Creative

Chris Holdham Foraging Rewilding Us

In this episode of Creative I am talking to Chris Holdham who I meet whilst walking in a woodland!

Great chat with Chris about his work, foraging and teaching others.

I will leave it to Chris to explain

Hi, I'm Chris and have been developing the projects at Rewilding Us for a number of years. You'll be joining me on our wild walks.

A little about me... My deeper wild food journey stemmed from being on a plant based diet for 8 years. After spending years seeking the healthiest diet for my body and the environment, my journey turned into an all round rewilding experience, foraging my own water, plants and meat for the benefit of my body and the the rest of life on earth. This is a journey that is reflected in the courses, the majority are vegan orientated, however, we do cater for all walks of life.

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To find out more about myself and Rewilding Us visit https://www.rewildingus.co.uk/

To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland

and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk

For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com

Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

Chris Holdham Foraging Rewilding Us

In this episode of Creative I am talking to Chris Holdham who I meet whilst walking in a woodland!

Great chat with Chris about his work, foraging and teaching others.

I will leave it to Chris to explain

Hi, I'm Chris and have been developing the projects at Rewilding Us for a number of years. You'll be joining me on our wild walks.

A little about me... My deeper wild food journey stemmed from being on a plant based diet for 8 years. After spending years seeking the healthiest diet for my body and the environment, my journey turned into an all round rewilding experience, foraging my own water, plants and meat for the benefit of my body and the the rest of life on earth. This is a journey that is reflected in the courses, the majority are vegan orientated, however, we do cater for all walks of life.

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To find out more about myself and Rewilding Us visit https://www.rewildingus.co.uk/

To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland

and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk

For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com

Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

Pete Turner of Pete Turner Guitars

This episode i am talking to Pete about those fantastic guitars and how he started, and we contemplate how much the guitar he made for Peter Green will be auctioned for at Bonners.

As a left-handed guitar player, Pete Turner was frustrated at the lack of choice available in acoustic guitars. So a few years ago he decided to make his own. Impressed, the partners at lefty shop Holiday Music each bought one, and enquiries started coming in from the local musicians' community on what else he had available.

I am lucky to have two of his guitars!

https://www.peteturnerguitars.com/about

To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland

and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk

For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com

Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

Andi Skipsey Bass Player, Explode the TV

I'm talking to Andy Skipsey bass player of Explode the TV. We talk about songwriting and creative processes, playing in a massive Christian rock band who played Wembley Arena, Wembley Stadium and European venues including Berlin.

Andi was in Red Touch with me during 90s and we also talk about the role of faith in music.

https://linktr.ee/explodethetv

To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland

and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk

For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com

Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

Andi Skipsey Bass Player, Explode the TV

I'm talking to Andy Skipsey bass player of Explode the TV. We talk about songwriting and creative processes, playing in a massive Christian rock band who played Wembley Arena, Wembley Stadium and European venues including Berlin.

Andi was in Red Touch with me during 90s and we also talk about the role of faith in music.

https://linktr.ee/explodethetv

To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland

and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk

For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com

Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

Helen Wilson Nursing, End of Life, Consciousness

In this episode I am talking to Helen Wilson about her life in nursing, working in end of life care and what we can learn from our elders regarding consciousness.

This is a fascinating talk about people’s lives whether that is someone involved in the Dam Busters Raid to those who are spritely at 104 to those suffering from dementia at 40 and those who have profound experiences and how an ordinary life can contain such extraordinary meaning.

This is a great chat and we were only scratching the surface so I am looking forward to chat with Helen again. It was also very good to meet Doogie the dog who makes a grand entrance.

To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland

and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk

For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com

Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

Trish Nichol, writer, poet, singer and player of the ukulele.

I chat to the wonderful Trish Delish Nichol about her fascinating creative life.

Trish’s biog is so good I have left it in her words.

Born and raised on the west coast of Canada, though her forays into the world outside a small island in the Pacific have taken and will take me far from the place I once called home.

I’m on an adventure, a journey of the in and the out. A quest of sorts, to find quintessence.

Fortunately Satori is everywhere.

So there shouldn’t be too much trouble.

I’ve been writing for a long time, that classic tale of “since I could hold a pen”, etc.

I’ve been talking about my feelings on the internet via this blog since 2009.

In 2018, I published my first book with the help of a grant from the CKCA (Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance) which gave me the kick in the pants I needed to actually get it done.

Never underestimate the benefit of a well-timed kick in the pants.

It’s a book of poetry called the Mechanics of Dreaming, available in physical and digitally via Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon

I wrote and published a horror novella called Tales from the Busmeat Cafe Volume One: The Secret in the Sauce as a collaborative effort with my cohort, Mr Dark. It is available exclusively in digital form on Amazon and Smashwords. We are currently working on Volume Two.

Poetry, horror, rambly meanderings, silly videos of drunkalele antics, art, musings, there are all sorts of things within this site to amuse, befuddle, and engage.

I hope you find something that makes you smile – Trish

To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland

and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk

For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com

Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

What if we are wrong?

Solo show, looking and questioning our assumptions. What if what we believe is wrong? What does this do for us creatively? Does the ability to foretell create interesting dimensions to our creations? I talk about the excellent podcast The Witch Trials of J K Rowling on free speech and the historic witch trials in Salem Massachusetts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-witch-trials-of-j-k-rowling/id1671691064

To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland

and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk

For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com

Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

Adrian Matthews, Freud, Harry Potter Zen and Professor Umbridge

 This was such a great chat with Adrian we dive into the rabbit hole of Jung, Freud, Harry Potter and what is a WWOOFer?

We talk about landing after deep revelatory experiences, anarchy, Zen, building communities, the collapsing of personal realities, the deeper meaning of Professor Umbridge from the Ministry of Magic.

 Adrian lives in a caravan in North Wales. He was meant to become a Freudian analyst, but he stole some corn and was kidnapped by the Fae. Now he spends most of his time composting, walking back in the dark, and digging holes. He has a MSc in Cyberpsychology, and this thesis (and interests) still centre around the morality of groups when exposed to psychological pathogenic distress.

To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland

and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk

For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com

Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

Bernadette Russell, author, storyteller, hopepunk, tree planter.

 Bernadette and I have a great chat about stories and creativity her cabaret work at Madame JoJos and finding stories o the lesser heard and lesser known.

Bernadette is a co-creator and lead artist for the South Bank Centres monthly salon "The Skylark Cafe" - hosting and telling stories and a storyteller for Trees for Cities with stories, myth and magic about animals, plants, trees and wildness.

She is a regular story teller of stories at Butser Ancient Farm, "Wild Stories, Witches and Wonder" - with sessions for adults only as well as family sessions.

Bernadette Russell is in a BBC documentary about the power of kindness which you can watch from the links below

 She is an Alumni of the School of Myth and a Certified Happiness Facilitator with Museum of Happiness and author of “How To Be Hopeful"

and there is now an audio version which you can find here: https://www.audible.co.uk or here https://www.bolinda.com

Please come and say hello!

www.bernadetterussell.com

twitter @betterussell

facebook https://www.facebook.com/bernadetterussellwrites/

instagram @bernadetterussell

To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland

and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk

For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com

Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music