Podcast appearances and mentions of Sky Arts

Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law and Huw Fullerton about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode.    SHOW NOTES: TV: Beyond Paradise, BBC1 Great British Menu: The Finals, BBC2 Doctor Who, BBC1 OUR READERS SAY... Please stop ad banners at the end of BBC shows... Stop trying to improve the already perfect Miss Marple... THE ARCHIVE: Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined our Future, Sky Arts . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is released in Irish cinemas today. So, why is Bridget Jones beloved by so many? We asked Bethany Minnelle, Sky Arts and Entertainment Reporter .

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is released in Irish cinemas today. So, why is Bridget Jones beloved by so many? We asked Bethany Minnelle, Sky Arts and Entertainment Reporter .

The new Sky Arts documentary No Matter What originated in my archive of 1,400 celebrity interviews. I also wrote the book Boyzone Our Story and interviewed the lads in-depth from 1994-2002. Here is the first set of interviews I did with lads when all, apart from Mikey, were still in their teens. I warmed to some more than others from the start, and when I met Shane, Ronan and Keith at the recent premiere of No Matter What, my feelings remained the same. Fame changes people, sadly

About the SpeakersKatie has over 25 years of experience working in the mental health field, and her recent research, Is There Meaning in Madness?, aimed to promote the need to integrate transpersonal frameworks into mainstream mental health care. Katie was a founding director of the International Spiritual Emergence Network (ISEN) and advocates for viewing mental health crises as potential transformative opportunities if correctly supported. In 2017, following her personal brush with suicidality, Katie founded Emerging Proud, an international peer campaign highlighting stories of personal transformation through crisis. She joined the Board of the Soteria Network (UK) in 2024 who support the provision of alternative approaches to doula-ing people experiencing extreme states. Katie is an Associate Consultant and Trainer for a lived experience UK charity Imroc, and recently co-founded The ELEPHANT Collective project with Sameer Patel and co-produced the mini docu-series A Call to Awakening in 2021. Sameer PatelSameer is a filmmaker and the co-founder of the Kundalini Collective, an organisation established in 2018 to support individuals navigating spiritual awakenings. His own transformative ‘Kundalini awakening' in 2006 profoundly reshaped his life, inspiring a deep exploration of spiritual and shamanic traditions across the globe. An Economics graduate from the London School of Economics, Sameer began his career in the City before transitioning into film finance. However, his spiritual journey catalysed a shift toward a creative path. As a filmmaker, his works have been acquired by Sony and Sky Arts and showcased at prestigious festivals such as Palm Springs. Recently, Sameer produced a British-Iranian feature adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, reimagined as The Bitter Tears of Zahra Zand. He is now developing The Elephant, a documentary exploring ‘Non-Ordinary Transformative Experiences' and their profound implications.LinksOur ELEPHANT community platform: https://our-elephant.mn.co/ A Call to Awakening: https://www.a-call-to-awakening.com/The Kundalini Collective: www.kundalinicollective.orgSupport the showAbout the Host: Jules De Vitto is a transpersonal coach, trainer and experienced educator. She helps those who identify with the traits of high sensitivity to navigate emotional overwhelm, step into their authentic power and align with their true purpose in life. She is a published author and wrote one of a series of books on Resilience, Navigating Loss in a time of Crisis. Her research has also been published in the Transpersonal Coaching Psychology Journal and Journal of Consciousness, Spirituality, and Transpersonal Psychology. Jules has spent years engaging in deep transformative healing work - she is a Reiki Master and Teacher and has completed Michael Harner's Shamanic Practitioner Training through the Foundation of Shamanic Studies and a Grief Ritual Leadership Training with Francis Weller. You can stay connected with Jules through...InstagramLinkedinThe Highly Sensitive Human Academy™ - join our 3-month professional training: coaching Highly Sensitive PeopleBecome a supporterDisclaimer

Andrew, Ali and Justin talk to Janie Dee about Sondheim, the environment and hiring the Coliseum. Duncan Walsh Atkins on keys.   Catch Janie's Song for Nature on Sky Arts here.   www.showstopperthemusical.com

Have you ever been rejected? It can be tough hearing no after no after no. Imagine being rejected 9 years in a row! This is what happened to the amazing artist Lloyd Lewis. He was rejected year after year when applying to be on Portrait Artist of The Year! Then, in the 10th application, he was accepted. We are going live on Monday to talk with Lloyd about this incredible journey of repeatedly applying and what it was like being on the show. We will dive into why he was so persistent, what he's learnt from the rejections and experience, plus what's next! You can watch Lloyd on Portrait Artist Of The Year series 11, episode 1 on Sky Arts or Now TV. You can learn more about Lloyd Lewis here: https://www.instagram.com/lloydlewisartist https://www.youtube.com/c/LloydLewisArtist To see the submitted artwork that was accepted in Portrait Artist Of The Year,  click here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0BiQeGIJHB/?hl=en&img_index=1

In this episode, Kate is joined by Paul Roseby OBE to talk about his separation and divorce story.About the episodeIn this episode, Paul opens up about his divorce, sharing the sudden shift in his long-term marriage when his ex-husband decided to end their relationship. He describes the emotional challenges of navigating the separation and how he coped with the pain. Kate and Paul explore the valuable lessons he gained from the experience, including the three G's. They end the episode by discussing his current relationship and the growth that came from his journey. About our guests:Paul is a broadcaster and CEO and Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre. In over a decade at the helm of the world's leading youth arts charity he has commissioned over 150 plays, pioneered the NYT REP Company, led a ground-breaking international cultural exchange programme and directed many hit productions. They include the London 2012 Team Welcome Ceremonies, Handel & Hendrix at Somerset House, Generation Sext for Sky Arts, When Romeo Met Juliet for BBC2, and Tom Stoppard's abridgement of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice at the Royal Opera House and the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing. More resources:Get in touch with amicable for information on the legal, financial and children aspects of separation. Book a free 15-minute consultation with an amicable expert through the amicable website.#SeparationStories

June 1923 at the BBC saw the first symphony concerts on-air (with an 'augmented orchestra'), musical criticism from Percy Scholes, 2,500 voices broadcast at once, and new staff led by Admiral Charles Carpendale as Reith's deputy. Plus Scot John Logie Baird advertises for help with his 'Seeing By Wireless' invention. You may know it as television... ...Our guest is celebrating 50 years since he began in television - Stuart Prebble has made World In Action, led ITV, created Grumpy Old Men and now brings Portrait Artists to Sky Arts. He talks about his new memoir, Still Grumpy After All These Years. Buy it now! SHOWNOTES: Buy Stuart's book from stuartprebble.com or wherever you get books. We also mention Andy Walmsley's brilliant Random Radio Jottings blog. Original music is by Will Farmer. Support us on Patreon (£5/mth), for bonus videos and things - and thanks if you do! Rate and review the podcast where you found it? Thanks. Tell people about the podcast? Thanks again. We're a one-man operation so tis HUGELY appreciated. Paul's on tour: An Evening of (Very) Old Radio visits these places: www.paulkerensa.com/tour - come and say hi and hear about the first firsts of broadcasting. This podcast is nothing to do with the BBC. Solo-run. So your listenership and support really matters - thanks! Next time: July 1923 on the BBC - a wireless manhunt and a cheeky pop-up station in Plymouth.  More info on this broadcasting history project at paulkerensa.com/oldradio

Abi became a New York Times Bestseller with her book The Girl With the Louding Voice. It was loved by Malala Yousafzai, Dolly Parton, Andi Oliver & Elizabeth Day, among many, many others. It was a Radio 4 Bookclub Pick, Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize for Fiction, and an International Word-of-Mouth Bestseller. It also featured on The Guardian's Not The Booker List. It was also a Good Morning America Bookclub Pick by Kiley Reid. Abi's been interviewed on the Today Show, The Women's Prize Podcast, LitHub and Sky Arts. She's been featured in the press internationally including the NYT, The Independent, Stylist and Harper's Bazaar. The Girl With the Louding Voice has been translated into over 20 languages and has 150k+ 4 star reviews. And So I Roar follows on from Adunni's story the night before she starts school. Find it here or at your local seller. It's out tomorrow 8/7/24! Abi also has a her own foundation for female education: the Louding Voice Educational and Empowerment Foundation. It provides scholarships for girls in rural Nigeria like Adunni.

