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Stand-up poet Kate Fox explores her fascination with Doctor Who and the Tardis, and tells us about the way it has influenced her way of being as a neurodiverse artist.

In this series, artists, writers and thinkers tell us about the ways they have been shaped by their ‘ways of being’, their individual bodies – what freedoms they allow, and their sensitivities or limits. They also explore how their work has been shaped and informed by the body, its freedoms and limits. And as many creative people have discovered - limits can lead to originality, and freedoms can offer ‘more of the same’.

Kate is the third of our essayists to let us into their particular 'way of being' via their relationship with a cultural touchstone (whether it’s a poem, a singer, a television series, or a story from the Bible). Each tells us about something that has enriched their own creativity, and brought them closer to appreciating their own way of being.

Kate Fox
Kate is a stand-up poet and broadcaster - a regular on Radio 3's The Verb. She’s also a 'gentle activist and campaigner for the voices of northerners, the working class, women and the [neurodivergent] to be heard'. Her latest book is 'Where There’s Muck There’s Bras: The Lost Stories of the Amazing Women of the North'.

Producer: Faith Lawrence