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GORGEOUS ENTREPRENEUR Time to WALK and TALK 4 Success Judith Rayner After the umpteenth webinar encouraging her to combine what she loved the way she loved, business coach Judith Rayner hit upon walking. She has found, through her all female rambling network group, that we are more relaxed, open and creative when we walk together as opposed to stiffly sitting down staring each across a table. http://walkandtalk4success.com/ START a Walking GROUP! Contact Judith: info@walkandtalk4success.com More Entrepreneurs HERE http://radiogorgeous.com/podcast/category/gorgeous-entrepreneur/ #WomeninBiz #Networking #Walking #Hiking

Where Femmes can meet Femmes PINK LOBSTER DATING Juliette Prais GORGEOUS ENTREPRENEUR with Donna Freed For lipstick lesbians in the UK and USA. When femme lesbian Juliette Prais started on-line dating she ran into more than the usual nightmares. Somehow, even to other lesbians she didn't seem like a "proper" lesbian because she was a feminine woman looking to be with another feminine woman. Once happily in a relationship, she started Pink Lobster Dating, an on-line feminine lesbian dating site and resource as well as a bespoke matchmaking service. https://www.pinklobsterdating.com/ Follow https://twitter.com/FemmeDating @FemmeDating Fascinating GORGEOUS interviews with women sign up www.radiogorgeous.com #LBGT #LipstickLesbian #Femmes #Dating

Hayley Quinn is a Gorgeous Entrepreneur After working in the pick-up industry and then the dating world, she decided advice needed to get real. And get in our favour. We're talking no more 'The Rules' - and even changing the paradigm of finding love. The Feminist Dating Guru tells us more... https://hayleyquinn.com Follow Hayley: @HayleyQuinn #Dating #Women #Feminism #London

Magda Szubanski RECKONING - A MEMOIR with Donna Freed on Radio GORGEOUS Beloved Australian performer and actor (the wife in Babe), Magda Szubanski's memoir Reckoning is a moving account and attempt to reconcile the traumatic effects of World War II on her Polish father as visited upon her childhood as well as an exuberant, joyful and heartbreaking search for her own identity. Follow Magda @MagdaSzubanski WOMEN of INTEREST always: NEVER miss a PODCAST www.radiogorgeous.com #LBGT #Memoir #Aussie #Comedy #ACTOR

iO Tillet Wright DARLING DAYS a memoir Gorgeous Reads on RADIO GORGEOUS Named after one of Jupiter's moons iO Tillet Wright is an author, activist and photographer. In this honest memoir iO explains how it was being brought up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 80's and 90's where being eccentric or weird was normal. The memoir starts with a moving letter from iO to his mum who was a showgirl, dancer and addict. iO spent much of his childhood hungry for a hot cooked meal and living in fear that the boys in the bathroom would suss out that he was girl. Gender and identity are explored in this beautifully written book. http://www.darlingdays.com/ Follow iO https://twitter.com/iolovesyou @iOlovesyou ALWAYS interesting FOLK on Radio Gorgeous sign up at www.radiogorgeous.com #Gender #Lesbian #LGBT #NewYork 

A dancer a deb and a Socialite - Josephine Loewenstein WIND IN MY HAIR a Kaleidoscope of Memories Gorgeous Lives on Radio Gorgeous with Josephine Pembroke Josephine could have gone down the obvious route for a girl of her class born during the war; marriage at eighteen and a stultifying life in the country. Josephine had bigger dreams, she became a professional dancer, learnt Italian and lived in Rome, married a clever but impoverished German Prince and made her darling Mustique wildly fashionable. Hear Josephine tell the other Josephine some extraordinary stories from her memoir WIND IN MY HAIR which is out now and published by Dovecote Press. For many more photos go to our website. Love life stories? Sign up for more at www.radiogorgeous.com

