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Up With The Lark And
by UP WITH THE LARK
A podcast for creative entrepreneurs looking for pithy, actionable advice on how to thrive commercially and creatively.
Episodes
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KABN | On Rest
We debate work, explore play and too often forget rest. Why and how does rest impact our creativity and our enterprises? Welcome to Up With The Lark And, a podcast for creative entrepreneurs hosted by Calandre Orton. I have spent the last few years debating work and championing play. Finally, in...
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Emily Forgot | Pursuing Originality
In this episode, designer and visual artist Emily Forgot and I discuss the pursuit of originality. Is it possible and if so, how? Welcome to Up With The Lark And, a podcast for creative entrepreneurs hosted by Calandre Orton. Once upon a time, we made things for our home and for our family.…
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Tess Newall || Maker To Founder
Tess Newall is a decorative artist famed for her murals and whimsical sense of style. In this episode, we explore the journey from maker to founder, a challenging and rewarding adventure. Welcome to Up With The Lark And, a podcast for creative entrepreneurs hosted by me, Calandre Orton. In this...
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British Pasture Leather || Material Perception
A love letter to leather - its beauty, its craft, its supply, its value - with Sara Grady and Alice Robinson, founders of British Pasture Leather. Curiosity about the supply chain is always to be applauded. Whether we are buying a jumper, a car or a three course meal, it is good and right to...
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Coat Paints || Pressure Of The New
We are, it seems, fixated on the new, newness, what's new. A discussion with Rob Abrahms, co-founder of Coat Paints, on the pressure of newness. Welcome to Up With The Lark And, a podcast for creative entrepreneurs hosted by me Calandre Orton. We are, it seems, fixated with the new, newness…
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Claire German || The Role of CEO
Exploring what it means to be the CEO with Claire German, CEO of Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour. What does it mean? How does it work well? How do you know that you are ready to hire a CEO? Welcome to Up With The Lark And, a podcast for creative entpreneurs hosted by me Calandre Orton. Up With The...
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Them Outdoors || Striving and Celebrating
There is an inbuilt dissatisfaction that drives most entrepreneurs. But does this inhibit a critical element of celebration and reflection? We ask Tabi Jackson Gee founder of Them Outdoors how she feels one year after launch. Welcome to Up With The Lark And, a podcast for creative entrepreneurs...
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Berdoulat || The Business Of Books
Patrick Williams, alongside his wife Neri, founded the interior design practice Berdoulat. In this conversation we explore his first book: The House Rules. It is part memoir, part point of view, part a plea for the house to rule. It is something to treasure as an object and as a window into...
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Breakfast With || Studio Peake
A conversation with Sarah Peake, founder of interior design practice Studio Peake. Sarah's creative confidence and courage, independence of thought, work ethic and grit mean that she is admired far and wide by clients and the interior design industry alike. Welcome to the Up With The Lark...
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Breakfast With Northern Pasta Co
A conversation with Imogen Royall, co-founder of Nothern Pasta Co. A case study in doing simple things well and with determination and joy. Welcome to Up With The Lark And, a podcast and substack for creative entrepreneurs hosted by me, Calandre Orton. I am a business advisor in the arts and...
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Emily Ponsonby | The Power Of Place
In this special episode we are joined by British painter Emily Ponsonby to explore the importance, the relevance, the power of place - here you work, where you exhibit, where you travel, where your work finds home. Before we go any further, if you aren’t familiar with her work I really would...
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Vinterior || Leadership
A conversation about leaderhsip with Sandrine Zhang Ferron, founder of Vinterior. In this episode, a topic that creeps in to most of the work that I do with founders. It is leadership. Are you a leader? What ‘qualifies’ you to be one? What arena, idea, business or group of people are you leading?...
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Beggars Run || The USA
A conversation with Beggars Run, purveyors of suits and interesting ideas, about their story and their move over to New York. What can we learn from the American Dream? Welcome to Up With The Lark And, a podcast for creative entrepreneurs hosted by me, Calandre Orton. I am a business consultant...
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The Line || Legacy
A discussion about leadership and legacy, knowing when it is time to move on and how to hand over the reigns with Megan Piper and Sarah Carrington of The Line. Welcome to Up With The Lark, a podcast for creative entrepreneurs, hosted by me, Calandre Orton. I am a business consultant working in…
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Pelican House X Shrimps || Collaboration
An insight into collaboration with Pelican House X Shrimps. Why collaborate? How can we make it an enjoyable and effective process? How do we know whether it has 'worked' or not? Welcome to Up With The Lark And, a podcast for creative entrepreneurs hosted by me, Calandre Orton. In a world where...
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Xanthe Ross || The Art of Being A Beginner
A conversation with Xanthe Ross, chef, supper club host and food writer. We discuss the value and importance of being a beginner. Welcome to Up With the Lark, a podcast for creative entrepreneurs, hosted by me, Calandre Orton. This podcast captures conversations built on curiosity, optimism, and...
