Radio Gorgeous

    SWAN SONG by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jeffcott with Donna Freed Swan Song is Kelleigh’s sumptuous homage to legendary writer and party thrower, Truman Capote. In this imaginative telling, Kelleigh manages to paint a loving, yet deliciously lurid and compelling portrait of the troubled man through his trial of a childhood, his triumphs – social, literary, and…

Why diets don’t work – change your thinking, in The Latte Lounge with Katie Taylor & Louise Andres-Vicaria of Bodymatterz on Radio Gorgeous with Josephine Pembroke This month’s Latte Lounge podcast asks why diets, healthy eating plans and cutting out certain foods always fail? Because it’s not the diet – it’s our head that is interfering with…

Later Dating, How to go about it with Katrina Love and Josephine Pembroke Imagine if a person you were dating said out of the blue that they did not love you or fancy you anymore? Mindset coach and therapist Katrina Love gives us fantastic insider knowledge on how to react to this potentially devastating situation….

Edible Pleasures – A Textbook of Aphrodisiacs by Lana Citron with Josephine Pembroke Did you know that kiss means smell in other countries and that even everyday food like milk and bread are aphrodisiacs? Author Lana explains our sensual relationship between food and sex and how smell, taste and lust are all intertwined. #RadioGorgeous #Sex…

  We talk breast cancer IN THE LATTE LOUNGE with Katie Taylor & Josephine Pembroke Jodi was only twenty five and had just given birth to her adorable baby boy when she received the dreaded news which changed her life from that day on. Katie and Josephine talk about the latest news from The Latte Lounge…

Maureen Lipman talks Coronation Street & Up For It, her one woman show on GORGEOUS ENTERTAINMENT with Josephine Pembroke Maureen is 72 and still at it and still Up For It. Maureen talks in-depth about Corry, her one woman show Up for It, The Dankworths, her beloved Jack Rosenthal, her two dogs (one is called Diva)…

Eco travel – help save the wild animals, GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker The headline which attracted my attention more than any other is the fact the world has lost sixty percent of its wildlife over the past forty years. It is mind blowing and part of the fake news Trump suggests everything is that is…

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…

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…

Visit Romania, land of Vlad, horsedrawn carts & Prince Charles guesthouse GORGEOUS ESCAPES Josephine was entranced by the uncommercialism of Romania, the land of mountains and plains. Donna and Josephine talk about Vlad’s Castle, Sibiu and Viscri. http://zalan.transylvaniancastle.com/ #GorgeousEscapes #Romania #RadioGorgeous                           Visit…

  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….

  Caroline Taggart, Bognor and Other Regises, A Potted History of Britain in 100 Royal Places Sunday Times Bestselling author Caroline Taggart turns her searchlight on some of Britain’s quirkiest royals, uncovering fascinating facts and anecdotes, all in highly amusing and accessible prose. Meet Ethelred the Unready and Eleanor of Castile, travel from the Isle…

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…

Is Monogamy Dead? by Rosie Wilby GORGEOUS COMEDY with VICTORIA PEARSON  Award winning comedian and broadcaster Rosie Wilby chats to Victoria Pearson. Topics include her new book ‘Is Monogamy Dead?’ stand up comedy as a form of very public therapy and Conscious Uncoupling.  https://www.rosiewilby.com/ #GorgeousComedy #RosieWilby #radiogorgeous                    …

A Little Book of Permission by Susie Sourwine GORGEOUS WELLBEING with Josephine Pembroke This book is like no other, it let’s you think differently, breathe, reflect, relax, let go, trust and live; all through the power of permission. Susie explains her life story and how it led to this gem of a book. Buy the book…

Cities in Canada are more exciting than you think visit Montreal & Quebec Gorgeous Escapes with Sarah Tucker Canada is not a mass-market destination. It doesn’t deliver the conventional sun, sand, sea holiday, but instead offers considerably more soul, substance and spirit in the adventures. Some people will not get it, and these people will not choose to…

  K.A. McKeagney, TUBING:  Sex on the Tube with Donna Freed AUTHOR on Radio Gorgeous  Strangers on a train … having sex! Polly is a bit disenchanted with life and sex with a stranger seems like a delicious fantasy until it isn’t. There’s no such thing as a perfect stranger: neither perfect and perhaps not…