Cultural Peeps Podcast

Welcome to another 2-part episode of the cultural Peeps podcast.

This week’s guest is Justine Bussard, a curator and producer with a decade’s worth of experience working on design and craft exhibitions, artist-led public engagement, research and creative programming. 

The first part of our chat focuses on Justine’s career journey so far, whilst the second part is a walking chat around the Great North Museum Hancock in Newcastle and focuses on her current project ‘The Amateur Ancestor’ – this project is based around commissioned tours of existing museum collections, institutions and spaces which are designed to cultivate long time thinking, care for past and future generations, and create empathy for other species.  

By encouraging us to practice thinking like good ancestors – and thinking about the legacy we are leaving for future generations, Justine hopes we can reframe ourselves and our role as ancestors and grow our capacity to care for the future and take responsibility for generations to come.

This was a fascinating pair of conversations which led to me explore lots of the different texts and projects we discussed throughout the day – I’ve included links to as many of these as possible in the podcast notes – and if you’d like to see images of the objects that Justine and I talk about in our walking tour of the Great North Museum Hancock in Part 2, then these are included on the project blog (www.culturakpeeps.wordpress.com) and are also featured on the cultural peeps social media channels.

Links:

Justine Boussard: https://www.justineboussard.co.uk/

The Amateur Ancestor: https://www.justineboussard.co.uk/portfolio/amateur-ancestor-tours

The Long Time Project: https://www.thelongtimeproject.org/

The Long Time: Beatrice Pembroke & Ella Saltmarshe: https://medium.com/@thelongtimeinquiry/the-long-time-3383b43d42ab

The Long Time Academy: https://www.thelongtimeacademy.com/

Roman Krznaric: https://www.romankrznaric.com/

Moral Imaginations: https://www.moralimaginations.com/

Great North Museum: https://greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/

Design Museum: https://designmuseum.org/

Science Museum: https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home

Victoria & Albert Museum: https://www.vam.ac.uk/

Climate Museum UK: https://climatemuseumuk.org/

Bridgette McKenzie: https://bridgetmckenzie.uk/

Natural History Museum: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Royal College of Arts: https://www.rca.ac.uk/

Crafts Council: https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/

Daniel Charney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielcharny/?originalSubdomain=uk

This episode features 2 chats with Joe Hufton, The Artistic Director and CEO of November Club, An award-winning performing-arts charity who tell original stories and work in unusual places and spaces.

The first of our chats took place last summer, in June 2023 and the second is a more recent catch up, recorded in July 2024 and was an opportunity to find out what Joe had been doing over the last 12 months.

I first came across Joe’s work at Woodhorn Museum in 2019, through a production called ‘First Footing’ which was a journey through the past 100 years of Woodhorn’s unique heritage as a former colliery site, told through story, art installations, theatre and dance.

More recently, I saw November Club’s site-specific show ‘The Unlocked Door’ at the National Trust’s Seaton Delaval Hall in November 2022 – That production used innovative storytelling and theatre to explore some of the lesser-known narratives from the Hall's past.

In our first chat we talk about Joe’s journey in site-specific theatre, working across the world for companies such as Les Enfants Terribles, Immersive Cult and Secret Cinema. In the second chat we talk about Joe's recent work on the BBC/ Cbeebies' Rainbow Adventure and the Taskmaster Live Experience.

Links

November Club: https://www.novemberclub.org.uk/

Seaton Delaval Hall: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/north-east/seaton-delaval-hall

The Unlocked Door (November Club Production at Seaton Delaval Hall): https://www.novemberclub.org.uk/previous-work/the-unlocked-door

Damien Cruden – Alnwick Playhouse: https://alnwickplayhouse.co.uk/

Slung Low: https://www.slunglow.org/

Punch Drunk: https://www.punchdrunk.com/

LAMDA: https://www.lamda.ac.uk/

Secret Cinema: https://www.secretcinema.com/

Secret Cinema (Back to the Future): https://www.secretcinema.com/productions/back-to-the-future

Les Enfant Terrible: https://lesenfantsterribles.co.uk/

 Alices Adventures Underground: https://lesenfantsterribles.co.uk/shows/alices-adventures-underground-3/

George Perrin (Theatre Director/ Coach): https://www.george-perrin.com/about

Welcome to another 2-part episode. This one with with Laura Crossley a Freelance Organisational Consultant.