Jordan Rakei, GoGoPenguin, Roberto Fonseca, MonoNeon sau Matteo Mancuso au fost capetele de afiș pentru ediția 2024, JAZZx Festival de la Timișoara, eveniment ajuns la a 12 ediție. Un eveniment care și-a propus să aducă împreună comunitățile muzicale din vestul țării, invitând pe scenă artiști care inovează, oameni care experimentează, pentru lărgirea perspectivei artistice. Până la Piață Libertății, marea scena a JAZZx, evenimentele de peste zi m-au purtat pe străzile orașului descoperind la Kunsthalle Bega o expoziție de Andrei Arion sau la Casa Isho, unde Marius Bercea a prezentat 'This Side of Paradise'. Pomenesc aici și de 'Future Days', expoziția Facultății de Arhitectura și Urbanism din Timișoara, toate incluse în programul JAZZx de anul acesta.În inima comunității Faber, la Ambasada, prin sesiuni de Masterclass, muzicienii străini invitați la Timișoara și-au împărtășit din experiența lor tuturor celor interesați. Am văzut ușurința cu care omul care a cântat într-o vreme cu Buena Vista Social Club, Roberto Fonseca, a trecut prin compoziții de Gillespie utilizând ritmurile sud-americane, argumentând ușurința cu care face asta printr-o replică scurtă, 'din fericire, m-am născut în Cuba!'.Roberto Fonseca este unul dintre marii ambasadori ai muzicii cubaneze, cu un amestec elegant de vechi și nou. Deși principala sa pasiune rămâne jazz-ul, stilul pianistului este la fel de divers ca populația din Havana: blues, funk, hip-hop, afro-jazz. O multitudine de influențe se revarsă de la clapele sale. Firesc, s-a dansat printre scaunele din Piața Libertății când Fonseca a cântat la scena mare, iar daca asta nu a fost suficient, cine a dorit mai mult, s-a putut retrage la Comenduirea Garnizoanei care a găzduit Jam Session-urile nocturne cu artiștii invitați la JAZZx.Printre cei care au făcut noapte albă improvizând, au fost și artiștii invitați la scena matinală de Spoken-Word, sub brandul deja cunoscut de Strada Fără Nume. O micuță scena ce nu s-a lăsat închisă nici măcar în vremuri de pandemie. ''Tocmai am susținut un show împreună, un show de spoken-word, poezie și muzica, totul improvizat. Nu e nimic planificat, deci nu știm ce urmează să se întâmple, până când nu se întâmplă, și asta face ca totul să fie viu și distractiv, interactiv cu audiența. Este a patra sau a cincea oară când participam la acest festival, de asemenea, am fost invitat să facilitez un curs pentru poezie și muzică aici, pentru a împărtăși din experiența și priceperea noastră în Marea Britanie, lucrând aici cu tineri poeți români, din Moldova de asemenea, anul acesta avem participanți și din Franța și Marea Britanie. Este vorba despre a ajuta și împărtăși din experiența artistică acumulată, cum facem asta, care este nivelul aici în România, similaritățile, care sunt diferențele. Suntem toți artiști și cu cât împărtășim din experiență, cu atât putem învață mai multe împreună.'' spune Chris Redmond.Chris Redmond este un scriitor și interpret care lucrează cu cuvinte vorbite, în muzică și teatru. Poezia sa a fost prezentată la BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 4, XFM și SKY Arts. Artist consacrat pe scena poeziei spectacolului din Marea Britanie, cântă în locații, de la cafenele și pub-uri până la Southbank Centre din Londra, Soho Theatre și cele mai mari festivaluri din Marea Britanie – Glastonbury, Latitude și The Big Chill. Chris este fondatorul și gazda „Tongue Fu”, responsabil de evenimentele Spoken-Word la JAZZx Timișoara.Strada Fără Nume este un proiect desfășurat în cadrul Festivalului JAZZx, proiect care susține cercetarea artistică și dezvoltarea abilităților artiștilor prin activități de coproducție, cooperare, interdisciplinaritate și schimb de experiență în domeniul muzical și literar, precum și de mediere și incluziune culturală. Ateliere “Spoken Word”: dezvoltarea abilităților de lectură publică ale tinerilor poeți români prin organizarea de ateliere educaționale interdisciplinare, spectacole și jam sessions cu poeți români, poeți și mentori din Europa. În cadrul atelierelor educaționale, poeți tineri din diferite orașe din România au fost selectați prin  apel deschis la nivel național, să petreacă o săptămână în Timișoara, unde împreună au putut crea și dezvolta spectacole de tipul „spoken word” în regim de co-producție. La numai 27 de ani, Matteo Mancuso este un chitarist ce surprinde prin tehnica sa de interpretare, capabil să implementeze din sunete si metode de chitară clasică pe un instrument electric. De altfel, Matteo face ceea ce a văzut acasă. Tatăl sau Vincenzo Mancuso l-a crescut pe muzică de chitară clasică."Pentru mine, jazz-ul și rock-ul au multe elemente în comun, și mereu mi-a plăcut paleta de culori, armoniile sofisticate a jazz-ului, dar în același timp, cântând la chitara electrică, îmi place sunetul distors și puterea rock-ului. Așa că am vrut să amestec cele doua genuri, și sigur este ceva ce se numește jazz fusion, lucru pe care mulți muzicieni îl cântă cu mult înaintea mea, dar asta este genul muzical care îmi place, caut să amestec din ceea ce am auzit în trecut. Familia m-a ajutat mult pentru a ajunge unde sunt astăzi, și asta în mare parte pentru că am cântat mult împreună, și nu a fost deloc forțat, nu a venit cu lecții obligatorii, mereu a fost distractiv pentru mine, și mereu am spus că tatăl meu a fost foarte bun în a mă face să râd, să mă distrez cu instrumentul, și nu m-a forțat să învăț din elementele muzicii, toate chestiile plictisitoare, cele de studiu, au venit mai tărziu, aici cred că este secretul, asta a funcționat, cel puțin în cazul meu." spune Matteo Mancuso.În 2023 a lansat albumul “The Journey”, care a atras atenția la esența diverselor sale influențe muzicale. “Matteo este evoluția chitarei fusion, tehnica să uluitoare este o încântare de urmărit. El este dovada că spiritul evolutiv al chitariștilor este ferm intact” spune Steve Vai. Matteo este unul din artiștii care își recunoaște influențele, și mai mult, dă înapoi din ceea ce a descoperit prin muzică, Matteo fiind printre artiștii care au susținut ore de masterclass la Timișoara.JAZZx este un proiect visat și produs de Centrul Cultural PLAI pentru comunități diverse, într-un parteneriat public-privat și efort comun de a accesibiliza forme artistice de calitate care ne aduc împreună.Început în 2006 cu scopul de a organiza festivalul PLAI - festival de worldmusic, comunități și diversitate în toate formele ei, Centrul Cultural PLAI a luat de-a lungul timpului diferite forme și formate, toate cu scopul de a oferi soluții comunitare și de a genera sinergii și impact de durată. Pe lângă producția de evenimente comunitare și croite pentru parteneri, PLAI a dezvoltat și AMBASADA, proaspăt aniversând 9 ani de existență. Ea a devenit foarte repede locul de întâlnire, conectare și dezvoltare a comunităților de 'doers' din țară - primul centru cultural independent din România parte din Trans Europe Halles - rețea europeană de astfel de spații. JAZZx este despre puterea individului care face ca și în 2024 Timișoara să continue să fie o capitală culturală vibrantă și armonică în care jazz-ul, prin diferitele sale influențe să promoveze libertățile și toleranța. Este despre puterea creației prin artă, muzică, până la puterea cuvântului, Strada Fără Nume este unul din proiectele educaționale care s-a dezvoltat organic din scena de SpokenWord @JAZZx, în același spirit în care scenele festivalului susțin talent local și la început de drum, recunoscând valoarea cuvântului scris și magia colaborărilor din arte, acolo unde poezia și improvizația muzicală crează povești ce mișcă suflete."Poezia poate capta dispoziția a ceva și îl poate condensa și distila într-o cu totul altă formă, și când îl comunicam printr-un performance are efect imediat. Poeții scriu repede pentru că nu facem o nuvelă, așa că putem fi destul de prezenți, gata să răspundem, asta poate fi parte dintr-un show de improvizație. Deci este o oportunitate pentru dialog și reflexie creativă legat de tot ce se întâmplă în lume, asta ne ajută să navigăm prin prezent." mai spune Chris Redmond.

