In this episode of the Pin Drop podcast, Juliet Stevenson gives a live reading at Burberry's Makers House in London, a curated programme of fashion, art and literature.

Pin Drop Podcast: Juliet Stevenson at Burberry Makers House

In this episode of the Pin Drop podcast, bestselling author William Boyd and award-winning actor Ed Stoppard, read stories live at the Royal Academy of Arts

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Pin Drop Podcast: William Boyd and Ed Stoppard at the Royal Academy of Arts

In the episode of the Pin Drop podcast two of Britain’s most cherished actors, Dame Eileen Atkins and Dame Sian Philips give a live reading at the Royal Academy of Arts of a short story from 1919 called The Dictator: The Story of Ak and Humanity by Yefim Zozulya. 

Eileen Atkins is an award-winning actress, known for her critically-acclaimed roles in film and television productions including Gosford Park, Cranford and The Crown. Siân Phillips has starred in era-defining film and TV including Beckett and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – and the BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, for which she won a BAFTA for Best Actress. The performance was followed by a Q&A with Pin Drop founder, Simon Oldfield

Pin Drop Podcast: Eileen Atkins and Sian Phillips at the Royal Academy of Arts with Simon Oldfield

In this episode of the Pin Drop podcast we enter the wonderful world of Sue Tilley in a riotous interview with Simon Oldfield. Taking us on a journey through her life – Tilley discusses everything from being Lucian Freud’s muse, to Leigh Bowery’s biographer and her latest collaboration with Italian fashion house, Fendi.

Sue, also known as ‘Big Sue’, was the muse for a number of iconic paintings by Freud including Benefit Supervisor Sleeping and Benefit Supervisor Resting, which both sold for record-breaking prices.

Sue was introduced to Freud by her close friend, the avant-garde artist, performer and club icon, Leigh Bowery. After Bowery’s premature death in 1993, Sue wrote the definitive biography of this groundbreaking figure of the 1980s.

Sue Tilley was joined in conversation by Pin Drop Founder, Simon Oldfield.

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Pin Drop Podcast: Sue Tilley reads from Leigh Bowery: The Life and Times of an Icon

In this episode of the Pin Drop podcast Simon Oldfield meets multi award-winning chef, Jason Atherton.

Jason is the creative force behind The Social Company, a globally-renowned restaurant group that originated in London with his flagship Michelin-starred restaurant, Pollen Street Social. His empire now counts seventeen restaurants in major cities from New York to Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Jason is the author of numerous books that provide a glimpse into his unique and innovative approach, he regularly makes television appearances and he was recently named Best Restaurateur at the GQ Food and Drink Awards.

He is also a passionate art collector and was joined for this very special event in conversation by Pindrop’s founder Simon Oldfield, who curated Jason Atherton’s art collection across numerous restaurants including City Social and Pollen Street Social.

Pin Drop Podcast: Jason Atherton in conversation with Simon Oldfield

Cherise Saywell has been awarded the RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award, for her exceptional short story Morelia Spilota. The winning story was announced and narrated at a special live event by award-winning actress Dame Penelope Wilton.

The judging panel for the award includes the Royal Academy of Arts’ Artistic Director, Tim Marlow, and Pin Drop Studio’s founders Elizabeth Day and Simon Oldfield, who commented;

‘It was a privilege to judge this year’s RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award and select the winning story from such a strong short list. Cherise Saywell is a worthy winner for her superb story, ‘Morelia Spilota’, which is written with great confidence and verve. It is a brilliant short story.’

‘Cherise’s story is a superb example of the short form: elegant, lyrical and with a quiet, restrained power. It is written with such surety of tone and pace that reading it, you feel at once you are in the hands of a master storyteller.’ – Elizabeth Day

‘The quality of writing and the ambition of the writers seems to get stronger each year. It was a pleasure and a privilege to judge the prize and to encounter this year’s short-list’ – Tim Marlow

Pin Drop Podcast: Penelope Wilton reads Morelia Spilota by Cherise Saywell from A Short Affair

Listen to Gwendoline Christie reading Sunbed by Sophie Ward, live at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. 

Sophie Ward won the RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award 2018 for Sunbed, an original short story.

About Gwendoline Christie
Gwendoline is best known for portraying the warrior Brienne of Tarth in the HBO series Game of Thrones since 2012, and the First Order Stormtrooper Captain Phasma in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). It has recently been announced that she will be starring in Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History Of David Copperfield. 

About Sophie Ward
Sophie Ward is an acclaimed actor and writer from North London. Her short stories have been published in the anthologies, Finding A Voice, Book of Numbers and The Spiral Path, and The Gold Room. Her book, A Marriage Proposal; the importance of equal marriage and what it means for all of us was published by The Guardian short books in 2014. She has published articles in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Observer, The Spectator, Diva and Red magazine.

About the Award
The RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award is an annual non-profit, open-submission writing prize, staged by Pin Drop Studio in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Arts.  It offers a platform for new writing open to published and unpublished writers from anywhere across the globe to showcase their short fiction.  Past winners include Bethan Roberts, Claire Fuller and Cherise Saywell for their extraordinary stories, which have been narrated for our podcast series here by Stephen Fry, Juliet Stevenson and Dame Penelope Wilton.

This year’s award also marked the publication of A Short Affair, Pin Drop’s first anthology of original short fiction featuring bestselling authors alongside past winners and shortlisted stories from the RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award with artworks by artists from the Royal Academy Schools. Edited by Simon Oldfield with a jacket by Eddie Peake and a foreword by Tim Marlow. Published by Scribner on 12th July.

Pin Drop Podcast: Gwendoline Christie reading Sunbed by Sophie Ward from A Short Affair

Critically acclaimed British actor, Russell Tovey took centre stage at Hauser & Wirth Somerset earlier this summer to read Heart's Last Pass by Douglas W Milliken, a story from A Short Affair, the first anthology of original short fiction from Pin Drop edited by Simon Oldfield.

Buy your copy of A Short Affair here - https://amzn.to/2O5Na17

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About Russell Tovey

Tovey is one of the leading actors of his generation. He has starred in award-winning films including The Pass, Pride and Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, and played leading roles in major television shows including Quantico, Looking, Him & Her and Being Human. Tovey is also committed to the theatre and has most recently starred in Angels in America at the National Theatre.

Pin Drop Podcast: Russell Tovey reads Heart's Last Pass by Douglas W. Milliken from A Short Affair

Pin Drop Podcast: Jacob Fortune Lloyd reads Civilisation by Will Self from A Short Affair

In this episode of the Pin Drop podcast, leading British Actor reads Heart's Last Pass by Douglas W. Miliken from A Short Affair at Tate Liverpool. 

Supported by the Arts Council.

Pin Drop Podcast: Russell Tovey live at Tate Liverpool

Welcome to the Pin Drop podcast, the place to discover original stories.  Spend time with master storytellers including Stephen Fry, William Boyd, Lionel Shriver, Gwendoline Christie, Will Self, Russell Tovey and many more.  Discover new stories alongside interviews with Pin Drop founders Simon Oldfield and Elizabeth Day. 
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“A dazzling anthology.  I really believe in Pin Drop.”  – Stephen Fry
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“Pin Drop is a wonderful and rare conception.  The perfect antidote to the sound-bite culture.”  – William Boyd

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