The first part was recorded in late May 2023, and the second part was recorded in June 2024.

A bit of context about this episode - I always give participants the opportunity to listen back to our conversation before I make their episode live – and in the case of my conversation with Laura, there was a 12-month gap between the original recording, and its planned release date.

Laura and I decided that we’d record an update – which forms the second part of this episode, and in which you’ll hear Laura reflecting on the last 12-months, including how her freelance work has developed and also about her transformational time on the Clore Leadership Programme, during which she’s been specifically thinking about issues relating to workplace culture.

Links:

Clore Leadership Programme: https://www.cloreleadership.org/programme/clore-fellowship/

Association of Independent Museums: https://aim-museums.co.uk/

London Historic Building Trust: https://londonhistoricbuildings.org.uk/

National Football Museum: https://nationalfootballmuseum.com/

History of Science Museum: https://www.hsm.ox.ac.uk/home

National Trust: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/

Sheringham Museum: https://www.sheringhammuseum.co.uk/

Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART): https://norwichheart.wordpress.com/about/

University of East Anglia: https://www.uea.ac.uk/

British Science Association: https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/

British Mycological Society: https://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/

University of Salford: https://www.salford.ac.uk/

University of Leicester: https://www.salford.ac.uk/

University of Salford: https://www.salford.ac.uk/

Lancaster University: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/University of Copenhagen:https://www.ku.dk/english/

Welcome to another 2-part episode. This one with with Laura Crossley a Freelance Organisational Consultant.

The first part was recorded in late May 2023, and the second part was recorded in June 2024.

A bit of context about this episode - I always give participants the opportunity to listen back to our conversation before I make their episode live – and in the case of my conversation with Laura, there was a 12-month gap between the original recording, and its planned release date.

Laura and I decided that we’d record an update – which forms the second part of this episode, and in which you’ll hear Laura reflecting on the last 12-months, including how her freelance work has developed and also about her transformational time on the Clore Leadership Programme, during which she’s been specifically thinking about issues relating to workplace culture.

Links:

Clore Leadership Programme: https://www.cloreleadership.org/programme/clore-fellowship/

Association of Independent Museums: https://aim-museums.co.uk/

London Historic Building Trust: https://londonhistoricbuildings.org.uk/

National Football Museum: https://nationalfootballmuseum.com/

History of Science Museum: https://www.hsm.ox.ac.uk/home

National Trust: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/

Sheringham Museum: https://www.sheringhammuseum.co.uk/

Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART): https://norwichheart.wordpress.com/about/

University of East Anglia: https://www.uea.ac.uk/

British Science Association: https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/

British Mycological Society: https://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/

University of Salford: https://www.salford.ac.uk/

University of Leicester: https://www.salford.ac.uk/

University of Salford: https://www.salford.ac.uk/

Lancaster University: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/University of Copenhagen:https://www.ku.dk/english/

Episode 40 features a chat with the documentary filmmaker Sampson Collins.

Sampson's debut film was the independent feature documentary ‘Death of a Gentleman’, which investigated corruption in the administration of world cricket. Sampson produced, co-directed and narrated the film, which was released in UK cinemas in 2015, won a Sports Journalism Award in 2016, and helped change policy at the International Cricket Council. The film was sold to Netflix worldwide.

Sampson then went on to produce the two-part documentary series ‘GAZZA’; which examines the life and career of the footballer, Paul Gascoigne. The series is essentially a modern history of British tabloid culture told through the destruction of a sporting icon, which screened in April 2022 and was seen by over 2 million viewers on BBC Two and iPlayer. 'GAZZA' went on to win the award for ‘Best Documentary Series’ at the 2023 Royal Television Society Awards and was shortlisted for Best Series and nominated for Best Sports Documentary for the 2022 Grierson Documentary Awards.

