This podcast is a heartwarming and insightful conversation with professionals in the creative industry. We find out what inspired them to risk their livelihoods to join the creative industry. Each guest brings a work of art that inspired them, and a work that they have, in turn, created. Join these fun, thoughtful and inspiring conversations: Claret & Conversation: Voices from the Creative Industry is sponsored by Claret Press and Clapham Publishing Services. Join us every Wednesday for a ne ...
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Eugene Skeef is a South African musician, composer, poet and activist, exiled from South Africa for his work with Steve Biko during the Apartheid regime. He has since become a workshop leader, renowned for the work that he did in post-genocide Bosnia. Join us as he introduces a range of drums to Katie Isbester, and tells the story of his extraordin…
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Episode 9: Bill Hope by Claret & Conversation
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Bill Hope is a Clapham-based actor who has worked in theatre and movies. His break-through role was in Aliens directed by James Cameron. He has also acted with Johnny Depp, starred on Spooks, and voiced over cartoons. Born in Canada, he has made London his home. Two ex-pat Canadians talk about his career. Join the conversation.…
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Episode 8: Phil Wolff by Claret & Conversation
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Listen to actor, director and screenwriter Phil Wolff discuss creative craft, film and separating the art from the artists in this weeks episode.
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Episode 7: Ray Foulk by Claret & Conversation
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Jack-of-all-trades Ray Foulk discusses his extraordinary life as the Isle of Wight festival creator, city events planner, art deco gallery curator and author. Ray grew up on the Isle of Wight. When the island needed funding to build a new swimming pool, he and his brother decided to set up a festival. Now an internationally renowned event with head…
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Episode 6: Adam Saunders by Claret & Conversation
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Listen to the British composer and music leader discuss his role as a creative catalyst and the importance of collaboration. Adam Saunders’ musical ability was clear from a young age. Growing up near Portsmouth, Adam attended a small school where few people played instruments. From the age of seven, he found himself accompanying the school choir an…
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Episode 5: Tor Bridges by Claret & Conversation
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Listen to the award-winning director and filmmaker Tor Bridges discuss using creativity as a force for positive change and social justice, and how this ethos has impacted her work. Tor Bridges studied documentary film making in the States before moving back to the UK and joining the BBC as a researcher. She quickly became disenfranchised with the h…
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Episode 4: Simon Altmann by Claret & Conversation
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'Creativity is Curiosity.' Mathematics professor at Oxford, art historian, poet, philosopher, superb aphorist - is there anything Simon Altmann can't do? Listen as he discusses how creativity and curiosity have shaped his life. Simon Altmann was born in Argentina and grew up in the shadow of WWII. After receiving British Council funding to study in…
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Episode 3: Tim Luscombe by Claret & Conversation
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Listen to acclaimed playwright and author of Learning German (badly) Tim Luscombe, as he discusses European identity, Brexit and Eurovision. Tim Luscombe grew up in the Surrey suburbs near Epsom. He left to study Geography at Oxford and quickly realised that he could get by without doing any work until third year. Consequently, he spent most of his…
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Episode 2: Wendy Yates by Claret & Conversation
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Sweeten your January by listening to Clapham entrepreneur Wendy Yates discuss compotes, marmalades and ketchups and managing her own micro-business. Wendy Yates started her career in a very different industry: speech and language therapy. After spending five years studying, she entered the profession and slowly began to realise that it was not for …
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Episode 1: Tansy Spinks by Claret & Conversation
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Sound artist Tansy Spinks talks about how to listen. Thoughtful and informed, this experimental artist makes a fascinating podcast. Tansy Spinks always knew she wanted to be an artist. Growing up in a family of female painters, her decision when she left school was not whether to be creative, but which creative path to follow: art or music. Choosin…
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Episode 8: Pascaline Lambert by Claret & Conversation
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At what point does the craft of sewing meet art? Does teaching and parenting affect your creative professionalism? Find all the answers in this episode. Available now on all major platforms.
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Episode 7: Aliki Braine by Claret and Conversation
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Aliki Braine, artist, photographer, educator and activist took on the National Gallery in the name of justice and won! She's a committed artist who talks frankly about the demands of producing art while also being a mother and an educator. Listen to the conversation. Available now on all major platforms.…
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Episode 6: Richard Lloyd-Morgan by Claret & Conversation
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Richard Lloyd-Morgan finds striking similarities as an opera singer and a vicar. "Just get out of the way and let Strauss/God do the work," he says. Listen to this beautiful man with his beautiful voice tell us about getting out of the way.
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Episode 5: Barry Stevens by Claret & Conversation
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You think you've got an extended family? Think again! Award winning Canadian filmmaker, Barry Stevens, has 600 siblings. Listen to his fascinating life.
