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Show Us Your BitsEveryone should have a dream with Deidre GuthrieTime to ruffle your skirts, get your dancing shoes on and listen in, as we welcome Deidre Guthrie to the podcast. Born in Edinburgh, Deidre tells us the thrilling story of how she became Candela Flores, a renowned flamenco dancer in Spain. She tells us about her dance mentor who spotted her talent, as well as her passionate love affair with her guitar-playing accompanist and bull-fighter, Jaime Santos. A go-getting business woman, Deidre has lived all over the world, taking us from the clubs of Madrid, to Mexico to South America after she got involved in the wine trade. Talking...2025-06-2027 minShow Us Your BitsKeep your side of the street clean - with Gresham BlakeBespoke tailor to the stars, Gresham Blake is our special guest this week. With his iconic shop in Brighton, Gresham tells us about his journey into tailoring and how he’s grown his business, diversifying into corporate wear for big hotels like The Standard Hotel group, Fortnum and Mason, The Grand in Brighton to name but a few. He hates ornaments, but is a collector of antique curiosities and brings a piece of a space rocket to show us. He also tells us about his pride and joy - an antique petrol pump which is the centrepiece of his house...2025-06-1346 minShow Us Your BitsThe Jewellery Equivalent of a Line of Cocaine - with Veronica HenryScreenwriter, radio script writer and best selling author, Veronica Henry joins us from North Devon to discuss her career, her life and her special pieces of jewellery. Having written well over twenty novels, her latest 'One Night At The Château', is out in paperback today. Warm-hearted and page-turning, it has all the hallmarks of her writing that has earned her a legion of loyal fans. Refreshingly honest and down-to-earth, Veronica talks about her writing process and how, having been through a divorce, covid, bereavement and the menopause in her fifties, is now in a new phase of her life. Sh...2025-06-0635 minShow Us Your BitsDon’t overthink it - with Eliza Poklewski KoziellChelsea Green’s ‘Felt’ is one of London’s original mini boutiques. Founded by our guest Eliza Poklewski Koziell and fashion director Jayne Pickering, Felt is favourite of editors and celebrities alike. Eliza curates an eponymous collection that is a must for magpies searching for fabulous costume jewellery,fine jewellery both contemporary and vintage and even ditsy diamond studs. Eliza talks candidly about the challenges of running an independent small business and keeping control. The trick is to recognise your skillset and to get people on board for your weak areas. Also, not to over-think it. She loves wor...2025-05-3038 minShow Us Your BitsTime to Pause - with Georgia MorseMeet Brighton-based healer Georgia Morse who is passionate about women’s health. A trained nurse, Georgia talks about her fascinating journey into energetic and somatic healing, via a youth initiative programme in Sweden, and her work with refugees in Calais. After graduating as an NHS nurse on a respiratory ward during Covid left her burnt out, Georgia became an apprentice of The Boulderstone Technique. She found her path into women’s health when working with Afghan Refugees, helping the women to process their trauma. Now, a new mum, she’s interested in holistic approaches to healing conditions such as hay fever...2025-05-2341 minShow Us Your BitsThe Willy Wonka of Hove - with Audrey’s ChocolatesMeet Will and Alice Crone, the new owners of luxury chocolatier Audrey’s, the biggest supplier of English handmade chocolates to Fortnum and Mason.The husband and wife team are passionate about preserving the traditions of their chocolate factory and shop in Hove which has been there since 1948 and is much-loved by its loyal clientele. Alice and Josie enjoy a mouth-watering tour of the building, seeing how the flavoured creams, fondants, caramels, pralines, and nut clusters that make up the beautiful selection boxes are lovingly hand crafted by their artisans, so that each box of chocolates really is like opening a...2025-05-1627 minShow Us Your BitsOn The Beach - Season Seven OpenerSpring is here and Alice and Josie are on the beach, with a natter about their latest beach antics and are getting excited about the Brighton festival. Josie is fresh from a Spring cookery course in the old kitchen at Parham House with friend-of-the-podcast Valentina Harris, whilst Alice has given her shop an entire makeover, thanks to a colour scheme invented by her new best friend, Chat GPT. Join us for a lively debate about AI, and a look forward to our fabulous guests this season from the world of fashion, beauty, the environment and, of course, the festival...2025-05-0916 minShow Us Your BitsTime for some Easter Eggs: Season Six finaleWith Easter upon us, Alice and Josie wrap up Season Six with a look back at the fabulous guests they've had on the podcast, and talk about some of the special bits they brought along. There was a bit of a foodie theme, with season highlights including the fabulous chef and cookery writer, Elisabeth Luard, as well as Valentina Harris, whose life hack - "just don't ever give up sex, girls" - was the best. There were some adventurers too. Nick Pulley described his journey from Brighton Pavilion to the Taj Mahal by train, whilst Dragon's Den star and hugely s...2025-04-1815 minShow Us Your BitsReviving an icon - with Sarah WillinghamStraight-talking, inspiring entrepreneur Sarah Willingham