Sean Bw Parker (MA) is a British writer, artist and musician, born in Exeter in 1975. He gained a Masters degree in Fine Art from the University for the Creative Arts in 2003, following which he lived in Istanbul for ten years until 2014, where he gave TEDx talk 'Stammering and Creativity' and also lectured at Istanbul University. He has published several books, poems, albums and paintings, and won a number of awards. He has been published in Westminster Commission reports, T.S. Eliot Foundation, Time Out Istanbul, Louder Than War, and appeared at the Brighton Science Festival, the University of Bristol, BIMM and others. He has interviewed Julie Burchill, Ed Harcourt, Kristin Hersh, Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds and Sarah Blackwood of Dubstar, hosted shows by The Members, Mark Morriss of The Bluetones and Eat Static at his Seafish music and arts venue in 2016, and was interviewed for a Sky Arts documentary in the same year. He curated the Chi-Signs, Blakefest and Wildefest mini-festivals between 2015 and 2017, and has been involved with numerous other exhibitions and live events. Here's new book A Delicate Balance Of Reason: https://push.fm/fl/https-www-amazon-co-uk-dp-b0d1p5wqgl My art prints: https://push.fm/fl/https-dashboard-gelato-com-catalogue-print-file-editor-designid-c4dcd10a-50eb-40f1-8f77-c21f550af85c-productuid-canvas-700x1000-mm-28x40-inch-canvas-wood-fsc-slim-4-0-ver-pagecount-null-productname-canvas-product-productcategoryname-canvas-from-templates Music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/54AfbvLmprsXNalXs2xUJi Follow news on X: https://x.com/seanbwparker Follow me on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@all.in.all.with.alex Follow my Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/AllinAllwithAlex/ Listen to the Audio Version https://anchor.fm/alex-morris8 Subscribe to my channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYCE3hcGlcW_EA9o9P_gYbg?sub_confirmation=1 Interested in Music videos? Follow my videography channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVisualGoat?sub_confirmation=1 Interested in finding a new artist? Click the link below https://www.youtube.com/c/SirromTheRapper?sub_confirmation=1 tags podcast, best podcasts, all in all with alex podcast, all in all with alex, alex morris podcast, depression podcast, mental health podcast, mental therapy podcast, mental health matters, million dollars worth of game, podcast #allinallwithalex#podcast #allinpodcastclips #allinpodcastclips #motivation #personalgrowth #anxietyrelief #careercoaching #careerguidance #childhoodtrauma #personaldevelopment

As traditional as cauliflower at Christmas, Kieren and Nik caught up with the Sky Arts team of Remi Burgz and Shaun Keaveny for their annual Sunday evening catch-up. This year: how to become a Caulkhead (honorary or otherwise), finding your love for Pet Shop Boys and how Shaun is once more finding the Daily Grind.

Part 2 of Shaun's garden based chat with Jim and Nancy.The second series of Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir is set to air from 8th May on Sky Arts.There's (probably) some fairly strong language in this podcast, so it might not be suitable for all ages. If you want to email the Daily Grind you can email us: shaun@radiox.co.uk. Or you can text us (for you standard network rate) on 83936 (start the message with GRIND).If you like the episode please leave a review and subscribe to get the Daily Grind in your feed everyday at 5pm.

Title: The Expat Pod: Sean BW Parker Subtitle: 10 years in the Istanbul art scene Episode Number: 39 Release Date: [15/04/2024] Duration: [00:46:53] Welcome to The Expat Pod, the podcast where we explore the ins and outs of living abroad, embracing new cultures, and navigating life as an expat. I'm your host, James Doran, and today, we're diving into the art scene in Istanbul and what it is like to leave the UK post higher education to scratch the itch of curiosity around living in a Muslim country to expand one's horizons. Sean Bw Parker (MA) is a British artist, musician and writer specialising in art, cultural theory and justice reform. He has published a number of books and albums, won several awards – including Koestler Arts platinum for play The Wolfstadt-Wire (2020) and Compelling Speech - The Stammering Enigma (2023) - and gave a TED talk in 2013. He holds Masters and BA degrees in Fine Art from the University for the Creative Arts in Surrey, and worked for ten years in Istanbul as a musician and teacher, until 2014. He has given talks at Istanbul University, Kadir-Has University, University of Bristol, Bristol BIMM and Brighton Science Festival amongst other venues, and has been published in Time Out Istanbul, Louder Than War, The Monument Fellowship, The Epoch Times, TS Eliot Foundation, CIEO, New Thinking, STAMMA, Cosmopolitan and in two Westminster Commission reports. He has appeared on Talk Radio Live, NTV Turkey, Rise TV, BBC Radio Wales, in documentaries by Richard Vobes, Dogs On The Run films, Sky Arts, and on a number of podcasts. He has interviewed Ed Harcourt, Kristin Hersh, Julie Burchill, Danny Macnamara, Garry Bushell and Ian Broudie among other musicians and writers, was a music columnist for Turkish magazine the Multicultural Guide, and ran the Seafish music and arts venue on the Sussex coast in 2016. He was born in Exeter in 1975. Books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sean-Bw-Parker/e/B06XZ76F5Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Latest album, Caucasian Nights: https://open.spotify.com/album/4SJMGGgVFOYm2YyUZFf8wu Saatchi Art page: https://www.saatchiart.com/seanbwparker Connect with Us: Website: https://www.tallmantravels.co.uk/the-expat-pod  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089327439022  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.expat.pod/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExpatPod LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-expat-pod/  00:00 Intro 00:45 Getting There 07:34 Being There 35:22 Review Subscribe, Rate, and Review: If you enjoyed this episode of The Expat Pod, please subscribe, rate, and leave us a review on your favourite podcast platform. Your support helps us reach more listeners like you and continue to deliver valuable content on life as an expat. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theexpatpod/message

Peter Higgin is the Artistic Director and joint CEO of Punchdrunk Enrichment, a charity that creates transformational theatre for education, community and family audiences. Punchdrunk Enrichment is the charitable arm of Punchdrunk, a pioneering immersive theatre company that places the audience at the very heart of the action. Listed amongst the 50 most influential artists of the last 50 years (Sky Arts, 2022) alongside David Bowie, Sir Steve McQueen and Vivienne Westwood, Punchdrunk disrupts the theatrical norm, creating worlds in which audiences can rediscover the childlike excitement of exploring the unknown. Peter has been involved with Punchdrunk for his entire professional career. In 2000 he graduated from Exeter University and went on to become a founding member of Punchdrunk. He was pivotal in establishing the company's early work during their rise to critical acclaim and global success. Peter has a powerful belief in the transformative power of engaging with the arts and creativity. He believes in the power of imagination as one of our greatest tools and has witnessed how access to immersive experiences can unlock our innate creativity. This episode of the podcast is (brilliantly) hosted by former podcast guest Tim Taylor, author of ‘A Beginner's Guide to Mantle of the Expert' and coauthor of ‘Try This: Unlocking Learning With Imagination'. LINKS Punchdrunk enrichment - https://www.punchdrunkenrichment.org.uk Punchdrunk - https://www.punchdrunk.com Sign up for the Rethinking Ed Round-up: https://rethinkinged.beehiiv.com DON'T BE A STRANGER The Rethinking Education podcast is hosted and produced by Dr James Mannion. You can contact him at https://rethinking-ed.org/contact SUPPORT THE RETHINKING ED PODCAST: Become a patron: https://patreon.com/repod Buy James a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/repod

Historian Alice Loxton discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Alice Loxton is a 28 year old history broadcaster and writer with over two million followers on social media (@history_alice). She has appeared on many channels including Sky Arts, Channel 5, BBC News and History Hit, and has worked with a wide array of organisations to bring history to mainstream audiences, including Christie's, Meta, The National Trust, 10 Downing Street, The Royal Collection Trust, The National Portrait Gallery and The National Gallery. UPROAR! Satire, Scandal and Printmaking in Georgian London is Alice's first book. Her second book, Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives, comes out in August 2024. James Gillray https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n12/peter-campbell/at-tate-britain The fact that Napoleon wasn't short https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-complex-short Landmark Trust https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/may/12/how-a-derelict-scottish-tower-was-turned-into-a-sumptuous-retreat The French House, Soho https://www.timeout.com/london/bars-and-pubs/french-house Parish churches https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/days-out/britains-most-beautiful-churches The London Library https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v13/n18/john-sutherland/sod-off-readers This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

The South London singer-songwriter Raye joins Emma Barnett following her record-breaking six wins at the Brit awards last weekend. Raye tells us about her grandma Agatha who joined her on stage after winning Best Album for My 21st Century Blues. She also talks about being a woman in the music industry and the strength she has found from fellow female musician Charli XCX.A new documentary, Copa 71, follows the trailblazing women who headed to Mexico for an unofficial Women's World Cup in 1971. Woman's football had been banned in many countries including the UK for 50 years. Unperturbed 6 teams gathered and played in front of crowds of 100,000 fans. One of those players, Chris Lockwood joins Anita Rani alongside co-director of the film Rachel Ramsay.On the 3rd March 2021, Sarah Everard was murdered by Wayne Couzens, an off-duty police officer. The incident sparked national outrage and a surge in fighting violence against women and girls. Three years on, how much has changed? Emma Barnett speaks to the Detective Inspector who interviewed Wayne Couzens, Nick Harvey.Imelda May talks about her new documentary Lily and Lolly: The Forgotten Yeats Sisters, on Sky Arts. Elizabeth and Susan Yeats (also known as Lolly and Lily) founded a women-only arts and crafts guild to promote women's economic and cultural independence. Overshadowed by their famous brothers, W.B Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats…until now.The author Liz Jensen's son Raphael was a wildlife biologist, an environmental activist, and a prominent member of Extinction Rebellion. In 2020, at the age of 25, he unexpectedly collapsed and died due to an unknown heart condition. Liz speaks to Emma about her new memoir, Your Wild and Previous Life, about her process of grief, hope and rebellion.

