The Gareth and Billcast (and also old archive from Bill, including the podcasts made for the Cambridge Film Festival from 2006 onwards)
June 03 - #AudioMo - Cycling home from the pub
cycled to a pub. I ate and drank and talked and we were wonderfully indiscreet. And it was special because it was with people I like but who are not precious to me. And for the last year I have carefully preserved my in person time for those I love. Felt good
6/3/2021 • 4 minutes, 3 seconds
June 30 - #AudioMo - Reflections on Audio Blogging
It's June 30 and the last day of #AudioMo, so I thought I'd talk about the process and the people and the joys of random chat.
6/30/2020 • 5 minutes, 11 seconds
June 29 - #AudioMo - The Ways We Talk
For the penulimate day of #AudioMo, June 29, I'm thinking about how language shapes thought, and how the words we use and the metaphors we choose can affect the ways we engage with others, especially when it comes to military metaphors.
6/29/2020 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
June 28 - #AudioMo - The Joy of Email
June 28, Sunday #AudioMo is a shoutout to the people who keep me informed about the world. You might find them interesting too… Dan Hon: @hondanhon https://danhon.substack.com/ Ira Bolychevsky: @shevski https://redecentralize.org/ Azeem Azhar: @azeem https://www.exponentialview.co/ Christian Payne: @documentally http://documentally.com/ David Finnigan: @davidfinig https://davidfinnigan.substack.com/
6/28/2020 • 6 minutes, 7 seconds
June 27 - #AudioMo - Becoming an Audience
June 27, and today's #AudioMo finds me missing that peculiar state of being together that we call 'an audience' and worrying about the future of live venues here in the UK.
6/27/2020 • 8 minutes, 9 seconds
June 26 - #AudioMo - Reflecting privilege
It's June 26 and the final stretch for #AudioMo, where I am reflecting on how I tell the story of my life, and what I don't say in the process.
6/26/2020 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
June 25 - #AudioMo - How to Ignore a Crisis
Ninety days on a boat and in my #AudioMo for June 25 I reflect on how good we are at ignoring the enormity of what's going on. With added cat sounds.
6/25/2020 • 5 minutes, 4 seconds
June 24 - #AudioMo - Making a video
Wednesday June 24 and another #AudioMo, this time about filming, and being a councillor.
6/24/2020 • 4 minutes, 3 seconds
June 23 - #AudioMo - Plague, Inc.
My #AudioMo for June 23 is something I wrote in 2017, about a group of young people playing Plague, Inc. and what I thought about it at the time.
6/23/2020 • 6 minutes, 10 seconds
June 22 - #AudioMo - Letters and Poems
My #AudioMo for June 22, and I'm looking at pieces of paper and reflecting on what they mean, with memories of those distant and lost. More about Beatie Wolfe https://beatiewolfe.com/
6/22/2020 • 7 minutes, 4 seconds
June 21 - #AudioMo - Remembering Hugh Mellor
June 21, and my #AudioMo tonight is a remembrance of Hugh Mellor, the philosopher and a former teacher of mine, who died today. With passing boats.
6/21/2020 • 3 minutes, 30 seconds
June 20 - #AudioMo - Riverside Tales
A solstice day on the river and the riverbank, involving turning boats, ducks, and the way joy pushes out despair Erland Cooper's A Nightingale Sings Outside Our Window is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIGcK0X2vf4
6/20/2020 • 7 minutes, 14 seconds
June 19 - #AudioMo- The VIew From Elsewhere
On June 19, as we head towards the solstice, my #AudioMo is a reflection on the week, and lockdown, and the importance of understanding how the pandemic is experienced elsewhere.
6/19/2020 • 6 minutes, 2 seconds
June 18 - #AudioMo - Whereof One Cannot Speak
It's June 18 but I have little to say for today's #AudioMo. I'll read Cheryl Misak's Frank Ramsay biography instead
6/18/2020 • 1 minute, 29 seconds
June 17 - #AudioMo - Time to Pay
For my #AudioMo for June 17 I've disinterred a fairly random note from over a year ago about time travel and jewel thefts. It came from a time when I travelled on trains.
