Kate Weinberg on the kindness of women & living with a mother-shaped hole
Today’s guest is a personal favourite. I first met Kate Weinberg (the bestselling author of The Truants) when I was stricken with long covid and a mutual friend put us in touch. “You need to talk to K...
29 Okt 20241h 3min
Vanessa Feltz on divorce, dating and finally shaking off her inhibitions at 62
My guest today is the broadcaster Vanessa Feltz. Ever since the mid-90s, Vanessa has been a fixture on British TV and radio - and also, for better or worse, our front pages. She became known as the “B...
22 Okt 202456min
Jane Campbell on reinventing herself at 40 – and again at 80!
If you sometimes worry you’ve left it too late to follow your heart, today’s guest should give you hope. At 40, Jane Campbell got a divorce and took herself off to university where she trained as a gr...
15 Okt 202449min
Marianne Power: how to build a happy single life
My guest today knows a thing or two about being single, and she’s hear to tell you that there’s more than one way to live an emotionally fulfilling life. Marianne Power is a journalist who made a per...
8 Okt 20241h 4min
Louise Minchin: why midlife is the time to take more risks
My guest today is author, endurance athlete and ex BBC breakfast presenter Louise Minchin. Louise is, of course, best known for her twenty year stint on BBC Breakfast’s sofa but she has also been main...
1 Okt 202458min
Moon Unit Zappa: "We're all just growing each other up"
Today’s guest is the American actress, writer and singer Moon Unit Zappa. Moon shot to fame in her early teens when her vocals featured on her father Frank Zappa’s unlikely hit Valley Girl. Subsequent...
24 Sep 20241h 1min
Carol Vorderman on finding her voice (and how!) at 60
My guest today is a woman who has truly come into her own in middle-age. A broadcaster, engineer, statistician and entrepreneur, at the age of 63 Carol Vorderman is now best known for fearlessly calli...
17 Sep 202454min
Bella Mackie: "Nobody tells you motherhood is a choice"
My guest today is Bella Mackie. Until her mid-30s Bella was a journalist, then she wrote a book called Jog On and her trajectory changed - dramatically. Ostensibly a book about running, Jog On was act...
10 Sep 202457min
