Guernsey Press Arts Podcast

Shaun Shackleton and Simon De La Rue speak to Trudie Shannon about her new collection of poetry, to Dawn O'Porter about her third Guernsey-set novel and to John Nettles and Steve Foote about a warts-and-all revision of a German officer's occupation diary, all of which are being published within a few days of each other.

As a retrospective exhibition continues at Art for Guernsey, Simon De La Rue speaks to legendary local sci-fi illustrator and artist Chris Foss about his decades-long career, which has included work on several major films.

This month with Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton, actor and director Cameron Ashplant joins to talk about his new play ‘The Glaswegian’, which premieres at the Princess Royal Centre for the Performing Arts in a couple of weeks.Plus there’s chat on Rosanne Guille’s latest exhibition, the recent Guernsey Street Festival, and a look at what’s coming up locally.

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton explore some of the exhibitions taking place this summer, including hearing from pioneering sci-fi artist Chris Foss about his retrospective at Art for Guernsey, Liz Potter from the Sarnia Arts & Crafts Club ahead of its centenary show later in July, Gill Harrison on her ongoing Art at the Park exhibition and Hayley Bachelet and her dad Graham from Sula Gallery as its sale of a private collection featuring celebrated local artists draws to a close.

An ancient board game was the first subject of this year’s Arts Society Guernsey lecture series. Simon De La Rue speaks to Dr Irving Finkel from the British Museum about his successful, decades-long quest to figure it out...The next lecture in the 2024 Arts Society Guernsey series is entitled The Marquesses Of Bute: Patrons Of Opulence and will be presented by Matthew Williams, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, at 7pm on Wednesday 26 June.This year’s lecture topics also include Pre-Raphaelite houses, the 1951 Festival of Britain, Beijing’s Forbidden City and the medieval arts patron Jean, Duc de Berry.

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton round up the latest from the local arts scene, including a look back at this year’s Guernsey Literary Festival, featuring interviews with comedian Helen Lederer, author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernières, and festival chairman Sir Terry Waite.Plus there’s chat on the One Act Play Festival, Element Films’ new short ‘Luck’, and a snippet from a fascinating interview with Irving Finkel, who recently spoke in an Arts Society Guernsey lecture on the most successful board game of antiquity.

A once-in-a-lifetime discovery, documented on film... Tony Curr is joined by filmmaker Karl Taylor, skipper and veteran wreck-hunter Richard Keen and camera operator Peter Frankland to talk about the making of a new documentary which tells the story of a unique WW1 naval battle and the search for the two vessels lost near to the Channel Islands.

This month with Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton, we hear from artist Olympia McEwan as her new public art project ‘7 Women’ goes on display at the Royal Court, Simon talks through his own theatrical project as he makes his directorial debut with ‘Fool for Love’ at the Fermain Tavern, plus they look back at the best of the last few weeks, including Art for Guernsey’s latest show, Cheshire Dramatic Arts’ production of ‘Six’, and Nessi Gomes’ new single.

This month with Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton, we hear from the cast and crew of Guernsey-made film Last Flamingo of the Red Summer Sunset, which has just premiered at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square, and we find out why the programme at the Mallard Cinema is looking increasingly eclectic.