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Contents

Self-Directed Projects 4

Professional Practice and Student Self Promotion 16

The Staff on the Course 32

Illustration Course Collections 34

Destination Survey of Past Students and Examples of Alumni Work 38

Acknowledgements 44

Illustration is like a

different language, a way of

communicating

through image.

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The BA (Hons) Illustration Course at the University of Portsmouth offers students the opportunity to question, reflect and analyse their own work and its commentary in the context of the work of other designers, filmmakers, painters, sculptors, writers etc. We provide an educational experience allowing students to understand their role as a cultural producer in a broad social, political and historical context.

The Illustration Course has a strong research identity and encourages students to develop a breadth of knowledge and expertise in a variety of fields which include: illustration, typography, photography, drawing, artist’s book, web design, animation, graphic designand print. The emphasis on research supports the students in their choice of media and specialisms. As part of the course the students also gain experience of: verbal presentations; working to deadlines; working within groups; organizing exhibitions and related publicity as well as developing their own independent learning programme.

The course gives students the opportunity to explore a variety of ways in which to pursue illustration, through both traditional and contemporary methods. Students are encouraged to experiment with a variety of media from print to animation, textiles to object and model making, to freely re-define illustration and express their individual voice. The course and staff aim to provide the practical skills necessary to compete in a commercial arena and also the rhetorical skills necessary to promote work for commerce and postgraduate studies.

The course has three online platforms:

• University of Portsmouth Illustration network is on Facebook, this contains both current and past students, it is maintained by three students, one from each year group. If you want to know more about the course, join this group and chat to some of our students. http://www.facebook.com/groups/21840146008/ • The Illustration course at the University of Portsmouth has a news blog showing events, exhibitions, publications, degree shows and current projects and of course, the successes of past and present students http://pompeyillustration.blogspot.co.uk/ • Issuu to showcase the degree show catalogues that our graduating students produce, you will be able to flick through the catalogues online. We are on Issuu.com as illustrationba

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Self-Directed ProjectsAt the University of Portsmouth students in their last year pursue a

negotiated individual project influenced by aspects of theory and practice encountered during the Illustration course. Students develop, manage and

evaluate their project, demonstrating skills in defining a concept, performing research, critical analysis and developmental

work leading to a resolution of their concept.

Illustration is like “seeing things in a way that no one

else can.

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Examples of past projects• Taboo• Ballet, the dream verses the reality• Being home and what is home• Genetic engineering• 100 hate faces• Male pattern baldness• Design for the visually impaired• Latin American Dancing• Cloning• Superstitious fun• Alcoholism• Branding, shopping, consumer culture.• Hercules and the twelve labours• Seduction of food through packaging• Overheard conversations in the pub• Personal space and human interaction• Twins• Forensics and identity• The beauty and fragility of our countryside• Housework and gender roles• Diaries• The abstraction of speed• Giants• The Language of the Supermarket• The corset• The evacuees of WWI• Madness and the institution• Isolation within the city/homelessness• Internal space

• The body as a visual diary• Dance music genres• Grief• Tainted Innocence• Technology its speed and anxiety• Archetypes; Persona, Anima and Shadow.• ‘HOMO-PETRA’ (Winged man, the angel)• What is the lure of bric-a-brac? • Flotsam and jetsam? • Youth subcultures and the role they play

within society• The British seaside• Walk to School• ‘WOVEN IN GREY’ a celebration of old age• GM foods- Fruits of conscience • Sanctuary and asylum seekers• Isle of Wight Festivals• Artificial Intelligence• Surfing and pollution of the coasts• Colours• What is curiosity?• The unconscious• Dolls• What does the future hold?• Metamorphosis• A celebration of the shoe• Anorexia

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Examples of student outputs• Posters• Children’s books• Educational material• Gallery artwork/fine art prints• Graphic novels• Zines• Animation• Artists’ books• Promotional short films• Installations• 3D objects and models• Batch productions• Collectables• Toys and games• Information graphics/illustration• Branding and advertising• Digital Illustration/online/interactive• Urban art/land art• Photography

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Illustration is the production

of images to express a message,

a point or purely for

pleasure

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Illustration is

the individual illumination

of a thought

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Professional Practice and Student Self Promotion

This course requires students to produce work through client-based projects identifying an increased awareness of their practice. This will depend on the sort of area that they would like to pursue

professionally. The main body of work comes from client led briefs or from decisions that they make about their practice or choice of career. It will require students to research in their chosen area and

produce work to support this. It is important that students should demonstrate their ability to work to a disciplined timetable. They are also required to produce a self-promotional website or blog that fits

into a professional context, an illustration portfolio and a creative CV or self-promotional item.