Will Best is a presenter, broadcaster and entrepreneur and is currently best known as the co-host of Big Brother alongside AJ Odudu. He began presenting on some of the UK's biggest youth music channels including MTV, T4 and 4 Music and since then has hosted live coverage across global music festivals, broadcast for BBC Three, Sky Arts and Channel 5 amongst many other impressive credits. Will is also the co-founder of the award winning drinks brand Bloody Drinks and is currently on our screens presenting the revival of Celebrity Big Brother. In this episode we delve right into Celebrity Big Brother, past and present and Will reveals all he can for the long anticipated new series....including a few interesting housemate predictions. Will opens up all about his journey into TV presenting and how he gave himself a year to get onto MTV, and he did it! We delve into his incredible Sliding Doors Moment when he nearly missed the auditions to host Big Brother but a last minute decision was the reason he got the job which totally changed his life! We chat about how being locked in a hotel room for 10 days was the catalyst for change and we talk about the moment Will was very nearly cast as THE Milky Bar Kid!@slidingdoorspodHosted by: @jenbecks28Guest: @iamwillbest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two years after the US Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion, lawmakers in France yesterday made history by enshrining this right in their country's constitution - it was a global first. We talk to Stephanie Hennette-Vauchez about the change.Singer songwriter Sarah Jane Morris performs liveWe look at what's behind the cuts to Birmingham City Council's budget - equal pay or a new IT system? with Heather Jameson, editor of the Municipal Journal and Dr James Brackley, lecturer in accounting at Sheffield University .In the next part of our series about porn Ena Miller talks to ‘Sam' who, from an early age, measured herself by the women she saw in pornography.  And Imelda May talks about her new documentary Lilly and Lolly: The Forgotten Yeats Sisters, on Sky Arts. Elizabeth and Susan Yeats (also known as Lolly and Lilly) founded a women-only arts and crafts guild to promote women's economic and cultural independence. Overshadowed by their famous brothers, W.B Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats…until now.Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Steve Greenwood

David Button drops a cross and a clanger in a loss to Portsmouth, but overall the Royals are worth far more than the final score of 4-1 would suggest. Sarah Turner, Chair of the Supporters Trust at Reading (STAR) joins Ben and Ross to discuss the visit to a much renovated Fratton Park, and discuss the recent movements in the ownership situation Thanks as always to our friends at ZCZ Films for Sponsoring this podcast. Check out Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism on Sky Arts or Apple TV now.   Learn more about STAR at star-reading.org Follow Sarah on Twitter @SarahGolf Follow Ben on Twitter @mrblthomas Follow Ross on Twitter @WebberRoss Follow The Tilehurst End on Twitter @TheTilehurstEnd  

"I do a lot of chat with the cosmos"Shaun Keaveny is one of Britain's best loved radio DJs. He is formerly of BBC Radio 6 Music and is now the host of Shaun Keaveny's Daily Grind, "It's a bit like a daily radio show but it's a podcast. It's disorientating, but it's also reassuring!". Shaun has also hosted several music podcasts including The Line-Up with Shaun Keaveny, Shaun Keaveny's Creative Cul-de-Sac and Your Place or Mine?. You may also have seen him on TV, covering Glastonbury Festival for the BBC and Isle of Wight Festival for Sky Arts.You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Imelda Staunton has played Queen Elizabeth II for the last two series of television drama The Crown. As the final episodes are released this week, she joins us to discuss playing the monarch, and what it's been like to take on this role since Her Majesty died.How could people step in safely if they see a woman being harassed in public? Former police officer Graham Goulden and criminologist Molly Ackhurst tell us how bystanders can protect themselves while helping others.Soul singer Mica Paris will headline an evening of gospel music on Sky Arts, where she'll be joined by 10 gospel singers and a four-piece band to perform Christmas songs. She gives us a taste of what to expect on A Gospel Christmas.It's been a year and a half since Roe vs Wade was overturned in the United States, ending the constitutional nationwide right to abortion for millions of women. It remains an issue that divides opinion. The British writer Nazrin Choudhury has directed a short film, Red White and Blue, which follows the character Rachel Johnson, played by Brittany Snow, who is forced to cross state lines in search of an abortion. Should we celebrate quitting a job? When Hannah Witton decided to stop making her successful YouTube and podcast series, Doing It, her friends threw her a surprise quitting ceremony. Hannah tells us whether this party helped, alongside the career coach Soma Ghosh with her advice for anyone thinking of quitting.The bestselling author Louise Doughty joins us to discuss a new ITVX drama based on her novel: Platform 7. She tells us how she has turned male-heavy police procedurals on their head – and why she thinks all middle-aged women long to go on the run.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lucy Wai Editor: Sarah Crawley

