A Room Of Your Own
Episodes
AROYO 39 // Karun Thakar
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Karun Thakar - one of the world’s leading collectors of and experts on global textiles. Using his extraordinary collection of tex...
AROYO 38 // Andrew Torrey
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is interior designer Andrew Torrey. Andrew recently published a book with Rizzoli celebrating his life and journey in design. I joined...
AROYO 37 // Heide Hendricks (Hendricks Churchill)
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Heide Hendricks - one half of the architecture and design studio Hendricks Churchill. I joined Heide in her beautiful renovated far...
AROYO 36 // Lucy Steeds
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is author Lucy Steeds. Lucy won the 2025 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize for her novel ’The Artist’. It’s a subtle and really at...
AROYO 35 // Abigail Horace (Casa Marcelo)
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I was joined by Abigail Horace, who runs her own Design Studio - Casa Marcelo. I joined her in her studio in lovely Salisbury, Connec...
AROYO 34 // Stephen Ellcock
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I’m joined by author Stephen Ellcock to talk about his creative process, and the books and works of art that have inspired his work. Steph...
AROYO 33 // James Mackie
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I’m joined by interior designer James Mackie to talk about his journey from the world of fine art and Sotheby’s to taking on a new chall...
AROYO 32 // Duncan Campbell & Charlotte Rey
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I was joined by creative duo Duncan Campbell & Charlotte Rey. Duncan & Charlotte have been working together for almost their entire ...
AROYO 31 // Amy Dalrymple
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I had the pleasure of talking with interior designer Amy Dalrymple – founder of Dalrymple Studios – where she works globally with client...
AROYO 30 // Adémidé Udoma
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I was lucky enough to visit the studio of Adémidé Udoma – who is the creative director of Artisanal One – where he and his team produc...
AROYO 29 // Ella Berthoud
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I’m joined by Bibliotherapist and artist Ella Berthoud. What started out as a conversation between Ella and her friend – novelist Susan ...
AROYO 28 // Carina Harford
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I’m joined by interior designer Carina Harford of Harford House. I got the chance to ask Carina a bit about the aspects of her life away f...
AROYO 27 // Ana Sampson
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AROYO Podcast is back this week, and I'm so delighted to announce my guest Ana SampsonAna has not only worked with some of my very favourite authors -...
AROYO 26 // Susan O’Neill
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I’m joined by musician and artist Susan O’Neill. We had a wonderfully in-depth conversation about the creative process, and particularly...
AROYO 25 // Christopher Beanland
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talked to author, podcaster and comedian Christopher Beanland. His work spans a huge range of subjects, and seems to really reflect a life...
AROYO 24 // Joelle Taylor
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talked to poet, novelist and performance artist Joelle Taylor. Joelle is the author several works of poetry, including C+NTO – for which...
AROYO 23 // Dominic Bradbury
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talked to author and journalist Dominic Bradbury, whose writing over his career has focused on showcasing and exploring the world’s most...
AROYO 22 // Bettina Farack (Library of Lost Books)
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talked to Bettina Farack who has spent the last few years telling the story of the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies in Berlin. The High...
AROYO 21 // Meg Rees (Bunny’s Tattoos)
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I caught up with Meg Rees – who’s known as one of the most creative and expressive tattoo artists in London, and puts an element of the ...
AROYO 20 // Amy Jeffs
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I was so lucky to be joined by author, artist and academic Amy Jeffs. Amy’s work centres around the medieval world of the British Isles, a...
AROYO 19 // Ferren Gipson
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I was joined by author and Art Historian Ferren Gipson who’s written some amazing books including ‘Women’s Work – From Feminine Art...
AROYO 18 // Library of Depression
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode will be an unusually personal one for me, on a topic that has been centralto my life and the lives of so many other young people.I...
AROYO 17 // Rosie Wilby - The Breakup Monologues & The Heartbreak Clinic
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I was joined by author and comedian Rosie Wilby. Rosie through her podcast and subsequent book ‘The Breakup Monologues’ has been dubbed...
AROYO 16 // Liam Sparkes
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode I was joined by tattoo artist, ex-musician, bookshop owner and owner of micro-publisher Moonlight Editions – Liam Sparkes. ...
AROYO 15 // Edward Hollis pt.2
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is the second half of my chat with Professor Edward Hollis of Edinburgh University’s Interior Design program. In this episode...
AROYO 14 // Edward Hollis pt.1
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I’m so excited for this episode though – it’s a chat that I had a couple of weeks ago with Edward Hollis – who’s the Professor of Interior D...
AROYO 13 // Library of Classics Re-Imagined
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week sees a return to my themed libraries to look at 'Classics Re-Imagined'. I'll be surveying the ways that authors are updating and bringing ne...
AROYO 12 // Christen Pears
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I was very lucky to be joined this week by Christen Pears. Christen is known for having created a beautiful home that she has created in the West of C...
AROYO 11 // Alice Maddicott
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I was very lucky to be joined this week by author Alice Maddicott - whose work explores and mulls over our search for the meaning of place, largely th...
AROYO 10 // Dr Isabella Rosner
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode I’m joined by Dr Isabella Rosner - who holds the impressive title of curator at the Royal School of Needlework. Once ...
AROYO 9 // Sally Coulthard - pt. 2
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I’m joined again by author and columnist for Country Living Magazine Sally Coulthard.Sally is the author of over 20 non-fiction titles on...
AROYO 8 // Sally Coulthard - pt.1
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by author and columnist for Country Living Magazine Sally Coulthard.Sally is the author of over 20 non-fiction ...
AROYO 7 // Supriya Dhaliwal
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a chat with poet Supriya Dhaliwal about her work, the authors that have inspired her, and the meaning of place and belonging ...
AROYO 6 // History With Jackson
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I chat with historian, author and podcaster Jackson Van Uden about History, Dictators and George Orwell. We discuss the books he has receive...
AROYO 5 // The Library of Biophilia
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, I introduce a new element to the show. Each month, I will take on a new theme, and build from scratch an ideal library that ...
AROYO 4 // Alexandra Holker
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I chat with founder of Spare Ribs Club - a feminist book & supper club that she started two years ago, and which has grown with its foll...
AROYO 3 // Anouska Lewis
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I chat with historian and podcaster Anouska Lewis to talk about her latest show ‘Hometown Boring’, what it meant to delve into the histo...
AROYO 2 // Introduction
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A brief chat talking about what I’m intending to do with A Room Of Your Own and what you can expect to hear on a weekly basis. We cover my approach ...
AROYO 1 // Trailer
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An introduction to my new show - A Room Of Your Own - where I will be inviting guests on weekly to explore their lives through the books and the space...