Interviews
Dr Brian Briggs – “Brian is fine” – divides his time between Llanelli’s Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Wetland Centre,
For the uninitiated, Nell Mescal (yes, sister of actor Paul) is an Irish singer-songwriter who hit the festival circuit hard last summer, playing (amongst others) The Great Escape, BST Hyde Park, Boardmasters and Live at Leeds. This year, she’s headed to Oxfordshire and Alex James’ Big Feastival for August bank holiday weekend. Eloise Lonsdale caught up with her to find out more about her musical style and her recently launched EP, Can I Miss it For a Minute.
The sound of Nik Kershaw’s distinctive vocals will doubtless ricochet readers straight back to their youth. His debut album, Human Racing and follow-up, The Riddle dominated the album and the singles charts with hits like Wouldn’t It Be Good and Don Quixote.
Self-taught home cook and content creator Sam Way is better known by his social media handle, @samseats. His insanely satisfying cooking videos, which document every sizzle, splash and slice in a 60 second serving, have garnered him over 13 million followers. Moving away from the screen, his cookbook was published last year, and in May he’ll be taking part in the Blenheim Palace Food Festival.
Laura Winter is one of the lead presenters for F1 TV, presenting Grands Prix from all over the world to audiences of over 100m people.
When I spoke to Grace – better known online as GK Barry – she’d had just come back from the States where she has been promoting her chart-topping podcast Saving Grace in which she hosts an impressive range of guests including Madison Beer, Alison Hammond, Rob Beckett and Fred Sirieix.
How to explain award-winning comedian Rosie Holt if you haven’t seen her online videos or tuned into her podcast, NonCensored? Think topical satire, poker-faced delivery, and a mastery of modern media: finger firmly on the pulse of what’s trending in the public sphere and systematically lampooning our right-wing politicians and political commentators. Her character, Rosie Holt MP became a viral sensation during lockdown and now she’s coming to a town near you.
Singer-songwriter Jake Bugg will be on stage at the O2 later this month as part of his mission to bring live music back to the heart of Britain’s communities and grassroots venues. He is currently touring the UK in his bid to reinvigorate the local music scene of some of the UK’s smaller cities and towns and took some time out to tell us more.
Like her protagonists, Bushnell is mix of grit, determination, wicked humour and buckets of charm. When we connect over Zoom I’m hoping she’ll be as glamorous as I imagine and I’m not disappointed. It’s only 9am in New York but as Candace observes “Gotta get up, get out, get the coffee, walk the dogs”.