Countercurrent: conversations with Professor Roger Kneebone
Episodes
Will Houstoun in conversation with Roger Kneebone
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of the UK's leading close-up magicians, with a international reputation as performer and teacher, Will Houstoun was Magic Circle Magician of the Y...
Roger Highfield in conversation with Roger Kneebone
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Highfield is Director of External Affairs at the Science Museum Group. A physical chemist by training, he honed his journalistic skills while a ...
Sarah Angliss in conversation with Roger Kneebone
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Angliss defies conventional definition. A multitalented creator of musical scores and an expert performer, she describes herself as a composer. ...
Malcolm Love in conversation with Roger Kneebone
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Malcolm Love's career has included being a Baptist minister in London's Battersea, a freelance journalist in Nicaragua and El Salvador, a producer and...
Professor Andrea Sella in conversation with Roger Kneebone
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Sella is well known as a chemist, a teacher, a science communicator and broadcaster. In this podcast we discuss the nature of contemporary chem...
Aaron Williamon in conversation with Roger Kneebone
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Williamon started his career as a trumpeter before changing direction and studying psychology. As one of the world's leading conservatoires, the...
Ian Blatchford in conversation with Roger Kneebone
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After a law degree at Oxford and an MA in Renaissance Studies at Birkbeck, Ian Blatchford trained as an accountant and worked at the Bank of England, ...
Saagar Patel in conversation with Roger Kneebone
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Saagar Patel and I discuss the technical, aesthetic and human challenges of dentistry and medicine. We explore how dentists carry out delicate work in...
Susie Hopkins in conversation with Roger Kneebone
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The distinguished couture hattist Susie Hopkins describes how she became entranced by hats while an art student in Vienna. After becoming a Master in ...
Andrew Garlick in conversation with Roger Kneebone
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Garlick is one of the UK's leading harpsichord makers and has been creating instruments for 45 years. In this conversation we explore what drew...
Vicki Ambery-Smith in conversation with Roger Kneebone
23 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki Ambery-Smith is one of the country's leading silversmiths, with work in major collections around the world. She specialises in creating tiny, ex...
Dr Simon Chaplin in conversation with Roger Kneebone
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Chaplin's varied career has included studying history and philosophy of science, directing the Museum and Special Collections at the Royal Colle...
Katharine Coleman in conversation with Roger Kneebone
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Katharine Coleman is one of the country's leading glass engravers. She moved from being a hispanophone historian of sixteenth century Spanish American...
Jeremy Rosenblatt in conversation with Roger Kneebone
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Jeremy and I explore how his ability to manage judges and clients is as important as his knowledge of the law. Jeremy describes his u...
Professor Kathrin Altwegg in conversation with Roger Kneebone
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kathrin Altwegg's career has moved from solid state physics to physical chemistry and then to space science. For 20 years she has worked with the Rose...
Professor Richard Reznick in conversation with Roger Kneebone
14 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Reznick is well known internationally for his groundbreaking ideas in medical education and his work on assessment of surgical skills. Now Dea...
Brigid Edwards in conversation with Roger Kneebone
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brigid Edwards works at a nexus where science, art and craftsmanship are inextricably linked. We explore how her images of the natural world capture a...
Jane Smith in conversation with Roger Kneebone
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Smith has been making hats for over forty years, working with some of the country's leading actors, directors and designers in film and theatre. ...
Caroline Kilpatrick in conversation with Roger Kneebone
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Actor and voice coach Caroline Kilpatrick and I explore how good actors 'don't know what they are going to say' until they say it, even though they ha...
John, Earl of Selborne in conversation with Roger Kneebone
19 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Selborne has many roles, including apple farmer, Fellow of the Royal Society, past chairman of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committe...
Valerie Jamieson in conversation with Roger Kneebone
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Valerie Jamieson initially trained as a particle physicist. As a postdoctoral scientist she became fascinated by the challenges of explaining science ...
Isabella Kocum in conversation with Roger Kneebone
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Isabella Kokum studied gilding and frame conservation in Switzerland before going to America to train in classical ballet and modern dance. A gifted a...
