Radio Gorgeous

Tim Wardle, Director of Three Identical Strangers with Donna Freed, MAN WEEK on Radio Gorgeous  PLEASE NOTE: THIS INTERVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!! Three Identical Strangers is the quintessential ‘life is stranger than fiction’ story that starts out with the heartwarming reunion of triplets who were separated at birth. What follows is the unravelling of the dark mystery…

Harry Mount Editor of The Oldie with Josephine Pembroke MAN WEEK on Radio Gorgeous  Harry Mount is the youngest editor of The Oldie, at a mere 47 years old he started reading The Oldie aged 21. He tells us that The Oldie reader is much less likely to be offended by articles, and that they…

  Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones – THE BLACK FARMER, JEOPARDY his new book with Donna Freed on MAN WEEK Best known as The Black Farmer behind the sausages, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones arrived in the UK as part of the Windrush generation. He talks about grew up in crushing poverty in Birmingham but made a promise to himself that one…

Katie Taylor from The Latte Lounge with Corinna McShane, GORGEOUS ENTREPRENEURS on Radio Gorgeous  Grab yourselves a latte, sit back and listen to Katie Taylor explaining to Corinna McShane, how being peri-menopausal, led her to set up The Latte Lounge, a virtual coffee shop for women from all walks of life to share tips, recommendations, advice…

Safari guide ANNA MARTINSSON with CORINNA McSHANE, Gorgeous Lives on Radio Gorgeous So how did someone born in Sweden end up retraining as a professional safari guide in Kenya? Anna explains why after her first visit to Africa, life would never be the same. Safari means ‘going on a journey’. Anna talks to Corinna about…

Natasha Courtenay-Smith, Stand Out ONLINE, GORGEOUS ENTREPRENEURS with Donna Freed Former journalist, Natasha knows the power of personal brands. When she started her own press agency, she made her agency stand out from the competition by putting herself and her staff front and centre of the business. As a result, she became the trusted, go to…

The Lost Art of Being, secrets to a calm, happy & easy life by Jacqui MacDonald Our official name is human-being, on Radio Gorgeous mindfulness mentor Jacqui MacDonald explains how letting go of our humanness and tuning into our “being” can lead to joy and happiness. Buy the book & more info: https://thelostartofbeing.com/ Contact Jacqui: https://www.jacquimacdonald.com/…

Linda Em – Irish Born Singer, Songwriter & Poet GORGEOUS ENTERTAINMENT with Victoria Pearson Gorgeous music with Victoria Pearson. London irish singer Linda Em chats to Victoria Pearson about her new EP ‘London Irish’ and her beautiful single ‘Two Hands’ FOR SHARING Wild Fire video https://youtu.be/g00gCs7eOJw Wild Fire https://soundcloud.com/lindaem/wild-fire Two Hands https://soundcloud.com/lindaem/two-hands Order EP http://www.talkingelephant.co.uk/product/linda-em-london-irish-ep Follow: Twitter: @lindaEm3 FB:https://www.facebook.com/LindaEmMusic/ All…

  NOT FADE AWAY – How to thrive in retirement by Celia Dodd with Josephine Pembroke Retirement is not a time to retire from life, you can thrive. Wellbeing journalist Celia Dodds tells us how to get away from the silver hair, expanding trouser, pottering around the garden image and do something that fulfils our life….

Finding Myself in Puglia by Laine B Brown GORGEOUS LIVES with Josephine Pembroke On the heel of Italy lies Puglia, a land of olives, vineyards, wheat fields and joy. Ex nurse Laine B Brown wanted a complete change in her life, she was inspired to learn a new language and write a book, she discovered…

  Ella Mills, Deliciously Ella: The Plant Based Cookbook at the Cookbook Festival 2018 with Donna Freed Ella Mills, food writer and entrepreneur under the brand Deliciously Ella focuses on natural food and putting vegetables at the centre of our plates and palates. Her latest book includes tried and tested recipes that she has developed…

  Jack Monroe & City Harvest’s Laura Winningham & Paula Merrony at the Cookbook Festival with Donna Freed  Jack Monroe, campaigner & author of Cooking on a Bootstrap; Laura Winningham, co-founder of City Harvest London and Paula Merrony, head of operations at City Harvest London in conversation with Donna Freed at the Cookbook Festival 2018…

What your handwriting says about you, Reading Between The Lines by Emma Bache with Josephine Pembroke Do you have big or small writing? Or large loops or big spaces between your letters? We do still write, not as much as we used to; birthday cards, thank you letters and shopping lists. Find out how to…

  Jo Pratt & Fran Warde, co-founders Cookbook Festival with Donna Freed   Cookbook authors and friends, Jo Pratt and Fran Warde, along with Lucy Cufflin have come together to found the UK’s very first cookbook festival. There are food festivals and book festivals but this unique festival celebrates the books we cook with and…

  What Would Boudicca Do? E. Foley and B. Coates with Donna Freed While we don’t expect or want you to burn London to the ground every time someone pisses you off, but bad-ass Boudicca’s method of dealing with adversity does have a certain appeal. The authors were inspired to find (only) 50 fantastic women…

  Lucy Cufflin has never been put off by being the first, especially when it comes to food. Her mother was the first foodie she knew and she has been working in food since she was a teen. She is a cookbook author herself, and knows the power of a proper recipe. It was of…

  Pippa & Lizzie – The Vignettes, Queens of Harmony GORGEOUS ENTERTAINMENT with Josephine Pembroke Charismatic classically trained musicians turned jazz, showtunes singers, Pippa and Lizzie tell us all about their exciting cabaret stage show. Both Pippa and Lizzie have super successful singing careers in their own right but coming together as a team and…

Francoise Malby Anthony & Katja Willemsen, An Elephant In My Kitchen with Donna Freed When Francoise Malby refused to share a taxi on a bone-chilling day in London with a scruffy, bearded man, it was the very last time she said no to future husband Lawrence Anthony. So when he said they should buy a…

Playwright RABIAH HUSSAIN with CORINNA McSHANE on her debut play SPUN, class and microaggressions for GORGEOUS LIVES Rabiah Hussain’s stunning debut play ‘Spun’ recently opened in London to much public and critical acclaim. Rabiah explains why she wrote a play focusing on two girls and their friendship rather than their relationships with men. She discusses…

Am I Ugly? by Michelle Elman, Body Confidence Coach Gorgeous Wellbeing with Josephine Pembroke At some point every day we catch our reflection and look at our stomach, face or body and we often don’t like what we see. Michelle Elman body confidence coach believes we can change and all become body positive. Buy the…