Award-winning blogger and author Claire Eastham has experienced 371 panic attacks (and counting) and knows how to manage them. Claire talks to Helen Blaby about her own experience, her research interviews with scientists, dieticians, psychologists and people dealing with panic, and how anyone can learn to live well with panic.
After 21 years and 224 days Hal’s back being single. But it’s all going to be fine. Instead of getting the therapy he clearly needs, he’s made a cracking show about it. He’s lost enough weight to almost get his wedding ring off and, while he may be flying solo, he’s far from alone; he’s got his grown-up daughters, his dogs and his divorce lawyer. The fickle finger of fate has turned Hal’s life upside down but he’s sticking a finger right back at it.
The Power of the Portrait is an exhibition that looks at the relevancy of portraiture in the age of the selfie and social media. Visitors can explore how they see themselves and how others see them. Using selected portraits from the collection of Northampton Museums and Art Gallery, and supported by works from the National Portrait Gallery, visitors will be encouraged to contemplate their own sense of identity, self, and place in the world. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Journalists Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff and Timi Sotire edited the groundbreaking anthology Black Joy, a true celebration of Black British culture in all its glory and an examination of what brings us joy. Helen Blaby will interview Charlie and Timi about the process of putting together their uplifting and empowering book, and what they’ve learned from their iconic contributors and their own thinking about joy.
A tour of the historic Guildhall to include parts of the building not open to the public
Featuring: Scott Bennett, Matt Bragg, James Ellis, Robyn Perkins.
Fresh from his sold-out, critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe run and becoming the most viewed British comedian of all time on TikTok, world-famous prankster and Lee Nelson creator Simon Brodkin is back with an outrageous new stand-up show. In Screwed Up Simon rips into celebrity culture, social media, the police, Putin, Prince Andrew and Jesus. Nothing is off limits in this hilarious show, including his own mental health, his family, his five arrests and how he once found himself at an underground sex party.
Lucy is a writer on a mission – to challenge the stereotypes and stigma around mental health. Lucy examines the negative impacts of common but harmful ways of talking about people who are experiencing mental health problems. Join her in conversation with Helen Blaby about how we can better understand mental health and feel empowered to discuss it in more positive ways.
In his intimate and highly-anticipated debut hour, Rich Hardisty (Channel 4, Netflix, BBC) takes us on a journey through the highs and lows of his unusual life. Expect anecdotes and observations about momentous movies, missing dads and mania, all from his warm, inquisitive, childlike perspective.