Pier Road Coffee & Art

Join Mike and the club for the next episode of Mike’s Music Club, discussing the album The Afterlife by The Comet Is Coming, a London based Jazz Group.

Join Mike and other members of Mike’s Music Club while they discuss the latest selection - Pink Floyd’s - Dark Side Of The Moon. The classic 1973 album; how does it hold up? Is Carole King’s -Tapestry still the most popular choice by the club so far? Don’t forget to listen to the Mike’s Music Club Mix on Spotify where tracks selected are forming a diverse playlist.

Join Mike as he guides you through the final of the Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year. After a strong first round, five artists made the final to produce a painting of Alan Butcher, The Mayor of Littlehampton. Listen to the artists, and guests as well as the judges from the exciting 6 hour day.

Join the Round Table of Mike’s Music Club, like a book club for albums. This month Carole King’s biggest selling album Tapestry. Listen to the collective thoughts of those around the table.

Join Mike whilst he chats with Manny on the last day of round one of the Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year.

Join Mike for another chat with another portrait painter, this is Day 13, and Nora is in the hot seat.

Join Mike’s Music Club where are music fans join to talk about the latest selection - this month, Bob Dylan’s - The Times Are A-Changing. Listen to people chat about the album and discuss their views.

Day 12 Littlehampton Artist of the Year, today sees Simon paint Steve another of the gallery regulars. Catch-up with Mike chatting to Simon about his progress and little more about his work.

Join Mike and Glen for Day 11 of the Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year.

Join Mike chatting to Day 10 artist - Natalia, who was given Matthew to paint.

Join Mike chatting with the Day 9 artist Mark Hulme who is painting Rod. Another fascinating day of painting; Mark produced three pieces, which one did he pick?

Catch-up with Day 8 of the Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year with Mike chatting to Richard who painted Brian.

PRCA Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year Day 7; Today sees Clive painting Laurie one of the morning regulars. Guest appearances from Nora and Terry; one judge and one other competitor. Listen to see how the day unfolded and learn more about Clive’s working practices.

Join Mike whilst he chats to Orla in the 6th entrance for the Portrait Artist of the Year.

Join Mike for Day 5 of the Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year 2026 - Fraser up today, with Henry modelling. A great first attempt at a portrait and live in the gallery too!

Day 4 of the Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year 2026; Mike chats with artist number 4 Steve Carroll, local artist and tutor,

Join Mike for the Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year 2026, round 3 with Imogen painting Michael.

Day 2 of the Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year 2026. Today’s subject is Julie and the artist is Ukrainian Artist Olesander who you will know from the Littlehampton Landscape Artist of the Year Competitions.

The start of the Littlehampton Portrait Artist of the Year 2026. Throughout the month of February artists will be painting live in the gallery, a given portrait photograph to produce a painting of. First-Up the very talented Morven who was given the image of Moria one of the gallery’s early morning regulars.

Join Mike and fellow music enthusiasts for the first of Mike’s Music Club; centred around Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song and other music.

A Follow-up segment to the previous two podcasts which is a quick chat about the new Beach Hotel book. Check out previous podcasts to hear about the history of the books and how she produces her work.

Join Mike for the final of the 2025 Littlehampton Landscape Artist of the Year. Mike spends the day chatting to the artists and the judges as they progress with their works.

The final heat of the Littlehampton Landscape Artist of the Year, sees 4 more new artists alongside the judges choice of runner-up from previous heats compete for the final place in the final from the judged heats.

Heat 3 of the Littlehampton Landscape Artist of the Year, listen to Mike chat with the artists and judge about the day and how they progressed with their work.

Listen to heat 2 of the Littlehampton Landscape Artist of the Year, with Mike chatting to the judge and artists throughout the day.

PRCA finally managed to get their long awaited CAKE OFF scheduled. Customers were asked to make cakes and our judges voted on the best ones! Once the judging was completed then the cakes were sold for donations towards the RNLI.

Spend an audio day with Mike as he guides you through the Littlehampton Landscape Artist of the Year - Heat 1. Kicking off on Sunday October 5th; 5 artists spend the day bringing an image taken by Lucy to canvas. Follow the artists through their ups and downs and hear who progresses to the final on November 16th.