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Martin O'Brien (@martinobrienart)Martin O'Brien is an artist and zombie. He works across performance, writing and video art. His work uses long durational actions, short speculative texts and critical rants, and performance processes in order to explore death and dying, what it means to be born with a life shortening disease, and the philosophical implications of living longer than expected. He has shown work throughout the UK; Europe; USA; and Canada, and is well known for his solo performances and collaborations with the legendary LA artist and dominatrix Sheree Rose.Martin is currently Writer in in Residence 2023, Whitechapel GalleryHe is winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize for Visual and Performing Arts 2022. He will be writer in residence at Whitechapel Gallery throughout 2023. Martin has cystic fibrosis and all of his work and writing draws upon this experience. In 2018, the book ‘Survival of the Sickest: The Art of Martin O'Brien' was published by Live Art Development Agency. His work has been featured on BBC radio and Sky Arts television. He is currently senior lecturer in Live Art at Queen Mary University of London.​For more information on the work of Martin O'Brien go tohttp://www.martinobrienart.co.ukThanks to @abstraktpublicity for making this connectionTo Support this podcast from as little as £3 per month: www.patreon/ministryofartsFor full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www.ministryofarts.orgEmail: ministryofartsorg@gmail.comSocial Media: @ministryofartsorg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Cady's Commercial Gym Work with Jason  About Jason Figgis: Jason Figgis is an award-winning IFTA-nominated film and TV director who has had feature work commissioned or acquired by major broadcasters that include Sky One, Sky Arts, Channel Four, Hulu, RTE, Apple+, iTunes, KSM, SVT, Cinedigm, Discovery Channel, Amazon Prime, and Lionsgate Studios.  This work has been placed in territories that include 150 countries worldwide.  Figgis' work includes the IFTA-nominated Discovery Channel documentary THE TWILIGHT HOUR, the Sky Arts documentary A MAVERICK IN LONDON (featuring Alan Rickman, Richard E. Grant, and Joanna Lumley), SIMON MARSDEN'S HAUNTED LIFE IN PICTURES (featuring John Hurt), High Fliers Films / Pinewood Studios release THE GHOST OF WINIFRED MEEKS (starring BIFA winner Lara Belmont) and LOVE? (written and presented by Samantha Beckinsale).  Figgis directed the official music videos for the QUEEN OF ENGLAND'S PLATINUM JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS IN 2022.  He also restored the classic German horror film NOSFERATU for the 100th anniversary. Figgis is in production on the authorized documentary looking at the life and work of actress Olivia Hussey called THE GIRL ON THE BALCONY and has just completed an authorized series of films looking at the life and career of prolific writer and philosopher Colin Wilson under the title COLIN WILSON: HIS LIFE AND WORK.  Other feature documentary work on the slate include A MAN FOR ALL REASONS, which looks at the life and work of former Boston Mayor Ray Flynn, the Manchester County Council sponsored feature documentary SHIRLEY BAKER: LIFE THROUGH A LENS which looks at the life of the celebrated Mancunian street photographer, DIE STRONG which looks at Fallacy of Barriers founder Lily Brasch and FATHER OF DRACULA which looks at the life and work of Dracula author, Bram Stoker.  Figgis started his career in TV and film in animation for Murakami-Wolf on the celebrated cult TV series TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. He went on to work for Steven Spielberg at his London-based Amblimation Studios on the feature classic AN AMERICAN TAIL 2: FIEVEL GOES WEST and for legendary animator Richard Williams at his studio in Camden, London, on the cult classic THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER, which starred Vincent Price and Kenneth Williams. I started in communications and then decided that I wanted to be a filmmaker. As a boy, I'd always wanted to be a filmmaker; when the digital world opened up, and it became something feasible, I realized I could launch and start getting work done. So I moved into the field of documentary because I've always liked reality over artifice. Even when I write screenplays, I put my mind into a real situation instead of creating something fantastical. So I'm much more interested in relationships, other than big spectacles. In the film industry and writing, a lot of the things that happen, you don't plan for you. You have relationships with people that you feel simpatico with, and you start developing things. So I worked a lot with a writer called Simon Golding, and he's a real facilitator. He puts people together who he feels will work together.  I like to write because when I write, I have to get my mind into a character as a real flesh and blood person. I always loved the idea of putting a camera on a real subject. And having people and letting it just unfold in an interview, for example, but the horror and the beauty, I always think the two of them can live quite well together and that a lot of the real horror in the world is what goes on behind closed doors and people's houses. Obviously, I don't mean everybody; I mean, even in ordinary couples where you might have an explosive argument and for that brief moment, there might be fear between the couple that it could escalate into something terrible. Thankfully, it rarely ever does, but there still is that how you can go from a really happy moment to a very dark moment in the blink of an eye, if somebody says the wrong thing or something happens, or even if a vase is dropped on the ground and suddenly this explosive anger. I just think that the light and the dark live very closely together, and to be able to show that on-screen and for people to see a beautiful couple, but then what they hear about, in the narrative or the narration, is the complete opposite to what they're looking at. So you can have beauty and horror right there simultaneously on screen.  The discipline of documentary filmmaking has helped you with scripted content.  When you're interviewing a real person for a documentary, when they're talking about their own real-life experience, I find that if you're really concentrating on the person and what they're telling you, you get a much greater understanding of the human condition all over because you're forced to put your attention on a subject when you want to bring it to life. For example, if you're directing narrative fiction, you're worried about all the different aspects. You're concerned about the lighting, camera setup, exterior, and any extraneous noise, and it's quite stressful. But if you're doing a documentary, it doesn't matter about the other stuff happening around you. If something annoys the person while you're doing an interview, it's part of the reality and that real moment. What are the key questions to get the best response instead of just the standard questions? I like to get to know the person before I film. So then you get an idea of how you can relate to them on camera. Will they be able to trust you in a given circumstance? I'm working on one at the moment. An amazing thing called Gladiator School with a guy who was a former prison inmate and who decided that when he was in prison, he was going to change his life. He's come out of prison, and he's now setting up a thing called gladiator school for kids on the street to get them away from crime, motivate them to do creative things, and follow their passion. But again, when working with the young man involved, I had to be very careful about the kind of questions, I had already spoken to him beforehand. I said, “Look, what kind of things can I ask you? Is there anything triggering that will throw you right off the page?” And he was like, “Ask me anything you want. Ask me anything you want. I'm here to be honest. I'm here to be truthful.”  So I did. So I asked him some searing questions about how he ended up in prison, what led him, what were those life choices, what were those experiences that moved on and rolled onto another experience that got him into a position where he ended up in drugs and prison. But again, it's still essential that I get to know him first and have a few phone calls to build that between us so I can ask the right questions.  If you're passionate about something and put your mind, thoughts, heart, and feelings into something, it's amazing how the Universe works on your side and allows those things to happen. But what's really important is to be yourself, be genuine.  Don't have somebody meet you and go, “There's an artifice there. I don't believe how he's dealing,” because if you do that, they're not going to trust you. They're not going to work with you. One of my main things is I'm always myself. I never tried to be anything other than. Just being yourself is highly important in anything you do because people know.  How do you come up with your ideas?  It could be anything. I could read a headline. I could see a little snippet in a book; it is a line that will lift off the page as an idea. It could be a name; from that name, an entirely fleshed-out story could emerge just from the title, which has happened with several things.  I'm open to being inspired by absolutely anything. Once I come up with the story and know who the characters are, I will allow the characters to speak to each other. And a lot of the time, I've no idea the direction they're going in, and I just follow it. I speed write with it, so I don't think, if anyone saw my notes, they're illegible, and I do have very neat handwriting, but when I'm writing a script, I always write freehand in notebooks, like A5 notebooks. I'm usually excited by the characters' direction and the elements of their life that emerge just through a conversation.  What are the questions that you ask them to start getting, moving them in the right direction?  Decide on a character they're comfortable with and then get to know the character and allow the character to speak to them. But if you're going to write a one-woman or one-person show, don't miscast yourself in the role, right? Write something that's going to suit you. That the people are going to look at you and go, “I believe this immediately, I believe this.” What's the story you want to tell? Now, take that story and put it into the mouth of a character you can inhabit in that 45 minutes or an hour and a half on stage and grab people's attention.  The scripted content becomes a documentary because it's that real, or you know a character so well that it's not a character; it's a person. It's taking what I've learned in making documentaries and bringing them into scripted, you know, narrative drama because if you listen and listen, the words will come to you.  Now, just find this character in a particular situation and let them tell their story. When I started writing, I never knew I could write screenplays.  I realized that with honesty, you could write things that came across powerfully. I believe that Characters exist in space, waiting for the right actor that they can choose to play them.  Creating the backstory for your character, you arrive in a scene, but who were you before that? Acting is reacting to your environment and the people you're in the scene with.  People just need to get out of their own way. Find the people who can see what you're trying to do.

Welcome to Episode Eight of PATTERN PORTRAITS!Lauren Godfrey chats with broadcaster and presenter Gemma Cairney about the eroticism of everyday life, pattern as code and living instinctively. Gemma is best known for her work with BBC radio, and a myriad of TV appearances from hosting Glastonbury for the BBC to presenting the public art competition show, Landmark for Sky Arts. Gemma is a published author with another book coming out imminently called The Immortal Sisterhood. Gemma is deeply and passionately involved in the art world, she is on the board of Jupiter Art Land Foundation and the Edinburgh Art Festival helping steer the ship of exciting art in Scotland and beyond. Gemma has a truly joyful approach to dressing, always appearing in fabulously playful patterns and colours, often sourced from independent designers and sustainable brands. I've long admired her buoyant presence on my screen and in my ears so it's my absolute pleasure to chat pattern, colour and life with her! Gemma has chosen patterns on garments including a dress from a roadside stall in Ghana, a handmade cotton scarf from Ethiopia, a vintage 1980's dress, a selection of crochet items - a bikini from Jamaica and a top and pouch made by Katie Jones, and a sarong bought from the New York City Opera thrift shop. You can see all these patterns and more on instagram @patternportraitspodcastThe PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany Gemma's interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at www.laurengodfrey.co.ukThere will be an exhibition of the artworks soon to be announced!This is the final episode of Season One but Season Two will be coming soon, follow @patternportraitspodcast to stay in the loop!Other things we discuss:Gemma's first book - Open, A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be The Sound Odyssey for Radio 4 Some of the 12 women that feature in Gemma's forthcoming book The Immortal Sisterhood - Pharaoh Hatshepsut, Betty Davis, Pamela Coleman Smith, Audre Lorde and Grace Jones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last June, Sky Arts ran its first ever nationwide arts initiative for primary schools, ‘Access All Arts week'. It's back for its second year, 19-23 June and to celebrate the week, Sky Arts will be airing a special episode of ‘Portrait Artist of the Year' featuring celebrities and children. Kieran was joined by acclaimed actor, author and presenter of ‘Portrait Artist of the Year', Stephen Mangan…

I am reposting this podcast because people have reminded me that the film, The Ghost of Richard Harris, is screened on almost a weekly basis on Sky Arts in the UK. I did a two-hour interview for the film, of which I am an associate producer, and that is based on my interviews with Harris, but the best parts of this interview were cut from the film, I believe! As Richard Harris so often told me about movies he had made! The full text of all my interviews with Richard is in the 2022 book Richard Harris: Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven. 

