Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker is a musician & broadcaster from the north of England. He formed the band Pulp in 1978 whilst at secondary school. They went on to become one of the most successful UK groups of the 1990s. Between 2009 & 2017 he presented the BBC 6Music programme “Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday Service” as well as the ongoing, award-winning BBC Radio 4 documentary series “Wireless Nights”. He has honorary doctorates from both Sheffield Hallam University & Central Saint Martin’s School of Art (which he attended 1988-91). His lyric collection “Mother, Brother, Lover” was published by Faber in 2011. “Good Pop, Bad Pop ” , his first work of long-form prose, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2022. He divides his time between Paris, London & the Peak District. His star-sign is Virgo.
Craig Oldham
Craig Oldham has been named as one of the most influential designers working in the UK, and has written books on a range of topics, including education, visual culture, and politics. Oldham runs his independent design practice, Office Of Craig, based in Manchester and is Creative Director of Rough Trade Books. Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, at the end of the miners’ strike, in 2015 Oldham first published In Loving Memory of Work: A Visual Record of the UK Miners’ Strike 1984-85 as a testament to the creativity and cultural practices of working class communities like his own. The critically acclaimed and awarding winning book has since been expanded and republished for the 40th anniversary of the strike.
Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller (b. 1966, London, UK) is an artist and media polymath who often works collaboratively to create works, projects and public events, carrying a political, social, or cultural message. He has an interest vernacular and folk cultures, the symbolism of prehistoric monuments such as Stonehenge, and how these form a part of British identity that needs preserving but also should be profoundly questioned and subverted. His works raise questions of the sacredness and untouchability of spaces, social codes and emblems of power, particularly political, economic and religious powers.
Sally Barton
Sally Barton (b. 1999, Sheffield) is a socially engaged artist based in London, currently working out of OOF Gallery Studios. Barton's practice has been shaped by her home in South Yorkshire and her family's stories of industry and resistance. She has made a body of work about the 1984-85 miners' strike, reimagining these histories as fairy tales told to her as a child. She has recently completed a commission with English Heritage & Photoworks, exploring the Nine Ladies Stone Circle in Derbyshire and working with local schools to respond to folk histories. The final body of work is now on show at Stonehenge Visitor Centre until September 2025.
