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The Wild Other by Clover Stroud - A Memoir on Radio Gorgeous with Donna Freed Clover's country idyll of a childhood was shattered at 16 when her mother suffered a massive brain injury. She was propelled into a life of free fall adventure but also recreated the circumstances of her own upbringing for her 5 children. The Wild Other is published by Hodder Follow Clover: @cloverstroud NEVER EVER MISS...

Sophie Kinsella tells us about MY NOT SO PERFECT LIFE exploring When Your Online Life Eclipses Your Real Life! Follow Sophie: @KinsellaSophie #sophiekinsella #bestseller #fiction

Xufei Yang Chinese Classical Guitar on GORGEOUS LIVES with Josephine Pembroke Fei talks to Josephine about being an original in every way. Nobody else played guitar growing up in China and now no one else fuses classical guitar with Brazilian music. Fei talks about her life as an international classical musician living in the UK. http://www.xuefeiyang.com/ Follow: @XuefeiYang Listen: https://www.y...

on RADIO GORGEOUS you can hear Nichi Hodgson who is a journalist, broadcaster and author, she writes regularly about civil liberties, censorship issues and gender politics for The guardian, Vice and The Telegraph. Nichi is a regular on BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show and and Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Nichi makes frequent apperrences in the media talking about SEX porn and society, this is her second...

Jessica Bennett is Amanda's new true heroine and she is her self confessed English stalker – Instagram and Facebook has never been so scoured! Jessica is the author of the life changing book Feminist Fight Club as well as a writer for the New York Times. Having worked in corporates such as Tumbler and having to put up with avoiding the males shooting ping pong balls across the office as they try t...

Sheena Kamal Eyes Like Mine Author of the Week with Donna Freed on Radio Gorgeous #thriller #Canada #dark #Fiction For fans of dark, female led thrillers like The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo, Sheena Kamal's debut Eyes Like Mine is deliciously dark. Set in Canada - currently seen as an example of liberal democracy - Kamal invites a conversation about how the indigenous population, and indigenous wom...

Josephine chats with author Ruth about her romantic, ghost story and mystery. Ruth is an who is an avid reader who after having a car accident had to more time on her hands to write. THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS is Ruth's first published book and it has been translated into 14 different languages. RUTH lives in a large rambling victorian house with her rescue dogs and partner. She loves collecting TH...

Banoffee gallette Sainsbury's Magazine Recipe GORGEOUS KITCHEN with Josephine & Donna This pudding looks much harder than it is to make; an impressive pudding to seduce a person of your choice. Josephine and Donna debate the origins of Banoffee Pie. This is a Sainsbury’s recipe in association with Sainsbury’s Magazine. For more information, go to www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk , and you will fin...

Town Versus Country? ENGLISH ANIMALS by Laura Kaye SAINSBURY'S Mag Book Choice on Radio Gorgeous Laura Kaye, English Animals Her debut novel, written before the Brexit vote, encapsulates all the arguments in personal terms. A young Slovakian woman goes to work at an English country house to help out with the shooting, taxidermy, weddings and other country pursuits. City mouse vs. country mouse get...

Searching for your parents? THE DOLL FUNERAL Kate Hamer a Sainsbury's Magazine Book Choice with Donna Freed on Radio Gorgeous As with her previous novel, The Girl in the Red Coat, there are paranormal elements to The Doll Funeral that weave and whirl around Ruby as she searches for her birth parents. Hamer explores family ties, love and loss and the nature of neglect and survival. (This is Kate's...

Shiela Kohler Author talks to Josephine about her sister who was tragically killed by her husband. And growing up in South Africa, Apartheid and how all her female characters are influenced by her sister. ONCE WE WERE SISTERS is published by Canongate. Follow: @sheilakohler Interested in WOMEN? NEVER miss a podcast sign up at http://radiogorgeous.com/sign-up-newsletter/ #DomesticViolence #Women #R...

Coffee and chipotle chops Sainsbury's Mag Recipe - Gorgeous Kitchen with Josephine & Donna Josephine and Donna go all out and rebel against healthy January by cooking up a gooey, hot and sticky pork chop recipe, great fun for supper! This is a Sainsbury’s recipe in association with Sainsbury’s Magazine. For more information, go to www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk , and you will find these recipes...