Creative CVs and Self-Promotional Items

Students produce these with support from

the careers department allowing them to

enter the world of work and approach

clients with promotional material.

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Examples of projects • Competitions: YCN Guardian Observer D&AD MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE, V&A Illustration Awards Cheltenham Illustration Awards Macmillan Children’s Book Award Penguin Design Award

• Working in schools

• Working for charities

• Running workshops

• Mentoring

• Client led projects

• Exhibitions

• Work experience

• Opportunities from the University of Portsmouth Careers or Enterprise department.

• Book Covers

• Artists’ books

• Zines

• Website and blog design• Children’s books• Music promotion• Games and animation

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Website and Blog ProductionAs part of the course students are

required to produce either a website or a

blog using their creative work. This allows

them the opportunity to leave for the

world of work able to promote themselves

to agents, clients or for further education.

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Visiting Lecturers In addition to the regular staff we also have visiting lecturers, who deliver short projects, give a lecture and advise students. These have included:• Graham Rawle - Illustrator/Artist/Author• Professor Janet Woolley - Illustrator• Mike Chester - Illustrator/Bookartist • Nigel Coton - Illustrator/Designer • Lorna Apps Woodland - Illustrator/collage

artist• David Lupton - Artist and Illustrator • Jonathan Ward - Book artist• Trina Dalziel - Illustrator • Christopher Aaron - Illustrator • John McFaul - Illustrator • Jill Poole - Artist and Printmaker • Ross Holden - Artist/Illustrator • Kate Dicker - Woodcut specialist • Margaret Huber - Artist/Illustrator• Neal Layton - Children’s Book author/

Illustrator• Harriet Russell - Illustrator• Fig Taylor - Professional Practice• Richard Sant - Professional Practice• Sara Fanelli - Children’s Book author/

Illustrator• Sam Chivers - Illustrator from Magic Torch• Darren Garratt - Littleloud Animation

Company

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Client-led ProjectsAll students are required to produce work for briefs set by

visiting professionals. These include animation storyboards for

a Brighton based company Littleloud; posters for the Organ

Donation Department at Portsmouth’s Queen Alexander

Hospital and briefs from authors for book illustrations.

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CompetitionsStudents enter a large number of competitions with

a broad range of outcomes including: T-shirt designs,

posters, book covers, children’s book design, music

promotion, games, animation and general illustration.

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Zines and Artists’ BooksStudents who choose to produce work in

this way have been very successful in

having work accepted for national

exhibitions and having zines published

and placed in international collections.

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ExhibitionsStudent curate and exhibit work in a large

number of venues both nationally and

locally. Examples include New Designers,

- London, Aspex Gallery - Porstmouth and

Above the Blue - Port Solent.They also use

the large studio spaces to hold

a Degree Show yearly.

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Examples of Exhibitions• Student Degree Shows - Portsmouth• New Designers - London• Above the Blue Gallery - Port Solent• Beyond Dickens, An exhibition of Artist’s

Books inspired by the works of Charles Dickens.

• Aspex Gallery - Portsmouth• The Gold Room - Portsmouth• Re: Touring Artists’Book Exhibition• We Love Your Books

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Art Projects in the CityPortsmouth has a thriving art culture

with collaborative groups

involved with city wide projects

and free art festivals.

Community ProjectsA large number of students choose to

complete community projects which

includes working with schools and

supporting national and local charities

in and around the Portsmouth area. They

do this by; running projects, workshops,

producing blogs and creating artwork.

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Examples of Projects• Queen Alexander Hospital Organ Donation

Awareness• Book Binding Workshops for The Beneficial

Foundation• Orchid Cancer Organisation• +Art, providing affordable artwork for

businesses• Christmas Cards for Mind Mental Health

Charity• Southcoast Vegan Charity Zine • Mural work for local schools• Upfest - The Urban Paint Festival• Working with Dot to Dot charity to create

blogs, workshops, illustration of oral histories and producing Artists’ Books.

• Running teaching sessions, workshops and portfolio surgeries for local schools

• Illustration work for Southampton Museum• Running Workshops and placing sketch-

books in Community Libraries for The Visual Libraries Project

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Dr. Bob Wright MA, Ph.D. Course Leader,Senior Lecturer: [email protected]

Education: Portsmouth School of Art (Illustration) 1971-74

University of Brighton, MA Sequential Illustration/Editorial Design 1999

University of Portsmouth, Ph.D. 2009Trained as an Illustrator and has worked for a

variety of clientele since 1974. Research interests include: the coercion that the narrative image

plays in Art Design and Media specialisms. Currently exploring the visual narrative of Robert

Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Working towards publication and exhibition. Specialist

areas of interest are in printmaking, photography, typography and drawing.

