Up With The Lark And

About Up With The Lark And

A podcast for creative entrepreneurs looking for pithy, actionable advice on how to thrive commercially and creatively.

Publisher

UP WITH THE LARK

Category

arts · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Nov 2018

Latest episode

29 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

112 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jul 2026

   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 this episode we consider that third thread - rest. Perhaps once billed as a weakness, it is now clear that it is a strategic tool in the life of a creative and of an entreprenuer. But what does it mean? What does it mean for you? What is realistic? And what is effective? And what if it was the strategy and not the reward? Here to join us to discuss how to rest is Amber Teale co-founder of KABN. KABN is a luxury, regenerative, and social hospitality brand based in Scotland. Launched in 2022, the husband-and-wife duo created the company with a focus on immersive, sustainable travel. Their off-grid cabins, originally located on the shores of Loch Fyne in Scotland, blend Japanese minimalism with Scandinavian design. What a perfect fit for this topic. Join us.

2. 

   15 Jul 2026

   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. Clothes to wear and adorn, a home to shelter within, meals to nourish. We had no idea what was happening in the next town let alone the next nation. Trains, the printing press, telegrams, air travel, the telephone, the internet, social media. It has offered so much good, so much joy, so much opportunity, so much access. It does, however, mean that it is a greater challenge to retain some element of originality in our work, to avoid distraction and dilution. Too many of us see the same things, we go to the same art shows and design fairs, we read the same books, we visit the same cities and queue for the same cafes. We experience the gentle sigh of rapid trends and ‘oh yes, I saw that too’. It is too easy to rely on algorithms instead of the ache and struggle of self expression and curiosity and failure and chance. And so, today, a brief moment to consider originality. And a chance to celebrate all of you who are, I am certain, doing all that you can to strive toward that accolade. And to explore this with us is Emily Forgot. Emily is a designer and visual artist and one who embraces colour, texture, 3D and spaces. Her work includes collage, sculpture, assemblages and spatial design. She has worked with the V&A, Carl Hansen, Very Good and Proper, the Wander Art Trail and Selfridges to name but a few from a very long list. I have long admired her work and, increasingly, her process. She shares visual delights on her social media and most excellent substack, Soft Fascination, and appears to have a gift of showing and sharing things others haven’t spotted or seen or celebrated. Details. colour palettes, historical references, combinations. I am delighted and grateful for her eye and ability to communicate. So when it came to considering this topic, I was pleased as punch that Emily agreed to join me! And so, originality. What does it mean? Why is it important? How can we pursue it? Who and what and where can help us? How do we put the blinkers on? How can we check and test our thinking? And so welcome to Up With The Lark And Emily Forgot on Pursuing Originality.

3. 

   17 Jun 2026

   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 consider where things have come from. However, even in this highly connected world, we are too often divorced from the truth about production, And with the best will in the world, it is all too easy to allow our passions and expertise to fall into silos. Sometimes we forget to join the dots. And that is to our detriment. So in this episode, I am delighted to be able to meet two talented and determined souls who are doing just that. Alice Robinson and Sara Grady are the co-founders of British Pasture Leather.  They offer a new model for leather production and work to redefine leather as it truly is: an agricultural product shaped by land stewardship. We are going to explore assumptions made about leather, the narrative that they are working to change, setting the course for a vision and the nitty gritty of following it through, what success looks like when you are working on change and not just profit, a fantastic recent project with Mulberry and what the future holds. British Pasture Leather (https://britishpastureleather.com/)

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• Hannah Weiland
• Isabella Valenzia
• India Holmes
• Xanthe Ross

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

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Quality

63

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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