Kirstie McLeod is telling stories in stitches

Kirstie McLeod is telling stories in stitches

Artist Kirstie McLeod founded the Red Dress project in 2009, as a platform for women in marginalised groups to share their stories. Sixteen years later, the collective embroidery project represents 380 embroiderers across 51 countries and is exhibited all over the world. Jen chats to Kirstie about the project, embroidery as a (perhaps) surprising medium through which to pioneer social justice, and the joy of putting needle to thread. The Red Dress is currently being exhibited at the Woven festival in Kirklees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Katy O’Neill Gutierrez is Blazing a Trail

Katy O’Neill Gutierrez is Blazing a Trail

In 2017 Katy O'Neill Gutierrez was keen to get outdoors with her newborn daughter. When she searched for local mum and baby groups that combined a love of the outdoors with meeting other new parents, ...

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Melissa Hogenboom on breadwinning

Melissa Hogenboom on breadwinning

When BBC journalist Melissa Hogenboom happened across a study looking at attitudes towards male and female breadwinners, it made her wonder what other power imbalances we see play out in our everyday ...

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It was smash hit city for Michael J Fox in 1985, with Rod Daniel’s fantasy-comedyTeen Wolf following hot on the heels of Back to the Future, but did they have enough people in their hair and make-up d...

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Colman Domingo got an Oscar nod for his portrayal of John “Divine G” Whitfield in Greg Kwedar’s film based on the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts programme (RTA) at America’s Sing Sing Maxim...

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Lou Butcher, the Topless Runner

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Lou Butcher, better known as the Topless Runner, has been running marathons naked from the waist up since having two mastectomies after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She chats to our friend Haze...

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Rated or Dated: Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)

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A fictional mystery without a solution masquerading as a true story is Australia's best film, you say? We do. Well, Hannah does anyway. But what does Mickey make of Peter Weir's dreamy boarding school...

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