6/17/2020 • 5 minutes, 52 seconds
June 16 - #AudioMo - Bloomsday and Holidays
In my #AudioMo for June 16 I'm reflecting on #Bloomsday and the summer to come, and wondering what will happen to holidays and travel in 2020 - and what this means for those of us who are used to the summer being a slow time in the office.
6/16/2020 • 4 minutes, 58 seconds
June 15- #AudioMo - Made With Intent
It's June 15 and a change of topic for me in #AudioMo - away from space, and into time as I reflect on the small object that sits on my desk and keeps me company as I write.
6/15/2020 • 7 minutes, 3 seconds
June 14 - #AudioMo - Being there
Heading into #AudioMo for June 14 and I'm picking up on the extended conversation about presence and space in our blended world, with @katesparkle to @Omaniblog @willsh & @diva_diplomatic - but this time from the beach
6/14/2020 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
June 12 - #AudioMo - Reclaiming Public Space
In my #AudioMo for June 13 I reflect on the ways we can reconfigure public space as we adapt to Covid-19, and how we need those who own private space to adapt.
6/13/2020 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds
June 12 - #AudioMo - No More Commuting
My AudioMo contribution for June 12 is a reflection on commuting - or its absence. And a realisation that it'll never go back to the way it was before.
6/12/2020 • 13 minutes, 7 seconds
June 11 - #AudioMo - Toppling Networks
My #AudioMo post for June 11 is a meditation on how hard it can seem to change systems.
6/11/2020 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
June 10 - #AudioMo - Ecological Debt
Here's my #AudioMo for June 10. I wrote a thing and recorded it for @marcusromer's ShedX and so I'm playing the first part of it here and you can listen to the rest via Marcus The text http://www.astickadogandaboxwithsomethinginit.com/paying-off-our-ecological-debt/ The ShedX version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BRnUrirIO0
6/10/2020 • 3 minutes, 39 seconds
June 9 - AudioMo - Why Context Matters
Day 9 of #AudioMo and I've been on air for @digitalplanet - and I'm reflecting on the importance of context and location, and how to make a space feel different when we many of us are spending so much time in one location.
6/9/2020 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
June 8 - AudioMo - On Reflection
On Day 8 of #AudioMo things are a bit pressured as it's a long work day, but I have the Reflection app to keep me calm, with generative ambient music and imagery courtesy of Peter Chilvers and Brian Eno. Stay safe.
6/8/2020 • 3 minutes, 15 seconds
June 7 - AudioMo - Working Through the Lockdown
The weft of our daily lives has been unwound for many of us since SARS-COV-2 found its human hosts. Do we take this opportunity to rethink the warp, too, or are we content to weave the fabric on the same pattern.
6/7/2020 • 10 minutes, 47 seconds
June 6 - AudioMo - Reading Frank Ramsay
For today's #AudioMo I'm reflecting on a new book I'm reading, Cheryl Misak's life of the philosopher Frank Ramsay, and why deep reading matters in these turbulent times.
6/6/2020 • 9 minutes, 46 seconds
AudioMo - June 5 - A public centric internet
Day Five of #AudioMo, back on the boat. Another day, another recording, this one is less good quality audio but I hope the ideas are sound as I reflect on the nature of the network we all rely on.
6/5/2020 • 5 minutes, 58 seconds
June 4 - AudioMo - Coffee on Mill Road
Day Four of #AudioMo and I'm outside Relevant Record Cafe on Mill Road with a coffee and a sandwich talking about masks and plugging the new book @GearsForQueers which you *should* read!
6/4/2020 • 5 minutes, 21 seconds
June 3 - AudioMo - Social Capital
Day three of #AudioMo and I'm reflecting on the difficulties facing people at the start of their careers in a 'socially distanced' world.
