Sarah Knight on finding the courage to make change and why selfish isn't a four letter word
Today’s guest is the anti-guru behind the massive No F*cks Given franchise, Sarah Knight. What started life with the Marie Kondo pastiche, The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving A F*ck, now comprises 7...
4 Huhti 202353min
Anita B on why the beauty industry wants us to fear ageing
Today’s guest, Anita Bhagwandas, is that rare thing, a beauty journalist who’s prepared to call out the beauty industry. Anita B, as she's known, is currently a beauty columnist on the Guardian. But t...
28 Maalis 202350min
Anna Murphy shares her take-no-prisoners approach to growing older
Today’s guest is one of the most stylish women I know, but I also know that she won’t mind me saying, it wasn’t always that way. Now Fashion Director of The Times, I first met Anna Murphy when we were...
21 Maalis 202351min
Dani Shapiro on family secrets and coming into your full potential at 60
My guest today is the bestselling writer Dani Shapiro. Dani is best known for the memoirs that made her name. Startlingly honest works of self-investigation like Slow Motion, in which she examines the...
14 Maalis 202353min
Katherine May on burnout and why we all need a little more wonder in our lives
We’ve all had those moments in our lives when everything feels… darker, colder, a little (or a lot) less hopeful. Those emotional winters were perfectly encapsulated by today’s guest, Katherine May in...
7 Maalis 202346min
Martha Wainwright on music, motherhood and finding love in your 40s
I first met todays guest, Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, when I interviewed her in Glasgow a few weeks ago. We got talking about the nuts and bolts of midlife in the green room and I wa...
28 Helmi 202350min
Carolyn Hays on parenting a transgender child
This episode is a first for me: it’s the first time I’ve interviewed someone without knowing who they are. Because today’s guest, Carolyn Hays, is a bestselling novelist who has chosen to publish her ...
21 Helmi 202355min
Charlene White on fighting the bias that still exists against older women
I’ve been trying to get today’s guest into The Shift hot seat for the longest time - after a mixture of long covid (me) and impromptu trips to the jungle (Her!), we’ve finally made it. Charlene White...
14 Helmi 202356min