tells us about being a curious child, but when her Dad wouldn’t let her have a gap year, she set off to pursue her love of food and international travel in business. After learning the ropes at Pizza Express, she realised she wanted a large family and that she’d have to create her own career to make her life work with small children. She says she loves chaos and having four children in four years has meant she’s had to accept that having it all has to be a giant compromise. After re...2025-04-1151 minShow Us Your BitsKeep on going, girls - with Valentina HarrisChef, broadcaster, food judge, teacher and prolific writer with 56 cookbooks to her name, Valentina Harris joins us for a mouth-watering chat about her extraordinary life and career. Full of wit and wisdom, Valentina shares her love of regional Italian food, the importance of not serving an Italian an incorrect dish and her fury at the current trend of frying gnocchi. Called the ‘Queen of Risotto’, she shares her secrets of Italy’s iconic rice dish, as well as answering many other foody questions, although her experience with roasted stuffed horse penis was somewhat hair-raising! Her special keepsakes include her first...2025-04-0454 minShow Us Your BitsCarpe Diem - with Georgie HarrisWith Mothering Sunday upon us, we’re talking about our mums today. We’re joined entrepreneur and mum of two, Georgie Harris who describes how she had a fantastic job at Burberry, but then her world changed when her son was born with a rare genetic condition, Russell Silver Syndrome which affects growth. After a harrowing pregnancy and birth, Georgie then discovered herself navigating the SEN system and becoming a primary carer, negotiating support for her child’s complex needs. After her second son was born in 2023, she started looking for jobs, but couldn’t find one, let alone one that cou...2025-03-2849 minShow Us Your BitsThe Journey Is The Destination with Nick PulleyAll aboard for this week’s guest, Nick Pulley founder and CEO of Selective Asia a tailor-made travel business specialising in responsible, focussed travel from India to Japan. A born adventurer, Nick fell in love with Thailand and South East Asia on his year abroad after school when traveling around the world. After an injury thwarted his dreams of being a rugby player, he pivoted and was at the forefront of internet travel. He’s passionate about sustainable travel and how it’s so much more than just the carbon and flight problem. A lover of logistics, he’s a natural...2025-03-2149 minShow Us Your BitsTalk To Each Other - With Elisabeth LuardOur guest this week is legendary food writer, illustrator and broadcaster Elisabeth Luard. Joining us from London, Elisabeth candidly recalls adventures from her extraordinary life, describing how, after growing up in Uruguay and boarding school, she was a young journalist on Private Eye, when she met her husband, Nicholas Luard. Marrying at 21 and having four children in quick succession, Elisabeth decamped to rural Andalusia, finding a way into food writing and the traditional recipes via the locals at the school gates where her kids learnt to trap and skin rabbits. After a couple of shows in a top wildlife...2025-03-1445 minShow Us Your BitsLive, Love, Laugh - with Sophie DarlingBrighton maker, artist, business woman and entrepreneur Sophie Darling joins us for a fascinating chat about sustainability and slow fashion, describing her creative process and how she creates her signature hand-printed jackets, which are all art pieces in themselves. Sophie describes how a surprise trip to Mississippi nurtured her creativity when she was young, but that it wasn’t until she’d done a screen-printing course that she found her passion, leading to a hugely successful label Kimchi with her friend Holly Atelier. Now running a creative hub in her Brighton studio, Sophie does workshops and feels passion...2025-03-0743 minShow Us Your BitsDon't be a perfectionist - with Elly GriffithsWe're thrilled to welcome top ten best-selling author, Elly Griffiths. Fresh from her UK tour promoting her latest book, The Frozen People, Elly gives us a fascinating insight into her writing life and her journey to becoming one of the UK's most cherished crime writers. She talks about the inspiration for her books, the amazing research she does and her writing process. She shows us the lucky crime-themed necklace gifted to her by a friend when she won the prestigious Crime Writer's Association dagger award, the highest accolade in crime writing, as well as her mother's ring which she wears t...2025-02-2842 minShow Us Your BitsDress Like A Mum - with Zoe de PassBrand expert Zoe de Pass says she was at the 'right time and in the right place' to become an influencer when she set up hugely successful 'Dress Like A Mum'. The name came after someone told her, whilst she was going to a meeting with her newborn baby, that she didn't look like a mum at all. Having been at the forefront of influencers online for the last decade, she talks about how she's seen influencing change over the years and the importance of setting boundaries. Her latest project, Zoe de Pass eyewear showcases Zoe's funky, colourful style. She...2025-02-2134 minShow Us Your BitsValentine’s SpecialAlice and Josie are back in the new podcasting studio introducing season six and love is in the air. They have a catch up and natter about all things to do with Valentine’s Day, from first crushes to fancy food. Alice tells the story of her very long first crush and how he unknowingly