This week, I catch up with best-selling crime fiction author, Malcolm Hollingdrake. He is best known for his Harrogate Crime Series featuring DCI Cyril Bennett, currently 12 books into the journey. He has also written a Merseyside Crime Series, featuring two books published by Hobeck Books. His books are loved in many countries, including Australia, United States and Canada. He shares with us his fascinating journey from being born in a library to fiction writing, with a large detour en route via a teaching career. 

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Malcolm Hollingdrake website: www.malcolmhollingdrakeauthor.co.uk  

Malcolm’s Amazon bookshop: link here

Hobeck Books website: link here

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In this shorter, bonus episode, I fire five quick-fire questions at award-winning singer-songwriter Charlie Dore, giving her around one minute to answer each question. She does that very well…for the first four!

I also mention in the pod that I have curated a Spotify playlist of some of my favourite tracks that Charlie has written and performed; the link is below and contains not only the songs she has written and recorded, but also the ones she chose as her ‘best song(s) ever written’ and a couple of her collaborative compositions recorded by other artists.

Half Hour Mentor: Charlie Dore Spotify Playlist: link here

Charlie Dore website: www.charliedore.com

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This week, we welcome award-winning singer-songwriter Charlie Dore to the podcast. As well as having a stellar solo career, she also collaborates with other well-known songwriters and artists. When she is not writing or touring, she also mentors emerging songwriters; this episode is a masterclass of how to approach writing a song. Stay tuned for a bonus episode which will follow the day after this one is released!

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Charlie Dore website: www.charliedore.com

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In the second episode of the second series of Half Hour Mentor, scriptwriter and theatre director Steve Bennett shares his fascinating backstory on how he became a scriptwriter for TV programmes such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Holby City, and ended up directing the likes of Paul Newman, Christopher Reeve and Rebecca de Mornay in theatre. He is currently Director of Drama at Cambridge University’s Downing College.

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Drama at Downing College: link here

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In the first episode of the second series of Half Hour Mentor, host Ian Cleverdon introduces the series and talks to Simon Phillips, author, change management consultant, and coach. His experience provides an excellent lead-in to the series, which focuses on the creative arts.

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Simon Phillips LinkedIn profile: link

Simon’s website: link

Simon’s Dynamic Time Management book: link

The GC Index: link

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The tenth and last episode of this series features ‘The SUMO Guy’, Professor Paul McGee. Paul is an international speaker and best-selling author on change, resilience, motivation and inspirational leadership. His Sunday Times best-selling book, SUMO: Shut Up Move On, has been translated into 12 languages since its release in 2005. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Chester.

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Paul McGee LinkedIn profile: link here

The SUMO Guy website: link here

Paul’s TikTok channel: link here

Search for Paul’s content on other social media platforms using @thesumoguy

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School: link here

You can provide suggestions for Series 2 topics and guests by contacting Ian at [email protected]

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The ninth episode features an interview with Rebecca Ellis, Technical Development Manager for deVere Group, based in Dubai. The focus of the episode is understand what a career in financial planning involves.

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Rebecca Ellis LinkedIn profile: link

deVere Group: link

 Chartered Insurance Institute: link  

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School undergraduate finance courses: link

You can provide suggestions for Series 2 topics and guests by contacting Ian at [email protected]

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The eighth episode features an interview with Brendan Riley, professional stand-up comedian, compere and director of Big Comedy UK, responsible for organising large comedy festivals featuring the top names in stand-up.

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Brendan Riley LinkedIn profile: link

Big Comedy UK website: link

 Southport Comedy Festival website: link

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School: link

You can provide suggestions for Series 2 topics and guests by contacting Ian at [email protected].

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The seventh episode celebrates Transgender Awareness Week and features Rikki Arundel. Rikki is an award winning virtual keynote speaker and storytelling coach and was the founder of the UK and Ireland Professional Speaking Association (PSA). Coming out as transgender at the age of 52, Rikki faced considerable discrimination and had to completely change career from sales and technology to establish themselves as a leading gender and diversity speaker, including delivering two TEDx talks.

Rikki Arundel LinkedIn profile: link

Rikki Arundel social and online content via LinkTree: link

Implicit Association Test – Harvard University: link

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School: link

You can provide feedback on this episode and the series by contacting Ian Cleverdon at [email protected]

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The sixth episode features an interview with Kellie Noon, owner of Onno Training, a training and consultancy business that specialises in supporting public and private organisations with learning about the power of international intelligence.

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Kellie Noon LinkedIn profile: link

Onno Training: link

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School: link

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