Can you be a VEGAN and have muscles? Meet Maria Franzen Personal Trainer on GORGEOUS GOSSIP
Maria Franzen was married and a size 18. One day when her daughter was small her husband left her. This kick started Maria into completely changing her life, her diet, her image and her regime. She specialises in body sculpting and took her own body from a plump pear shape to a lithe, fat free, strong size 8. Listen to her life story here on Radio Gorgeous with Josephine Pembroke. #women #fitn...
25m Jun 21, 2015
25m
JULIA ROBERTS QVC: Life's a Beach Then.....GORGEOUS LIVES with Josephine Pembroke
Gorgeous Lives: Despite childhood polio and now leukemia, Julia Roberts will not be kept down! Every challenge is met by yet another achievement: given polio she became a dancer, given leukemia she became a novelist. She is one of the founding presenters of QVC, a job she got because her husband saw them laying the cable! A percentage of the profits will go to Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research #w...
30m Jun 18, 2015
30m
HIGH FAT DIET by Zana Morris & Helen Morris on GORGEOUS HEALTH & BEAUTY with Josephine Pembroke
Zana Morris is changing the rules on rapid yet sustained weight loss: in order to burn fat, you have to eat fat. In just 14 days and with only 12 minutes of intense excercise per day, she guarantees you won't be hungry and you will lose fat, not muscle. Zana says her diet jump starts and reboots your metabolism without robbing you of muscle and energy. #women #health #fitness #diet http://www...
21m Jun 16, 2015
21m
Gill Hornby ALL TOGETHER NOW - Author of The Week on Radio Gorgeous with Donna Freed
Gill Hornby takes the community choir as the backdrop of her second novel. Gill brings together the disparate elements of a small town in crisis with a failing high street and closing businesses, empty nests and new divorces. Can the community choir bring them together and transform their lives, maybe even the town? Singing in a choir has changed her own life: she is a flashmobber! #women #lit...
19m Jun 15, 2015
19m
ARTIST Jeanne Masoero on GORGEOUS GOSSIP with Donna Freed
Studio visit with artist Jeanne Masaero. In conjunction with the Mexican Year of Exchange, independant art advisor and curator Sandra Higgins is showing Jeanne Masaero's Invisible Cities: A Mayan Journey. The paintings - figures in light - were inspired by her visits to Mayan sites in the late 1970's; they resemble topographical maps created out of tiny grains of colour. The show can be seen fr...
28m Jun 14, 2015
28m
The Fish Ladder by Katharine Norbury on GORGEOUS LIVES with Donna Freed
In an attempt to distract both herself and her daughter from the agony of a late miscarriage, Katharine Norbury decided they would spend the summer finding the source of a river. Thus starts the sprawling story of a life lived fiercely through grief, breast cancer and finding and losing the idea of her birth mother in her own journey upstream. Her latest book The Fish Ladder is a written accoun...
24m Jun 10, 2015
24m
AOTW Liza Klaussmann talks Villa America with Donna Freed on RADIO GORGEOUS
After her explosive Tigers in Red Weather, Liza Klaussmann takes on another iconic American theme: the Murphys, Sara and Gerald, who, along with the Hemmingways and the Fitzgeralds, Cole Porter and Pablo Picasso created a gilded world on the French Riviera in their Villa America. #women #literature #america www.picador.com/authors/liza-klaussmann SIGN UP to our mail out for all the latest ne...
22m Jun 10, 2015
22m
Pitch Up, Eat Local GORGEOUS FOOD & DRINK with Josephine Pembroke
Pitch Up, Eat Local (Camping and Caravanning Club) Ali Ray wants you to connect even more with the places you are visiting by eating the foods that were grown, fished and farmed in the surrounding area. Here's how to get more bite out of your holiday experience! To research her new book, Pitch Up,Eat Local, food and travel writer Ali Ray spent five years travelling across the UK in her beloved...
20m Jun 09, 2015
20m
FUNNY WOMEN'S Lynne Parker & COMIC Maddy Anholt on GORGEOUS GOSSIP with Josephine Pembroke
Funny Women founder Lynne Parker checks in with the latest in making women funny and we are joined by funny female Maddy Anholt. She tells us about the dating woes that led her to write her show, Diary of a Dating Addict, which she hopes to take to the Edinburgh Fringe. #women #comedy #theatre @funnywomen + @maddyanholt1 funnywomen.com maddyanholt.com Plenty more GORGEOUS GOSSIP where that...
