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
Rebecca Vincent, tattoo artist on her childhood and how art can help in mental health recovery
Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast.
In this episode we speak to Rebecca Vincent, tattoo artist at Parliament tattoo https://www.patreon.com/RebeccaVincent
Rebecca talks to us…
Naheeda Maharasingham on improving outcomes for disadvantaged students
Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast and in this mini-series we will be talking to people who live in London about racism within the UK education system.
In this episode we sp…
Lavinya Stennett CEO of The Black Curriculum teaching Black British history to young people in the UK
Lavinya talks to us about growing up in South london, being excluded from school but managing to sit her GCSEs and A levels at the same time @merton college before heading to @soasuni to get her degr…
Jason Arday on racial inequality in higher education
Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast and in this mini-series we will be talking to people who live in London about racism within the UK education system.
In this episode we spe…
Jason WH Page of the South East London Salon and Migration Museum
Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast and in this mini-series we will be talking to people who live in London about racism in the UK.
In this episode we speak to Jason Page @jas…
Stephen Ismail Thomas on his experiences of racism in the UK and working with young black men
Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast and in this mini-series we will be talking to people who live in London about racism in the UK.
In this episode we speak to Stephen Ismail …
Brock Elbank Photographer on his career in fashion, shooting the Beards series and more recent work taking portraits of people with skin conditions including vitiligo
Brock Elbank Photographer on his career in fashion, shooting the Beards series to raise awareness of melanoma and more recent work taking portraits of people with skin conditions including vitiligo a…
Melissa Thompson of Fowlmouths Food on childhood memories, her passion for food and LGBT activism.
In this episode of Portrait of a Londoner we speak to Melissa Thompson owner of the food and recipe project and popular Instagram account Fowl Mouths Food https://www.fowlmouths.co.uk/
Portrait of a L…
Aga Czarnota, Deli owner talks about her childhood in Poland, early career in London, thoughts on Brexit and why she loves Forest Hill!
Aga Czarnota, Deli owner talks about her childhood in Poland, early career in London, thoughts on Brexit and why she loves Forest Hill!
Aga is owner of Aga’s little deli and co-owner of zero waste st…
Francisco Garcia, writer and journalist talks to us about the death of his mother, his father's disappearance and the crisis of missing people in the UK
Episode 4 – Francisco Garcia
Title: Francisco Garcia on navigating grief and loss at a young age and how these events and a connection with Forest Hill have shaped him.
Francisco Garcia is a writer and…
Karen Arthur: Teacher turned Fashion Designer on mental health, fashion and increasing diversity in the media
Date: 30th January 2020
Episode: 3
Title: Karen Arthur: Fashion Designer, Sewing Tutor on mental health, fashion and increasing diversity and visibility for older women in the media
In this episode of …
Nick Merriman CEO of the Horniman Museum on improving accessibility and diversity in museums
Date: 5th March 2020
Episode: 2
Title: Nick Merriman CEO of Horniman Museum Forest Hill on improving accessibility and diversity in museums.
In this episode of Portrait of a Londoner we speak to Nick Me…
An Introduction to Muna and Catriona
Date: April 25th 2020
Episode: 1
Title: Introducing ourselves and Portrait of a Londoner
In this very brief episode of Portrait of a Londoner we introduce ourselves!
Catriona and Muna met in 2013 playing…