"I think affinity bias is the one where I feel is the deal breaker , if you can meet someone, and you can see something in them, that reflect you be a principle, be a belief, be it a way that you would like to be seen. I think that's the one that draws you in, you know, we talk about being charismatic, we talk about being charming,some people are very naturally charismatic, which means it's not, you know, they're not learned. It's not trained. But I also think there's an element of how does that charisma impact and affect us in different ways?" Anthony Anaxagorou is a British-born Cypriot poet, fiction writer, essayist, publisher and poetry educator. Anthony is the winner of the 2023 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje prize for his most recent poetry collection “Heritage Aesthetics” published by Granta. The chair of judges, journalist Samira Ahmed, said Anthony's poetry “is beautiful, but does not sugar coat. The arsenic of historical imperial arrogance permeates the Britain he explores in his writing. And the joy of this collection comes from his strength, knowledge, maturity, but also from deeply felt love.” His poetry has been published in POETRY, The Poetry Review, Poetry London, New Statesman, Granta, and elsewhere. His work has also appeared on BBC Newsnight, BBC Radio 4, ITV, Vice UK, Channel 4 and Sky Arts. His second collection After the Formalities published with Penned in the Margins is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for the 2019 T.S Eliot Prize along with the 2021 Ledbury Munthe Poetry Prize for Second Collections. It was also a Telegraph and Guardian poetry book of the year. In 2022 he founded Propel Magazine, an online literary journal featuring the work of poets yet to publish a first collection. Anthony is artistic director of Out-Spoken, a monthly poetry and music night held at London's Southbank Centre, and publisher of Out-Spoken Press. This is what one reviewer says of Anthony and his work ‘One of the most politically engaged poets of our time, Anthony holds the busy intersectionality of history, politics and ideology in poems that remain fresh and open. To stay up to date, follow @SmitaTharoor on Smita Tharoor (@SmitaTharoor) / Twitter or Smita Tharoor (@smitatharoor) | Instagram and follow the podcast on your favorite streaming service.

In 2022 Spike Milligan's family opened up his archive to selected guests – and what an archive it is! Hundreds of tapes, film rolls, scrapbooks, photographs, unpublished novels & scripts, box files and albums, much of it meticulously documented and annotated by Milligan himself, including bound volumes of family history, wartime journals and assorted paraphernalia covering his earliest childhood memories right up until his final years. Sky Arts filmed a documentary which originally aired in December last year where viewers saw the likes of Joanna Lumley, Ian Hislop, Eddie Izzard and Sarfraz Manzoor (as well as former Goon Pod guests David Quantick and Al Murray) nosing around this treasure trove. Spike's whole life is under the spotlight, from his early days in India to his underwhelming introduction to a Britain of fog, cold baths and terrible food, a world away from what he'd been used to; the wartime highs and lows (a whirlwind romance, being blown up); The Goon Show; his marriages and children; his post-Goons career on television; his campaigning and activism; his books, poetry, music and much more. Joining Tyler is Simon Meddings - Meds - from Waffle On podcast – a trailblazer in terms of telly and film review podcasts and certainly one of the few to have covered such diverse topics as School For Scoundrels, Fight Club and Donald Sinden! Meds and Tyler talk at length about Spike and his life as filtered through the documentary but find plenty of time to go off on tangents (within the first four minutes they've talked about Michael Caine and The Smiths, for instance) so there's plenty here for everybody who likes a good natter about old films, old telly... and old comics.   https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/waffle-on-podcast/id298729068

This episode, Mr Big Brother & Sky Arts Phil Edgar Jones OBE bares his creative soul and lets out his inner imposter with an ever-curious Kimberly. Get to know the insecure boss behind TV landscape-changing-formats like The Big Breakfast and The Word (if you're really old), Big Brother (if you're quite old) and all things Sky Arts (if you're all ages!) - and find out what he would've done differently, and how to 'take it seriously, but wear it lightly'.And yep, he does have a very famous daughter who acts. And nope, she doesn't get a mention in the podcast. Next time ;-)A Talented People podcast - www.talentedpeople.tv / @talentdpeopleActions we would love you fellow Imposters to take: Give us a 5 star review :-) - it's the best free way to support the making of this podcastTell your friends about usJoin the club! Sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us: hello@theimposterclub.comFollow us: Facebook/Twitter/TikTok: @theimposterclub / instagram: @theimposterclubhq Seek out Kimberly's company 'Talented People' for genuinely excellent and human touch executive search and staffing support services in TV production - www.talentedpeople.tv - and follow on socials @talentdpeople Connect Kimberly's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-godbolt-125022143/Episode guest info:Phil Edgar Jones - https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-edgar-jones-obe-40b19831/https://rts.org.uk/person/philip-edgar-jonesTwitter: @pedgarjonesMentioned in this episode:Edit Cloud - the world's first fully native cloud-based virtual editing solutionwww.editcloud.co Such lovely, forward-thinking people, do say hello and check out the future of post with them. Founder: Simon Green on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-gr33n/ Big thanks to Simon, Ash and the team at Edit Cloud for editing season 2.Conote Pocketbook - consent form management for busy TV & film teamsGet 20% by mentioning The Imposter Club podcast www.conote.tv - for a browse eleanor@conote.tv - for a chat and a demo

Tony Topping "I Alien: Memoirs of a UFO Spy" Uniquely different to anyone else in my subject field. Engagement with the UFO phenomena spans fifty years. The benefits to a production team are extensive with imagery and footage of UFOs I have filmed, incorporating image analysis. My narrative has a shocking human interest story involving contact with aliens. The alien encounter experience and impact on mental health is a factor. My digital art is inspired by my close encounters. The high probability while filming of going real world encounter quickly as a UFO turns up on scene. Extensive knowledge of UFOs. Defining the UFO friend or foe situation. Author of forthcoming book I, Alien Memoirs of a UFO Spy. Knowledge of US and Russian paranormal warfare operations. I am the one stop shop for matters UFO and contact related. ITV This Morning Contributor, Lads Bible, The One Show, Channel 4, Channel 5, BBC 2, Sky Arts, Sony Pictures, E4 Tattoo Fixers when producers gave me a tattoo for the unusual I have led, contributing to BBC News various radio shows across the globe writing for Australian Paranormal Magazine Oddities, Outer Limits, and French magazine OVNI and Italian Magazine. My forthcoming iconic book I, Alien: Memoirs of a UFO Spy reinvents the wheel of how stories of extraterrestrial contact are told. From the clash of angelic forces to collision among the alien forces in the skies above. It is truly a read that will take your breath away and have you in tears. The Chronicle element of the book details from 2001 to present my continual involvement in an operation called SCOVS or Special Contact Operation Very See. A story of an advanced alien communication network, where the future speaks to yesteryear and where human military agencies not governed by time clash with each other and establish communication with alien forces. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast. https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode our host Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar will be delving into the fascinating world of Kate Bryan, Director of Art at Soho House, and a renowned art historian, curator, and television presenter who is passionate about making art accessible to everyone. Kate shares her extensive knowledge and experiences with a global audience.Kate often says that she talks about art, even when no one is listening. Fortunately, her passion has found a broad audience through her work on various television programs, including Sky Arts, Sky Arte Italia, BBC2's Culture Show, and her role as a judge on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year and Landscape Artist of the Year. In 2020, she began hosting Inside Arts, a new series on Sky Arts that explores exhibitions across the UK.Kate holds the prestigious position of Director of Art at Soho House globally, connecting with artists around the world to acquire and champion their work. With a background that resonates with the majority of the country, Kate strives to break down the barriers of elitism in the art world. She believes that everyone, regardless of their upbringing, has an innate ability to appreciate and love art.She is also an arts mentor, empowering young women in the arts to reach their full potential. As an accomplished author, she has published two books: The Art of Love, which profiles 34 artist couples throughout history, and Bright Stars, which examines the lives of 30 talented artists who tragically died too young.Join us on this podcast as we explore Kate Bryan's remarkable journey and her unique perspective on the world of art. Get ready to be inspired and enlightened!www.katebryanart.com and www.sohohouse.com for more info about Kate Bryan and Soho House. www.theartbystander.com all rights reserved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Caroline Frost and Kelly-Anne Taylor discuss the best TV and streaming programmes coming up this week in the UK as well as giving a roundup of the essential Easter viewing Show Notes: Easter from Kings, BBC2 Easter Day Service, BBC1  Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, ITV1 Six Four, ITVX Last Woman on Earth with Sara Pascoe, BBC2 Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba, Sky Arts and NOW The Boy, The Mole, the Fox and the Horse, BBC1 Archive: Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen, BBC iPlayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Illsley is an English musician who rose to fame as the bass guitarist of the critically acclaimed band Dire Straits. With Dire Straits, John has been the recipient of multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards and a Heritage Award. As one of the founding band members, with Mark Knopfler, his brother David and drummer Pick Withers, John played a major role in the development of the Dire Straits' sound.Throughout it all, John and Mark were the only founding members to remain in the line up of Dire Straits right through from 1977 until they decided to call it a day in 1995. They still remain close friends and recently produced a programme “Guitar Stories” for Sky Arts.During their time together as Dire Straits they sold over 120 million albums and toured extensively across the world. When Dire Straits took a couple of well earned breaks John released two albums; Never Told a Soul (1984) and Glass (1988). Both featured Mark Knopfler as a guest musician.John happened upon the Irish band Cunla in a Leicestershire pub in March 2005. He appeared with them on several occasions, most notably on 23 September 2006 at Cathedrale d'Image in Les Baux de Provence, France. The performance was recorded and subsequently released as an album, Live in Les Baux, in 2007.In October 2008 John released Beautiful You, an album with Greg Pearle from Cunla and followed the release with a a short tour of Ireland. May 2010 saw the release of Streets of Heaven, with appearances from Mark Knopfler and a host of other musicians. The album was recorded at British Grove studios and produced by John and Guy Fletcher.John signed Native Roses to his label, Creek Publishing, in February 2011. He produced their debut album alongside Guy Fletcher between December 2011 and July 2012.When Dire Straits finished touring in 1993 John became heavily involved in the Art world. Having carved a reputation for himself as a painter, John had solo exhibitions in London, New York, Sydney and across Europe. He also co-founded the children's charity Life Education in 1987 which recently was integrated into Coram, one of the oldest UK charities.John also owns a pub, the East End Arms in the New Forest. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast. https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For a long time, Joan Bakewell has been a professional inspiration to me: a broadcasting superstar whose professional longevity is a testament to her talent, curiosity and hard work. She is a few months shy of her 90th birthday but still as busy as ever, presenting Portrait and Landscape Artist of the Year for Sky Arts. She's also a peer of the realm and the president of Birkbeck, University of London.Baroness Bakewell joins me to talk about her extraordinary career interviewing everyone from Marcel Duchamp to Nelson Mandela. Plus: sexism, class, her failure to become an actress, her memories of the Blitz, her two divorces and her long-running affair with the esteemed playwright Harold Pinter.It was such an amazing conversation and a real honour for me to talk to this thoroughly wonderful woman.--My new book, FRIENDAHOLIC: Confessions of a Friendship Addict, will be published next month and is now available to preorder - at half price - here.--How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted and produced by Elizabeth Day. To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com--Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayHow To Fail @howtofailpodJoan Bakewell @JDBakewell

