Light on Leeds

I had a grand old chat with Deby Jackson who is the creator, editor, all-round-everything of That Leeds Mag, an independent printed Leeds magazine that goes out to 19,000 homes across North Leeds.

It …

Where to begin?! Testament is a rapper, a spoken word poet, a world record holding beatboxer, a writer, a theatre maker, a workshop facilitator, a husband and a father...

We spoke about his perfomance…

I had such a fabulous time chatting to Amy Sanderson, Head of Communication at Leeds Heritage Theatres.

Leeds Heritage Theatres encompasses Leeds Grand Theatre, City Varieties Music Hall and Hyde Park…

I had a good time chatting to Denham Hill, the Community Manager and Skateboard Coach at LS-Ten Skatepark.

LS-ten is situated in South Leeds and provides alternative provision for pupils who are close…

"The Leeds Salon is a discussion group founded in early 2009 by Michele Ledda and Paul Thomas, inspired by similar initiatives they had attended and, in particular, their participation in the Academy…

I had a great time chatting to Rebecca about Young Musicians for Social Justice, how they began, their ethos and what their plans are for the future:

"Founded by a group of students at the University …

I had an illuminating chat with John Crouch all about Leeds Fencing Club.

The club is about to celebrate it's 50th aniversary and is recruiting new members. 

The Club can cater for fencers of all abili…

It was great fun chatting to Adam about Quantum Sauce and how it aims to break down barriers between university researchers and the public.

Quantum Sauce is a blend of fascinating science facts that k…

I spoke to Kim and Adam Strickson about the charity 6 Million Plus and the Friendship Through Puppets project they run.

It was an illuminating and fascinating conversation.

If you are available, do go …

Masato Jones was born in Saitama, near Tokyo, Japan and graduated from Central St Martins in Womenswear in 2009.  He is a designer, pattern cutter, tailor, tutor and artist.

He tells me about his own …

Buy Nowt Ls6 believe that everyone can make an environmental difference by borrowing and not buying. This reduces the creation of waste and allows people to come together and share resources.

The sche…

Dermot Daly was a very interesting person to chat to!

Dermot is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire. He has worked regionally, nationally and internationally in stage, screen and radio drama.

He h…

Phil Mellen was the Deputy Director of Children's Services for Leeds City Council.

He tells me about having to leave the role, contracting Covid and then long Covid, writing songs and his recording de…

It was great to chat to another Leeds Podcaster - Simon Treen about his podcast Working Hours.

Simon is aiming to record 1000 people over the course of the decade about their job and how they feel abo…

Dr Kerry Harker remotely connected to tell me all about the East Leeds Project of which she is a founder and the Artictic Director.

Kerry tells me about the MakerSpace project, East Leeds Pavillion an…

Philip Cumberland has written a fantastic book called "Killing Time in Cambridge".

He speaks to me about the book, how he got started writing and about Cambridge and the Fens.

The featured track is "Th…

I was so excited to speak to Dr Kate Lister who is a lecturer at Leeds Trinity University and who researches the literary history of sex work and created the online research project Whores of Yore - …

Sara Merritt was a brilliant guest and told me about her role as Leeds Museums & Galleries Audience Development Officer.

She and her colleague Meg are the hosts of the Museums n'that podcast.

Sara chos…

I had a fabulous chat with Alex from Riptide.

As of 2014 Riptide have been making work that places audiences at the heart of the experience. They use innovative story-telling and digital technology to…

I am abandoning the Corona Bloody Virus Extraordinary episodes for now in the great hope that we do not need to return to them...

I had a brilliant chat with Jeremy Morton who is the Editor of South L…