Phil Abel in conversation with Roger Kneebone
05 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Abel studied biology at university. After reading Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance he underwent a radical change in dire...
Dr Anna Harris in conversation with Roger Kneebone
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Harris became a medical anthropologist after an initial career as a clinical doctor. She brings multiple perspectives to bear on her ethnographic...
James Kinross in conversation with Roger Kneebone
08 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
James Kinross combines his career as a consultant surgeon in a London teaching hospital with groundbreaking biological research at Imperial College Lo...
Tamzin Cuming in conversation with Roger Kneebone
26 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tamzin Cuming's career has moved between medicine and literature. As a consultant surgeon specialising in anal disease, her work takes place at a poin...
Dr John Launer in conversation with Roger Kneebone
11 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr John Launer has many strands to his career. A general practitioner, a specialist in family therapy and a prolific author, John approaches conversat...
Micky Astor in conversation with Roger Kneebone
26 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Micky Astor has many strings to his bow. He trained as an engineer, joining an arctic expedition sailing the North West Passage in an umiak before swi...
Hans Johannsson in conversation with Roger Kneebone
13 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hans Johannsson is one of Iceland's most distinguished luthiers. He has been making violins, cellos and double basses for over 40 years. This conversa...
Chris Nichols in conversation with Roger Kneebone
30 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Nichols' career has included extended periods in the civil service, investment banking, an academic position at Ashridge Business School, indivi...
Professor David Cotterrell in conversation with Roger Kneebone
16 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Cotterrell is an installation artist whose work crosses many boundaries. Working all over the world, from Shanghai's burgeoning cityscape to a m...
Brian Morgan in conversation with Roger Kneebone
01 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The retired plastic and reconstructive surgeon Brian Morgan has combined a long clinical career with a lifelong fascination with sculpture, painting a...
Professor Misha Persouansky in conversation with Roger Kneebone
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Misha Perouansky has developed parallel careers as an anaesthetist and an experimental neuroscientist. Multilingual in every sense of the wo...
Harrison Pearce in conversation with Roger Kneebone
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Harrison Pearce is an artist and philosopher whose work brings together many interests and influences. Much of his artistic work is shaped and inspire...
Roberto Trotta in conversation with Roger Kneebone
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Roberto Trotta is Reader in Astrophysics at Imperial College London and also directs Imperial's Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication. ...
Alan Alda in conversation with Roger Kneebone
06 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
One of America's most distinguished actors, Alan Alda is widely known for his roles as Captain Hawkeye Pierce in the American TV series M*A*S*H, as Ar...
Dr Steve Rowlands in conversation with Roger Kneebone
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
My friend and colleague Dr Steve Rowlands recently retired after spending much of his career as a general practitioner in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Diagn...
Monica Carbone in conversation with Roger Kneebone
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Monica Carbone's first language is Italian. Equally at home in English and French, Monica is a leading simultaneous and consecutive interpreter who wo...
Adam Rutherford in conversation with Roger Kneebone
26 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Rutherford is a geneticist, science writer and presenter of BBC Radio 4's Inside Science. An editor at the science journal Nature for many years,...
Clare Matterson in conversation with Roger Kneebone
11 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Clare Matterson played a leading role at the Wellcome Trust for 18 years, most recently as Director of Strategy. She was responsible for some of Wellc...
Ed Lamont in conversation with Roger Kneebone
29 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At various points in his career Ed has been a commodities broker, a professional street juggler and an executive coach with a special interest in lead...
Rachel Warr in conversation with Roger Kneebone
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Warr is a dancer, dramaturg, theatre director, puppeteer and puppet maker who uses puppetry in innovative ways. In this podcast we discuss pupp...
Magdalene Bak-Maier in conversation with Roger Kneebone
01 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Magdalena Bak-Maier is a neuroscientist, educator, writer and coach. In our conversation we explore the idea of coaching and discuss its parallels wit...
