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I sold my film around the world. But I'm still in debt.
May 4
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Special Meander: On the 12th month of Substack, my true love gave to me...
Dec 11, 2024
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When nuclear war came to Sheffield
Oct 27, 2024
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10 Things to Know About... 'The Day The Earth Caught Fire'
Jul 24
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Documentary stuff
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How I funded my film & how I feel about it now: an honest conversation with Keris from The Ladybird Purse
"I'd love to make more films like that, but I can't do that process again"
Jun 13
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Vicki Lesley
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Keris Fox
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Postnatal, pandemic premiere - memories from 5 years ago today
A recording from Vicki Lesley's live video
May 15
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I sold my film around the world. But I'm still in debt.
A no-holds-barred case study from the coal face of independent documentary film. With actual £££ numbers.
May 4
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Vicki Lesley
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K is for 'Koyaanisqatsi'
...in the A-Z of my favourite documentary films
Apr 14
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Vicki Lesley
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Atomic stuff
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Talking to Dr David Toke about writing, wind power, nuclear reactors... and almost being Dale Vince
"I've always been into scribbling things"
Oct 16
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Vicki Lesley
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David Toke
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The Atom & Us: Greg Mitchell
I was the rare writer who interviewed dozens of atomic bomb survivors in Japan AND both of the pilots of the planes that dropped the bombs.
Aug 9
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Hiroshima survivors - in their own words
Readings from the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation's collection of first-person essays, first published in 1990
Aug 7
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Vicki Lesley
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The Atom & Us: Yuki Miyamoto
"I avoided looking at the Atomic Bomb Dome whenever I passed by on my way to downtown Hiroshima. It was a haunting reminder of the pain that lingered in…
Aug 6
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Vicki Lesley
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Monthly Meander Sept '25: Ahead by a Century
Celebrating the wins & bearing the stings with an iconic song
Oct 2
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Round-up Meander Aug/Sept '25: Good things to read, watch & listen to 📚📺🎧
Here come the Aussies...
Sep 26
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Vicki Lesley
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Chatty Meander! Live with Vicki Lesley
A talky version of my usual written round-up of things I've been reading, watching & listening to lately. Plus what's to come on my newsletter in August…
Aug 2
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Vicki Lesley
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Monthly Meander June '25: You Can Do Hard Things
And the productivity bros are not your people
Jul 8
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10 Things to Know About... Raspad
Plus two Chernobyl-themed shorts to watch alongside
Nov 4
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Vicki Lesley
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The Film Thread: your on-screen atomic drama pick for November
Confusion reigns as a reactor explodes and an empire collapses in late-Soviet Ukraine
Oct 22
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Vicki Lesley
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Talking to Dr David Toke about writing, wind power, nuclear reactors... and almost being Dale Vince
"I've always been into scribbling things"
Oct 16
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Vicki Lesley
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David Toke
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10 Things to Know About... 'The Plutonium Circus'
Your introductory primer and companion short in The Film Thread this month
Oct 7
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Vicki Lesley
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