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...with THE NIALLIST

Niall O’Conghaile

Welcome to the podcast channel of THE NIALLIST, featuring episodes of ISLINGTON MILL IS QUEER, a series documenting the history of one of the UK’s most beloved art institutions (Islington Mill) and the individuals who have helped shape that history, as well as episodes of the ongoing queer sexuality chat show BODY TALK.

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54:56

IMAnd... #31 DIF and SAM JENKS

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2025/10/31

For the October 2025 edition of the Islington Mill podcast, I am joined by the queer author Sam Jenks to talk about his just-published novel "Homoland" and his queer writing/publishing project dif that is best summed up by its slogan "misfit gay lit and other queer shit"You can visit the dif website at: bedif.org Other authors mentioned on this episode are: Jon Ransom Nuril Basri Andrea Lawlor Thomas Moore and you can find out more about Sam's novel "Homoland" here.

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41:16

IMAnd... #30 I.M.A.A. (ISLINGTON MILL ART ACADEMY)

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2025/09/30

After brewing at the Mill for many years, the peer-led learning community I.M.A.A. (ISLINGTON MILL ART ACADEMY) is now in full swing! For this month's edition of the podcast I am joined by I.M.A.A.'s Sam, Sophie and Russell to talk about what exactly this project entails, where/when it happens and how you, yes YOU dear listener, can get involved. This podcast is filled with lots of valuable information but if you'd like to know more, you can visit the I.M.A.A. Instagram page or go straight to the

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48:50

IMAnd... #29 THE DAMES & BLEACH

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2025/09/02

Thanks to Manchester Pride, August has been a very busy month, and so after a slight delay here is the August edition of Islington Mill And...! The guests for this month's pod are the drag performers/musicians/Berlin club promoters THE DAMES and BLEACH. THE DAMES are a trans cabaret musical act made up of Nancy and Eve and BLEACH is Nancy's partner, a promoter, performer and a force of punk nature. The Dames were recently in residency at the Mill developing a show that was premiered at Feel Good

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49:11

IMAnd... #28 Art With Heart with RACHEL MOORHOUSE

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2025/07/30

For this month's episode The Niallist visits Studio 304 to speak to Art With Heart's RACHEL MOORHOUSE about the Salford-based multimedia arts company and their strong social engagement ethos, their various project in and around Salford and how to become a "producer" in the arts sector. You can find out more about Art With Heart by visiting their website: artwithheart.org.uk

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01:07:54

IMAAnd... #27 Not Quite Light with SIMON BUCKLEY

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2025/06/30

For the June edition of "ISLINGTON MILL And..." Niall is joined by photographer and multi-media artist SIMON BUCKLEY to discuss his Not Quite Light project, an ongoing photography series documenting Manchester's changing city scape over the last 10 years. This fascinating conversation also touches on history, geography, energy and how Simon has survived for almost four decades as a freelance artist, making it essential listening for anyone who works at Islington Mill (and even beyond!)You can view

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59:08

IMAnd... #26 Grounding & Centering with OSKAR MARCHOCK

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2025/06/02

After a prolonged hiatus, we are back! As we find ourselves in a period of transition and reallignment (both globally and locally) I have invited onto the podcast long time meditator, qigong teacher and coach OSKAR MARCHOCK to talk about his upcoming six week course on "Grounding & Centering". At this time of heightened anxiety and insecurity all over the world, I believe a centering and grounding practice could be of benefit to many in the Islington Mill community and also many beyond! You can

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47:16

ISLINGTON MILL And... #25 DEAD AIR

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2025/01/31

For this episode of ISLINGTON MILL And..., we meet the team behind DEAD AIR, the Mill's weekly livestream and queer music community project with DJs Niallist, Klitbait, Meatmarket and Year Of The Rat. Visit the DEAD AIR website for links to the Instagram and YouTube profiles, where you can watch live every Wednesday and check out previous sets and streams. CONTENT WARNING: listener discretion is advised as the following podcast contains music that is TOTALLY BANGING. If you, or anyone you know,

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57:30

ISLINGTON MILL And... #24 HomoMill Pt 2: Bummer Camp

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2024/08/30

In the follow up to this month's earlier podcast about the HomoMill project I speak to Rebecca Power who has been employed to run Islington Mill's club space, as well as reminiscing on BUMMER CAMP, the legendary queer summer party that has made its return to the Mill this Pride. Note: this episode was due to drop before Bummer Camp but my schedule has been crazy so I didn't get it up on time - but here it is!

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36:37

ISLINGTON MILL And... #23 "HomoMill" Club Space Project

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2024/08/03

After a summer hiatus the Islington Mill community podcast is back! This episode I speak to the Mill's Bill Campbell and HomoBloc's Sophie Bee & Rod Connolly about the "HomoMill" project that is going to be making use of Islington Mill's club space after the recent departure of the Partisan Collective.

