Natasha Walter on being a middle-aged activist
My guest today is the journalist and human rights activist, Natasha Walter. She is the author of two generation-defining books about feminism - The New Feminism, published in the late 90s and Living D...
12 Syys 202356min
Maggie Smith on her midlife reappearing act
Like most of the rest of the world, I first discovered today’s guest Maggie Smith (no, not the legendary British actress, the American poet) when her poem, Good Bones went viral on social media thrust...
5 Syys 202353min
Helen Rebanks is flying the flag for invisible women
My guest today is the farmer, business woman, cook, conservationist, mother and now writer, Helen Rebanks. She has been cooking and baking, professionally and domestically, for more than 30 years, and...
29 Elo 202348min
Dawn Butler is living proof that well-behaved women seldom make history
My guest today has made history – more than once. Dawn Butler, MP for Brent Central was only the third Black woman elected to parliament, when she became an MP in 2005, aged 37. She was the first Blac...
22 Elo 202345min
Miki Berenyi on freeing yourself from the anxiety of youth
Today’s guest is the singer-songwriter Miki Berenyi. If you were a teenager in the late 80s or early 90s with even vaguely alternative taste you can’t have missed Miki and her band, Lush. Miki’s disti...
15 Elo 20231h 6min
Leila Slimani: It's time women started telling each other the truth
My guest today is the prize winning author, Leila Slimani. Leila was the first Moroccan woman to win France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt for her spine-tingling novel Lullaby. She has since written thre...
8 Elo 202353min
Andi Osho: I'm 50, get used to it!
Welcome to season 12 of The Shift! Season 12! How did that happen?! My guest today is the actor hyphen screenwriter hyphen comedian hyphen novelist - all the hyphens! - Andi Osho. You might recognise ...
1 Elo 202354min
Annie Macmanus: why middle aged women are a force to be reckoned with - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Back in season 4, I spoke to Annie Macmanus just as she was about to make the big leap from mega-DJ to... something entirely new. It's fascinating to see how much of what we talked about has since com...
25 Heinä 202342min
