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Back to SearchBONUS EPISODE: Neneh Cherry on love, loss & legacy
Season 15 Episode 217
If you were a teenager in the late 80s you only have to hear the name Neneh Cherry to conjure the image of Neneh, seven months pregnant, on the Top o…
1 year, 4 months ago
Bella Freud: "I've definitely got more daring with age"
Season 15 Episode 216
My guest today is the fashion designer Bella Freud. Bella launched her eponymous label in 1990. Over thirty years later it remains resolutely indepen…
1 year, 4 months ago
Donna Ashworth on finding her calling in midlife
Season 15 Episode 215
My guest today is a woman who is credited with putting poetry back on the map, Donna Ashworth…. Donna came to prominence in 2020, when a poem she wro…
1 year, 4 months ago
Baroness Lola Young: "you can't be what you can't see, but somebody has to go first"
Season 15 Episode 214
My guest today is one incredible woman.
Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey is an actress, academic, campaigner for social justice and a cross bench peer i…
1 year, 4 months ago
Jennifer Cox: why women are furious (and getting angrier)
Season 15 Episode 213
My guest today is the forensic psychotherapist Dr Jennifer Cox. She trained at the Tavistock and now has an extensive practice specialising in treati…
1 year, 5 months ago
Louise Doughty on the unrealised potential of older women
Season 15 Episode 212
My guest today is Louise Doughty, the woman behind some of the knottiest thrillers to grace our bookshelves and TV screens in recent years. Her bests…
1 year, 5 months ago
Kate Weinberg on the kindness of women & living with a mother-shaped hole
Season 15 Episode 211
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 mu…
1 year, 5 months ago
Vanessa Feltz on divorce, dating and finally shaking off her inhibitions at 62
Season 15 Episode 210
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…
1 year, 5 months ago
Jane Campbell on reinventing herself at 40 – and again at 80!
Season 17 Episode 209
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 …
1 year, 5 months ago
Marianne Power: how to build a happy single life
Season 15 Episode 208
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 l…
1 year, 6 months ago