Guy Bloom’s ‘Leadership BITES’ podcast “where I have conversations with amazing people who impact on the world around them”. Listen to Simon speak with Guy Bloom, author and leadership innovator.

Establishing trust is key to documenting people in the most dire situations, says award-winning photojournalist Simon Townsley. “You have to be courageous enough to go and say to somebody who’s in a lot of pain ‘look, I really want to tell your story’,” he tells Susie Ferguson.

Craig Fenton, a business leader and entrepreneur leads Strategy & Operations for Google in UK and Ireland. He speaks to Simon as part of his podcast series “Coffee, Eggs and Inspiration”.

Listen from 29:37 . Simon Townsley reveals the stories behind some of his most impactful photographs from the conflict and gives his response to those crying “fake news” to pictures of devastation in Ukraine.

The #BrusselsCalling media discussion on 31 March devoted to the war against Ukraine, with European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius as moderator. A Lithuanian national with a Ukrainian wife, he was the first Commissioner to visit Ukraine since Russia declared war. The diverse panel included Vlad Makszimov, a Russian national raised in Hungary who covers Central and Eastern European affairs for EURACTIV; Jennifer Rankin, Brussels correspondent for The Guardian.