inspired her to make personalised jewellery. As well as talking about love tokens and Alice's soul mates collection of charm animals who mate for life, they embrace the love of friends in this jolly, uplifting chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...2025-02-1418 minShow Us Your BitsThe Christmas Season 5 FinaleIt's Christmas approaching and Alice and Josie are in a festive mood as they discuss their family traditions, including the tat that goes into stockings for the kids, Christmas wreath making (Alice only does it for the free fizz) and come up with a podcast festive ditty. Josie talks about her appearance on Woman's Hour this week and the announcement of her new book deal and the buzz around You & Me & You & Me & You & Me, whilst Alice talks about the Posh Totty Designs pop-up in Westfield and the trends in personalised jewellery for Christmas. Along the way they give...2024-12-0623 minShow Us Your BitsGo Tell The BeesGet ready for a truly sweet episode of Show Us Your Bits! This week, we’re joined by Noemi and Alistair Bell, the brilliant minds behind The Apiary, Brighton’s honey-inspired restaurant that’s creating quite the buzz. What began as a lockdown passion for beekeeping has transformed into a thriving business, complete with honey-infused cocktails, delectable dishes, and mead that’s gone from medieval to marvelous—think posh bottles and modern flair! In this episode, we’ll explore their incredible journey from hive to table, uncover the art of beekeeping, and learn fascinating bee facts, including the secrets of royal jelly...2024-11-2933 minShow Us Your BitsHealing through food with Gemma OgstonToday’s guest is a true advocate for the healing power of food and community. We’re joined by Gemma Ogston, a Brighton-based plant-based chef, author, and the creator of Gem’s Wholesome Kitchen. Her journey is remarkable, from her beginnings as an addiction counselor to becoming a voice for health and healing through food. Gemma has penned two game-changing cookbooks—The Self-Care Cookbook and The Healing Cookbook—one of which was used by Queen-to-be Kate on her own path to wellness. She’s also a familiar face on Saturday Kitchen, where she shares her passion for vibrant, plant-based cooking with the nat...2024-11-2230 minShow Us Your BitsCooking The Books - with Gilly SmithWe’re thrilled to welcome journalist, author, and an award-winning podcaster Gilly Smith, who brings us deep into the world of food, culture, and tells us about how she’s carved out a unique position in the world of food media. From interviews with top chefs to uncovering the ethical and cultural sides of cuisine in her podcast ‘Cooking The Books’, Gilly has an unmatched knack for connecting people through the power of food. Wearing many hats, including working for the food foundation, she’s passionate about fixing the broken food system and educating people about eating ethically. Today, she’s here...2024-11-1545 minShow Us Your BitsTrusting Your Gut - with Justine RouchOur guest this week is entrepreneur Justine Rouch, who has worked for some of the world’s most recognised and luxurious brands. With a love of fashion and sports, Justine has traveled all over the world, but found she was always in need of a bag to put her gym kit in, or her wet swimming costume after a swim. With a break between jobs for her and her husband, Mike, in 2016, they decided to set up a business making the sports bag Justine knew was missing. But tragically, five days later, Mike died. With her world turned upside-down, she th...2024-11-0839 minShow Us Your BitsA Celebration of Costume Jewellery - with Sophie Adler McKeanIt’s all about costumes this week as Josie heads to New York and is getting a costume together for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Talking of costume jewellery, their guest this week is Sophie Adler Mckean who tells us the story of her great aunt Mimi, who came to the UK via Greece as a refugee escaping Austria before the war. Mimi’s father set up a factory making the metal parts of bailey bridges, which later became a factory making parts for jewellery called Jewelcraft. When it was taken over by Corocraft, Mimi became the head jewellery designer, relo...2024-11-0128 minShow Us Your BitsThe 'Miss Beeton's Murder Agency' SpecialHot on the back of the book launch, Josie and Alice chat about Josie’s new cosy crime novel, ‘Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency’ which is published this week. Along the way, they talk about their love of Rivals on the TV and Alice’s crush on the original Rupert Campbell-Black and plan their Rivals party. Josie talks about her inspiration for the book - her mother’s copy of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management and what she discovered about the iconic and progressive Victorian writer Isabella Beeton. Josie is delighted with the personalised gold spinner necklace that Alice made to...2024-10-2533 minShow Us Your BitsYou’re never too old to try something new - with Freya NorthJoin us for an inspiring and uplifting chat with our guest, best-selling author Freya North to kick off the new season. After taking her son to University, Freya was reminded of her own experience of leaving home for the first time and wrote her sixteenth novel, ‘The Unfinished Business of Edie Browne’. She describes it as a love letter to youth and also a love letter to a time and a place. Set in Manchester in the late 80’s in the golden age of clubbing, Freya talks candidly about that time and