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Daydress || India
A conversation about Indian design, style and approach to retail with Gabby Deeming founder of Daydress. A few years ago, I had a conversation with Taymoor Atigetchi, founder of Papier, about the impact of his Iranian roots on the way that he does business. That train of thought stayed with me…
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Nancy Nicholson || Creative Mentality || Working Alone
A conversation about the importance, the joys and the perils of working alone. We continue our series on creativity, entrepreneurship and mental health. Creativity and entrepreneurship are adventures, magnificent ones which bring people alive, show them what they are capable off and offer a real...
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Cath Kidston MBE || Longevity
A conversation with Cath Kidston MBE about her new brand, C. Atherley, and the longevity of her creative and commercial success. Most, many or all of us will have interacted with Cath Kidston's products, story and style at some point. It is certainly a story of creativity, of joy, of home, of…
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Studio Faeger || Creative Mentality || Creative Identity
A conversation with Victoria Barker, founder of Studio Faeger, on finding and nurturing your creative identity. The internal life of creative entrepreneurs fascinates me and it is my view that the mental health of this extra ordinary group of people warrants greater discussion. What makes a…
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Soho Bespoke|| Form Function Fashion
A discussion with eyewear designer and founder of Soho Bespoke, on the relationship of form and function. A few weeks ago, I stood in a spectacles shop trying on new frames. I found myself selecting a simple gold-rimmed wire pair. And in the mirror, I was reminded—which, I'll admit, took me by...
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Niwaki || Japan
A conversation about the influence of Japanese design, business, retail and gardens on Jake Hobson, founder of Niwaki. A few years ago, I had a conversation with Taymoor Atigetchi, founder of Papier, about the impact of his Iranian roots on the way that he does business. That train of thought...
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Navygrey || Pop Ups
The last decade has seen a great deal of change around the interrelationship of digital and bricks and mortar across the creative industries. Disciples of each approach are plentiful but for most, it’s all about the hybrid. It’s about acquiring, delighting and retaining customers in both formats....
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Botivo || Mental Health || Patience and Persistence
Today we will be speaking with Sam Paget Steavenson, co-founder of Botivo. This British non-alcoholic botanical aperitivo has joy, playfulness and vivacity in abundance across flavour, brand and approach to doing business. This is accompanied by a determination, an attention to detail and a focus...
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Verden & Votary || Partnerships
In this episode, we are exploring the alchemy, the mystery and the magic of partnerships. For me it is such an intriguing element of creativity and of entrepreneurship. How do they work? Is it about divide and conquer? is it about contrast, connection and friendship? How are decisions made and...
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With Nothing Underneath || Singular Focus
In this episode I speak with Pip Durell founder of With Nothing Underneath to explore having singular focus at your business grows, how to lead, the reality of what it takes and how to celebrate the journey . Start ups are exciting and much discussed but there is something particularly intriguing...
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East London Cloth || Make The Old New
Gemma Moulton is the founder of East London Cloth. Gemma has crafted a visual narrative, a sensibility, a place and space all of her very own. It is both timeless and of the moment. It draws intelligently and interestingly on the past. The business has evolved quickly from making curtains, to…
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Ben Watkinson Creative Director of GF Smith || Longevity
We ask Ben Watkinson, Creative Director of GF Smith, about the power of paper, the work of a paper merchant, resilience, innovation, company culture, longevity and what the next one hundred years might bring. When I begin work with a new client, their specific understanding of success is a vital...
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Nicholas Balfe, Holm || Self-Taught
If curiosity is your north star, you will enjoy this. How does being self-taught impact the life of a creative entrepreneur? Those who live a life of creativity are often driven by something quite simple - curiosity, wonder and questioning. There is an innate desire to want to understand…
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Earnt || Original Thinking
How to ignite original thinking to action and how to keep that independence of thought at the heart of all you do as your businees grows. I think that we would all liked to be described as original. I think we also like to think that our designs, branding, website, shop or investment strategy…
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Ben Prescott || Read Your Client
How do we tune into clients? How can we read them quickly? How can we take feedback well? How can we be collaborative? How can we help them tell their story? I always enjoy the dedications and acknowledgements in books. Such hidden treasures. Recently, I had the pleasure of wolfing down Thomas...
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Cathy Nordstrom || Sweden
A conversation about how the Swedes do business with textile designer, Cathy Nordstrom. A few years ago, I had a conversation with Taymoor Atigetchi, founder of Papier about the impact of his Iranian roots on the way that he does business. That train of thought stayed with me. And stayed with me....
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The Fabled Thread || New Beginnings
Welcome to Up With the Lark And – a podcast for creative entrepreneurs hosted by me, Calandre Orton. It seems to me that there are two key factors in the running of a great business. Consistency and Change. Together. Blended. Balanced. Connected. And as we usher in a New Year, change is on our...
