THE CREATIVE NOWHERE LAND PODCAST

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.  It's always been my goal to use the podcast to have conversations with interesting and inspiring people from all walks of life. And for me, they don't get much more inspiring than the guests that we're very lucky to be joined by on this episode.  Not one, not two, not three, but four Olympic athletes. Brad Hall, Greg Ca...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.  This might be a controversial one , but on this episode I'm joined by AI creator, marketer, and also self-confessed romantic, Terri Trovato.  Now, before anyone sees the words AI and starts immediately reaching for the pitchfork , I think it's important to say that this conversation isn't really about technology. It&apo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast. What can I say about the guest on this episode?  He's an artist.  He loves flowers and nature . He creates collages, wallpaper, T-shirts, and now 3D sculptures that I want you to all check out, and it's all absolutely beautiful.  But as you'll hear from this episode, he's so much more than that... He's a cacoph...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast. There's a certain beauty in the banal, everyday stuff that many people may overlook.  On this episode, we are lucky to be joined by an artist who has turned his ability to see this beauty into a 10-year project. Tom Hicks of Black Country Type.  Black Country Type is an ongoing photographic project. Tom applies his unique aestheti...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast. On this episode, we're lucky to be joined by award-winning photographer, visual storyteller, and artist Emma Brown.  Emma's work sits at this kind of intersection of art, humanity, and process. Emma creates stunning images using a technique called wet plate photography. And since finding it, she has completely immersed hersel...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.  You've probably already worked out that I love using the podcast to shine a light on the people in my world who are doing interesting and inspiring things .  Well, this episode is no different, as we are joined by my wonderful friend Gary Bonnick. Gary, along with his wife Shannon, runs a business called Wear Change , A Shop, an...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.  There are always hurdles on any journey , especially on a creative one; some people may fall and simply give up, and then there are others who can face challenges, however tough, and they seem to elevate and rise to it!   They may not know how, while they’re in it, maybe it’s forced upon them, but they just do it! And our guest on thi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.  The aim of the podcast is to bring you interesting and inspiring guests. And on this episode, we are joined by someone who inspires me regularly. Three times a week, in fact. My boxing coach, my friend, and armchair philosopher, James Collings. You might be thinking, why has he got a boxing coach on the podcast?   Well, we discuss how...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.  On this episode, we are joined by self-portrait artist and my mate Claire Riley . As a teenager, Claire was diagnosed with M.E and later with bipolar disorder. Claire joins us to talk about her new body of work, 'Do I make you feel uncomfortable?'   Where she's exploring her own mental illness through self-portraiture. ...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.  Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose art! Well, if you're of a certain age, then that might sound a little bit familiar, but on this episode, we're joined by an artist who has done just that... they've chosen art.   An artist who now uses their love of creativity, screen prints, fluorescent inks, and, in t...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.   Art is shit! Or is it? On this episode, we are joined by Artist, Mr Edwards, who describes his work as a Pop Dada Party filled with a cast of characters, all of his own making. As long as it makes him laugh, anything is fair game when it comes to him creating. Mr Edwards has had an interesting creative journey. From studying at St. M...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.  Casual and meaningless are everywhere right now, but real connections are rare, and finding those connections in a world that seems increasingly disconnected is what the podcast is all about. It's what I'm all about!  It's a little unusual, but when you feel that connection , sometimes you just have to act , and this ep...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast. Now, this might seem like a massive question, but are you living your life with purpose?  Maybe it's something that you haven't even thought about until right now, or maybe you think it's about finding that single grand calling or once-in-a-lifetime revelation that's reserved for the lucky few who have just managed...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast. What's the difference between art therapy and having a creative practice that feels therapeutic?   As it turns out, quite a lot—and in this episode, art psychotherapist and practising artist Claire Hilton helps us understand those differences. Claire has always been creative and understood the benefits of creating from a young age...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.  On this episode, we're joined by Poet, Writer, Educator , and Performer Casey Bailey.  Casey is a storyteller and, from a young age, realised the power of words to influence people in both a positive and sometimes negative way. His work spans Poetry, Music, Theatre, Books, and TV , creating work for both the Commonwealth Games an...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.  Faces become vessels of lingering memory . The world falls away, but the human remains.  Beautiful Right?  Well, these are just some of the poetic ways that our latest guest uses to describe her work. Emma Woolley is a contemporary portrait artist with a bold and expressive style who uses her work as a way of processing emotions and m...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Creative Nowhere Land Podcast. When do you get to call yourself a 'proper' artist?   Is it when you sell your first piece of work? Is it when you've done a master's degree? Is it when you've exhibited internationally , had sellout shows, and amassed a huge social media following? Or is it when your work is recognised by huge art world names...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Creative Nowhere Land Podcast. On this episode, we're joined by East London-based artist, painter, and printmaker Carl Stimpson . Growing up in a small town, Carls' influences weren't the classic art from the big galleries because, well, it just wasn't easily accessible. His major art influences came from the stuff around him, the comic books, th...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Creative Nowhere Land Podcast. Now, one of the things I love most about doing this podcast is getting to share the stories of people who take their creativity and actually turn it into something real. And today’s guest has done that in the most electrifying way possible—literally. Jack Quddus, the founder of Neon Cow At just 23 years old, Jack has already achieved w...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Creative Nowhere Land Podcast. Sometimes in life, we could all do with a little advice , especially as artists and creatives. Well, on this episode, we're joined by someone who does just that, The Artist Advisor, Dean Melbourne. As a successful artist himself with multiple solo shows under his belt, Dean has gained both the knowledge and experience in the art w...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 2 of the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast. We've got some great guests lined up for you this season, so let's start as we mean to go on. I've always said that I want Creative Nowhere Land to be a place that inspires others to do the things that inspire them. And I was racking my brain as to who should be the first guest to start us off for season two....

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast. This one's a little different. No guest this time—just you and me. After 21 incredible episodes with 21 amazing guests —from artists to athletes, entrepreneurs to educators—we’ve officially wrapped up the first season of the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.  Over the course of this season, we’ve reached thousands of people across 43...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast .  Now, I've always wanted the Creative Nowhere Land podcast to be a useful resource for people . So it seems fitting that on this episode, we're lucky to be joined by an expert in people, professional thinker , problem solver, leadership advisor, and coach, Alastair Gill of Alchemy Labs.  Al uses his creativity in a very diff...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast . On this episode, we're joined by someone from a different field of creativity, Executive Chef to the Stars and my friend, Mike Bullard . Mike is a chef who's already achieved huge amounts within his industry, starting at the bottom of the ladder as a pot washer and working his way up the ranks to cheffing in multiple Micheli...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land podcast. On this episode, we're joined by international model, music producer, and all-round creative force, Shelby Billingham . Shelby Billingham defies the stereotype most people might have about models. Far from being "just a pretty face," this international fashion model has spent a decade building an impressively diverse cre...