how it inspired her to write her moving tale a...2024-10-1843 minShow Us Your BitsSeason 4 Finale On The BeachJoin us for some seaside fun as Alice and Josie wrap up Season 4 and look back on our inspirational guests and the nuggets of wisdom they’ve shared from ‘being more sloth’ to ‘never listening to the no’s’. In a series where we’ve been talking bout re-invention, we’ve heard about the ingenious ways in which our guests have used their circumstances to take a different path to success - all of them flying the flag for women. Along the way, we discuss the post exam holiday mayhem, Love Supreme festival, Alice’s jaunt to Bergerac for a wedding as well as...2024-07-2623 minShow Us Your BitsMaking a Difference with Jo Tutchener-SharpMeet Jo Tutchener, who founded her amazing company Scamp and Dude after a life-changing brain haemorrhage made her completely reassess her life. She realised that if she were to die, she hadn’t done enough to help people and vowed that if she got better, she’d do something to make a difference. Terrified of leaving her young sons when she went into brain surgery, the idea of the Superhero Sleep Buddies was born. This was quickly followed by a clothing line for kids, all with the superpower button embroidered on the sleeve so kids could press it to feel bett...2024-06-2843 minShow Us Your BitsStaying Underfeated With Bibi LynchThis week, meet journalist and broadcaster, Bibi Lynch. Starting out as a performer and cabaret star, Bibi has never taken a conventional route. Realising she was better at writing than singing, she jostled herself into journalism, working in magazines, then on into TV, followed by a prolific career broadcasting and now podcasting. She’s fearlessly used her platform to shine a light on important subjects as hidden homelessness, grief, dating and being childless with humour and honesty. Now at 58, she says she’s at a stage where she’s bringing all of the strands of her career together, doing lots of live...2024-06-2136 minShow Us Your BitsWhen Life Gives You Lemons with Lemon FullerReinventing from a career in the entertainment industry in L.A. to creating the fastest growing underwear brand in the UK, Lemonade Dolls, we’re delighted to meet the inspirational Lemon Fuller. Lemon is on a mission to create comfortable, fun and stylish underwear with inclusivity and diversity at the heart of her business. She is passionate about representing as many women as possible and explains how important sustainability is to her. With no background in fashion or business, Lemon went to drama school but says that is her superpower, as she does things her own way and refuses to take...2024-06-1438 minShow Us Your BitsEnjoy The Process With Eve ChaseIt’s all about books this week, as Josie receives the proof copies of her new novel, Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency and presents one to Alice. We have a special guest, author Eve Chase, who has been hailed as the modern Daphne Du Maurier. Her gripping new book, The Midnight Hour is set between Notting Hill in 1998, (when the movie was being filmed) and the present day when a devastating family secret is in danger of being revealed. Eve talks candidly about her route to being an Internationally best-selling, prize-winning author and reveals some wisdom about her writing process and ho...2024-06-0733 minShow Us Your BitsWhat goes around comes around with Tania WebbWe’re foodies this week with the co-founder of Bill’s restaurant, Tania Webb. With decades of experience in the restaurant business, she’s lived and worked worldwide, being responsible for creating some amazing restaurant concepts. But back in her home town of Lewes, she spotted the opportunity when her brother-in-law Bill had a veg shop and fate, the big Lewes flood, conspired to make them set up a restaurant together. The rest is history, with Bill’s becoming a High Street favourite nationwide. In recent years Tania has set up another Brighton institution, Marmalade with which she's carried on her lov...2024-05-3139 minShow Us Your BitsFour Ways To Wellbeing with Nicola ElliottWe’re all about wellbeing this week, as Josie returns from a retreat in Spain. We talk to very special guest @nicolaelliottneom founder of @neomwellbeing She talks us through her journey from working in glossy magazines to realising her ambition to be an entrepreneur. When she started suffering from anxiety and realised she wasn’t taking care of herself, she started blending essential oils to help her and her friends. Starting out with a business selling four candles she’s grown Neom into a multi-national global empire and the biggest wellbeing platform in the UK. A...2024-05-2432 minShow Us Your BitsSecrets of The Theatre Royal Brighton with Sophie DenneyWe’re being luvvies this week and talking theatrics as Alice embraces a dozen shows in one weekend at the Brighton festival. Our guest is Theatre Director of the iconic Theatre Royal in Brighton. Sophie talks us through her fascinating job and the huge restoration project the theatre is undergoing, as well as some of the fascinating history including the inside scoop on the resident ghosts. Taking after her eccentric grandmother, Christiana, who worked in the theatre, Sophie started working as an usher selling ice creams at the age of seventeen and has never left the theatre. She tells us the st...2024-05-1734 minShow Us Your BitsStealing The Limelight with Josephine PembrokeAlice and Josie are springing into summer with jumpsuits and fake Chanel. They are