Sounding Out Horsham

Decluttering and organising tips with Katie Wellman of Make Room to Breathe - Episode 38

Prepare to clear out your unwanted stuff and get your home in order as we discuss decluttering and organising with professional declutter and organiser, Katie Wellman of Make Room to Breathe. As Anna prepares to clear her own home ahead of her move to Norway, Katie shares her top tips for getting rid of the items in our homes we no longer need and talks about her associations with charities in Horsham and West Sussex who she distributes them to. We also get some useful insights into home reorganisation. Get some boxes ready to fill and make room to breathe! Find out about Katie’s work at Make Room to Breathe [https://makeroomtobreathe.co.uk/]

Chef Jean Delport from Restaurant Interlude at Leonardslee - Episode 37

South African chef Jean Delport is described as the 'culinary visionary and creative force' at Restaurant Interlude [https://www.restaurant-interlude.co.uk/], the Michelin-starred restaurant at the Leonardslee Estate.  Jean has been wowing diners at the restaurant where he leads the team as executive chef since it opened in 2018 and in March 2025 he impressed the judges - and viewers - of the 20th series of the BBC TV show Great British Menu with his culinary wizardry, winning the chance to create two of the five dishes for the final banquet.  A couple of weeks after his TV appearance, on a beautiful spring day, we headed down to Restaurant Interlude to talk to Jean all about his experience on the show, Interlude, his journey as a chef, his love of local produce found in and around Horsham and much more!

Percy Bysshe Shelley with The Shelley Memorial Project - Episode 36

English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born at Field Place in Warnham in 1792, spending his formative years at his family home. His family is well-connected with the Horsham District too.  While he wrote famous poems such as Ozymandias, Queen Mab and To A Skylark and influenced many poets and writers, including Robert Browning, WB Yeats, Thomas Hardy and George Bernard Shaw, Shelley - whose second wife Mary Shelley authored the famous gothic novel Frankenstein - never knew fame during his lifetime.  Despite Percy Bysshe Shelley's posthumous influence and literary reputation, many of us are unaware of the writer's connection to Horsham and know little about his life, other than his works. However, our guests for this episode - Carol Hayton and David Hide - directors of The Shelley Memorial Project - are among those hoping to change that.  The Shelley Memorial Project [https://www.shelleymemorialproject.co.uk/] wants to create a lasting public memorial to Percy Bysshe Shelley to commemorate Horsham's famous former citizen.  To find out more, we gathered around a table at the Shelley Arms [https://shelleyarms.co.uk/] in Broadbridge Heath to talk about Shelley, his connection to Horsham, and the project's plans to honour him.

Dinosaurs with George Graham-Payne at Horsham Museum - Episode 35

Did you know that famous dinosaur the Iguanadon was discovered in Sussex? And that Horsham has its very own dinosaur - the Horshamosaurus?  These facts and more were some of the fantastic discoveries we made by talking to George Graham-Payne, assistant curator at Horsham Museum, where there's a new exhibition dedicated to, yes you've guessed it, dinosaurs!  For fans of palaeontology and anyone interested in learning more about the creatures who inhabited the earth millions of years ago.  Creataceous Horsham: Discovering Dinosaurs runs until 21 April at Horsham Museum. Find out more here.  [https://horshammuseum.org/events/event/cretaceous-horsham-discovering-dinosaurs-exhibition]

Talking music with Charlie and Alex of local band Graffiti - Episode 34

After performing live in venues around West Sussex for a couple of years, local band Graffiti released their first single.  Nobody Knows Where We Are Going is now available on all streaming services and is gathering rave reviews. Written by 17-year-old musician Charlie Shuttleworth, who founded Graffiti with friend Alex Wadham-Smith, and produced by Jamie Amos it's the first step in this young band's route to stardom.  You can hear an excerpt in this episode where we met with Charlie and Alex  just before the release of their new tune, to talk about their music and their future plans. Follow Graffiti on Instagram @graffiti_band22 [https://www.instagram.com/p/DEpPsjNCOnK/]