{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f68ee54899e3d1865e60599/5fd8b0ded95f3660b0246752?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Jelly Christmas Paaaaaaar-tay! ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f68ee54899e3d1865e60599/1608036677585-47a0fed94ce4f1f8f30cc626b04e6b67.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What do you do when you can't have an In Real Life Christmas Party? You have a podcast party! </p><p>Apologies for the sound quality on the podcast, I can't control my guests. </p><p>Join Jelly's Suzanne, Emma and Kate and some of our lovely friends and hear us chat about...well...a lot of random stuff...enjoy. </p><p><br></p><p>The randomness was provided by us but facilitated by take away cocktails from our friends at Milk. </p><p>http://www.milkreading.com</p><p><br></p><p>Guest in order of appearance and their dream dinner party guests: </p><p><br></p><p>Linda Newcombe - Sophie Lécuyer&nbsp;http://sophielecuyer.com</p><p>Salvo Toscano - The cast of the film 'Mediterraneo' </p><p>Alexandra Dewis - Ice dance superstars Torville &amp; Dean </p><p>Emily Gillmor - Mildred Seaby and Winwood Reade</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Jelly is Reading's award winning visual arts charity.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>During lockdown we have been running an artist residency with 12 artists documenting their experiences, 12 Artists at Home.&nbsp;</p><p>As part of the funding we have been given the opportunity to produce a podcast, Jelly, Sound &amp; Vision.&nbsp;</p><p>A series of relaxed chats with interesting people who happen to be creative and sometimes make art.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>To help us to continue making our work and delivering our education programme you can always make a donation here:&nbsp;</p><p>https://www.justgiving.com/jellyartscentre</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on all the socials using the handle @thejellyreading</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>We also want to say a huge THANK YOU to Culture Recovery Fund grants programme being administered by Arts Council England on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport for awarding us a grant to help us through this period of crazy times!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Arts Council England&nbsp;is the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in<a href=\"https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/letscreate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Let’s Create</a>&nbsp;that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.artscouncil.org.uk</a></p><p><br></p><p>Following the Covid-19 crisis, the Arts Council developed a&nbsp;£160 million&nbsp;Emergency&nbsp;Response Package,&nbsp;with nearly 90% coming from the National Lottery, for organisations and individuals needing support. We are also one of several bodies administering the Government’s&nbsp;Culture Recovery Fund&nbsp;and unprecedented support package of £1.57 billion for the culture and heritage sector. Find out more at&nbsp;<a href=\"https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/BSZ4Cr8O0hqnMXUGP2-l?domain=artscouncil.org.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.artscouncil.org.uk/covid19</a></p><p><br></p><p>See&nbsp;<a href=\"https://acast.com/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">acast.com/privacy</a>&nbsp;for privacy and opt-out information.</p>","author_name":"Kate Powell"}