THE IDLE HANDS SOCIETY Dan Higginson & Paul Bence

On The Idle Hands Society’s latest episode, Paul and Dan speak with Brian Carroll, founder and editor of Offline Journal, a photo-forward publication championing Welsh photographic artists.

On The Idle Hands Society’s latest episode, graphic designer Ryan McDonagh joins us to chat about studying art, having a disability as an artist, using art to express yourself, answering "the big question" using text in art, social media algorithms, the last three things we listened to, designing album covers, making authentic videos, trying new things.

This week, we have the super-talented and almost Welsh Roo Lewis.  Roo talks(amongst other thing) about folklore, faith, community, and the importance of telling positive stories.

Roo spent over two years photographing the landscape and the people of Port Talbot to create a wonderful body of work that shows how deeply he cares about the people he works with.

This week on the podcast, we have the wonderfully multi-talented Kate Burden.  Kate talks about being too young at 18 to goto university and how she kickstarted her creative career after having her third child. She also talks about finding old “Sticky” toys in her loft and how she sliced, broke and chopped them up to make new sculptures.

Dan and Paul round up 2023’s highlights in their end-of-year review.

This week, we spoke with photographer and educator Mimi Mollica.