This year (2024) saw the release of Sampson's Amazon Prime docuseries ‘99’ – the definitive story of Manchester United’s 1999 treble-winning season. The films feature archival footage as well as new interviews with the 1999 Treble Winning Manchester United Squad, as well as with the Manager and Coaching Staff.

Links:

Sampson Collins: https://www.sampsoncollins.com/

Sampson Collins on Twitter/ X: https://x.com/sampsoncollins?lang=en

99 (IMDb): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32132269/

99 (Official Trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvH1fmS-TWw

Gazza (IMDb): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13283466/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Gazza (Official Trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nlx-nIvLoQ

Death of a Gentleman (IMDb): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4746370/

Death of a Gentleman (Official Trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8nCBMuuPeg

Two Pricks at the Ashes: https://www.youtube.com/@cricketwithballs

The Chuck Fleetwood-Smiths (The Two Chucks): https://www.youtube.com/@chuckfleetwoodsmith

ESPNcricinfo: https://www.espncricinfo.com/

Wisden Cricket Monthly: https://www.wisden.com/wisden-cricket-monthly

Episode 731 - A Manchester United Podcast: No Question About That: https://shows.acast.com/rant-cast/episodes/99-with-sam-collins

Episode 39 of the Cultural Peeps Podcast features a chat with Georgina Ascroft, the Museum and Gallery Manager for the Museum of Hartlepool and the Hartlepool Art Gallery.

In our chat we talk about Georgina’s career journey so far, which includes roles at a wide range of Museums with a focus on curatorial and archival work. These include a trainee curator role in Medieval Britain with the British Museum (as part of the Future Curators Programme) as well as roles at Bede’s World, The Great North Museum, The Auckland Project and Woodhorn Museum (which is part of Museums Northumberland).

Thanks to Georgina for the chat!

Links:

Hartlepool Borough Council: https://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/

Hartlepool Art Gallery: https://www.explorehartlepool.com/

National Museum of the Royal Navy: https://www.nmrn.org.uk/visit-us/hartlepool

Museum of Hartlepool: https://www.culturehartlepool.com/museum-of-hartlepool/

Museum Space Invaders North: https://mspaceinvaders.com/

Social History Curators Group:  https://www.shcg.org.uk/

Museums Northumberland: https://museumsnorthumberland.org.uk/our-museums/

Woodhorn Museum Ashington: https://museumsnorthumberland.org.uk/woodhorn-museum/

Auckland Castle: https://aucklandproject.org/attraction/auckland-castle/

The Auckland Project: https://aucklandproject.org/

The British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Bede’s World (Now Jarrow Hall): https://jarrowhall.com/

Great North Museum Hancock: https://greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums: https://www.twmuseums.org.uk/

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge: https://maa.cam.ac.uk/

This is a two part episode of the podcast. Part one features a chat with Celine Elliott, the Youth Development Manager at English Heritage. In our conversation we talk about Celine’s route into the heritage sector through youth work and the work she’s currently involved with on the ‘Shout Out Loud’ project, which aims to provide a platform for young people to explore the heritage sites and collections across England, helping them to uncover untold stories from our past. By amplifying their voices, Shout Out Loud attempts to puts their ideas and stories at the heart of English Heritage.

Part 2 of this episode is a conversation between myself (Iain Wheeldon), Sophie Hampson, the National Apprenticeships and Work Experience Manager at English Heritage, Abi Thackway, A Heritage Advisor for English Heritage and Maria Petts, The Interim Project Support Officer for the Youth Engagement Team also with English Heritage. This chat was originally recorded as part of English Heritage’s Shout Out Loud project and I wanted to include it in the podcast series because it focuses on alternative routes into the heritage sector, which I thought might be useful for some listeners.

