith Wickham & Harriet Carmichael Production Support: George Crowe Music: Alcatraz Swim Team & Lilium Street Art Consultancy and Investigative Support: Steph Warren Series Mixing: Neil Churchill Executive Producer: Philip Abrams Commissioner: Dan Clarke With special thanks to Hadrian Briggs, Pete Chinn, Rob Shiret, Rosie Bauer, Tracy Williams, Andy Voss & Noel LewisAn Essential Radio production for BBC Radio 4

We've heard from a frustrated mum says she is being driven “mad” by fleas and mice in her council home just weeks after moving in.Lucy Day says her three-year-old daughter is so scared of the pests that the pair have been forced to live out of one room at the Margate flat.Also in today's podcast, an irate woman has appeared in court after she grabbed a wheel wrench from her car boot and attacked a woman - claiming she had parked too close to her vehicle.She'd nipped out to get some lunch for her children when she saw red during an altercation at an Aldi car park in Swanley. You can hear from a Kent MP who's criticised a decision for two neighbouring hospital trusts to share a chief executive.It was announced last month Jonathan Wade, who's chief executive of Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, would be taking over as the boss of Medway NHS Foundation Trust as well. The fate of plans for 1,000 homes on the edge of a town has been taken out of a council's hands because it took six years to make a decision.Ashford Borough Council  insists a bid for Court Lodge in Kingsnorth should be scrapped as developers have not given enough detail.And in sport, we'll hear from the Gillingham goalkeeper who has reached a milestone at the club. He's played his 100th game and is hoping to celebrate with a win against Salford this weekend. 

We meet BAFTA winning producer Susie Hall to discuss the work of late artist David Robilliard and the Documentary she made with Talk Art's very own Russell Tovey. Recorded live at TKE Studios, Margate, special thanks to Elissa Cray and all at the Tracey Emin Foundation.Artist David Robilliard changed Russell Tovey's life. It was Robilliard who inspired Tovey's love of art, his free attitude towards sex, as well as his own sexuality. He is one of the most important people in Tovey's life, despite the fact that they never met (sadly Robilliard died of AIDS before Tovey hit double digits). In this WePresent film Tovey embarks on a highly personal and intimate journey to discover who the artist truly was through the people Robilliard drank with, worked with, slept with and laughed with.Though Russell Tovey and David Robilliard never met, Robilliard has remained a totemic presence in Tovey's life, a source of strength, companionship and constant inspiration. In the emotional short documentary film “Life Is Excellent”, Tovey launches into a mission to track down and meet Robilliard's friends, lovers and colleagues in an attempt to deepen his understanding of who Robilliard was and what his true legacy has become. Some of these people have never spoken publicly about him before.Although Tovey thinks he knows a lot about Robilliard, the journey throws up revelations, challenging the vision Tovey has constructed of his hero. As is often the case when trying to understand people after they've gone, the question of “who was this person”, becomes not quite an answer but a testament to how beautiful, complex and contradictory each of us is.Robilliard, like so many working artists taken before their time, has remained shrouded in semi-obscurity since his death in 1988 from AIDS. Tovey is rightly concerned about the risk of him being forgotten forever. “It could've been me, if I'd been born ten years earlier. And I feel like I'm part of a lucky generation,” explains Tovey of the loss of artists to AIDS in the film. “I feel a responsibility to make sure people know who David Robilliard is because we should put people back into history that disappeared.”Now, through all these touching interviews, performance pieces of Robilliard's work by the likes of Bimini Bon Boulash, Harry Trevaldwyn and Self Esteem and displays of his artworks, WePresent is proud to help ensure that David Robilliard and his artistic vision is memorialized.Stream Life is Excellent documentary for free via WePresent https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/life-is-excellent-russell-tovey-david-robilliard and YouTube: https://youtu.be/U7_ic49H2ggFollow @SusieHall_23 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when Banksy's uses your wall as a canvas? James Peak investigates two pieces that appeared in Margate and Lowestoft, two years apart.