Liam Noble in conversation with Roger Kneebone
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The jazz pianist Liam Noble and I explore how improvisation and creativity are as important in the operating theatre and the medical consulting room a...
Piers Plowright in conversation with Roger Kneebone
03 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Piers Plowright was a highly respected BBC radio producer between 1968 and 1997. A pioneer of radio drama and documentary, Piers has won numerous pl...
Daniel Glaser in conversation with Roger Kneebone
19 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Glaser is a neuroscientist and the Director of Science Gallery London. Before moving to King's College he was Director of Engaging Science at t...
Sophie Yates in conversation with Roger Kneebone
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The distinguished harpsichordist Sophie Yates is well known for her interpretations of early keyboard music, through live performances, radio and reco...
Alex Julyan in conversation with Roger Kneebone
19 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Julyan is a visual artist and creative producer, responsible amongst many things for the official opening event of the Crick Institute. She's als...
Bill Badley in conversation with Roger Kneebone
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Plucked string instruments run through Bill Badley's career. As a lutenist he founded and toured with the Dufay Collective, a mediaeval ensemble. Fasc...
Fleur Oakes in conversation with Roger Kneebone
23 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fleur Oakes is one of the UK's leading needle lace makers. We discuss her path from art school to fashion design, and from being a bespoke corset-make...
Ian Lush in conversation with Roger Kneebone
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Lush trained as a musician, spending several years as a professional viola player before moving to arts management. After being marketing director...
Barry Smith in conversation with Roger Kneebone
26 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of London's School of Advanced Study and Leadership Fellow at the Arts and Humanities Resear...
Kevin Buzzard in conversation with Roger Kneebone
12 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Buzzard has been obsessed by pure mathematics since he was a child, winning the International Mathematical Olympiad with a perfect score at the ...
Timandra Harkness in conversation with Roger Kneebone
28 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Timandra Harkness is well known as a radio presenter, comedian and science journalist. She is fascinated by mathematics and statistics and has recentl...
Dr Dougal Goodman in conversation with Roger Kneebone
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Dougal Goodman has combined a lifelong passion for polar exploration with careers as a laboratory scientist, a member of the BP group, an expert on...
Nick Fox Weber in conversation with Roger Kneebone
31 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The art historian and philanthropist Nicholas Fox Weber runs the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and leads a non-profit organisation to improve medic...
Richard McDougall in conversation with Roger Kneebone
17 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Richard McDougall is one of the UK's leading close-up magicians and a Gold Star member of the Inner Magic Circle. In this conversation we explore unex...
Professor Ken Arnold in conversation with Roger Kneebone
03 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
As Head of Public Programmes at the Wellcome Collection, Ken Arnold established an international reputation for creating ground-breaking exhibitions w...
Prue Cooper in conversation with Roger Kneebone
19 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The potter Prue Cooper trained initially as a visual artist and came to making slipware after a varied career in other directions. We discuss how chan...
Aifric Campbell in conversation with Roger Kneebone
05 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
With the writer Aifric Campbell I explore how language is shaped by its context. Aifric's career has ranged from linguistics to investment banking, an...
Andrew Davidson in conversation with Roger Kneebone
22 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The illustrator and wood engraver Andrew Davidson combines artistry and craftsmanship in a career spanning decades. In this podcast he explains how im...
Dr Erica McAlister in conversation with Roger Kneebone
08 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Erica McAlister is in charge of the diptera (two-winged insects) collections at London's Natural History Museum. An entomologist with a lifelong passi...
Jeremy Jackman in conversation with Roger Kneebone
25 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The choral conductor Jeremy Jackman and I explore parallels between our experiences in the operating theatre and the 'scratch orchestra', where expert...
Beth McKillop in conversation with Roger Kneebone
11 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Beth McKillop's career has ranged from studying Chinese language and literature, becoming an authority on Chinese and Korean works of art and finally ...
Professor Brian Rotman in conversation with Roger Kneebone
04 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Brian Rotman is impossible to pigeonhole. His career has ranged from pure mathematics, essay writing and theatre directing to an academic ca...