Lyse Doucet – my extraordinary 40 years on the frontline
My guest today is the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet. Since starting work at the corporation almost forty years ago, Lyse has covered all the major wars in the Middle East, re...
14 Okt 20251h 7min
India Knight on finally gaining a sense of self in her 50s - from the archives
(This episode first aired in November 2023) Today’s guest is the Sunday Times’ Style’s beauty columnist India Knight. Every week thousands of women turn to her column for beauty advice - not beauty j...
7 Okt 202551min
Hilma Wolitzer: 80 years of writing – and not done yet (from the archives)
(This episode first aired in August 2022.) My guest today is the writer Hilma Wolitzer. Born in 1930, Hilma had her first poem published at the age of 9. She then shelved that ambition in favour of m...
30 Sep 202553min
Caryn Franklin on why fashion still fails older women - from the archives
(This episode was first published in November 2022.) Today's guest is one of my personal heroes, Caryn Franklin. Caryn started her career in the 80s as a fashion editor before moving into TV where sh...
23 Sep 202556min
Lisa Jewell on hitting a golden seam of success in her 50s - FROM THE ARCHIVES
(This episode first aired in September 2022.) Today’s guest is one of Britain’s best loved novelists, Lisa Jewell. Her career started with a smash hit debut novel Ralph’s Party - which she started wr...
16 Sep 20251h 1min
Thomasina Miers on the midlife Mexican escape that rebuilt her
Hello and welcome to the final episode of season 18. 18!!!! My guest today is the cook, Thomasina Miers. Despite being taught to cook as a child, Tommi didn’t really embrace her love of food unt...
9 Sep 202553min
Laura Lippmann is having a second coming at 60
A few weeks ago, I was pootling around on substack where The Shift newsletter lives - https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/ - and I noticed I had a DM from a new subscriber. It turned out to be f...
2 Sep 202554min
Charlotte Mendelson – middle-aged women are entitled to want more
This season is dedicated to helping you pick your summer reads and my guest today is the novelist Charlotte Mendelson whose writing has been compared to “late Shakespeare meets Modern family!” So you ...
26 Aug 20251h 1min
