2023 highlights and Art for Guernsey founder David Ummels

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton preview this weekend’s second Photo-Symphony at St James and look ahead to some of the other arts events happening over the next few weeks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton go behind the scenes on the GADOC and MTG productions as Guernsey’s panto season gets into full swing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton speak to artist Sally Ede-Golightly, Le Tricoteur owner Rachael Laine and Art for Guernsey chairman and founder David Ummels about a new exhibition focussing on the storied and much-treasured jumper of jumpers - the guernsey. We also catch up with composer Lydia Jane Pugh who is heading to New York for a Covid-delayed album premiere while planning a new musical about the Occupation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian and author Al Murray describes the origins of his Pub Landlord character, with which he recently sold out two nights at St James, Guernsey Music Service head Tim Wright talks us through the past, present and future of our growing ties with Montserrat, we hear from Estelle Moseley and Tasmin Ferguson as their photographs are included in the Guernsey Photography Festival and Margaret Moffatt tells us about her 50th outing as a director at GADOC, with The Vicar of Dibley - The Holy Trinity. Presented by Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.