THE TESSA WILLIAMS Podcast

Deep in the tree laden hills of Mougins, in the heart of the gilded Cote d'A'zur, sits an architectural gem and  unique country style boutique hotel,  hear the fascinating story of how Swede Camilla Richards  came across the stunning  Le Manoir de L'Etang and turned it around so that is now is one of the  most in demand hotels in the region  and counts Joan Collins an...

Leading  author and journalist and arbiter of Slow Travel and Slow Living, Carl Honore chats about his new Book,  "Its the Journey Not The Destination"  that showcases 40 epic slow Travel journeys, from Machu Picchu to walking the West Highland Way in Scotland . Published by Magic Cat Publishing its a superb Children's Travel Guide,   Carl has also written extensively on t...

This Book Could Save your Life charts the aftermath of the suicide of Ben's younger brother Sam who took his own life.  Ben West is a pioneering campaigner,  who works  to help people suffering from mental health issues. If your life has ever been touched by suicide - you will know the horrific sense of loss, and shock that goes  through you and your family and all those around...

Carol Drinkwater is an Actor and Author whose career has spanned decades, from having parts in the iconic A Clockwork Orange to filming with Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman in an Awfully Big Adventure, Carol has entertained us from an early age. Her seminal role was as Helen Herriot in the all time classic BBC series All Creatures Great and Small which made her a household name. More recently Carol ha...

High in the hills of Gstaad where billionaires rustle their fortunes, sits a dreamlike fairy tale palace beloved by jetsetters and the glitterati. The Gstaad Palace has been entertaining the creme de la creme for over 100 years.  Michael Jackson loved it so much when he visited with Elizabeth Taylor, he wanted to buy it. Roger Moore used to play cards there and The Pink Panther was filmed the...

Devon based author Tina Orr Munro spent several years working as a Crime Scene Investigator in her  20s She dealt with all sorts of crimes and misdemeanours, now her first book , Breakneck Point has just been published The book harnesses some of her  real life experiences  in the form of  CSI  Ally Dymond, also a single mother.  Tina has  worked as a journalist a...

From working as a charity worker in London to being a Hollywood blockbusting screen writer is no mean feat, yet author Sarah Alderson makes it sounds  extraordinarily straightforward.  Hear her fascinating tale of how she travelled round the world, writing books from the beach,  living in Bali with her family for 5 years and now based  in Los Angeles,  If fairytales exist,...

From supermodel travelling the globe from Australia to Japan , to being a Winner on  Come Dine with Me,  hear how Highland born Sonia and her own Talent Agency became the star of  a new Documentary programme on BBC  called TALENT, all about the world of Movies, Acting and Modelling and the personalities that make it. Thank you Floor Tom for Sound production.

She's been a Model, a PR for a Champagne Co, and ran her own Fashion Boutique in London,  but how did Merryn Corcoran turn her life around to become a best selling Author? Hear her fascinating tale of travel and tribulations and also how she worked with leading Actors Jack Davenport and as a film producer. Thanks to Floor Tom for sound production.

Funniest stand up - Phil Kay is back on Tour and talks to Tessa Williams about random journeys on  the Night Bus - CCTV show reels of shopping at the Co-op , and his love for writing, music and Travel. Thanks to FLOORTOM for sound production.

A dab of Obsession, Giorgio, Poison, Frederic Malle, Santa Maria Novella, what's your favourite perfume? Chances are it might be featured in this fascinating new Book, The Perfume Companion ,  written by Sarah McCartney and Samantha Scrivens  its not an A- Z but  a brilliant compendium  and  details over 500 Scents and puts them all into clear groups. So you just might fin...

Are you fazed by the new normal? Having Social Anxiety getting back into the swing of things? Let wellness guru, Suzanne McDonald guide you into a calm and relaxed state Hear about her life journey from Dubai to North East Scotland and her  new Goddess Retreat  in the Highlands where you can do yoga,  shakti dance and meditation  with other women,  and her tips for dealing...

Hear how Bee Venom entrepreneur , Deborah Mitchell has drawn in incredible clients from Princess Kate to Pop Stars with her fascinating skin care range that has some of the strongest honey  in the world,  with her HEAVEN skin care range, hear how she dreams up all of her products in the night and how she will never give up ! Bee Inspired by this brilliant and uplifting podcast Thank you...

