Sent in shame to a mother-and-baby home as a pregnant teen, Jane Hayward finally tells her tale.
The 60's may have ended in sexual liberation but a teenage pregnancy was a family scourge and shame in the early 60's as described by Jane Hayward in this honest and compelling memoir. The mothers in the home prepared boxes filled with baby clothes for the adoptive parents to take home with the mothers babies. http://www.janehayward.blog #Radiogorgeous #memoir
28m Mar 18, 2019
28m
Gaby Koppel's Reparation Untreated trauma is passed on through the generations.
Gaby Koppel, Reparation with Donna Freed. Gaby's protagonist Elizabeth is at a crossroads as are many of the characters in the book. Which paths they take forms the structure of the book but it is the difficult relationship with her mother, Aranca, a Hungarian survivor and refugee which fuels her emotions. Gaby drew on her own parents in this honest and ambitious look at what war leaves behind...
23m Mar 11, 2019
23m
BATHE - The Art of Finding Rest, Relaxation and Rejuvenation in a Busy World by Suzanne Duckett WELLNESS with Sarah Tucker
Suzanne Duckett is prolific. A typical Aries in that she does what she says (she delivers), her CV reads like a PhD bibliography. I've known her for over ten years and she's done it again with this very well researched and accessible book on bathing, which she's written with fellow author Georgina Rodgers. I've long been an advocate of thalassotherapy, which is mainstream health in much of con...
8m Mar 11, 2019
8m
Honey & Co.'s Sarit Packer sounds off on how her and husband Itamar's mini empire got started.
Sarit Packer, Honey & Co.: at home, Middle Eastern recipes from our kitchen with Donna Freed Exuberance personified, Sarit and Itamar's food is packed with as much personality as flavour. Honey & Co., Honey & Spice and Honey & Smoke are their three locations where they serve the food they love in a variety of styles and settings. The cookbook encompasses food from their home kitchen, from fanc...
23m Mar 10, 2019
23m
In Her Own Words - Works by Exceptional Women, produced for International Women's Day with Theodora Robinson and Emma Walshe from Peter Harrington Rare Books
The UK’s largest rare bookseller, this year celebrates its 50th anniversary, and is pleased to present In Her Own Words: Works by Exceptional Women, an exhibition of its first catalogue focused solely on women. The catalogue contains some 180 remarkable rare books, manuscripts and ephemera and has been created in recognition of the growth of interest in works by women. It includes items by pivo...
16m Mar 08, 2019
16m
Becky James of metal band SOUL DESIRE with Victoria Pearson on GORGEOUS ENTERTAINMENT
Victoria Pearson chats to Becky James lead singer of the alternative metal band 'Soul Desire' about vocal training, confidence and the ideas behind Soul Desire's music. Tweet: @SoulDesireNoise FB: https://www.facebook.com/pg/souldesirenoise/about/ #GorgeousEntertainment #RadioGorgeous #Metal
23m Mar 06, 2019
23m
Jo Pratt, the flexible pescatarian to help you add some lovely fish to your dish
Cookery writer, chef, food stylist, editor and presenter Jo Pratt's latest cookbook invites you to explore more fish. Fish can be tricky: we don't always know how to cook it or what fish to use. Jo to the rescue. As with all her books and recipes, these are straight forward with easy to duplicate cooking methods to make fish more accessible. Go on…put a little fishy on your dishy. http://www.j...
19m Mar 05, 2019
19m
NINA CAMPBELL Interior Designer for royalty, rockstars & the super rich GORGEOUS LIVES with Josephine Pembroke on Radio Gorgeous
Today my guest on gorgeous llives is one of the worlds leading interior designers. Famous for her country house look her clients include royalty, rockstars, top hotels and the super rich. For many decades she has owned her own interiors shop on one of Londons most chic streets in London, Walton Street in Chelsea.  She also produces and designs has her own lines in wallpaper, fabric and furnishi...
29m Mar 03, 2019
29m
The Source, Open Your mind and change your life with DR TARA SWART with Sarah Tucker on Gorgeous Wellbeing
If you liked 'The Secret' you will love this book. Dr Tara Swart's book The Source, it has more rationality and scientific analysis behind it. Tara is as you may imagine as a neuroscientist, highly  intelligent, yet she has written a book which we can all have access to; a book about on how to apply cognitive science with amazing results to our everyday lives. https://www.taraswart.com/ Twitt...
