Abi Morgan on embracing catastrophe and rebuilding just about everything in your 50s
Today’s guest is a woman I’ve admired for the longest time: stage and screenwriter Abi Morgan. Throughout her thirty year career Abi has written some of our most memorable drama: Shame, Sex Traffic, T...
10 Maj 202251min
Chitra Ramaswamy on memory, mothering & the "mid-life gift" of responsibility
My guest this week is the award-winning journalist Chitra Ramaswamy. And, lucky me, Chitra lives in Edinburgh so - before I go any further - let me revel in the joy that was recording this episode IRL...
3 Maj 202254min
Nina Stibbe on the relationship-saving power of a sofa bed!
What happens when “one of the great comic writers of our time” hits menopause? That’s the conundrum that faced this week’s guest, award-winning novelist Nina Stibbe when she sat down to write her new ...
26 Apr 202234min
Jojo Moyes on radical life change in your 40s - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Back in the before times, I had an idea to launch a podcast that celebrated the achievements and lives of women over 40. With a couple of friends and an idiot-proof microphone I recorded the first ser...
19 Apr 202248min
Philippa Perry takes issue with your inner critic - FROM THE ARCHIVE
Since I recorded this episode with Philippa Perry she's gone from strength to strength. Her already bestselling book has spent even more weeks at number one, she's got a new problem page in The Observ...
12 Apr 202239min
Lindsey Hilsum on menopause in a warzone - FROM THE ARCHIVES
One of my favourite things about making The Shift podcast is all the fascinating women I get to interview - and learn a little bit from. This is a replay of one of my all time favourites. I was in awe...
5 Apr 202240min
Delia Ephron on getting a second chance at life and love in your 70s
My final guest of the season is the acclaimed screenwriter and bestselling author, Delia Ephron. Unfailingly wise, warm and witty, Delia is perhaps best known as co-writer of the Meg Ryan-Tom Hanks sm...
29 Mars 202246min
Kat Farmer has the answer to all your "my wardrobe hates me" dilemmas
Totally lost sight of your personal style? Feel like your clothes hate you? Whether it’s the result of two years in and out of lockdown, emerging from the motherhood tunnel or the advent of menopause,...
22 Mars 202252min
