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  • Bonus episode: sustainability, forgiveness and describing humanity to aliens with Aja Barber

    Bonus episode: sustainability, forgiveness and describing humanity to aliens with Aja Barber
    Sep 9 2021
    Here's a treat for you because we love you! Today we bring you a very special episode and a very special guest: the one and only Aja Barber. We spoke to Aja about her incredible work, sustainability, intersectionality, money, her forthcoming book 'Consumed': the need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism', a personality trait we really can't stand, and she shares some some truly beautiful advice about love, energy and soulmates. And that's not even all of it! Enjoy x

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    55 min
  • Season finale: answering your questions... for over an hour

    Season finale: answering your questions... for over an hour
    May 9 2021
    It's the final episode of our first season! After asking our guests so many questions over the course of Close-Up, we decided to consult our followers and find out what people wanted to know about us. Here's over an hour of us just being us; answering general questions, falling out over bread vs potatoes, offering our advice and having a laugh. Thank you so much for joining us, we'll be back soon!

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    1 h et 15 min
  • Being mixed and our wishes for the world with Natalie Morris

    Being mixed and our wishes for the world with Natalie Morris
    Apr 19 2021
    Hello! This week on Close-Up we were joined by complete genius Natalie Morris, who is a writer and an author. Her debut book Mixed/Other: Explorations of Multiraciality in Modern Britain is out now. We talked about her trailblazing book, identifying as mixed, why the conversation around being mixed desperately needs to happen, our wishes for the world in 10 years time, taking time for ourselves, personality traits we want to adopt and more.

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    49 min
  • Hopefulness and the colour of the sky with Mireille Cassandra Harper

    Hopefulness and the colour of the sky with Mireille Cassandra Harper
    Apr 10 2021
    This week we are joined by the complete force that is Mireille Cassandra Harper! Mireille is (to name just some of her achievements) an author, a writer, an editor at Square Peg Books and a sensitivity reader. We talked about allyship, things that make us feel hopeful, getting lost in thought, 64 Zoo Lane(!), changing the colour of the sky and more.

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    58 min
  • Our favourite words and feeling powerful with Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard

    Our favourite words and feeling powerful with Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard
    Apr 3 2021
    Hello! In this week's episode, we’re joined by The Fat Zine co-founders Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard to talk about their incredible publication, their own creative work, the power of self-portraits, the best gifts we’ve ever received, what we’d do if we had more time, words we love and hate and loads more.

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    51 min
  • Processing loss and documenting life with Lauren Maccabee

    Processing loss and documenting life with Lauren Maccabee
    Mar 15 2021
    Hey all! This week we spoke to the brilliant Lauren Maccabee, a Manchester-born and usually London-based portrait, documentary and fashion photographer. Lauren told us about her experiences with loss and grief after losing her Dad, taking photographs, the best advice she ever received, saying "I love you" and more.

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    1 h et 5 min
  • Writing about love and feeling seen with Sareeta Domingo

    Writing about love and feeling seen with Sareeta Domingo
    Mar 6 2021
    We're back with another episode! This week, we're joined by the incredible Sareeta Domingo, editor of and contributor to new release Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour. We discuss the importance of Black people and PoC being given space to write about topics beyond trauma, Sareeta's previous writing work, her hopes for Who's Loving You, our heroes, our favourite teachers, and the craziest things we've done for love.

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    37 min
  • Writing for Vogue and life lessons with Annie Lord

    Writing for Vogue and life lessons with Annie Lord
    Feb 27 2021
    We're back and we're joined by the always-inspiring Annie Lord, to talk about being a Vogue columnist, writing about real life, the trials and tribulations of dating, fears, lessons and more!

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    43 min