The Essex 2020 podcast: Recent Episodes
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This is the official podcast of Essex 2020: A Year of Science + Creativity.
In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future.
What will you discover about science, technology, the arts, engineering & mathematics in 2020?
In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future.
In this episode: Frazer Merrick of Signals and CLIP
Frazer Merrick uses field recordings, circuit bending and synthesis to create experiences that explore the act of play. Using lo-fi and DIY technologies, he transforms spaces or objects, encouraging audiences to become a curious performers and embrace play through interactivity, improvisation and collaboration.
As a sound artist working in Essex, he work across films, video games and interactive installations. He has exhibited at venues including Firstsite, Nottingham Contemporaries and Turner Contemporary as well as producing work with Channel 4 and the BBC.
Richard talks to Frazer about his work with Signals and CLIP, two organisations who have been central to the Essex 2020 programme.
Signals is a multi-award-winning arts and education charity and centre for creative digital learning, founded in Colchester in 1988. They specialise in film education, digital art and use media production for social, learning and creative outcomes. Their community projects are acclaimed for enabling people from marginalised groups to develop digital media skills and independent voices, by being part of the whole production process.
CLIP is a sound and music collective that creates experiences to spark curiosity, encouraging participants to experiment with sound and to explore the creation of music from unexpected sources. In 2020 they launched their first experimental consumer product: the Photon Smasher.
Useful links
- https://www.frazermerrick.com/
- https://www.signals.org.uk/
- https://www.clipsoundandmusic.uk/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1bfHpU5Tj4
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ck3p
- https://www.essex2020.com/spotlight/signals/
- https://www.essex2020.com/spotlight/clip/
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Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative. This is an always possible podcast.
The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
In this podcast special: Olivia Suleman of ITEC / USP College
ITEC Learning Technologies was originally set up by Basildon Borough Council in 1983 with the objective of providing information technology training for the Basildon District.
For over 35 years they have been providing apprenticeships to over 1,000 employers across the Essex, and in 2020 was awarded IT Training Provider of the Year by SME News.
In 2019 ITEC merged with USP College to develop resources, enhance facilities and broaden the offer.
In this episode, Richard Freeman talks to Olivia Suleman, formerly at South Essex College and now Business Development Manager at ITEC - an expert on apprenticeships and vocational training in the Essex digital and ICT industries.
They look at the changing attitudes to further education and the skills agenda, and the opportunities and challenges for young people and adults considering careers in science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics.
Useful links
- https://www.itec.ac.uk/
- https://apprenticeships.blog.gov.uk/tag/stem/
- https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/uks-stem-skills/60152/
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Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative. This is an always possible podcast.
The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
In this podcast special: Essex Police
In 2018, 56 year old Martin Dines was attacked three times in a Colchester street and car park, enduring 73 horrific injuries to the head and body, eventually being left for dead. Following a complex investigation, involving over 160 forensics, investigation and pathology professionals - as well as community liaison work - Heidi Kennedy, 47, Darren Miller, 46, and Mark Hartley, 32, were convicted of either murder or manslaughter.
As well as highlighting the vulnerability of the local homeless community, the case demonstrated how communities of knowledge and expertise can work together to gather the evidence needed to secure conviction.
The science, technology and communication skills involved in policing has evolved dramatically in the past few years - with the future of law and order reliant on new generations of curious problem solvers and technical innovators.
In this special extended episode, Richard Freeman talks to four professionals from Essex Police's Serious Crime Directorate - all of whom worked on this case:
- Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Jennings, Senior Investigating Officer
- Paul Clark, Senior Crime Scene Investigator
- Katherine Judge, Disclosure Officer
- Emi Polito, CCTV Evidence Officer
They look at the way the case unfolded and who was involved; the role of science and technology to underpin the human skills; and where creativity, empathy and lateral thinking play a part.
This is a real case, and the conversation includes some frank and graphic descriptions of the scene of crime that some people may find upsetting.
We dedicate the recording to the memory of Martin Dines.
Useful links
- https://www.essex.police.uk/
- https://www.essex.police.uk/police-forces/essex-police/areas/essex-police/campaigns/campaigns/2020/we-value-difference-at-essex-police/
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-46523055
Feeling inspired to? Want to investigate and tackle crime in Essex? Why not be part of the Essex Police family and use your skills to make a big difference in communities across the county. They are recruiting now, just visit the Essex Police website for more details. #FitTheBill #WeValueDifference
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In this episode: Grant Bibby of Global Marine Group
Global Marine Group is a Chelmsford-headquartered specialist provider of installation, maintenance and repairs of submarine communications cable for the telecommunications, oil & gas and deep sea research industries.