3m Feb 26, 2019
3m
Jo Pratt, The Gorgeous Kitchen is run by 4 female chefs at Heathrow Terminal 2
The Radio Gorgeous Kitchen visits Heathrow Terminal 2's The Gorgeous Kitchen with Jo Pratt and Donna Freed Jo Pratt, cookery writer, cook, food stylist & presenter is one of four female chefs who preside over Heathrow Terminal 2's The Gorgeous Kitchen. Jo works with Caroline Artiss, Sophie Michell and Gee Charman to make flying a spectacular experience from the start. She explains the unique e...
20m Feb 24, 2019
20m
Womanhood: The Bare Reality with Laura Dodsworth, photographing vulva's & talking to women about their relationship with their vulvas
Last night there was a beautiful documentary on Channel 4 called 100 Vaginas, the film was based on our guest's groundbreaking book. She is the photographer LAURA DODSWORTH and her book is Womanhood: The Bare Reality, published by Pinter & Martin . #Wellbeing #Sex #RadioGorgeous
27m Feb 20, 2019
27m
Philanthropist, transparency campaigner Dr Gina Miller talks exclusively to Sarah Tucker on Radio Gorgeous about what inspires her, her campaign to bring transparency to the charity sector and how she deals with bullying culture
Philanthropist, transparency campaigner and all round good egg, Gina Miller (now Dr Gina Miller), talks exclusively to Sarah Tucker on Radio Gorgeous about her book RISE and what inspires her, her campaign to bring transparency to the charity sector and how she deals with bullying culture. #RadioGorgeous #GorgeousLives #Campaigner
14m Feb 14, 2019
14m
Nuala Ellwood, Day of the Accident Maggie wakes up from a coma to find her husband has left her and her daughter is dead.
Nuala Ellwood, Day of the Accident with Donna Freed Maggie Allen painfully wakes from a coma to find that her daughter has died in a terrible accident and her husband has left her. It gets worse, she is responsible for the strange accident but she can't remember anything. This is the second thriller from the author of My Sister's Bones. Nuala was warned that her creative life would end when s...
21m Feb 12, 2019
21m
Carolyn Kirby, The Conviction of Cora Burns Born in Prison, Cora must unlock the secrets of her past to forge her future.
Author of the Week: Carolyn Kirby, The Conviction of Cora Burns with Donna Freed Carolyn Kirby's debut novel takes place in 1885 Birmingham, a time that hallmarks modern life as we know it. The prison where Cora was born still dominates the area and is in use today. A wide-ranging historical thriller that asks the question: where does violence come from? This is Carolyn Kirby's first novel si...
17m Feb 10, 2019
17m
DON’T HOLD MY HEAD DOWN in search of some brilliant Fucking with Lucy-Anne Holmes founder of No More Page 3 with Josephine Pembroke
Bored of wanking over boring porn, candid and funny writer Lucy-Anne decided to learn to ask what she really wanted in bed. And to find out how to have beautiful, slow sex. Buy the book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/dont-hold-my-head-down/lucy-anne-holmes/9781783526215 Twitter: @LucyAnneHolmes FB: https://www.facebook.com/LucyAnneHolmeswriter/ #RadioGorgeous #Sex #GorgeousWellbeing Ar...
31m Feb 07, 2019
31m
'The Ramonas' an all female tribute to the iconic New York Punk Rock band 'The Ramones, Victoria Smith with Victoria Pearson GORGEOUS ENTERTAINMENT
Victoria Pearson chats to Victoria Smith bassist of 'The Ramonas' an all female tribute to the iconic New York Punk Rock band 'The Ramones'.  Victoria chats about her career in music and how Victoria has met many of the real Ramones and she tells us how friendly the punk scene is.  The  new album 'Acoustic Problems'. http://www.ramonas.co.uk/ #RadioGorgeous #Punk #GorgeousEntertainment
26m Feb 07, 2019
26m
Singing in the Rain, 52 Practical Steps to Happiness by Rachel Kelly with Josephine Pembroke
#Wellbeing #RadioGorgeous #MentalHealth My guest today is becoming a regular on Radio Gorgeous, we have talked about her last 3 books Black Rainbow, Walking on Sunshine and The Happy Kitchen, they all explore mental health which is a condition which either you, or a friend or a relation of yours have suffered from. She writes regularly for national press, gives television and radio interviews,...
