Sat 19 June - Cullercoats Fishwives - Penelope Payne

The Cullercoats fishwives. Through the lens of the work of artist Penny Payne looking at the tradition and the legacy of the fisherwomen of the North East. Salt, skirts, wind and willow. Plus how to carry your husband on your back through the waves to their boat to keep them dry as they go off to sea and the fastest way to gut a herring.



Listen Again - The News Agents - Sat 19 June 2021 - Cullercoats Fishwives & Penelope Payne

Sat 12 June - Kev Sutherland - Comic Cuts - Comedy and Comics

Podcasts, puppets and film directors. Puppeteer Kev Sutherland discusses sock puppetry and internet theatre and his new series Comic Cuts - The Panel Show plus Heather Tweed in Montague & Tweed chatting with high speed fairground energy on the early life of Alfred Hitchcock as a fishmonger's son in the East End of London.


Listen Again - The News Agents - Kev F Sutherland - Comic Cuts

Sat 5 June - Roma and Traveller culture in SE England and beyond

Roma and traveller culture in SE England and beyond. Exploring family history and the treatment of vagrants and wanderers in the UK and Europe. With extracts from cinematic portrayal of Roma life, discussion of musical moments for film and the interaction of traveller culture with changing music fashions. Drawing on 'The Life and Times of the Houseboats on Leigh-on-Sea' by Carol Edwards and 'Stopping Places' by Simon Evans. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com


Listen Again - Sat 5 June - Roma and Traveller culture in SE England and beyond

Sat 29 May 2021 - John Cei Douglas: Roma Culture in Cinema and Music

John Cei Douglas on All the Places in Between, his new silent comic exploring inner journeys, and the mind, body, spirit publisher Liminal 11. Plus new work from members the Women Composers Collective and continuing the family history inspired investigation into Roma culture through the lens of cinema and music.

Listen Again - Sat 29 May 2021 - John Cei Douglas: Roma Culture in Cinema and Music

Sat 22 May 2021 - Zara Slattery: Coma; Roma Music in Soviet Cinema

Zara Slattery talks about Coma, her new graphic novel about her sudden illness and the rapid degeneration caused by necrotising fasciitis, and how the effect on her family and her inner struggle to survive are depicted in this long form visual narrative. Also, music created for the films which mythologised the Roma in the former Soviet Union, looking at the Moldovan contribution to this celebrated and loved area of cinematic art.

Listen Again - Sat 22 May 2021 - Zara Slattery: Coma; Roma Music in Soviet Cinema