To what extent have women's lives changed in the past 60 years?   This is the question I discuss in this podcast with the visually impaired writer and actor, Mandy Redvers-Rowe.   Working with the Liverpool-based theatre group, Collective Encounters, Mandy has written Auntie, which draws on BBC archive material to shed light on how women's lives were portrayed in the 1960s.   Collective Encounters have recently performed Auntie at Toxteth TV which is where I caught up with Mandy for a chat ..read more

In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to Dave Evans who grew up in apartheid South Africa. On leaving school, Dave became increasingly aware of the injustices caused by the South African government's racist policies. Dave now lives in Wallasey, Merseyside,  with his partner jenny, where he continues to write and champion the cause of social justice ..read more

In this edition of the That’ll be the Day podcast, Tom Walker meets the writer and actor, Adam Fenton on the stage of the Unity Theatre in Liverpool. Tom  talks to Adam about his solo-show, Tuning In, which was one of the events to mark Disability History Month. During their conversation, they discuss the challenges Adam faces as a neuro-diverse person ..read more

In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to the visually impaired drag queen, Jake Sawyers, aka Venetia Blind. As you will hear, there’s much more to Jake than his drag queen act. Jake Talks about the challenges he experienced when attending mainstream school and when training to be an actor ..read more

In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to Dave Conway, a former extreme athlete from Australia, about the climbing accident which left him seriously disabled. Dave tells Tom about the accident, the impact on his life, and how, despite being blind, he is carving out a new career as an artist ..read more

In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to Sean Harrington, a visually impaired singer/song-writer, who is making waves on the Irish music scene. Tom caught up with Sean just before he was due to go on stage at the Irish Centre in Liverpool ..read more

In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to Gary O’Connor about the challenges he faced in his personal and professional life while losing his sight as a result of the eye condition, Choroideremia. Gary tells Tom about the lengths he went to, to hide his eye condition from his employers and his passion for music ..read more

In this edition of the That'll be the Day podcast, tom Walker talks to Gillian Stafford, a visually impaired woman from County Meath in Ireland, about the challenges she experiences in her daily life. During the conversation, Gillian speaks honestly and openly about the difficulties she has faced at university and in trying to secure employment. Gillian also reflects on the ignorance she has  faced in the community in relation to her visual impairment.  ..read more

In this podcast, I'm talking to a visually impaired man who's written a book looking back at his time attending two schools for the blind in the 1960s and 70s. Writing under the name Paul Tyrone, Arthur Turner from North Shields has just published Out of Bounds, which is an honest reflexion on his time at the Royal Victoria School for the Blind in Newcastle, and Worcester College for the Blind. Not only did Arthur and his chums explore the roofs during his time at Worcester, he went underground as well. But there's much more in the book than these intrepid extra-curricular activities ..read more

In 2014, a visually impaired woman set up a Facebook Group to provide information, advice and support to blind and partially sighted people. Since then, VI Talk has gone from strength to strength. In addition to general issues related to visual impairment, group members discuss other issues including sport, music and cooking. In this podcast, Tom Walker talks to Jo Fishwick who, with a couple of other visually impaired people, manages the group which now has over 3,000 members ..read more