6/3/2020 • 8 minutes, 47 seconds
#AudioMo - remembering the Pixel Palace
Today's #AudioMo recording finds me on the roof of a boat thinking about cinema and remembering the Pixel Palace at Tyneside Cinema in 2008. As I was recording this Mark Cosgrove (@msc45) was posting his excellent meditation on the same topic - so listen to me, read him, and rethink cinema https://www.the-bigger-picture.com/articles/transformative-impact-of-arts/
6/2/2020 • 10 minutes, 25 seconds
June 1: Watering the garden
It's early morning and I'm watering the garden and squashing cans
6/1/2020 • 4 minutes, 13 seconds
Just before #AudioMo
#AudioMo is a month long audio challenge created by @ernmander that takes part in June. Record an audio a day, tweet the link using #AudioMo. I'm in
5/31/2020 • 1 minute, 19 seconds
Councillor Katie Thornburrow Statement on Accordia Development
This is a recording of Katie's planned remarks relating to the planning application
3/6/2019 • 21 minutes, 19 seconds
Virtual Reality and Real Relationships
At the closing party for the 2017 Encounters Film Festival in Bristol, Catherine Allen and Bill Thompson discuss Second Date, Nairobi Berries and Blind Vaysha, all screened as part of the Immersive Encounters strand.
9/25/2017 • 11 minutes, 50 seconds
Daily Preview Podcast - 21/9/10
A look ahead at the evening's festivities here at the Cambridge Film Festival
9/21/2010 • 5 minutes, 13 seconds
Daily Preview - 20/9/10
A preview of all the goings on today the Cambridge Film Festival
9/20/2010 • 5 minutes, 42 seconds
Breaking News Update
A pair of breaking news items ahead of the main Daily Podcast later on today.
9/20/2010 • 1 minute, 31 seconds
Daily Preview - 19/9/10
A preview of all the day's events for the 4th day of the Festival, Sunday 19th September.
9/19/2010 • 5 minutes, 48 seconds
Daily Preview 18/9/10
A look ahead to all the happenings of the Cambridge Film Festival on Saturday 18th September.
9/18/2010 • 7 minutes, 59 seconds
Daily Preview 17/9/10
A podcast previewing all the films at the Cambridge Film Festival for the evening of the 17th of September.
9/17/2010 • 4 minutes, 3 seconds
Daily Preview 16/9/10
A preview of the first day of the 30th Cambridge Film Festival
9/16/2010 • 4 minutes, 51 seconds
Closing weekend highlights
Highlights of the final weekend and the festival
9/26/2009 • 4 minutes, 32 seconds
Second Chance Screenings in the Cambridge Drama Centre
We're pleased to announce that a number of Festival films will be screened at an extra Festival venue over the next two days - the Cambridge Drama Centre on Covent Garden (the one off Mill Road in Cambridge)
9/24/2009 • 1 minute, 58 seconds
Science on screen special
The Cambridge film festival presents a special science on screen audio report.
9/24/2009 • 26 minutes, 17 seconds
Berlin Films Collection Q&A
The Q&A from the Berlin Films collection at the Cambridge Film
Festival. Features the director of 'The Last Wash' - Ville Jankeri
9/23/2009 • 4 minutes, 40 seconds
Creation Q&A
The question and answer session from the film Creation.
9/23/2009 • 4 minutes, 58 seconds
23 September Podcast
An outline of todays events and screenings.
9/23/2009 • 3 minutes, 20 seconds
22 September podcast
Listings for this evening's programme at the arts picturehouse, Cambridge.
9/22/2009 • 3 minutes, 32 seconds
The Calling
A review of the film The Calling with highlights from the Q&A.
9/21/2009 • 8 minutes, 39 seconds
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
A review and highlights of the Q&A from the film 'The First Day of the Rest of Your Life'.
9/21/2009 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
September 21 Preview Podcast
A special look ahead at what's going on at the Festival on September 21
9/21/2009 • 1 minute, 28 seconds
A Secret Message
A preview podcast for September 19... or is it?
