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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 –…

 ABI ROBERTS Comic Josephine and Donna both admit to faking orgasm to no good end! This is one instance where you should NOT fake it until you make it. You ain’t gonna make it if you fake it. Big-haired, loud-mouthed comedian and impersonator Abi Roberts tells us about her TWO Edinburgh shows and does a…

Length: 22.00     Gorgeous Gossip  Josephine goes it alone for her gossip – lonely much! But she’s joined via Donna by the cast and producer (Fluff Productions) of World Enough and Time, an era spanning play exploring women’s lives during politically volatile times currently playing at The Park Theatre. Then Josephine had a bad…

Podcast length: 15:37 “Move over girls, this is woman power. Fab fun and all for a great cause” Bruno Toniolo from Strictly Come Dancing What does an ex Hot Gossip dancer Alison Hierlehy do when she want to get fit? She asks 20 close friend who have never danced in their life if they fancy…

Podcast length: 23:45 The Hub Dot on Gorgeous Gossip We love to hang with the gals, have a chat, make connections: otherwise known as networking. Vivacious networking maveric, Simona Barbieri wanted a low tech, low pressure forum for women to get together, tell their stories and support each other. She devised a simple 5 dot…

Podcast length  1:03:06 Author of the Week How far do you think black stumps for teeth, leadened white skin with large circles of crushed beetles for rouge and reappropriated mouse skins for eyebrows will get you? Empress! Napoleon’s beloved Josephine was born to a disaffected plantation owner, sent to France to marry, abandonned, shut in…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear/ Length  27.03 Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK D.I.V.O.R.C.E. Donna and Josephine talk about divorce not that they know what it really feels like being smug married themselves. So they invited Caroline and Lucy recent divorcees onto the show to ask what…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear/ Length  18.00 Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK   Most of us have siblings. Donna and Josephine admit that may be they have been a touch competitive with their siblings. Blood is thicker than water… which only makes it all the messier when…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear/ Length  21.35 Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK   Our Gorgeous Gossip was suggested when Donna met the delightful J Courtney Sullivan – our Author of the Week – and we immediately started discussing engagements rings. Although her book, The Engagements, is…

  LOSE Weight at SLIMMERIA Retreat LOSE Weight at SLIMMERIA Retreat. Josephine and Donna discuss their 2014 health regimes Josephine goes on the wagon and Donna vows to be more active. Josephine talks to Galia Grainger Director of Slimmeria a gorgeous Georgian house Hastings, East Sussex. Galia explains how her guests are put through their…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear/ Length 11.54 Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK EXTRAVAGANCE Tis the season to go over the top: chuck caviar on your breakfast oats, drape yourself in swags of jewels and gold or as Josephine does: double up. If you love that cashmere…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear/ Length 24.25 Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK What sort of drunk are you? slurring, sloppy, miserable, over enthusiastic, stroppy, wild or tearful? We discuss drunken antics in this weeks Gorgeous Gossip and we are  joined on the show by a talented…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear/ Length 33.30 Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT FOR CHRISTMAS? Donna and Josephine chat about what they really want for Christmas (luxury pampering of course). And Gorgeous Gossip this weeks chats to two captivating women from different…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear/ Length 19.26 Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK Most middle class mothers were not working in Britain in the 1970s. Author Emma Clark Lam tells us about her glamourous Grandmother TV presenter Jean Morton who had a. dazzling career in TV ending…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear/ Length 11.18 Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK Do you want bigger eyes? No more cakey mascara running down your cheeks? Donna felt the same and she wanted to look fab for a wedding so she dared to go to a salon…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear/ Length 21.47 This weeks GORGEOUS GOSSIP our guest is VICTORIA SADLER who was an internal auditor in the City of London who took up burlesque dancing – swapping daytime suits for pink sequins, spangles and feathers in the evening. We are talking about Burlesque dancing which does involve striptease….

  PRESS the White triangle above to hear Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK   Donna & Josephine This weekend Nigella Lawson talked to The Observer about herself she also made the comment below which has caused outcries….do women really dread cooking? “Feeling comfortable in the kitchen is essential…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK Our search for the next Piatkus Entice romance writing star is officially on. And we need YOUR help! The competition closed on 2nd September and we now have a shortlist of three incredible submissions to choose…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK Gorgeous Gossip/Fashion – do you bother? Donna and Josephine talk about fashion. Is it relevant to your life? Are you someone who has to have the latest nail varnish colour (still brown this season) or Autumn’s…

PRESS the White triangle above to hear  Problems with the LINK ABOVE or WANT A PODCAST ? PRESS  THIS LINK   SHOW LENTH  40.54   Katie Nicholl  7.20   Bootcamp  30.20   Gorgeous Gossip Boo hoo holidays/vacations are nearing to the end. We commiserate with you and talk about the highlights of Summer 13. Author of…