Sarah Vine's Femail Half-Hour

Sarah Vine and co-presenter author Imogen Edwards Jones tackle the important issues of the week, starting with Rod Stewart’s dancing with a dishcloth on his head. Sarah and Imogen talk to Louise Oliver, President of the British Association of Women Entrepreneurs, on whether Stella Creasy was right to bring a baby to the House of Commons. Kate Mansey of the Mail on Sunday discusses all-women shortlists in fiction - and how a friend is struggling to get published simply because he’s male. Plus, Hannah Betts on why big, bouncy blow-dry hairdos are back!

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Sarah Vine and her co-presenter, author Imogen Edwards-Jones are asking why J. K. Rowling hasn’t been invited on the TV special about Harry Potter - and discussing everything from wigs to getting cancelled with transgender activist and journalist Debbie Hayton. Plus chit-chat on Stanley Johnson and the alleged bottom-touching he has 'no recollection' of... and with Adele seemingly inescapable online and on TV this week, Sarah and Imogen chat to Adrian Thrills on whether the new album is actually worth the hype. Plus, astrologer Theresa Cheung peers into the murky future of accused heiress Ghislaine Maxwell...

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Sarah Vine and her co-presenter, author Imogen Edwards-Jones, speak to Hollywood actress Alice Evans about the pains of divorce (including who gets to keep the chopping board) after Evans’ husband Hornblower star Ioan Gruffudd became ‘Instagram official’ with his younger girlfriend. Plus, Hannah Betts on this year’s beauty advent calendars - which ones are a Claus for celebration, and which ones are jingle hell?

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Sarah Vine and her co-host, author Imogen Edwards-Jones, speak to Beezy Marsh on a gang of post-war female thieves who were just as vicious as their male counterparts, and speak to Peter Wohlleben, bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, on deforestation pledges at COP26, and Sarah’s passion for ancient woodland. Meanwhile, astrologer Theresa Cheung takes a peek into Greta Thunberg’s future…

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Sarah Vine and co-presenter Imogen Edwards-Jones talk to best-selling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris, about her latest novel, Three Sisters, and the challenges and rewards of writing real people’s stories. A listener (and animal communicator) has been in touch with some advice for Sarah’s misbehaving mutt and Avril Price from the London College of Psychics reads Sarah and Imogen’s tarot – but will the cards hold a trick or a treat?

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Sarah Vine and co-presenter Imogen Edwards-Jones are joined by Sarah Vine’s daughter to talk about the abuse that politicians (and their families) face, and about young women being injected with date-rape drugs in nightclubs. Sarah and Imogen talk to Action for Children about new research on parental burnout - and beauty expert Hannah Betts reveals the secret of having a tantalisingly erect brow.

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Sarah Vine and her co-presenter, author Imogen Edwards-Jones are talking about hobbies after Boris Johnson was pictured painting on holiday - but does drinking wine count? Sarah and Imogen talk to author Eleanor Tattersfield about her book of lockdown secrets, submitted to her on postcards and including, ‘I lied about having coronavirus so I didn’t have to see my family at Christmas.’ Meanwhile, astrologer Theresa Cheung peers into Adele’s future and Hannah Betts talks about finding ‘the one’ (lipstick). 

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Sarah Vine and her friend Imogen Edwards-Jones are wondering whether Wisteria flowers are actually racist (which Transport for London seem to think they are) and enlist historian Dr Zareer Masani to find out which other blooms may have troubling associations. Sarah and Imogen talk to Tim Bouverie, who began sending pieces of classical music to friends every day in lockdown and has now turned the list into a book, Perfect Pitch. Plus, astrologer Theresa Cheung on mysterious portents written in the stars for Boris’s wife Carrie...

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Imogen Edwards-Jones has spent much of the week queuing for petrol - so Sarah Vine and her co-presenter are talking  about the the EFF crisis (Energy, Fuel and Food), why children and Instagram really shouldn’t mix - and debating the important question of whether gilets, Crocs and chipped nail varnish are now acceptable to snobs (as Tatler says they are), with Philip Sykes, founder of The British School of Etiquette. Plus, presenter and journalist Kate Silverton on her new parenting book, ‘No Such Thing As Naughty

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Sarah Vine and co-host Imogen Edwards-Jones are rather dubious about Boris Johnson's use of 'Franglais' (and very admiring of the young Prince Philip). They speak to Amanda Feilding, a psychedelic pioneer who believes micro-dosing hallucinogens such as LSD could solve people's mental problems (and who drilled a hole in her own skull to achieve enlightenment). Plus, someone tries to cure Sarah of her hatred of Strictly - and TV historian Bettany Hughes makes everyone jealous with a new series which involves rather a lot of glamorous travel…

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