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Interviews

Getting into it with artists, writers, creatives and innovators.

Write Speak Recover Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Michael Gough

I met Michael at the lovely writing group that Ruth Beddow hosts at Morocco Bound. He always greets you with a smile and an offer of a seat at his table. Michael has music and magic in him - spending time in his orbit is time soulfully spent. We met
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Interviews Graham Thomas

The Big Interview: Farah Rahman, writer

'I believe there are ongoing human conversations that extend far beyond the limits of any single lifetime. Through art and philosophy, we can commune across distance and time.'
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Write Speak Recover Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Emma Kirrage

Since starting this project I seem to have developed a sense that tells me a poet has a deeper story to tell while I watch them perform. Something beyond their words that has drawn them to that particular stage at that time, leaving me moved to speak to them and
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Interviews Graham Thomas

Interview: Joshua Clarke, artist

The creation of art is a great teacher itself, it helps you understand more about yourself, what’s important, what isn’t, what works, what doesn’t... it helps me feel like me.
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Write Speak Recover Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Saeed Hirad

Saeed asked to meet for our portrait shoot at the Royal Observatory Greenwich on a beautiful spring evening. As I was walking up I saw a wonderful tree and made a mental note that I might use it in our session. While I waited on the steps at the top
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Interviews Graham Thomas

Interview: Jonathan Hayter, artist and puppeteer

What is the key to longevity as an artist, both creatively and professionally? It's tenacity, strength, and belief you still have something to express and explore.
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Interviews Graham Thomas

The Big Interview: Harry Reeves & Ibrahim Kargbo Jr, Amenno Film

"Amenno events are about giving grassroots film the kind of space and care it deserves. We want to get films that are born underground into the places they are meant to be shown; the cinema."
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Issues Graham Thomas

Interview: Thomas Brown, artist

Know that it will probably take time, that relationships are key, and that the only way to fail is to give up.
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Issues Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Amy McAllister

There are some poems and performances that stay with you, because when you hear them you are transported through the words to another place. It’s as if you are actually there in the poem and form a memory from the visualisation during listening. That was my experience when I
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Mic Nightlife Tim Foley

Mic Nightlife - Orbit Beers - Poetry and Spoken Word Night, Walworth, London

There is something conspiratorial about walking down a poorly lit back street, under a gloomy railway bridge and through a busy brewery into a cosy back room lined with barrels. As the trains rumble overhead poets share stories and wisdom with each other to raucous cheers. These feel like nights
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Articles Graham Thomas

Interview: Zoë Thompson, founder, sweet-thang Zine

The Artist is the dreamer who helps us see that more is possible, that what does not yet exist, can.
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Write Speak Recover Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Alan Hark

I’ve been watching Alan’s @im.not.leaving.yet series for a while and was pleased to finally meet the real man behind the reels. Alan is all about collaboration, we met in his kitchen in Walthamstow and it was a perfect place to chat and create, over a
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