This week I catch up with a local indie legend Merlin. His style and focus on bringing vintage vibes to town is so cool. He cares about his independent community as much as he does about the clothes he sells.

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This week Lou meets Vanessa from Vanessa Jayne Design who is a real artisan that works with flowers. An amazing guest who makes you want to invite her round and create something beautiful for you.

Find out all the stories around weddings, visiting the Chelsea Flower Show and using hand craft skills in Vanessa's work!

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This week Lou catches up with El from Southsea Sound to talk about life in an independent recording studio.

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This week on the podcast, Lou talks all about the journey of creating a local and independent magazine.

Have a listen and go grab a copy from a local independent in Portsmouth to support local.

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This week I meet Cecily Holland from Pompey Poetry Party. We talk about her becoming a poet and setting up Pompey Poetry Party with Caroline Brennan.

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This week I meet Rosie from The Hungry Herbivores who has started her foraging walks around the island. Rosie talks about exploring the city's green spaces and learning about edible plants.

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Meet the Shroom girls, Antonia and Lucy bringing all the best fungi recipes to Southsea. Having settled at the Royal Albert on Albert Road, we chat about their partnership and road map of creating a cool food business in Southsea.

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This week I talk to John who is the artist When We Were Cows. He talks about his upcoming exhibition 'everything is an echo of something else' which is at The Corner Collective in Southsea. He also talks about the development of his work since his last show.

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He talks about Polly and the natural ink process.

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This week I caught up with Jim from Stay Lucky. He owns the gift shop and coffee bar on Elm Grove in Southsea. Find out more about the man behind the indie business.

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In this episode I catch up with Becki Simmons from Spark Community Space. She talks about what the space offers the Portsmouth community which is based at Fratton.

You really feel like you are sat in a living room in this episode so grab a cuppa and have a listen.

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