Cultural Quarter Of An Hour is back for 2021 after a bit of an extended Christmas break.We're kicking things off by talking to two Staffordshire University Journalism students about the Future Journalism Awards. The awards are run and organised

Remote Operations Podcast

Dec 16th, 2020 18m

I'm talking podcasts on the podcast this week.In September 2020 a new podcast series was launched by The Social Agency. They are a group in North Staffordshire for people with autism.Remote Operations was recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown (

Homeward Bound

Dec 9th, 2020 38m 28s

I'm involved with a lot of podcasts - that's the joy of running a podcast business. One of the most special I'm involved with is called Purple Rainbow Pancreatic Cancer Podcasts.It comes out monthly and I host it on behalf of North Staffordshir

Santa Rides

Nov 26th, 2020 17m 40s

We're facing a very strange Christmas not just in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire but also across the country.So I thought I would re-start the podcast early and bring you an interview with Santa Claus himself. Santa has been worried that chil

Community Clay In Hartshill

Jul 8th, 2020 12m 32s

This week Charlotte's talking to Amanda and Gemma from the Collective Skills Project.They've been putting on a special lockdown project for people who live in Hartshill to help bring the community together.It's called Community Clay and has see

Six Towns Storytelling

Jul 1st, 2020 15m 18s

This week Charlotte speaks to story teller Alan Barrett. During lockdown he's been commissioned by The National Literacy Trust as part of Stoke Reads to create six stories based on the six towns of Stoke on Trent.Charlotte caught up with Alan a

Urban Wilderness - Wastelands

Jun 24th, 2020 16m 28s

Lockdown has affected our lives in many ways. It's created uncertainty for many and forced many of us to isolate.But it's also provided an opportunity to go exploring - but instead of heading off on a far flung adventure we've been finding new

Spode Rose Garden

Jun 17th, 2020 15m 47s

Cultural Quarter Of An Hour is back to help you be creative in lockdown.Today Charlotte is talking to Glen Stoker who is the Chair of Friends of Spode Rose Garden.The plans for the garden and the garden's community have been affected by COVID-1

Stoke North Live At Home

Jun 11th, 2020 20m 38s

It's time to bring the podcast back!After around 9 months off Cultural Quarter Of An Hour is back.Charlotte's starting the new run of episodes with a look at some of the ways local groups have been coping with lockdown.It's part of the Get Crea

Terrain Tutor

Oct 16th, 2019 23m 41s

This week's episode has come as a bit of surprise! Charlotte had no idea she was going to meet or even interview this week's guest until just a few minutes before she met him.And that makes this episode an absolute joy of discovery!This week Ch

We've Fallen In Love With Your Gable End

Oct 9th, 2019 15m 3s

For the past couple of weeks people in Stoke on Trent have been finding fragments of a poem painted on to buildings around the city.Today Charlotte finds out more about the art work and what's behind the graffiti.You can find B Arts here and he

My Stoke Story

Oct 2nd, 2019 13m 41s

If you're on social media you have probably seen the hashtag #MyStokeStory, but what's it all about?Charlotte's been to see Paul Williams from Stoke on Trent Cultural Destinations to find out more.Music Credit: https://www.purple-planet.com See

Stoke A Love Story

Sep 25th, 2019 10m 1s

This week Charlotte speaks to Kat Hughes and Kat Boon from Potboiler Theatre about their new production Stoke, a love story.You may remember Kat and Kat from an episode in 2017 when Charlotte spoke to them about their production Girls, Girls, G

Dust Rising DR19

Sep 11th, 2019 15m 18s

Charlotte's been to the Spode Works in Stoke for the opening day of Dust Rising. While the BCB celebrates all things ceramic in the China Hall, just around the corner is The Meadows building. Inside here you will see a celebration of visual art

Arthur Berry

Sep 7th, 2019 15m 13s

This week Charlotte heads to Burslem to find out more about Arthur Berry the artist and poet.She goes on a special walking tour delivered by historian Mervyn Edwards and hosted by Barewall Art GalleryMusic Credit: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Big Feast 2019

Aug 30th, 2019 11m 58s

This week Charlotte's been to Big Feast in Hanley. It's a free outdoor performing arts festival organised by Appetite and takes place around the city centre.Music Credit: https://www.purple-planet.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-

Elite CIC

Aug 21st, 2019 16m 54s

Today Charlotte has popped over to Chesterton in Newcastle Borough to find out more about what goes on in the Pavilion in Chesterton Park.Elite CIC is a not for profit group supporting people to live independently, in fact Elite stands for Enab

Staffordshire Cycling Festival

Aug 14th, 2019 15m 49s

On Sunday 11th August 2019 Staffordshire Cycling Festival came to Newcastle.Charlotte went along to see what the event was all about (and yes there's more to it than lots of people in Lycra) and even got on a bike herself.Music Credit: https://

Chris Edwards Academy Community Gym

Aug 8th, 2019 11m 51s

The gloves are on in Longton. OK maybe they're not but a brand new community boxing gym has opened in the city in memory of a local boxer.Charlotte went along to the opening day where it was very noisy and spoke to the team at the Chris Edwards

Edward McKenzie

Jul 31st, 2019 17m 10s

Some people make a huge impact on you. Today's guest, Edward Mckenzie and his wife Runa are without a doubt two of those people.Charlotte went to Edward's studio in Tunstall and spoke to him about his life, work and how he ended up in Stoke on

Bound By Clay

Jul 24th, 2019 20m 18s

Earlier this year Charlotte was asked by Stoke and North Staffs Women's Network to host an International Women's Day event discussing Women in Ceramics. It was held at the Potbank Hotel at the old Spode site in Stoke and featured a teaser for a

The D Road

Jul 18th, 2019 15m 2s

The D road aka the A500 is the basis of Claybody Theatre's next production.In preparation for the play the Deb McAndrew is asking for your memories, thoughts and feelings towards the road so Charlotte went to one of the drop in sessions being h

Burslem Market

Jul 10th, 2019 18m 41s

Charlotte loves a bargain so she headed to Burslem's new outdoor market where she chatted to some of the people she met there.The first is June Cartwright, founder of the Our Burslem facebook page and second she also chats to Mike Watson who is

The Portland Inn Project

Jul 3rd, 2019 19m 41s

This week Charlotte heads to The Portland Inn Project to find out more about what's going on.Yes there is food, but what she also finds out is there's a large and growing sense of community where just a few years ago there was a feeling the are

Shards

Jun 26th, 2019 16m 13s

This week Charlotte was invited to For The Love Of Shards which was held at Clayhead in Stoke.It was a public conversation organised by artist Nicola Winstanley to get people talking about the shards of pottery which they have collected over t