THE IDLE HANDS SOCIETY

By Dan Higginson & Paul Bence

Welcome to The Idle Hands Society, a community for creatives. Join us for regular chats with people across all disciplines, loosely focused on creativity.

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The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.

THE IDLE HANDS SOCIETY episodes:

June 10, 2021 016: Chloe Juno
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @chloejuno on Instagram.
More detail on the show page.
Mentions:
Chloe's website
Drool
Alan Gignoux
Documenting Britain
Alastair Cook
Joseph Murphy
John Bolloten
Photobook Junkies
Alec Soth
Jeff Mermelstein
Luke Saxon
Stefan Byrom
Nik Roche
Charlie Kwai - Sorry, Thank you
Matthew Lewis
Joe Colberg
Bruce Gilden
Berni Timko
Shout outs:
The Valleys by Anthony Stokes (Paul's choice)
Escape by Olga Karlovac (Dan's choice)
My Mother's Cupboards and My Farther's Words by Anna Fox (Chloe's choice)
Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com
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1h 34min
June 03, 2021 015: Brunel Johnson
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @bruneljohnson on Instagram.
More detail on the show page.
Mentions:
Brunel's website
Berni Timko and cane.yo collective
Dawoud Bey on Photographing People and Communities: The Photography Workshop Series
Craig Whitehead
Jason D Little
Shout outs:
Goodnight Wuhan by Matt J. Neale (Paul’s choice)
John Behets - London based Photographer (Brunel’s choice)
Karl Cooper - Tattoo Artist (Dan’s choice)
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1h 5min
May 27, 2021 014: Bernadett Timko
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @bernadett_timko_artist on Instagram.
See Berni’s work on the show page.
Mentions:
Berni's website
Cane-yo, a creative collective
Hunter S Thompson
Ernest Hemingway
Shout outs:
Fellow members of Cane-yo Alex Wilby & Milo Hartnoll (Bernie’s choice)
Being Inbetween by Carolyn Mendelsohn (Paul’s choice)
Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Fifteenth Edition (Dan’s choice)
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1h 12min
May 20, 2021 013: Luke Saxon
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @luke_saxon on Instagram.
See Luke’s work on the show page.
Mentions:
Luke's website
Robert Rauschenberg
John Stezaker - British conceptual artist
Charcoal Book Club
Faile - Artistic collaboration between Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller.
Stephen Gill
David O Mara
Dalston Anatomy by Lorenzo Vitturi
Photobook Junkies
Shout outs:
Awakening by Elin Berge (Paul’s choice)
Altered States Altered Scapes by Natalie Christensen & @jimeyrejimeyrejimeyre (Luke’s choice)
Yves Tumor - Heaven for a Tortured Mind (Dan’s choice)
Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com
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1h 9min
May 13, 2021 012: Huw Talfryn Walters
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @huwcamera on Instagram.
See Huw’s photographs and cinematography on the show page.
“Treat the somebodies like nobodies; and the nobodies like somebodies.”
Mentions:
Huw's website (Pause this podcast and treat yourself to the Cinematography page. It’s okay, we’ll wait right here!)
You can see the cinematography and photography we’re discussing on the show page.
Michael Joseph
Bob Miller
Sean Goff
Jürgen Teller
Herb Ritts
Mujahideen
Philip Jones Griffiths
Don McCullin
Burton: Y Gyfrinach (Burton: Secret)
Canon 5D ii
Billie Eilish - Your Power
Shout outs:
Dan Wood (Huw’s choice)
'Black Was The River, You See' By Dan Wood (Paul’s choice, yeah that’s right, two shout outs in one podcast!)
Man Alive! by King Krule (Dan’s choice)
Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com
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1h 11min
May 06, 2021 011: Peter Clarkson
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @_peterclarkson on Instagram.
See Peter’s photographs on the show page.
Mentions:
Paul’s ongoing River Wandle project
William Albert Allard
Luke Saxon
Underworld
Massive Attack
Best Coast
Cycling chamois, yeah they’re real!
William Eggleston
Shout outs:
Brunel Johnson (Peter’s choice)
The Guide by John Myers (Paul’s choice)
Bernadett Timko (Dan’s choice)
Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com
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1h 7min
April 29, 2021 010: Chris Lopez
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @clopezphotography on Instagram.
See Chris’s photographs on the show page.
Mentions:
Mary Quant Documentary
Hamiltons Studios
Nikon F2a
Mamyia C330
Fitzgerald River National Park
Bill Wyman
Sony Music
Tom Sheehan
Mark Baker
Gloria Estefan
David Bowie
Rankin
DJ’s by Lopez
Bodyscapes
Nitin Sawhney – Philtre
Damian Duncan
National Portrait Gallery
Dark Encounters
Waiting For Anya
Tony McGee
Photobook Junkies
A Bird Flew in
Shout outs:
Sasha Gusov (Chris’s choice)
The Awakening by Elin Berge (Paul’s choice)
All the days and nights by Doug DuBois (Dan’s choice)
Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com
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1h 19min
April 22, 2021 009: When is your work “good”?
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk on Instagram.
Mentions:
Lewis Bush Online Courses
Understanding a Photograph by John Berger
East London Up Close by Mimi Mollica
Paul’s Lady in the red dress
Streetmax21 organised but surreal candid photographs of groups of people
Stephen Shore gets something out of ‘nothing’
Shout outs:
Think Like a Street Photographer by Matt Stuart (Paul’s choice)
Holy by Donna Ferrato (Dan’s choice)
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1h 10min
April 15, 2021 008: Tanya Sarton
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @tsarton on Instagram.
Mentions:
Tanya Sarton on Instagram
Nat’s painting
Nat’s website
Abstract - Netflix
John Evens (designer)
Comic Sans
The Birdie Song
Piano Pounding - Making Halo Infinite | Audio Field Recordings
The Little Mermaid
Grease Musical
Calamity Jane
Garry Lake - Actor
The Lion King Musical
Wicked Musical
La La Land
David Cummings
Nico Froehlich
The Blims (band)
Danny Jack
Richard Mosse
Aerochrome Film Stock
Shout outs:
The Organic Painter by Carne Griffiths (Tanya’s choice)
Ben Howard - Rookery (from the album Collections From The Whiteout) - (Paul’s choice)
The Unseen: An Atlas of Infrared Plates by Ed Thompson (Dan’s choice - NOTE: add a comment saying you heard about The Unseen from the Idle Hands Podcast and Ed will throw in a free print with the book.)
Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com
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1h 2min
April 08, 2021 007: Nico Froehlich
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @nicofroe on Instagram.
Mentions:
Nico Froehlich Website
Social Realism
Alex Webb
Saul Leiter
Alan Schaller
Matt Day
Willem Verbeck
Alys Tomlinson
Nico’s Photograph of the kid in the hoop
Backerloo line extension
Ravensbourne University
Sidoli’s Ice Cream
The war on drugs (band)
Josh Edgoose @spicymeatball
Laura Pannack
Shout outs:
Sam Gregg (Nico’s choice)
James - All The Colours of You (Paul’s choice)
Art School Girlfriend - In The Middle (Dan’s choice)
Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com
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1h 8min

FAQs about THE IDLE HANDS SOCIETY:

How many episodes does THE IDLE HANDS SOCIETY have?

The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.