Radio Gorgeous

Andree’s War is the story Francelle Bradford White’s mother who was a founding member of the French Resistance during the German occupation of Paris. She was passing documents under the Nazi’s nose while working at Police Headquarters. Francelle wrote Andree’s story as a way of connecting with her as Andree now has Alzheimer’s.All proceeds of…

  CENSORED CONTAINS SEX & OLD PEOPLE Sex Expert advice from Emma Ziff: 15.25 Josephine and Donna review their week: Josephine explains why herding cats is a world easier than escorting 25 OAP’s on a trip to France but there were some benefits in older admirers. Donna celebrates her husband’s birthday with breakfast cocktails and…

  Author of the Week: Tessa Boase: The Housekeeper’s Tale Subtitled, The Women Who Really Ran the English Country House, journalist and author Tessa Boase discovered that, in fact, the butler didn’t do it. She plowed through bundles of letters, diaries and household accounts to reveal a full picture of these grand houses and the…

Josephine talks to YOUNG FEMINIST Charlie Brades Also, Can we have it all? Do we even want it? Josephine and Donna discuss Nathalie Loiseau’s new book: Choissez Tout! She is under the impression that women, in trying to be the perfect wives and mothers, are holding back their careers. Stop helicoptering, enough with the breast…

Sharron Lowe The Mind Makeover Sharron gives us 3 tips on how to live our lives to the full and stop the fear and procrastination. Sharron  advises blue chip corporates workers how to make changes to the way we they think her book applies her methods to help normal women like us.  Sharron believes that…

  SUSAN OSMAN – CHINA Susan Osman decided that news presenting possibilities in Bristol (where she worked with our very own dear Josephine) and London. China seemed the new frontier so she applied for a job but as she was wildly over qualified she was asked to set up a morning radio show, China Radio…

Paula Coston returns to Radio Gorgeous with her own novel (she covered the Women of the World Festival at the Southbank Centre for us) which is a fictional version of her real life circumstance of becoming a childless woman via circumstance. As it is a growing statistic that 1 in 5 women are childless and…

   The Landmark Trust & THE A-Zen of Travel SOME HOLIDAYS LEAD TO DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY WHILE OTHERS GET RID OF EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE – WHICH ONES SHOULD YOU AVOID? An innovative travel book published this summer claims while some holidays will help deal with the stress of every day life, other journeys will add to…

    HER by Harriet Lane A Novel about a TOXIC friendship “A seductive thriller” Donna Freed Radio Gorgeous HER is a story about the how in the vulnerability of early motherhood we may misinterpret friendships and this particular friendship is highly toxic indeed. Harriet Lane speaks openly of the fears that led her to…

SHIRLEY CONRAN Her early divorce, along with her innate and pragmatic design sense and a gift for teaching has driven Shirley Conran to do many things: free women from housework (Superwoman), teach girls about sex (Lace), demand a work/life balance and she has now turned to money and maths. Women don’t have enough money and…

Wellbeing: Louise Chunn’s WELLDOING.ORGIt’s hard enough to admit we have a problem, let alone that we should talk to someone about it. But once we get to that point, who do we talk to?Ex Editor of The Guardian Women’s Page and Editor of Psychologies Magazine turned entrepreneur Louise Chunn saw a need for people to connect…

  The Time of Their Lives Maeve Haran Josephine and Donna talk to sassy and in her sixties Maeve Haran. Oxford law student turned TV producer turned author, Maeve Haran looked around her and her circle of close university friends who are all in their sixties and not old in the slightest in the way…

Best of Radio Gorgeous You are in for a treat we have created an easy to digest ‘Best of Radio Gorgeous’ for you to enjoy. Firstly you will hear perky Jo Wood talking about hanging out with the Rolling Stones and then the happiness that came from getting of their cloud. Then meet Harriet Sergeant…

Kick Ass Dinner Kick Ass is a networking group that wants to give you and your business a kick up the pants. Kick Ass was kicked off by Paula McArthur who describes herself as a collector and connector of clever people. Josephine had a little business idea of her own and coralled Amanda Ruiz to…

MTV to Mecca Kristiane Backer From MTV to Mecca – or from babe to burka as Bob Geldof put it – is the fascinating story of how high flying MTV Europe hostess with the mostest found Islam. She tells Josephine how dating Imran Khan introduced her to Islam and began her journey – spiritual, political…

Maripaz Jaramillo Ellas (Them) – Colombian Artist Colombian artist Maripaz Jaramillo returns to London for a solo show at the Sandra Higgins Art Gallery. She talks to Donna about the changes in her life that have brought about radical changes in her art work. She is both unabashedly feminist and sensual. Sandra Higgins tells us…

Body Confidence Tips Have you tried on your swimwear yet? I have and it is always a shock as you imagine that you will look so good in your costume when in reality most body parts are sadly sagging. What to do? Meet Donna and Tora the body CONFIDENCE coaches they have a book, DVD…

  Amanda Ruiz the ULTIMATE DOOR OPENER meets Josephine Pembroke founder of Radio Gorgeous CLICK LINK To watch the VIDEO! http://www.amandaruiz.co.uk/newsItem.php?postId=24 www.radiogorgeous.com

GORGEOUS GOSSIP: Can you be a feminist, and a feminine one at that, and write erotic fiction? Julia Chambers, author of erotic fiction My Renaissance, as well as a professor, mother, and many other things does just that and discusses how tricky it can be. Julia, Josephine and Donna debate – in Part 1 –…

Length: 38mins     Gorgeous Lives – Professor Joan Breton Connelly The Parthenon Enigma: A Journey Into Legend We have decided that Professor Connelly has it all: she couldn’t be smarter or prettier and she spends two thirds of the year swanning about New York and infecting young minds with her love of all things Ancient…