Friday 27 June 2008

INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL EAVIS

Our fifteenth and final podcast is an interview with Michael Eavis, dairy farmer and founder of the Glastonbury Festival - appropriately enough, as the festival is taking place this very weekend! Michael was interviewed over the telephone by Wendy Gallagher. The illustration accompanying the interview is by Jenny Dunn.

Many thanks to everyone who was involved in this project - especially to our interviewees for their time and patience. And thank YOU for tuning into Blake TV (almost one thousand downloads to date, from around the world). We hope you enjoyed it.

Download the interview with Michael Eavis

INTERVIEW WITH DAVID MORRIS

Our penultimate interview is with David Morris, Head of Collections at the Whitworth Art Gallery.

Name
- David Morris

Current job and place of employment
- Head of Collections, The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester

What did you study at sixth form or college?
- English, History and Geography A-Levels

Did you go to University or any other higher education institution? If so, where and what did you study?
- BA (Hons) History (1972-75), Trinity Hall, Cambridge University
- MA Art History (1996-97), The University of Manchester

What was or who was the biggest influence on your choice of career?
- My English teacher at school, who also taught art history


Download the video interview with David Morris

INTERVIEW WITH TRACY CHEVALIER (PART TWO)

Download the second part of the interview with Tracy Chevalier

INTERVIEW WITH TRACY CHEVALIER (PART ONE)

We are very pleased to include a two-part interview with Tracy Chevalier as part of the Blake TV podcast series. Tracy is the best-selling author of novels including "Girl With A Pearl Earring" and "Burning Bright", which features William Blake as one of its characters. She was interviewed over the telephone by Jo Beggs. The illustration accompanying the interview is by Stuart Madden.

Name
- Tracy Chevalier

Current job
- Author

Did you go to University or any other higher education institution? If so, where and what did you study?
- I graduated with a degree in English literature from Oberlin College in the
US. My career previous to writing was in publishing: I was an editorial
assistant for a year on Macmillan's Dictionary of Art project, then was
literary editor for St. James Press, a reference book company, for 5 years.
There I edited encyclopedias on subjects such as children's writers, poets,
and contemporary world writers.

In 1993 I left publishing to do an MA in creative writing at the University
of East Anglia. From 1994-97 I worked part-time as a freelance editor and
wrote part-time. Once The Virgin Blue was published I began to write
full-time.


Download the first part of the interview with Tracy Chevalier