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In the final episode for our first series we are joined by interior designer extraordinaire and businesswoman Sophie Conran who has had a varied career working across fashion, food and interior design. As the only daughter of Sir Terence Conran and food writer Caroline Conran, Sophie shares with us what life was like being raised by the man who shaped British design history. Sophie also tells us the story of how she restored her exquisite Wilshire home, Salthrop House, a masterpiece of Regency era architecture and a thoroughly modern family home, designed in her signature interior style.
Sophie is the Founder and Creative Director of her eponymous online emporium, The Sophie Conran Shop, she relays how she set it up nearly a decade ago and reveals the one project from her career that has been the most important in shaping who she is today.
Harry Stevens is the host of Young at Art and is a 21-year-old art and interiors obsessive passionate about opening up the art world to all. At Young at Art Harry speaks to the tastemakers who are defining a new image of art and design today, with new episodes out weekly.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to find who we will be speaking to next, you can follow the podcast on Instagram @youngatartpodcast. Today’s guest Sophie Conran can be found on Instagram at @sophieconran, and Harry can be found at @planetstevens. For more information about the podcast, please visit the website, www.youngatartpodcast.com.
The podcast’s cover art was drawn by Beatrice Ross, @beatricealiceross and the intro music was written and performed by Maggie Talibart, @maggie_talibart.
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If you are a fan of fashion history, particularly the fabulous heights of Parisian couture, then today’s episode of Young at Art is for you. Harry is joined by renowned journalist and author Justine Picardie to discuss her latest book: Miss Dior, a Story of Courage and Couture which traces the life of Catherine Dior, the youngest sister of world famous French couturier Christian Dior. Bringing to life for the first time Catherine's story, peppered with tragedy and joy in equal measure, Picardie’s account sensitively balances the rough with the smooth, exploring Catherine’s fascinating life right from childhood until her death at the age of 90 in 2008 in an undulating tale of her personal strength. From WWII resistance fighter to couturier’s muse, her tale is gripping for start to finish.
Miss Dior also explores how the world of French couture survived the Nazi occupation of Paris during World War Two, and how, against all odds, Christian Dior’s newly established label rose from the ashes of a post war Paris to become one of the most famous fashion houses ever created. Picardie eloquently brings to life the life of an unknown character in Christian Dior’s life who helped him become one of the world’s greatest names in fashion.
Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture is published by Faber and Faber and is available to purchase from Waterstones here.
Harry Stevens is the host of Young at Art and is a 21-year-old art and interiors obsessive passionate about opening the art world to all. At Young at Art Harry speaks to the tastemakers who are defining a new image of art and design today, with new episodes out weekly.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to find who we will be speaking to next, you can follow the podcast on Instagram @youngatartpodcast. Today’s guest Justine Picardie can be found on Instagram at @justinepicardie and our host Harry can be found at @planetstevens. For more information about the podcast, please visit the website, www.youngatartpodcast.com
The podcast’s cover art was drawn by Beatrice Ross, @beatricealiceross and the intro music was written and performed by Maggie Talibart, @maggie_talibart.
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Manchester-based young fashion designer Olivia Welsh joins Harry for this week’s episode of Young at Art. She talks about how she founded her brand, Olivia Annabelle Apparel. Olivia’s design style is influenced by historical figures, books and periods in history from which she creates a selection of pieces designed in an array of bespoke prints.
She shares with us the inspiration behind her latest summer collection, ‘The Lady Vanishes’ and how a childhood of watching Agatha Christie adaptations resulted in her latest capsule collection which is available to shop now at https://oliviaannabelle.co.uk.
Olivia also speaks to us about the principles of her brand and why, as a young designer, sustainability and ethical production is at the core of her business. She also tells us about some of her previous collections to date, and how she translates historical fashion into wearable pieces for a modern audience.
Harry Stevens is the host of Young at Art and is a 21-year-old art and interiors obsessive passionate about opening the art world to all. At Young at Art Harry speaks to the tastemakers who are defining a new image of art and design today, with new episodes out weekly.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to find who we will be speaking to next, you can follow the podcast on Instagram @youngatartpodcast. Today’s guest Olivia Welsh can be found on Instagram at @oliviaannabelleapparel, and our host Harry can be found at @planetstevens. For more information about the podcast, please visit the website, www.youngatartpodcast.com
The podcast’s cover art was drawn by Beatrice Ross, @beatricealiceross and the intro music was written and performed by Maggie Talibart, @maggie_talibart.
