Adventures in Journalism

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Adventures in Journalism

This podcast follows award-winning British journalist Martin Hesp as he travels the world enjoying the sights, tasting the food and booze, and meeting people from all walks of life.

  1. 06/18/2022

    Celebrating English Wine Week

    We set out to celebrate English Wine Week by visiting the Huxbear Vineyard in South Devon in the company of Wickhams Wine and the wine writer Stephen Barrett

    23 min

  2. 05/23/2022

    Mary Quicke, farmer and cheesemaker

    We spend a morning touring the amazing Quicke estate in central Devon with Mary Quicke, the forward -thinking woman who makes some of the best cheddar cheese in the world

    35 min

  3. 07/19/2021

    Launching Taste East Devon with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Others

    Recorded at the launch of Taste East Devon, Martin Hesp talks to the movers and shakers behind a new group set up to promote the food and drink of one of the most beautiful and fertile areas of the UK - interviewees include Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, chef Michael Caines and many others

    36 min
  4. The World of Food Judging

    06/28/2021

    The World of Food Judging

    Martin Hesp spends a couple of days watching the judging in the product classes of the anual Food Drink Devon Awards. It's an exacting process which means thopse stickers you see attached to items on supermarket shelves declaring "Gold" or "Silver" really do mean what they say

    25 min

  5. 06/07/2021

    The Consumer Brand - a new way of thinking about the food and drink we buy

    Would you be interested in hearing about a new way of food shopping which both pays the farmer fairly and also insists upon environmentally friendly practices in agriculture? Those are the sort of decisions consumer power can make happen - and now it's possible thanks to a new concept which was originally born in France 5 years ago. There, the English name is Who's The Boss - in the UK it's called The Consumer Brand - and the first product has now been launched. Martin Hesp talks to the people behind the iniative...

    41 min

  6. 05/24/2021

    Revolting Peasants of Exmoor - Remembering a Chat With Molly Groves

    There has been talk of centralising the control of England's national parks - an idea that will not go down well with local people who live in the remote uplands of places like Exmoor. In this podcast journalist Martin Hesp brushes off an old interview he did with Molly Groves - one of the founders of the Exmoor Revolting Peasants party - a pressure group formed by local people in the early 2000s

    19 min

  7. 05/14/2021

    Regenerative Farming in Cornwall

    Journalist Martin Hesp joins Francis Clarke, the managing director of the highly regarded Trewithen Dairy, on a visit to a South Cornish holding where they are shown the benefits of regenerative farming by expert Tom Tolputt, who explains that the system could actually take carbon out of the atmosphere while at the same time producing fantastically healthy milk and cream, beef and lamb

    39 min

  8. 05/08/2021

    Talking to the Wheelwrights

    In his travels as editor-at-large of a daily newspaper in the UK Martin Hesp came across many interesting people working in all manner of industries and trades - in this podcast he looks back at his meeting with the Rowland family - the Royal Warrant wheelwrights of East Devon

    24 min
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About

This podcast follows award-winning British journalist Martin Hesp as he travels the world enjoying the sights, tasting the food and booze, and meeting people from all walks of life.

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  • Creator
    Martin Hesp
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2022
  • Episodes
    46
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © @martinhesp
  • Show Website
    Adventures in Journalism

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