The Wind Thieved Hat

Nov 18 2024 34 ep. 59 mins 32

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An exploration of the creative process - the highs, the lows, the joy & the pain - with a different artist, writer, designer, director or creator every episode.

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Horatio Clare, Writer & Broadcaster

Nov 18 2024 67 mins

Horatio Clare is an award winning writer and broadcaster. And if there was an award for being a lovely bloke he’d probably have won that too. I first came across Horatio through his book Heavy Light in which he writes vividly about his experience of the highs and lows of bipolar disorder and what it’s like to be sectioned. But there are many other books too – from travers

John Higgs, Writer

Jun 17 2024 84 mins

“The book already exists in the future and you’re just trying to reveal it – you’re just trying to find out what it is.” I love the writing of John Higgs. It was a chance encounter with 'The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds' that first switched me on to his unique literary landscape. It’s a landscape where there’s a surprise round every be

Darby Hudson, Poet & Artist

Jun 19 2023 75 mins

‘Sometimes a fuck up isn’t a fuck up: it’s the angel on the shoulder of the devil on your shoulder.’ These lines were among the first I came across by the Australian poet and artist Darby Hudson. I liked them so much I asked if I could use them to head a chapter on mistakes in my own book. Darby said yes, and so began our correspondence. I’ve thought for a while that D

Dan Nelken, Copywriter

Nov 10 2022 67 mins

Dan Nelken is on a mission: he’s passionate about helping creative people create and get over what's stopping them. A fork lift driver and advertising copywriter by trade, his book A Self Help Guide for Copywriters was a breakout hit during the pandemic. I wanted to speak to Dan not just because I’m on a similar mission, or because I wanted to talk about copywriting per se, b

Kathryn Mannix, Palliative Care Dr

Oct 19 2022 80 mins

Kathryn Mannix is a best-selling author and palliative care doctor. Given that this is a podcast about the creative process she may seem to be a rather unusual guest, but as you’ll discover, Kathryn is a brilliant wordsmith and someone who has a great deal to say about stories; the stories we use to make sense of life and of death. Kathryn’s self-declared mission is to make us

Byron Vincent, Wordsmith

Sep 28 2022 73 mins

My guest in this first post-pandemic episode of TWTH is the writer, performer and broadcaster Byron Vincent. He joined me in my shed at the bottom of the garden and it was really lovely to be able to record in interview in person for the first time in a long time. Byron grew up poor. With the cards stacked against him. He had a tough time when he was younger. He’s the only one

Jakob Wegelius, Author

Nov 12 2021 34 mins

Of all the books I read to my kids when they were growing up, there was one that I loved just as much as they did - ‘The Murderer’s Ape’. An enthralling globe-trotting tale of murder and mystery. And at the heart of the story is a ship’s engineer who just happens to be a gorilla, the one and only Sally Jones. In this episode of the Wind Thieved Hat, recorded down the line

Natalija Yefimkina, Film Maker

Sep 29 2021 67 mins

It’s rare but every so often a documentary film comes along that transcends the medium, that is in itself a work of art. For me, 'Garage People' is such a film. It describes the lives of a group of people living in the arctic circle in Russia, all of whom have their own garage space where they pursue all kinds of activities, from salvaging scrap, to carving religious icons, pla

Oliver Burkeman, Thinker & Writer

Aug 13 2021 57 mins

A thought provoking conversation with a hugely inspiring thinker and writer on how to overcome some of the most common challenges we face in making creative work.

Wood & Harrison, Artists

May 31 2021 72 mins

John Wood and Paul Harrison are two artistic heroes of mine. They make work that is both simple and complex, profound and mundane. It’s always engaging, often funny and, as you’ll hear, has occasionally ended in disaster. Look on the Tate Modern website and you’ll see them described as ‘an art world Laurel and Hardy’ - and it’s their ability to create entrancing short