Audrey Gillan
@audreygillan.bsky.social
Writer and broadcaster.
www.audreygillan.com
www.audreygillan.com
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
It was one of the highlights of our radio work to document with @audreygillan.bsky.social George's life with his pal Tara, who died in 2024
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It was one of the highlights of our radio work to document with @audreygillan.bsky.social George's life with his pal Tara, who died in 2024
Dear London pals. I have a food processor with all the tools. One full-height book case. One half-height book case. To be collected in the next few days. From E1. For free.
July 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Dear London pals. I have a food processor with all the tools. One full-height book case. One half-height book case. To be collected in the next few days. From E1. For free.
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
The Girls in the Pictures: Joan Eardley & the Samson Children
Currently on BBC Sounds: Ann & Pat Samson are two of the children captured in Eardley’s emblematic Glasgow paintings. They speak with @audreygillan.bsky.social about their memories of the time & the artist
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Currently on BBC Sounds: Ann & Pat Samson are two of the children captured in Eardley’s emblematic Glasgow paintings. They speak with @audreygillan.bsky.social about their memories of the time & the artist
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Girls in the Pictures: Joan Eardley and the Samson Children
Audrey Gillan meets the 'Samson girls' of Joan Eardley's famous paintings.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Girls in the Pictures: Joan Eardley & the Samson Children
Currently on BBC Sounds: Ann & Pat Samson are two of the children captured in Eardley’s emblematic Glasgow paintings. They speak with @audreygillan.bsky.social about their memories of the time & the artist
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Currently on BBC Sounds: Ann & Pat Samson are two of the children captured in Eardley’s emblematic Glasgow paintings. They speak with @audreygillan.bsky.social about their memories of the time & the artist
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
Hello friends, here’s my Observer audio column, there’s some good stuff this week, including @joedunthorne.bsky.social and @audreygillan.bsky.social enjoyyyyy observer.co.uk/culture/podc...
This week in audio: a family backstory with bite | The Observer
Independent journalism | News, culture & style | Investigations, analysis, features, ideas, recipes, newsletters & podcasts that make sense of the world
observer.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Hello friends, here’s my Observer audio column, there’s some good stuff this week, including @joedunthorne.bsky.social and @audreygillan.bsky.social enjoyyyyy observer.co.uk/culture/podc...
Was that the actual last episode of The Pitt? Did they run out of money and shot the last 4 minutes in a park whilst the characters threw empty beer cans and ruminated at each other? What? I was crying four minutes ago and then this mad end? …
April 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Was that the actual last episode of The Pitt? Did they run out of money and shot the last 4 minutes in a park whilst the characters threw empty beer cans and ruminated at each other? What? I was crying four minutes ago and then this mad end? …
This thread. 🤪
For @thefence.bsky.social I'm collecting EXTREMELY PETTY MONEY SAVING TIPS for the coming recession, eg using white bread instead of pencil erasers or buying a 1981 calendar for 2026 because the days will line up. If any of you can beat this absurdly niche example I've just been sent, I'm all ears.
April 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This thread. 🤪
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
ONE WEEK TO GO! If you are an early career British journalist wanting to apply for the @sternbryanfellow.bsky.social
please remember the deadline is 3 March. Remember as well as your cover letter you need to include your cuttings and get your written references!
please remember the deadline is 3 March. Remember as well as your cover letter you need to include your cuttings and get your written references!
February 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
ONE WEEK TO GO! If you are an early career British journalist wanting to apply for the @sternbryanfellow.bsky.social
please remember the deadline is 3 March. Remember as well as your cover letter you need to include your cuttings and get your written references!
please remember the deadline is 3 March. Remember as well as your cover letter you need to include your cuttings and get your written references!
