Last week, I got interviewed by Ana Maia Marques for her podcast, Movement Is My Constant, which she describes as, "A monthly podcast about the body, movement, and the impermanence of life." 

It was a lovely chat which flowed quite easily, thanks to Ana's insightful questions and deep listening. I was a bit taken aback by the depth of her research. She'd actually read my blogs! We covered a lot of ground in just less than an hour.

She named the episode:

Clowning, Fooling, and IFS: Embodied Tools for Neurodivergence, Trauma Healing, and Burnout Prevention — with Holly Stoppit

On April 5th and 6th 2025, Robyn Hambrook, Holly Stoppit and Jan Wozniak hosted a 2-day Clown Congress at Bristol University.

52 Clowns from many different backgrounds gathered together to explore the future of clowning in turbulent times through play, discussion and creative reflection...

Our event captured the attention of the British media who hounded us for interviews in the days leading up to and during the event.

The Guardian's science corespondent, Linda Geddes had come across the term,“lemonading” - the ability to turn lemons into lemonade, recently coined by scientists over in the States who discovered from a study conducted during the pandemic, “…people with high levels of playfulness may be better equipped to cope with the dud cards life throws at them.” Linda spent a week hanging out with playful people to test this theory out for herself.

Last week, Amelia Hill, senior reporter at The Guardian interviewed me, along with a gaggle of clown teachers and students, to find out about the therapeutic benefits of clowning. She’d gotten wind of a growing trend of clown teachers offering workshops - not just to train people to become professional performers, but to also offer spaces for self-discovery and healing - and she wanted to know why!

I was invited to have a "Clownversation" with Barnaby King of Clown Spirit. This was a live conversation streamed in Barnaby's facebook group, The Way Of The Clown. Here's the video:

If you've got time for listening to podcasts, here's me chatting with Suzy Bashford on the Big Juicy Creative podcast.

...cast your mind back to the heady days of May when the air was thick with the scent of blossom and the baby ducklings were just starting to hatch. Anthony Trahair from Playfulife approached me for an interview after watching my Bristol TEDx talk. 

Anthony was especially interested to hear about how safety and risk, vulnerability  and allowing ourselves to be seen in all our weirdness and wildness, feature in my Clown-o-therapy work...

The Online Clown Academy have been courting the media, in the run up to their first ever Clowns In Crisis Conference, coming up on the 6-8 November.

I was interviewed by Pommy Harmar from The Quarantini, a Bristol-based podcast, which has been broadcasting since the beginning of lockdown.

I've just been up to BBC Bristol, to have a chat with Johnny Ray about my upcoming TED talk.