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Unfinished Business

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Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter have Unfinished Business.

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  1. Unfinished Business 146: The cultural highlights of Warrington

    Standout Designs for the Web CSS Tricks has a new owner Zeldman: The Day the Focus Died

  2. Unfinished Business 145: Talking about writing

    This week on Unfinished Business, Andy and Rich are back on their every two week schedule and kick off by talking about the books they’re both writing. They discuss Andy’s plans for his new Standout Designs for the Web, while Rich gives an update to his second edition of his classic Web Typography.

  3. Unfinished Business 144: Veronika Burian: Futura 100

    This week on Unfinished Business, Andy and Rich are joined by the renowned type designer Veronika Burian of TypeTogether. They talk about the Futura 100 project and what’s changed since she started TypeTogether twenty years ago.

  4. Unfinished Business 143:  It has been a while

    This episode is sponsored by Eleventy in a Box. It’s a premium Eleventy starter kit for designers and developers who want to spend less time setting up the same project structure and more time designing distinctive websites. Eleventy in a Box is the starter kit we built, including the pages,...

  5. Unfinished Business 142: The perfect request for proposal

    In this episode of Unfinished Business, Rich and I talk about the best type of RFP (request for proposal) and how Rich got excited when he recently one which stood out from the rest.

  6. Unfinished Business 141: One Footer Unfinished Troika: Music crossover Special

    One Footer in the Grave Troika Unfinished Business Listen to all tracks from this episode on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/one-footer-in-the-unfinished-troika/pl.u-V5ojdSKNkPA

  7. Unfinished Business 140: Orangutan covered in coconuts

    Sho!io Join Sho!io Web Day Out in Brighton, March 12th 2026

  8. Unfinished Business 139. Dave Letorey:  I like red and I like hats

    This episode is brought to you by: ClearLeft: https://clearleft.com Stuff & Nonsense: https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk

  9. Unfinished Business 138: Would you like a glass of champagne?

    In this episode of Unfinished Business, Andy and Rich talk about retainers and maintenance contracts, and Andy asks Richard’s advice on how to sell them to new clients. As he’s prone to do, Andy also talks about Wrexham football club.

  10. Unfinished Business 137: Contracts and pitfalls

    In this episode of Unfinished Business, Andy and Rich talk about contracts, how they use them, and some of the pitfalls they’ve both experienced.

  11. Unfinished Business 136: Encourage people to think differently

    In this episode of Unfinished Business, Andy talks about what he learned from running an online layout workshop and Rich describes his new, up-coming conference, Web Day Out.

  12. Unfinished Business 135: Andy Bell. All the best bands are power-trios

    This episode is brought to you by: ClearLeft Stuff & Nonsense Episode Notes Piccalilli: https://piccalil.li -- Sponsored by: Practical layout workshop for designers and creative teams https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/blog/practical-layout-workshop-for-designers-and-creative-teams This workshop is…

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  13. Unfinished Business 134: Léonie Watson.   Bundles of enthusiasm

    This episode is brought to you by: ClearLeft Stuff & Nonsense Episode Notes Léonie Watson: https://tink.uk Tetra Logical: https://tetralogical.com There Is No Spoon @ beyond tellerrand Düseldorf 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyRxd072JrA -- Sponsored by: Practical layout workshop for...

  14. Bonjour et bienvenue dans Unfinished Business

    How I set up a fake web design company to test an idea --- Sponsored by: Practical layout workshop for designers and creative teams This workshop is for designers who want to break free from the gridlock and create layouts that feel bold, expressive, and uniquely theirs, without losing clarity or...

  15. Aleks Melnikova:  Cosmic Velocity

    __________ This episode is brought to you by: ClearLeft Stuff & Nonsense Notes __________ Cosmic: Velocity

  16. Jon Harvey: Spinning plates and hamster wheeling

    __________ This episode is brought to you by: ClearLeft Stuff & Nonsense Notes __________ Count Binface Jon Harvey A new website for comedy candidate Count Binface Rich’s Web Typography book

  17. Accidental specialisms

    __________ This episode is brought to you by: ClearLeft Stuff & Nonsense

  18. Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter have Unfinished Business

    Welcome to a brand spanking new Unfinished Business with Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter. In this first episode, Andy and Richard (re)introduce themselves and talk about why they’re making new episodes of Unfinished Business.

  19. Art Directing the Web with Rob Weychert

    I’m your host, Andy Clarke, and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books. Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art...

  20. Art Directing the Web with Stephen Hay

    I’m your host, Andy Clarke, and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books. Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art...

  21. Art Directing the Web with David Sleight

    I’m your host, Andy Clarke, and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books. Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art...

  22. Art Directing the Web and CSS Grid with Rachel Andrew

    I’m your host, Andy Clarke, and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books. Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art...