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
“Brave, fearless and true…”
Great to see Last Rights reviewed by @juderogers.bsky.social in this morning’s Observer
Listen in the Tara and George podcast - presented and produced by @audreygillan.bsky.social, with Alan Hall www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Great to see Last Rights reviewed by @juderogers.bsky.social in this morning’s Observer
Listen in the Tara and George podcast - presented and produced by @audreygillan.bsky.social, with Alan Hall www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The week in audio: Facing the Music; Tara and George: Last Rights; Why Is Amy in the Bath? and more – review
The lives of Beethoven, Haydn and co enthral; Audrey Gillan updates her award-winning rough sleepers series. Plus, a choir of cicadas and bathtime fun with Amy Adams…
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
“Brave, fearless and true…”
Great to see Last Rights reviewed by @juderogers.bsky.social in this morning’s Observer
Listen in the Tara and George podcast - presented and produced by @audreygillan.bsky.social, with Alan Hall www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Great to see Last Rights reviewed by @juderogers.bsky.social in this morning’s Observer
Listen in the Tara and George podcast - presented and produced by @audreygillan.bsky.social, with Alan Hall www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
"A humane, poignant story of a hard life and its impact on others and a reminder that people are complex, contradictory and vulnerable. [Last Rights] was quiet, sad and absolutely riveting"
Great to see Last Rights in @teddyjamieson.bsky.social's radio review
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
Great to see Last Rights in @teddyjamieson.bsky.social's radio review
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
Which comedians were 'completely drunk' during their Comic Relief appearance?
Here’s a question for you. Who do you think has raised the most money for Comic Relief over the last four decades? Not over all the years put…
www.heraldscotland.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"A humane, poignant story of a hard life and its impact on others and a reminder that people are complex, contradictory and vulnerable. [Last Rights] was quiet, sad and absolutely riveting"
Great to see Last Rights in @teddyjamieson.bsky.social's radio review
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
Great to see Last Rights in @teddyjamieson.bsky.social's radio review
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
Every year we get a lot of questions about the Stern-Bryan fellowship - so here's a few answers for those who might be considering applying....
February 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Every year we get a lot of questions about the Stern-Bryan fellowship - so here's a few answers for those who might be considering applying....
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
At @sternbryanfellow.bsky.social we have an awesome roll call - such as @maryfitzger.bsky.social @hels.bsky.social @taniabranigan.bsky.social who all did it at early stages in their career. Follow in their footsteps... city.ac.uk/prospective-students/finance/funding/stern-bryan-fellowship
Stern-Bryan Fellowship | City, University of London
Every year, a British journalist gets the chance to spend three months at the Washington Post.
city.ac.uk
February 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
At @sternbryanfellow.bsky.social we have an awesome roll call - such as @maryfitzger.bsky.social @hels.bsky.social @taniabranigan.bsky.social who all did it at early stages in their career. Follow in their footsteps... city.ac.uk/prospective-students/finance/funding/stern-bryan-fellowship
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
If you're a journalist on a regional media organisation, thinking about applying for @sternbryanfellow.bsky.social , do consider it - Sarah Neville was on the @yorkshirepost.co.uk
when she won it. See details here: city.ac.uk/prospective-students/finance/funding/stern-bryan-fellowship
when she won it. See details here: city.ac.uk/prospective-students/finance/funding/stern-bryan-fellowship
Stern-Bryan Fellowship | City, University of London
Every year, a British journalist gets the chance to spend three months at the Washington Post.
city.ac.uk
February 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If you're a journalist on a regional media organisation, thinking about applying for @sternbryanfellow.bsky.social , do consider it - Sarah Neville was on the @yorkshirepost.co.uk
when she won it. See details here: city.ac.uk/prospective-students/finance/funding/stern-bryan-fellowship
when she won it. See details here: city.ac.uk/prospective-students/finance/funding/stern-bryan-fellowship
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
Because the way we listen these days is different and mainly non-linear, I often miss radio shows/timings now, so just in case you are same, you may have missed this latest installment of the absolutely unforgettable Tara and George series:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Tara and George - Last Rights - BBC Sounds
Audrey Gillian explores the death of rough sleeper Tara McKerr.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Because the way we listen these days is different and mainly non-linear, I often miss radio shows/timings now, so just in case you are same, you may have missed this latest installment of the absolutely unforgettable Tara and George series:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
This is beautiful, moving, and - as with everything by Audrey Gillan - infused with respect and deep humanity.
In 2018, I sat down on a doorstep beside two rough sleepers & recorded their lives. The R4 series Tara & George asked what led the couple to the streets. Last autumn, I was contacted by Tara’s brother, Shaun. She’s dead. Sun 16 Feb on BBC Radio 4 at 715pm & BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
February 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is beautiful, moving, and - as with everything by Audrey Gillan - infused with respect and deep humanity.
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
You're so welcome. I can't recommend your series about the pair highly enough. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Tara and George - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Tara and George on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
You're so welcome. I can't recommend your series about the pair highly enough. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
Anyone who is interested in true crime podcasts, particularly investigations and learning more about the truth surrounding the victims and how they are often mishandled and mistreated, then check out "The creation of Bible John" by @audreygillan.bsky.social it's incredible.
