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Back to SearchSamantha Ellis on food, family and finding your identity in your 40s
Season 19 Episode 267
My guest today is a woman on a mission to preserve the language of her grandparents. Playwright, screenwriter and novelist Samantha Ellis is the auth…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Holly Dawson on facing permanent memory loss at 40
Season 19 Episode 266
For many of us losing our memory is our worst nightmare. To be told that that is happening when you are still young (ish) is close to unimaginable. T…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Bobbi Brown on doing it all her own way in her 60s
Season 19 Episode 265
If you, like me, have lived most of your life in fear of foundation, this week’s guest is your saviour. Because this woman saved us no-makeup makeup …
5 months ago
Hollie McNish on sex, shame and telling the truth about womanhood
Season 19 Episode 264
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 a…
5 months, 1 week ago
Jen Hatmaker: “It’s like I woke up halfway through my life”
Season 19 Episode 263
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…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
THE SHIFT LIVE: Mary Portas on fashion, Ab Fab & how her childhood shaped her
Season 19 Episode 262
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…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Lyse Doucet – my extraordinary 40 years on the frontline
Season 19 Episode 261
My guest today is the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet.
Since starting work at the corporation almost forty years ago, Lyse has …
6 months ago
India Knight on finally gaining a sense of self in her 50s - from the archives
Episode 260
(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 t…
6 months, 1 week ago
Hilma Wolitzer: 80 years of writing – and not done yet (from the archives)
Episode 259
(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 o…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Caryn Franklin on why fashion still fails older women - from the archives
Episode 258
(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 …
6 months, 3 weeks ago