Global Marine provides engineering and underwater services around the world, with a fleet of vessels, ROVs and specialised subsea trenching and burial equipment.
Richard Freeman talks to Design Draftsman Engineer apprentice Grant Bibby about working for GMG, and being apprentice during lockdown. They discuss the role of creativity in his engineering design work, and what it involves day-to-day.
In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future.
In this episode: Steve Mortimer and Black Chapel Collective
Utilising the use of extraordinary visuals and sound, Steve Mortimer is the producer behind The Black Chapel Creative. Black Chapel weaves a love of deep grooves with melancholy harmonies and intricate atmospheres influenced from a wide range of genres. With previous collaborations with Krafted Records, Sunscreem, and Ntsha to name a few; Black Chapel provides a fusion of music and visuals to provide a unique experience.
Richard Freeman talks to founder Steve Mortimer about Connect, a one-off live multi-media event in partnership with Essex 2020. With input from world-leading scientists from varying spiritual and ecological traditions, Connect creatively expresses how science, art, and spirituality overlap and interlink – especially within the current world we live in.
Useful links:
- https://www.essex2020.com/introducing-connect-black-chapel-collective/
- https://blackchapelartist.com/about/
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Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative. This is an always possible podcast.
The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future.
In this episode: Gareth Roberts and Project In The Paint
Project in the Paint is a community art and sport social enterprise
http://ignitechelmsford.org.uk/project-in-the-paint/ in Chelmsford, helping to promote the need for greater investment in grass roots basketball in the UK.
This project aims to re-imagine under-loved and under-used public basketball courts. Renovating and installing large-scale works of art, in order to strengthen communities and inspire play, culture and creativity in public spaces.
Richard Freeman talks to founder Gareth Roberts about his ambitions for the project, street art culture in the UK, materials science and public reaction to the works.
Useful links:
- https://www.essex2020.com/events/project-in-the-paint-basketball-court-renovation/
- http://ignitechelmsford.org.uk/project-in-the-paint/
- https://www.instagram.com/project_in_the_paint/
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Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative. This is an always possible podcast.
The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
Seth Lakeman is one of the UK's most acclaimed folk singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists. Recording and performing around the world since 1994, Seth's traditional music style and story-telling was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize for his album Kitty Jay. And collaborations with his brothers Sean and Sam, as well as his solo work, have garnered trophies form the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
For this episode, Richard talks to Seth about his 10th studio album, 'A Pilgrim's Tale' - release in February 2020. The album tells the story of the voyagers on The Mayflower, the boat that left England in 1620 in order to build the so-called New World - or what has become the modern USA.
The Mayflower was built and launched in the Essex port of Harwich, and captained by Christopher Jones - a prominent Harwich man with recognition from the king for his role in the town.
*Please note that this interview took place before the Covid-19 pandemic and references some events that have since been postponed or cancelled.
Useful links:
https://www.sethlakeman.co.uk/
https://www.mayflower400uk.org/visit/harwich-essex/
https://www.historicharwich.co.uk/mayflower-400/
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Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative. This is an always possible podcast.
The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future.
In this episode: Dr Hephzi Tagoe from Basildon Street Science / ghScientific
Dr Hephzi Tagoe is a research scientist, educationist, stem communicator and social entrepreneur. She is the founding director of GhScientific and a freelance science writer as well as running a learning centre in Basildon.
In 2014, she received a national science communication award for her work in engaging underserved communities with science. In 2017 she received a highly commended women in science award and that same year she was nominated as a finalist in the outstanding STEM ambassador category of the national stem inspiration awards.
Hephzi was won multiple awards for her role as a science communicator, and was named by the Financial Times in 2018 as one of the most influential BAME women in UK tech in. She serves as the regional chair for the Beds, Essex and Herts branch of the Royal Society of Biology and organises the annual Basildon Street Science festival.
Richard Freeman talks to Hephzi about science and creative communication, taking experiments into community spaces and the visibility of female and BAME role models in Essex's science story.
In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future.
In this episode: Sandra Beale from Toddler STEAM
Mum of three Sandra Beale has been running hugely popular Toddler STEAM sessions for pre-schoolers monthly at Saffron Walden Museum and weekly from her own home. In light of the coronavirus lockdown restrictions and school closures she has taken these sessions online and is catering for an expanded age range.
