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Jodi was only twenty five and had just given birth to her adorable baby boy when she received the dreaded news which changed her life from that day on. Katie and Josephine talk about the latest news from The Latte Lounge (Top Tips for Women over 40) and the upcoming plans for The lounge in 2019. [https://www.lattelounge.co/](https://www.lattelounge.co/) Twitter: @lounge_latte Insta: [https://www.instagram.com/loungethelatte/](https://www.instagram.com/loungethelatte/?) [https://www.fanu.co.uk/](https://www.fanu.co.uk/) #LatteLoungeLive #Wellbeing #RadioGorgeous For more amazing interviews try [http://radiogorgeous.com/](http://radiogorgeous.com/)

Catherine Isaac, You Me Everything with Donna Freed Catherine Isaac wrote frothy and funny romances under the name of Jane Costello for over 10 years but when she had the idea for this story, she decided to take her writing to a more serious level. Without revealing the story, it is the heart-breaking and heart-warming story of Jess, a mother and a daughter with a hereditary secret. It is also a story of hope and all too human optimism. @CatherineIsaac_ catherineisaacauthor #YouMeEverything #RadioGorgeous #Fiction

Maureen is 72 and still at it and still Up For It. Maureen talks in-depth about Corry, her one woman show Up for It, The Dankworths, her beloved Jack Rosenthal, her two dogs (one is called Diva) and  working with Roman Polanski on The Pianist. Wow what a woman! #RadioGorgeous #Theatre #GorgeousEntertainment

Victoria Pearson chats to alternative rock Gothic singer Evi Vine about her music history and inspirations and her new album 'Black light White Dark' and the her new single 'Sabbath'. Twitter: @evivine  [http://evivine.com/](http://evivine.com/) #RadioGorgeous #Music #EviVine

Victoria Pearson chats to Tish Ciravolo creator of Daisy Rock Guitars the only girl guitar company in the world, lighter weight guitars custom built. Tish talks about how her company empowers young girls and women to have confidence in the Rock world and shares her stories of famous customers including Joan Jett and Jimmy Page and talks about her contribution to the 'Beauty in Chaos' album. Twitter: @DaisyRockGuitar   Insta: daisyrockgirlguitars [https://www.daisyrock.com/](https://www.daisyrock.com/) #RadioGorgeous #GorgeousEntrepreneurs #WomeninRock

Did you know that kiss means smell in other countries and that even everyday food like milk and bread are aphrodisiacs? Author Lana explains our sensual relationship between food and sex and how smell, taste and lust are all intertwined. #RadioGorgeous #Sex #Food [https://www.lanacitron.com/](https://www.lanacitron.com/)

Guy Siner of 'Allo Allo' fame, famous for playing Lieutenant Gruber the nice gay World War Two German soldier. Guy discusses his fantastic career including his experiences on stage and screen, working with Johnny Depp and Derek Jacobi and his memories of the creation of 'Allo Allo'. [http://www.guysiner.com/](http://www.guysiner.com/) #ManWeek #AlloAllo #RadioGorgeous

Liv Conlon, founder The Property Stagers with Donna Freed Liv always knew she was not going to follow the traditional route through school to uni and she also knew she wanted to be her own boss. She left school at 16 and by 17 she had started her own property staging business, making properties look gorgeously furnished for sale. Now - a mere 3 years later!! - the turnover is 1 million. She is energetic and restless, an inspirational entrepreneur whose family is at the heart of her hugely successful young business. A very gorgeous entrepreneur! [www.oliviaconlon.co.uk](www.oliviaconlon.co.uk) @livconlon.co.uk @oliviaconlon #Entrepreneur #HomeStaging #RadioGorgeous www.thepropertystagers.com @the.propertystagers

Liz Nugent, Skin Deep with Donna Freed Liz Nugent worked in theatre, film and television before turning her hand to fiction. She has a deep understanding of explosive drama and suspense but uses the medium of fiction to move her latest thriller from a remote Irish island, to London and then to the south of France. What happens when you value beauty above all else in your life? As with all great thrillers...its starts with a body.  @lizzienugent @PenguinUKBooks #SkinDeep #RadioGorgeous

Frances Welch, The Imperial Tea Party with Donna Freed Frances Welch has had a life long interest in the last days of the Russian Tsars. The Romanov family was intricately entwined with the British royal family - the Tsarina Alexandra was Queen Victoria's purportedly favourite granddaughter - and there were 3 important imperial visits between the two families. The visits had varying degrees of success and the subtle differences in perceived hierarchy, power and personal style made for strained relations. Add to that, political and societal pressures, Frances asks: how inevitable was the end?  https://shortbooks.co.uk/book/the-imperial-tea-party @shortbooksUK #ImperialTeaParty  #RadioGorgeous

Tim Wardle, Director of Three Identical Strangers with Donna Freed on MAN WEEK PLEASE NOTE: THIS INTERVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!! Three Identical Strangers is the quintessential 'life is stranger than fiction' story that starts out with the heartwarming reunion of triplets who were separated at birth. What follows is the unravelling of the dark mystery of why they were separated in the first place. Three Identical Strangers explores the essential human questions of nurture over nature, free will and how we define family. If there is any chance that you will see the film, please go and see it, and then come back and listen. On a personal note, which is also discussed in the interview, I have numerous personal connections to this story. @ttwardle @iiistrangers #ManWeek #RadioGorgeous #documentary