Links:

English Heritage: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

National Lottery Kick The Dust Project: https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/blogs/what-kick-dust

Shout Out Loud: https://www.shoutoutloud.org.uk/

The Young Producers (Shout Out Loud): https://www.shoutoutloud.org.uk/young-producers-hub/

This is a two part episode of the podcast. Part one features a chat with Celine Elliott, the Youth Development Manager at English Heritage. In our conversation we talk about Celine’s route into the heritage sector through youth work and the work she’s currently involved with on the ‘Shout Out Loud’ project, which aims to provide a platform for young people to explore the heritage sites and collections across England, helping them to uncover untold stories from our past. By amplifying their voices, Shout Out Loud attempts to puts their ideas and stories at the heart of English Heritage.

Part 2 of this episode is a conversation between myself (Iain Wheeldon), Sophie Hampson, the National Apprenticeships and Work Experience Manager at English Heritage, Abi Thackway, A Heritage Advisor for English Heritage and Maria Petts, The Interim Project Support Officer for the Youth Engagement Team also with English Heritage. This chat was originally recorded as part of English Heritage’s Shout Out Loud project and I wanted to include it in the podcast series because it focuses on alternative routes into the heritage sector, which I thought might be useful for some listeners.

Links:

English Heritage: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

National Lottery Kick The Dust Project: https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/blogs/what-kick-dust

Shout Out Loud: https://www.shoutoutloud.org.uk/

The Young Producers (Shout Out Loud): https://www.shoutoutloud.org.uk/young-producers-hub/

National Youth Ballet: https://nationalyouthballet.org/

Aardman Animation: https://www.aardman.com/

Ardman Acdemy: https://academy.aardman.com/courses

Temple Church: https://www.templechurch.com/

Reverberate (Shout Out Loud):  https://www.shoutoutloud.org.uk/project/reverberate-2023/

Carefree Cornwall: https://carefreecornwall.org.uk/

Manchester Metropolitan University: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/

Portsmouth Marjon University: https://www.marjon.ac.uk/

Eden Project: https://www.edenproject.com/

Bowes Museum: https://thebowesmuseum.org.uk/

Artist Rooms (TATE): https://www.tate.org.uk/artist-rooms

Robert Mapplethorpe (Tate artists rooms): https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/other-venue/artist-rooms/robert-mapplethorpe

The Impossible Project: https://the.supersense.com/collections/all-the-crazy-ones

Tate Collective: https://www.tate.org.uk/tate-collective

Arte Util: https://www.arte-util.org/

Alistair Hudson on Art for Social Change: https://www.tate.org.uk/tate-etc/issue-38-autumn-2016/alistair-hudson-on-art-social-change

MIMA: https://mima.art/

Royal Cornwall Museum: https://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/

Cornwall Museums Partnerships: https://www.cornwallmuseumspartnership.org.uk/

Rapclub: https://www.rapclub.co.uk/

We make Culture (CIC): https://www.wemakeculture.co.uk/

Tynemouth Priory: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/tynemouth-priory-and-castle/

Hylton Castle: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hylton-castle/

Hadrian’s Wall: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hadrians-wall/

JW Evans (Silver Factory): https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/j-w-evans-silver-factory/

Dion Kitson at JW Evans : https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/jw-evans-silver-lining-dion-kitson-11-may-06-sep-24/

The National Trust: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery: https://southshieldsmuseum.org.uk/

Seaton Delaval Hall: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/north-east/seaton-delaval-hall

Newcastle University (Museum Studies): https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/4007f/

Links:

esea Contemporary (Formally the Chionese Arts Centre): https://www.eseacontemporary.org/

Grundy Art Gallery in Blackpool: https://www.thegrundy.org/

Hotbed Press: https://www.hotbedpress.org/

Islington Mill: https://www.islingtonmill.com/

John Moores Painting Prize: https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/jmpp/john-moores-painting-prize

Lady Lever Art Gallery: https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/lady-lever-art-gallery

National Museums Liverpool: https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/

New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery (Salford University): https://artcollection.salford.ac.uk/new-adelphi-exhibition-gallery/

Paradise Works: https://www.paradise-works.com/

Peter Scott Gallery Trust at Lancaster University: https://www.lancasterarts.org/about-us/peter-scott-gallery/

Salford Museum & Art Gallery: https://salfordmuseum.com/