Radio Gorgeous

Sarah Tucker takes a trip down under to Sydney’s winter and the annual drama that is the Vivid Festival.    Sydney becomes a living firework for three weeks during the Vivid Festival  www.vividsydney.com . due to celebrate its 12th anniversary in 2020.   Known for the best New Year fireworks in the world over Sydney bridge, the festival makes the most of its iconic Opera House and harbour to showe...

How many friends do you have? On Facebook or Instagram we seem popular, but who are our real friends and how can we cultivate deep wonderful lasting friendships? Caroline Millington is a top journalist, writer, editor and digital producer. She is currently working at ITV as a digital producer. Today we are talking about her second book THE FRIENDSHIP FORMULA: Add great friends and subtract Toxic p...

My guest today is Yorkshire Woman of the Year, she is a shepherdess, a farmer, she runs a B&B, supplies creams teas, and has hundreds of farm animals, she is a collector of beautiful things, a writer, a TV star and most importantly she has 9 children. She is the amazing Amanda Owen and she is here to talk about her latest book: Adventures of The Yorkshire Shepherdess. Buy the book: Adventures...

Christy Lefteri's moving story of a couple tested to the limits of their love and sanity as casualties of the war in Syria was born of her experiences as the daughter of Cypriot refugees as well as helping Syrian and other refugees in Athens. Nuri and Afra live on the outskirts of Aleppo where Nuri tends his beehives and Afra is an artist; these are not political people and yet, the ravages of war...

Loose woman Andrea McLean is the guest on this month's Latte Lounge podcast. Andrea tells us about her up and coming show Confessions of a Menopausal Woman, hot on the heels of her best selling book. This year has been a game changer for Andrea who is coming up to the big 50. She has recently been on TV on the programme Who Dares Wins, and she tells us of the most terrifying moment in her life, ju...

Judith Durham tells us all the secrets  around the recording of the iconic song "Georgie Girl" which was The Seekers greatest hit, nominated for an Oscar and number one around the globe. The Seekers are celebrating 50 years in the music business. They have just released a new DVD and video to celebrate! #RadioGorgeous #1960s #Music

Imagine a judge passing a sentence to you when you are not guilty? This happened to my guest today on Radio Gorgeous, Teresa Njoroge. Teresa tells us her moving and harrowing tale. And how she is now tackling injustice for women in Kenya.  http://cleanstart.co.ke/ Follow: https://www.facebook.com/Cleanstartkenya/ #RadioGorgeous #Kenya #Women

Emma talks intimately with Josephine about how to understand our bodies and the process of arousal better (including sensate focus exercises, cultivating play, and vibrators), and to increase sexual enjoyment as a couple. Emma also provides advice about common sexual issues – including erectile dysfunction, difficulties with vaginal penetration, pain during sex, early or delayed ejaculation, and l...

  Lizzie talks about performing at New York Fashion week, her Latin music influences and her brilliant version of 'Knocking on Heaven's Door'. She explains how a latin singer can crossover to the US and UK music scene.  https://lizzieblazquez.com/ Twitter: @lizzieblazquez  Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lizzieblazquez/  You TUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/lizzieblazquez #RadioGorgeous #Music #...

Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. The opening lines of Macbeth could also set the scene in Bath for three adolescent girls bound or intent? on: "double toil and trouble!" Each of Kate Hamer's books (The Girl in the Red Coat & The Doll Funeral) starts with a strong image. Crushed, which takes place in crucible shaped Bath and its ancient bubbling, sulphurous...

Persistent rumours swirled around Anna of Kleve… Alison Weir introduces us to a fresh version of Henry VIII's fourth wife who is mostly famous for not living up to her flattering portrait. On the other hand, Anna of Kleve was popular and spirited and she had the wit and skill to survive her marriage to the fickle king. She was a privileged yet powerless princess, did she also have hidden depths ne...

There is a beauty and symmetry to the streets of Charleston. The buildings and architecture are enchanting with their porches and the gardens, peeked at through the wrought iron gates, overpowering the senses with mimosa and honeysuckle, jasmine and roses. Like walking into an aromatherapy bath. There is a lot of Englishness in the gardens as many of the plants were taken direct from English and F...

