Front Row To Front Bench Podcast

Book Club No.7: In Conversation with Professor Kate Fletcher | Fletcher's Almanac Vol. 2

In the seventh Front Row to Front Bench book club from Fashion Roundtable, Meg Pirie talks with Professor Kate Fletcher about Fletcher's Almanac Volume 2, a pocket-sized 

Fashion Roundtable Book Club No. 6: In Conversation with Frieda Gormley

In this episode, Meg Pirie sits down with House of Hackney co-founder Frieda Gormley to talk about her debut book, In the Company of Nature. Part memoir, part manifesto

Fashion Roundtable Book Club - Patrick Grant

Fashion Roundtable's 5th book club and it's a special one! In this episode, Meg Pirie is joined by Patrick Grant from the hit BBC series The Sewing Bee - Season 12 of w

Fashion Roundtable Book Club - Eleanor Houghton, author of 'Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes'

Today, Meg Pirie was joined by Eleanor Houghton an historian, writer, and illustrator specialising in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century dress, literature, and material c

Q & A with Zakia Sewell, Author of 'Finding Albion: Myth, folklore and the quest for a hidden Britain'

Fashion Roundtable Book Club - Zakia Sewell, with Tamara Cincik and Meg Pirie Today's conversation with Zakia Sewell took us from the sacred springs of Glastonbury to t

Q & A with Rob Hopkins, co-founder of Transition Network with Meg Pirie

Welcome to Fashion Roundtable's second book club!  Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of Transition Network. Rob holds a PhD from the University of Plymouth, and is author

Q&A with Daisy Fancourt, author of Art Cure with Meg Pirie

First Episode of The Fashion Roundtable Book Club featuring a Q & Q with Daisy Fancourt, author of "Art Cure - The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health" published

ALIX COOMBS in conversation #25 AMELIA TWINE

For this episode of the Front Row to Front Bench podcast, Alix Coombs speaks with Amelia Twine, Founder of Sustainable Fashion Week Following a decade working in sustai

HARRIET FLETCHER-GILHUYS in conversation with #24 KATE TURNBULL

For this episode of the Front Row to Front Bench podcast, Harriet Flecther-Gilhuys speaks with Kate Turnbull from The Secret Dyery where they discuss the world of natural

TAMARA CINCIK in conversation with #23 BARONESS LOLA YOUNG OF HORNSEY

For this episode of the Front Row to Front Bench podcast, Tamara Cincik speaks with Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, a crossbench peer in the House of Lords about t

TAMARA CINCIK in conversation with #22 GREAT BRITISH WOOL REVIVAL

For this episode of the Front Row to Front Bench podcast, Tamara Cincik speaks with Harriet Fletcher-Gilhuys, Zoe Fletcher and Maria Benjamin, the team behind our collabo

TAMARA CINCIK in conversation with #21 WAYNE HEMINGWAY

For this episode of the Front Row to Front Bench podcast, Tamara Cincik speaks with designer Wayne Hemingway MBE about his bi-annual event the Classic Car Boot Sale, whic

TAMARA CINCIK in conversation with #20 CHARLIE PORTER

For this episode of the Front Row to Front Bench podcast, Tamara Cincik speaks with writer, fashion critic and curator Charlie Porter about his new book, 'Bring No Clothe

MEG PIRIE in conversation with #19 VICTORIA JENKINS

Victoria Jenkins co-chairs our Representation and Inclusion Committee and is a garment technologist with 14 years of experience in the fashion industry who became Disable

TAMARA CINCIK in conversation with #18 SIMON COSTIN

Simon Costin's journey into fashion might be described as a happy accident – when a student at Central Saint Martins wanted to borrow some of his conceptual jewellery – l

TAMARA CINCIK in conversion with #17 ALDEN WICKER

In 2019, Alden Wicker was asked to comment on a lawsuit that was being filed by a Delta flight attendant against Lands' End, because the newly introduced uniform had caus

TAMARA CINCIK in conversation with #16 PETER FOSTER

An honest and thought-provoking conversation – Public Policy Editor Peter Foster of the Financial Times, speaks with Tamara Cincik about his book, 'What Went Wrong With B

TAMARA CINCIK in conversation with #15 BAY GARNETT

Not to be missed! As #SecondhandSeptember ramps up, Tamara Cincik speaks with vintage queen Bay Garnett. Drawing on their shared backgrounds as international stylists, th

Meg Pirie in conversation with Ruth Rands, founder of Herd

Fashion Roundtable's Meg Pirie is in conversation with Ruth Rands, founder of British knitwear brand Herd.    They discuss Ruth's mission to bring heritage and qualit

In Conversation With Daniel Carpenter, Executive Director Of Heritage Craft

Fashion Roundtable's Meg Pirie is in conversation with UK charity Heritage Craft's Executive Director, Daniel Carpenter.  They discuss the Heritage Crafts 'Red List of