22m Jun 07, 2015
22m
Travel Private Malta & Airport Parking Solved! Gorgeous Escapes with Sarah Tucker Radio Gorgeous
The ever peripatetic Sarah Tucker talks travel: you booked the flights, accomodation and rental car; but when your flight leaves at 5 am, what do you do with your car? Do you despair of a holiday where you only scratch the surface, never really seeing how the natives live? Sarah has a good nose round someone else's house in her Private Malta holiday and benefits from the unique history and stor...
19m Jun 04, 2015
19m
Exploring DEATH - Death’s Summer Coat by Brandy Schillace with Donna Freed Radio Gorgeous
Have you planned your death? Get inspired by death rituals past and present. How is it that we gone from taking pictures with our dead relatives to denying death altogether in a century? #women #death #interviewhttp://brandyschillace.com/ Loving our PODCASTS? Keep up to date by joining our mail out... www.radiogorgeous.com
22m Jun 01, 2015
22m
Author Jane Alexander - The Last Treasure Hunt with Donna Freed Radio Gorgeous
The Last Treasure Hunt explores our obsession with fame and celebrity with great intelligence and sly wit: it’s a modern media morality tale with bite. Jane Alexander's The Last Treasure Hunt asks the question: how far would you go for fame and fortune? Jane talks to Donna about her first novel that asks pointed questions while leading us on a literary treasure hunt. #women #author #literatur...
19m Jun 01, 2015
19m
Can You become a Nun? What does it take? Josephine & Donna explore on Gorgeous Gossip
Running away and joining a nunnery is unfortunately harder than you think. We did some research to ask : Can You become a Nun? Donna and Josephine delve into a the religious world. Can Donna pass the test to become a nun? Gorgeous Gossip on Radio Gorgeous. You all heard it: there has been a threefold increase in the ranks of Catholic nuns! And they don't just take anyone...apart from the obvio...
8m Jun 01, 2015
8m
HOUSEFRAU - A frustrated wife by Jill Alexander Essbaum GORGEOUS READS with Josephine Pembroke
Housefrau - Jill Alexander Essbaum: Poet turned novelist Jill Alexander Essbaum likens writing poetry to swimming in a paddling pond but writing a novel moves you to the ocean. She talks about her novel Hausfrau and some of the similarities between herself and her heroine Anna living in a small town in Switzerland who embarks on a series of disterous affairs. It is a moving exploration of what ...
26m May 20, 2015
26m
WHEN WE WERE FRIENDS - Thriller by Tina Seskis GORGEOUS READS with Donna Freed
Tina Seskis - Author of When We Were Friends. Fifteen readers on Amazon give Tina's latest book 5 and half stars! Tina's path to writing started when she got fired from a job and then her mother became ill. She finished her first novel just before her mother died but couldn't get it published until she created her own publishing house and became a bestseller. Her second novel starts on the ban...
16m May 19, 2015
16m
Tarot Cards with Psychic Yasmina & Bad Habits? Gorgeous Gossip with Josephine & Donna
Yasmina Tarot & Bad Habits: Are bad habits in the eye of the beholder? We think so. What's so bad about smoking and drinking, aside from the early death, cancer and wrinkles? Apparently nose picking is fine as long as you confine it to your car. Really?Josephine is joined by Lebanese born, psychic counsellor Yasmina. Psychic from the age of 7, Yasmina has created a set of beginner tarot cards s...
20m May 18, 2015
20m
WEST ST VINEYARD Food & Drink with Nicki Bannerman Radio Gorgeous
Food & Drink with Nicki Bannerman on Radio Gorgeous - The Only Wine is Essex! Nicki Bannerman talks to Jane Mohan of West Street Vineyard in Coggelshall. Jane and her husband considered buying a vineyard in Languedoc but the pull of their beloved Essex was too strong. They create award winning wines and have opened a restaurant on the site as well. Do you know your Pinot Noirs from your Chardon...
