
Sereena Abbassi is Independent Equity & Inclusion Practitioner, Holistic Coach and Public Speaker. Before going freelance, she was the Worldwide Head of Culture & Inclusion at M&C Saatchi Group.
Taking activism into the corporate space, Sereena works with clients globally, to achieve both a creative and strategic approach to diversity and inclusion.
Sereena: http://www.sereenaabbassi.com/about
Iranian Revolution 1979
Black Iranian Collective – LA
Brit school
Frantz Fanon
Paul Gilroy
W.E.B. Du Bois – Black Double Consciousness
Shamanism
The Body Keeps The Score - Bessel van der Kolk
MC500 Scotland
Hudson Beck Group
Weekly Inspirations:
Darks Days – James Baldwin
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Jan 4, 2022
1 hr 10 min

Becky is the Deputy Head Teacher at
Hill Mead Community School in Brixton. Show Notes:
The Bee in Me - The Unicorn Theatre
The Iron Man - Ted Hughes
Journey to Jo'burg by Beverley Naidoo
The Pardoner’s Tale - Chaucer & The Unicorn
Inspirations:
Unicorn Theatre Production Links:
https://linktr.ee/Unicorntheatre
Forest Schools: https://www.muddypuddles.com/blog/pros-cons-forest-school/
https://www.howwemontessori.com/how-we-montessori/2018/12/what-you-need-to-know-about-forest-schools.html
Dec 28, 2021
52 min

We would love to invite Caleb Azumah Nelson onto the podcast. Like so many others we were blown away by ‘Open Water’ for the lyricism and poetry of its language. Caleb has been
named a 5 under 35 fiction honouree in the US, longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and longlisted for Desmond Elliot Prize (success in America as well as UK)
Show Notes
Caleb’s Book - Open Water
arthur jafa, visual artist - a space for black expression
open water playlist - https://open.spotify.com/user/s6fqr5ym44s71wgmpe4knarej/playlist/0JeZD3Jd67kGtSpVeXE488?si=AhHT0QRlTE-ABbwZmwKAdg
Open Water Trailer - https://fb.watch/9-pyaMFntM/
kendrick lamar
south east london
kamble adi - ghanain photographer
zadie smith
james baldwin
Books: intimacies katie kitamura
Dark Neighbourhood by Vanessa Onwuemezi
Inspirations:
Solange -https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/solange
The Wife of Willesden, by Zadie Smith - Kiln Thetare https://kilntheatre.com/whats-on/the-wife-of-willesden/
Dec 20, 2021
47 min

Harriet Hastings created the iced biscuit company Biscuiteers with her husband Stevie in 2007. They have shops and icing cafes around London and work with many iconic brands to create bespoke biscuits for a global market. Their recent accolades include being awarded ‘Best Brand in Lockdown’ in the 2020 eCommerce awards. Alongside her entrepreneurial success, Harriet is also managing director of the Women’s Prize for fiction.
SHOW NOTES:
Biscuiteers, Luxury Hand-Iced Biscuits - https://www.biscuiteers.com
@biscuiteersltd
Lettice Events - https://www.letticeevents.com/
Anya Hindmarch Handbags
Emma Bridgewater and Sophie Conran
3D structures - Covent Garden Gingerbread
https://waddesdon.org.uk/whats-on/biscuiteers-manor-in-gingerbread/#:~:text=The%20celebrated%20hand-iced%20biscuit%20company%20Biscuiteers%2C%20have%20created,of%20icing%2C%20it%20took%20500%20hours%20to%20make%21
Women’s Prize for Fiction - https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/
www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/#podcast
Catherine Ryan at Latitude
Reading Women - https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/Reading-Women
Dolly Alderton at the Palladium
Books:
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Inspirations:
Hamnet - by Maggie O’Farrell - women’s prize for fiction winner 2020
Life size MR Darcyhttps://www.michellesugarart.co.uk/
Cheese Christmas tree - https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/cheltenham-food-artist-created-seven-3653315
Jelly competition- https://www.dezeen.com/2008/07/22/architectural-jelly-competition-results/
Article 25 - https://www.article-25.org/. Editor extraordinaire @jackbaxter
Partner podcast: @outwoodspodcast
Sep 27, 2021
48 min

