Mark Bridge

Shaun Hughes, who's directing 'Great Expectations' at Lewes Little Theatre in November 2018, talks to Mark Bridge on Rocket FM Lewes.

Automated telephone call about non-existent accident. "Hello? [pause] My name is Amelie Frost... [pause] Yeah, I’ve got this information about the accident in which you were innocent, is that right?"

Today on Rocket FM Lewes I spoke to artist Vivienne Lynn about her current exhibition at Martyrs Gallery. Here's part of our conversation.

Here’s part of today's conversation on Rocket FM Lewes with Lulah Ellender, the author of Elizabeth's Lists.

Here's a small part of my conversation on Rocket FM Lewes today with artist Simone Riley, whose work can be seen in the town at Chalk Gallery.

Paper engineer and graphic designer Corina Fletcher talks about her work creating pop-up books. (Edited version of an interview originally broadcast 30th October 2017 on Rocket FM Lewes.)

Part of my interview with Sam Knowles of Insight Agents about his forthcoming book, 'Narrative by Numbers'. (Originally broadcast on Rocket FM Lewes, 30th October 2017.)

Edited version of my interview with Lewes-based confidence coach and drama facilitator Esther Egerton, who runs The Confidence Box and Dramascape. (Originally broadcast on Rocket FM Lewes, 30th October 2017.)

An edited version of my interview about this year's East Hoathly bonfire sculpture with artist Keith Pettit, originally broadcast on Rocket FM Lewes 23rd October 2017.

Edited version of my interview with artist Nichola Campbell from Chalk Gallery, originally broadcast on Rocket FM Lewes 23rd October 2017.

Edited interview with Danny Vice-Holt, the singer and vocal teacher who's set up the new Harmonessence choir in Lewes. (Originally broadcast on Rocket FM Lewes, 23rd October 2017.)

Part of a 2016 interview with Jo Beth Young and Martyn Barker of the band Talitha Rise; edited and rebroadcast on Rocket FM Lewes in 2017.

Part of my 'Talking Culture' show on Rocket FM Lewes from 16th October 2017, featuring woodblock printer Adele Scantlebury.

Part of my 'Talking Culture' show on Rocket FM Lewes from 16th October 2017, featuring puppeteer Sally Edwards from WishWorks and Charlie the urban fox.

How many words in a minute? It's a question that appears to mix disparate disconnected units, like measuring an Olympic-sized swimming pool with double-decker buses or calculating the height of Nelson's Column in football pitches. Besides, there are also issues of size and speed - from the single syllable to the sesquipedalian, from relaxed to rushed. How many balls of string would it take to reach the moon? One, if it's long enough. As a child I was told that was one of the oldest recorded English language jokes - unless, of course, someone was having me on. Incidentally, your ball of string would only need to be a few metres across. Now that IS surprising. More recently, researchers have found a tenth-century double entendre in a poetry book at Exeter Cathedral. What's the punchline? And is double entendre hyphenated? We'll come back to those another time. Ultimately, any calculation can only be an average. Fortunately, I am an average man - although for copyright reasons I won't be quoting any of Rockwell's lyrics. Unlike his protagonist, I cannot afford to pay the price. But there is an answer to my question. One hundred and ninety nine and a ha...

Me, as the TRE Talk Radio Europe 'gadget guru', talking about the new Kodak Ektra smartphone.

In this clip from 'Talking Culture' (first broadcast on www.rocketfm.org.uk 31st October 2016), writer Umi Sinha talks about the background to her debut novel 'Belonging'.

On my 31st October 2016 'Talking Culture' Rocket FM Lewes radio show, I asked novelists Emily Elgar and Beth Miller if they had any advice for writers attempting National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Here's what they suggested...

Part of my 'Talking Culture' radio show interview with Tim Rowland from Lewes Theatre Youth Group. Originally broadcast on www.rocketfm.org.uk Monday 24th October 2016.

Part of my 'Talking Culture' radio show interview with Chris Stones from Glyndebourne's education department on Monday 17th October 2016. Originally broadcast on www.rocketfm.org.uk