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Episode 4: Hannah Duffy by Claret & Conversation
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Hannah Duffy is the multi-talented young actor who not only set up her own theatre company but also has a passion and talent for writing, shown through her involvement in the Writers Lab Programme at Soho Theatre.
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Episode 3: Tim Frances by Claret & Conversation
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Is it a podcast or a masterclass in acting? Join Tim Frances, West End actor, for stories and insights into the enchanting world of the stage.
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Episode 2: Declan Hill by Claret & Conversation
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Uncertain who to support in the upcoming Canadian elections? The world leading expert in match-fixing, Declan Hill, has boxed with Justin Trudeau, had dinner with the Russian Mafia and spills all on Claret and Conversation season two. Declan Hill: http://declanhill.com/
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Episode 1: Julie Anderson by Claret & Conversation
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Author, illustrator and organiser of Clapham Book Festival sits down with Katie to kick of the second season of Claret and Conversation with a bang. Learn about the fascinating panels in the upcoming Clapham Book Festival and the hidden truths about the area of Clapham that so many writers love. Clapham Book Festival: https://claphambookfestival.co…
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Podcast 10: Michael Coolwood by Claret & Conversation
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Michael Coolwood is a feminist science fiction and fantasy writer. Growing up with shows like Asterix and Futurama, Michael has always enjoyed letting his imagination run wild. After getting back into reading a few years ago, he was absorbed by the works of Ian M. Banks and other stories involving sentient trains, spurring him to start writing his …
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Podcast 9: Tricia Ninian by Claret & Conversation
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Tricia Ninian is living her child hood dream as a soprano, having embraced her musical talent at an early age by learning to play the piano and singing in a choir in Westminster Abbey. Now, Tricia has starred as the likes of Liu in Turandot and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and her passion has provoked her to set up her own opera company: St Paul’s …
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Podcast 8: Sam Clark by Claret & Conversation
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Born and raised in Clapham, Sam is an expert traveler and the co-founder of Experience Travel Group. His travel company tailors the trip to the ‘holiday makers’ needs and helps them to explore and appreciate the locations natural form, setting Experience Travel Group apart from the rest. In this episode of Claret & Conversation, we debate the defin…
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Podcast 7: Catherine O'Brien by Claret & Conversation
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Catherine O’Brien is a voice artist and the founder of Essential Audiobooks based in New York, where she lives with her husband after having moved there from London in 2008. As the daughter of a speech and drama teacher, Catherine has grown up performing In this episode of Claret & Conversation, we’ll consider the current state of the publishing in…
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Podcast 6: Sam MacDonald by Claret & Conversation
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Sam is a gardener and founder of the Cottage Gardener company in Clapham. Sam first began to appreciate the outdoors as a child and was inspired by the nature and colours of the Norfolk countryside where he spent a lot of time growing up. Sam has a new book coming out, entitled Down the Garden Path: Snippets from the Cottage Gardener, which draws o…
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Podcast 5: Kees't Hooft by Claret & Conversation
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Kees’t grew up in a small town in Holland to liberal parents who encouraged him to embrace his creative side. In this episode of Claret & Conversation, we’ll discuss how Kees’t transitioned from a cameraman director, working with the likes of David Lee; to adventure photography, climbing Mount Everest with Brian Blessed and exploring Antarctica wit…
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Podcast 4: Sarah Gray by Claret & Conversation
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Sarah is an author living with Motor Neurons Disease. Published by Claret Press, Sarah writes supernatural stories, saying she loves the uncertainty and the fact that anything could happen. Half Life has been adopted by the NHS to help teach palliative care staff and indeed we will discuss how Sarah has come to terms with her illness in this episod…
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Podcast 3: Alex "Reads" Holmes by Claret & Conversation
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Alex Reads is a professional journalist and podcast host of Mostly Lit and What Matters, who loves to create. Inspired by David Sedaris, Alex has natural gift for storytelling and plays the piano to exorcise his demons. In this episode of Claret & Conversation, we’ll discuss how the ever-modest Alex doesn’t let stereotypes define him.…
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Podcast 2: Sue Carpenter by Claret & Conversation
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Sue Carpenter is a documentary filmmaker, writer and photographer, whose wanderlust has resulted in her making a feature documentary about an uneducated girl in Nepal, Belmaya, who she met 12 years ago. Sue’s film follows Belmaya as she herself trains in filmmaking and makes her own short documentary, which has been selected for six international f…
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Podcast 1: Nicky Barranger by Claret & Conversation
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Nicky Barranger is an ex-BBC radio producer and World Service presenter who tried to interview a sleeping Arthur Miller, eye-locked with Hugh Jackman and spilled wine on Sir Peter Halls. Refering to herself as ‘professionally nosey’, Nicky’s curiosity has lead her through many doors, yet her love for audio and radio has never faded. In this edition…
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