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
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