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01:13:09

ISLINGTON MILL And... #22 COLLYN MIZRAHI

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2024/04/30

This month’s podcast is epic! At the behest of Tranuary’s Liv McCafferty, the microphone is being turned on (spoiler warning) me to give me a chance to talk about my history in ballroom/vogue culture in the run up to Manchester’s first Kiki Ball on June 15th, and my party CVNTY at Derby Brewery Arms this Friday (May 3rd). I hope this knowledge might be useful to any qtipoc listeners out there or anyone interested in learning (or learning more) about voguing and ballroom culture, and if you'd like to

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01:13:24

ISLINGTON MILL And..#21 SHREK666

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2024/03/30

In January of this year I sat down with the Scottish performance artist Daemon Clelland -aka Shrek666, then the current artist in residence at Islington Mill - to do an interview that was ostensibly about the Tranuary event (also previously covered on this podcast). But our chat quickly escalated into an epic interview about life as a queer person living in various cities including Manchester, London, Berlin and Daemon's hometown of Glasgow, where once upon a time I also used to live! You can find

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01:01:54

ISLINGTON MILL And... #20 VENN SMYTH

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2024/02/28

In this month's episode, I speak to VENN SMYTH; queer synth pop singer/saxophonist, composer, performer and the current artist in resident at Islington Mill (you can find their music on Spotify and Bandcamp). Venn recently travelled to San Marino to audition for Eurovision and we had a great chat talking about what happened there, as well as the politics of Eurovision in general. This is a very fun episode, enjoy!

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40:10

ISLINGTON MILL And... #19 TRANUARY

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2024/01/31

This past Saturday saw the second annual instalment of the trans-centered festival TRANUARY at Manchester's Soup venue. I caught up with the festival's director & producer Liv McCafferty, as well as some of the performers and hosts of this year's event (Shanika Sunrise, DJ Luvable & Violet Blonde) to talk about what Tranuary means to them.

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33:35

NIALLISM Ep.#1 - Welcome!

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2024/01/30

After the unfortunate passing of Fi Barret in 2023 I have decided not to continue with my Liner Notes podcast (even though my Album Of The Month Club is still ongoing over on Spotify). Instead I have decided to start a new irregular podcast where I talk about my life, my music, my friends and all the good stuff that inspires me - welcome to...NIALLISM!

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47:51

ISLINGTON MILL And... #18 TOPS

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2023/12/31

For this month's show I speak to Ames Pennington about their new film TOPS, which had it's Manchester debut at Islington Mill on Thurs Nov 30th, along with Oskar Marchock one of the subjects of the documentary. TOPS is a hilarious and touching look into the lives of four different people who have each had top surgery, with Ames asking "What is the top you were most looking forward to wearing after your surgery?" You can find out more about the film at: http://amypennington.co.uk

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58:13

ISLINGTON MILL And... #17 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CONSENT

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2023/11/27

This Thursday Nov 30th sees Islington Mill hosting the International Day Of Consent with a series of events happening from 12 noon til 10:30pm. For this month's podcast I asked the even organiser Jenn Wilson to join me to talk about the events, including the launch of their new "consent compass". You can find more information at: https://idoconsent.org and also on Jenn's own site: https://irregular.org.uk but for now I'm very excited to publish this super interesting episode, I hope you enjoy it and

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01:05:54

ISLINGTON MILL And... #16 UPWORDING Pt 3

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2023/10/30

For part 3 of this ongoing series on the practice of "Upwording" I am joined by Rivca Rubin and Charles Lauder (who have appeared in the previous episodes) along with, for the first time, the artists Jenn Wilson and Mariana Renthel. We discuss the practice and the applications of Upwording and a general theme seemed to emerge around "consent". You can find out more about Upwording at linktr.ee/upwording

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41:22

ISLINGTON MILL And... #15 Sexquisite

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2023/09/29

For this month's podcast I am joined by guests Maedb and Natalie from SEXQUISITE, a sex worker-led, sex positive performance group/happening, to talk about what it means to be "sex positive" along with a whole range of other sex work-related questions (including the new SWer + PoC-led event Riot Party). You can find Sexquisite on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/sexquisite.events/ and Riot Party can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/riotpartyuk/

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46:05

ISLINGTON MILL And... #14 Meet The FUCKPIGS!

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2023/08/31

If you've been out clubbing in the Manchester/Salford area in the last few years, you may have seen (or heard of) The FUCKPIGS. In this month's episode of ISLINGTON MILL And... I meet the people behind this alt queer performance troupe to find out the who's, why's, where's and when's of the FUCKPIGS story - be sure to check out their Instagram too at https://www.instagram.com/fvckpigs/ oink oink!

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01:01:57

ISLINGTON MILL And...#13 MODELLING QUEER UTOPIAS Part...

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2023/07/04

For episode #13 of this podcast series, I am talking to Bill Campbell for the third time about the ongoing Modeling Queer Utopias project. This July, Bill is working with Manchester international Festival to do guided tours of Islington Mill where he also talks about his own history with this space and where he would like the future to go. I will let Bill do the explaining, but if you'd like to know more (or buy a ticket to the tour) you can get more info on Manchester international Festival's

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