#05: Baristas, Running and Social Media

Martin’s thriving off a surprisingly satisfying phone-photography gig, Izzy’s surviving via a Lake District bookshop fantasy, and they spiral into the most important debate yet: nip vs pop?

In Episode 5 of Allegedly Thriving, Martin and Izzy finally attempt a proper intro (names included… eventually) before diving into the weekly check-in.

Martin’s thriving after a genuinely enjoyable commercial shoot photographing mobile phones, who knew something so mundane could be so challenging!

Izzy is surviving, it’s been a rough week, and her brain keeps escaping to a cosy fantasy life running a bookshop-café in a quiet Lake District village.

From there, the conversation swings through coffee snobbery, cake loyalties, and the reality of learning new skills as an adult which includes a couch-to-5K epiphany and frustration at the  “TikTok-ification” of hobbies.

Finally the biggest question of all - what’s the actual difference between nipping to the shops and popping to the shops?

Thanks for listening to Allegedly Thriving and for coming along for the inevitable detours.

If you want to learn more about the two potentially unhinged presenters:

Martin - Photographer and Owner of Terry Harrison Art: Martin Newham Photography  and TerryHarrisonArt

Issy - Director, Owner and all round Digital Genius:  Howell Studios and Howell Media