In this special live recording of the Power Hour Adrienne spoke with the incredible Simon Frederick. A photographer, film-maker, and broadcaster, Simon Frederick has captured some of the UK's most influential figures during his career. Meanwhile, he has appeared as a judge on the Sky Arts series Master of Photography alongside actress Isabella Rossellini, and been named one of 2020's Most Influential Black Britons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

By Andrew McCaldon The extraordinary and explosive relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and the film composer Bernard Herrmann. Recorded live at Alexandra Palace with the BBC Concert Orchestra playing Herrmann's scores from the partnership's iconic films - Vertigo, North by Northwest and Psycho. Bernard Herrmann ..... Tim McInnerny Alfred Hitchcock ..... Toby Jones Alma Hitchcock ..... Joanna Monro Lucy Anderson/Tippi ..... Tara Ward Lew Wasserman/Cary/Paul ..... Jonathan Forbes BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Ben Palmer Produced by Neil Varley and Tracey Neale Directed By Tracey Neale By the late 1950s Herrmann and Hitchcock – known to each other as ‘Benny' and ‘Hitch' – have formed the most famous composer-director partnership in film history, creating masterpieces of cinema together, including Vertigo, North by Northwest and Psycho. But with tensions growing between the two maverick artists and change afoot in the movie industry, Benny and Hitch's collaboration and friendship comes to a catastrophic end at a recording session for the film Torn Curtain. But who is really responsible for the break-up? From beyond the grave, Benny and Hitch set out to determine which man has blood on their hands? Recorded in front of an audience at Alexandra Palace and starring two stellar actors, Tim McInnerny and Toby Jones, this thrilling and witty drama, will feature performances of Bernard Herrmann's music by the brilliant BBC Concert Orchestra. Writer: Andrew McCaldon worked with the BBC as a key creative on Ten Pieces, for which he wrote a series of acclaimed films and BBC Proms concerts. He has also combined music and drama in numerous shows for the BBCCO, BBCSO and the BBC Singers. Other recent writing work includes: Wemba's Dream, a community music-drama event with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, for which Andrew acted as Creative Director (2021); Abracadopera!, an original TV opera-comedy-drama, created and written by Andrew for English National Opera and broadcast on Sky Arts and Sky Kids (June 2022); and Gnomus, a site-specific play for Puppets With Guts staged at Stonehenge (April 2022). Cast & Performers: Tim McInnerny has just finished filming One Day for Netflix and plays the lead role in the forthcoming film Killers Anonymous. He can be seen in Ten Percent, the UK version of Call My Agent and also appeared in Game of Thrones. Toby Jones can be seen in The English for the BBC. Other work includes Jon S. Baird's Tetris for Apple TV and Sam Mendes's film Empire of Light, due for release in January. He will also appear in the forthcoming Indiana Jones film. Joanna Monro has been a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company several times. Her TV credits include Doctors and Doctor Who. She was a presenter on That's Life and her theatre credits include Blood Brothers and Mamma Mia! Tara Ward has worked in film, television, stage and radio. Recent appearances were in the film Justice League and Sky TV's Riviera. She played Mrs March in Radio 4's Little Women. Tara has written a number of books on personal development. Jonathan Forbes played the lead role in the film Conspiracy of Silence. TV highlights include Hornblower, Foyle's War and Black Mirror. He played Sharon Hogan's brother in Catastrophe for Channel 4. He also starred in Radio 4's returning series Tracks. The BBC Concert Orchestra appears on Radio 2's Sunday Night Is Music Night as well as exploring music from classical to contemporary on Radio 3. Soundtracks include Blue Planet and Serengeti for BBC 1 and in February it worked with over 20 artists for Radio 2's Piano Room Month. It appears annually at the BBC Proms and at London's Southbank Centre. The Conductor, Ben Palmer is Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Philharmonie Merck in Darmstadt and Babylon Orchester Berlin and Artistic Director of Covent Garden Sinfonia. He is one of Europe's most sought-after specialists in conducting live to picture. Next year he conducts the German tour of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Production Team: Directed by Tracey Neale Produced by Neil Varley & Tracey Neale Production Co-Ordinators, Ben Hollands, Ayesha Labrom & Hannah O'Reilly Technical & Outside Broadcast Team: Chris Rouse, Alison Craig, Gilly Chauhan, Simon Nicklinson and Jon Wilson

James talks about his recent trip to Northern Ireland and the pair discuss the shipping production during the Second World War.Al chats about the upcoming documentary 'Spike Milligan:The Unseen Archive' which will air on Sky Arts this Wednesday 7th December. Al also reviews 'The Pacific' after watching it for the first time.A Goalhanger Films ProductionProduced by Harry LinekerExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite: wehavewayspod.comEmail: wehavewayspod@gmail.comTickets for #WHWF3 are now on sale EXCLUSIVELY to members of the Independent Company!http://patreon.com/wehavewaysTicket prices are frozen for a limited window, don't miss out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Photo: Steve Tanner Emma Rice, whose latest production, an adaptation of Emily Bronte's “Wuthering Heights” plays at Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre November 18th through January 1st, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Emma Rice was formerly the Artistic Director of Kneehigh Theatre, which brought several shows to Berkeley Rep, including Brief Encounter, and The Wild Bride, along with 946 (The Story of Adolpho Tips). Her new company, Wise Children, as formed in 2017 following a short stint as Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe, produced several live video productions during the pandemic shutdown, including Wuthering Heights, which now airs on Sky Arts. The production of Wuthering Heights focuses not on the romance angle of previous adaptations, but on how it's actually a story of abuse, revenge and passion, told with a Greek Chorus and some irreverence. Wise Children website. The post Emma Rice, playwright/director, “Wuthering Heights,” at Berkeley Rep appeared first on KPFA.

