The Wind Thieved Hat
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Horatio Clare, Writer & Broadcaster
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 firs...
John Higgs, Writer
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“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 o...
Darby Hudson, Poet & Artist
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
‘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 ac...
Dan Nelken, Copywriter
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 advertisi...
Kathryn Mannix, Palliative Care Dr
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 rathe...
Byron Vincent, Wordsmith
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Jakob Wegelius, Author
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ent...
Natalija Yefimkina, Film Maker
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 su...
Oliver Burkeman, Thinker & Writer
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I first came across the writing of Oliver Burkeman in his weekly column for the Guardian newspaper. Each week beneath the gently ironic title of ‘Th...
Wood & Harrison, Artists
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 engag...
Toria Garbutt, Poet
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, recorded down the line, I talk about writing and life with poet Toria Garbutt.We chat about what it was like growing up in a clo...
Deepa Keshvala, Director of Photography
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you ever find yourself on a shoot for a TV commercial then there’s a good chance that the Director of Photography, will be male and white. Deepa ...
Cas Holman, Designer
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
‘The person we become as adults has everything to do with how we play as children.’I first came across Cas through the Netflix documentary Abstrac...
Inua Ellams, Writer & Performer
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist and designer Inua Ellams is without doubt one of the most inspiring and eloquent creators I’ve had the p...
Richard Beaven, Photographer
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I’m a sucker for a portrait project. And Richard Beaven’s All of Us is one of the most beguiling I’ve seen for a long time. Originally from Devo...
Pone, Musician & Producer
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For many years Guilhem Gallart was a successful record producer and recording artist. Better known as Pone, he helped shaped the sound of hip hop in F...
Henry Normal, Poet
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s often said that you shouldn’t meet your heroes. So it was with some trepidation that I went down to Brighton one rainy day in January to meet...
NEON, Architects & Artists
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
'Life is monotonous. We are often wrapped up in our thoughts as we move from place to place. We can become blind to the environments and objects we in...
Nicola Davies, Author
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My first encounter with Nicola Davies was on telly after school in the 1980’s when she was presenting the Really Wild Show, a TV show for kids all a...
Ana Criado, Designer
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation with the Emmy nominated and internationally acclaimed creative director & designer Ana Criado was recorded over lunch in her gar...
Al Murphy, Illustrator
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Al Murphy is an illustrator. He’s also one of those rare human beings who’s as humble as he is talented. Our chat, which happens to be on the firs...
Kate Shooter (part two)
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Kate and I first spoke about her practice as an artist in episode 9 I came away from the conversation feeling that maybe we should have talked mo...
Alex Fefegha, Creative Technologist
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alex is a creative technologist who works with Nike, Uber, the BBC, and the NHS to explore, imagine & prototype future-forward creative concepts f...
Ivan Black, Sculptor
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ivan Black’s kinetic sculpture is both magical and mesmerising, behaving in rhythmical yet beautifully unpredictable ways.In one of my favourite cre...
Kate Stables, Musician
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation was recorded at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff, just before Kate played with her band This Is The Kit. Kate is charming, inspiring and hu...
Kate Shooter, Artist
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is something of a departure for The Wind Thieved Hat … it’s the first time I’ve been married to the guest. Kate Shooter happens to ...
Adam Nathaniel Furman, Architect & Designer
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adam's Instagram bio reads ‘confusing background, focused foreground’. His focus lies in creating brilliantly colourful work which delights in its...
Dominic Wilcox, Designer & Inventor
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dominic Wilcox began his career as a designer and artist but his practice today is wide ranging and defies an easy description. I can say though that ...
Kazem Hakimi, Photographer
14 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible to combine running a fish and chip shop with being an internationally acclaimed photographer?It is if you’re Kazem Hakimi. In this co...
Algy Batten, Designer
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I join my mate Algy Batten. The softly spoken but hugely inspiring Algy, who was recently included in a list of the World’s 100 Make...
Jess Thom, Writer, Performer, Activist
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This time I talk creativity with someone Stephen Fry has described as funny, frank, intelligent & enchantingly entertaining: Tourette’s Hero Jes...
Rob Auton, Poet & Performer
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, recorded above a pub in Leyton, I chat to writer, artist and performer Rob Auton. He’s funny, frank and very honest about what crea...
Siân Davey, Photographer
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An honest and personal discussion about creativity and process with photographer Siân Davey. Despite having only been photographing for six years, si...
Tony Pipes, Creative Director, Musician, Artist & Writer
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this inspiring and amusing conversation on creativity Richard talks to his old mate Tony Pipes. Their conversation ranges from hip hop, to ADHD, to...