Harry Mount is the youngest editor of The Oldie, at a mere 47 years old he started reading The Oldie aged 21\. He tells us that The Oldie reader is much less likely to be offended by articles, and that they enjoy a good joke and are open minded. Harry admits he has some great shoes to fill, past editors include Richard Ingrams of Private Eye and Alexander Chancellor but he loves rising to the challenge. Harry decides if an article will be published if it is interesting, sad or funny or all three. [https://www.theoldie.co.uk/](https://www.theoldie.co.uk/) Subscribe or the perfect gift: [https://subscribe.theoldie.co.uk/the-oldie/OLDWEB18](https://subscribe.theoldie.co.uk/the-oldie/OLDWEB18) #TheOldie #ManWeek #RadioGorgeous

Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, JEOPARDY with Donna Freed on MAN WEEK Best known as The Black Farmer behind the sausages, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones arrived in the UK as part of the Windrush generation. He grew up in crushing poverty in Birmingham but made a promise to himself that one day, he would have a farm of his own. It took a long time, a lot of determination and perseverance and risk but he finally risked it all to buy his little patch of heaven in Devon. He firmly believes that it is only through risk that the best personal and professional rewards can come. Buy the book: [www.theblackfarmer.com](www.theblackfarmer.com)  @theblackfarmer #PersonalGrowth #RadioGorgeous #ManWeek

Do you really think you know Ed Sheeran? Top biographer to the stars Sean Smith tells Josephine things you never knew about the super successful, 21st Century, down to earth pop star who is worth £80 million. #EdSheeran #ManWeek #RadioGorgeous #SeanSmith

Grab yourselves a latte, sit back and listen to Katie Taylor explaining to Corinna McShane, how being peri-menopausal, led her to set up The Latte Lounge, a virtual coffee shop for women from all walks of life to share tips, recommendations, advice and experience whilst offering support and a warm sense of community. We are excited to announce that Radio Gorgeous will be producing a regular podcast in association with The Latte Lounge. Once a month Radio Gorgeous Founder Josephine Pembroke, together with Latte Lounge Founder Katie Taylor, will co-host a very special podcast packed with inspirational interviews and expert contributions, together with a round-up of what’s been happening in the Lounge over the past few weeks and news of future events and giveaways. www.lattelounge.co @lounge_latte @radiogorgeous @Corinna_Radio #thelattelounge #latteloungelive #women #menopause #midlife #RadioGorgeous For more amazing podcasts go to www.radiogorgeous.com

Swan Song is Kelleigh's sumptuous homage to legendary writer and party thrower, Truman Capote. In this imaginative telling, Kelleigh manages to paint a loving, yet deliciously lurid and compelling portrait of the troubled man through his trial of a childhood, his triumphs - social, literary, and in love - through his publicly tragic demise after he exposed his beloved swans - the doyennes of society from Slim Keith to Babe Paley - to public scorn and scrutiny. The biggest no-no of all. Kelleigh celebrates the unsung aspects of the swans who form her Greek chorus, formidable women in their own rights. @kgjephcott ‏#SwanSongnovel @HutchinsonBooks #RadioGorgeous #TrumanCapote

The headline which attracted my attention more than any other is the fact the world has lost sixty percent of its wildlife over the past forty years. It is mind blowing and part of the fake news Trump suggests everything is that is not spouted from his own tweeter feed, but having recently visited Madagascar where I witnessed first-hand the devastation to the rainforests there, I believe the statistic is underestimated. Lemurs will soon be extinct, certain species are on the verge of it already and having had the privilege of visiting the Galapagos some years ago, I feel this is also a place not only visitors should not be allowed, but no one should be allowed. Domestic animals have no place in an area where they are killing off those species such as the giant tortoises, rare geckos and chameleons. As we learn of the plastic polluting our waters (information has been abounding about this for decades, newspaper editors have simply chosen to ignore it), efforts are finally being made to reduce the use of plasti

Not Hygge, but hug hotels. Winter wilderness wellness hotels. While some hotels lend themselves to the summer months, others come alight when the days are short and cold. Hotels which lend themselves to the silver grey winter months of November to end of March, which have fire places with real fires, which spread across one side of the room, and four posters which don’t look out of place in large windowed rooms with cornicing and rosary which hasn’t been put in to add some character. Stately homes with long corridors, high ceilings, oversized dining rooms, where premium rooms are in the main house, and any modernized room is considered sub standard (and usually cheaper). Hotels where Mr And Mrs Smith were probably first inspired to compile their portfolio as the quintessential romance is only matched by the discretion of the staff.  Here are my favourite hug hotels of 2019 within a driveable distance of SW London (ie close to home but not too close to home), and why they deserve a visit this winter be it w

So where does the bucket list of the luxury travel market as well as the great unwashed wish to go in 2019? Following in the footsteps of Megan and Harry, they want the earth to move for them, and travel to New Zealand. The Galapagos comes second, although I feel if you do travel there, pleasespend a week to ten days in Ecuador. It is a phenomenal country and so much more than a doorway to anywhere – even the unique Galapagos, which if I had my way, no human being or domestic animal would set foot on again. We have done too much damage. The list also includes Iceland, Canada (particularly Atlantic Canada and the Yukon) and Japan (although avoid during the rugbyworld cup next year), the Maldives, Hawaii, Vietnam (particularly good www.insideasiatours.com)and Australia – but they have always been there, albeit in different places. And Sarah tells Josephine all about Lonely Planet's latest books, very funky stocking fillers. #RadioGorgeous #Travel #TravelTrends

Author of the Week: Rachel Abbott, And So It Begins with Donna Freed Rachel's latest psychological thriller starts with the question: When does a murder begin? When you pick up the knife or far before that? But as per usual, on the page, it begins with a body! Rachel ratchets up the tension with the first page and does not let up until the very last. She talks about her self-publishing success and why she has turned traditional for this latest effort. [www.rachel-abbott.com](www.rachel-abbott.com) @RachelAbbot  #AndSoItBegins #crimefiction #RadioGorgeous