31m May 06, 2015
31m
That Girl From Nowhere AUTHOR Dorothy Koomson with Donna Freed
Best-selling, prolific author Dorothy Koomson likes delving deep into emotional territory; she explores both adoption and assisted suicide in her latest (tenth!) book: That Girl From Nowhere. When she started researching the book, she realised that while we often hear the stories of those that gave up a child or adopted a child, we don't hear the story of the adopted person so she wanted to wri...
24m May 05, 2015
24m
SINGLE WOMAN SEEKS REVENGE Author Tracey Bloom & More REVENGE on Gorgeous Gossip
Single Woman Seeks Revenge Tracy Bloom - What do you do when you find your love-life in ruins? Tracy Bloom's heroine decides to get revenge on every man who ever broke your heart of course. We also discuss revenge as Donna and Josephine come clean on their experiences. Josephine turns her revenge fantasy into reality: baristas of London beware! In this case, revenge is a drink best served hot, ...
19m May 03, 2015
19m
ZOE WILLIAMS on Get It Together - Why We Deserve Better Politics with DONNA FREED
Zoe Williams tells us to Get It Together. She cuts through the party political bullshit and explains how we got ourselves into the morass of spiraling house prices and a faltering NHS. The good news is we can make politics work for us again, the bad news is we actually have to stop moaning and get involved. #women #author #politics #currentaffairs @zoesqwilliams www.theguardian.com/profile/z...
33m Apr 30, 2015
33m
ACTRESS Michelle Asante on Eclipsed at the Gate Theatre on RADIO GORGEOUS
'Eclipsed' is a play explores the relationship between four young women at a rebel army base during the civil war in Liberia in 2003. In the context of war, what happens when the biggest threat is actually from your own side. Eclipsed is at the Gate Theatre in Notting Hill until May 16. Cast member Michelle Asante talks to us about her role as Helena.C She returns to the theatre to play Helena...
13m Apr 29, 2015
13m
Stand Up For Women and 50:50 Parliament Talk Fighting for WOMEN'S EQUALITY on Radio Gorgeous
Stand Up For Women and 50:50 Parliament - Last week Radio Gorgeous went to Stand Up For Women and met Sasha Rakoff who is the founder. She wants to combine Stand Up and Comedy = Want Equality! That's their motto at Stand Up For Women. We also chatted to Frances Scott who is the woman behind 50:50 Parliament who is asking us to sign her petition for gender equality in Parliament. Frances Scott ...
18m Apr 27, 2015
18m
POLDARK and DOWNTON become Political Parties on Gorgeous Gossip with Josephine & Donna
Poldark and Downton Political Parties - Remember the Official Monster Raving Loony Party? Well Josephine has founded the The Costume Drama Party and recasts the parties. Poldark for Prime Minister anyone? This is not fantasy, Josephine insists: it could happen! #women #costumedrama #politics #telly Want more GORGEOUS GOSSIP? We have new PODCASTS every week... www.radiogorgeous.com
12m Apr 26, 2015
12m
Amanda Prowse - A Mother's Story BESTSELLING Author with DONNA FREED
Amanda Prowse - A Mother's Story - Author of The Week is a powerful, emotionally heart wrenching story, about Jessica, a young mother in post natal depression and how she tries to cope. What happens when the fairy tale of love and marriage and babies falls through your fingers like so much water in the face of dangerous and crippling depression? Amanda tells the story of Jessica and Matthew wh...
28m Apr 22, 2015
28m
O My America! by Sara Wheeler - 6 Women Adventurers conquer America GORGEOUS ESCAPES
O My America! We talk to explorer Sara Wheeler about her celebration of six 19th-century lady travellers who courageously left Britain in order to seek new lives in America. Extreme traveler Sarah Wheeler turns to a more prosaic journey by crossing the United States of America in the footsteps of six British women of the last century. During a turbulent time in her own life, she finds her way,...
24m Apr 21, 2015
24m
Do I have to wear a hat to Ascot? Debrett's Guide to British Behaviour GORGEOUS GOSSIP
Josephine teaches Donna English manners: drinking is in as are hats, wellies and tweed. Donna apologises but does NOT say sorry, but this all appears ass backwards: there are few American occasions where hats, booze, wellies, tweed and apologies are de rigeur, except perhaps for a barn dance - call us rude and informal if you will. #women #summer #british Can't get enough GORGEOUS GOSSIP? Sig...
