Donna Ashworth on finding her calling in midlife
My guest today is a woman who is credited with putting poetry back on the map, Donna Ashworth…. Donna came to prominence in 2020, when a poem she wrote about lockdown was read in a viral video to rais...
26 Marras 202458min
Baroness Lola Young: "you can't be what you can't see, but somebody has to go first"
My guest today is one incredible woman. Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey is an actress, academic, campaigner for social justice and a cross bench peer in the House of Lords. By anyone’s standards she ha...
19 Marras 20241h 2min
Jennifer Cox: why women are furious (and getting angrier)
My guest today is the forensic psychotherapist Dr Jennifer Cox. She trained at the Tavistock and now has an extensive practice specialising in treating women with undiagnosed anger. As part of this wo...
12 Marras 202454min
Louise Doughty on the unrealised potential of older women
My guest today is Louise Doughty, the woman behind some of the knottiest thrillers to grace our bookshelves and TV screens in recent years. Her bestseller, Apple Tree Yard about a sensible middle aged...
5 Marras 202459min
Kate Weinberg on the kindness of women & living with a mother-shaped hole
Today’s guest is a personal favourite. I first met Kate Weinberg (the bestselling author of The Truants) when I was stricken with long covid and a mutual friend put us in touch. “You need to talk to K...
29 Loka 20241h 3min
Vanessa Feltz on divorce, dating and finally shaking off her inhibitions at 62
My guest today is the broadcaster Vanessa Feltz. Ever since the mid-90s, Vanessa has been a fixture on British TV and radio - and also, for better or worse, our front pages. She became known as the “B...
22 Loka 202456min
Jane Campbell on reinventing herself at 40 – and again at 80!
If you sometimes worry you’ve left it too late to follow your heart, today’s guest should give you hope. At 40, Jane Campbell got a divorce and took herself off to university where she trained as a gr...
15 Loka 202449min
Marianne Power: how to build a happy single life
My guest today knows a thing or two about being single, and she’s hear to tell you that there’s more than one way to live an emotionally fulfilling life. Marianne Power is a journalist who made a per...
8 Loka 20241h 4min
