Episodes

  • Activist and campaigner Peter Tatchell

    Activist and campaigner Peter Tatchell
    Jun 1 2022
    Mind Your Head is a partnership between Happy Valley Pride and the Brunswick Centre.

    Malcolm Struthers, Mind Your Head project manager and hypnotherapist, chats to a variety of people related to the campaign. In this episode Malcolm chats with Peter Tatchell.

    Peter has been campaigning for human rights, democracy, LGBT+ freedom and global justice since 1967. Among his many involvements, he was a leading activist in the Gay Liberation Front from 1971-74 and in the queer human rights group OutRage! from 1990-2011. He helped organise the UK's first Pride in 1972 and has marched in every Pride London parade since then. In 1973, he staged the first LGBT+ protest in a communist country, East Germany. His international solidarity activism has resulted in him being beaten by President Mugabe's bodyguards in Brussels in 2001 and by Russian neo-Nazis in Moscow in 2007.

    Through the Peter Tatchell Foundation, he currently campaigns for human rights in Britain and internationally. A documentary about his life, Hating Peter Tatchell, is currently streaming on Netflix.

    He is also a patron of Happy Valley Pride.
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    47 mins
  • Performer and 'human jukebox' Kirsty Newton

    Performer and 'human jukebox' Kirsty Newton
    May 31 2022
    Mind Your Head is a partnership between Happy Valley Pride and the Brunswick Centre.

    Malcolm Struthers, Mind Your Head project manager and hypnotherapist, chats to a variety of people related to the campaign. In this episode, Malcolm chats with Kirsty Newton.

    Kirsty Newton is a versatile multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and singer. Human jukebox” and musical comedy maestro Kirsty joins us to discuss the impact of the pandemic, living with ADHD, wellbeing tips and much more.
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    53 mins
  • Performer, writer and director Kate O'Donnell

    Performer, writer and director Kate O'Donnell
    May 24 2022
    Mind Your Head is a partnership between Happy Valley Pride and the Brunswick Centre.

    Malcolm Struthers, Mind Your Head project manager and hypnotherapist, chats to a variety of people related to the campaign. In this episode, Malcolm chats with Kate O'Donnell

    Kate O’Donnell is an award-winning performer and writer, director, and theatre and cabaret maker. Kate is also a patron of Happy Valley Pride.

    Topics covered in this episode include grief, trans rights, the benefits of therapy, and much more!
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    56 mins
  • Campaigner, coach and performer Jenny Wilson

    Campaigner, coach and performer Jenny Wilson
    May 17 2022
    Mind Your Head is a partnership between Happy Valley Pride and the Brunswick Centre.

    Malcolm Struthers, Mind Your Head project manager and hypnotherapist, chats to a variety of people related to the campaign. In this episode, Malcolm chats with Jenny Wilson.

    Jenny is Founder and Director of Irregular Arts, where she creates, produces and performs socially engaged arts projects, believing the arts can engage, challenge, delight and make change. She has often graced stages in the Calder Valley as drag character, Mysti Valentine.

    She founded the International Day of Consent and writes and coaches on consent and relationships at loveoffscript.co.uk.

    Queer, pan and bisexual, polyamorous relationship anarchist and single parent, she lives in Shipley, near Bradford Yorkshire, UK.

    Topics covered in this episode include ADHD, the benefits of counselling and alternative super powers!
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    44 mins
  • Singer and songwriter Horse McDonald

    Singer and songwriter Horse McDonald
    May 10 2022
    Mind Your Head is a partnership between Happy Valley Pride and the Brunswick Centre.

    Malcolm Struthers, Mind Your Head project manager and hypnotherapist, chats to a variety of people related to the campaign. In this episode Malcolm chats with Horse McDonald.

    Horse is an iconic singer/songwriter with a voice described as 'a finely honed instrument' and Q magazine called her “One of the finest singers in Britain” - Q Magazine

    She has been writing, recording and performing for over 30 years with nine albums to date. Horse is also a patron of Happy Valley Pride.

    Topics covered include touring, songwriting inspiration, confidence, and more.

    Please note there is some adult language in this episode.
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    58 mins
  • Poet and performer Clare Shaw

    Poet and performer Clare Shaw
    May 3 2022
    Mind Your Head is a partnership between Happy Valley Pride and the Brunswick Centre.

    Malcolm Struthers, Mind Your Head project manager and hypnotherapist, chats to a variety of people related to the campaign. In this episode Malcolm chats with Clare Shaw.

    Clare is a poet and performer, tutor, and trainer. Clare has three published poetry collections with a new one on the way, works with a range of literary organisations, and is the co-director of the Kendal Poetry Festival. Clare also works as a mental health trainer and has taught and published widely on this topic.

    Topics covered include mental health provision, poetry, regional accents and more.
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    48 mins