9m Apr 19, 2015
9m
My Stubborn Tongue by Anna Fishbeyn ACTOR FEMINIST & MOTHER on Radio Gorgeous
My Stubborn Tongue by Anna Fishbeyn. The story of the girl who refuses to be defined by her origins (Russian in America, Jewish in Russia, poor little immigrant), this cabaret style show is told through Russian and American songs and dances from the 1980’s. That's Entertainment: My Stubborn Tongue written and performed by Anna Fishbeyn at the Soho Theatre April 16 and 17. Fishbeyn's solo show ...
25m Apr 14, 2015
25m
Can YOU Let Go? Emma Woolf - Letting Go WELLBEING on RADIO GORGEOUS
Journalist and TV presenter of Supersize vs. Superskinny thinks the key to a healthier life style and a positive body image is letting go. If you, like Emma, have ever suffered low self esteem, negative body image and disordered eating - and who hasn't - she wants you to learn to let go of your past hurts, embrace your body and transform your life for the better. #women #heath #wellbeing #body...
16m Apr 14, 2015
16m
The Helios Disaster by Linda Boström Knausgaard AUTHOR of the Week with Donna Freed RADIO GORGEOUS
The Helios Disaster by Linda Boström Knausgaard - like the Greek goddess Athena, Linda's protagonist Anna is born out of her father's head but soon becomes seperated from him. The book explores religion, madness, time, language, and evokes the utterly eerie Helios airplane disaster of 2005.She lives with her husband, uber confessional Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgard and their four childre...
13m Apr 12, 2015
13m
Sharon Dunscombe Bibliotherapist & Do you fancy your father in law? GORGEOUS GOSSIP
Apparently a substantial portion of men fancy their mother-in-laws, flirt with them and think they fancy them back! Josephine and Donna turn the tables and discuss whether they fancy their fathers-in-law. Does a cheeky flirt make for smooth familial relations? Listen in to their gossip HERE Gorgeous Guest:Sharon Dunscombe Bibliotherapist - Through Tales For Tea, Sharon Dunscombe offers a natur...
20m Apr 12, 2015
20m
'We Ain't Got No Drink Pa' A Little Girl's Struggle To Survive in the Slums of 1920's London
We Ain't Got No Drink, Pa' Hilda Kemp A Little Girl's Struggle to Survive in the Slums of 1920s South East London. This book is true story written by Cathryn Kemp with the voice of her matriarchal Nan in her head. 'We Ain't Got No Drink, Pa' by Hilda Kemp. Cathryn Kemp channels the voice of her grandmother Hilda who struggled to survive a harsh upbringing in 1920's East London. Hilda's Bermond...
17m Apr 01, 2015
17m
Styling Tips & A Dedicated Follower of Fashion: Carol Collins with Nicki Bannerman on Radio Gorgeous
Carol Collins Image Consultants. Carole is interviewed here by our gorgeous new reporter Nicki Bannerman. Carol tells us about her long spanning career as a fashion PR for Harrods and more. #women #fashion #PR http://www.carolcollinsimage.com/ @ccimage Love our PODCASTS? Keep up to date by SIGNING UP to our mail out... www.radiogorgeous.com
18m Mar 30, 2015
18m
Emil Benet - Wattpad Sensation & is it time for a Gigolo? Gorgeous Gossip
Author Emily Benet The Temp and GIGILOS is it time for one? Josephine - who is married to a younger man you know! did I say cougar? - and Donna debate the differences between gigilos and gold diggers. Do we respect a man who lives off a woman? We think we might be coming of age in our thoughts!Emily Benet joins our gorgeous gossip to tell us about her originally self published Wattpad (online ...
20m Mar 29, 2015
20m
Arc of The Gurkha by Photographer Alex Schlacher on Radio Gorgeous
Arc of The Gurkha by Alex Schlacher. We talk to Alex about her life in the Nepalese mountains and her mesmerising images of the Gurkha's Arc of the Gurkha by Alex Schlacher, Austrian photographer. After a stint photographing American police departments, Alex was embedded with American troops in Afghanistan where she met the Gurkhas on patrol there. She had unparalleled access to the Gurkhas wh...
