The Pointy End: Recent Episodes

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Long-form interviews with people at 'The Pointy End' of whatever it is that they do.

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Mike Harbar talks about his photorealistic art - illustrations that are as good or better than a photograph.

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At 18 years of age Kevin Gould was cooking at Michelin-starred restaurants in Paris and the French Riviera - that is while waiting to be discovered as a jazz singer.

During his wait he established the Realfood grocery stores, a catering Company and two restaurants in London. He’s been writing regular columns and articles for ‘Food Illustrated’ and ‘The Guardian’ and he’s authored two award-winning recipe books. For his Work on Food and Travel Kevin won the 2015 Guild of Food Writers, Kate Whiteman Award for the second time.

But, Kevin is still waiting to be discovered as a jazz singer!

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Tom Valcanis is a journalist, copywriter and political scientist. He believes that words can explode! Well, only if you get the right words. If you can, they won’t just explode once, they'll go on exploding forever.

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Neil Slonim has had a career in banking. This experience taught him that small business gets a raw deal. While big banks control the Lion’s share of lending to small business, their main focus is actually big business. As a result, a small business with an urgent need for cash is often left floundering.