joined by glamorous guest, Josephine Pembroke who shares her incredible journey from being the naughtiest girl at school to getting chucked out of drama school to setting up her girl band Pussies Galore and taking Soho by storm in the early 90’s. After a stint working in radio, she set up Radio Gorgeous in 2009 which has become the longest running female podcast in Britain. During lockdown, newly single, Josephine re- invented again and says she’s now in the best season of her life. She tell...2024-05-1032 minShow Us Your BitsFrom Unravelling to Reinvention with Lorraine CandyKicking off Season Four, Alice and Josie are delighted to interview former editor-in-Chief of Elle, Sunday Times Style and Cosmopolitan and co-host of the phenomenally successful podcast, Postcards From Midlife, Lorraine Candy. In her latest book, 'What’s Wrong With Me’ from Unravelling to Reinvention, A Midlife Memoir, Lorraine tackles everything from empty nest, career reinvention, sex, marriage, brain fog, burnout, perimenopause and menopause. With advice from experts, celebrities and personal stories, Lorraine is a torch-bearer for this liberating and transformational new stage of life. Funny, inspirational and full of tips, Lorraine shares her own challenges, how she combats stress and has...2024-05-0341 minShow Us Your BitsFake It ‘Till You Make It - with Daisy McAndrewOur guest, journalist, radio and TV presenter Daisy McAndrew is a Royal Commentator for NBC the big American network, so her work is cut out with their obsession with our royal family. Daisy shares some of her stories from her fascinating career, including what it was like to report on the late Queen’s death. But politics is her first love she shares how, at the age of 13 she wanted to be a spy and that led to her working in the Houses of Parliament at 19, then her career took her to the BBC and ITV. Now, a broadcaster of...2024-03-2929 minShow Us Your BitsThe Power of Sisterhood with Sara BowcuttThere are 27 armed conflicts in the world going on right now and this week we’re talking to Sara Bowcutt, the Managing Director of Women For Women UK, an incredible charity that invests in the power and potential of women affected by war. The charity enrols women into a twelve month programme and helps them by supporting their health and well-being, teaching them about their rights, gives them practical skills and business training so that they can start to earn and save money. Sara describes how these women, often in the most war-torn, poverty-stricken places in the...2024-03-2250 minShow Us Your BitsFinding your Flow State with Jerome MaasA podcast full of sunshine with photographer, director and videographer Jerome Maas, who talks to us from Cape Town. He’s living his dream life, shooting campaigns for International travel and lifestyle brands. Born in the US, but growing up in the UK, Jerome describes how his childhood was inspired by his parents’ monthly subscription to National Geographic magazine and says he was always the kid with a camera. A business entrepreneur, Jerome found his future path was shattered when Covid hit and he had to fold his agency and lay off all his staff. But always seeing a silver l...2024-03-1528 minShow Us Your BitsInterpreting Tails on the Wednesday ShortyJoin Alice and Josie as they debrief about Mother's Day and the Oscars. They're also talking about puppy training with Pickle, and Alice learning to interpret tail signals in the park. Plus, Josie gives her verdict on her cultural weekend which included Dune II and The Duchess Of Malfi. And, with a sixteenth birthday on the horizon Alice and Josie discuss the etiquette of shooting people in Laser Zone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-03-1315 minShow Us Your BitsLiving The Red Carpet Life with Denise ParkinsonAlice and Josie are looking back at the inspirational women they’ve interviewed in this series so far, and are talking about International Women’s Day. With it being awards season and the Oscars coming up, they’re discussing their love of movies and Alice’s continued love affair with the Barbie movie and her Oscar favourite, Poor Things. Our guest, Denise Parkinson is no stranger to the red carpet and, in fact, often gets to watch a movie a day. A marketing guru in the Film Industry, Denise is a Bafta voter and regularly rubs shoulders with the likes of C...2024-03-0842 minShow Us Your BitsFinding Your Purpose - With Adele Parks.Meet the delightful Adele Parks, author of 24 internationally bestselling novels, from family dramas, historical sagas to psychological thrillers. Her latest, Just Between Us, out in paperback at the end of March is an unputdownable page-turner about a missing female bigamist and the two devastated families she has left behind.Having always had a vivid imagination as a child and being fascinated by people, Adele is a born writer. She shares her creative process, from her discipline of daily word count to her tips for character development. Plus, she shares her secret hack for getting young people to read...2024-03-0142 minShow Us Your BitsReligious Relics on the Wednesday ShortyAfter artist Mary Jane Ansell was a guest last week, Alice has been collecting some of her favourite things - ones that might possibly appear in a portrait. She shows Josie her grandmother's religious relic - a fancy glass case apparently containing saints ashes. Unlike the rest of her family who find the whole concept rather spooky, Alice says 'Saint Carlos' brings her luck. We discuss getting to the end