From explosions to space exploration, painting to engineering - Sandra develops lessons tailor made for 0-5 year olds and their parents to start their love of science + creativity.
Richard Freeman talks to Sandra, about the origins of Toddler STEAM, why science and creativity go hand-in-hand and how she took the home workshops in to a new online learning space.
Useful links
https://www.essex2020.com/profile/toddler-steam/
https://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk/news/mum-to-teach-toddlers-science-as-it-is-marked-countywide-1-6464680
https://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk/news/sandra-beale-hosting-toddler-science-group-in-saffron-walden-1-6303497
https://www.essex2020.com/events/toddler-stem-online/2020-09-21/
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Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative. This is an always possible podcast.
The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future.
In this episode: Dr Diana Entwistle from Little Stars Circus
Little Stars Circus is a team of professional aerialists who want to spread the fun and fitness that learning aerial arts brings to people - both young and old(er).
From their fully-equipped studio in Chelmsford, Little Stars give children an alternative way to develop physical, mental and social skills, through gravity-defying activities like aerial hoop and trapeze.
The training is rooted in core principles of biology and physics, developing the fundamental physical skills of risk, balance, stamina, strength, flexibility, and body awareness.
In a special project for Essex 2020, Little Stars Circus will be delivering Circus Science – a series of digital resources for home education and use in schools. Each programme comprises of a 15-20 minute video demonstrating scientific principles through circus demonstrations edited to include dialogue and explanations, a work sheet for students to summarise what they learnt in the video, a teacher pack identifying the principles covered.
Richard Freeman talks to biologist, figure-skater, aerialist and Artistic Director of Little Stars Circus, Dr Diana Entwistle, about the origins of Little Stars Circus and her ambitions for circus in Essex. Please note that this interview was recorded before the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.
Useful links:
Little Stars Circus / http://www.littlestarscircus.co.uk/
Little Stars on Instagram / https://www.instagram.com/littlestarscircus/
Little Stars on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/littlestarscircus/
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Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative.
This is an always possible podcast.
The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future.
In this episode: Frances & Herbie from Electric Voice Theatre
electric voice theatre is an award-winning contemporary music theatre acappella ensemble, commissioning and creating cutting-edge vocal music for theatrical performance, and participating in creative multi-disciplinary collaborations.
Their major project, Minerva Scientifica, is an evolving music-theatre work, reflecting the lives and work of British women scientists told through the music of British women composers.
In a special commission for Essex 2020, Chelmsford City Theatres have teamed up with electric voice theatre and Essex Music Hub for Essex 2020 to create Minerva Scientifica: Echoes from Essex, a project celebrating remarkable women in science and music from the county's past and present.
The 6-month programme features a virtual choir, specially commissioned pieces of music, online children's workshops, community music compositions and much more.
Richard Freeman talks to singer, composer and Artistic Director of electric voice theatre, Frances M Lynch, and sound engineer and producer Herbie Clarke, about the origins and ambition for the project.
Useful links:
electric voice theatre / electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/
Scientifica Minerva podcasts / essex2020.com/resource/women-of-science-and-music-30-celebrations/
Echoes from Essex / chelmsford.gov.uk/theatres/whats-on/echoes-from-essex/
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Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative.
This is an always possible podcast.
The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future.
There is more information on how you can get involved in Essex 2020 at Essex2020.com and at the end of the podcast.
In this episode: Alex Wilcox from Leonardo
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Leonardo has been operating in Basildon, South Essex, since 1952 when its forerunner, Marconi, built the facility due to the pool of highly skilled engineers and researchers available in the region.
Over the past 65 years, the facility has produced several world firsts including the Marconi TICM (the UK's first military standard production thermal imager) and the Phoenix unmanned military surveillance vehicle.
Today, the Basildon site is home to nearly 1,000 people who are involved in the design and development of thermal imaging systems, radar systems, radio communications, infrared detection, signal processing and network systems.
Richard Freeman talks to Alex Wilcox, a graduate engineer who works on a range of infrared imaging projects. They talk about the role of companies like Leonardo in the development of new technologies; skills and apprenticeships; and the impact of Covid-19 on engineering and manufacturing in Essex.
