VIBErations Podcast

Established in 2018 by Gary Brightman - VIBE is a Book and Music shop situated in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. In this episode I interview musician Jeremy Williams - recorded on Thursday 2nd April 2026. Jeremy Williams was born in Shropshire in the UK. His father was a farmer and mother a keen music lover and pianist. Her father was a professional viola player, so from an early age Jeremy...

Established in 2018 by Gary Brightman - VIBE is a Book & Music shop situated in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. In this episode I interview airline pilot Pierre Cadoret - recorded on Monday 23rd March 2026. Pierre Cadoret comes from Somerset in the Southwest of England. His Father hailed from Alderney in the Channel Islands, a French family hence the name. Following in his father’s foots...

Established in 2018 by Gary Brightman - VIBE is a Book & Music shop situated in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. In this episode I interview retailer, actor, creative and entrepreneur Dominic Johnson-Hill - recorded on Friday 27th February 2026. https://gogetfunding.com/flock-bird-m... https://plastered.com/ https://www.instagram.com/plastered8/...   Dominic Johnson-Hill first arrived in...

Established in 2018 by Gary Brightman - VIBE is a Book & Music shop situated in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. In this episode I interview entrepreneur and endurance runner Jo Lodder. https://gogetfunding.com/flock-bird-murals-of-lantau/ https://www.tailslantau.org/ https://southlantaulife.com/now/x/south-lantau-buffalo-society/ http://www.actionasia.foundation/ http://www.jolodder.com/...

Established in 2018 by Gary Brightman - VIBE is a Book & Music shop situated in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. In this episode I interview Macao News Managing Editor Aidyn Fitzpatrick Aidyn Fitzpatrick was born in Hong Kong of biracial parentage. She was educated locally and at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a first in modern history. After stints as a kitchen porter, theatre di...

Established in 2018 by Gary Brightman - VIBE is a Book & Music shop situated in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. In this episode I interview author Paul French. www.chinarhyming.com Insta oldshanghaipaul Paul was born in the London Borough of Enfield in 1966. He attended Raglan Junior School and Edmonton County School, North London. He gained an M.Phil from the University of Glasgow and s...

Tales of Jack & Milly is a series of 15-minute episodes about the adventures of 5 talking rescued pets that live with their human parents on a beautiful green hilly island in the South China Sea. If only our pets had voices, what would they say? Would they be poets, rappers or philosophers, or just like, well… family… Jack is a 6 year-old beige village dog who looks like a cross between a wolf...

Tales of Jack & Milly is a series of 15-minute episodes about the adventures of 5 talking rescued pets that live with their human parents on a beautiful green hilly island in the South China Sea. If only our pets had voices, what would they say? Would they be poets, rappers or philosophers, or just like, well… family… Jack is a 6 year-old beige village dog who looks like a cross between a wolf...

Established in 2018 by Gary Brightman - VIBE is a Book & Music shop situated in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. This weeks interview is with long term Lantau resident, Bob Bunker Born in the UK; on graduating in 1968 from Cambridge with a degree in French and German, Bob went to work for a stockbroking firm in the City of London, to look after their European business. He came to HK in 19...

Tails of Jack & Milly is 6 x 10-minute series about the adventures of 5 talking rescued pets that live with their human parents on a beautiful green hilly island in the South China Sea. If only our pets had voices, what would they say? Would they be poets, rappers or philosophers, or just like, well… family… Jack is a 5 year-old beige village dog who looks like a cross between a wolf and a ted...

Tails of Jack & Milly is 10-minute series about the adventures of 4 talking rescued pets that live with their human parents on a beautiful green hilly island in the South China Sea. If only our pets had voices, what would they say? Would they be poets, rappers or philosophers, or just like, well… family… Jack is a 5 year-old beige village dog who looks like a cross between a wolf and a teddy b...

Tails of Jack & Milly is 10-minute series about the adventures of 4 talking rescued pets that live with their human parents on a beautiful green hilly island in the South China Sea. If only our pets had voices, what would they say? Would they be poets, rappers or philosophers, or just like, well… family… Jack is a 5 year-old beige village dog who looks like a cross between a wolf and a teddy b...