The Staff on the Course

Dr Jackie Batey, BA(Hons), MA, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer : [email protected]

Education: University of Brighton, BA (Hons), Illustration 1991

University of Brighton, MA Sequential Illustration/Editorial Design 1993

University of Brighton, Ph.D. 2003Her background is in Illustration and newmedia.

Research interests include: creating handmade limited edition artist’s books under the brand name of Damp Flat Books. These are held in

many permanent collections such as the V&A Museum, Tate Britain, The Getty Institute in Los Angeles and the Joan Flasch Collection,

Chicago. She also curates the Illustration blog and Zineopolis, our Art-Zine collection. She

produces her own serial zine, Future Fantasteek! Now on its 15th issue - the series has recently

toured the US and UK.

Dr Maureen O’Neill, BA(Hons), MA, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer: [email protected]: Ravensbourne School of Art, BA

(Hons), Graphic Design 1974 University of Brighton, MA Sequential

Illustration/Editorial Design 1997University of Portsmouth, Ph.D. 2007

Trained as a graphic designer with a background in magazine design. Her research interests

include: maps, mapping techniques and collection and production of Artists’ Books. She

also curates The Ministry of Books blog and collection. Her books are held in a number of permanent collections including Queensland

State Library, Sallie Bingham Centre for Women’s History and Culture, Perkins Library and Duke

University NC, USA. She received a Learning and Teaching Fellowship from the

university in 2010.

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Nicola Hay, BA(Hons), MPhil. Senior Lecturer : [email protected]: University of Portsmouth, BA Hons in Art, Design and Media 1997, M.Phil 2007From a background in commercial consultancy in graphic design, illustration and web design her interests beyond education are based in the area of visualising interpersonal patterns of communication and the paradoxes that can arise. She has also developed and maintains the Illustrated Menagerie collaborative online project.

Louis Netter, BA(Hons), MA,Lecturer [email protected]: Loughborough University BA (Hons) Illustration, Educational certificate Parsons New School of Design, MS College of New Rochelle, MPhil candidate at Royal College of Art. Trained as an illustrator, animator and designer with over 10 years of experience teaching in higher education. As an illustration lecturer he brings professional practice in the field of illustration and his passion for nurturing and inspiring young creatives. Current research is on the role of drawing in design education, reportage drawing and the development of visual language. Artwork is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, New York Historical Society and many University libraries across the USA. His first graphic novel will be published in the spring of 2014.

Rosalind Simms, BA(Hons), MA, Senior Lecturer : [email protected]: Wolverhampton Polytechnic BA(Hons) Printmaking Wimbledon School of Art. MA PrintmakingResearch interests include: currently writing a proposal for a practice-based PhD to explore, through the medium of print, mark making employed in record keeping, files and documentation not traditionally available for general viewing. She is looking at opportunities for decoding, interpretation and possible misrepresentation.

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Illustration Course

Collections The Illustration Course at the University of

Portsmouth has two collections: the Ministry of Books collection holding about 200 examples

of Artists’ Books and Zineopolis with a large collection of zines produced both nationally and

internationally. They are used by students and staff in The School of Art, Design at the

University of Portsmouth and are also visited by many other students from within the

institution and from other art courses. The Illustration Course historically and currently,

is engaged in a range of artists’ book production projects.

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The Ministry of BooksBook art is a visually creative way for students to promote concepts through self-publishing. The students increasingly use book art in both prescriptive and self-initiated projects. Within the school there are students from various specialisms who produce book forms for set projects and a large number of these choose to extend this to their final year degree self elected projects. To support this a systematic collection of artists’ books within the school began 15 years ago. It is a diverse collection with a variety of formats and includes a number of artists’ books by renowned authors such as Circus Turns by Ronald King (1994), Rex Reason: Solid Gaseous Liquid Synthetic by Simon Patterson (1994), Anticipating Tomorrow by Les Bicknell (1995), Freud’s Coat by Paul Coldwell (1996), and Plug Diagrams by Mark Pawson (2003). There is a recognition of a huge treasury of creative opportunities offered by the collection to inspire through its diverse references to philosophy, language, history, literature and science. These books are utilised for lectures and seminars to MA, BA and Further education students.There is a supporting blog for these books, curated by Dr Maureen O’Neill, where students can view the books online and they are able to come to the library to view, handle and photograph these books for research.

