Somewhere: for us

Written by: Jules Stapleton Barnes
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  • An LGBTQ+ arts, culture, heritage and enterprise podcast for Scotland and beyond, produced and hosted by Jules Stapleton Barnes. A podcast to shine a light on the beautiful breadth of queer life in Scotland today; more diverse and deeper than stereotypes could ever capture. To celebrate the power of human connection, finding your community and a safer space where the dark and lightness of conversation leaves you feeling seen, connected, supported and hopeful.
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Episodes
  • 13: Porty Pride: Smalltown Joy

    13: Porty Pride: Smalltown Joy
    Sep 1 2024
    Porty Pride have hosted their 3rd pride festival in the town of Portobello, Edinburgh’s seaside suburb. Jules sets off on an unplanned, day-long adventure to find out how this small regional event with LGBTQ+ organisers at its heart, is building a better community for everyone.

    Content heads-ups:
    - seagulls
    - dogs barking
    - a bit of wind
    - a couple of moments of loud cheering
    - brief mention of homophobia and transphobia

    Jules would like to thank:

    Loud and Proud Choir
    Kate Gillwood and Rea Cris - (Founders and organising committee members of Porty Pride) and the entire Porty Pride Committee
    Graham, Alice and Abi - Porty Pride Volunteers
    Briana Pegardo and Catherine Stocks-Rankin
    Chris - Culture Club Collective
    Gary - Passay’s Café
    Joss Cameron - Traditional balled singer from Joppa
    Louise, Mousehole Deli
    Angela Davidson - Macmillan Cancer Support
    Joanna Simpson - LGBT Health and Wellbeing
    Rowan Alison - Disability and Neurodiversity Inclusion Officer, Equality Network
    Kaylan, Popeye’s Café
    Portobello Book Shop
    Portobello Community Choir
    Mystika Glamoor
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    50 mins
  • 12: Dean Atta

    12: Dean Atta
    Jul 15 2024
    Dean Atta is an award-winning author and performance poet and in this touching and revealing episode we hear about the inspiration for his memoir and how the deeply personal book - yo-yoing back and forth from his childhood - stays grounded by its focus on the body "starting at the crown moving through to the roots".

    The courage present throughout all Dean's work is reflected in the conversation and both Jules and Dean touch on serious topics alongside the defiant, whimsical joy he brings to the episode.

    CW: brief references to sexual assault, homophobia, racism and depression

    More about Dean's work:
    Dean Atta (google.com)

    Thank you to the players of the People’s Postcode Lottery for help making this podcast possible.
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    56 mins
  • 11: Jackie Kay

    11: Jackie Kay
    Jun 20 2024
    What kind of biscuits do you lay out for a national icon? I settled on gingers and spent too long arranging them on one of my wife’s favourite plates. We record at my home (ten points if you can hear the bin lorry during the chat!) and Jackie was kind enough to come over and share the stories behind this new collection of poems, and its title, ‘May Day’, a chronicle of activism in the UK over six decades.

    It’s a feisty conversation, with peaks of revelry as Jackie recalls her encounter with Maya Angelou (doing an impeccable impression of her) and deeper, quieter and more sombre moments for both Jackie and I, as we reflect on loss, feelings about family and the notion of home.

    It was quite the moment for me, to hear Jackie recite lines of two different poems in this episode, gifting Somewhere for Us listeners with a personal glimpse into the collection through her own voice. Jackie Kay has survived years of appalling experiences she reveals, which I hear in her bite and her fight for a better, kinder world.

    May Day is out now, published by Picador and available in all good independent book shops.

    About Jackie Kay
    Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh. A poet, novelist and writer of short stories, she has enjoyed great acclaim for her work for both adults and children. Her novel, Trumpet, won the Guardian Fiction Prize. She has published three collections of stories with Picador, Why Don’t You Stop Talking, Wish I Was Here, and Reality, Reality; two poetry collections, Fiere and Bantam; and a memoir, Red Dust Road. From 2016 to 2021 she was the third modern Makar, the National Poet for Scotland. She lives in Manchester and is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Salford.
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    45 mins

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