Half Hour Mentor

In this short, bonus episode, I fire my quick-fire questions at founder of Sounds Just Fine artist management and development business, Neil Pearson. For someone who has worked with some of the bigge…

In this episode, Neil Pearson, founder of artist management and development business Sounds Just Fine, joins us to discuss how he got into the music industry and how he deals with managing the wealth…

In this shorter, bonus episode, I fire my quick-fire questions at Scottish singer-songwriter, Findlay Napier. If you missed the entertaining full episode in which he discusses his career and how he b…

In this episode, Scottish singer-songwriter Findlay Napier join us to discuss his career journey, how important mentors have been to him, and how he balances songwriting, performing and teaching, all…

In this shorter, bonus episode, I fire five quick-fire questions at million-selling crime novelist, Simon McCleave including what he thinks is the best book ever written.

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This week, I catch up with million-selling crime novelist, Simon McCleave, widely known for his DI Ruth Hunter and the Anglesey series, both centred around North Wales. However, crime fiction success…

This week, singer, songwriter and guitarist Katie Spencer joins me to discuss her career, musical inspirations and mentors, songwriting techniques and guitar tunings. It’s a fascinating insight into …

In this shorter, bonus episode, I fire five quick-fire questions at literary agent Matthew Smith, director of Exprimez. This time, I had a few other questions up my sleeve in addition to the normal f…

This week’s episode features Matthew Smith, director of Exprimez (pronounced ‘ex-pree-may’), a literary agency and consultancy for both new and established authors.

Matthew has nearly 30 years’ experi…

In this shorter, bonus episode, I fire five quick-fire questions at award-winning crime fiction author, Malcolm Hollingdrake, including what he thinks is the best book ever written.

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This week, I catch up with best-selling crime fiction author, Malcolm Hollingdrake. He is best known for his Harrogate Crime Series featuring DCI Cyril Bennett, currently 12 books into the journey. H…

In this shorter, bonus episode, I fire five quick-fire questions at award-winning singer-songwriter Charlie Dore, giving her around one minute to answer each question. She does that very well…for the…

This week, we welcome award-winning singer-songwriter Charlie Dore to the podcast. As well as having a stellar solo career, she also collaborates with other well-known songwriters and artists. When s…

In the second episode of the second series of Half Hour Mentor, scriptwriter and theatre director Steve Bennett shares his fascinating backstory on how he became a scriptwriter for TV programmes such…

In the first episode of the second series of Half Hour Mentor, host Ian Cleverdon introduces the series and talks to Simon Phillips, author, change management consultant, and coach. His experience pr…

The tenth and last episode of this series features ‘The SUMO Guy’, Professor Paul McGee. Paul is an international speaker and best-selling author on change, resilience, motivation and inspirational l…

The ninth episode features an interview with Rebecca Ellis, Technical Development Manager for deVere Group, based in Dubai. The focus of the episode is understand what a career in financial planning …

The eighth episode features an interview with Brendan Riley, professional stand-up comedian, compere and director of Big Comedy UK, responsible for organising large comedy festivals featuring the top…

The seventh episode celebrates Transgender Awareness Week and features Rikki Arundel. Rikki is an award winning virtual keynote speaker and storytelling coach and was the founder of the UK and Irelan…

The sixth episode features an interview with Kellie Noon, owner of Onno Training, a training and consultancy business that specialises in supporting public and private organisations with learning abo…