9/19/2009 • 1 minute, 28 seconds
September 19 preview
A preview of all the sights and sounds for the Festival for September 19 brought to you in an audio report.
9/19/2009 • 5 minutes, 40 seconds
Army of Crime Q&A Highlights
Highlights of the exclusive Q&A session with THE ARMY OF CRIME director Robert Guidiguian.
9/18/2009 • 6 minutes, 43 seconds
September 18 Preview
A preview of all the big goings-on for the second day of the 2009 Cambridge Film Festival.
9/18/2009 • 1 minute, 26 seconds
Tony Jones introduces Cambridge Film Festival
Festival director Tony Jones kicks off the 29th Cambridge Film Festival and introduces ARMY OF CRIME director Robert Guediguian.
9/17/2009 • 3 minutes, 29 seconds
CFF Live! - opening night
It's the opening night of the 29th Cambridge Film Festival and this
podcast will tell you about some of the highlights and preview
tomorrow's screenings.
9/17/2009 • 2 minutes, 12 seconds
CFF09 Preview Podcast
The 29th Festival is fast approaching and Matt, our online intern for this year's Festival, is here to bring you a special taster podcast so you know what to expect from the Festival this year.
8/27/2009 • 4 minutes, 45 seconds
Sunday 28th September-Finale
Lindsay Brand, Lucy Newman and Max Thompson brave the festival bar to gather some final thoughts and feelings from the 28th Cambridge film festival. Please be away that the following podcast may contain some moderate language.
9/28/2008 • 16 minutes, 22 seconds
Machinima - 'Play's the thing'
Lindsay Brand and Alex Fraiser explore the Machinima talks from the cambridge film festival, focusing particularly on game-based machinima from the 'Play's the thing' discussion.
9/28/2008 • 24 minutes, 17 seconds
Import/Export Q&A with Ulrich Seidl
We were delighted to welcome director Ulrich Seidl to the screening of Import/Export after which he took part in a Q&A.
Both confrontational and compassionate, Seidl’s tale of migration and social borders weaves its way through contemporary Europe as it interrogates the political, cultural and economic forces which shape life here. Moving in diametrically opposed directions, the film traces two of its citizens’ peripatetic journeys toward a better life: nurse Olga leaves the poverty of the Ukraine for a new start in Austria, while unemployed Austrian Paul heads to the Ukraine in search of work and meaning.
9/25/2008 • 36 minutes, 39 seconds
Tilda Swinton at the Cambridge Film Festival
On Saturday September 20 noted actor Tilda Swinton came to Cambridge for the screening of JULIA, one of several films in this year's Festival with which she is associated.In this first extract from the Q&A session which followed the screening Tilda talks about JULIA and about the state of independent cinema in the UK.
9/21/2008 • 17 minutes, 8 seconds
EDEN: Q&A with Aidan Kelley
Set in a thriving town in the midlands of Ireland, EDEN tells the story of a week in the lives of Billy and Breda Farrell as they approach their 10th wedding anniversary. Breda is determined that the milestone will re-ignite the passion in their marriage. Billy’s got other plans. He’s become infatuated with the unobtainable Imelda Egan and has convinced himself that they will be lovers by the weekend. As the date draws closer, Billy's behaviour becomes more and more chaotic, while Breda's frustrations crystalise and find more mature, high-risk expression. EDEN is the screen adaptation of Eugene O'Brien's critically acclaimed, award-winning play of the same name, marking the second collaboration by director Declan Recks, Eugene O’Brien and RTÉ Television.We were delighted that lead actor Aidan Kelley was able to be present for the screening on Friday 19 September. EDEN is screened again on Saturday 20 September.
