Helen Couchman

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Short feature interview – China Radio International, CRI

Interview with Julianne Page broadcast from Beijing 4.40pm Wednesday 1st February on 1008AM, 846AM, 91.5FM (GMT+8hrs)

Listening link will be available here the week after the show.

China Radio International world service on London 558AM, Nairobi 91.5FM - Mongolia 103.7FM - Laos 93.0FM - Perth, Australia 104.9FM and the rest.

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Mrs West’s Hats – China State Radio website

Click here to see the China State Radio’s new web page about Helen Couchman and her book Mrs West’s Hats.

The page written in mandarin shows images from the book and a video. The video features clips from their recent hour long interview with Helen about her book and British hats in general. The programme was broadcast live from the CSR Beijing studios on 1st December 2010.

姓名:海伦考斯曼 (Helen Couchman)
来自:威尔士 史塔福郡 肯特 伦敦
现居住地:中国北京

“每天,我都能学到新的东西,关于中国的、关于其他人的、以及关于我自己的。这是一个能够提高我理解力的地方。她经常让人感到惊奇,前一分钟我在一个简陋的餐馆吃一碗2块钱的面,下一分钟我却要为副总理拍照。”

Helen是一位旅居北京的艺术家。她已经在世界范围内展览其作品并且于2008年6月出版了第一本书《工人》。这本有价值的书采取了为迎接2008年北京奥运会建设鸟巢和水立方的男女工人的连续系列肖像的形式。

Helen从祖母那继承了几百顶帽子。她戴上一顶顶帽子,对着镜子拍下自己对每个帽子的第一瞬间的感受和表情。

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Mrs. West’s Hats – discussing hats

Helen Couchman discussing Mrs. West’s Hats with presenter Chloe and milliner Elisabeth Koch. Live radio/video broadcast on 1st December. 8-9pm, Beijing / 12noon-1GMT.

Listen live here on China State Radio 774.

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Interview – Mrs. West’s Hats. China state radio, Radio Beijing

Live interview for Talk Box on Beijing Radio, 774am.  14th July, 11am-12noon.
Presenters June Lee and Dominic Swire interview Helen Couchman about her work and her recent book Mrs. West’s Hats. The interview was broadcast with an accompanying live video link.


At the studio in a hat borrowed for the show. Photo taken by the host, June. Listen to a previous interview about living in Beijing and her first book WORKERS 工人 here.

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Interview – China state radio, Radio Beijing

Live interview for Talk Box on Beijing Radio, 774am.  2nd March, 11am-12noon.
Presenters June Lee and Dominic Swire interview Helen Couchman about her work, her book WORKERS 工人 and living in Beijing.

To listen click here.

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Interview with Jian Ghomeshi for CBC’s Q: Arts and Culture

Helen Couchman interviewed about the book, WORKERS 工人, for the CBC by Jian Ghomeshi on his daily culture show Q: Arts and Culture. It was recorded live in Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s London studio as Jian was visiting for a week to broadcast from the UK to celebrate Canada Day.

The interviewed is approx 35 minutes into the 1 hour show. First on is Sebastian Faulks talking about writing the thirty-sixth James Bond story, Devil May Care.

Listen to the radio programe here: http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/qpodcast_20080630_6503.mp3

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Short radio interview – Affordable Art Fair Beijing

To listen see China Radio International’s web page, The Third Affordable Art Fair Beijiing, scroll down the page and ‘Click to Listen‘.

A very earnest sound bite cut from an interview with Liao Jibo recorded at the fair.

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Interview – Radio Beijing’s A Tale of Two Cities

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Jane Chan Radio BJ for web
Jane Chan in the new studio

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