41m Mar 26, 2015
41m
BETTY MAY: The Musical with Celine Hispiche Writer & Performer on RADIO GORGEOUS
Betty May the Musical Betty May was a true Soho bohemian and denizen of the Cafe Royal before World War I. Playwright and performer Celine Hispache was inspired by Betty May, the "Tiger Woman" to write Betty May the Musical to celebrate this artist's model, singer, muse and true original. #women #music #theatre http://bettymaythemusical.com/ @BettyMayMusical Want more FABULOUS INTERVIEWS? J...
22m Mar 25, 2015
22m
AGEISM: MADONNA & How to Be an OLDER Woman by Annette Gordon on GORGEOUS GOSSIP
Ageism, Madonna and Us. And our GORGEOUS GOSSIP guest is Annette Gordon - Author How to Be An Older Woman. Ageism affects you at all ages. Madonna has been talking to everyone about her issues - so we challenge her and talk about the last "ism" to be tackled. We also talk to Annette Gordon AKA Susan McPhail about her upfront story about facing your sexuality and going out into the dating game ...
22m Mar 22, 2015
22m
Tripadvisor Complaints & Looking Good on Long Haul
Sarah Tucker travel writer talks about Tripadvisor Complaints. Listen to her vivid and sometimes funny story here on Radio Gorgeous about her summer from hell. She also talks about how to look and feel good after 14 hours flying long haul economy, don't we need that? Loving the podcasts? Then sign up to us at STITCHER they have an app too - easy peasy http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/radio-gor...
23m Mar 18, 2015
23m
DUTCH AUTHOR Anne Gine Goemans - Gliding Flight with DONNA FREED
Anne-Gine Goemans' Gliding Flight brings together wonderfully yearning and flawed characters in a both heart-braking and uplifting coming of age story. Her vivid characters in a challenging landscape is one reason she is described as the Dutch Annie Proulx. #women #author #interview www.letterenfonds.nl/en/author/444/anne-gine-goemans AUTHOR interviews every WEEK! Sign up for more www.radiog...
26m Mar 17, 2015
26m
Do You JUDGE People? & Emma Watson on GORGEOUS GOSSIP
Spring is in the air so Donna "treats" us to a poem and then forces some spiritual spring cleaning: Don't be so hard on ourselves! Stop judging! Our guest and Assistant Producer, Anna Palinkas shares her thoughts on Emma Watson's HeForShe campaign for gender equality. #women #equality #feminism @AnnaPalinkas Want more GORGEOUS PODCASTS? Join our mail out www.radiogorgeous.com
15m Mar 15, 2015
15m
Skincare that CARES: FACE MATTERS Sally Curson GORGEOUS WELLBEING on Radio Gorgeous
After 20 years in the beauty business, Sally Curson wanted a skin product that actually did what it said on the tin so she founded FACE MATTERS. She uses all natural products and a high concentration of essential oils - for both for their aroma and effectiveness - blended with mineral silicon for rejuvenated skin. It has been tried and tested by the ladies of Hampshire so it must be good. SPEC...
20m Mar 11, 2015
20m
I DARE You To Be GREAT- This will change your LIFE with POLLY HIGGINS on Radio Gorgeous
Will you take up the challenge to be as great as you can be? The first step is to grant yourself permission for greatness in your life and then you must decide: am I prepared to let the greatness in with all the challenges and rewards it will bring? Well, will you? #women #improvement #mind #spirituality http://iamdaringtobegreat.com/ @PollyHiggins LISTEN to more podcasts like this sign up ...
12m Mar 11, 2015
12m
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently by EMER O'TOOLE - AOTW
Emer O'Toole discovered early on that the veneer of gender can be very thin; somewhat like the dress we saw white/gold or black/blue, our eye fills in what we expect to see. In her book Girls Will Be Girls, she encourages us to be brave (braver than a no makeup selfie!) and route out the sexism in ourselves. Be your own beautiful. #women #gender #feminism #politics @Emer_OToole About Emer ww...