Useful links:
Leonardo UK
https://uk.leonardocompany.com/en/home
Essex 2020
www.essex2020.com
Marconi and Essex 2020
https://www.essex2020.com/?s=marconi
Leonardo engineers to make 700 protective visors a week
https://www.basildonstandard.co.uk/news/18396642.engineers-make-70-protective-visors-week/
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Thank you for downloading the Essex 2020 podcast. In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future. There is more information on how you can get involved in Essex 2020 at Essex2020.com and at the end of the podcast. In this episode: Chris Neale and Alan Pamphilon from Chelmsford Civic Society | Chelmsford Science & Engineering Society In this short, bonus episode, Alan Pamphilon recounts exactly what happened 100 years ago to the day - on 15th June 1920 - when the possibilities of radio was first demonstrated.
Needless to say, nothing went entirely to plan...
--- Do you want to take part in Essex 2020? Whether you want to participate in one of over 300 events, or submit your own idea to celebrate Essex’s extraordinary story of science and creativity, you will find everything you need at Essex2020.com Search Essex 2020 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as well for updates on events, inspiring stories and tips on how you can discover a new world of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics. --- We’d also love to know what you thought of the podcast. Please review and share on your favourite podcast platform. Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative. This is an always possible podcast. The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
Thank you for downloading the Essex 2020 podcast. In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future. There is more information on how you can get involved in Essex 2020 at Essex2020.com and at the end of the podcast. In this episode: The Bishop of Colchester ------- The Right Reverend Roger Morris has been Bishop of Colchester since 2014, 10 years since he was first ordained into the Anglican clergy. An outspoken campaigner against inequality and social injustice, Roger has played an active role in championing youth services, Essex cultural life and environmental activism. Roger is a member of the Essex 2020 Strategic Board, whose role is set the direction for the programme and to ensure that any investment is working towards ambitions to celebrate science and creativity, tell the story of imagination and innovation in Essex and to create and extend collaborations and partnerships between business, education and communities.
Richard talks to Bishop Roger about life during the Covid-19 pandemic, and why Essex 2020 is needed more than ever to show Essex at its best and to 'feed our soul’ with creativity and curiosity. --------- Diocese of Chelmsford https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/ Bishop of Colchester (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Colchester Bishop of Colchester (Twitter) https://twitter.com/bishcolchester 'The Shawshank Redemption' - record player scene (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzuM2XTnpSA The Brill Building (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brill_Building Loch Arkaig Osprey Cam (Woodland Trust) https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/osprey-cam/ Barn Owl Cam (Essex Wildlife Trust) https://www.essexwt.org.uk/protecting-wildlife/wildlife-webcams/barn-owl-webcam ----- Do you want to take part in Essex 2020? Social distancing isn’t keeping us down, and you can discover your own way to celebrate Essex’s extraordinary story of science and creativity at Essex2020.com
Search Essex 2020 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as well for updates on events, inspiring stories and tips on how you can discover a new world of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics.
We’d also love to know what you thought of the podcast. Please review, share and email your feedback to Essex2020@alwayspossible.co.uk
Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative.
This is an always possible podcast.
The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
Thank you for downloading the Essex 2020 podcast. In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future. There is more information on how you can get involved in Essex 2020 at Essex2020.com and at the end of the podcast. In this episode: Andy Melder & Lowena Hull from Southend Tech Tech-City-on-Sea is just one of the new names attributed to Southend as undergoes a cultural and digital renaissance in the 21st century. Few organisations embody that more than Southend Tech, an energetic workshop provider and digital maker community founded a few years ago by Andy Melder.
Southend Tech has been at the heart of Essex 2020 since the beginning of the year, collaborating across the county through Raspberry Jams, hackathons, coding meetups and Smart City events.
They work with children and adults to use accessible programming tools such as the Raspberry Pi computer and BBC MicroBit in order to learn key skills about artificial intelligence, robotics, and smart technology.
Richard talks to Andy Melder along with Lowena Hull, the award-winning 17-year old engineering prodigy who is running the STEAMETTES programme to encourage young women into science and technology.
