BOP is turning 25 this year – to celebrate we have been in conversation with some of the key figures who have helped to make the company what it is.

Liz Gardiner is a Doctoral Researcher, artist, teacher and free-lance consultant specialising in cultural planning. As executive director of the cultural social enterprise charity, Fablevision, she develops and delivers case study examples in practice, starting with Birds of Paradise in the 1980’s, which Fablevision supported from inception to the establishment of BOP as an independent organisation.