A son who murdered his alcoholic father with a knife in a fit of rage as a teenager after being belittled and goaded by him has spoken out for the first time.Luke Onyett was locked up in 2004 for fatally stabbing body-building champion Michael Onyett after an argument broke out between the “binge drinking” pair – he's told us about life on the outside. Also in today's podcast, a water company has admitted its network is in “poor condition” in a village where streams of raw sewage running down the streets are a regular occurrence.Southern Water has acknowledged the system cannot handle the hundreds of new homes which have already been given planning permission.A Chinese takeaway has been slapped with a one-star food hygiene rating after inspectors found mice droppings and gnawed food containers.Thanet District Council officials made a series of filthy discoveries when visiting the business in Margate.A dad has branded a town's “flagship” sporting venue, which hosts national and international events, a “disgrace” over the “dirty” state of the changing rooms.John Williams, a member of the council-run Medway Park, said he's been complaining about the run-down facilities for the past year.And it's sixty years to the day a chunk of Kent was officially lost to London. But do people living in Bexley and Bromley really consider themselves to part of the capital or the county? 

Episode 359: On a warm summer evening in June 1887, 17-year-old Mary Pickering Tuplin vanished from her family's farm in Margate, PEI. A search and a grim discovery followed that would rock the quiet farming community to its core. Mary's body was found in the Southwest River, weighed down by a heavy stone, with two gunshot wounds to her head. The subsequent investigation would uncover a web of secrets, including the fact that Mary was six months pregnant. Circumstantial evidence led to 19-year-old William Millman's arrest, allegedly Mary's lover. The shocking facts of the crime and its investigation led to a sensational trial that captivated the entire country. Millman was convicted and sent to the gallows in April 1888. Was justice indeed served, or, as some speculate, was an innocent man sent to the gallows? Sources: History Of The Blackhorse Corner Tavern Kensington Locomotive | PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation The history of Margate, Prince Edward Island Apr 11, 1888, page 2 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.com Verbatim report of the Millman-Tuplin Murder Trial | Canadiana.ca Mary Tuplin - Search - Newspapers.com™ 'They hung the wrong boy': New questions in 1887 murder of pregnant P.E.I. girl Ceremony reunites head with murdered owner 129 years later 'We finally got it right': 1887 murder victim's skull re-united with rest of remains | CBC News Mary Pickering Tuplin, 1887 murder victim, properly laid to rest Skull of murdered P.E.I. teen finally reunited with her body after 129 years English Folk Dance and Song Society: The National Organisation for the Development of the Folk Arts Mary Pickering Tuplin Millman and Tuplin Song, The 9780774817530 Murder of Mary Tuplin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We meet painter Vanessa Raw to discuss her solo show at the Rubell Museum Miami, where she was the 2024 Artist-in-Residence. Vanessa Raw: This is How the Light Gets In marks her first exhibition in the United States, as well as her first institutional show. In these newly commissioned, large-scale works, Raw's distinctive layered brushwork and expressive use of colour depict a dream-like, all-female world—an earthly paradise where the natural world is benevolent and sentient, and where female desire is central. A former triathlete, Raw's practiced mastery of her own body transfers to her work on canvas. Her figures are tranquil and at ease but have agency. They revel in the company of each other and in the landscape that is lush and soft and ripe with colour—paradise found.In 2022 Raw took a radical new direction with her work, shifting from traditional portraiture tropes to paint imagined, same-sex, intimate scenes of women in confected landscapes. Surrounded by flowers and trees, sometimes accompanied by fauna too, these suspended moments of blissful intense connections show naked, energised bodies part-merged with each other and the landscapes they are in.Using a heighten palette Raw conveys the intensity of the moment, as well positioning the paintings in the realm of the imaginary. Likewise, the dream-like fluidity of some areas of mark making suggest an altered state of consciousness, a deep human connectivity occurring simultaneously on a physical and spiritual plane. Photographs taken on her daily runs through local nature areas, an activity undertaken with therapeutical escapist intention, are used as source material for her background landscapes binding their confection to meaningful actualities, pulling into the paintings the remembered feeling of oneness with nature.Raw works in a semi-naturalistic style, with an intense focus on the textures of the human form. Her large scale paintings are an eclectic variety of tonal compositions, vibrant and stimulating. Some of her more explicit pieces show the human body engaged in sexual acts or reaching the point of orgasm, whilst others in a more subtle manner showcase the innate sexuality of the feminine form.Born in 1984 in Hexham, England, Raw lives and works in Margate, UK. Vanessa Raw: This is How the Light Gets In is now open in Miami at Rubell Museum.Visit: https://rubellmuseum.org/2024-vanessa-rawFollow @VanessaRaw_ and @RubellMuseumVanessa Raw is represented by Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate. Special thanks to the Don, Mera and Jason Rubell, and Juan Roselione-Valadez at the Rubell Museum, Carl Freedman @CarlFreedmanGallery and Elissa Cray @TKEStudios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's poem features a simple but satisfying sleight of hand. Happy reading.Richard Henry Horne (1802-1884), poet, was born on 31 December 1802 at Edmonton, near London, the eldest of three sons of James Horne (d.1810), quarter-master in the 61st Regiment; his grandfather was Richard Horne, secretary to Earl St Vincent. Richard was brought up at the home of his rich paternal grandmother and attended John Clarke's School where John Keats was also a pupil. In April 1819 Horne entered Sandhurst Military College but left in December 1820. In 1823 after reading Shelley's Queen Mab, he decided to become a poet.In 1825 Horne sailed as midshipman in the Libertad to fight for Mexican independence. After two years in America he returned to London, where in 1833 he published his first book Exposition of the False Medium and Barriers Excluding Men of Genius from the Public. In the next decade he published three poetic dramas, contributed prolifically to literary magazines, edited the Monthly Repository in 1836-37 and served on the royal commission on child employment in factories in 1841. His most famous year was 1843 when he published his epic Orion at a farthing a copy to show his contempt for public taste. It ran to six editions in a year and made him a celebrity. During the Irish famine he was correspondent for the Daily News. In 1847 he married Catherine, daughter of David Foggo.In 1852 Horne faced a crisis: his marriage was failing; he was impoverished; he was discontented in his work on Charles Dickens's Household Words; and he was torn between the practical and poetic sides of his nature. Tempted by dreams of fortune on the Australian goldfields and a chance to escape, Horne arrived at Melbourne in September. He soon became commander of the private gold escort and in 1853 assistant gold commissioner at Heathcote and Waranga. He was erratic in both posts and was dismissed in November 1854. By 1855 his English ties were severed, his wife having requested a formal separation. In Melbourne he became clerk to (Sir) Archibald Michie, and lived with a Scottish girl; their son, born in 1857, died after seven months. In September 1856 as a radical Horne contested Rodney in the Legislative Assembly but lost. As a commissioner of sewerage and water supply in 1857 when Melbourne's new reservoir was under public attack, he did little to appease the critics. By 1860 he was again unemployed and living at St Kilda with a female companion. He was well known at Captain Kenney's swimming baths, lectured at Mechanics' Institutes on 'The Causes of Success in Life' and failed to win the Belfast (Port Fairy) seat. He helped to found the Tahbilk vineyard on the Goulburn River. In 1862-63 the Royal Literary Fund assisted him.In June 1863 Horne was made warden of the Victorian Blue Mountain goldfield near Trentham: 'my Siberia'. Again he began to write seriously and found tranquillity. On visits to Melbourne he held court at Henry Dwight's bookshop, and became friendly with George Gordon McCrae and Marcus Clarke. In 1864 he published a lyrical drama, Prometheus the Fire-Bringer, and in 1866 for the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition a masque, The South Sea Sisters; it contained a rhythmic representation of an Aboriginal corroboree which brought acclaim. In 1867 he celebrated the arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh with a cantata, Galatea Secunda, signing himself Richard Hengist Horne, the name by which he was henceforth known. In Australia he produced no significant poetry but some good prose: Australian Facts and Prospects(London, 1859), and an essay, 'An Election Contest in Australia' in Cornhill, 5 (1862). Disillusioned, he sailed in June 1869 for England where he became a literary doyen, producing many new works all artistically worthless. His poverty was relieved in 1874 by a government pension, and he died at Margate on 13 March 1884.-bio via Australian Dictionary of Biography This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Sure as a swordfish, it's the thrilling conclusion to Madrigal in Margate! Who killed the headless man? What's behind the devastating oat milk shortage in Kent's sun-soaked seaside underbelly? Will DS Bucksheath ever get the feeling back in his arms and legs? Find out within! Written and performed by an increasingly irrational Tom Crowley, with original music composed and performed by Tommy Music, who you can find at @tommymusicuk on Instagram. Additional editing by Odinn Orn Hilmarsson, who you can find at odinnoh.com. Hire both of those men for music, sound design and everything in-between! Become a supporter of Crowley Time today at patreon.com/crowleytime and get in touch on social media at @atomcrowley or email crowleytimepodcast@gmail.com. Buy Crowley Time merchandise at crowleytime.com to support the show.See Crowley Time Live in 2025! At the Machynlleth Comedy Festival in Wales on Sunday 4th May (machcomedyfest.co.uk) and at Brasserie Zédel in London on Saturday 10th May (brasseriezedel.com).

