On The Horizon

Hello! Welcome to the On The Horizon podcast. This podcast series is starting by taking you through recordings from our latest event here at Hawarden Estate, called On The Horizon. Which happened at the beginning of July 2024. When we ran On The Horizon, we thought we could record the conversations that happened at the event, and release them as a standalone series. However, we have decided to con...

From the family home in the Highlands of Scotland, Anja Baak runs a classic small business, Great Glen Charcuterie. Here she talks about family, food waste, hard work, imagination and much more.

This is a new series in which I talk to people who work with food; there will be chefs, writers, producers, growers and stylists. My first guest is writer and chef Olia Hercules whose new book The Sumer Kitchen is one of the most warmly received of 2020.

The final part of Series 1 of Outdoor Voices features answers to some simple questions from a gardener and chef, some artists and food producers and a green wood worker. This is about nature and our relationship with it. I hope you enjoy it.

This is a short lockdown series in which I question people who work outdoors about why they do what they do and what nature and being outside means to them. There are answers from a gamekeeper, a shepherd, an artist or two and a green wood worker.

Part 4 of a short series in which I talk to people who live and work outdoors. In this edition I have contributions from a gamekeeper, an environmental artist, a shepherd and a forager. These are the voices of people who work alongside nature.

This is a short lockdown series in which I ask people who work outdoors why they choose to do so and what they love about living close to nature. I talk to a warden on a remote island, a forager, a shepherd, a game keeper, an environmental artist and many more people who spend their lives in the great outdoors.

This is a short series about people who live and work outdoors. In this remotely-recorded lockdown series I talk to people who have chosen to live as close to nature as possible, from a forager to an environmental artist and from a warden on a remote island to a shepherd, these are the voices of the outdoors.

This is a short series about people who live and work outdoors. In this remotely-recorded lockdown series I talk to people who have chosen to live as close to nature as possible, from a forager to an environmental artist and from a warden on a remote island to a shepherd, these are the voices of the outdoors.

This is Part 6 (and the final part of Series 1) of Cover Stories, in which my guests dial in their stories about a cover version of a song that has had a profound impact on them. This is about people and music and friendship and life. I hope you enjoy it.

Cover Stories is about people's relationships with that most storied type of song, the cover version. In this episode my guests dial in their tales of frozen New Year's Eve parties, weddings and long-held passion. There's the Falklands War, friendship and much more.

Part 4 of Series 1 of Cover Stories, in which guests dial in reminiscences about a cover version of a song that has set their world on fire. This is a sort of Desert Island Discs about one song, that has to be a cover version. But it isn't really about music, it's about what culture does for us; the passions it evokes and the relationships it builds.

A short series of podcasts in which my guests dial in a personal story about a cover version of a song. They talk about their reaction to and relationship with this song; how it affects them, why they love it, what it makes them feel. This is a sort of Desert Island Discs with one song that has to be a cover. I hope you enjoy it.

In this lockdown series guests dial in their memories of that most intriguing art form, the cover version. This is about people and their relationship with a song; I suppose it's a sort of single song Desert Island Discs or perhaps a better title might be Last Night A DJ Saved My Life. Whatever, this is about love, emotion, youth and passion. I hope that you enjoy it.

30 people speak in 30 minutes. This is Part 2 of my Time Capsule in which we edit down the answers of the second 30 guests on my Love in the Time of Coronavirus to create a Time Capsule of our thoughts on this Spring's challenges and the opportunities they have presented. This will be released on cassette soon but for now, have a listen. It's a speedy slowpod.

30 people speak in 30 minutes. This is Part 1 of my Time Capsule in which we edit down the answers of the first 30 guests on my Love in the Time of Coronavirus to create a Time Capsule of our thoughts on this Spring's challenges and the opportunities they have presented. This will be released on cassette soon but for now, have a listen. It's a speedy slowpod.

Rob Poynton is an expert in strategic leadership and his ideas are relevant and incredibly exciting. He is also the author of the best-selling Do:Pause. Charlie and Rob talk leadership, culture, Spain, horse whispering, fly fishing, novels, business and more.

Episode 15 -and the final one- in my daily series in which guests dial-in answers to three simple questions. There are messages of hope, optimism, love and much more.

Episode 14 of my my slowpod in which my guests dial in their answers to three simple questions. This is slow, considered and thoughtful stuff full of optimism and hope. I hope you enjoy it and that it gives you cause to smile.

Episode 13 of my daily slowcast, Love in The Time of Coronavirus. This is a series in which I ask guests to dial-in the answers to three simple questions. And here are some of the results; love, optimism, joy, hope and a great album by The Clash.

It's Episode 12 of Love in The Time of Coronavirus in which I ask my guests three simple questions. This is a slowpod full of optimism, joy, love and culture. I hope you enjoy it.

Episode 11 of a daily slowcast (or is it slowpod?) in which guests ruminate on three questions. This is about love, resilience, optimism and positivity and this episode features me rambling on a bit (too much) as well.

This is Episode 10, kids, of my slow podcast in which my guests ruminate on the answers to three simple questions. This is a podcast of quiet reflection, today with four guests' dialled-in answers. And there are a few recommendations from me, too. Tune in, please!

In which guests dial-in their answers to three simple questions. This is a slow podcast full of optimistic reflection on the current global lockdown and its wider implications. There are also a few cultural recommendations too; mainly novels and classic double albums.

Episode 8 of a daily (or almost daily) slow podcast series in which I ask people three simple questions and they dial-in their answers. This is gentle, considered, revealing stuff. It addresses some big questions. I rabbit on a bit about things I like, particularly the best long (double or triple) albums ever made. That's it! I hope that you enjoy it.