Objeks & Tings

<p>In our brand new season of Objeks and Tings: The Kitchen Table Talk Edition, we dive deep into the enticing flavours and intriguing origins of Caribbean food from days gone by. Join us - mother and daughter...

<p>It’s our last episode of the series so we are ending on a sentimental note and talking all things youth clubs with famed choreographer Boy Blue a.k.a Kenrick Sandy. Kenrick is a world class choreographer and earned...

<p>This week we're talking all things music - our guest Chris is a hip hop musician who made an album in celebration of his British and Caribbean culture. In his music he touches on gentrification, racism, tolerance...

<p>The hot comb - an object that has a lot of meaning to many from the Windrush Generation, but even more so to our guest Rudi Page whose mother was one of the best around at using the hot comb. This 'ting' is still...

<p>In this episode we're talking all things Pardner: a type of savings scheme that originated in Africa, was taken to the Caribbean by the enslaved Africans and then made its way to the UK with the Windrush generation...

<p>Interesting textiles, bright colours and tropical flora and fauna. Inspired by her heritage, our guest Tihara Smith, has created a fashion collection. Each piece celebrates the vibrant cultures of the Caribbean, with...

<p>A magazine, but not just any - when Ebony magazine came out in the 1945 it revolutionised the industry. For the first time, Black people in America and worldwide not only felt represented, but were also shown in a...

<p>Receipts. Not things that tend to elicit much of an emotional response, unless you are afraid of taxes that is. But this week guest Demi Bailey-Paul has a pretty special receipt for Catherine and Lynda to marvel...

<p>Catherine and Lynda speak to Wendy Leocque, a photographic artist living in Bristol. Wendy tells us all about her grandmother’s grip – the suitcase her grandmother used to bring a chosen few possessions from Jamaica...

<p>Catherine and Lynda talk to actress Sabira Stanisavljevic about a photograph that was taken of her mother in Trinidad before she moved to the UK. Sabira explains that her mother has an expression of high...

<p>Lenny Bedward is the founder of Quantro Sound System – Nottingham’s first and arguably most famous sound system. Through a flyer to a night he played at with Quantro in 1974, we hear all about Jamaica’s legendary...

<p>Jocelyn is a British Barbadian event producer from Reading. She tells Catherine and Lynda all about a map of Barbados she inherited from her father. This map has been in her family ever since her dad came to the UK...

<p>Catherine and Lynda speak to Riaz Phillips, author of Jamaican recipe books ‘Belly Full: Caribbean Food in the UK’ and ‘West Winds: Recipes, History and Tales from Jamaica ’. In his books, Riaz uses the stories of...

<p>Welcome to Objeks & Tings, the podcast that brings you stories about the objects Caribbeans cherish the most. Over 12 episodes, Museumand founders and mother-daughter duo, Catherine Ross and Lynda Burrell, will be...