Mike chats to Philippa Bower ahead of her solo show in September 2025, this is a new discussion and you can hear more from Philippa in previous podcasts in Season 1, 2 and 3 in different aspects of her work and part of the Littlehampton Landscape Artist of the Year.

In July, Teenage Waitress performed live in the gallery and he also judged the July Joy Photography Competition. Andy Crofts joined him for The Beatles covers during the evening. Before Dan played, chatted to Andy about the set list and selected after selecting his choices we managed to catch-up for the quickest podcast Mike’s done!

Brand new book from local author Peter Redford - Murder Of An Honourable Man was released last week; Mike chatted to Peter about his new release and also about his writing and inspirations.

Pier Road Coffee & Art - Anna Wise - Solo ShowJoin Mike for a chat with Anna Wise who is currently exhibiting her new body of work in the gallery solo space. A three. Year study of Littlehampton Sea Front capturing the sea in all its glories.

Join Mike chatting to Bob at Langham Brewery and finding out all about one of the sponsors of January Blues and top supplier of alcohol to the gallery.

Join Mike White he chats to Tom Hingley (ex-Inspiral Carpets), Teenage Waitress, and Andy Crofts (The Moons & Paul Weller Band) ahead of the first LA Sounds Gig in Littlehampton. This was recorded in September just ahead of the live gig.

After 4 heats in the gallery with 12 artist producing live in 6 hours a painting, the final beckons. 5 artists all with one photo have 6 hours to produce a winning piece.

Join Mike chatting to author Francesca Capaldi about her brand new book; Love And Loss At The Beach Hotel.

Ed from Arundel Gin returned to Pier Road Coffee & Art for a tasting and distilling evening. Listen to where their journey’s taken from them since the first podcast with them; ep17 S1 from 2022.

Join Mike and today’s judge Julie for the last heat of the Littlehampton Landscape Artist of the Year.

Join Mike for the third heat of the Pier Road Coffee & Art Landscape Artist of the Year Competition. Three artists, Glenn Phur, Imogen Marshall and Steve Drake paint a Littlehampton scene in just 6 hours. This heat’s judge is the fabulous Miss Lulumadart. All pieces can be found on facebook.

Heat 2 of the Pier Road Coffee & Art; Littlehampton Landscape Artist Of The Year. Join Mike for a commentary of the day’s events where he chats with the three artists - Mark Hulme, Nessa Neale, and Patrick Tulloch. Claire Stevens also joins as the judge for this heat.

Join Mike during the day of the first live painting heat at the gallery for the Littlehampton Landscape Artist Of The Year, sponsored by Seawhite of Brighton. Mike chats to the three artists as they progress with their work.

The return of the Pier Road Coffee & Art Podcasts with Mike and the long awaited episode of Richard Lucas-Dyke. This was recorded during a live painting session at the gallery.

Kicking off Season 3 an episode recorded at the back end of 2023 with Misslulumadart, Lulu spent the day creating a mirror in the gallery and chatted to Mike about Crafting, Grayson Perry and Life.

An opportunity to listen to the fabulous live event at the gallery where 6 authors came and read segments of their books. Alex Rushton - The Asymmetrical Man, Peter Redford - Murderers Legacy, Sarah Siggs - Mud Boy Patricia Feinberg Stoner - Murder At The Pays d’Oc. Carole Chambers (a collection of stories) Christine Chambers - Red Fox, Surely Not?!

Mike catches up with resident artist Sophie at her home/studio.

Local U3A Group helmed by David Moss-Bowpitt chats to Mike about the exhibition, U3A and David’s own work.

Join Mike talking to Chris Prince about his wildlife and nature photography while he exhibits his solo show at the gallery in November 2023.

Catch some of the moments with Mike whilst Pier Road Coffee & Art celebrate their 6th Anniversary since opening.

The return of the successful solo shows started in September, Samantha Louise chats to Mike about her new collection of work.

Solo Shows are back at the new gallery for Pier Road Coffee & Art. Join Mike for the first time at The Old Bank whilst he catches up with Imogen Marshall who is currently exciting her solo show for 2 weeks (October 2023)

Arundel Art Trail returns and alongside Mike, Lucy, Steve and Alex are three more artists this year including Lucie. Listen to Mike while he catches up with Lucie.