Individual, Group and Corporate yoga therapy by Bene Spoelders specialising in relieving back pain

Emily Witt had a conventional view of her sexuality and how it would pan out through her experimental twenties with a path to marriage. That's not how it worked so she set out to find out what alternatives were available now: online dating, coregasms, pornography, polyamory. About Emily: http://emilywitt.net/ Follow: @embot LOVE Authors? Never miss an interview sign up to GORGEOUS MAIL www.radiogo...

#Boudoir #Photography #women #empowered Yaffa Meskell is a photographer who will bring out your greatest features and artistically drape fabric over your wobbly bits. Listen to this podcast to hear how amazing boudoir shots make you feel. Josephine and Marielle give testimonials that will get you behind the lens! Find out more: https://yaffameskellphotography.smugmug.com/ Follow: https://www.faceb...

Elizabeth never set out to be a barrister representing Greenham Common Peace Protesters and Battered women. But she did and she excelled in the role. Her Mum had wanted her to be a member of dance group Pans People .Elizabeth is now a novelist who loves going back to her past when she was Mod in Chelmsford who wore pale pink lipstick and had a beehive and listened to Tommy Steele and loved Motown....

How is hand made luxury chocolate made? Find out with Chocolate maker extraordinaire Caitlin Paxton who's chocolates are so fabulous she that Yves Saint Laurent asked her to make a chocolate to match a lipgloss. Be prepared to drool. Follow @paxtonchocolate Buy: www.paxtonchocolate.com #Chocolate #Food #Sweet #HandCrafted #Business

The Memory Stones Caroline Brothers Caroline has written a moving and insightful book about The Disappeared of Argentina in the 70s. Be prepared to be shaken by the story. LOVE Books? Love Radio Gorgeous radiogorgeous.com #Argentina #TheDisappeared #Author

Vegan Supper, Butternut squash & sage macaroni with crispy breadcrumbs SAINSBURY'S Mag Recipe GORGEOUS KITCHEN Butternut Squash and Sage Macaroni with Crispy Breadcrumbs An ingenious tray bake with pureed roasted vegetables as the base for macaroni and not cheese. We gave ours a Moroccan flavour with spicy breadcrumbs: a superbly satisfying dish with butternut squash and sage. This is a Sainsb...

Gorgeous Anna Harvey has worked in fashion for as long as she can remember, she has a monthly column in The Daily Telegraph and has launched many an international Vogue magazine. Anna also Styled PRINCESS DIANA! Anna chats to Josephine about keeping the standards up, whatever our age - simply and classically is the way to dress. Anna stresses that we can all look good and her book and invaluable a...

The Joy of Swimming with Donna Freed Alexandra overcame her fear of sea swimming and discovered the utter bliss of outdoor swimming which reaffirmed her desire and ability to leap into all that life offers us. Follow Alexandra: @Hemmo LOVE this interview? Sign up to GORGEOUS MAIL: www.radiogorgeous.com #Swim #Swimming #wildswimming #Interview

Rachel Kelly is a journalist and crusader for all things to make you feel good, courtesy of her own depression and anxiety. Rachel is an ambassador for SANE and Young Minds. Rachel was not a very confident cook but knew that minds and bodies were interlinked (she gives us the science to prove it). Rachel's own curiosity found her building a relationship with nutritionist Alice Mackintosh which got...

An intensive exploration of three generations of strong, creative, forceful women in her family who not only shaped the next generation but reshaped the past. Nadja Spiegelman finds both forgiveness but the power of her own voice. http://www.nadjaspiegelman.com/ Follow Nadja: @NadjaSpiegelman #memoir #Mothers #Jewish Love authors? Every week we meet them...never miss a podcast sign up www.radiogor...

Hot teetotal drinks for cold nights We don't mind if we do detox as long as it is delicious. We trial a trio of winter warming teetotal hot toddy's: Orange and cinnamon 'tea,' Tumeric latte and an Apple-Ginger Toddy. This is a Sainsbury’s recipe in association with Sainsbury’s Magazine. For more information, go to www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk , and you will find these recipes in January 2017 editi...

Passionate nutritionist Ruth Wood - Crucial Food founder - knows that good food is 'crucial' to mental and physical well-being. She is serving delicious, nutritious fad-free food out of Crucial Cafe in Chiswick and personally delivering the Crucial Detox package throughout West London. Ruth and chef Jules Kane demonstrate detox done easy. A special 10% off your order CODE: Gorgeous17 www.crucialfo...