  23. Art Directing the Web with Dan Mall

    I’m your host, Andy Clarke, and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books. Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art...

  24. Art Directing the Web with Mark Porter

    I’m your host, Andy Clarke, and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books. Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art...

  25. The new Doctor Who episode

    Welcome to this new season of the Unfinished Business podcast. Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art directors and designers working on the web today. I’m your host, Andy Clarke, and I’m writing a Hardboiled…

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  26. ‘“I voted Remain,” said Pooh,’ with Rachel Andrew

    I’m warning you now, it’s a very different kind of episode of Unfinished Business this week as Rachel Andrew and I talk about our feelings on the referendum result for the UK to leave the EU. We talk about the issues that will affect us, you and our businesses in the coming months and years and...

  27. ‘The Meta Is In Title Case’ with Espen Brunborg and Joe Leech

    In this, the first part of the Unfinished Business Bank Holiday double, I’m joined by Espen Brunborg, designer and co-founder of Primate, plus Strategic Commander of User Experience and author of ‘Psychology for Designers’ Joe Leech. It’s more of a work related episode and we talk about…

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  28. ‘Working on your dad bod’ with James Seymour-Lock

    In the second part of this Unfinished Business Bank Holiday double, I’m joined by owner of UX studio Simple As Milk and lead UX engineer at UnrollMe, James Seymore-Lock to ask and answer the important question. “Am I the country’s biggest Homes Under The Hammer super-fan?” (Spoiler: He has no…

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  29. ‘A bit of Capability Brown’ with Sean Johnson and Drew McLellan

    I know. I know! It’s been far too long since episode 117. But fret no more, Unfinished Business fans, we’re back and back for good, every two weeks with some brilliant guests and some good old fashioned conversations. This week, I’m joined by Sean Johnson and Drew McLellan to talk fat and…

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  30. ‘Buttered someone to death’ with Mr Bingo

    The Unfinished Business schedule’s been a little, shall we say, up in the air, for the past few episodes. while I’ve been busy writing something. I do aim to get back to our routine and I’m sorry for the disruption. A few weeks ago I recorded a hilarious episode with artist, illustrator and…

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  31. ‘A million Euros to Ireland’ with Rachel Andrew and Richard Rutter

    On Unfinished Business this week there’s no talk about mugs but Rachel Andrew is back. We’re joined by first timer Richard Rutter to discuss his upcoming book on Web Typography, why he chose to self-publish and fund the project on Kickstarter and the role of a publisher in today’s market. Of…

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  32. ‘Extreme tool anxiety’ with Brad Frost and Stephen Hay

    This week on episode 115 of Unfinished Business, I’m joined by returning guests Brad Frost and Stephen Hay. After talking about the best coffee mug in the world, we get right down it and discuss why it’s dangerous to bring computer science principles and heavy development tools into web design....

  33. ‘Fair cop guv’’ with Dan Edwards and Daniel Mall

    A week later than planned (sorry,) on this week’s Unfinished Business, I’m joined by returning special guest, designer Dan Edwards. And because you wait all day and then two Dans come along at once, joining us is creative director, founder and director of the SuperFriendly agency in Philadelphia,...

  34. ‘Dicking around with an algorithm’ with Cennydd Bowles and Noah Stokes

    I’ve been looking forward to speaking with Cennydd Bowles for months and for Unfinished Business 113, Cennydd joins me and my other special guest, product designer Noah Stokes. We kick off by talking about Richard Rutter’s web typography book, but soon the conversation switches to whether, and…

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  35. ‘Meaty Parts’ with House Of Fools’ Ellie White

    Ellie and I talk about her Fringe and what it’s like to get a big break on a show like ‘House Of Fools.’ We discuss improv, stand-up performances and comedy clubs and whether she should watch ‘Carry On’ films. Ellie’s charming and funny and I really enjoyed talking with her. Even if you’ve not…

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  36. ‘I got no beef with the Turks’ with Brendan Dawes and Aaron Draplin

    Apologies in advance if you’re German or a Turk, as this week on episode 111 of Unfinished Business, I’m joined by artist Brendan Dawes and designer Aaron Draplin. We start by talking about spice jars and car boot (garage) sales, but unsurprisingly our conversation soon veers wildly off topic as…

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  37. ‘That pig was a good influence’ with Jeremy Keith and Jeffrey Zeldman

    Last week was Jeffrey Zeldman’s website’s 20th birthday, so this week he joins me and Jeremy Keith on Unfinished Business 110 to talk about the anniversary. We start by discussing Jeremy’s 100 words for 100 days writing project and how it’s inspired me to change the way that I think about writing...

