The Podcast for Founders, Freelancers & Rebels
Anne Brichto &
Thorne Addyman, Ep 7,
9 Sept: Click HERE to listen
If you're navigating the ups and downs of working creatively for yourself – whether you’re running a PR agency, you're an independent artist, or perhaps you're just starting out – I've made this podcast for you.
In each episode, I’ll be chatting with inspiring guests about what it means to live a creative life. We’ll talk about staying true to your path, even when it’s tough. If you’re looking for fresh perspectives and a reminder that you’re not alone, grab a cuppa, settle in, and let’s begin.
For Creative People
Episode 7: ‘You Were Always A Fun Kid To Be Around’
September 9, 2025
Anne Brichto & Thorne Addyman are Helen Jane Campbell’s next guests on her podcast:
For Creative People
Welcome to episode seven. It’s the first episode in the second series of For Creative People and we’re back after a long hot summer break. I have two wonderful guests: my very dear friends Anne Brichto and Thorne Addyman.
Anne Brichto co-founded Addyman Books with Derek Addyman, first opening in 1987 in a ten-foot room at the Blue Boar Inn. Within just six months, they moved to a larger premises at 39 Lion Street, which has since expanded into a family of bookstores: Addyman Books, Murder and Mayhem, Addyman Annexe and Christie & Doyle, each with its own character and specialised offerings.
Follow Addyman Books on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/addymanbooks
Thorne is Anne & Derek’s son from Hay-on-Wye with a lifelong passion for food. His journey began in the kitchen of a local Italian restaurant, washing dishes as a teenager. After studying in Brighton, he explored a range of roles across the food and drink industry: from PR, to selling beer for a major brewery, to running a café.
It was a winding path, but nothing felt quite right until he launched Taca and committed to building it full time. That decision brought together everything he loved: flavour, people, and the energy of creating something from scratch.
In May 2025, Time Out named Taca one of the top Mexican eats in London – a testament to its dedication to quality, creativity, and community.
www.instagram.com/tacatacosuk/
This episode is sponsored by Structured Mediation: StructuredMediation.com
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Episode 6: ‘Be A Yes Person’
July 29, 2025
Photographer Paul Clarke is Helen Jane Campbell’s next guests on her podcast:
For Creative People
Welcome to the final episode in the first series of For Creative People. My special guest is photographer Paul Clarke, who I’ve known professionally AND as a friend for around 15 years now.
Paul is a photographer, filmmaker and producer based in London. His client work ranges from the glamorous world of the Oscars, to your local church hall. He's been the personal photographer for heads of state, private party snapper for A list celebrities, and spent a lot of time chasing Battersea dogs around muddy parks.
Working nationally and internationally, Paul has won awards for corporate and private work, but mostly enjoys finding and connecting with the world's most interesting people. His style is often described as strong, bold and vibrant, with an eye for colour and composition. As well as people photography, Paul has a personal project "While I was up there" – a collection of London landscapes taken from high buildings, while covering events hosted in these striking venues.
With a pre-photography background in public service design and delivery, Paul has a hunger for all the stories that hide in plain sight, and the tricky bits of the universe that often seem simple at first.
For Creative People
Episode 5: ‘Survival Is A Creative Act’
July 15, 2025
Feng Shui practitioner Maxine McKenzie is Helen Jane Campbell’s next guests on her podcast:
For Creative People
In this episode, I’m delighted to interview Max McKenzie about creativity and what it means to live a creative life.
Max is a Feng Shui consultant and energy healer, and formerly a brand and marketing director working in a variety of sectors and organisations for nearly 30 years. We’ve had the pleasure of working together in different ways since 2009, and I’d always jump at the chance to collaborate. I’ve been honoured to coach Max in recent years, and I’ve also learned so much from her when she led projects I worked on at both Directgov and RIBA.
A large part of Max's career was spent with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Which helped her understand how people interact with their environment and how good design can influence behaviour and improve lives. She worked on the Stirling Prize for architecture and RIBA Grand Designs House of the Year and saw the transformative power of amazing design in buildings large and small.
Alongside her day job, in 2008 she started on a journey of self-development to deal with some personal issues and because she wanted to feel happier and be a better parent. This led to her training in energy healing, integral core therapy, and most recently Feng Shui.
All of her story is brought together and utilised in her Feng Shui practice. Feng Shui is a powerful wisdom that is thousands of years old and works on the basis that what shows up in our home shows up in our life. Max works with clients to bring their homes into harmony and balance, thus creating opportunities for them to live the life they truly want.
