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Tracy-Ann Oberman on the strong women who've shaped her
Season 12 Episode 158
Today’s guest, Tracy-Ann Oberman has made a career out of defying expectations. After training as an actor she went straight to the RSC before decidi…
3 years ago
The Shift LIVE: Trinny Woodall on how she learnt to fear less in her 50s
Season 12 Episode 157
My guest for this very special live episode of The Shift is the entrepreneur, CEO, fashion and beauty expert, presenter and author Trinny Woodall.
Tri…
3 years ago
Dr Louise Newson: I was "told off" for prescribing HRT
Season 12 Episode 156
Today we’re celebrating Menopause Awareness month (now there’s a phrase I couldn’t have imagined saying four years ago when I was writing The Shift b…
3 years ago
Agony Aunt Philippa Perry is back!
Season 12 Episode 155
I’m delighted to welcome back one of my most popular guests ever, Philippa Perry.
Philippa is an artist, psychotherapist, agony aunt and TV presenter,…
3 years, 1 month ago
Grace Dent on balancing a Gen X body image with eating for a living
Season 12 Episode 154
Today’s guest and I have lived parallel-ish lives. Growing up “ordinary” her in the north, me in the south, Grace Dent and I both spent our childhood…
3 years, 1 month ago
Stacey Duguid on coming back from midlife collapse
Season 12 Episode 153
Before I got to know today’s guest, Stacey Duguid, I thought she was a bit scary TBH. Fierce in all the ways. And then I got to know her - when I was…
3 years, 1 month ago
Sara Pascoe: what happens when a weirdo grows up!
Season 12 Episode 152
This week’s guest is the comedian, writer, and all-round screen hogger, Sara Pascoe. Host of The Great British Sewing Bee, presenter of Last Woman on…
3 years, 1 month ago
Natasha Walter on being a middle-aged activist
Season 12 Episode 151
My guest today is the journalist and human rights activist, Natasha Walter. She is the author of two generation-defining books about feminism - The N…
3 years, 2 months ago
Maggie Smith on her midlife reappearing act
Season 12 Episode 150
Like most of the rest of the world, I first discovered today’s guest Maggie Smith (no, not the legendary British actress, the American poet) when her…
3 years, 2 months ago
Helen Rebanks is flying the flag for invisible women
Season 12 Episode 149
My guest today is the farmer, business woman, cook, conservationist, mother and now writer, Helen Rebanks. She has been cooking and baking, professio…
3 years, 2 months ago