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ZineopolisAs the curator of Zineopolis-Art-Zine collection at the University of Portsmouth,Dr Jackie Batey

set the aim of the collection to archive andreflect the diversity of thought and talent that

exists outside the traditional publishing arena. Zines are one of the few areas left where

creative people can speak without censorship to an audience beyond the gallery.

This makes the world of zines new and exciting as well as challenging, with

Art-Zines especially-the tactility and aesthetic of the self-published artifact is an important

consideration. Commercial art is changing rapidly, with over-reliance on clip-art images and

images that exist to simply dress-up yet another advert. The nature of production, often cheap and quick, means these Art-Zines reflect the

thoughts and hopes of the day (quite literally). It was a deliberate choice to focus upon

image-heavy zines, although we have examples of poetry-zines, personal-zines and fan-zines.

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Destination Survey of Past

StudentsInitiation of a destination survey of alumni from

the Illustration Course in the School of Art, Design and Media was initiated in 2005. Dr

Maureen O’Neill decided to carry out this survey from the realisation that there were no records

about jobs and career paths of our students. Because the course seeks to question and debate

the overlaps that occur between specialisms, there was always a strong feeling

that our students, with their research background and artistic freedom would cross boundaries in

their professional lives after university. She wanted to use the findings of the survey to

support and encourage our current and future students in their choice of careers. The

information gathered detailed professions of students and a short history of their time after university. Information was requested about

where they were working currently and she also asked them to provide online examples of work

if possible. They were also asked to provide hints and tips for current students around the area of

professional development and careers. We were delighted when we received a large number of

responses and the really positive information was used to produce a comprehensive set of lectures

to support professional practice on the course. This information has been updated constantly as the staff continue to contact and follow our

alumni. The survey evidences that our graduates have gained employment in a wide variety of

fields from freelance illustration across the whole spectrum of art, design and media. Some of our

students have gone on to complete teacher training and the research emphasis of the course has also supported a large number of students to

continue on to postgraduate study. We are updating and adding to the alumni section of our

blog building a year by year account of students successes linking with our Illustration

Course archive of degree student work. There follows a list of careers taken directly from

the survey that highlights where our students have found themselves and some examples of

alumni creative work.

EducationTeaching in Schools

Teaching English as a Foreign LanguageTechnician in Schools and FE and HE Institutions

Lecturing in FE and HE InstitutionsArt

Exhibiting WorkExhibition Display

Commercial Illustration Comic Book Illustration

Medical IllustrationCartographic Illustration

Resident Artists

Band PromotionArt Buyer

MuralsSelf-Publishing

Children’s booksPhotographyCard Design

Product ManagerHand Made Toys

DesignDesign CompaniesGraphic Designers

Clothing Graphics and T Shirt DesignsGraphics Officer

Government DesignMagazines

Book PublishersMarketing and Public Relations

AdvertisingMedia

Web DevelopersGame Design

Animation Broadcasting

CDROM DesignMultimedia

Other DestinationsStudent Voice Dissemination WorkerLocal Authority Art Related Positions

Community ProjectsFunding and Arts Council Grants

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AlumniRoss HoldenRoss has exhibited in solo shows in London and Brighton, and in group exhibitions across Europe and America. His commercial work includes major advertising campaigns, illustration and art direction for magazines/publishing houses. He has also lectured and worked on book projects with students for universities.

Michael BroadMichael now works solely on writing and illustrating books for children of all ages. His first picture books: the lovely and poignant Broken Bird and the spirited and inspiring Falling Star, were published by Puffin in 2006. And the courageous tale of Scaredy Cat And Boo! was subsequently published by Hodder in 2007. The first four books in Michael’s exciting young fiction series The Unbelievable Adventures Of Jake Cake, was also released in 2007 by Puffin. Alongside his own books, Michael also illustrates work by other authors including The Secret Diaries series by Valerie Wilding and poetry books Look Out The Teachers Are Coming! and Best Friends published by Macmillan.

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Andy PottsAndy is a London based illustrator and animator. Since graduating with

a BA Hons degree in Illustration from Portsmouth University in 1995 his career has comprised illustration, graphic design, animation and art

direction including 7 years as Lead Designer at Abbey Road Studios. Over the last ten years the illustration has taken centre stage and he has worked

on numerous commissions for a wide variety of clients in advertising, publishing and design and his eye-catching images have appeared in

many international newspapers and magazines. Clients include BBC, IBM, RHS, Channel 4/E4, The Guardian, New Scientist, Independent and The Economist. His style is a contemporary fusion of traditional and modern

techniques mixing drawing, hand-crafted elements and digital collage.