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Emma van Zeller and The Newt || Collaborations
Welcome to Up With the Lark And – a podcast for creative entrepreneurs hosted by me, Calandre Orton. One of the areas of creative business that intrigues me most is how creatives work together. How do great partnerships, collaborations, commissions, pairs and teams work? How do we know if an...
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Mel Calver || 05 Intentional Play
It seems to me that the mix of work rest and play has gone awry. Many of us find ourselves far from a good blend, mix or combinations of these three critical factors in any creative business. Work has long been worshipped. Being oh so very busy, burning the candle at both ends and the midnight…
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The V&A Shop || 04 Interactive Play
It seems to me that the mix of work rest and play has gone awry. Many of us find ourselves far from a good blend, mix or combinations of these three critical factors in any creative business. Work has long been worshipped. Being oh so very busy, burning the candle at both ends and the midnight…
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Bard || 03 Joyful Play
It seems to me that the mix of work rest and play has gone awry. Many of us find ourselves far from a good blend, mix or combinations of these three critical factors in any creative business. Work has long been worshipped. Being oh so very busy, burning the candle at both ends and the midnight…
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Fatso Chocolate || 02 Value Driven Play
It seems to me that the mix of work rest and play has gone awry. Many of us find ourselves far from a good blend, mix or combinations of these three critical factors in any creative business. Work has long been worshipped. Being oh so very busy, burning the candle at both ends and the midnight…
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Camilla Wordie || 01 Serious Play
It seems to me that the mix of work rest and play has gone awry. Many of us find ourselves far from a good blend, mix or combinations of these three critical factors in any creative business. Work has long been worshipped. Being oh so very busy, burning the candle at both ends and the midnight…
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Jess Wheeler || Reimagine Workshops
In this episode we are joined by Jess Wheeler. Jess is a designer and artist based in North Wales. She works across a variety of disciplines from set to homeware design and her cross disciplinary approach has a unified, nostalgic, nature driven narrative. I greatly admire not just the pieces that...
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Floks and Herd || Reimagine The Wool Industry
It is too easy to throw up our hands in despair at the state of the world. And yet there are many of you acting to make a change. Not only that, you are doing it ever so stylishly. Each of you should be applauded. For quite some time, I have wanted to adjust the format of the podcast. To mix in...
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The Proof || Reimagine Risk (and Pudding)
There is an audible sigh of exhaustion, of weariness, of disturbed momentum, of deep uncertainty. So in this collection of conversations, we are going to discuss ideas, approaches and temperaments that could act as an antidote for those of us working in the arts and creative industries. If you…
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Nights By Wilder || Reimagine Children's Nightwear
It is true that many enterprises begin with someone unable to find what they are looking for, so they make it themselves and Nights By Wilder is a delightful example of this. It was born out of founder Elizabeth’s stylish eye for nightwear for her children. Stylish is quite the word here, Nights…
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Julian Parmiter of Create Academy || Reimagine Online Learning
Welcome to the latest episode of Up With The Lark And. In this latest collection of conversations, I hope to offer some small antidote to the pervasive sense of weariness, exhaustion and uncertainty. My guests offer attitudes, approaches and temperaments that I hope should offer ideas, energy and...
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Jacques Testard of Fitzcarraldo Editions || Reimagine Publishing
It feels that within the creative industries there is an audible sigh of exhaustion, of weariness, of disturbed momentum, of uncertainty. So, in this collection of conversations, we are going to discuss ideas, approaches and temperaments that could act an antidote to this. I have approached those...
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Sarah Watson of Balineum || Copying
In this episode we face up to a complex, emotive and sadly ubiquitous challenge: copying. To my mind this is a heady mix of principle and pragmatism, the creative life and commercial reality. The fact is that copying is an inherent part of the pursuit of creativity. Imitation is how we learn and…
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Christine Omorere & Roshu Shrestha || United In Design
Welcome to Episode 62 and a rather special follow up episode. Back in November 2020, I had the pleasure of speaking with Alexandra Dauley and Sophie Ashby co-founders of United in Design. United in Design is a charitable project working to tackle the lack of diversity in the design industries.…
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Christabel Blackburn || Building On Success
Welcome to Episode 61 and a topic I am delighted to be discussing - how to build on success. Too often preoccupied with what could go wrong, we rarely openly discuss “what could go right”? How does success impact us? Does it offer freedom or pressure? How do we sustain it? Far from an air of...
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Tabi Jackson Gee || Chelsea Flower Show
In this spring-time cluster of episodes, I look to the great outdoors, to gardens, garden design, landscaping and all things green and, in particular, that great institution Chelsea Flower Show. The show is a place to luxuriate in the great garden renaissance of the 2020s and to explore current...
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Lottie Delamain || Chelsea Flower Show
In these spring-time episodes, I look to the great outdoors, to gardens, garden design, landscaping and, in particular, that great institution Chelsea Flower show. Far from its past reputation as a little ‘fuddy duddy’, Chelsea is now a place to luxuriate in the great garden renaissance of the...
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