Claret & Conversation: Voices from the Creative Industry

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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 new podcast.

  1. 07/21/2020

    Eugene Skeef

    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 extraordinary life.

    1h 17m

  2. 05/18/2020

    Episode 9: Bill Hope by Claret & Conversation

    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.

    45 min

  3. 03/18/2020

    Episode 8: Phil Wolff by Claret & Conversation

    Listen to actor, director and screenwriter Phil Wolff discuss creative craft, film and separating the art from the artists in this weeks episode.

    49 min

  4. 03/11/2020

    Episode 7: Ray Foulk by Claret & Conversation

    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 headliners such as Lionel Ritchie and Lewis Capaldi, Ray credits its early success with prosperity the support of Bob Dylan. Catapulted into success, Ray and his brother were brought into the Milton Keynes city planning project. Asked to develop the town’s leisure space, Ray once again went the extra mile and brought Buckminster Fuller, the celebrated architect, on board. In his late twenties, Ray ‘retired’ to run an antique shop in London. Here, again, Ray quickly became successful, acquiring famous pieces of art deco furniture and curating exhibitions. Ray’s interest in this area spurred him to learn more. He received a degree from the Open University before being offered a place at Cambridge to study architecture. Later in life, Ray worked in schools to raise environmental awareness, which he credits as being his greatest creative contribution. In this podcast, Katie and Ray discuss the importance of thinking big in the creative industry, and how this ambitious drive can be harnessed for success. They also discuss Ray’s new book, Picasso’s Revenge, and the world of Picasso and 1920s Paris. Buy Picasso’s Revenge here: https://www.picassosrevenge.com/ Learn more about Claret Press: https://www.claretpress.com/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClaretandConversation/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaretPress

    47 min

  5. 02/25/2020

    Episode 6: Adam Saunders by Claret & Conversation

    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 and music groups and was, in his own words, ‘thrown in at the deep end’. Preferring to play by ear rather than from sheet music, Adam continued to enjoy working in a communal environment and has fond memories of playing obscure Edwardian requests for punters in Portsmouth pubs. At Trinity Laban, Adam discovered his desire to work in community-based projects through his friendship with Pete Churchill. Marrying the professional with the pedagogical, Adam began involving himself in group projects, focusing on bringing music to those with no formal training or musical background. It was in this role as a creative catalyst that Adam came to Clapham Community Choir, working with an eclectic group of people with mixed abilities to create a fun and dynamic society. In this episode, Katie and Adam discuss the role of ‘creative catalysts’, those in the creative industry who enable others to create through training and guidance. They also consider the role of collaboration in creativity, and how often it is through working together that we can show our strengths and minimise our weaknesses. Find out more about Adam: https://adamsaundersmusic.com/ Learn more about Claret Press: https://www.claretpress.com/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClaretandConversation/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaretPress

    38 min

  6. 02/18/2020

    Episode 5: Tor Bridges by Claret & Conversation

    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 hierarchical, male and mercantile environment and left the organisation to pursue her career as a director. Joining forces with her husband, they set out to make documentaries which brought people’s attention to hard-hitting international issues. More recently, Tor was the executive producer for ‘Anna: the woman who went to fight ISIS’. The documentary is about Tor’s niece, Anna, who went to fight with the Kurds against ISIS and was sadly killed by a Turkish airstrike in the town of Afrin in northern Syria. Tor believes passionately in the ability of documentaries as a force to inform and change people’s opinions. Her films contextualise the bigger picture by bringing in personal stories, as she believes it is the individual which will intrigue her audience. In this podcast, Katie and Tor discuss the role of documentary makers in shaping and respecting the narrative of their subjects. They also explore how creativity can be a force for change and the need for more female voices in the filmmaking industry. Watch ‘Anna: the woman who went to fight ISIS’: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006h6x Learn more about Claret Press: https://www.claretpress.com/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClaretandConversation/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaretPress

    33 min

  7. 02/11/2020

    Episode 4: Simon Altmann by Claret & Conversation

    '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 London for two years, Simon returned to Argentina. He soon realised he would have to leave, not only because there was little opportunity to earn a living as a mathematics professor, but also because of the political situation under Juan Peron. After refusing to join the political party, Simon left to work in Oxford and has only returned to Argentina once ever since. As a professor of mathematics, Simon made many breakthroughs. He wrote code for the Manchester computer and developed new uses and understanding of rotational algebra. After retiring in the 1990s, Simon turned his attention to writing, publishing a book on mathematics and then philosophy. He continues to write poetry and has recently published a paper on art history. In this podcast, Katie and Simon discuss the role of curiosity in creativity. They examine how being curious allows one to learn more and deepen understanding and how this in turn permits you to be more creative. They also talk about the need to go back to the source, reading not just the expert opinion, but the opinion which informs the expert opinion. Read more from Simon in the Madras Courier: https://madrascourier.com/author/simonaltmann/ Learn more about Claret Press: https://www.claretpress.com/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClaretandConversation/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaretPress

    46 min

  8. 01/28/2020

    Episode 3: Tim Luscombe by Claret & Conversation

    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 degree directing plays before finally getting round to some studying in the last three months. After leaving university, Tim took part in the Old Vic directing attachment. He credits this as being a formative experience in which he learnt to reach out to everyone around you in order to fulfil your creative endeavours. Since then he has gone on to write and direct many successful productions and co-founded a gay theatre company which has worked with many famous actors, including Jude Law. Identity is central to Tim’s work, whether national, gay or European. In particular the idea of common identity. Do these groups have a common identity? And if so, what is this common identity and how does it bring people together? Much of Tim’s work on this has been examined through the lens of Eurovision, which Tim loves for its campness, European-ness and politics. More recently, Brexit has become the leitmotif of Tim’s work. His book, Learning German (badly) (Claret Press; 2019), humorously examines the interactions of a group of people from across the world as they attempt to pass their German citizenship exams. In this podcast, Katie and Tim discuss Europe in the wake of the Brexit referendum. They debate what it means to be European and whether it is an economic or social institution. They also talk about the role of failure in the creative process and how to develop the resilience needed to succeed in this industry. Tim's website: https://www.timluscombe.com/ Learn more about Claret Press: https://www.claretpress.com/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClaretandConversation/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaretPress

    42 min
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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 new podcast.

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  • Creator
    Claret Press
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Claret Press