Radio Gorgeous

Having a child can kill your sex life; find out how Phoebe and Oliver got their mojos back, big time. Josephine chats to best selling Glasgow based author Joanne Bolouri about fantasies, the dating scene and strong Scottish women.

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Do you want more joy in your life? The wonderful top journalist Daisy Buchanan gives us tips and advice on how to live our life well and cleverly. Josephine and Daisy chat about subjects such as how to wash your hair, self care, mindfulness, how to dress, jealousy and much more. 

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Willfully frumpy Katy Brand comedy star of Katy Brand's Big Ass Show and writer of 'Brenda Monk is Funny' chats with Victoria Pearson. Topics include; her new hit play 3Women, the addictive nature of stand up comedy, working with Kate Moss, religion and feminism in performance.

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Kirsty Gunn rips it up and starts again with each of her books, wrenching original novels out of her imagination. Her latest, a comedy about the impossible perfection of unrequited love, leaves as much out as in… much like a bikini!

www.kirsty-gunn.com

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I recently took a trip to Marbella, a place I haven’t visited for over fourteen years. Perhaps unfairly known these days as the place where TOWIE and Made In Chelsea vie for beach towels, I went in search of the wellbeing and spiritual side of a place which is known more for its glamour than its soul.  And happily I found it, listen to this podcast to find out how to feed your soul in Marbella. 

 I stayed at the Villa Solise, (from £3,600 a week, https://theluxuryvillacollection.com/villa-solise/) a stunning home built by a Norwegian family, with excellent taste in art and design. About half hour drive from Malaga airport, a car can be organised by The Luxury Villa Collection to collect you from the airport . As we drove along the central boulevard in Marbella, I noticed there were so many more yoga studios, organic bars and even a gluten-free café on offer. Today’s Marbella has a more relaxed Californian vibe and all the better for it.

In many self-catering villas you might order take out, but in this one, the guests are more likely to order yoga instructors and a sports massage. The Luxury Villa Collection has a very switched on concierge service which together with organising the usual airport transfers or private chefs, can also arrange an excellent wellbeing schedule. 

Petra, who is the real deal as far as yoga is concerned, will make you feel at ease within the first five minutes, balancing your chakras before you know it, and Penny does the best sports massage I’ve ever experienced.  

Alternatively if you are feeling more adventurous, and wish to go to the adventure rather than it come to you, take a three-hour hike up La Concha Mountain, which at 1200m, shadows Marbella and will test your hiking skills and resolve. Start early and ideally go in the Spring or Autumn when the days are cooler and you’ll see some amazing views. 

The villa company offers a wide range of activities but the ones which caught my interest, are the deep-sea fishing, where I am told it is possible to catch massive tuna - and Canyoning, where you navigate usually up a waterfall, under and over water, through tunnels and all in a wet suit, looking like a flexible seal – or inflexible walrus.

If you are after something more relaxing the Six Senses Spa is a short drive from Villa Solise, although I walked there, as strolling past the Puerto Romano Hotel, there’s a good chance you will spot Dolph Lungren who is an ambassador for the region, or even the odd rock-star during the summer concert season.

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Canada is not a mass-market destination. It doesn’t deliver the conventional sun, sand, sea holiday, but instead offers considerably more soul, substance and spirit in the adventures. Some people will not get it, and these people will not choose to visit Canada – but they are missing a trick. Many from the UK visit friends and families there, or head to the Rockies for the experience, Calgary for the cowboys (ok, ranch experience), or Vancouver and the surrounding ski resorts for some of the best skiing in the world. But in the twenty two years I’ve been travel reporting, Canada has always been the place I have drawn to because of the opportunities of adventure and for want of a better word, its energy. I visited Montreal and Quebec, listen here to find out more. 

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This book is like no other, it let's you think differently, breathe, reflect, relax, let go, trust and live; all through the power of permission. Susie explains her life story and how it led to this gem of a book.

Buy the book and more about Susie:

https://www.slsourwine.com/

You can buy A Little Book of Permission on US and UK Amazon.

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