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
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
