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Should I Delete That?

Convicted drug-dealer to award-winning artist: Kevin Devonport

Should I Delete That?

Alex Light & Em Clarkson

Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Devonport is a multi-award winning artist - his work has been displayed worldwide to much acclaim… but his entry to the art world is not what you might expect because he learned to paint whilst he was serving a prison sentence for drug offences. 


In this conversation - we discuss how art helped Kevin rebuild his life from rock bottom. Prison reform is a complicated and nuanced topic - but Kevin’s story is testament to how creative programmes in prisons can inspire and give hope of a new life beyond prison. 


You can see Kevin’s work at https://kevindevonportfineart.co.uk/ 


Follow @kevindevonportfineart on Instagram


This episode was recorded in November 2024 


If you would like to get in touch - you can email us on [email protected]


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Should I Delete That is produced by Faye Lawrence

Studio Manager: Dex Roy

Video Editor: Celia Gomez

Social Media Manager: Emma-Kirsty Fraser

Music: Alex Andrew


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Okay, so this episode is sponsored by La Roche Pose. And before we get into it, I wanted to preface this

1:19.8

with, has someone turned up the speed recently on life? I mean, I feel like over the last few months,

1:25.1

we've gone from like, this is, okay, this is manageable, to everything could potentially be on fire.

1:30.1

It almost was for you with your new house, Al. God, yeah. I mean, that's the story for another day.

1:34.9

But honestly, I totally agree. I mean, you are moving house with a toddler. We've just had a second baby and everything is just go, go, go, all of a sudden I love it, but it is

1:46.5

hell-atiring. It's a lot and all I want is a spa day with silence, a cup of tea and a cocktail

1:53.5

and a book. A book on baking? That's rude. And retweet on the spa day, honestly, life is

2:00.5

taking its toll on my skin. I know that aging

2:03.8

chat is something we talk a bit about and something I talk to my friends a lot about, like how

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