Stories that Matter

Join us for the next episode in our Stories that Matter series with Fozia Ismail in conversation with Hawkwood's CEO, Alicia Carey. This was recorded whilst Fozia was Artists in Residence at Hawkwood in May 2026.  Fozia is a research driven artist passionate about co-design, community engagement, and building projects that centre marginalised voices. Her work spans participatory art, food practice...

Join us for the next episode in our Stories that Matter series with Dame Evelyn Glennie and Jon Sterckx in conversation with Hawkwood's CEO, Alicia Carey. This was recorded whilst Evelyn and Jon were Artists in Residence at Hawkwood in February 2026.  Evelyn Glennie has over 100 international awards to date and is the first person to forge a full-time international career as a solo percussionist....

Join us for the next episode in our Stories that Matter series with Artists Blacksmiths, Mark Rogers and Ren Garsdie in conversation with Hawkwood's Programme Coordinator, Yolande Moinet. This podcast was record whilst Mark and Ren were in residency at Hawkwood, as part of the Earth, Fire, Iron series.  Mark's practice centres on interactive sculpture and co-creation. At Hawkwood, he engaged the p...

Join us for the next episode in our Stories that Matter series with Curtis Ogden in conversation with Hawkwood's CEO, Alicia Carey.  Curtis Ogden is a senior associate with Interaction Institute for Social Change (IISC). With extensive experience in supporting multi-interestholder networks and complex intra-organizational change efforts, Curtis focuses on transforming food, public health, educatio...

Join us for the next episode in our Stories that Matter series with Satish Kumar in conversation with Hawkwood's CEO, Alicia Carey. This was recorded whilst Satish was at Hawkwood hosting his Radical Love course in partnership with Schumacher Wild.  Satish is a former monk and long-term peace and environment activist. He has been quietly setting the Global Agenda for change for over 50 years. He w...

Join us for the next episode in our Stories that Matter series with regenerative design and development specialist Sarah Queblatin in conversation with Hawkwood's CEO, Alicia Carey. Sarah weaves experiences in the fields of peace building, biocultural heritage, environmental education, mental health, and humanitarian innovation for around 20 years. Her life-long practice is in restoring and re-sto...

Join us for our the next episode in our Stories that Matter series with Marmerto Lagitan Tindongan in conversation with Hawkwood's CEO, Alicia Carey Mamerto Lagitan Tindongan is from the Ifugao tribe in the Cordillera region in northern Philippines. He is an eighth generation Mumbaki, native priest of the Baki spirituality, and he was initiated into the role by his father in 2011, though he grew u...

Join us for our next episode in our Stories that Matter series with indigenous environmental leader Konkankoh in conversation with Hawkwood's CEO, Alicia Carey.  Konkankoh weaves networks that enhance South-North Partnerships as a social entrepreneur and consultant providing advisory services in trust relations for quality and impact in community development, education and social governance. He fo...

Librettist and Hawkwood Artist in Residence, Tamsin Treverton Jones and composer Louis Mander join Hawkwood CEO Alicia Carey to discuss the creative journey behind their new opera, inspired by Virginia Woolf’s The Waves . Developed at Hawkwood in July 2024 before its world premiere in Oslo, the project explores the challenges and rewards of bringing experimental literature to the operatic stage.

Nora Bateson is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute, based in Sweden. Her work asks the question “How we can improve our perception of the complexity we live within, so we may improve our interaction with the world?”.

British woman human rights defender Jaz O’Hara joins musician and composer Soumik Datta in conversation with Hawkwood's CEO, Alicia Carey.  In this episode, Jaz shares the story of her project working with refugees, Asylum Speakers, and the inspirations that led to her recording and sharing stories of migration. Soumik explains the background to the pioneering work of his charity Soumik Datta Arts...

Actor and writer, Temi Wilkey , joins Natali Martinez a year on from her first Artist Residency at Hawkwood. In this conversation, Temi discusses her recent television and theatre projects, including her play for The Royal Court, and gives us an exclusive peek behind the scenes of the new romantic comedy she worked on during her latest residency at Hawkwood.