32m Jan 31, 2019
32m
THE LAST, One Hotel, Twenty Survivors, The World Has Ended, author Hanna Jameson
Nuclear bombs have been dropped globally and Jon is on a conference in Switzerland, the world has ended. Then the internet goes down, what to do? 20 people are left in the hotel, a dead body is found. Novelist Hanna Jameson talks about being a young novelist, life before the internet, dating and her love of American history. #TheLast #RadioGorgeous #Fiction
28m Jan 30, 2019
28m
How to date safely & have fun ONLINE DATING for over 50's with Dr Catherine
Figures came out last week which may shock you if you are an online dater or considering it: 40% of single over-50s who have tried online dating have had what they feel is a negative experience. 21% Have experienced someone lying about their age and (33%) who have discovered their date looks different from their pics. So where do we begin in the minefield that is dating especially for over 50...
35m Jan 28, 2019
35m
Exploring spices, A Cupboard Full of Spices with chef Kumud Gandhi GORGEOUS FOOD with Donna Freed
Gorgeous Food and Drink: Kumud Gandhi, A Cupboard Full of Spices with Donna Freed Kumud Gandhi, the Spice Queen, wants to introduce us to the alchemy of food and balanced spicing. Careful spicing goes beyond seasoning, it is medicinal, nutritional and preservative as well as. She took a career break from the Bank of England to have her children and fell into food science and from food science ...
28m Jan 21, 2019
28m
BESS of HARDWICK the most powerful Tudor woman after Elizabeth 1 with Kate Hubbard Author and Josephine Pembroke
It's Tudormania at the moment with the much awaited Mary Queen Queen of Scots film out now. With impeccable timing the guest today on Radio Gorgeous is author, Kate Hubbard who works at the Royal Literary fund. She has written a book about a powerful, wealthy and creative Tudor woman, who outlived her four husbands. She was a friend of Queen Elizabeth and spent a few years with Mary Queen of Sc...
40m Jan 17, 2019
40m
Positive Potions - Sugar Free Adult Drinks GORGEOUS ENTREPRENEURS with founder Candida Meyrick and Josephine Pembroke
Candida Meyrick gave up sugar over four years ago and rarely drinks alcohol. She found it nigh impossible to find a restorative grown up drink that was not a herbal tea bag. Candida started to grow herbs in her garden and instinctively she has invented something completely original: Positive Potions. Candida's garden is in Anglesey a tiny island off the north wales coast, she came into Radio Go...
32m Jan 16, 2019
32m
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 our intentions. Katie chats about a revolutionary new weight management programme with the founder of Boddymatterz Louise Andres-Vicaria who has created a 12-week plan which supports your body and mind and helps you...
33m Jan 14, 2019
33m
Natural pain relief through the body & mind MIND BODY STUDIES - with Susan Sykes
Chronic pain and painkillers can lead to depression. Co-founders of Mind Body Studies Mia Segal and Leora Gaster inspired by the Feldenkrais method, have spent years developing this practice using the mind, body connection in simple, slow movements. Workshops are available in Germany and California, along with a Foundation certification course in MBS for the public and practitioners alike. Con...
17m Jan 09, 2019
17m
Grace Kitto, Saving Grace with Donna Freed Losing weight to save her life, Grace tried every diet but it was understanding what made her eat that allowed her to change her brain and therefore her body.
Grace Kitto, Saving Grace with Donna Freed A lifetime of habitual overeating added up to obesity for Grace Kitto. Both her mother and her husband's father died of diabetes and it was a real concern. But it was when she realised that there was a subconscious need to eat and she needed to access that to change the behaviour. She doesn't believe in dieting, however, when she was obese she needed ...
18m Jan 09, 2019
18m
A true story about sexual abuse - INDESCRIBABLE by Candice Derman with Josephine Pembroke
For 6 years Candice was abused by her charismatic stepfather in South Africa. What looked like the perfect lifestyle and home from the outside was living hell for Candice who was first abused age eight. Hear her story. #RadioGorgeous #Wellbeing #GorgeousLives
40m Jan 09, 2019
40m
Jane had stage 4 cervical cancer 19 years ago, HOW TO STARVE CANCER is her groundbreaking book - Jane McLelland with Josephine Pembroke
Imagine being told you had stage 4 cancer and had 12 weeks to live? This is what happened to my guest today on Radio Gorgeous, Jane McClleland. With determination and sheer doggedness, Jane took her own health care into her own hands and tried every, drug, supplement and diet, the cancer disappeared and that was 19 years ago. Jane is a trained physiotherapist, she's an entrepreneur, a sailor, a...