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Country Houses are a huge inspiration for our host. After a childhood of being marched around the most incredible houses in the UK, he learnt to love them for their artistic and cultural importance in the landscape of Great Britain. Today, Harry is on a mission to highlight their cultural significance, dispelling their connotations of a grandma’s day-out and instead inspiring people to see the benefit of a storied artistic experience that truly connects people with the history and objects of our past. Harry is lucky enough to have worked at one of the UK’s finest stately homes and so had plenty of first-hand experience of the people who visit them and how to make them more accessible to all.
This week, Harry is joined by two women championing the importance of stately homes. Firstly, we hear from historian and producer at History Hit TV Alice Loxton, who shares some of the stories behind some of her favourite homes, and talks about why more people should get involved with them. Also joining the episode is historian and author Charlotte Furness who discusses her thoughts on how to open up these buildings for all, as well as the reasons they still matter in our cultural landscape. She also shares with us the fascinating history of Anne Lister, a remarkable woman who features in Charlotte’s latest book and whose diaries are still studied today as a record of hidden LGBTQ+ voices in the early 19th century.
Harry Stevens is the host of Young at Art and is a 21-year-old art and interiors obsessive passionate about opening up the art world to all. At Young at Art Harry speaks to the tastemakers who are defining a new image of art and design today, with new episodes out weekly.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to find who we will be speaking to next, you can follow the podcast on instagram @youngatartpodcast. Today’s guests can be found on instagram at @charlottefurnesswriter and @history_alice, and Harry can be found at @planetstevens. For more information about the podcast, please visit the website, www.youngatartpodcast.com
The podcast’s cover art was drawn by Beatrice Ross, @beatricealiceross and the intro music was written and performed by Maggie Talibart, @maggie_talibart.
Houses to Visit
1. Althorp House, Northamptonshire.
A hidden gem only an hour from London, Althorp House has one of the best private art collections in the UK with works by Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Van Dyke and Stubs. Featuring a mix of both modern works and inherited family pieces, the collection at Althorp feels fresh and relevant today. Althorp is also the family home of Princess Diana, and has been lived in by the Spencer Family for over 500 years.
https://althorpestate.com
2. Kenwood House, Hampstead, London.
Set on London’s Hampstead Heath, Kenwood House is owned by English Heritage and was once home to a fascinating character from aristocratic history, Dido Elizabeth Belle, widely considered UK’s first black British aristocrat. Dido’s story is fascinating; her father Sir John Lindsay was a white Royal Naval Officer and her mother Maria Bell was a black slave living in the British West Indies. She was also a niece of William Murray, later the 1st Earl of Mansfield, who was influential in his views towards the abolition of slavery in the UK, some 60 years before the abolition act was passed in 1833. Her story is explored in the 2013 film Belle.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/kenwood/
3. Castle Howard, Yorkshire
Bridgerton fans rejoice at the sight Castle Howard, which stands in as the fictional Clyvedon Castle, home to the Duke and Duchess of Hastings (played by Regé Jean-Page and Phoebe Dynevor). Castle Howard is a fabulous baroque palace: construction took over 100 years to complete and the result is a masterpiece of early 18th century design. The castle has a wonderful collection of antique sculpture, Canaletto paintings, and is set in acres of beautifully maintained parkland.
https://www.castlehoward.co.uk
4. Mapperton House, Dorset
Home to the Earl and Countess of Sandwich (Yes, where the name for the infamous lunchtime meal comes from) Mapperton is considered ’the finest manor house in England’ and is home to an eclectic mix of objects and intriguing family history. Home to the Montagu family, Mapperton is the home of Julie Montagu - Viscountess Hinchingbrooke - who documents her life living and restoring the home to her YouTube channel (which has nearly 100,000 subscribers, all eager to get a slice of Mapperton life for themselves). Recently seen in Netflix’s adaptation of Daphne Du Maruier’s novel Rebecca, Mapperton House is a gem set amongst acres of gardens, where the Viscountess can be seen taking her daily ice bath in the 17th century canal garden !
https://mapperton.com
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Artist and founder of The Room Portrait Club SJ Axelby joins us for this week’s episode of Young at Art. She talks about the mixed media room portraits she started drawing in lockdown which have since been featured by the likes of The World of Interiors, Christie’sand Liberty. Her mixed media, delicate depictions of interior spaces show an array of homes; from country cottages in the Cotswolds to palatial stately homes in Austria; SJ captures the essence of a space in vivid colour and texture.
SJ gives us the exclusive on her new book, SJ Axelby’s Room Portraits, and tells us what we can expect when it comes out in September. Young at Art is proud to be the first to hear about her book which can be purchased here or from any bookshop worth going to. Please see her website for more details.