It’s difficult not to think pink when you arrive at Village Castigno, Wine Hotel & Resort situated in the village of Assignan, in the Languedoc, just over half an hour’s drive from Beziers airport. Everything, from the walls of the buildings, the tables and chairs in the courtyard, the large umbrellas, the bed linen in the 24 rooms, to the plates and cups at breakfast, even the flowers and tre...

Time to #GetLippy in the Month of May with our special guest on the Latte Lounge this month, we meet cancer survivor and comedian Karen Hobbs from The Eve Appeal. Katie also tells us about her birthday celebrations, anniversaries and what's coming up on the Latte Lounge this month.  You can find our more and join the  Latte Lounge, details below: https://www.lattelounge.co/ Twitter: @lounge_latte...

Eleanor Anstruther is a woman who always knew that her aristocratic father carried a dark secret. He was shockingly sold to his aunt by his mother for the sum of £500. Eleanor Anstruther, an author like her father, interviewed him near the end of his life about his secret. He gave permission for Eleanor to have access to the family archive of letters and court orders surrounding the  case. This st...

You are walking along a path. It is covered in snow. The sky is blue and all you can  hear are birds tweeting. You look down. The snow is glistening in the morning light and you hear the crunch of the snow under your boots. You turn and notice a stream running past you. And further ahead there is a waterfall. You breathe in and smell the sweet clean air and stretch your arms wide and open yourself...

Victoria Pearson chats to Indie Folk singer Holly Rees about her upcoming Canadian tour and her appearance at Canadian music week. Holly also talks about her music influences and her new live EP 'Text me when you get there' https://hollyrees.bandcamp.com/ #Folk #RadioGorgeous #GorgeousEntertainment

As a therapist and head of a trauma therapy unit, Ruth is on top of her game but her personal life has imploded. She has papered over the cracks in her life in the wake of her son's disappearance and buried herself in her role at work. These cracks break open when she meets an intense patient who uncannily resembles her missing son.  Bev draws on her own experience as a clinical psychologist for t...

Loose Woman Coleen Nolan talks to Corinna about her excitement (and nervousness!) at taking on a starring role in the world premiere of the ‘The Thunder Girls’. A tour de force for women, the play not only has four female leads over 50 but also a female writer, director and producer! The story focuses on the attempted reunion of an 80’s girl band. Of course Coleen was of part of the original girl...

‘Looking after our personal energy is vital’ Delilah Sullivan tells me as I sit opposite her in a coffee shop in Barnes. Her book ‘The Teachings of Mr P’ sounds a little like a precursor to ‘The Book of O’, but is nothing like it (in fact, quite the opposite). The book is really all about higher energy rather than sexual. In short, it is a series of channelled conversations with ‘P’ who is Plato,...

#GorgeousLives #RadioGorgeous #Music "You have to do something for you once in your life." Norda Mullen, 58,  year old flautist for the Moody claims, looking ten years younger  than her years, thanks she says to having a Greek mother (the Greeks  have good skin) and a good diet and lifestyle (she tries to go to yoga  every day). “I have spent my life making others look and sound good. Now I want ...

Josephine from Radio Gorgeous meets two women who have connected through looking for something more in their lives. They started to journey inwards on a spiritual journey with amazing results and together they have created THE ZONE of CONNECTION - shift your energy to happiness and beyond. With careers in Mentoring, personal growth, transformational leadership and coaching they have got together h...

Are you constantly busy and constantly on your phone, are daily tasks getting you down? Time for some practical and sensible advice from top blogger, vlogger and podcaster Anna Newton.  An Edited Life, Simple Steps to Streamlining Your Life, at Work & at Home by ANNA NEWTON is published by Quadrille.  https://www.theannaedit.com/ #RadioGorgeous #lifestyle #AnEditedLife

Jane Wenham-Jones returns to Radio Gorgeous 4 years after her last appearance with her latest book. It took a while because while trying to write an empty nest book, the nest filled back up with an adult son, meanwhile the older generation starts kicking off... but love is never far off in Jane's books.  www.janewenhamjones.wordpress.com #RadioGorgeous #novels

Today in the Latte Lounge Podcast we focus on the fact that in midlife many women quite often split up with their partners and become newly single again, or their relationships get strained or have wobbles and how hormones plummeting can affect women's sex life. Do listen to  this frank and moving discussion which may give you some amazing insights about yourself and practical tips to improve your...