Vicki Lesley is... Documental | Conversations

Thank you Francesca Bossert , Helen Poore , and many others for tuning into my live video with Eleanor Anstruther ! This was such a great conversation and I can’t recommend highly enough that you go out and snap up a copy of Eleanor’s new book forthwith. And in the meantime, here’s a feast of links to various things we talked about, starting with a very timely webinar I will be taking part in next...

Thank you to everyone who tuned in live today (and apologies that Luke’s video has a bit of a lag - we aren’t quite sure why - but the audio is perfect so shouldn’t affect your enjoyment at all.) A time of writing, you can watch The Draughtsman’s Contract on the BFI Player with a subscription (possibly geo-blocked within the UK, I’m not 100% sure). Plus there are 14 of his early short films availa...

Hi! Thanks for joining me on honest tour through my month just gone, as I embark on my next chapter after years spent making my debut feature documentary, whilst also navigating perimenopause (me) and autism (my son). Expect headaches, hang-ups and a whole lot of heart. If you enjoy my writing, do feel free to leave a comment. And of course I’d love it if you’d consider subscribing to get all my p...

A lively, candid and wide-ranging conversation exploring the renewable energy revolution, nuclear debates, electrification, and the evolving political and media landscape shaping the clean energy future in the UK and beyond with Dr David Toke, reader in Energy Politics at Aberdeen University and author of Energy Revolutions by David Toke . Find more conversations and writing on atomic politics, cu...

I was delighted when Keris Fox kindly agreed to talk to me in this unvarnished chat delving deeper into the money stories behind my debut film - a companion piece to my recent tell-all post on the true financial numbers from its production/release: In this wide-ranging and intimate conversation, Keris and I covered so much, mostly focusing on my own financial journey with the film, but also findin...

This is a deep, deep dive into the true £££ numbers behind my independent feature documentary, 'The Atom: A Love Affair' released in the UK in 2020 - breaking down exactly how much it cost to make that film, how much money I raised up front and how much income the film has made since it was released. You can find the full written version of the piece at https://open.substack.com/pub/vickilesley/p/...