The Room Portrait Club is a weekly Instagram art challenge where anyone can interpret the unique look of a interior space in whatever medium they like. It features the work of people of all ages, from across the world and, like everyone’s home, no two interpretations are the same.
Harry Stevens is the host of Young at Art and is a 21-year-old art and interiors obsessive passionate about opening up the art world to all. At Young at Art Harry speaks to the tastemakers who are defining a new image of art and design today, with new episodes out weekly.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to find who we will be speaking to next, you can follow the podcast on instagram @youngatartpodcast . Today’s guest SJ Axelby can be found on instagram at @sjaxelby, and Harry can be found at @planetstevens. For more information about the podcast, please visit the website, www.youngatartpodcast.com
The podcast’s cover art was drawn by Beatrice Ross, @beatricealiceross and the intro music was written and performed by Maggie Talibart, @maggie_talibart.
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A fan of the unconventional and the unusual, interior designer and furniture dealer Jermaine Gallacher joins us this week from his pink office in South London for a delve into some of his recent interior design projects – including a rather fabulous Barristers office in Gray’s Inn. Jermaine shares with us his approch to interior design, and offers lots of brilliant advice for anyone wanting to start designing their own space.
Jermaine tells us about his showroom, a place where his creative energy can be seen in the flesh, featuring a cacophony of brilliantly original and creatively sourced homewares designed by him and other makers. He also reveals his plans to return it to a wine bar in the evenings for a mixture of good conversation and good interiors.
Harry Stevens is the host of Young at Art and is a 21-year-old art and interiors obsessive passionate about opening up the art world to all. At Young at Art Harry speaks to the tastemakers who are defining a new image of art and design today, with new episodes out weekly.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to find who we will be speaking to next, you can follow the podcast on Instagram @youngatartpodcast. Today’s guest Jermaine Gallacher can be found on Instagram at @jermainegallacher, and Harry can be found at @planetstevens. For more information about the podcast, please visit the website, www.youngatartpodcast.com
The podcast’s cover art was drawn by Beatrice Ross, @beatricealiceross and the intro music was written and performed by Maggie Talibart, @maggie_talibart.
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Self-taught figurative artist Alex Mein joins us this week on Young at Art. He dives into his career across art and fashion, today as an artist and Course Leader of BA Fashion Imaging and Illustration at the London College of Fashion. He shares with us the great story of how he got back into drawing after a ten-year break, being inspired by the characters he would see on his daily two-hour commute, and offers uphill advice for anyone struggling with their creative outlook.
Alex’s incredible portraits and drawings evoke his strong signature style; a combination of lines in saturated colours that capture the personality and style of the people he sketches. This week, Alex shares with us how he approaches a drawing, where he seeks artistic inspiration in London and why making art is open for everyone.
Harry Stevens is the host of Young at Art and is a 21-year-old art and interiors obsessive passionate about opening up the art world to all. At Young at Art Harry speaks to the tastemakers who are defining a new image of art and design today, with new episodes out weekly.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to find who we will be speaking to next, you can follow the podcast on Instagram @youngatartpodcast. Today’s guest Alex Mein can be found on Instagram at @mrmein, and Harry can be found at @planetstevens. For more information about the podcast, please visit the website, www.youngatart.com
The podcast’s cover art was drawn by Beatrice Ross, @beatricealiceross and the intro music was written and performed by Maggie Talibart, @maggie_talibart.
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Founder of the innovative culture platform The Wick, Katy Wickremesinghe, joins us for this week’s episode of Young at Art for a dive into her career as an art consultant and leader in business. Katy shares with us the story of why she founded The Wick, as well as her art consultancy company KTW London, which aims to show businesses the importance of art in everyday life. She discusses her role as a trustee of the Dulwich Picture Gallery, and why public art is so important in our everyday lives.
Katy gives us a private tour of the art in her home (which she fabulously refers to as the ‘Wicks Fondazione’) and explains how the art that she collects shows the close relationships between her and some of her favourite artists.
The episode ends reflecting on the events of the last two years – the global pandemic and the war in Ukraine – and Katy tells us why art is so important to her in times of uncertainty.
Katy mentions two exhibitions in the episode, firstly Dulwich picture Gallery’s exhibition Reframed: The Woman in the Window (tickets can be purchased here) and also London’s dedicated public art walk, The Line, (more information can be found here).