Tails of Jack & Milly is 10-minute series about the adventures of 4 talking rescued pets that live with their human parents on a beautiful green hilly island in the South China Sea. If only our pets had voices, what would they say? Would they be poets, rappers or philosophers, or just like, well… family… Jack is a 5 year-old beige village dog who looks like a cross between a wolf and a teddy b...

Established in 2018 by Gary Brightman - VIBE is a Book & Music shop situated in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. This weeks interview is with a mate Pete Millward of Celestial. I’ve been pestering him to interview with me since VIBE opened back in early 2018… His latest album ‘Sub Coda’ is used as the sound-bed for this interview. Back in 2018, high on my priority list was to add the musi...

Established in 2018 by Gary Brightman - VIBE is a Book & Music shop situated in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. This is our periodic podcast and in this episode I interview Ed Salter - organiser of 'Lantau Live 2024 Music Festival on Lantau Island, HK https://lantaulive.com/   / lantaulive     / lantaulive   https://www.ticketflap.com/lantaulive... BIO Edward Salter is, amongst many othe...

Established in 2018 by Gary Brightman - VIBE is a Book & Music shop situated in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. This is our periodic podcast and in this episode I interview Father John Wotherspoon. ...also announcing upcoming Lantau Live Music festival on Sunday 24th November 11am until 9pm https://lantaulive.com/ https://www.ticketflap.com/lantaulive... For this week’s interview I went...

Established in 2018 - VIBE is a Book & Music shop situated in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Back in May, it didn’t take me or my wife Stef long to think about who my special guest should be for this 50th edition of my VIBErations podcast interviews. When I asked him if he could supply me with his BIO, he mumbled a bit, went quiet for a few weeks and finally admitted that he didn’t have...

VIBErations podcast Ep 48 at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong on 19th April, 2024 Interview with Peter Barry One of my passions is Hong Kong History and this weeks interview very much taps into that! More than anyone I’ve met, to date, Musician & Author Peter Barry has 50 years of Hong Kong and Mui Wo experience to offer. Because of this, I’ve chosen to make t...

VIBErations podcast Ep 49 at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong on 17th May, 2024 Interview with Sam Barbour BIO Sam Barbour is an award-winning educator, songwriter & children’s author from the UK. He has worked as a primary English teacher in Hong Kong since 2007. His successful YouTube channel, Teacher Ham is now 11 years old, and he published his first child...

VIBErations podcast Ep 47 at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong on 10th April, 2024 Interview with David Bellis https://gwulo.com/ https://www.eventbrite.hk/d/hong-kong... Writing about history was never the plan – David left school with a firm dislike of both English and History, he studied Computer Science then worked as a Software Engineer. But in 1992 a move to...

VIBErations podcast Ep 46 at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong on 22nd August, 2023 Interview with Anna Robb TheatreArtLife.com https://olc.live/ Anna is the Executive Director for Our Legacy Creations, a Global Live Entertainment Company launched this year (2023). Prior to starting this new venture, Anna was the COO of Dragone known for its iconic theatre shows su...

VIBErations podcast Ep 45 at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong on 20th March, 2023 Interview with Mark Rawson Facebook ‘What the folk HK’ https://www.motherschoice.org/en/ BIO Mark retired from a career in Wealth Management with a plan to travel only to time that with the arrival of covid … the last few years have given time to reflect and reassess the things he felt w...

Tails of Jack & Milly is 10-minute series about the adventures of 4 talking rescued pets that live with their human parents on a beautiful green hilly island in the South China Sea. If only our pets had voices, what would they say? Would they be poets, rappers or philosophers, or just like, well… family… Jack is a 3 year-old beige village dog who looks like a cross between a wolf and a teddy bear....

Tails of Jack & Milly is 10-minute series about the adventures of 4 rescued pets that live with their human parents on a beautiful green hilly island in the South China Sea. If only our pets had voices, what would they say? Would they be poets, rappers or philosophers, or just like, well… family… Jack is a 3 year-old beige village dog who looks like a cross between a wolf and a teddy bear. Milly i...

VIBErations podcast Ep 44 at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong on 26th January, 2023 Interview with British Author Patricia O'Sullivan BIO Patricia O’Sullivan is a writer and researcher on the lesser known aspects of Hong Kong's history prior to 1941. Stumbling over an article concerning the death of her great-uncle in 1918 when an inspector in the Hong Kong Police, Sh...