Despite being blessed with a lovely family and a sunny disposition, as a writer Lucie Whitehouse likes going to the dark side of human nature. She sets her suspenseful psycodrama in Oxford, among a family of artists and academics, in the town where she herself went to university. @LWhitehouse5 Love to read? Sign up to Gorgeous Mail at www.radiogorgeous.com #authoroftheweek #books #luciewhitehouse #gorgeousreads #fiction

Jemma Wayne CHAINS OF SAND with DONNA FREED on Radio Gorgeous Jemma Wayne uses Israel's latest conflict with Hamas to explore the grey areas beyond the black and white of headlines and what we think we know. She tells the story of two men, one Israeli and one English and a forbidden love affair in the past that impacts on their present. http://www.jemmawayne.com Follow: https://twitter.com/writejemmawayne @writejemmawayne Authors, authors every week at www.radiogorgeous.com

Joanna Lumley reads BUSINESS GIRLS by John Betjeman as part of The Betjeman Poetry Prize for young people aged 10 - 13 for more info see the website below. http://www.betjemanpoetryprize.co.uk/ #Poetry #Young #Literacy

Victoria Blisse EROTIC Fiction featuring CURVIER WOMEN - Literary Lusts on RADIO GORGEOUS Victoria set out to write erotic fiction 15 years ago before women really caught on to erotica. Victoria's books feature curvy women with bellies, busts and bottoms - she explains that she gives larger women a chance to feel confident about their sexuality. The reason she chose real women is that she finds in in the romance genre women look like Barbie dolls and it's all so unrealistic. The name of Victoria's website is I LOVE SMUT - she has a light hearted view of sex and believes in a bit of slap and tickle and a little bit of what you fancy does you good. Check out her events and books below. For events and info http://ilovesmut.uk/ http://victoriablisse.co.uk/ Follow Victoria @victoriablisse Want more? PODCAST sign up at www.radiogorgeous.com #Erotica #BDSM #Curvy #Author

The brains behind QI - ANNE MILLER - Gorgeous Reads with Donna Freed Did you ever wonder how Stephen Fry, and now Sandy Toksvig, know all those wierd and wonderful facts on QI? It's all done by elves! Behind the scenes, elves, like Anne Miller, research the flabbergasting truths about our world. We talk fact finding and collective nouns as well as John Lloyd CBE's creations QI and BBC 4's Museum of Curiosity. @miller_anne @qikipedia Love to read? Sign up to Gorgeous Mail at www.radiogorgeous.com #annemiller #facts #qi #authoroftheweek #donnafreed

GLUTEN FREE XMAS CAKE mincemeat, clementine & almond cake SAINSBURY'S RECIPE Gorgeous Kitchen with Josephine & Donna Josephine finds gluten free mincemeat in Sainsbury's and sources the cooking brandy. Donna controls the situation by getting the cake in the oven on time and she tries to keep some order in the GORGEOUS Kitchen. Very festive. 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 NOVEMBER 2016 edition of Sainsbury’s Magazine. Enjoyed this? Sign up to GORGEOUS MAIL at www.radiogorgeous.com #GlutenFree #Healthy #XmasRecipe

Josephine and Donna get set for Xmas with a vegan recipe which is a great alternative to the tired nut cutlet. Josephine gets excited about the history of the Parsnip. Yum yum. 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 NOVEMBER 2016 edition of Sainsbury’s Magazine. Enjoyed this? Sign up to GORGEOUS MAIL at www.radiogorgeous.com #Recipe #Vegan #VeganXmas #Cooking

Sophie was bound to be artistic her Mother is a notorious Bohemian in London, her father was Michael Parkin gallery owner and man around town. Sophie's 18 birthday present from her parents was membership to The Chelsea Arts Club and The Colony Rooms in Soho. Sophie resisted owning her own club until her friends pestered her so much she gave in and now runs and own; Vout O Reenees. Sophie tells us about her childhood refuge in the world of books, living in a chaotic household and where the name Vout O Reenees originates and how to pronounce it. #Lifestory #Arts #Culture #Bohemian Join the club: http://vout-o-reenees.com/ Follow: @VoutOReenees INTERESTING WOMEN sign up to GORGEOUS MAIL: www.radiogorgeous.com sophie-6-web-1024x808

