Lynda La Plante on breaking boundaries and why there STILL aren't enough good roles for women
My guest this week is a woman who - to coin a bit of 1980s jargon - punched through the glass ceiling for women in TV, creating not just one but a series of female lead characters who broke the mould....
7 Des 202153min
Liz Fraser on living with and loving an alcoholic
What do you do if the person you love turns out to hold the seeds to your own destruction? My guest this week has lived through it and discovered the answer to that question the hard way. Writer and b...
30 Nov 202147min
Mariella Frostrup on fearlessness, menopause and knowing your worth
My guest this week was known for her willingness for say it like it is even before she made a TV show about the menopause. No, not THAT one. The one BEFORE. Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup was banging t...
23 Nov 202147min
Bobbi Brown on taking a leap at 64
If you, like me, have lived most of your life in fear of foundation, this week’s guest is your saviour. Because this woman saved us no-make-up girls’ lives. Back in 1991, Bobbi Brown was a makeup arti...
16 Nov 202147min
Ruth Ozeki on why menopause is the new adolescence
My guest this week is a novelist, film-maker - and Zen Buddhist priest. Ruth Ozeki was born in Conneticut in the 1950s to a Japanese mother and, as she puts it, caucasian anthropologist father. Despit...
9 Nov 202141min
Fi Glover and Jane Garvey on Fortunately, friendship and pushing boundaries in your 50s
How do two sensible middle aged broadcasters become the voices of a generation of pissed off older women? My guests today can tell you aaallll about that. Fi Glover and Jane Garvey were off-air collea...
2 Nov 202144min
Paula Sutton on how age has liberated her and the rejuvenating power of dressing up
Today’s guest is former fashion journalist turned interiors blogger, Paula Sutton. For twenty years Paula lived a typical busy busy busy 9-to-9 London life. But the birth of her third child made her q...
26 Okt 202145min
Val McDermid on anger, ageing – and an unlikely "cure" for menopause
Dubbed the Queen of Crime, Val McDermid has written 35 books (she thinks, but she’s stopped counting), sold over 17million copies and been translated into 40 languages. At the vanguard of female crime...
19 Okt 202139min
