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Creative Connections
Connecting the creative, creatively connecting everything else.
Creative Connections explores two strands under one brand: one tracing links through song meanings and creative works, the other uncovering unexpected connections across art, nature, ideas and the wider world.
New episodes released on Wednesday and Saturday.
Episodes
- Creative Connections
Traces of the Past on our Streets
How often do we walk along familiar streets without giving a second thought to the things we pass? Look a little closer and you might be surprised by the clues…
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What's In A Place Name?
In this episode of Creative Connections, we explore the origins of some familiar English place names using examples from Sussex, including Angmering, Ferring…
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The Past Hidden in Sussex Chruches
In this episode of Creative Connections, we look at some of the history hidden inside Sussex churches. From tide dials and leper windows to gargoyles…
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Architecture of Silence (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Stepping Stones (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Shipbuilding: The Price Is Paid Elsewhere (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Curious Buildings with Hidden Histories
In this episode of Creative Connections, we look at some curious buildings and structures whose original purpose is no longer always obvious. From dovecotes…
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The Past Hidden in the Countryside
In this episode of Creative Connections, we look at some of the clues to the past that are still sitting quietly in the countryside around us. From fingerposts…
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Necessary Dualities (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Wet Winter Dry Summer
In this Creative Connections episode, we look at what we might grow in our West Sussex garden — from vegetables and fruit we actually enjoy eating to flowers…
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The Shape of Loneliness (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Rich Enough To Forget My Name (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Flint: The Story Beneath Our Feet
Flint is one of the most familiar features of the South Downs, appearing in fields, paths, churches and old walls. In this episode of Creative Connections, we…
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What Mothers Leave Behind (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Hedgerows: The Living Boundaries Around Us
In this episode of Creative Connections, we explore one of the most familiar yet often overlooked features of the British countryside: the hedgerow. What is a…
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The Place You Carry (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Birdsong: The Hidden Soundtrack Around Us
After watching Clarkson’s Farm and hearing Jeremy Clarkson talk about the lack of birds on his farm, we downloaded the Merlin Bird ID app and took it on a walk…
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No Parade Home (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Chanctonbury Ring: The Hill Beneath the Trees
Chanctonbury Ring is one of the most atmospheric landmarks on the Sussex skyline. In this Creative Connections episode, we walk up to the Ring in the evening…
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Between the Lines (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Lost Then Found (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Love, Unspun (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Escape Routes (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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The Power of Prayer (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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The Limits of the Dream (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Littlehampton: The Shore That Won't Stay Still
Littlehampton may look like a familiar seaside town, but its shoreline is constantly changing. In this episode of Creative Connections, we explore the West…
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Lonely to Lost (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Swifts: Where the Sky Meets the Street
Welcome to Creative Connections — connecting the creative, creatively connecting everything else. Today we’re looking up, quite literally, at one of Britain’s…
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Dreams Undone (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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The Tree That Fell But Kept Growing
Today we’re exploring the strange but beautiful connection between light, gravity, chemistry, and growth that allows a fallen tree in Clapham Woods, West…
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Brilliant Disguises (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Bluebells and the Spring Race for Light
Welcome to Creative Connections. Today we’re exploring the perfect, yet short-lived, connection between light, weather, trees, and woodland that produces an…
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Voices in Society (Song Meanings)
Welcome to Creative Connections — where we join the dots between songwriter meanings, across the decades, and spin them into a new narrative. Today’s episode…
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Seeing Colours Like Monet
Welcome to Creative Connections. Today’s connection begins with Claude Monet standing in front of something very ordinary: a haystack. Then it moves to a…
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Creative Connections Trailer
This is the trailer for Creative Connections - a podcast with two strands under one brand: one exploring connections through song meanings and creative works…