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My guest today is Julia Hobsbawm: entrepreneur, writer, and consultant who addresses the challenges of this hyper connected age. She is Chair of the content and connection business Editorial Intelligence. She is the author of six bestselling books including The Simplicity Principle and Fully Connected. Today we are discussing her latest book The Nowhere Office , a book that proposes a radical new...

My guest today is Daisy Buchanan, an award winning journalist, author and broadcaster. She has written for every major newspaper and magazine in the UK and hosts the brilliant bookish podcast You're Booked, where she interviews legendary writers from all over the world about how their reading habits shape their work. She is the author of How To Be A Grown Up, The Sisterhood and the novels Insatiab...

This is a replay of an old episode with JoJo Moyes, recorded back in 2018 at the Penguin offices! A trip down memory lane! Jojo Moyes is a novelist, best known for her bestselling book Me Before You which has sold over 8 million copies worldwide, she has been a full time novelist since 2002, before that she was a journalist for 10 years. Me Before You has since gone on to sell over 8 million copie...

My guest today is Rebecca Seal, an episode all about loneliness and working from home. Rebecca is the author of Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind). It’s a fantastic book absolutely filled to the brim with wfh advice and tips and anecdotes. It's a science and evidence-based exploration of what working alone does to your brain and well-being, and how to cope with the more difficult asp...

This is a re-post of Zoom conversation I had with the brilliant Elizabeth Uviebienene, author of Slay In Your Lane, The Reset and the forthcoming The Offline Diaries for Papier’s Book Club. I love Papier, every time I have a book out I buy their personalised notecards and feel very fancy, so I’m thrilled that I get to share the conversation with you on here. I hope you enjoy this conversation we m...

Melanie Eusebe is a creative entrepreneur and a director. She is also a co-founder of The Black British Business Awards and founder of the Money Moves financial empowerment programme. Melanie was a judge for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction, and in the same year she was awarded an MBE for services to diversity in business. She is a powerhouse of pep talks and knowledge and brilliance and I’m thr...

 Welcome back to Ctrl Alt Delete, this episode is brought to you by HP and their new Spectre x 360 laptop. (AD) In this bonus episode, we are focusing on creative flow, especially The Creative Flow State - what is it? How do we get into our best flow, and do our best work? This isn’t about productivity per se, but how we can be our best creative selves at work.  My guest today is en...

My guest today is Christina Crook, digital mindfulness thought leader, speaker, and host of the JOMO(cast) podcast. She is also the author of Good Burdens and The Joy Of Missing Out and has been called "the Marie Kondo of digital" by Harper’s Bazaar which sums up her work really well. Christina’s own battle with digital overwhelm and balance led her to write these books and her advice around mindf...

Sarah Ellis is my return guest today! She is one of the founders of Amazing If, alongside Helen Tupper, which is an award-winning career development company. They are the co-hosts of the book and podcast, Squiggly Careers. Today, Sarah is back on the podcast to talk about her new book You Coach You, which I really enjoyed because it’s all about how you can help yourself during those knotty difficu...

Abigail Bergstrom is a Welsh writer, editor and agent, who has worked in publishing for over a decade. She is an industry leader and an expert and has edited some of Britain's most prominent feminist voices, she was nominated for Literary Agent of the Year 2020 and has helped build some of today's biggest book brands. But today, we are here to talk about her debut novel What A Shame ! A brilliantl...

This is a replay episode with the brilliant Candice Brathwaite, it is one of my favourite episodes from 2020. She is the Sunday Times Bestselling author of I Am Not Your Baby Mother and Sista Sister. Her first book was called 'an urgent part-memoir, part-manifesto' about Black British motherhood. Her new book Sista Sister has been described by Cosmopolitan as "like the old sibling you wish you had...

This is a replay episode with the brilliant Venetia La Manna, broadcaster, slow fashion campaigner. On her platforms she discusses issues relating to the fast fashion industry and climate crisis. I always learn a lot from her, especially on the topic of how to support garment workers and hold the fashion industry to account. In the first half we talk about her work in the slow fashion space and th...

