November 2021 marks the 100 year anniversary of Britain’s largest council estate: Becontree, in Barking and Dagenham, East London. Listen to No Ball Games. Beth Clayton and Steve Urquhart had the idea for a documentary marking the centenary that was presented by three people currently living in Becontree. They were looking for a producer who […]
VENT Documentaries was voted Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards! I am so, so proud of all of our young presenters, and the amazing VENT Production team. They even gave us a billboard in Old Street! This is me jumping for joy: VENT Documentaries also won Smartest Podcast and Best Documentary (‘Problem […]
VENT is an award winning podcasting collaboration between VICE UK and Brent 2020, London Borough of culture. Across 1 year, 2 streams, and just under 100 podcasts in total, VENT saw VICE handing over the megaphone of its global platform to the local young people of a single London borough, who tell the stories they […]
A couple times I’ve been interviewed about the work I make. The most recent one is for the BBC’s Podcastology: In 2021 I was interviewed by the amazing Phoebe and Redzi for their podcast Telling Stories! You can listen below: Telling Stories also featured my Sound Hug challenge at the end of Sarah Cuddon’s episode: […]
This was a very dreamy job. I got to (virtually) hang out with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, producing a conversation between them for the physical release of their new album: CARNAGE. I am a huge fan of Nick and Warren. They were both very funny and very nice to me, and it was a […]
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