David LuptonSince graduating from Portsmouth and after going on to study for an MA

in Sequential Illustration, David has been working as a freelance illustrator based primarily in London. His work has featured in publications such as Time Out, The Guardian, New Scientist, and Dazed & Confused. He has

also worked with publishing houses including Oxford University Press, Harcourt and Magination Press, who recently published his children’s book ‘Goodbye Brecken’. David has also created artwork for record companies, Rough Trade, Warners, Virgin Records and Sony Entertainment, with whom

he created the recent artwork campaign for band Dry The River. His artwork has been commissioned in many other ways including comic

book illustration, music video animation,stage design and advertising campaigns. He is currently working with the company

MADEFIRE on a number of interactive motion books whilst still finding time to draw pictures simply for the love of it.

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Jade SpranklinJade lives in London and works for ShellsuitZombie a project run by and for the benefit of young creatives. Through printed publication, website and regular events, talks and workshops they aim to represent the young voice in an industry too often dominated by the voices of those much older. Her clients include Leefest, 55DSL, Future Cut, Suitcase Magazine, Lomography, City Index, 83 London, JP Talent, Ooh La La, Sunday Girl, Polydor, W Hotel, Soho House, Latitude Festival, Weekend Offender, Le Cool London, Loud & Quiet Magazine, The Stool Pigeon, Pentapaper, Pacific Interiors, Materialise. She has had exhibitions at Lomography East London Gallery Store, The Slaughter House, Hoxton, The Islington Metal Works, Singapore Art Garrett Gallery and Above The Blue Gallery, Port Solent. Awards won include Cygnett Design - iPad Case Competition - Winner of the ‘Most Creative Design Award’ - September 2012. Shortlisted as a finalist for the Northern Nights Film Festival - DIARI35 presents Barcelona - August 2012. Deer Brains featured ‘Best Unknown Artist’ ; Round #70 - 2012. Shortlisted Finalist of the ‘Don’t Panic” Map’s

Competition - December 2012

Fay DaltonFay has produced work which explores current social issues such as celebrity culture and ‘The Beauty Myth’. She is also the winner of the 2010 Pickled Ink Award, and is carving a niche for herself in the world of comics and graphic novels. Fay’s work is incredibly detailed and boasts a vintage quality, reminiscent of 1950s Mills and Boon novels and the infamous Coca-Cola adverts we enjoy each Christmas. She has recently worked for Empire Design on the soon to be released hand-drawn advertising campaign for the film ‘Stoker’ starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Mathew Goode. Her clients include: Hallmark, Repeat Offenders, Play Station, Time Out Beijing, Dorling Kindersley, Ballantine’s, and Empire Design.

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Sam Williams, Mike Chipperfield, Sam Chivers Mike, Sam and Sam graduated from the University of Portsmouth

Illustration course and set up Magictorch which is a design collective based in Brighton, UK. They have been working together on super-shiny

digital illustrations for a decade now. “There are three of us so we’re pretty versatile but we’re especially keen on musical themes and anything with a

science-fiction or technology angle (you can never have too many robots)”.

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Arran Macintosh Arran is a professional Illustrator born in Portsmouth on the south coast of England and graduate of the University of Portsmouth. He was highly commended in the Macmillan Prize for Children’s Books 2010 for his concertina book “The Scroll of Britain” and in 2009 won first prize in the Best Film category of the Hula Hoops Golden Hoop Film Awards for his short film ‘Doctor Hoop’. He has exhibited his work in several galleries from Portsmouth to London, with his first solo show in 2010 at Aspex in Portsmouth and In 2012 his first international show at Drift Gallery in Maine, USA.

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AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank all of the past and present students that

have allowed us to use their wonderful work, without which this book would never have been produced.

Nina AlexanderMaya Antanova

Helen BlackwellDavid BoothSusan Carre

Danielle ChurmTim Clarke

Sarah CockranFaye Dalton

Carl FairweatherSarah Garland

Charlotte HanneyEmily Harper

Jacob Hill-Gowing Paul Hobbs

Rachel JamesAmber Jefferson-Grant

Lloyd JonesLaura Johns

Gemma JungScott Kadwell

Tom KeeganSandi KeffordChrissy Kent

Dan KitchenerDevan Lawrence

Ken LeungArran Macintosh

Laura MeredithSue Meredith

Caroline MisselbrookNikou Nazaripor

Emma NicolJamie PaulCarl Reed

Samira SimmonsNikki Smith

Luke SpoonerIan Tiseo

Laura TysonCatherine Vaughan

Emma WattsMichelle Wheeler

Simon WhiteLucy Wilder

Penny Wright

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