My guest on the show today was the artist, musician, and dancer, Cuthbert Arutura. We had a vast conversation covering the legacy of slavery, colonialism (both modern and historic), cultural homogenisation, BLM, and the protests that sprung up after the death of George Floyd. If you haven’t already and you enjoyed this episode,…
Category: Culture
Chatter #72 – Chris Ammon on Food, Cooking, and Becoming a Chef
My guest on the show today was a friend of mine. Chris Ammon, he is the head chef at Lizum 1600, a hotel in the Austrian ski resort of Axamer Lizum, where I spend my winters! I have been reading quite a lot about food and cooking over the past few months and…
Chatter #64 – Katie McQuillan on Creativity and Exporting the Northern Irish Identity
Our guest on today’s show was Katie McQuillan, a photographer and videographer from Belfast Northern Ireland whose work has been chosen by the World Health Organization to front their entire worldwide coronavirus campaign. Katie is also a former classmate of mine so it was a pleasure to catch up and discuss creativity, her…
Chatter #61 – Richie Prynne on Creativity, Busking and the Breakup of CC Smugglers
Richie Prynne, the former lead singer of CC Smugglers, was our guest on this episode of the show. CC Smugglers broke up at the end of last year after they lost over £20,000 borrowed from Richie’s Dad’s pension fund used to record their last album. They had recouped all the money using the…
Cuts to Addiction Services In The UK
In this guest blog post, we feature a guest post by Paul Harrold. Paul is an addiction worker at an alcohol rehab in London known as Cassiobury Court. Paul’s infographic is titled “cuts to addiction services in England and Wales since 2012”. The infographic discusses Government cuts to addiction services since 2012. Addiction…
How Can We Govern Ourselves If We Can’t Even Light A Bonfire
Should we allow people to build bonfires to celebrate the 11th July and commemorate the victory of William of Orange over King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690? Yes. Obviously. Should we allow the Orange Order to march on the 12th July or other approved dates in order to…