Find out more at: www.yinteriors.co.uk
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Episode 4: ‘The Greatest Job In The Universe’
July 1, 2025
Artist Katie Parsons is Helen Jane Campbell’s next guests on her podcast:
For Creative People
I’m so excited to share the fourth episode of my new podcast: For Creative People with you. My special guest is Katie Parsons.
Katie is an artist and art teacher who lives in London with her husband and two children. Katie's work career spans from 10 years in music journalism and radio presenting, through advertising, creative directing and now developing her own art practice. Along the way Katie also accepted the position of International Roving Reporter for the Trident Perpetual Festival, taking her to 30 different festivals in 30 weeks all across the globe. Throughout all her endeavours, Katie has tried to find a creative thread that keeps her inspired and motivated to try different things and constantly evolve. As such, her CV now includes such diverse work colleagues and clients as Iron Maiden, Mr Motivator, Hula Hoops and a sterile nasal spray. Katie now works as a tutor at an amazing charity in London called Artbox who run art studio sessions for adults with learning disabilities and autism.
She works at the charity Artbox:
www.artboxlondon.org/artbox-team
And also has her own studio in London:
www.katieparsonscreates.com
For Creative People
Episode 3: ‘Art Babies’
June 17, 2025
Artists jdwoof & Steve Xoh, aka Art Babies, are Helen Jane Campbell’s next guests on her podcast:
For Creative People
I’m so excited to share the third episode of my new podcast: For Creative People with you. And my special guests are Art Babies, aka the artists jdwoof and Steve Xoh, (Jo Wood & Steve Chapman.
In this episode I interview Jo Wood/ jdwoof and Steve Xoh aka Steve Chapman, who together make up the creative duo Art Babies. I’ve been lucky enough to visit Steve’s art studio and spend time at the Art Babies’ Barbican exhibition: Feelings Are Real, so I’ve experienced their work first hand and for me, I’ve found it both moving and whimsical. There’s a humour and playfulness there which, I think contributes to that feeling of being close to my own emotions. It’s like I drop down into a more authentic, playful version of myself around their work and then the rawness of more challenging emotions feels closer to the surface for me. And the same thing happened when we spoke – there’s such an honesty and unapologetic realness about how these artists talk about their work. And I think a lot of creative people are busily trying to achieve this level of authenticity, while in my opinion, for Steve & Jo, it seems natural for them to speak this way. And that authenticity is one of the many things I love about this interview and their art.
And you can find out more about Art Babies and their work here: ArtBabies.co.uk
For Creative People
Episode 2: ‘Mental Real Estate’
June 3, 2025
Illustrator Richey Beckett is
Helen Jane Campbell’s next guest on her brand new podcast:
For Creative People
So, this conversation with Richey Beckett was really special. As many of you know, Richey is my brother and also an incredible artist.
We’ve always been interested in each other’s creative projects and careers, and that’s manifested in so many ways over the years, but an interview like this is something we’ve never done until now. And I’ve tried to make it as authentic and unedited as I can.
What I really love about this conversation was I learned so many things I didn’t already know about Richey and all of it felt really valuable in terms of unpacking creativity and also it was super playful too. We’d both just moved house recently and we had a big family funeral to get up early for the next day, and despite the fact we were feeling very frazzled, the interview still felt inspiring and spacious to me. We also talked a bit about the surgery Richey underwent on his eye and about his film-making too. I really hope you enjoy listening to this episode. It’s long as there is so much gold in here and I didn’t want to lose any of that.
Check out Richey’s work at www.RicheyBeckett.com or over on his Instagram
For Creative People
Episode 1: ‘The Real Slim Sade’
May 20, 2025
Artist Yasmin Agilah
is Helen Jane Campbell’s first guest on her brand new podcast:
For Creative People
I’m so excited to share the first ever episode of my new podcast: For Creative People with you. And the first interview is with Yasmin Agilah.
This conversation with Yasmin was SO. MUCH. FUN. Yasmin’s a multi-disciplinary artist and she revealed that she’s just done her first ever drag performance and oh my goodness, her drag king name is the best I’ve heard. We cover so much in here, from intersectionality to perimenopause to charity shop hauls, queer art spaces and so much more.
We talk about creating art – not for the finished product or an end goal as such but the physicality of the process, the emotion of it. I’m giving you a little trigger warning here for mental health, and I’d say it’s a light trigger warning as the episode feels very joyful to me. There’s a lot of playfulness in here and I felt uplifted and nourished by our chat.
And you can find out more about Yasmin and her work here: https://yasminagilah.com/