21m Mar 10, 2015
21m
MARRIAGE Proposals have you turned one down? on GORGEOUS GOSSIP on Radio Gorgeous
GG: How to get married Radio Gorgeous style: Donna did the asking and it only took 4 years to get an answer. Josephine got desperate and decided on a Tie Me Up Tie Me Down approach to surprisingly good results. Have you ever had an offer you had to refuse? #women #marriage #proposals #love Think WE ARE a HOOT? Then sign up to GORGEOUS MAIL now www.radiogorgeous.com
7m Mar 08, 2015
7m
The UNDERTAKER'S DAUGHTER: Gorgeous LIVES - KATE MAYFIELD AUTHOR with Donna Freed
Kate Mayfield's family, could hardly shun death as it put food on the table. As The Undertaker's Daughter she was fully steeped in the rituals of death amidst the stifling atmosphere of the rural American South, untouched by the encroaching Civil Rights Movement. She introduces us to the idea of Death Cafes and Death Societies and to think a little more about the pending event in all our lives....
36m Mar 04, 2015
36m
Norma Jeane The Musical – Marilyn Monroes Early Life with Haz Childs on RADIO GORGEOUS
#musicals #MarilynMonroe #theatreNorma Jeane The Musical examines real life events in the blond bombshell’s life in February 1961, 18 months before her death – ruled a suicide – from an overdose of barbituates on August 5, 1962. She is visited by the ghosts of her troubled past during this turbulent time. Haz Childs interviews cast members Melissa Suffield and Rebecca Cole as well as songwriter...
22m Mar 04, 2015
22m
CRAVING by Esther Gerritsen AUTHOR of the WEEK with Donna Freed on GORGEOUS READS
Award winning, Dutch playwright and author Esther Gerritsen, talks about her latest novel, Craving. You'd think it would be natural for a daughter to come to care for her terminally ill mother. However, if your daughter is Coco, her arrival at your death bed is more than a little complicated. #women #novel #author # interview ‏@WorldEdBookswww.worldeditions.org Here at Radio Gorgeous we feat...
18m Mar 03, 2015
18m
A GOOD DEATH? & Author Elizabeth Scarboro: DEATH WEEK on GORGEOUS GOSSIP with Donna & Josephine
Despite our best efforts to ignore the fact, this wonderful life we all share comes with an undisclosed sell-by date and none of us get out alive. Donna and Josephine discuss the idea of a 'good death' and Josephine outlines her funeral: think PINK! Guest: Elizabeth Scarboro shares her boy meets girl story with a twist: boy has cystic fibrosis and girl is widowed at 29. Elizabeth's memoir, My ...
22m Mar 01, 2015
22m
Would you love REAL Jewellery? RUTH DONALDSON - the Jeweller YOU can afford
Ruth Donaldson believes that we should be wearing beautiful, affordable jewellery today that will be the heirlooms of tomorrow. She teaches Donna and Josephine how to spot a diamond and introduces her unique jewellery service. #women #beauty #fashion #jewellery http://www.heirloomlondon.co.uk/ @HeirloomLondon Do you love HEALTH AND BEAUTY? So do we. Keep up to date HERE... www.radiogorgeous...
32m Feb 25, 2015
32m
Harriet Minter THE GUARDIAN Women in Leadership with Amanda Ruiz on Gorgeous Entrepreneurs
A powerhouse in her own right, Harriet Minter edits the Women in Leadership section of The Guardian. She talks to our own entrepreneurial dynamo Amanda Ruiz. #women #business #entrepreneur #guardian @harrietminter www.theguardian.com/profile/harriet-minter Don't want to miss any FABULOUS INTERVIEWS? Sign up to our mail out www.radiogorgeous.com
18m Feb 24, 2015
18m
HELEN LEDERER - LOSING IT Author of The Week on Radio Gorgeous with Josephine Pembroke
Funny lady, Helen Lederer has turned her talented hand to writing with the hilarious result: Losing It. Broke, fat and a washed-up has been, Millie clutches at the chance to be the front woman for a new diet pill. Incredibly, this doesn't solve all her problems! #women #comedy #author #book Helen on the BOOK TOUR : helenlederer.co.uk/tour.html helenledererblog.tumblr.com/ @HelenLederer Ca...
24m Feb 23, 2015
24m