--- Southend Tech https://www.southendtech.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/SouthendTech https://www.facebook.com/southendtech/ Moonhack 2020 https://www.essex2020.com/events/moonhack-2020-online-coding-projects/ Southend Raspberry Jam (Twitter) https://twitter.com/southendrpijams Chelmsford Raspberry Jam (Twitter) https://twitter.com/ChelmsfordRJam Lowena Hull blog: Distilled Thoughts https://distilledthoughts.home.blog/author/licencetocode/ Lowena Hull blog: Licence To Code https://licencetocode.wordpress.com/ Essex Steamettes https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Science--Technology---Engineering/Essex-Steamettes-113029900231592/ --- Do you want to take part in Essex 2020? Social distancing isn’t keeping us down, and you can discover your own way to celebrate Essex’s extraordinary story of science and creativity at Essex2020.com Search Essex 2020 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as well for updates on events, inspiring stories and tips on how you can discover a new world of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics. We’d also love to know what you thought of the podcast. Please review and share on your favourite podcast platform. Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative. This is an always possible podcast. The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
Thank you for downloading the Essex 2020 podcast. In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future. There is more information on how you can get involved in Essex 2020 at Essex2020.com and at the end of the podcast. In this episode: Chris Neale and Alan Pamphilon from Chelmsford Civic Society | Chelmsford Science & Engineering Society When Guglielmo Marconi founded his telecommunications and engineering company in Chelmsford, he changed the local landscape forever.
Marconi's Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company was formed in 1897. It opened the world's first radio factory on Hall Street in 1898 and was responsible for some of the most important advances in naval communications, wireless technology radio and television - with Marconi winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909.
Richard talks to retired engineers Chris Neale and Alan Pamphilon - both who owe their careers to the Marconi Company - about Marconi's legacy, what made him chose Chelmsford and why Essex 2020 is honouring a very specific event that happened 100 years ago. --- Chris Neale https://www.chelmsfordses.org.uk/about/council/7-chris-neale?highlight=WyJjaHJpcyJd Alan Pamphilon https://aru.ac.uk/graduation-and-alumni/alumni-network/alumni-stories/alumni-of-the-month/alan-pamphilon Alan’s walks for Chelmsford Civic Society (Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/pg/ChelmsfordCivicSociety/posts/?ref=page_internal Chelmsford Science & Engineering Society https://www.chelmsfordses.org.uk/ Chelmsford Civic Society http://www.chelmsfordcivicsociety.co.uk/ Guglielmo Marconi on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi Marconi historian Tim Wander https://marconibooks.co.uk/about.php The Titanic and Marconi’s wireless telegraph – Science Museum https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/titanic-marconi-and-wireless-telegraph Godfrey Isaacs, Marconi’s business brain, on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Isaacs Winifred Sayer, world’s first woman broadcaster http://www.bluefence.co.uk/emergenceofbroadcastinginbritain/index_illustrations.html Dame Nellie Melba’s microphone http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/p0lN-tReTl2P_QyzRwKFEA Dame Nellie Melba on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Melba Captain Peter Eckersley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Eckersley_(engineer) --- Do you want to take part in Essex 2020? Whether you want to participate in one of over 300 events, or submit your own idea to celebrate Essex’s extraordinary story of science and creativity, you will find everything you need at Essex2020.com Search Essex 2020 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as well for updates on events, inspiring stories and tips on how you can discover a new world of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics. We’d also love to know what you thought of the podcast. Please review and share on your favourite podcast platform. Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative. This is an always possible podcast. The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
Thank you for downloading the Essex 2020 podcast. In this series, we go behind the scenes of the UK’s biggest celebration of science and creativity. In each episode, Essex 2020 project director Richard Freeman meets some of the brilliant people and organisations who are working to create, inspire and discover Essex’s past, present and future. There is more information on how you can get involved in Essex 2020 at Essex2020.com and at the end of the podcast. In this episode: Ros Green from Essex Book Festival For over 20 years, Essex Book Festival has been one of the highlights of the Essex cultural calendar. Each March it hosts over 100 events in over 45 venues, including theatres, libraries, schools, universities, cafes and art galleries. And this year - a swimming pool. Richard talks to Festival Director Ros Green about why 2020’s theme of ‘Brave New Worlds’ is bringing together the imagination of science and bold new frontiers in the arts for a very special Essex 2020 year. essexbookfestival.org.uk --- Do you want to take part in Essex 2020? Whether you want to participate in one of over 300 events, or submit your own idea to celebrate Essex’s extraordinary story of science and creativity, you will find everything you need at Essex2020.com Search Essex 2020 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as well for updates on events, inspiring stories and tips on how you can discover a new world of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics. We’d also love to know what you thought of the podcast. Please review and share on your favourite podcast platform. Essex 2020 is an Essex Partners initiative. This is an always possible podcast. The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.