Latest Horniman Podcast Episodes

Muna and Catriona ask each other the #campaign for empathy questions and discuss why they love living in South East London

Portrait of a Londoner - October 23, 2020 04:30 - 30 minutes
In this episode we talk to each other about why we decided to make a podcast inspired in part by the work of Action for Refugees in Lewisham.     We use some of the questions provided by the Campaign for Empahy menu for conversation including   Out today on the podcast we speak to each other!...

Rebecca Vincent, tattoo artist on her childhood and how art can help in mental health recovery

Portrait of a Londoner - October 15, 2020 04:30 - 24 minutes
Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast.  In this episode we speak to Rebecca Vincent, tattoo artist at Parliament tattoo https://www.patreon.com/RebeccaVincent Rebecca  talks to us about:  Her childhood The challenges of living with her dad’s alcoholism and ill health H...

Naheeda Maharasingham on improving outcomes for disadvantaged students

Portrait of a Londoner - October 08, 2020 04:30 - 25 minutes
  Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast and in this mini-series we will be talking to people who live in London about racism within the UK education system.  In this episode we speak to Naheeda Maharasingham who is headteacher at Rathfern Primary School, a diverse inner ...

Lavinya Stennett CEO of The Black Curriculum teaching Black British history to young people in the UK

Portrait of a Londoner - October 01, 2020 04:45 - 31 minutes
Lavinya talks to us about growing up in South london, being excluded from school but managing to sit her GCSEs and A levels at the same time @merton college before heading to @soasuni to get her degree.  During her time at SOAS Lavinya started @theblackcurriculum and she explains her motivation...

Jason Arday on racial inequality in higher education

Portrait of a Londoner - September 18, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes
Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast and in this mini-series we will be talking to people who live in London about racism within the UK education system.  In this episode we speak to Jason Arday who is an assistant professor in the department of Sociology at the Universit...

Jason WH Page of the South East London Salon and Migration Museum

Portrait of a Londoner - June 24, 2020 09:16 - 38 minutes
Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast and in this mini-series we will be talking to people who live in London about racism in the UK.  In this episode we speak to Jason Page @jasonwhpage Jason  has a portfolio career. He works as Operations Manager at the Migration Museum...

Stephen Ismail Thomas on his experiences of racism in the UK and working with young black men

Portrait of a Londoner - June 12, 2020 16:03 - 42 minutes
Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast and in this mini-series we will be talking to people who live in London about racism in the UK.  In this episode we speak to Stephen Ismail Thomas a certified M.I.S.P mindfulness teacher of programmes running  in primary and secondary ...

Brock Elbank Photographer on his career in fashion, shooting the Beards series and more recent work taking portraits of people with skin conditions including vitiligo

Portrait of a Londoner - May 28, 2020 09:38 - 26 minutes
Brock Elbank Photographer on his career in fashion, shooting the Beards series to raise awareness of melanoma and more recent work taking portraits of people with skin conditions including vitiligo and CMN Portrait of a Londoner is a South-east London based podcast and in the first series we wi...

Melissa Thompson of Fowlmouths Food on childhood memories, her passion for food and LGBT activism.

Portrait of a Londoner - May 21, 2020 05:39 - 24 minutes
In this episode of Portrait of a Londoner we speak to Melissa Thompson owner of the food and recipe project and popular Instagram account Fowl Mouths Food https://www.fowlmouths.co.uk/ Portrait of a Londoner is a South-east London based podcast and in the first series we will be talking to peop...

Aga Czarnota, Deli owner talks about her childhood in Poland, early career in London, thoughts on Brexit and why she loves Forest Hill!

Portrait of a Londoner - May 14, 2020 09:05 - 25 minutes
Aga Czarnota, Deli owner talks about her childhood in Poland, early career in London, thoughts on Brexit and why she loves Forest Hill!   Aga is owner of Aga’s little deli and co-owner of zero waste store Beetroot and Beans Find information on Aga’s deli here: https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Re...

Francisco Garcia, writer and journalist talks to us about the death of his mother, his father's disappearance and the crisis of missing people in the UK

Portrait of a Londoner - May 07, 2020 03:00 - 32 minutes
Episode 4 – Francisco Garcia Title: Francisco Garcia on navigating grief and loss at a young age and how these events and a connection with Forest Hill have shaped him. Francisco Garcia is a writer and journalist. His book ‘If you were there’ will be published by Harper Collins in 2021 Portra...

Karen Arthur: Teacher turned Fashion Designer on mental health, fashion and increasing diversity in the media

Portrait of a Londoner - April 30, 2020 06:35 - 24 minutes
Date: 30th January 2020 Episode: 3 Title: Karen Arthur:  Fashion Designer, Sewing Tutor on mental health, fashion and increasing diversity and visibility for older women in the media In this episode of Portrait of a Londoner we talk to Karen Arthur who is a former teacher turned fashion desig...

Nick Merriman CEO of the Horniman Museum on improving accessibility and diversity in museums

Portrait of a Londoner - April 30, 2020 06:09 - 27 minutes
Date: 5th March 2020 Episode: 2 Title: Nick Merriman CEO of Horniman Museum Forest Hill on improving accessibility and diversity in museums. In this episode of Portrait of a Londoner we speak to Nick Merriman who is CEO of the Horniman Museum in South East London https://www.horniman.ac.uk/. ...

An Introduction to Muna and Catriona

Portrait of a Londoner - April 26, 2020 10:00 - 51 seconds
Date: April 25th 2020 Episode: 1 Title: Introducing ourselves and Portrait of a Londoner In this very brief episode of Portrait of a Londoner we introduce ourselves! Catriona and Muna met in 2013 playing netball in Honor Oak Park, SE London.  In December 2019 they met for a coffee and decid...