John Bright
Former President of the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom
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Jul 22, 2026
Andrew Ridgeley on Wham in China
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Kirsty WarkHOST
And John, tell us, uh, about the way that you've discovered particular items which are perfect for a character, and particularly for, for Maggie Smith in Downton.

John BrightGUEST
Well, um, when Susanna Buxton started that amazing series, um, she was thinking about a wardrobe for each of the characters.

John BrightGUEST
And so we started to look at all sorts of things, and I often go into, um, Camden Town to the market there in the railway sidings, and I asked one of the people there, "Do you ever come across things as old as 1900, 19, 1906?" And he, he said, "Well, I don't know.

John BrightGUEST
Well, there's, there's this rather good fur coat that I've got at the back here, and, um, that might be useful to you." He brought it out.

John BrightGUEST
And I thought, "Ooh, well, that's like Maggie." And so, [laughs] uh, I took it back to Cosprop and showed Susannah, who also was very, very thrilled by it.
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16:18Carina SinclairHOST
Have you incorporated anything in the last, say, three to six months that you wish you'd done right at the beginning? Any tools or routines or mindset change that has made things run more smoothly and, uh, you know, is advice that you would have given yourself a year ago?

John BrightGUEST
Mindset change, I guess, would be a thing, just trying to keep myself more relaxed as possible, which is still working on, 'cause I like to be busy.

John BrightGUEST
So just being able to enjoy that part when it does happen instead of fidgeting and thinking what else could I be doing or I should be doing something else.

John BrightGUEST
Just enjoy the downtime when you get it, 'cause it doesn't happen all the time.

John BrightGUEST
And things that have been kinda changed or implemented in the last little bit, at the beginning of the year had like a complete reset of how we would approach, um, clients and projects instead of just design services and a certain way that we do it.
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22:16Carina SinclairHOST
Like, how have you formally or informally picked up the skills to help you with bookkeeping, marketing, sales, client relationship building, all the business-y things? Did you go somewhere to learn that?