of February, mother's day on the horizon, daughters returning from far flung climbs and, of course, Princess Pickle, the podcast puppy. Hosted on Acast. Se...2024-02-2811 minShow Us Your BitsImpress Yourself - with Mary Jane AnsellThis week we meet celebrated portrait artist Mary Jane Ansell whose incredible life-like paintings are in the National Portrait Gallery (newly revamped and well worth a visit if you haven't been). She also exhibits in New York and LA, taking commissions from some of the world’s richest art collectors. She’s a very old friend of Alice’s from the earliest days of Posh Totty Designs when Alice was exhibiting in the Open Houses here in Brighton. Talking to us from her farm house in Wales, Mary Jane describes how she persevered with her passion for portraiture at college in an...2024-02-2334 minShow Us Your BitsTik-Tok, Habit Stacking and Puppy Prep on the Wednesday ShortieWith the new year well under way, we're talking about the new trend of habit stacking (Alice is weaning herself off sugar in her tea) plus Alice's first ever viral Tik-Tok post. Puppy excitement is building with the imminent arrival of Pickle, the podcast puppy and Josie dispenses some advice on how to prepare. So grab yourself a cuppa and join us for a natter. And please do get in touch @showusyourbitspodcast on Insta and Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-02-2111 minShow Us Your BitsThe Fashion Episode - with Claire GinzlerThe Fashion Episode - with Claire Ginzler.Alice and Josie have dressed up to record this week’s episode with fashion guru Claire Ginzler, stylist to the stars. As a teen, Claire loved The Clothes Show and went to the London College of Fashion before falling into fashion buying, which is how she got into bra fitting. She now makes videos called Tips For Tits which empowers women to get the right fitting bra. Amongst others, Claire styles Bake-off star, Prue Leith and says as we get older, like Prue, we all need c...2024-02-1630 minShow Us Your BitsThe Valentine's ShortyFollowing Miley Cyrus's performance of Flowers at The Grammy's, Alice and Josie are talking about female empowerment this Valentine's day, and all things self-love. Ahead of the guest on Friday's podcast, fashion stylist Claire Ginzler, they discuss their own fashion faux pas - including Alice's pink pvc trousers and Josie's inappropriate funeral dress with a thigh-length slit. Join them for a natter and if you have any stories you'd like to share, please do get in contact on Instagram or Facebook @showusyourbits podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-02-1411 minShow Us Your BitsFinding Your Thing with Marianne JonesThis week, Alice and Josie discuss the social embarrassment of unexpected visitors popping in and finding crumbs on the surfaces, plates in the sink and pants on the floor.Our special guest is podcast royalty and veteran journalist, Marianne Jones. She candidly talks about moving ‘kicking and screaming’ from London to Sevenoaks which she describes as a ‘Gilet, with a fun lining kind of a place'. She found herself bonding over a designer coatigan with mid-fluencer Kat Farmer. When Marianne interviewed Kat about her book, ‘Get Changed’ their chemistry was instant, and the number one podcast ‘Been There...2024-02-0933 minShow Us Your BitsOur Wednesday ShortieAlice and Josie catch up on the week and natter about falling off the wagon, getting bitten by a dog and being glad to see the back of January. Along the way, they discuss the pressure put on their kids around knowing what they want to do in life, and their own personal joy when it comes to winging it and learning on the job. They also get excited about their upcoming interview with podcast royalty, Marianne Jones, from Been There, Done That, Got The Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-02-0714 minShow Us Your BitsThe Unspoken Challenges of Womanhood With Jess RadWe’re getting into women’s empowerment this week. Alice discusses her second viewing of the Barbie film (involved a party, obvs!) and we talk to our guest, Jess Rad founder of @thewomen_hood which was born out of a desire to connect women through the unspoken challenges of womanhood. Jess describes how she accidentally set up a WhatsApp group to connect women in her local area which, from humble beginnings, has become a huge business resource in Brighton with women finding each other jobs, getting business and connecting in the most positive of ways. Her mission is to bring...2024-02-0239 minShow Us Your BitsShowing The World We Can Fly with David AttreeThis week we bring you the magic of poetry, with our inspirational guest David Attree who is a spoken word performer, as well as a broadcaster, charity fundraiser, long distance cyclist and a paralympi-parent supporting his daughter, Fabs, a GB wheelchair racer On the show, he describes his transformation following serious heart surgery and a stroke and brings along his special keepsake - a Fisher Space Pen. Carrying it everywhere he goes, David tells the touching story of how he came to own it in 2010 and how, since then, he’s been inspired to write and perform poetry. He tells us abo...2024-01-2630 minShow Us Your BitsMy Mother's Secrets with Donna FreedScandal, duplicity and secrets with our special guest New Yorker, Donna Freed who is a journalist and writer living in London and the founder of Radio Gorgeous, the longest running all-female podcast. On today’s episode, she tells us the story of discovering she was adopted when she was six years