9/19/2008 • 20 minutes, 5 seconds
Open for business
Festival Director Tony Jones introduces the 2008 Cambridge Film Festival, and namechecks Tilda Swinton, Peter Greenaway, Werner Herzog, Neil Brand and of course Emily Boldy.Followed by Walter Salles' introduction to his film LINHA DE PASSE.For more film festival news go to www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk or subscribe to this podcast on iTunes - via http://bit.ly/2pfRuG
9/19/2008 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
An open-air odyssey to open the Festival
The Festival kicked off with two open-air screenings of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY in front of the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, and we were there to talk to the audience and the organisers of this extraordinary event.Producer: Bill Thompson
9/16/2008 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Linha de Passe
Our opening night film is LINHA DE PASSE.Sao Paulo. 20 million inhabitants, 200 kilometres of traffic, 300,000 messengers on motorcycles. At the heart of one of the toughest, most chaotic cities in the world, four brothers try to reinvent themselves in different ways. With the backdrop of Brazil in a state of emergency, each one is looking for a way out… This effort from Walter Salles (THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES) and his frequent collaborator Daniela Thomas (MIDNIGHT) is a characteristically humane and intelligent work. Steadfast in its refusal to glamourise violence and the extremity of the environment which the film’s characters are forced to inhabit, LINHA DE PASSE exudes compassion, drama and insight.
9/10/2008 • 2 minutes, 7 seconds
Memories of World War Two
Jan Gilbert chats to local filmmaker Peter Harmer about the Cambridgeshire Film Consortium's recent World War Two reminiscence project which brought together primary school children and local care home residents.
7/30/2007 • 7 minutes, 3 seconds
"Rock, Paper, Scissors" Interview
Jan Gilbert talks to April Mullen and Tim Doiron, writers-producers-directors and stars of "Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Way of the Tosser", the runaway cult hit of this year's CFF.
7/15/2007 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Neil Brand Interview
Jan Gilbert interviews accompanist Neil Brand about his work and the films he is performing to at this year's Festival.
7/14/2007 • 11 minutes, 16 seconds
Interview with Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh's 'As You Like It' is one of the most popular films at this year's Festival. Here Jan Gilbert talks to the director about Shakespeare, Japan, and future projects.
7/8/2007 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
Welcome to the 2007 Cambridge Film Festival
The 27th Cambridge Film Festival kicked off in grand style last night with a performance from Michael Nyman. Bill Thompson was there to hear his accompaniment to Vertov and Vigo - and here he introduces this year's festival programme.
7/4/2007 • 5 minutes, 43 seconds
A brief conversation with John Naughton
Jan Gilbert talks to John Naughton, chair of the 'Future Space' session at the ENTER_ conference
4/28/2007 • 1 minute, 46 seconds
Sarah Evans from Wysing Arts
Jan Gilbert talks to Sarah Evans
4/28/2007 • 1 minute, 3 seconds
Talking to Mark Dixon
Jan Gilbert talks to Mark Dixon, creator of the spectacular LED lightshow, Network, which illuminates Parker's Piece each night of the festival.
4/28/2007 • 5 minutes, 12 seconds
Proboscis
A conversation with Giles Lane from Proboscis
4/27/2007 • 2 minutes, 28 seconds
Talking to Sarah
Jan talks to Sarah Thompson about the festival
4/27/2007 • 1 minute, 36 seconds
What's in the tent?
George Evangelinos shows Jan around a dome...
4/27/2007 • 2 minutes, 38 seconds
Programme manager Chris Rogers
Jan Gilbert talks to programme manager Chris Rogers
4/27/2007 • 5 minutes, 5 seconds
Hearing from Philip Abraham
Jan talks to Philip Abraham
4/27/2007 • 46 seconds
What ENTER_ is here for
Jan Gilbert talked to Alison Gibb, Marketing Manager for ENTER_UNKNOWN TERRITORIES.
4/27/2007 • 2 minutes
ENTER_: another audience view
Gunter, a visitor to ENTER_, gives Jan his opinions.
4/26/2007 • 1 minute, 18 seconds
ENTER_: the audience view
We hear from Adam, a visitor to the domes on Parker's Piece in Cambridge.
4/26/2007 • 1 minute, 56 seconds
Blogging from ENTER_
Over the next few days we are going to be podcasting from the ENTER_UNKNOWN TERRITORIES festival and conference taking place here in Cambridge