The Lonely Arts Club

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, Martin McQuillan is joined by author and screenwriter, Tony Schumacher, 

Tony, who grew up in Huyton, Liverpool, is the creator and writer of hit BBC drama, The Resp…

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, Martin McQuillan is joined by Mike Morris. 

Mike’s journey has taken him down many paths, mainly all routed in social justice and politics.

The rural village of Ruffo…

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, Martin McQuillan is joined by Johanne McAndrew. 

Johanne is a scriptwriter and series editor for many primetime TV shows. Johanne's impressive portfolio spans many y…

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, Martin McQuillan is joined by Les Dennis. 

Les is an actor and comedian and despite describing himself as a shy person, admits that once he caught the performing bug…

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, we're joined by Liverpudlian actress, Cathy Tyson. 

Cathy's love for acting came from being in plays at school, which explains why she is still so passionate about t…

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, Martin McQuillan is joined by Mal Young. 

Mal, who was born and bred in Huyton, Liverpool admits that growing up, he didn't know much about working in media but as h…

In this bonus episode, we celebrate International Women's Day 2022 by taking a look back at some of the inspirational female guests we've interviewed. 

These women have all made their mark in the cult…

When you think of The Beatles, it's hard to imagine there was ever a time when they weren't known worldwide; when they were still just a group of "ordinary" guys oblivious to what fate had in store. …

David Yip was the first Chinese lead actor in a British television drama series, fondly remembered by many for creating the role of Detective Sergeant John Ho, in ‘The Chinese Detective’ for BBC TV (…

Kicking off series four of The Lonely Arts Club, we welcome John Sweeney. 

A renowned investigative journalist, who has reported for the Observer, John worked for the BBC for 17 years with his Panoram…

Alexei Sayle shares with us his upbringing in Liverpool, son of a Jewish mother and both parents  part of the Communist party. He tells of his life in a happy, stable working class family.

His career …

Peter Hooton is the lead singer of the Liverpool band The Farm, known for many hit singles including "All Together Now" which reached no. 4 in December 1990. 
In this podcast Peter tells us about his …

Carys Bray is an author from Southport, Merseyside and she really does have quite a story to share with us.

Carys’ story begins in Southport, where she still resides with her family. However, the life…

Derek Hatton became a household name across the UK after becoming a member of the Labour Party and being heavily involved in the Militant movement.

Martin McQuillan goes back to the beginning to find…

Universally known for legendary hits such as You To Me Are Everything and Can’t Get By Without You, The Real Thing made their mark on the music industry in the 70s, and we have the pleasure of being …

This week on the Lonely Arts Club, we’re joined by actor, model and author, Phina Oruche.

Born in Liverpool to Nigerian parents, Phina Oruche takes us on a journey as she explains how her family came …

We take a trip down memory lane as we chat with this week’s guest, Andy McCluskey.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) have been around since the 70’s when two school friends decided they’d give m…

This week, Roger Shannon joins us in The Lonely Arts Club.

As the former Director for the Institute of Creative Enterprise, we invite Roger Shannon onto The Lonely Arts Club to tell us all about his t…

For the last few months as the country has been a lockdown of some kind, many of us have looked to TV and radio – comedy in particular – as a form of escapism. So it seemed fitting to invite one of t…

In a very timely episode, Martin McQuillan is joined this week by Chef Patron of The Art School restaurant, Paul Askew.

This week’s guest joins us at a time when the Liverpool City Region was the firs…