  38. ‘Management advice from Don Draper’ with Jen Simmonds and Mad Men’s Allan Havey

    This week is a special Mad Men episode of Unfinished Business and I’m joined live from New York by Jen Simmons–the incredible host of The Web Ahead podcast–and our very special guest, the actor and comedian who plays Lou Avery on TV’s Mad Men, Allan Havey. We talk, of course, about Mad Men, its...

  39. ‘I want Action, Man’ with Aarron Walter and Jared Spool

    I imagine if I told people in advance that I was talking to director of UX at MailChimp Aarron Walter and Founder of User Interface Engineering Jared Spool on Unfinished Business this week, they’d imagine we’d talk about user experience design and possibly education. Instead, they and I talk…

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  40. ‘Tom Hanks, what a let down’ with Andy Budd and Cameron Moll

    Fresh from our adventures at Smashing Conference in Santa Monica, on this week’s Unfinished Business I’m joined by user-experience professional, author (of some CSS book or another) and director at ClearLeft, Andy Budd. Joining us was one of my favourite people; designer, author and founder of...

  41. ‘Everyone else’s highlight reel’ with Dan Edwards and Veerle Pieters

    On this week’s Unfinished Business, I’m joined by designers’ designer Dan Edwards and, one of my favourite people, designer Veerle Pieters. We start by talking about magazines, including 8faces and the new edition of Lagom. Then we discuss how the perceptions that people can have about us, our...

  42. ‘Seventeen coats of bullshit’ with Dan Mall and Jeffrey Zeldman

    I‘ve been looking forward to publishing this episode of Unfinished Business for over a month and I looked forward to recording it for even longer, because I got to talk about art direction and creativity on the web with two of the creative people that I respect most, Dan Mall and Jeffrey Zeldman....

  43. ‘The taco incident’ with Trent Walton and Stephen Hay

    The best podcasts listen to interesting people having interesting conversations about work, and life and for episode 104 of Unfinished Business I’m joined by two fascinating folk. Trent Walton and Stephen Hay. In a lively and wide-ranging conversation, we talk about ‘designing in a browser’ and...

  44. ‘House of Fools’ with Paul Boag and Jon Hicks

    Back for episode 103 of Unfinished Business is my favourite comedy duo, ‘Pipe and Pyjamas,’ Paul Boag and Jon Hicks. We had a list of things that we weren’t allowed to talk about, a list that was surprisingly topped by Dr. Who, food and bicycles. Instead we discuss about Paul’s green screen, his...

  45. ‘The most rubbish superhero ever’ with Rachel Andrew and Zoe Mickley Gillenwater

    A little later than advertised (and by “a little” I actually mean a week) I’m joined on Unfinished Business. Episode 102 by Rachel Andrew and Zoe Mickley Gillenwater. Despite being two experts on bleeding edge CSS layout modules, they don’t talk about CSS (much.) Instead we talk about how to keep...

  46. ‘Two old farts looking at their calendars’ with Harry Roberts and Jonathan Snook

    We’re back. Back in business. Unfinished Business. Episode 101. For this, the first episode of 2015, I’m joined by two of the best well-known writers about how to implement CSS on a large scale Harry Roberts and Jonathan Snook. We talk about if the ways we talk about CSS today have made learning…

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  47. ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ with Anna Debenham

    This week is the one-hundredth episode of Unfinished Business and who better to join me than the person who helped me start it all, almost two years ago, Anna Debenham. We celebrate by talking about what went right and wrong in 2014 and our resolutions for 2015. Then we talk about meetings and…

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  48. ‘A man’s gotta chew what a man’s gotta chew’ with Trent Walton

    On the penultimate episode of Unfinished Business of 2014, I’m joined by my design hero Trent Walton to talk about if an integrated responsive design and development workflow makes working out what and how to charge more difficult. We discuss Paravel, the three person studio that he helps run…

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  49. ‘Geoff, can I have my records back?’ with John Davey

    Conference impresario John Davey joins me again on Unfinished Business this week. We talk about anticipation and scarceness, how some cinemas create an experience around watching a film, how looking at album artwork in a record shop enhanced the experience of buying music and whether the...

  50. ‘Made in Scotland from girders’ with Ashley Baxter and Laura Kalbag

    It’s a special week this week on Unfinished Business as I’m joined by not one, but two regular co-hosts, Ashley Baxter and Laura Kalbag. In a bumper episode, we talk about cakes, brightly coloured fizzy drinks and Yorkshire pudding burgers. We discuss podcasting, sounding good as a podcast guest,...

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Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter have Unfinished Business.

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How many episodes does Unfinished Business have?

Unfinished Business has 145 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on October 30, 2026.

What is Unfinished Business about?

Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter have Unfinished Business.

How often does Unfinished Business release new episodes?

Unfinished Business publishes monthly, based on its 145 episodes since January 2013.

Who hosts Unfinished Business?

Unfinished Business is created and hosted by Andy Clarke, Richard Rutter.
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