This is a replay episode! My guest today is Rachel DeLoache Williams, Vanity Fair photography editor and now author of My Friend Anna: The True Story Of The Fake Heiress Of New York City (all about her relationship with NYC scammer Anna Delvey. One of TIME magazine's must-read books of 2019. This book is the true story of Anna Delvey through her friend Rachel's eyes, someone you mig...

My guest today is the wonderful Julia Cameron - again! She is a third time guest on this podcast and that’s because I just love her wisdom so much. She is a huge inspiration of mine when it comes to creativity and wellbeing, and she has a new book out, called Seeking Wisdom: A Spiritual Path to Creative Connection , which is a comforting, brilliant guide to stepping back and finding faith in your...

I’m excited to share this episode with you, this time it’s an interview with me! All about my new book Disconnected , which is out TODAY (January 13th 2022). I did an in person event at BookBar in London, a gorgeous independent bookstore that I recommend you visiting if you are ever in the area, and I was interviewed by the founder of the bookstore Chrissy Ryan. It felt amazing to be in person wit...

This is a replay of an episode with Dame “Steve” Stephanie Shirley. I recorded this one in 2019, it was a sunny summer’s day in London and we recorded it in a meeting room at Penguin’s offices. Dame Stephanie ​is tech pioneer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She also goes by the name "Steve" which she used to sign business letters to potential clients when they were not responding to her.​ If you...

Thanks for listening! I have a NEW BOOK out! The audiobook narrated by me for DISCONNECTED is available through Audible. You can get yours here:  https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Disconnected-Audiobook/B09KW5DXHY Check out the hardcover of DISCONNECTED here:  https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781529373127 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thanks for listening! I have a NEW BOOK OUT! The audiobook narrated by me for DISCONNECTED is available through Audible. You can get yours here:  https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Disconnected-Audiobook/B09KW5DXHY Check out the hardcover of DISCONNECTED here:  https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781529373127 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thanks for listening! I have a NEW BOOK OUT! The audiobook narrated by me for DISCONNECTED is available through Audible. You can get yours here:  https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Disconnected-Audiobook/B09KW5DXHY Check out the hardcover of DISCONNECTED here:  https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781529373127 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thanks for listening! I have a NEW BOOK OUT! The audiobook narrated by me for DISCONNECTED is available through Audible. You can get yours here:  https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Disconnected-Audiobook/B09KW5DXHY Check out the hardcover of DISCONNECTED here:  https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781529373127 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is a replay from 2019 with the wonderful Philippa Perry. Since this episode aired she has started a new role as agony aunt for the Observer, answering reader questions and her responses are of course wise and wonderful. Her most recent book, The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did), was a number one Sunday Times bestseller and continue...

This is a replay episode! Poorna Bell is award-winning journalist of 15 years and a digital expert having worked as UK Editor and Global Lifestyle Head for Huffington Post. Her debut non-fiction book Chase The Rainbow came out last year; a moving memoir about how Poorna's life was affected —but not defined—by the suicide of her husband Rob. Poorna's second book In Search Of Silence is out now...

This is a replay with Sophia Amoruso. It was recorded back in Jan 2020 when I was in LA, back when we could fly around the world and interview people in person. Sophia Amoruso is the author of the 2014 New York Times Bestseller #GIRLBOSS, a book that chronicled her early life as the founder of fashion empire Nasty Gal — it was also adapted into a scripted TV series that premiered on Netflix in 201...

This is a replay episode from 2019. Steve Bartlett is the founder of Social Chain, a global, social-first marketing agency and production house. He first built his business from his bedroom in Manchester after dropping out of university. He is also as a speaker, investor and hosts the hit podcast 'Diary Of A CEO' and since this recording he has released his debut book ‘Happy Sexy Millionaire’ whic...

This is a replay episode with the brilliant Sara Tasker from late 2018, a while ago! She is a photographer, writer, business coach and author. She left her NHS day job six years ago to take a leap into the unknown to turn her passion for the Internet into a 6-figure business where we gets to work from home. She also has a fascinating podcast called Hashtag Authentic with online creatives and now s...