old, but was never able to discuss it with her family. When her adoptive mother died in 2009 Donna set out to track down her birth mother. What she discovered was truly shocking - that she was the daughter of a pair of infamous con artists, at the heart of one...2024-01-1941 minShow Us Your BitsThe Debrief...literally!Alice and Josie are back with a January catch up after Christmas and New Year. Alice shares her 'show us your bits' moment after a skiing mishap, whilst Josie discusses losing her grasp on tech and feeling exposed, having accidentally wiped her entire laptop. But excited to be back in their podcasting seats, they are excited about the season ahead which is full of fascinating guests ready to open their jewellery boxes and share the stories behind their precious keepsakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-01-1235 minShow Us Your BitsIf you love it, enjoy it with Natasha KissellThis week, Alice is over-exuberant at an auction and comes home with a giant giraffe. Josie discusses the art of hanging pictures and the perilous Poundland frames on her stairs. Our guest is our friend and phenomenal artist, Natasha Kissell, who tells us about her journey from being an unpopular student at the Royal Academy to earning her place as a YBA, when Charles Saatchi bought her entire final show. She now exhibits her unique landscape paintings in galleries all over Europe. And, as if that wasn’t enough, along with her teaching and musical life, she also paints spe...2023-11-2432 minShow Us Your BitsLoving The Lifestyle with Sara DarlingThis week Alice and Josie are entranced by exotic places and having been marvelling at David Attenborough's Planet Earth III. Alice shares her amazing holiday-of-a-lifetime story about swimming with Whales in Tonga, and they both have a laugh at their misadventures when getting out of the water... never a good look! Someone who has travelling to exotic places down to a fine art, is lifestyle writer Sara Darling, who shares her globetrotting tales and her tips on rotating bikinis. She show us her 'guardian angel' constellation necklace by Chupi and how a cheeky smile has helped her be bold...2023-11-1730 minShow Us Your BitsThe Proposal With Laura CruiseWe're getting loved up this week, as Josie and Alice share their wedding proposal stories - the first and second times! We have Dream Transition Mentor, Laura Cruise as our special guest. Josie and Laura met at the Postcards From Midlife Live event and hit it off straight away. She tells us about her mentoring business helping women to pursue and realise their dreams. She talks about what holds people back, our fears and how to make things happen when life gets in the way. She's written a brilliant book, packed with advice called 'Dream It and Do It: Six...2023-11-1032 minShow Us Your BitsConsider Yourself Kissed with Henny SwanAlice and Josie have a rummage through Alice's jewellery box for inspiration for Alice's new collection focussed on lucky charms. Special guest - the brilliantly named Henny Swan - talks about her accessibility consultancy and the work she does to ensure websites and apps work for disabled people. She reveals how her decision to be bold resulted in her fabulously romantic marriage to a lost love. Plus, how an eccentric uncle, whose famous catchphrase 'Consider Yourself Kissed', became a CYK inscription on pieces of jewellery for her whole family during lockdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...2023-11-0324 minShow Us Your BitsFeeling seen, heard and special with Lyndsey ClayAlice and Josie chat about the joy of community and singing in their local choir together. They discuss why they’re definitely dog people (after mates of Alice’s came to stay for the weekend with their cat) and how walking the dog is a good way to meet people. Special guest, Lindsey Clay talks candidly about finding herself single in Brighton in her forties and why she set up Connected Brighton, www.connectedbrighton.com, a peer-to-peer social network which empowers people to live a better life. In an age where we’re more digitally connected than ever, but more physical...2023-10-2725 minShow Us Your BitsThe F**k it list with Melanie CantorJosie and Alice talk about going from shabby to shiny, decorating and colour conundrums. They are joined by fashionista, ex-agent,TV publicist and serial manuscript writer, Melanie Cantor who chats about her life as an author and her latest book 'The Fuck It List'. Irreverent, chatty and with a uniquely flamboyant style, Melanie talks about her love of dressing up and her Punk Pensioner instagram feed. She shows us her Fuck It earrings and the candlesticks her Grandfather stuffed with stones to up their weight. Melanie firmly believes in being bold and saying 'fuck it' to age and other people's...2023-10-2037 min