This week on the show we welcome friends from the world of film, television, comedy and literature.The acting excellence of Andy Serkis chats his brand new Star Wars adventure with his latest show 'Andor'.Funnyman Lee Mack tells us all about his new football opera 'Gods of the Game' on Sky Arts.Brilliant storyteller Ben Miller turns the pages on his new children's book 'Secrets of a Christmas Elf'.And the wonderful Tom Allen shares his life story in his new book 'Too Much'.Plus Tim Minchin, Scott Mitchell, William MacAskill and David Croft.You can catch the breakfast show live weekdays 6:30am-10am on Virgin Radio UK.Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear the highlights every week.Andy Serkis - 00:38Lee Mack - 07:42Ben Miller - 13:28Tom Allen - 19:47Tim Minchin - 27:19Scott Mitchell - 34:21William MacAskill - 41:00David Croft - 47:34 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Winterbottom discusses writing and directing a SKY TV drama, This England, starring Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson during his tumultuous first months as Prime Minister and the first wave of the COVID pandemic. GALWAD, an ambitious, multiplatform arts project set in Wales, imagines what it would be like if we could receive messages from people living in 2052. Audiences can follow the story as it unfolds across the week, both online and on social media, and watch a broadcast of the whole event on Sky Arts. The lead producer Claire Doherty and lead writer Owen Sheers, explain why they wanted to push the boundaries of storytelling. The literary critic John Mullan and the novelist Katherine Rundell discuss the life and work of Hilary Mantel.

He is one of the country's most beloved musicians and he holds the coveted title of the biggest selling album ever in Ireland. David Gray is an honorary Irish man at this stage and his album White Ladder is still a fan favourite in Ireland. Earlier this year he played three sold-out shows at the Three Arena in Dublin, which were all recorded and feature as part of a new documentary for Sky Arts. David joined Dermot and Dave to chat all about it.

Jules Williams is a Natural Intuitive, Originally from the UK. Jules grew up in Abergavenny, South Wales. He is a gifted spiritual healer alongside a three year intensive certification In the sub conscious mind. Jules moved to London in 2004, where he was one of the founding Psychics on Sky Television, Psychic TV. In 2009, he established a production company and directed 35 episodes of Sky Arts showcase called” Living the life”. Where he interviewed and worked with Elliot Gould, Joanna Lumley, Sir John Hurt, Anna Friel, Twiggy and David Bailey. Jules now resides in Malibu, California with his wife Alison. Together they are  continuing his quest for emotive healing and storytelling, through books, film, coaching and retreats.  These are offered under the umbrella of Inside Out Retreats and his new production company, 21 Mile Films.

In this week's episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to journalist, presenter, and podcaster, Geeta Pendse.Geeta is a freelance journalist and presenter with 15 years' experience delivering content for broadcasters, who is based in Nottingham, UK. She has worked for BBC Sunday Morning Live, BBC Radio 4, BBC Breakfast, BBC Politics, East Midlands Today, BBC Three and Sky Arts as a reporter and presenter. She presents the weekly politics show on BBC One in the East Midlands, and anchored the BBC's General Election Debate for the region.Geeta has developed a specialism as an Arts reporter, and alongside creating original and daily content for BBC news outlets, she has also presented the Sky Arts series ‘Music of India', BBC Radio 4's flagship arts programme ‘Front Row' and ‘Civilisations Stories: The Art of Mining', a half-hour documentary for BBC One in the East Midlands and BBC Four.In this conversation, Geeta and I talk about a range of subjects including how she never wanted to be in a relationship just for the sake of it; the emotions she experienced as the majority of her friends began to ‘pair off' and her particular life path began to feel like the less common one; and how she navigated those changing friendships in her life. We also discuss how Geeta decided to train as a yoga teacher in her mid-thirties, and how that helped her find role models in her life who didn't have children; how her podcast has made her realise that there is no one story of childlessness and how each different story comes with many, many nuances; and how she has subsequently spoken to all kinds of women who don't have children - from those who are childless by circumstance, to those who are childless by choice, as well as those who have felt ambivalent about it.Geeta and I also chat about the stigma that can come from not having children, including how some women suffer the implication that they are ‘pointless' or ‘selfish'; the sense of failure that can come as a result of societal projections onto those women who find themselves without children, whether by choice or not; and what ‘active choice' means when it comes to making a decision about whether or not to have kids. In this episode, we also cover turning forty, and the increasing number of female role models in their forties and above who are empowering women to embrace the ageing process; learning to care less about what people think and how freeing it can be; and how ultimately, any one of us can have a good life whether with children or without. Apple Podcast link to ‘The 1 in 5 Podcast: Leading A Life Without Children': https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/1-in-5-leading-a-life-without-children/id1604573437Spotify link to ‘The 1 in 5 Podcast: Leading A Life Without Children': https://open.spotify.com/show/3bQu7zYxCF5JvJIrvqroqvFollow Geeta on Twitter: @geetapendseFollow Geeta on Instgram: @geetapendseGeeta's Website: https://geetapendse.com/Join my private Facebook Group: Join my private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1870817913309222/?ref=shareFollow me on Instagram: @spinsterhoodreimaginedFollow me on Twitter: @LucyMeggesonEmail me: lucy@lucymeggeson.com Check out my website: www.lucymeggeson.com 

My guest today is a musician who came to fame as the frontman for the new wave band Tubeway Army and later as a solo artist selling over 10 million records. He is a pioneer of electronic music and has received the Ivor Novello award. A new documentary about his music and his life airs on Sky Arts on August 13th. I'm talking today with Gary Numan… The Positivity Podcast sees Paul McKenna interview some of the world's most interesting people. From film stars, to entrepreneurs and entertainers, you'll learn the tips and tricks that the best in the business use to stay positive. Don't forget to rate and subscribe to the podcast and share your best bits from the episode online. Paul McKenna Twitter: @ImPaulMcKenna Paul McKenna Instagram: @IamPaulMcKenna

Patrick Kielty joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The award winning stand-up and broadcaster talks about growing up in Northern Ireland, his path to comedy and making his screen acting debut. Bestselling novelist Amy Bloom turns to memoir as she recounts the journey she and her husband took to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland after his diagnosis of Alzheimer's. Pioneering priest Reverend Doctor Ellen Clark-King will talk about learning to sing, after decades of being ashamed of her voice. Craig Revel Horwood shares his Inheritance Tracks. Les Child teaches elegance and poise to models and shared his choreography skills with musicians including the Pet Shop Boys and the Rolling Stones. But before this he was busy creating Britain's first vogue house and working as a principal dancer with the pioneering Michael Clark Company. Producer: Claire Bartleet Editor: Richard Hooper Patrick Kielty's stand-up tour Borderline runs from April 21st starting in Ballymena, reaching Nottingham on the 11th May and then continues until 2nd July. In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom is out now. Anyone Can Sing, featuring Reverend Doctor Ellen Clark-King, airs on Wednesdays at 8pm on Sky Arts. Craig Revel Horwood: The All Balls and Glitter Tour continues in Cardiff on the 3rd April and runs in venues around the UK until 27th May.

Lauren Laverne is one of the busiest women in broadcasting - host of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs and her hugely popular BBC Radio 6 Music Breakfast Show and now host of The Big Design Challenge, a new TV programme out on Sky Arts. Lauren has gone from being in 90's band Kenickie to presenting across TV and radio including coverage of Glastonbury, The Culture Show, Channel 4's 10 O'Clock Live, Woman's Hour and much more. But what is Lauren thankful for today? Angela finds out... You can watch The Big Design Challenge on Sky Arts, Freeview Channel 11, and streaming service NOW. GET IN TOUCHAngela's Newsletter: https://angelascanlon.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe instagram.com/angelascanlon twitter.com/angelascanlon facebook.com/angelascanlon#ThanksAMillionTrio FOLLOWinstagram.com/laurenlavernetwitter.com/laurenlaverne FURTHER LISTENING6 music breakfast showhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c000jDesert Island Discshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnmr See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Reece Lyons is a writer, performer, spoken word artist and Roundhouse Resident Artist where her work has previously gone viral and has been watched by over 4 million people online. She has appeared in Overflow at The Bush Theatre, Life & Rhymes on Sky Arts and HANNA on Amazon Prime. Reece was a 2019 BBC Edinburgh Fringe Poetry Slam finalist. Her word of the day for Anthems Pride 2021 was VISIBILITY. CONNECT WITH REECE: I: @reecelyons_ T: @reecelyons_ #AnthemsWomen2022 is a collection of 7 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional women brought out of the Anthems Vault. This is a Broccoli Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices