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Writer and Actor Rosa Hoskins offers her insights into mental health this week, exploring her experiences of bipolar disorder and eating disorders, grief and loss, and the impact of therapy on her personal journey.
Bob Hoskins was a legendary Hollywood actor, famous for roles in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Mona Lisa and Hook amongst many others. His writer and actor daughter Rosa Hoskins discusses what it was like growing up with him, what she learned from him and how hard it has been to get to grips with her grief after losing him.In Almost Famous, Barnaby Slater chats to guests who also grew up with famous family members and asks how it has affected their journeys through life. As well as the inevitably hilarious anecdotes from guests having been surrounded by the bizarre world of celebrity all their lives, Almost Famous is also a serious look at how people’s perception of fame differs from the reality, and an insight into how an upbringing so close to the transient world of celebrity can have a bearing on life choices, relationships and mental health.If you like what you hear please click the subscribe button, send us any thoughts or questions you have in the comments section and rate the podcast out of 5 stars. Thanks so much for listening!Follow Almost Famous on:Twitter: @podalmostfamousInstagram: almostfamousthepodcastMore info at www.almostfamousthepodcast.comEnquiries: almostpodcastfamous@gmail.comProducers: Emily James & Radioville (www.radioville.co.uk)Recorded at Big Kahuna Studios (https://bigkahunasound.co.uk/)Engineers: Scott Little and Gurdeep SinghMusic: BluntAbout Barnaby Slater (@barnabyslater):The presenter of this podcast, Barnaby Slater, is not famous. He's pleased about this. At least, he thinks he is. But Barnaby has spent his life surrounded by fame. His father had a couple of hits as lead singer of a band from Liverpool in the 60s (not The Beatles, alas). His mother got to number 2 in the pop charts in the 70s, something Barnaby's male school teachers never failed to remind him of when creepily talking about the posters they had of her on their adolescent bedroom walls. In the early 90s Barnaby's stepfather was Angus Deayton, then the most famous TV comedy panel show presenter in the country and labelled "TV's Mr Sex" by the newspapers.Barnaby is aware that this isn't your average upbringing and after not-nearly-enough therapy wants to speak to other people who have grown up around celebrity to see how it has affected their own journey through life. He's particularly keen to chat to those who have gone in to a similar field as their famous parents/siblings, as he often worried about the impact that being known as Angus Deayton’s stepson would have on his own career, for better or worse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Cariad talks to actor, writer + fashion journalist, Rosa Hoskins about her Father, the actor Bob Hoskins, who died five years ago. As ever they talk grief, mental health + falling clocks.You can buy Rosa's book, 'It''s All Going Wonderfully Well' from all good book stores and find more information about her on rosahoskins.com. You can follow the Griefcast on twitter and instagram @thegriefcast and you can email thegriefcast@gmail.comGriefcast won Gold (always believe in your soul) in Best Entertainment, Best Interview + also Podcast of the Year 2018 at the British Podcast Awards and Best Podcast at the ARIA's. It is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded at Whistledown Studios and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Grief, eh? The weirdest of beasts. And also, the grand facilitator of so much magic. Case in point; May 2018, a wedding in London, and the meeting of minds, hearts and two really really tall women. Rosa Hoskins makes it hard not to be immediately captivated. She’s warm, she’s present, she’s funny, and she wears her emotions as easily as your fave pair of slouchy jeans and perfect white tee. When you’ve lost a parent, gravitating towards kindred spirits happens often and instantaneously. It’s as if your bodies know before your minds do that you should be in each others presence. Suffice to say we became fast and firm friends, recorded a podcast together pretty soon after meeting (she graciously agreed to be my first interview) and went deep. Real deep. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I enjoyed having it. It’s not a straightforward listen in many ways, and yet in Rosa’s hands, trauma and pain become wonderfully legible. Check out her blog http://www.rosahoskins.com for more magic. Oh, and if it resonates, please do leave a review on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/scent-and-the-mind). Thank you!
Libby Purves meets singer and songwriter Chris Rea; artist Chris Dobrowolski; former railway detective Graham Satchwell and actor Rosa Hoskins, daughter of Bob. Chris Dobrowolski is an artist and sculptor who spent three and a half months in Antarctica as artist in residence for the British Antarctic Survey. Chris lived and worked alongside scientists, medical professionals, researchers and crew members. Armed with boxes of Antarctic-themed toy figures, including plastic penguins, he set out across the polar ice to capture the essence of this southern wilderness. In his show Antarctica, he tells of his adventures. Antarctica is on tour. Chris Rea is a singer and songwriter and blues guitarist. Born in Middlesborough to an Anglo-Italian family who ran an ice-cream business, he didn't take up the guitar until he was 21. His hits include Fool If You Think It's Over, The Road To Hell and Josephine. He has released a new edition of La Passione, a film and soundtrack based loosely on his dreams as a young boy growing up in the industrial North East and his love of Formula 1. La Passione - Artist's Edition box-set is released on Jazzee Blue. Actor and writer Rosa Hoskins is the daughter of the actor Bob Hoskins, star of The Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa. In her memoir, It's All Going' Wonderfully Well, she recalls some of the life lessons her father taught her such as laugh, be yourself, get angry and love with all your heart. It's All Going Wonderfully Well - Growing Up with Bob Hoskins is published by Hutchinson. Graham Satchwell is a former detective superintendent with the British Transport Police. In his memoir, An Inspector Recalls, he writes about his early days in the police force in the Sixties and Seventies and some of the prevailing attitudes he brushed up against. He describes investigating the Southall Rail crash in 1997 and a highly charged encounter with John McVicar, one time convicted armed robber. An Inspector Recalls - Memoirs of a Railway Detective is published by The History Press. Producer: Paula McGinley.