Creative Rituals

Mark Haworth-Booth joins me on Creative Rituals this week. Mark is a poet, writer, photographer and was the Senior Curator of Photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where he played a major role in building up the museum’s collection of photography. We met by chance at a creative writing workshop Mark ran at the Appledore Book Festival here in Devon, and he kindly agreed to join me for a conversation about his writing routine, what is was like working and living with David Hockney in Los Angeles, and his 30 years as a curator at the V&A.

To find out more about Mark’s work, visit his website

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Links:

• Helen Chadwick
• This is the Place To Be by Lara Pawson
• Ian Hamilton Finlay
• Eggs - photographic series by Tessa Traeger
• Markéta Luskačová
• Marina Warner
• East Sussex Coast by Bill Brandt (1957)
• Ansel Adams
• Paul Strand
• Robert Frank
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Lamb Bank Arvon Centre, West Yorkshire
• Pilgrims: Photographs by Markéta Luskačová
• Roger Mayne
• Wind by Ted Hughes
• From Today, Painting Is Dead (V&A 1972)
• 'River Scene, France' by Camille Silvy
• Camille Silvy: Photographer of Modern Life

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We’re back! Creative Rituals returns for a second season, and to kick this one off I’m joined by Sasha Compton. Sasha is a British Artist and Designer who explores the natural world through her beautiful handmade creations, all of which are crafted by Sasha in her London studio. Known for her bold, joyful use of colour and fondness for an uplifting quote, Sasha’s work seeks to romanticise the everyday. Her artworks often draw references from the classical world, such as motifs from Greek mythology and architectural details. We sat down to discuss studio life, moodboards, the financial realities of working as an artist in London, our mixed feelings on running workshops and what it was like living as a creative in Amsterdam.

Find Sasha’s work here

Find Georgie here

Links

• Dennis Severs’ House
• Save Venice
• The Gallery at Green & Stone
• And Objects
• Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Wax Pastels
• Elephant Family
• Grit: Why Passion and Resilience are the Secrets to Success by Angela Duckworth

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This week’s guest is Xanthe Gladstone: chef, organic vegetable grower and Instagram sensation. She talks to me about swapping city life for the Welsh countryside, and the creative rituals she has in place around food and the home.

Find Xanthe’s recipes here

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Find Georgie here

Links

• Ballymaloe Cookery School
• Organic Reishi Tincture from Bristol Fungarium
• SuperYou - Natural Stress Relief Supplement from Moon Juice

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My guest this week is friend of Creative Rituals, children’s illustrator Rachael Dean, who illustrates the books for none other than Dame Jacqueline Wilson. I’d been inspired to reach out to Rachael again after resonating with a lot of the subjects she’d been sharing online recently. In this episode we discuss the things that can sometimes be a little tricky about working as an illustrator, how we both tackle difficult deadlines, making space for other areas of creativity in our lives, and reclaiming our voices via Substack.

Find Rachael here and her Substack, The Art of Being Real here

Find Georgie here and her Substack, Creative Rituals here

Twelve Moons: A Year Under a Shared Sky by Caro Giles

Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson

The Seaside Sleepover by Jacqueline Wilson

Whistle Down Farm series by Nicola Baker

One Home by Hiba Noor Khan

Think Again by Jacqueline Wilson

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

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My guest this week is the bestselling author Veronica Henry. I’ve been a reader of Veronica’s books for many years, and couldn’t believe it when I discovered she lives just round the corner from me, in Devon! We met for the first time last year at The Appledore Book Festival, where Veronica was giving a talk on one of her novels, The Secret Beach. I was lucky enough to visit Veronica in the beautiful pink living room of her lovely home overlooking the sea for this conversation, and she told me all about her process as a writer and how it is that she’s come to write a whopping 24 books. We discuss her approach to plotting, sources of inspiration, her love of interiors and clothes and how living by the sea informs her work.

Find Veronica on Instagram here

Find Georgie here

Veronica’s new novel One Night at the Chateau is out now, order your copy here

Appledore Book Festival

The Secret Beach by Veronica Henry

The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker

Lisa Jewell

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