Sounding Out Horsham

07/08/2025

A happy (belated) birthday to Percy Bysshe Shelley, Horsham's famous past resident!

Here's a link back to our chat with Carol and David from Shelley Memorial Project earlier this year where we heard about the romantic poet, his life and plans to build a lasting memorial to him in the area where he lived

https://bit.ly/SOHorshamShelley

21/07/2025

Congratulations to Restaurant Interlude which has been named AA Restaurant with Rooms of the Year – England 2025.

The award, announced as part of the 29th annual AA B&B Awards, honours standout establishments that deliver exceptional service, unforgettable dining and accommodation with true character and charm.

Restaurant Interlude is said to have "impressed inspectors with its ten individually designed bedrooms and immersive multi-course ‘estate experience’ menu, crafted by Executive Chef Jean Delport"

Earlier this year we visited the restaurant at Leonardslee Gardens to talk to Jean all about his appearance on Great British Menu 2025, his work at Restaurant Interlude and more.

If you haven't heard it already, or fancy a recap you can find it here: https://bit.ly/SOHorshamJeanDelport

or search for Sounding Out Horsham wherever you get your (it's Episode 37)

08/07/2025

📢NEW EPISODE

Are you a bit of a hoarder, finding it hard to let go of things in your home, even if they are taking up precious space, or are you a more of a Marie Kondo and have things bagged up and labelled for the charity shop as soon as they no longer 'spark joy'?

Whichever camp you're in, you should listen to our episode where we speak to professional declutterer and organiser Katie Wellman.

As Katie says, we work hard to have nice homes, yet often are so busy that spaces become cluttered and disorganised so we can't enjoy them as we should.

Katie shares some top organisation tips for listeners and discusses her work distributing the bits her clients don't want to those in need.

We also discuss Anna's relocation to Norway 😢(update to follow)

🎧on Podbean here: http://bit.ly/4eEhixq

Or by searching for Sounding Out Horsham wherever you get your

23/06/2025

The Shelley Memorial Project hosts many events as we found out when we spoke to its directors Carol and David earlier this year.

This event in August - Poetic Sounds - is one to put in your diary!

If you haven't already, listen to our episode on the work of the Shelley Memorial Project here: https://bit.ly/SOHorshamShelley

🎤✨ Newsflash! Tickets are now on sale for this year’s unforgettable celebration of poetry and music — Sounds Poetic!✨🎶

Join us on Saturday, 2nd August at the beautiful St Margaret’s Church, Warnham — the very place where Percy Bysshe Shelley was baptised — for a magical evening of verse, voice, and melody.

Featuring performances from award-winning poets and musicians:

🖋️ Sasha Dugdale

🖋️ John McCullough

🖋️ Barry Smith and Linda Kelsall-Barnett

We’ll also be unveiling the winning poems from the Shelley Memorial Project 2025 International Poetry Competition, presented by none other than Joe Bunn – the Bard of Worthing!

🕡 Doors open at 6:30 PM

🎭 The event begins at 7:00 PM sharp

🎟️ Tickets are now available — grab yours via the link below and be part of a truly poetic evening!

More details and pics of the performers to follow.

https://wegottickets.com/event/666643

19/05/2025

Jodie is celebrating her 4th year running The Kings Arms today. It's not easy running a pub but Jodie continues to do an incredible job, despite - as she told us last year - she just fell into it!

Congratulations Jodie 🎉🎉🎉🎉

19/05/2025

Have you visited the reinvigorated Poets Corner in Horsham Park yet? We love the idea of QR codes to access poems from the park

15/05/2025

📢 New episode

This one is a delicious treat for your ears as we catch up with the uber-talented chef Jean Delport 👨‍🍳

South African-born Jean is executive chef at Restaurant Interlude at Leonardslee Gardens where he wows diners with his creativity and flair in the kitchen 🍽

In March, Jean won the hearts (and taste buds) of judges on the hit BBC TV series Great British Menu, earning himself the chance to cook not one, but two dishes for the final banquet 🙌

We spoke to Jean about his experience on the show, about the Michelin-starred restaurant he oversees, his love of local produce, his background and more.

Tuck in here: https://bit.ly/SOHorshamJeanDelport

Or find the episode (no.37) wherever you get your

🎧 on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/chef-jean-delport-from-restaurant-interlude-at-leonardslee/id1544279192?i=1000708497577

🎧 on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iQu2trWKyckAue7RwXWgk?si=3c0bb2bdba3c485a

28/04/2025

If you've listened to our latest episode with Shelley Memorial Project you may have been interested to know what the proposed sculpture that will appear in Horsham Park looks like....

If you haven't yet listened and are curious about plans to build a lasting memorial to the romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in Horsham, you can access the episode here https://bit.ly/SOHorshamShelley or by searching for Sounding Out Horsham wherever you get your

22/04/2025

🌍We're marking Earth Day by digging out our episode with Carrie Cort of

Carrie's tips for living a more environmentally-friendly life are still a good place to start if you care for the planet 💚

🎧https://bit.ly/SussexGreenLiving or look for Episode 9 in our back catalogue wherever you get your

17/04/2025

Learn more about Horsham's very own romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and the work the Shelley Memorial Project is create a lasting memorial to him and his work in our town in our latest podcast.

We were inspired talking to Carol and David and if you are too, and want to find out more the details are in their post ⬇

05/04/2025

🔊 NEW EPISODE

I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert…

Anyone studying, or has recently studied GCSE English might recognise these as the first three lines of the poem Ozymandias.

The famous sonnet was written by the English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who also wrote works such as Queen Mab and To A Skylark.

But how many of you knew that this literary great was born – and lived – in Horsham?

Born in Field Place, Warnham in 1792, Shelley never knew fame during his lifetime, but became somewhat of a literary rockstar after his early death, influencing many poets and writers including WB Yeats, Thomas Hardy and George Bernard Shaw 🖋

Not to mention that his second wife – Mary Shelley - also became a superstar of the famous gothic novel Frankenstein 📖

Despite Percy Bysshe Shelley's posthumous influence and literary reputation, many of us are unaware of the writer's connection to Horsham and know little about his life, other than his works.

However, our guests for this episode are among those looking to right (or should that be write) that wrong.

Carol Hayton and David Hide are directors of The Shelley Memorial Project a community interest company that aims to establish a lasting public memorial to Percy Bysshe Shelley and commemorate Horsham’s most famous citizen.

They joined us (appropriately) at The Shelley Arms - Broadbridge Heath to tell us all about Shelley and their work to put Shelley firmly on the Horsham map!

🎧 here: https://bit.ly/SOHorshamShelley

🎧on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/percy-bysshe-shelley-with-the-shelley-memorial/id1544279192?i=1000702222866

🎧 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1eQ7qJRmh0GSpbMfeuPx48?si=7f36c5f0a2e9437c

Or wherever you get your

Thanks to The Shelley Arms - Broadbridge Heath for allowing us to record in their pub.

21/03/2025

This is a brilliant exhibition.... if you haven't been yet, make sure you go before it finishes on 21 April

Find out more in our latest episode when we went on a guided tour with assistant George Graham-Payne

🎧https://bit.ly/SOHorshamDinosaur