Tanya Sarne on losing Ghost, surviving rehab and living life to the full
I’m pretty sure there isn’t a woman who was alive in the 90s who didn’t own one of this designer's dresses (or at least one heavily inspired by her from the high street). From the moment they hit the ...
30 Touko 202348min
Josie Long on why she hopes she'll still be doing standup at 80 (old lady arms and all!)
Today’s guest is the comedian Josie Long. Josie started early – and I mean EARLY. She has been performing standup since she was 14, and by 17 won the BBC New comedy award. She was the first woman to b...
23 Touko 202352min
Joanna Cannon on why it took her 50 years to learn it's OK to be her
My guest for Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 is mental health campaigner, psychiatrist and bestselling novelist Joanna Cannon. Jo left school at 15 only returning to complete her A levels when she d...
16 Touko 202353min
Ruby Wax on building an emotional toolkit for the second half of your life
OK, I admit it, I’m a bit in awe, because today’s guest is someone I’ve wanted to get on The Shift for the longest time. You might know Ruby Wax as a successful comedian and presenter, one of the funn...
9 Touko 202351min
Melanie Sykes on her autism diagnosis at 51 and being her own person
How does it feel to walk into a room and know that everyone already thinks they know all there is to know about you. That’s the position today’s guest, Melanie Sykes has found herself in repeatedly ov...
2 Touko 202352min
Natasha Carthew on class, poverty and refusing to stay in her lane
This week's guest is the rural poverty campaigner Natasha Carthew. Natasha was born and brought up in Cornwall, in the 19th century fishing and farming village of Downderry where the Carthews had been...
25 Huhti 202342min
Marina Benjamin on emotional labour & the caring conundrum
I first encountered today’s guest, Marina Benjamin, when I was researching The Shift book and stumbled across her memoir, The Middlepause. An insightful look at what middle age means today, it was pro...
18 Huhti 202342min
Curtis Sittenfeld rejects the idea that ageing is somehow bad or shameful
My guest today is the bestselling author of American Wife and Prep, Curtis Sittenfeld. I first came across Curtis when both our debut novels were named “ones to watch” by Time Magazine. They turned ou...
11 Huhti 202345min
