Podcast Episodes

Adwoa Aboah

Season 2 Episode 35

In September, The River cafe will be 36 years old. One of the pleasures of having a restaurant for so long is watching the second generation—now even…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Simon Schama

Season 2 Episode 34

Author of books on Art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, French history, and now Foreign Bodies explores medical history - Simon Schama is one …

2 years, 11 months ago

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Ian Wright

Season 2 Episode 33

Ian Wright does many things I could never dream of doing. He used to play for football for Arsenal in front of thousands of people and now is a telev…

3 years ago

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Bob Pittman

Season 2 Episode 32

Today, we're here at the Cannes Lions Festival and have swapped the River Cafe kitchen for a galley on the most beautiful boat in the harbour, which …

3 years ago

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Mary McCartney

Season 2 Episode 31

My friend Mary McCartney is a filmmaker. She's a photographer. She's a writer, and she's a cook.

She comes from a family of creatives who are also pas…

3 years ago

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Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Season 2 Episode 30

Rachel Eliza Griffiths is smart, she's funny and she's kind. She's a beautiful poet and a photographer, whose black-and-white images evoke for me, Do…

3 years ago

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Jemma Sbeg

Season 2 Episode 29

Jemma Sbeg and I met for the first time just a few days ago in the River Cafe. She was introduced to me as the most exciting podcaster today - not gr…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Michael Elias

Season 2 Episode 28

Michael Elias is impressive. An actor, director of movies and television. A writer of novels and screenplays, a black belt in karate. He is generous,…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Bella Mackie

Season 2 Episode 27

Bella Mackie and her family have been close friends for 30 or so years. And when you're close to a family, you're close to their food. We all spent s…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Frank Gehry

Season 2 Episode 26

When I phoned Frank Gehry to ask him to do this podcast, he immediately said yes. And I’m not the only one Frank has said yes to. Ask around and the …

3 years, 1 month ago

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