Portrait of a Londoner
We talk to a diverse range of people living and working in London. We explore their early and current influences. We hope our conversations will be interesting, informative and bring our community closer together.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 33
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Museum of London Director Sharon Ament on why museum access is so important, the role of Museum of London in the climate crisis and the impact of BLM.
As part of our current series, and to celebrate the reopening of the Museum of London on Wednesday 19th May, Muna speaks with the museum’s Director Sharon Ament. Sharon has had a varied career workin…
Georgie Wemyss Co-Director at the Centre for Research on Migration, Refugees and Belonging at the University of East London
As part of our series looking at cultural institutions in London, as well as how we memorialise and learn from the past, we speak with Georgie Wemyss. Georgie is the Co-Director at the Centre for Res…
Katharine Alston of The Deptford Ragged School Archive and Imperial War Museum London
Continuing our series on museums and galleries, we’re thrilled to welcome Katharine Alston, Volunteer Director of the Deptford Ragged School Archive and leading in public engagement learning at Imper…
Zoe Whitley, Director of the Chisenhale Gallery East London
To kick off our brand new series on museums and galleries, we’re thrilled to start with a conversation we had with Zoe Whitley. Zoe is the director of the Chisenhale Gallery in London and we talk abo…
Ellie Reeves, Member of Parliament for Lewisham West & Penge
We are excited to share with you our conversation with Labour MP Ellie Reeves, who represents Lewisham West and Penge and is also Shadow Solicitor General.
Episode notes
In this episode of Portrait of…
Francesca Specter, podcaster, journalist and author of Alonement - How to be alone and absolutely own it
Francesca Specter shownotes
Episode Summary
We’re back with a new episode with Francesca Specter - podcaster, author, and journalist whose book Alonement was published in March 2021.
Episode notes
In …
Emma Gage, Wellbeing campaign manager at Business in the Community on how to improve wellbeing at work
In this episode we talk to Emma about:
- Her views on wellbeing in the workplace (3.02)
- How leaders should role model good practice (9.49)
- Examples of organisations that are leading the way (13.20)
- How he…
Katty Janneh, owner of the Realness in Business on building business skills for creatives
In this episode we speak to Katty about:
- What holds people back from starting their own business
- Childhood bullying and racism which informed her decision to work for herself in adult life
- How to get…
Rebecca Seal, Food writer and author of new book Solo, (How to work alone) discusses how to work from home well
In this episode we discuss:
- How to create boundaries between home and work life
- How to manage the dual role of working from home and home-schooling
- How to make a great lunch for one at home
- How to plan f…
Dr Mark Salter on changes to Hackney and the East End of London over the last 30 years, and the impact of religion and inequality on mental health
Mark Salter qualified in East London in 1983 and after two years working at junior level as an anaesthetist began training as a psychiatrist, obtaining MRCPsych in 1989. In 1994 he became a Consult…
Dr Mark Salter, psychiatrist on managing depression, anxiety and substance abuse
Mark Salter qualified in East London in 1983 and after two years working at junior level as an anaesthetist began training as a psychiatrist, obtaining MRCPsych in 1989. In 1994 he became a Consult…
Amina Hassan Psychotherapist discusses selecting a therapist and how she looks after her own mental health
In this episode we discuss:
- Her own career journey (1.44)
- How people might choose a therapist for themselves (08.47)
- How she chose her own own therapist during training (10.36)
- How she maintains her own …
Amina Hassan, psychotherapist on her model of treating depression and anxiety
In this episode we discuss:
- Her model of treating depression including:
- Beliefs that people have about themselves, beliefs that have been inherited and building a genogram (03.00)
- Depression can prese…
Director Henry Blake and producer Victoria Bavister discuss County Lines, a film which portrays the vulnerability of the boys recruited to sell drugs in the UK.
In this episode, we talk about:
- What a County Line is (01.58)
- Pupil Referral Units (03.00)
- The county lines worker demographic: 91% teenage boys (06.00)
- The story of the boy who inspired the film (09.00…
Kenya Hunt, Fashion director at Grazia and author of new book, GIRL.
In this episode of our JOY series, we talk to Kenya Hunt whose new book GIRL: Essays on Black Womanhood was released in November 2020.
Episode notes
Kenya Hunt is an American editor and writer based…
Jane Martin community champion on what brings her joy!
Jane Martin, or @JaneCanDoSE4 on Twitter, has her hand in many of the local initiatives which have helped create strong community ties in Crofton Park and South East London - including the netball te…
Dominique Beverton aka Irrelevant Styling talks walking, cycling and sustainability
Episode Summary
Next up in our JOY series, we chat to Dominique Beverton about walking, sustainable fashion and music.
Episode notes
We continue our search for joy in lockdown in London as we speak wi…
Graphic Artist Rob Lowe aka Supermundane about the joyfulness of his art & how he finds joy in music, film and South East London!
This week we speak to Rob Lowe AKA Supermundane, an artist based in South East London. Rob’s signature geometric images that play with line, colour and optical effects, have been published and exhibi…
Jasmine Pradissitto sculptor on how she finds joy
This week we talk to Jasmine Pradissitto, artist and physicist.
Jasmine introduces her self below in her biography, you can find out more on Jasmine on her website https://www.pradissitto.com/ and …
Muna and Catriona ask each other the #campaign for empathy questions and discuss why they love living in South East London
In this episode we talk to each other about why we decided to make a podcast inspired in part by the work of Action for Refugees in Lewisham.
We use some of the questions provided by the Campaign f…