Podcasts

The ultimate English castle hotel

Jane Hunt interviews Margaret Livingstone-Evans, executive general manager at Langley Castle Hotel, Northumberland, to discover numerous quirky things about the most authentic castle hotel in England, as well as the story of a medieval seal returning to Langley after centuries…
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August 3rd, 2022

Cruising on England’s Most Beautiful Lake

Jane Hunt interviews Rachel Bell, from heritage steam cruise company, Ullswater Steamers, about the heritage vessels that visitors to the English Lake District can board, if they wish to soak up the glorious scenery and history of England’s most stunning…
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July 13th, 2022

How to Start an Insurance Brokerage

Jane Hunt interviews Roger Gaunt, managing director of Appointed Representative Network principal, Gauntlet, to discover the best way in which an insurance account executive can start their own insurance brokerage and become their own boss.

June 20th, 2022

Clipping Marvellous: the topic of topiary

Jane Hunt interviews Chris Crowder, head gardener of the Lake District’s Levens Hall and Gardens, near Kendal, to find out all about the amazing topiary garden, why it is a world record holder and why World Topiary Day is its…
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May 6th, 2022

A Westmorland Winner: Grasmere & Its Sports

Jane Hunt introduces Grasmere – a village in the English much-associated with the poet, William Wordsworth, and then interviews the Sports and Field Manager of the historic Grasmere Sports and Lakeland Show, Deborah Black, to find out more about one of its most notable annual events, which returns in August 2022, after two years of postponement due to the pandemic.

May 3rd, 2022

Storytelling Along Cumbria’s Glorious Western Coastline

Jane Hunt interviews Anja Phoenix, the founder of children’s story trail brand, Tale Trails, to learn about her very latest 6 trails, which bring to life the stories and landscape of the lesser-known coastline of Cumbria and the Lake District, one of the most stunning areas in the UK and which have been created in conjunction with Copeland Borough Council.

April 14th, 2022

Insurance Broker De-authorisation: the Advantages & the Opportunities

Interview with Roger Gaunt, Managing Director of Gauntlet Group, a well-established principal for a network of insurance Appointed Representatives and dynamic local insurance brokers, and with Roger Smith, an insurance broker who has recently de-authorised and joined Gauntlet Group as…
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March 21st, 2022

Poodling Around Podcast: Terrific Topiary

Jane Hunt interviews Jane Meaker, from Levens Hall & Gardens in Cumbria UK, founders of World Topiary Day and home to the world’s oldest topiary gardens. The second interviewee is Jane Hasell-McCosh, owner of Dalemain Mansion & Gardens in Cumbria,…
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May 4th, 2021