Grammy-nominated composer, Missy Mazzoli, was recently deemed “one of the more consistently inventive, surprising composers now working in New York” ( The New York Times ). Her music has been performed all over the world.  Royce Vavrek is a Canada-born, Brooklyn-based librettist and lyricist, hailed as “an exemplary creator of operatic prose” ( The New York Times ).  They join Hawkwood's CEO, Alic...

"I think, before the trip, I’d underestimated how revitalising it can be to spend time in nature...". Listen to Temi Wilkey as she discusses her 2022 residency at Hawkwood.  Join us for part 2 which will be recorded in May 2023, one year later at her second residency with us where we'll discuss how Temi's work has developed, new projects and how her second retreat with us has been.

The Climate Action Lab aims to create the space for us to re-imagine the ways in which we impact our planet. It draws on experience from thought-leaders and special guests from the forefront of Climate Action so they can re-ignite our imagination, and give us the tools to get practical about climate change. This episode is a recording from one of our speakers. Soumik Datta is a composer, producer,...

The Climate Action Lab aims to create the space for us to re-imagine the ways in which we impact our planet. It draws on experience from thought-leaders and special guests from the forefront of Climate Action so they can re-ignite our imagination, and give us the tools to get practical about climate change. This episode is a recording from one of our speakers. Folk Singer, Song Collector and Prese...

The story of Hawkwood from its very origin all the way through to today. It contains personal reflections, memories and stories from the 27 years Pamela spent as a trustee of Hawkwood. As well as how Pamela first came to be at Hawkwood as well as how the site and charity have evolved and progressed since. This episode features Katie Loyd-Nunn, a mover, writer, editor and curator. She has worked at...

Studio Stories is Hawkwood's brand new series of episodes that will give you a glimpse into what goes on in our artist residencies. Recorded at Hawkwood from the artist's studio space. Enjoy this first episode with Matthew Barley. Matthew Barley has created a unique international career full of improvisation, new music, cutting-edge computer technology, collaboration with jazz and Indian musicians...

Do Something for Nothing: Five years ago, Joshua Coombes began offering haircuts to men and women who were sleeping rough on the streets of London. He has since travelled the world continuing to do this, whilst sharing his experiences on social media amplifying the lives of people who are all too often invisible. This episode was produced by Matthew Shaw, with his own music and original compositio...

In this episode, we discuss Do Build, Alan Moore’s recent book. It draws on his years of research into some of the most pioneering and progressive businesses on the planet. Moore invites us to create a different type of business: one that will regenerate and restore our economy, our environment, and our civilisation. He is joined in conversation by Sir Tim Smit, founder of the Eden Project. This e...

Tune in to a brand new episode with guests Soumik Datta and Sam Lee. This conversation was part of Turn up the volume, a week of action and events from Music Declares Emergency, uniting the music industry around climate issues and speaking out together. MDE continues the tradition of popular music taking a leading role in driving change, following in the footsteps of Rock Against Racism, Free Tibe...

Jaz O'Hara & Steve Sevele and Matt Shaw. The Refugee Crisis remains the biggest humanitarian crisis of our time. The UNHCR predicts that by 2050, 1 billion people will be displaced. But for many of us, this raises lots of questions… Why are so many people leaving their countries? Where are they coming from? Where are they going? What are their journey’s like and what is life like inside Europe...

Vicci Livingstone-Thompson is the CEO of Inclusion Gloucestershire. In this episode, she talks about the importance of user-led organisations, how fear impacts diversity in the workplace and what policies she’d like to see talked about in the run up to the general election.  This episode was produced by Laura Byng, with music by Daisy and her Kora, playing an original composition, Berta.  http://w...

In this series of Practical Pods, we hear from some of the workshop leaders from Seed Festival 2019, on the small changes we can each make to leave a smaller environmental footprint. In this episode, Sophie from Semble on how to make see bombs. This episode was produced by Laura Byng, with music by Daisy and her Kora, playing an original composition, Berta. http://www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/ https:...

In this series of Practical Pods, we hear from some of the workshop leaders from Seed Festival 2019, on the small changes we can each make to leave a smaller environmental footprint. In this episode, Claudi Williams on how to make your own toothpaste. This episode was produced by Laura Byng, with music by Daisy and her Kora, playing an original composition, Berta. http://www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/...