About

A Kick Up The Arts is a Scottish Arts and Culture Podcast hosted by me, Nicola Meighan.

I’m an arts writer and broadcaster based in Scotland. I present BBC Radio Scotland’s arts / entertainment programme the Afternoon Show on Fridays, 2-4pm, and have interviewed guests like Dolly Parton, Martha Reeves, Joan Collins, Patti Smith, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Russell Crowe, Tori Amos and Kylie over the years – on the wireless, at book events and festivals, and in print.

I’ve contributed to BBC Radio 4, 6 Music, STV, The Herald, The Quietus, The List and Mojo, along with working at Glasgow’s Arches, Tron Theatre, and Monorail Records; for the Scotland-wide Triptych festival (Grace Jones, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Herbie Hancock, Candi Staton); and before that I worked for Mute Records in London, with acts like Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp, Erasure and Moby. I also ran a happy hardcore label out of a former chocolate factory in Ladbroke Grove, but that’s another story.

If you’d like to know more, there’s a lot of incriminating evidence about me here…

I’d love to hear from you! I’m at nicola@akickupthearts.org