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The most eccentric interview project in British art. In 2015, Dan Richards impulsively decided to build an airship in his art school bar — an act of opposition that sent him off to meet some of Britain’s most extraordinary artists, craftsmen, and technicians in the spaces where they work.
The result is a journey into the headspaces and workplaces of uniquely creative people — from musician Bill Drummond and painter Jenny Saville to Dame Judi Dench, comedian Stewart Lee, and the Manic Street Preachers. Richards asks how they make things, where they make them, and what the creative life actually feels like from the inside — in workshops, studios, and sheds across Britain — with the half-built airship hovering over it all as a glorious symbol of creative folly.
The follow-up to his acclaimed Holloway (co-written with Robert Macfarlane), this is part travelogue, part intimate conversation — a delight for anyone interested in how artists think, work, and keep going.
“The Beechwood Airship Interviews” by Dan Richards is a 2015 memoir built on a wonderfully eccentric premise: Richards impulsively decides to build an airship in his art school bar — an act of opposition that sends him off to meet and interview some of Britain’s most extraordinary artists, craftsmen, and technicians in the spaces where they work.
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nThe result is a journey into the headspaces and workplaces of uniquely creative people — from musician and artist Bill Drummond and painter Jenny Saville to Dame Judi Dench, comedian Stewart Lee, and the Manic Street Preachers. Richards asks how they make things, where they make them, and what the creative life actually feels like from the inside. The follow-up to his acclaimed Holloway (co-written with Robert Macfarlane), it confirms Richards as a warm, curious guide to Britain’s creative underground.
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nPart travelogue, part series of intimate conversations, The Beechwood Airship Interviews is a delight for anyone interested in how artists think, work, and keep going.
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