Check out this fascinating chat with world-renowned best selling Novelist and Journalist  DAISY WAUGH Grand daughter of Literary Icon, Evelyn Waugh, author of Brideshead and Scoop,  hear Daisy, in conversation with Tessa Williams Live from Italy,  and  hear about her latest Book "PHONE for the FISH KNIVES",  published by Little Brown,   and of  her marches t...

Enigmatic author, campaigner and documentary Film maker, Nick Rosen was first on the case with the OFF GRID Movement with his inspiring BOOK, "How to Live off Grid " first published  in 2010. Hear about his latest campaign to save the right for living in a Van throughout the UK and his campaign to stop the new bill to infringe upon freedom of life on the Road. Also his latest Book. THANK...

Mark Reeder, famed for his days as a seminal Manchester producer -and the Berlin wingman  of Factory Records, and his associations with New Order, Joy Division and Depeche Mode , is a legend in his own right.  Aside from having a  sixth sense for sound, he’s the face of hit documentary B Movie : Lust and Sound in West Berlin.   starring himself, sex, drugs, and rock n’ tec...

Selling over 1.5 Million copies of her first book - Behind Closed Doors -was no easy feat, AND she only started writing aged 50... Now on her 5th Best Selling Novel - hear what makes Author - BA PARIS tick and how she writes and her most stirring habits Her new Book, The Therapist is published now by Harper Collins. Interview with Tessa Williams  Thanks to FLOORTOM for Sound Production.

He's been a painter , film maker and now award winning Novelist , Ewan Morrison  delivers a fantastic story as ever in his latest Book - "How to Survive Everything " As Irvine Welsh says Ewan is "One of the Most provocative, intelligent and original novelists working  in Britain today" Hear him chat about being in the Flow, surviving a pandemic, Peak oil, how he actually writes a Novel f...

With a history going back over 100 years, the Krigler perfume house represents a charm and unique style loved by European royalty, iconic film stars like Audrey Hepburn and writers  F Scott Fitzgerald, Many of  the Krigler perfume stores are housed in hotels from The Adlon in Berlin, The Plaza New York to the Four Seasons Beverly Hills,  Ben Krigler, 5th Generation of the fasci...

What inspired a man to create a space station under the SEA? Proteus,  is the brain child of Aquanaut , Fabien Cousteau, a massive underwater exploration centre off the coast of Aruba, in the Caribbean that is planned to be complete some time in the next 3 years, Fabien chats to Tessa Williams about Life in Lockdown in New York, keeping swimming and swimming with white sharks, and his plans f...

Covid 19 has changed so much about our Lives , even the way we use and  experience Perfumes Miya Porubcan  a Beauty Blogger, Instagram Influencer, Perfume Poet and Youtuber,  who has amassed a collection of over 1000 Perfumes over the years talks about how the pandemic has changed her use of perfumes, some of her  favourite fragrances, and her background as a Perfume Influencer...

Former Rock Chick and Britpop Icon Meg Mathews was once  married to  Noel Gallagher of Oasis. Her latest Incarnation sees her topping the charts as best selling Author and Wellness Guru,  Tessa Williams chats to Meg  about her  brilliant new Book, “The New Hot, Taking on the Menopause with Attitude and Style “, published by Penguin that has been a knockout success in the U...

Nominated for  an Oscar for his incredible performance in Can you ever Forgive me , Richard E Grant is one of Britain's most beloved Actors,  who does not love WithNail and I  ? Not many people know he is also the most superbly talented Perfumer,  Tessa Williams chats to Richard E Grant in the Lanesborough Hotel in London about his life and work. Thanks to @ Floor tom for sound...

Daisy Waugh has lived in LA, Kenya, Rome, Juan Les Pins and London and has worked as a travel writer, a columnist for The Independent on Sunday, the Sunday Times, the Sunday Express, The Indy,  and the Times. Having written about 20 Books she then turned to Tarot and as E.V. Harte,  she wrote a couple of light-hearted mysteries about a Tarot-reading sleuth named Dolly.  As Daisy Wau...

His  ground breaking music has been featured in film and TV series around the world from Californication to Amazon prime shows and more Tessa Williams chats with leading  Scottish Singer Songwriter John Taylor  on his life and travels  in Nashville, LA and Palm Springs. THANK YOU to Floor Tom for Sound Production.