AIMEE DRIVER

Bradford lass Aimee is perhaps best known for being in the band Scars on 45 and tells us how a girl from Bradford was asked to do the vocals on one track and then became part of a band that has successfully toured the states for a decade. Join us as we talk about music, family and when we might expect a new album from Scars on 45.

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MICHAEL WALKER

Michael Walker, class struggle social democrat and host of Tysky Sour from Novara Media talks about the emergence of Novara Media and why it is important in providing us lefties some solace in today's world!

We also delve into Queer politics, his coming out journey, using your privilege to support, elevate and challenge oppressive systems and what queer liberation looks like in todays world.

JENNY WILSON

Jenny is the the Chair of Happy Valley Pride (based in the Calder Valley, UK) and founder of the International Day of Consent. Listen in to hear about the amazing work done by Happy Valley Pride, why Jenny believes pride is still a protest and why setting up the International Day of consent was so important.

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Originally from South Wales, Liam was a NDCWales associate and Royal Ballet Junior associate before studying contemporary dance at Coleg Gwent in Newport. This led Liam to London to complete his degree at London Contemporary Dance School. Upon graduating Liam joined Richard Alston Dance Company, touring nationally and internationally for 8 years. During his time in the company Liam was nominated 7 times in 6 consecutive years at the Critics Circle National Dance Awards. In February 2018 he won Best Male Dancer 2017. Liam then went on to dance with BalletBoyz for 2 years. He has also danced works by James Cousins, Eleesha Young-Drennan, Bob Cohan, Iván Pérez, Christopher Wheeldon, Xei Xin, Maxine Doyle, Martin Lawrance, Kim Brandstrup, Paul Roberts for BBC The Greatest Dancer and Jay Ravell for Years and Years Pyramid Stage set at Glastonbury. Liam made his choreographic debut in November 2020 with 'The Three Sections' for FFIN Dance and has recently created 'Murmurations' for Ballet Cymru. Currently Liam is working freelance and teaching on the BA course at London Contemporary Dance School.

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The Bookish Type is a queer indie bookshop in Leeds. They started out by running pop-up bookstalls in 2019, then set up a website and finally opened the shop in September 2020.

They sell a range of queer literature: fiction, children’s books, YA, memoirs, poetry, short stories, zines, non-fiction, colouring books and graphic novels. They champion LGBTIQA+ authors and books with queer themes and characters because they know the importance of seeing yourself – and your community – represented.

They are a community bookshop so aim to actively support and work with the local queer community. They have a Pay It Forward scheme, run Queer History Tours around Leeds and hold Secondhand Sundays to raise money for good causes. They offer discounts to local book groups and Joe, our Saturday Boy, runs a book group for older LGBTIQA+ people in collaboration with the Leeds LGBT+ Community Consortium.

Check out there website here and follow them on Instagram

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