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Welcome to the podcast channel of THE NIALLIST, featuring episodes of ISLINGTON MILL IS QUEER, a series documenting the history of one of the UK’s most beloved art institutions (Islington Mill) and the individuals who have helped shape that history, as well as episodes of the ongoing queer sexuality chat show BODY TALK.
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
ISLINGTON MILL And... #22 COLLYN MIZRAHI
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
This month’s podcast is epic! At the behest of Tranuary’s Liv McCafferty, the microphone is being turned on (spoiler warning) me to give me a chance to talk about my history in ballroom/vogue culture in the run up to Manchester’s first Kiki Ball on June 15th, and my party CVNTY at Derby Brewery Arms this Friday (May 3rd). I hope this knowledge might be useful to any qtipoc listeners out there or anyone interested in learning (or learning more) about voguing and ballroom culture, and if you'd like to attend either of the events mentioned you can find the ticket links here: CVNTY and The Bee Kiki Ball
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
ISLINGTON MILL And..#21 SHREK666
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
In January of this year I sat down with the Scottish performance artist Daemon Clelland -aka Shrek666, then the current artist in residence at Islington Mill - to do an interview that was ostensibly about the Tranuary event (also previously covered on this podcast). But our chat quickly escalated into an epic interview about life as a queer person living in various cities including Manchester, London, Berlin and Daemon's hometown of Glasgow, where once upon a time I also used to live! You can find out more about Daemon/Shrek666 at: instagram.com/shrek666
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
ISLINGTON MILL And... #20 VENN SMYTH
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
In this month's episode, I speak to VENN SMYTH; queer synth pop singer/saxophonist, composer, performer and the current artist in resident at Islington Mill (you can find their music on Spotify and Bandcamp). Venn recently travelled to San Marino to audition for Eurovision and we had a great chat talking about what happened there, as well as the politics of Eurovision in general. This is a very fun episode, enjoy!
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
ISLINGTON MILL And... #19 TRANUARY
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
This past Saturday saw the second annual instalment of the trans-centered festival TRANUARY at Manchester's Soup venue. I caught up with the festival's director & producer Liv McCafferty, as well as some of the performers and hosts of this year's event (Shanika Sunrise, DJ Luvable & Violet Blonde) to talk about what Tranuary means to them.
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
NIALLISM Ep.#1 - Welcome!
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
After the unfortunate passing of Fi Barret in 2023 I have decided not to continue with my Liner Notes podcast (even though my Album Of The Month Club is still ongoing over on Spotify). Instead I have decided to start a new irregular podcast where I talk about my life, my music, my friends and all the good stuff that inspires me - welcome to...
NIALLISM!
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
ISLINGTON MILL And... #18 TOPS
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
For this month's show I speak to Ames Pennington about their new film TOPS, which had it's Manchester debut at Islington Mill on Thurs Nov 30th, along with Oskar Marchock one of the subjects of the documentary. TOPS is a hilarious and touching look into the lives of four different people who have each had top surgery, with Ames asking "What is the top you were most looking forward to wearing after your surgery?" You can find out more about the film at: http://amypennington.co.uk
Monday Nov 27, 2023
ISLINGTON MILL And... #17 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CONSENT
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
This Thursday Nov 30th sees Islington Mill hosting the International Day Of Consent with a series of events happening from 12 noon til 10:30pm. For this month's podcast I asked the even organiser Jenn Wilson to join me to talk about the events, including the launch of their new "consent compass". You can find more information at: https://idoconsent.org and also on Jenn's own site: https://irregular.org.uk but for now I'm very excited to publish this super interesting episode, I hope you enjoy it and can join us on Thursday!
Monday Oct 30, 2023
ISLINGTON MILL And... #16 UPWORDING Pt 3
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
For part 3 of this ongoing series on the practice of "Upwording" I am joined by Rivca Rubin and Charles Lauder (who have appeared in the previous episodes) along with, for the first time, the artists Jenn Wilson and Mariana Renthel. We discuss the practice and the applications of Upwording and a general theme seemed to emerge around "consent". You can find out more about Upwording at linktr.ee/upwording
Friday Sep 29, 2023
ISLINGTON MILL And... #15 Sexquisite
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
For this month's podcast I am joined by guests Maedb and Natalie from SEXQUISITE, a sex worker-led, sex positive performance group/happening, to talk about what it means to be "sex positive" along with a whole range of other sex work-related questions (including the new SWer + PoC-led event Riot Party). You can find Sexquisite on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/sexquisite.events/
and Riot Party can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/riotpartyuk/
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
ISLINGTON MILL And... #14 Meet The FUCKPIGS!
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
If you've been out clubbing in the Manchester/Salford area in the last few years, you may have seen (or heard of) The FUCKPIGS. In this month's episode of ISLINGTON MILL And... I meet the people behind this alt queer performance troupe to find out the who's, why's, where's and when's of the FUCKPIGS story - be sure to check out their Instagram too at https://www.instagram.com/fvckpigs/ oink oink!