Show Us Your BitsLady Di's Sheep Jumper with Joanna OsbourneWhat would happen if you found a bit of history in your attic. In this episode of Show Us Your Bits, Josie and Alice talk to Joanna Osbourne and her link to Lady Di. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-10-1333 minShow Us Your BitsCharity with Hazel ThompsonMaximalists Alice and Josie discuss their love of charity shops and talk to wonder-woman, photo-journalist and story teller Hazel Thompson. As well as tales from her hair-raising twelve-year passion-project to uncover sex trafficking in India, Hazel and Alice talk about their charity mission to help the women in war-torn Kosovo with the incredible charity Women for Women International which led to the ‘Share A Hug’ necklace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-08-2322 minShow Us Your BitsThe Language of Love with Rebeka AnnJangly bangles with messages, including Richard Curtis’s love tokens for his wife and Josie’s ‘Mumma bear’ message from her kids (not that they like being called kids anymore). Brighton jeweller and gold specialist Rebekah Ann tells the story behind her self-engagement ring, plus the joy of sea-swimming, finding beauty in imperfection, and the Japanese art of Wabi Sabi and Kintsugi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-08-1634 minShow Us Your BitsLucky Charms with Jane WikesMagpies Josie and Alice discuss being superstitious, lucky knickers and their adventures in Vegas. Elder Goth Jane Wilkes talks about taking up running aged 49 and being the inspiration for a character in Josie’s novel. She discusses her life-long attraction to the macabre and spooky and her fame as a YouTuber for her makeup tutorials. She talks Alice and Josie through her impressive rings, tattoos and unique style, her belief in never being too old to try something new and her love of wild flowers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...2023-08-0941 minShow Us Your BitsRings and Bling with Rory Kotin What not to do when you lose a diamond in a swimming pool, the mistaken symbol on Alice’s signet ring (turns out she’s not posh after all) and a glimpse behind the scenes at the museum, with Met Gala queen Rory Kotin, society calligrapher to the stars. Rory who has spent nearly forty years perfecting the art of writing name cards, place holders and the fancy menus for royalty and A-listers alike, brings the bling with her rings. She also tells the moving story of the friendship behind some of the keepsakes in her jewellery box.2023-08-0231 minShow Us Your BitsSay It With Words with Julia CrouchSpecial guest, the novelist Julia Crouch a.k.a. ‘The Queen of Domestic Noir’ chats to Alice and Josie about plotting her tense, twisty books and reveals the story behind her sybils made by the legendary jeweller Dianna Porter. Plus, Josie and Alice discover their mutual love of Scrabble and Alice divulges the ins and outs of hand stamping and the naughtiest message someone put on a pair of cufflinks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-07-2640 minShow Us Your BitsYou show me yours, I'll show you mineBrighton-based friends jeweller Alice, and novelist Josie introduce their new podcast with a light-heated natter about the jewellery they wear every day, including Alice's cursive 'A' necklace (which doesn't look at all like a turd!) and her shell necklace inspired by her wild adventures in Mexico. Josie shares her story about accidentally running the Brighton Marathon 10K and the woman who gave her a 'butterfly of hope' necklace. Along the way, they discuss the pros and cons of winter holidays in the sun, Piers Brosnan's suite in a hotel in Mallorca, going through breast cancer treatment and the positive...2023-07-1921 min
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Title: Victoria Station: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
Author: Steve Chambers
Narrator: Gavin Muir, John Hartley, Pauline Letts, Sean Baker, Colleen Prendergast, Philip Jackson, Julia Ford, Full Cast, Christopher Scott, Michael Tudor Barnes
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Release date: April 14, 2022
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
The complete Series 1 and 2 of the historical drama set in a bustling Midlands railway station in the Victorian era In these two series, set on selected dates in January 1895 and December 1896, we follow the day-to-day shenanigans of Bridgford station master Joe Braddock and his...2022-04-146h 24
Get New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaVictoria Station: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama by Steve ChambersPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria Station: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama Author: Steve Chambers Narrator: Gavin Muir, John Hartley, Pauline Letts, Sean Baker, Colleen Prendergast, Philip Jackson, Julia Ford, Full Cast, Christopher Scott, Michael Tudor Barnes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The complete Series 1 and 2 of the historical drama set in a bustling Midlands railway station in the Victorian era In these two series, set on selected dates in January 1895 and December 1896, we follow the day-to-day shenanigans of Bridgford station master Joe Braddock and...2022-04-1405 minGet Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalVictoria Station: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama by Steve ChambersPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562985to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Victoria Station: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
Author: Steve Chambers
Narrator: Gavin Muir, John Hartley, Pauline Letts, Sean Baker, Colleen Prendergast, Philip Jackson, Julia Ford, Full Cast, Christopher Scott, Michael Tudor Barnes
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Release date: April 14, 2022
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
The complete Series 1 and 2 of the historical drama set in a bustling Midlands railway station in the Victorian era In these two series, set on selected dates in January 1895 and December 1896, we follow the day-to-day shenanigans of Bridgford station master Joe Braddock and his...2022-04-146h 24