Studio Interview: CityLife Stories

Studio Interview: East End Film Festival
Pearl Wise speaks to Andrew Simpson, founder and curator of the East End Film Festival about this year’s programme, Mark Gillis director of his feature debut Sink, and photographer Mitra Tabrizian director of her feature debut Golham.

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Studio Interview: CityLife Stories
We learn about East London University’s CityLife Stories with project administrator Sam and Rebecca Hawkins winner of this year’s City Life prize for Fiction by young writers with her short story ‘London Calling’

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The Archaeology of Crossrail
If you’re curious about the subterranean history of London then you know there’s nothing like the building of a huge transport project to throw up unexpected objects buried beneath the metropolis. Jonny Virgo met with Jacky Keily the Curator of the Museum of London Dockland’s Crossrail Exhibition.

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Goal Diggers FC – Rethink women’s football
Sasha Edye-Lindner speaks to some members of the women’s Hackney based football team Goal Diggers FC breaking down stereotypes around the game.

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This month Pearl Wise, Jonny Virgo and new recruit Sasha Edye-Lindner are joined by East London University’s creative writing organisation CityLife Stories and this year’s winner of their short story prize, The East End Film Festival take over en masse with curator Andrew Simpson, Gholam director Mitra Tabrizian and Sink director Mark Gillis, Jonny digs deep at the Archaeology of Crossrail exhibition at Museum of Docklands and Sasha meets a women’s football team putting Hackney on the map.

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Live studio session: STAC
STAC joins EastCast live in the Resonance studio laying some stripped back tracks from her newly released Perpetual EP on 2 Points Records.

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Studio interview with Douglas Karsen from One2Festival
Jonny Virgo talks to Douglas Karsen about an ambitious multi-layered 2 week festival at London Fields Taproom – One2Festival 15th-25th May at London Fields Taproom.

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Studio Interview: Hackney Pirates
Jessie Lawson talks to Anthony and Carmen from Dalston based literacy charity Hackney Pirates about what they do and about a new podcast series the Young Pirates have produced, imagining the world in 2050.

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