Welcome to the series of podcasts highlighting the career and times of artist, poet, author and photographer, vegan and animal rights campaigner Geoff Francis. Our first podcasts are a serialisation of Geoff's book Spirit of the Game which is a contemporary story for young adults about heroes, football and how a teenage youth eventually comes to reject the image of a modern-day role model in favour of the reality of one from an earlier time. Through the story threads a theme which haunts and threatens the modern game of soccer. Racism and hooliganism rip at the heart of Jamie’s family, infiltrating and disrupting not only daily life but society as a whole. At the centre of the story is the life, and love, story of probably the game’s greatest ever ambassador, (Sir) Stanley Matthews. The man of whom Pele said “He taught us how to play the game”. The man who truly embodied the spirit of the game passes it on to a new generation.
Further episodes will bring conversations and interviews with some of the celebrated and diverse people that Geoff has encountered in his 50 years as an artist and vegan.
We hope you enjoy them.
