Róisín Kennan

Jan 28, 2025 | mancunianmatters.co.uk | Róisín Kennan

News In the past few weeks, Keir Starmer has committed to putting AI at the forefront of plans to transform the UK. But in the health service, these changes are already underway – especially in radiology. In this episode, Róisín Kennan speaks to experts from across the private, public and tech spheres to find out what this means for the UK’s radiologists and their patients. With thanks to contributors Dr Axel Martin, Tom Pickersgill and Dr Katherine Halliday.

Jan 28, 2025 | schoolofjournalism.shorthandstories.com | Róisín Kennan

Furbabies, dog mums, pawrents. The way that we think about our dogs is changing.  Across the world, governments (and the pope) are wringing their hands over plummeting procreation, while their citizens merrily bundle puppies into papooses. You could be forgiven for thinking that it's only millennial urbanites that treat their dogs like children. But not all trail-hunting country folk are immune to this shift in perspective. Even if it's expressed very differently.

Nov 6, 2024 | mancunianmatters.co.uk | Paul Kilbey |Róisín Kennan |Henry Durand

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Oct 30, 2024 | thestateofthearts.co.uk | Róisín Kennan

Karanjit Panesar’s exhibition with Leeds Art Gallery and the British Library creates a delicate and timely meditation on immigration, industry and the evolution of the North’s archives. The first thing any visitor to Karanjit Panesar’s ‘Furnace Fruit’ should do is ask to hold the pomegranate.

Oct 3, 2024 | thestateofthearts.co.uk | Róisín Kennan

Joanne Coates is a visual artist and photographer based on the border between County Durham and North Yorkshire. She is known for her work exploring class, gender and gentrification in rural, working-class communities. I joined Joanne (and her gorgeous sheepdog Glenn) for a chat about her work. “I don’t like calling myself a photographer because I think it limits me to what I’m allowed to do,” says Joanne.