1hr 16m Jan 08, 2019
1hr 16m
Eat Well & Get Healthy with Nutritionist Natasha Hodge & coach Katrina Love
Covered in eczema, overweight and addicted to sweets, Natasha was in denial about her terrible diet. Now she is a convert to eating sensibly, listen to her story. Natasha has now become an nutritionist, she met charismatic coach Katrina Love and they have joined forces to create an eating plan which will make to feel and look fabulous. email: natasha@wideeyednutrition.com www.wideeyednutriti...
34m Jan 03, 2019
34m
Later Dating - How to go about it with coach 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. Know they self and love thyself seems to be the key, find out more here. #RadioGorgeous #Dating #Wellbeing Contact Katrina : Tel: 0044 (0) 7747 345 384...
25m Jan 03, 2019
25m
KINDFULNESS a few simple life tips can change your life by Caroline Millington, with Hester Wolton GORGEOUS WELLBEING on Radio Gorgeous
Caroline Millington, digital producer for ITV's Loose Women, found herself increasingly time poor and unhappy and felt she needed to find a way to change her life or rather, change practices and priorities in her life to boost happiness. She came up with 'kindfulness;' a way for her to prioritise her health and happiness. She tells Hester her most helpful tips to manage the impact of social med...
47m Dec 13, 2018
47m
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 (Top Tips for Women over 40) and the upcoming plans for The lounge in 2019. https://www.lattelounge.co/ Twitter: @lounge_latte Insta: https://www.instagram.com/loungethelatt...
31m Dec 10, 2018
31m
Catherine Isaac, You Me Everything with Donna Freed GORGEOUS READS
Catherine Isaac, You Me Everything with Donna Freed Catherine Isaac wrote frothy and funny romances under the name of Jane Costello for over 10 years but when she had the idea for this story, she decided to take her writing to a more serious level. Without revealing the story, it is the heart-breaking and heart-warming story of Jess, a mother and a daughter with a hereditary secret. It is als...
15m Dec 10, 2018
15m
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) and  working with Roman Polanski on The Pianist. Wow what a woman! #RadioGorgeous #Theatre #GorgeousEntertainment
33m Dec 06, 2018
33m
Evi Vine, raw & emotive ROCK SINGER with Victoria Pearson GORGEOUS ENTERTAINMENT
Victoria Pearson chats to alternative rock Gothic singer Evi Vine about her music history and inspirations and her new album 'Black light White Dark' and the her new single 'Sabbath'. Twitter: @evivine http://evivine.com/ #RadioGorgeous #Music #EviVine
31m Dec 06, 2018
31m
Tish Ciravolo of DAISY ROCKS the girl guitar company with VICTORIA PEARSON, Gorgeous Entrepreneurs on RADIO GORGEOUS
Victoria Pearson chats to Tish Ciravolo creator of Daisy Rock Guitars the only girl guitar company in the world, lighter weight guitars custom built. Tish talks about how her company empowers young girls and women to have confidence in the Rock world and shares her stories of famous customers including Joan Jett and Jimmy Page and talks about her contribution to the 'Beauty in Chaos' album. Tw...
28m Dec 05, 2018
28m
Edible Pleasures - A Textbook of Aphrodisiacs by Lana Citron with Josephine Pembroke on Radio GORGEOUS
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 #Food https://www.lanacitron.com/
28m Dec 05, 2018
28m
GUY SINER of 'Allo Allo' fame - MAN WEEK with Victoria Pearson on RADIO GORGEOUS
Guy Siner of 'Allo Allo' fame, famous for playing Lieutenant Gruber the nice gay World War Two German soldier. Guy discusses his fantastic career including his experiences on stage and screen, working with Johnny Depp and Derek Jacobi and his memories of the creation of 'Allo Allo'. http://www.guysiner.com/ #ManWeek #AlloAllo #RadioGorgeous
25m Dec 02, 2018
25m
Liv Conlon, The Property Stagers with Donna Freed GORGEOUS ENTREPRENEURS
Liv Conlon, founder The Property Stagers with Donna Freed Liv always knew she was not going to follow the traditional route through school to uni and she also knew she wanted to be her own boss. She left school at 16 and by 17 she had started her own property staging business, making properties look gorgeously furnished for sale. Now - a mere 3 years later!! - the turnover is 1 million. She is...