February 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Anyone who is interested in true crime podcasts, particularly investigations and learning more about the truth surrounding the victims and how they are often mishandled and mistreated, then check out "The creation of Bible John" by @audreygillan.bsky.social it's incredible.
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
In 'Last Rights', @audreygillan.bsky.social asks how - in death as in life - rough sleeper Tara McKerr could fall between the cracks in society.
You can listen on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 7.15pm or on the Tara and George podcast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
You can listen on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 7.15pm or on the Tara and George podcast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Tara and George, Last Rights
Audrey Gillian explores the death of rough sleeper Tara McKerr.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
In 'Last Rights', @audreygillan.bsky.social asks how - in death as in life - rough sleeper Tara McKerr could fall between the cracks in society.
You can listen on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 7.15pm or on the Tara and George podcast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
You can listen on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 7.15pm or on the Tara and George podcast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
Last autumn, out of the blue, Tara's estranged brother got in contact with @audreygillan.bsky.social - to let her know that Tara had died. Something he had only discovered months after the fact because of a message from a company of 'heir hunters'
February 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Last autumn, out of the blue, Tara's estranged brother got in contact with @audreygillan.bsky.social - to let her know that Tara had died. Something he had only discovered months after the fact because of a message from a company of 'heir hunters'
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
Tonight on BBC Radio 4 - Last Rights. The final episode in our series from 2018, Tara and George.
Seven years ago, @audreygillan.bsky.social began documenting the lives of two rough sleepers - Tara and George - who lived in her neighbourhood in East London... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
Seven years ago, @audreygillan.bsky.social began documenting the lives of two rough sleepers - Tara and George - who lived in her neighbourhood in East London... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC Radio 4 - Tara and George - Who are Tara and George?
Tara and George are rough sleepers in Spitalfields.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Tonight on BBC Radio 4 - Last Rights. The final episode in our series from 2018, Tara and George.
Seven years ago, @audreygillan.bsky.social began documenting the lives of two rough sleepers - Tara and George - who lived in her neighbourhood in East London... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
Seven years ago, @audreygillan.bsky.social began documenting the lives of two rough sleepers - Tara and George - who lived in her neighbourhood in East London... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
The Sunday Times preview of Last Rights. A follow-up episode to the series Tara & George. Telling the story of Tara’s lonely death. Tonight. 1915. BBC Radio 4. And on BBc Sounds. Thank you @clairywoowoo.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Sunday Times preview of Last Rights. A follow-up episode to the series Tara & George. Telling the story of Tara’s lonely death. Tonight. 1915. BBC Radio 4. And on BBc Sounds. Thank you @clairywoowoo.bsky.social
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
Audrey Gillan's original documentary series on Tara and George was amazing - made with such tenacity and compassion. I don't doubt this follow-up, produced in the wake of Tara's death, will be equally brilliant though sad. On R4 tomorrow at 7.15pm.
In 2018, I sat down on a doorstep beside two rough sleepers & recorded their lives. The R4 series Tara & George asked what led the couple to the streets. Last autumn, I was contacted by Tara’s brother, Shaun. She’s dead. Sun 16 Feb on BBC Radio 4 at 715pm & BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
February 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Audrey Gillan's original documentary series on Tara and George was amazing - made with such tenacity and compassion. I don't doubt this follow-up, produced in the wake of Tara's death, will be equally brilliant though sad. On R4 tomorrow at 7.15pm.
In 2018, I sat down on a doorstep beside two rough sleepers & recorded their lives. The R4 series Tara & George asked what led the couple to the streets. Last autumn, I was contacted by Tara’s brother, Shaun. She’s dead. Sun 16 Feb on BBC Radio 4 at 715pm & BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
In 2018, I sat down on a doorstep beside two rough sleepers & recorded their lives. The R4 series Tara & George asked what led the couple to the streets. Last autumn, I was contacted by Tara’s brother, Shaun. She’s dead. Sun 16 Feb on BBC Radio 4 at 715pm & BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Reposted by Audrey Gillan
Anybody interested in finding out out more about why @theguardian.com journalists are striking next week to save the Observer can find out all the latest at @gdnobsnuj.bsky.social. Please follow, share and encourage others to if you care about the future of journalism. Thanks loads
November 26, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Anybody interested in finding out out more about why @theguardian.com journalists are striking next week to save the Observer can find out all the latest at @gdnobsnuj.bsky.social. Please follow, share and encourage others to if you care about the future of journalism. Thanks loads