The Creative Instinct: Exploring the Ancient Urge to Make Things by Hand with Suzy Bennett

21/10/2025 49 min Temporada 2 Episodio 12
The Creative Instinct: Exploring the Ancient Urge to Make Things by Hand with Suzy Bennett

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Episode Synopsis

When photographer and travel journalist Suzy Bennett walked into a Victorian forge to commission a curtain rail, she was bewitched by the sights and sounds she found there.
The experience caused a career change that led Suzy to reduce her worldwide travel and pick up stories closer to home in Devon.  
In this episode she looks at what lies behind our compulsion to make things, how craft can benefit mental health and the importance of celebrating traditional techniques and practical earthy people.    
Suzy’s book, Artisans of Dartmoor, is out now.
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