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Avril Greenaway is my guest for Episode 14 of Breakfast & Beyond. Avril is a designer, community activist and entrepreneur, working within the ocean advocacy space.  Based in Bude in North Cornwall, Avril’s design work, combined with a love for being in, on and by the sea, has taken her on a fascinating journey focused on raising awareness of, and finding solutions for, the microplastic pollution that is having such a devastating impact on our waterways and ecosystems.

Avril has been involved with the Cleaner Seas Project (a Bude-based community group) for 10 years, initially getting involved to create engaging campaigns to raise awareness of microplastic pollution but as you will hear, subsequently getting involved with everything from beach cleans to working with local businesses and hosting conferences.  More recently Avril has become a founding member of the Cleaner Seas Group, which was established with the intention of finding practical, scalable solutions for tackling microplastic pollution.  They are in the early and exciting stage of rolling out a microfibre filter for washing machines; did you know that approximately 91 million microfibres are released into our waterways through washing clothes by each household in the UK, each year? I didn’t until talking with Avril, and I hope you find this conversation as informative and engaging as I did.

For breakfast with Avril we began with Roasted Rhubarb Overnight Oats and our second course was Asparagus & Lemon Filo Parcels.  Both of these recipes along with the producers and growers whose delicious food I cooked with, and more information about the themes we discuss, can be found via the Episode 14 web page.

Thank you for listening, I’d love to know your thoughts on today’s episode.  Do join the conversation, you can email me tia@botelet.com or message via Instagram @breakfast_and_beyond

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Helen Mirren recounts her career. Playing English queens Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II.  Caligula, Excalibur, Gosford Park and Prime Suspect.  Alex and Helen discuss her early years at the Royal Shakespeare Company and her Russian heritage.  Religion and Hillary Clinton.

Helen Mirren was voiced by Fiona Cooke of Extraextracasting.com

Hang out for a Special Feature at the end of the interview - Fiona Cooke of Extra Extra Casting gives a behind the scenes look at Casting for Background Extras.  It is a fascinating look at the business of casting all those other people on screen.

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Kino rapporterar från den första veckan av Stockholms filmfestival 2013. Vi har träffat en av årets pristagare och hedersgäster, regissören Peter Greenaway som genom åren rört sig mellan film och andra visuella konstformer. Till studion kommer en annan pristagare, nämligen Sofia Norlin som för två år sedan tilldelades festivalens långfilmsstipendium, och som nu är färdig med filmen Ömheten som utspelar sig i ett turbulent Kiruna där både staden och människorna är på väg mot en ny framtid. Sofia Norlin och producenten Olivier Guerpillon kommer hit och berättar om processen. Vi berättar också den stormiga historien som omgärdat en av festivalfilmerna, sydafrikanska Of Good Report, som först förbjöds av landets myndigheter. Vi har pratat med regissören Jahmil X.T. Qubeka. Från Mexiko kommer en av de mest brutala filmer Kino-redaktionen sett, Heli av Amat Escalante. Hör hur han resonerar kring sina explicita scener - och varför han tycker att det är viktigt att göra tvärtemot Alfred Hitchock: visa allt istället för att klippa just då det blir som allra värst. I veckans Kino möter vi också Clio Barnard, ofta beskriven som den nya generationens brittiska arbetarklassskildrare. Vi har sett hennes The Selfish Giant, inspirerad av Oscar Wildes berättelse med samma namn. Men den otrevlige jätten har blivit skrothandlare i ett nedgånget Bradford.

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