Welcome back to this series of conversations with artists and makers we’ve had the pleasure of working with at Fen Ditton Gallery. 

This month, gallery manager Hannah has been chatting to Kate Jones, one half of contemporary glass-making duo, Studio Gillies Jones. Working from their studio in the North York Moors, Kate and Stephen are partners in life and art, and their hand-blown, hand-engraved glass bowls and plates draw inspiration by their surroundings and the natural world.

As is the times we’re living in, this interview was recorded remotely and at the mercy of the internet.

Thank you for listening to this episode and thank you to Kate for making the time to talk to me. 

Plantlife is open at Fen Ditton Gallery until Sunday 15th November. A percentage of all sales will be donated to the Road Verges Project, run by conservation charity, Plantlife.

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Today on the show I’m joined by body positivity advocate & social media personality Kate Jones or as you may know her @Dedikated_Lifestyle. Kate was once known for her weight loss and is now using her platform to spread awareness on the importance of body positivity and loving the skin you’re in. This is for the ladies who struggle with confidence, body image and the unrealistic pressures we all sometimes face. I hope you guys feel as inspired as I did after this episode!

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“Bats are awesome and endlessly fascinating” - and it’s a good job too, because this is the second part of a two-part conversation all about the flying mammals! After rain stopped play last week, this in-depth conversation with Prof. Kate Jones (UCL’s resident bat expert and Harrison Ford worrier) picks back up by pitting megabats against microbats. From there we discuss how the US army attempted to militarise bats, how bats are helping to save humans billions of pounds, how to make your garden more bat friendly, and we dig deep into the sonic war that has been taking place for millions of years, pitting bat-kind against their age-old nemeses, the moths!

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Kate is a marketing tutor at Pearson College and is mad about brands, branding and the way people interact with brands.  As such she is an expert in getting a message across to someone.  Who better then to talk about how to get loads of marks for the writing and structure of your work.  

Part Indiana Jones, part David Attenborough - and a real live descendant of Charles “Origin of the Species” Darwin - Professor Kate Jones is a professor of ecology and biodiversity at UCL. A previous recipient of the Leverhulme award, she spends a LOT of time researching the relationships between animals and humans, in particular keeping an eye on mammals and the infectious diseases they may happen to pass onto us (think SARS, think Ebola, oh, and think COVID-19.) On top of that, she is one of the world’s experts on Chiroptera, aka BATS, and has led massive bat monitoring studies with citizen scientists all over the world with the Bat Conservation Trust. This is a two-part interview, but even by the end of part one, you’ll agree that perhaps the most infectious thing about bats is how simply incredible they are. For instance: without bats there would be no tequila, and while some bats drink blood, others catch fish from the surface of the water, or pluck songbirds from the air, mid-flight, at night! And, did you know, that 1 in 5 mammal species on this planet is, you’ve guessed it, a bat!

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Written and produced by Joseph Fink

Additional essays by Kate Jones and Brie Williams

The song "This Too Shall Pass" by Danny Schmidt 

All other music by Disparition

Logo artwork by Jessica Hayworth

A production of Night Vale Presents

The classic question, how do I do it all?!  Dr. Lauryn welcomes Dr. Kate Jones to the show and they figure out how to do it all, you're welcome.  JUST KIDDING, they get deep into it and tackle what you are really after, what motivates you, and how to communicate that to your spouse, co-workers, and really internalize it within yourself.  

To learn more about Dr. Kate Jones, follow her @drkatejones or visit Kairos Training Culture, or her clinic in Oakland The Source

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