Next dates: March 1 - 10 Years Of Monologues Records Free Party @ Altar_Native at Saint Louie, London | March 15 - Balearic London @ The Goose, London @tigerbalmmusic digs through the bargain bins of Spitalfields Market, Mexico and Margate's @lostpropertymargate for our @cafe_1001 takeover this month - disco, boogie, samba, house and ‘80s groove from Eartha Kitt to Jellybean, Evelyn ‘Champagne' King, Donna Allen, Malcom Mclaren and Paul Hardcastle and more.  Watch on Radio 1001's YouTube Follow our YouTube channel for more lost bargain bin vinyl discoveries Follow RecordReplay on Instagram

This week on Chasin' The Racin', Dom Herbertson and Josh Corner sit down with Ben Wilson at Wilson Motorcycles to not only discuss his plans for the coming year but also to look back on his introduction to motorbikes with sand racing, the amazing days in supersport and the battles with Seeley reviving the class, the horrendous crash at the north west and the move to team management within Gearlink. Enjoy - CTR x   CTR X UGGLY & CO HOODIES DROP. GET YOURS! https://ugglyandco.com/products/chasin-the-racin-hoodie Powered by OMG Racing       Supported by JCT Truck and Trailer Rental and Lucky Day Competitions   Lucky Day have come on board for the year! They are one of the biggest competition companies in the UK and have an amazing range of prizes up for grab every week! Check them out: https://www.luckydaycompetitions.com/   Sponsor of the ep: Hatch Moto build race inspired custom motorcycles with an obsession for late 80s & 90s race bikes. Hatch often take modern sports bikes and rebuilding them into an old school style. Custom fairing sets are made in aluminium from scratch using hand crafted metal shaping techniques. They are based in Margate in Kent and are open to taking more commissions - they currently have a waitlist of around 12 months. DM them on instagram @haxchmoto or check out their website to get in contact: haxchmoto.com   If you're interested in sponsoring an episode of the podcast, please don't hesitate to get in touch via email to chasintheracin@outlook.com         ------------         If you would like to get a signed copy of Alan Carter's book please follow the following link below. We ship all merch and the book worldwide!     Shop CTR merchandise & AC book: https://chasintheracin.myshopify.com           CTR Patreon Page: https://patreon.com/MotorbikePod?utm_...           -------------           SOCIALS:         Instagram: @chasintheracinpod         Facebook: Chasin' The Racin' Podcast         X: @motorbikepod

This week, Donny shares how his infamous “C*** mug” kept making surprise appearances during adoption meetings, leading to a frantic mug switcheroo every time it landed in the wrong hands. Of course, this sparks a full-on mug-off: Who's got the best collection? Does Luke have a serious mug hoarding problem? And why does tea taste better from a stolen mug?The lads then turn their attention to the gentrification of Margate, posing the question: is it a seaside gem or... just a sh*thole?Plus, Pete reflects on the whirlwind of heartfelt congratulations (and a few dubious comments) he's received about his family's adoption journey…thankfully, the adoption council wasn't made up of you lot!If you've been to Margate and loved it or hated it, we want to know why! Email us at Hello@LukeandPeteShow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.