16m Nov 29, 2018
16m
Liz Nugent, Skin Deep with Donna Freed, What happens when you value beauty above everything else? THRILLER on GORGEOUS READS
Liz Nugent, Skin Deep with Donna Freed Liz Nugent worked in theatre, film and television before turning her hand to fiction. She has a deep understanding of explosive drama and suspense but uses the medium of fiction to move her latest thriller from a remote Irish island, to London and then to the south of France. What happens when you value beauty above all else in your life? As with all grea...
24m Nov 29, 2018
24m
Frances Welch, The Imperial Tea Party , the last days of the Russian Tsars, with Donna Freed, AUTHOR of The Week
Frances Welch, The Imperial Tea Party with Donna Freed Frances Welch has had a life long interest in the last days of the Russian Tsars. The Romanov family was intricately entwined with the British royal family - the Tsarina Alexandra was Queen Victoria's purportedly favourite granddaughter - and there were 3 important imperial visits between the two families. The visits had varying degrees of...
41m Nov 29, 2018
41m
Tim Wardle, Director of Three Identical Strangers with Donna Freed MAN WEEK on Radio Gorgeous
Tim Wardle, Director of Three Identical Strangers with Donna Freed on MAN WEEK 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 of why they were separated in the first ...
21m Nov 27, 2018
21m
Harry Mount Editor of The Oldie on MAN WEEK with Josephine Pembroke
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 enjoy a good joke and are open minded. Harry admits he has some great shoes to fill, past editors include Richard Ingrams of Private Eye and Alexander Chancellor but he loves rising to the ch...
24m Nov 26, 2018
24m
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, JEOPARDY, The Black Farmer with Donna Freed on MAN WEEK
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, JEOPARDY 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 grew up in crushing poverty in Birmingham but made a promise to himself that one day, he would have a farm of his own. It took a long time, a lot of determination and perseverance and risk but he finall...
44m Nov 26, 2018
44m
Ed Sheeran by Sean Smith - MAN WEEK with Josephine Pembroke
Do you really think you know Ed Sheeran? Top biographer to the stars Sean Smith tells Josephine things you never knew about the super successful, 21st Century, down to earth pop star who is worth £80 million. #EdSheeran #ManWeek #RadioGorgeous #SeanSmith
36m Nov 21, 2018
36m
Katie Taylor with Corinna McShane on what inspired her to set up THE LATTE LOUNGE a virtual coffee shop for midlife women
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 and experience whilst offering support and a warm sense of community. We are excited to announce that Radio Gorgeous will be producing a regular po...
24m Nov 21, 2018
24m
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott's Swan Song with Donna Freed AUTHOR OF THE WEEK on Radio Gorgeous
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 in love - through his publicly tragic demise after he exposed his beloved swans - the doyennes of so...
54m Nov 20, 2018
54m
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 not spouted from his own tweeter feed, but having recently visited Madagascar where I witnessed first-hand the devastation to the rainforests there, I believe the st...
8m Nov 19, 2018
8m
Hug Hotels, Winter Wilderness Wellness Hotels with Sarah Tucker GORGEOUS ESCAPES
Not Hygge, but hug hotels. Winter wilderness wellness hotels. While some hotels lend themselves to the summer months, others come alight when the days are short and cold. Hotels which lend themselves to the silver grey winter months of November to end of March, which have fire places with real fires, which spread across one side of the room, and four posters which don’t look out of place in lar...
7m Nov 19, 2018
7m
Where to travel 2019 & the best travel books GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker
So where does the bucket list of the luxury travel market as well as the great unwashed wish to go in 2019? Following in the footsteps of Megan and Harry, they want the earth to move for them, and travel to New Zealand. The Galapagos comes second, although I feel if you do travel there, pleasespend a week to ten days in Ecuador. It is a phenomenal country and so much more than a doorway to anyw...
26m Nov 19, 2018
26m
Rachel Abbott, And So It Begins with Donna Freed AUTHOR OF THE WEEK
Author of the Week: Rachel Abbott, And So It Begins with Donna Freed Rachel's latest psychological thriller starts with the question: When does a murder begin? When you pick up the knife or far before that? But as per usual, on the page, it begins with a body! Rachel ratchets up the tension with the first page and does not let up until the very last. She talks about her self-publishing success...
25m Nov 12, 2018
25m