Roddy Maude-Roxby was a pioneer of British Pop art and improvisation in theatre. Now 93, he recalls childhood memories of World War II, his illustrious colleagues at the Royal College of Art, combining art and acting at the Royal Court Theatre, meeting Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift and Woody Allen, making masks and their psychological implications, painting and drawing on cardboard and in daily notebooks, his current work with digital software and his love of poetry.

Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey talks about the plastic jerry cans he turns into tapestries and installations for which he coined the term Afrogallonism, how found articles such as these are central to his sustainable arts practice, how he reflects the culture and identity of his homeland, how he has involved the local community in his art, how he learnt to add performance to his work, the artistic importance of water in both local and global terms, and about his latest sculpture called Tribe and Tribulation which has become a permanent feature of London’s sculptural trail, The Line.

In this podcast, documentary photographer Alan Gignoux talks about his Huguenot ancestry, how he was hooked by photography, his work with refugees in the Middle East, how he became interested in environmental issues, and his Bruised Lands project that looks at four examples of relentless harvesting of natural assets around the world and the serious toll they have taken on both the local environment and its people.