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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Feb 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 Feb 202355min
