Episode 6: Hastings and St Leonards

In a special bonus episode of Into That World Inverted, Holly and Diarmuid return to Kent where they chat with queer artists and writers who are all influenced by the coastal landscape and draw inspiration from it. At Romney, Hythe, & Dymchurch railway station they meet Elisa Oliver, the director of Jarman Now-an arts initiative that explores the legacies of artist Derek Jarman. Together they set off for Dungeness and on the way meet Dr Noreen Masud, academic and author of the memoir A Flat Place; Kasra Jalilipour, a multidisciplinary Iranian artist, writer and educator who was an artist-in-residence at Prospect Cottage in 2023; and Dr Jonathan Whitehall, academic and artist whose photography and film is indebted to Jarman's iconoclastic work. This bonus episode was created in collaboration with Jarman Now, presented by Elisa Oliver, Diarmuid Hester, and Holly James Johnston, and produced by David Bramwell. With thanks to our funders, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Cambridge, and our partners, the National Trust and Creative Folkestone. Into That World Inverted is a Prick Up Your Ears podcast. For more immersive audio journeys, visit prickupyourears.net

Episode 6 of 6 As our two roadtrippers conclude their journey in Hastings and St Leonards, ideas of queer movement and migration are put to the fore. They chat to the residents of this quintessentially English seaside town: Hasting’s Queer History Collective, artist and organiser Peter Fillingham, and author of Gay Bar, Jeremy Atherton Lin. Into That World Inverted was presented by ⁠⁠Diarmuid Hester ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠Holly James Johnston⁠⁠, and produced by ⁠⁠David Bramwell⁠⁠. With thanks to our funders, the University of Cambridge and our partners, the National Trust and Creative Folkestone. Into That World Inverted is a ⁠⁠Prick Up Your Ears⁠⁠ podcast. For more immersive audio journeys, visit prickupyourears.net. 

Episode 5 of 6 In this episode, which focuses on rural queer spaces, Holly and Diarmuid alight for the coast. They talk about queerness and nature with performance artist Jake Wood, and head to the eerie shingle desert of Dungeness, where artist and activist Brooke Palmieri shows them around Prospect Cottage, home of the filmmaker Derek Jarman. Into That World Inverted was presented by ⁠Diarmuid Hester ⁠and ⁠Holly James Johnston⁠, and produced by ⁠David Bramwell⁠. With thanks to our funders, the University of Cambridge and our partners, the National Trust and Creative Folkestone. Into That World Inverted is a ⁠Prick Up Your Ears⁠ podcast. For more immersive audio journeys, visit prickupyourears.net. 

Episode 4 of 6 Holly and Diarmuid meander through the cobbled lanes and alleyways of Rye. In the company of Dr Pamela Thurschwell, they discover a trio of intriguing queer writers who lived and worked in this picturesque seaside town: Henry James, E.F. Benson, and Radclyffe Hall.   Into That World Inverted was presented by ⁠Diarmuid Hester ⁠and ⁠Holly James Johnston⁠, and produced by ⁠David Bramwell⁠. With thanks to our funders, the University of Cambridge and our partners, the National Trust and Creative Folkestone. Into That World Inverted is a ⁠Prick Up Your Ears⁠ podcast. For more immersive audio journeys, visit prickupyourears.net. 

Episode 3 of 6 Our two intrepid hosts go in search of queer performance spaces, following the road south to Smallhythe Place. There the National Trust’s Susanna Mayor introduces them to Edith Craig, Christopher St John, and Clare Atwood, queer suffragettes who made this farmhouse their refuge and their stage. Into That World Inverted was presented by Diarmuid Hester and Holly James Johnston, and produced by David Bramwell. With thanks to our funders, the University of Cambridge and our partners, the National Trust and Creative Folkestone. Into That World Inverted is a Prick Up Your Ears podcast. For more immersive audio journeys, visit prickupyourears.net. 

Episode 2 of 6 Holly and Diarmuid travel into deepest Kent to explore private, domestic queer spaces of the past. They arrive at Sissinghurst Castle and, with the assistance of the National Trust’s Eleanor Black, uncover the story of the place and its aristocratic owners Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicholson.  Into That World Inverted was presented by ⁠Diarmuid Hester ⁠and ⁠Holly James Johnston⁠, and produced by ⁠David Bramwell⁠. With thanks to our funders, the University of Cambridge and our partners, the National Trust and Creative Folkestone. Into That World Inverted is a ⁠Prick Up Your Ears⁠ podcast. For more immersive audio journeys, visit prickupyourears.net. 

Episode 1 of 6 Diarmuid and Holly begin their roadtrip in the seaside resort of Margate. They meet the activist and organiser Amy Zing, founder of legendary LGBTQ+ club night Sink The Pink and one of the organisers of Margate Pride, and punk performance artists Pink Suits, who organise Queer Cuntry, an LGBTQIA+ country music themed club night with live music and performance. Into That World Inverted was presented by ⁠Diarmuid Hester ⁠and ⁠Holly James Johnston⁠, and produced by ⁠David Bramwell⁠. With thanks to our funders, the University of Cambridge and our partners, the National Trust and Creative Folkestone. Into That World Inverted is a ⁠Prick Up Your Ears⁠ podcast. For more immersive audio journeys, visit prickupyourears.net.