Lady Glenconner on stepping into the spotlight at 87
My guest on the final episode of this season is Anne, Lady Glenconner. Now 93, Lady Glenconner has lived to put it bluntly, one hell of a life. She was born in 1932, the eldest daughter of the ...
9 Dec 202556min
Karen Dobres: how menopause & football turned me into an accidental radical
My guest today is the accidental radical Karen Dobres. Until her early fifties, Karen’s life had taken a path familiar to so many women. From modelling in her early twenties, she trained as a counsell...
2 Dec 20251h 1min
Samantha Ellis on food, family and finding your identity in your 40s
My guest today is a woman on a mission to preserve the language of her grandparents. Playwright, screenwriter and novelist Samantha Ellis is the author of one of my personal favourites How To Be A Her...
25 Nov 20251h
Holly Dawson on facing permanent memory loss at 40
For many of us losing our memory is our worst nightmare. To be told that that is happening when you are still young (ish) is close to unimaginable. That’s what happened to this week’s guest, writer, t...
18 Nov 20251h 2min
Bobbi Brown on doing it all her own way in her 60s
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-makeup makeup girls’ lives. Back in 1991, Bobbi Brown was a m...
11 Nov 202551min
Hollie McNish on sex, shame and telling the truth about womanhood
Today’s episode is basically a massive treat for me. Hollie McNish is my favourite poet. I first encountered her over a decade ago when I was doing an event for my thriller, The Woman Who Ran, at a li...
4 Nov 20251h 9min
Jen Hatmaker: “It’s like I woke up halfway through my life”
We talk a lot about women who want out, who want to set light to everything and walk away. But we don’t talk so much about the women who find someone else has put a bomb under their lives and left the...
28 Okt 202553min
THE SHIFT LIVE: Mary Portas on fashion, Ab Fab & how her childhood shaped her
This episode of The Shift podcast, with the High Street legend, Mary Portas, is brought to you live from Cheltenham Literature Festival Mary is one of the UK’s most high profile and innovative busi...
21 Okt 202549min