Creative duo and producers Janice Engel and Carlisle Vandervoort join us to speak about documentary filmmaking. In particular, their brilliant new project ‘Raising Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins’ a documentary about a Texan journalist who challenged the political establishment with her razor-sharp wit and outspoken approach. Janice is an award-winning filmmaker and a professor at Academy of Art University, San Francisco, where she teaches documentary film. Carlisle is a born and bred texan and a successful producer, as well as being an avid bee keeper and artist!
SHOW NOTES:
Raise Hell: The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins - https://www.modernfilms.com/mollyivins Watch on Amazon Prime
@mollyivinsfilm
Film Mentions:
All In: The Fight for Democracy
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Sisters with Transistors
Crip Camp
Inspirations:
TIME - https://linktr.ee/TIMEMovie
@foxandrob
Honeyland - https://honeyland.earth
(both available on prime)
Editor @jackbaxter
Partner podcast: @outwoodspodcast
Sep 20, 2021
1 hr 3 min

Irish writer Eimear Ryan recently published her debut novel ‘Holding her Breath’ in June this year. It has been praised as the perfect read for fans who love Sally Rooney, Dolan and Anna Hope. Authors we have much admired and indulged in. It’s an honour to have the latest in that line up today. She is currently writer in residence at University College Cork. Eimear Ryan:
@eims86
@eimear_ryan
https://eimearryan.wordpress.com/
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Inspirations:
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath And Ted Hughes by Janet Malcolm. Partner podcast: @outwoodspodcast
Sep 13, 2021
58 min

We are very excited to launch Series 3 of Stuck for Ideas with a very talented comedian and friend who we know from our Exeter days. You may know her by her love of brownies, otters or some epic family choreography, that’s right we are joined by Abi Clarke. Over lockdown, Abi reached tik-tok fame but her success reaches into the world of stand-up and she’s made TV appearances on shows such as ‘Dating no Filter’.
Abi Clarke:
Instagram & Twitter @abiclarkecomedy
Jill & Tracey Sketch - www.twitter.com/abiclarkecomedy/status/1337102234845392896
Brand - www.wearehairypeople.co.uk/collections/abi-clarke-comedy
Sep 6, 2021
54 min

Rianna - Founder of Tea & Me
Rianna is the founder of the gorgeous new tea brand "Tea & Me" founded in 2020. Each tea is curated around a central focus of bettering your life in some form, with ingredients specifically chosen for their qualities and known benefits. They are infusions with intention. Tea & Me aims to redefine the way that wellbeing is approached and how tea plays a pivotal role in many individuals day to day lives.
www.itsteaandme.com
@teaandme
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/the-women-starting-businesses-in-lockdown-the-upside
Music: Snoh Aalegra
Original Music by Jack Baxter - www.jackbaxter.co.uk
Sponsors: HUNA Sleep https://www.hunasleep.co.uk/
Mar 2, 2021
49 min

Liz Dawes Liz Dawes founded the Robert Connor Dawes foundation after her son passed away from brain cancer in 2013. She has grown the charity to be the biggest paediatric brain cancer foundation in Australia. In eight years they have raised $5.7million. Liz: https://rcdfoundation.org/ https://rcdfoundation.org/music-therapy/ https://rcdfoundation.org/aim-brain/ Weekly Inspiration: www.thepadproject.org Film: Period. End of Sentence. Available on Netflix & Youtube Book: Kate Mosse - City of Tears Women in History: #womaninhistory / @katemosse
Original Music by Jack Baxter - www.jackbaxter.co.uk
Sponsors: HUNA Sleep
https://www.hunasleep.co.uk/
Feb 22, 2021
54 min

DAVID LURASCHI
Photographer based in Paris, with artwork exhibited across Europe and the US. He is a contributor to magazines such as: AMERICAN VOGUE and M LE MONDE. And we haven’t even got started on the glamour of his clientele which extends to HERMES, DIOR, NIKE, NINA RICCI, GALERIES LAFAYETTE. Check out David's instagram to see his fantastic photos....
@davidluraschi
Website: www.mirrormirror.fr/print/david-luraschi/
David Mentions:
Notes on the Cinematographer, by Robert Bresson
Film - Dekalog
Weekly Inspiration:
Good on You - goodonyou.eco
Stories Behind Things - www.storiesbehindthings.com/theseasonalshop
Vestiaire Collective - www.vestiairecollective.com
Thrift+ - www.thrift.plus
Clean Clothes Campaign - cleanclothes.org
Stacey Dooley - Fashion's Dirty Secrets - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bn6034
The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St Clair
Partnership for this series: POT GANG - www.potgang.co.uk
HUNA sleepwear - @huna_sleep
Original Music by Jack Baxter - www.jackbaxter.co.uk
Feb 15, 2021
40 min
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