The Lonely Arts Club

🎙️ The Lonely Art Club Podcast - Final Episode: A Conversation with Sir Phil Redmond

In this final episode of The Lonely Art Club Podcast, we’re joined by none other than TV legend Sir Phil Redmond. H…

In this week’s episode, Martin McQuillan sits down with fashion designer and entrepreneur Kirsty Doyle to explore the twists and turns of building a creative business from the ground up. From launchi…

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, we’re joined by writer and proud Bootle native, Ian Salmon. A self-confessed geek long before it was fashionable, Ian’s journey has been anything but ordinary. From…

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, we're joined by Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Domingo joins us in the studio and reflects on his journey from Venezuela to the glob…

We're back with another series and we're excited to kick things off with a fabulous guest: Natasha Dowie.

Natasha is a former professional football player and now an ambassador for LFC. Having had a h…

This week, we bring you the final episode of series 5 of The Lonely Arts Club and what a way to finish.

It was such a treat to welcome star of stage and screen, David Morrissey, into the studio. This …

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, we speak to the Director of Tate, Maria Balshaw. 

Named the undisputed queen of Britain’s gallery scene, Maria attended university in Liverpool for part of her studi…

Earlier on in this series of The Lonely Arts Club, we heard from writing legend, Jimmy McGovern. 

We had a brilliant chat with Jimmy, and naturally the conversation moved onto talking about the work t…

This week, our conversation takes a slightly different turn to usual as we welcome Brian Seddon into the studio. 

Brian is what some may describe as a horse whisperer. Brian spent 30 years in the poli…

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, we're joined by Mickey Starke. 

Best known for playing the role of Sinbad on Liverpool soap opera, Brookside, Mickey is star of both stage and screen. 

Martin McQuill…

As the saying goes, behind every great man, there's a great woman, and this was certainly the case for comedian, actor and all-round entertainer Sir Ken Dodd. 

Famous for his fast-paced one liners, Ke…

"People always said that if you had Jimmy McGovern writing and Ken Horn directing, you were onto a winner". These were the words of actress Eithne Browne when she joined us in The Lonely Arts Club ea…

Today, we bring you a special bonus episode of The Lonely Arts Club to celebrate International Women's Day. 

We're joined by Zainab Alema. Zainab, also known as "Bulldozer" is, amongst other things, a…

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, Martin McQuillan is joined by Liverpool star of stage and screen, Eithne Browne. 

These days, many would think that Eithne has always been a natural performer, but t…

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, Martin McQuillan is joined by Geoff Beattie. 

A well known name and face in the world of psychology, many will recognise Geoff from primetime TV as one of the origin…

Rewind to summer 2022 and Liverpool is about to welcome an exciting and unique addition to its cultural portfolio. Shakespeare North Playhouse is a brand new theatre that has opened on the outskirts …

Kicking off this season, is screenwriting royalty, Jimmy McGovern, whose career in television began in the infamous writers' room of Brookside.

From soap operas to hard-hitting dramas, McGovern shares…

On 2nd November 1982 British television was about to change forever. Channel 4 had launched and its second ever programme to broadcast was Brookside; the soap opera that liked to push boundaries, and…

To commemorate Black History Month, we've released a bonus episode of The Lonely Arts Club podcast. This instalment, features conversations with some of our most inspirational guests. 

Listeners can r…

For the final episode of this series of The Lonely Arts Club, Martin McQuillan is joined by Neil Fitzmaurice. 

Neil is an actor, comedian and writer and is best known for his appearances in Peep Show …