Harry Stevens is the host of Young at Art and is a 21-year-old art and interiors obsessive passionate about opening up the art world to all. At Young at Art Harry speaks to the tastemakers who are defining a new image of art and design today, with new episodes out weekly.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to find who we will be speaking to next, you can follow the podcast on Instagram @youngatartpodcast. Today’s guest Katy Wickremesinghe can be found on Instagram at @misskatywick, and our host Harry can be found at @planetstevens. For more information about the podcast, please visit the website, www.youngatartpodcast.com
The podcast’s cover art was drawn by Beatrice Ross, @beatricealiceross and the intro music was written and performed by Maggie Talibart, @maggie_talibart.
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21-year-old aspiring art curator Alayo Akinkugbe joins us this week at Young at Art. She discusses the Instagram account she created, @ablackhistoryofart, which showcases the talents of many undiscovered and overlooked black artists, sitters, curators, and thinkers from the fifteenth century to today.
Since starting the account in February 2020, Alayo has graduated from The University of Cambridge with a degree in Art History, and she has spoken at The National Gallery about blackness in western art and why black sitters and artists have been ignored by the art world.
In this episode, she shares with us her motives for setting up her account, and how she has created a space that celebrates some of the people that art forgot, pulling on her own experiences as a black woman in a white art world.
Alayo delves into the tricky relationship she has with her favourite painting and tells us about some of the artists she loves and who keep her inspired and motivated in her work as a young curator. She also discusses her experiences studying at Cambridge - the good and the bad - and what advice she would give herself if she was to do it again.
Alayo mentioned two exhibitions in the episode, the Venice Biennale 2022 and Hayward Gallery’s In the Black Fantastic. More information about Marie-Guillemine Benoist’s Portriat of Madeleine at The Louvre can be found here.
Harry Stevens is the host of Young at Art and is a 21-year-old art and interiors obsessive passionate about opening up the art world to all. At Young at Art Harry speaks to the tastemakers who are defining a new image of art and design today, with new episodes out weekly.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to find who we will be speaking to next, you can follow the podcast on Instagram @youngatartpodcast. Today’s guest Alayo Akinkugbe can be found on Instagram at @ablackhistoryofart, and our host Harry can be found at @planetstevens. For more information about the podcast, please visit the website, www.youngatartpodcast.com
The podcast’s cover art was drawn by Beatrice Ross, @beatricealiceross and the intro music was written and performed by Maggie Talibart, @maggie_talibart.
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For a joyous opening episode of Young at Art, Harry is joined by Global Head of Collections for Soho House, curator and presenter Kate Bryan. She discusses her varied career; how she started in the art world, and how she got to where she is today, and reveals fascinating details about the interesting projects and people she has met along the way.
The conversation starts with Kate discussing The Vault 100; the ground-breaking art collection she curated for members club The Ned, a collection of artworks by 93 contemporary female artists including Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread and Annie Morris. Kate is passionate about rewriting art history for a new generation and discusses her latest book, Bright Stars,a curation of many great artists who died around the age of 40 - from old masters to new faces – including Caravaggio, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Pauline Boty. Kate also tells us about some of the unmissable art events to see this summer and autumn, as well as what art means to her.
Harry Stevens is the host of Young at Art and is a 21-year-old art and interiors obsessive passionate about opening up the art world to all. At Young at Art Harry speaks to the tastemakers who are defining a new image of art and design today, with new episodes out weekly.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to find who we will be speaking to next, you can follow the podcast on Instagram @youngatartpodcast. Today’s guest Kate Bryan can be found on Instagram at @katebryan_art, and Harry can be found at @planetstevens. For more information about the podcast, please visit the website, www.youngatartpodcast.com
The podcast’s cover art was drawn by Beatrice Ross, @beatricealiceross and the intro music was written and performed by Maggie Talibart, @maggie_talibart.
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Welcome to Young at Art, the new arts and culture podcast that puts you in-touch with established names and rising stars from the worlds of art, fashion and interior design. Showcasing a range of voices from different backgrounds, these guests are helping establish a new era of art, using their work to address issues in the art and design world, and redefining what it means to be a tastemaker today.
Harry Stevens is the host of Young at Art and is a 21-year-old art and interiors obsessive passionate about opening up the art world to all. At Young at Art Harry speaks to the tastemakers who are defining a new image of art and design today, with new episodes out weekly.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to find who we will be speaking to next, you can follow the podcast on Instagram @youngatartpodcast. Our host Harry can be found at @planetstevens. For more information about the podcast, please visit the website, www.youngatartpodcast.com
The podcast’s cover art was drawn by Beatrice Ross, @beatricealiceross and the intro music was written and performed by Maggie Talibart, @maggie_talibart.