AUTHOR OF THE WEEK As a talented author and journalist, Brigid Keenan has worked at The Sunday Times and Nova magazine, written two fashion books and penned two memoirs about her life as a diplomat’s wife. She’s currently a Fashion Editor on The Oldie magazine and has released her most recent book, ‘Full Marks for Trying: An unlikely journey from the Raj to the rag trade’ - a touching and hilarious coming-of-age memoir. "I've suffered from being Friar Tuck all my life." In our podcast, Brigid takes Josephine on a trip down memory lane through the swinging sixties - an electrifying time when fashion was pushing boundaries. Hear Brigid talk about growing up in India, the birth of the mini skirt, working with David Bailey and what gave her the determination to succeed in life. @BloomsburyBooks If you love reading, sign up to our mailing list at www.radiogorgeous.com for more charming books written by inspirational women. #fashion #1960s #swingingsixties #author #books

Carys Bray THE MUSEUM of YOU - Author of the Week on Radio Gorgeous on RADIO GORGEOUS with Donna Freed "There's a pair of knickers here, I've had them on my hands for a fortnight."Carys Bray on malapropisms Carys Bray mother of four chats to Donna about Darren has carefully constructed an insulated and proscribed existence for himself and his daughter Clover which is threatened when Clover attempts to reconstruct a past and the mother she never knew. http://www.carysbray.co.uk Follow @CarysBray Want the perfect life? Start by listening to www.radiogorgeous.com #Author #Fiction #Amreading

Jo Rees went in search of the perfect winter coat and found it! Here she chats to talented couturier Harriet Gubbins about her latest venture – The Harriet Coat. Harriet has designed bespoke clothing for her loyal customers for 30 years, but as she says, ‘The Harriet Coat’ is simply the most versatile piece of clothing I’ve ever designed. You can feel fabulous wearing it on the beach, on the school run, to restaurants, weddings…I promise you. You won’t want to take it off.' And Jo didn’t. Find out why it’s so fabulous in our podcast. To see the full range, visit the website below. www.harrietgubbins.co.uk @harrietgubbins For more gorgeous fashion, sign up to www.radiogorgeous.com #fashion #style #winter coat #entrepreneur

Jodi Ellen Malpas THE PROTECTOR Gorgeous Reads on Radio Gorgeous with Nicki Bannerman Radio Gorgeous' Nicki Bannerman catches up with number one bestselling author Jodi talking about books, life and more. Follow @JodiEllenMalpas More about Jodi http://www.jodiellenmalpas.co.uk/ Loved this? Sign up for more at www.radiogorgeous.com #Bestseller #JodiEllenMalpas #Erotic #Romance

Betjeman Poetry Prize 2016 with Joanna Lumley on Radio Gorgeous Josephine went along to record the Betjeman Poetry Prize at St Pancras station next to the life size bronze of Britain's most loved poet, Sir John Betjeman. This competition was founded ten years ago by his daughter Candida Lycett-Green. It supports and encourages poetry for the young, aged 10 - 13. Listen to the winner and the runners up recite their original poems and meet Joanna Lumley Patron talking about her love of poetry. For more details about how to enter next year's competition and to read the winner's poem, visit the website below. www.betjemanpoetryprize.co.uk @Betjemanprize Love writing? Never miss a podcast. Sign up to www.radiogorgeous.com #poetry #joannalumley #betjeman

A Ghost Story with Altitude "I scared myself when I was writing it!" Michelle Paver's classic Gothic ghost story is set on Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas in 1935, the twilight of the Empire but the golden age of mountaineering. It has all the elements of the perfect ghost story but as she says, "not many people have set a ghost story at 23,000 feet." for more go to www.radiogorgeous.com #books #scary #ghost #ThinAir